SF 2351

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             environmental and natural resources purposes; 
  1.4             establishing and modifying certain programs; providing 
  1.5             for regulation of certain activities and practices; 
  1.6             providing for accounts, assessments, and fees; 
  1.7             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 15.059, 
  1.8             subdivision 5a, as amended; 84.025, subdivision 7; 
  1.9             84.0887, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9; 84.925, 
  1.10            subdivision 1; 84.9256, subdivision 1; 85.015, by 
  1.11            adding subdivisions; 85.055, subdivision 2; 86A.21; 
  1.12            86B.106; 88.642; 88.645; 88.647; 88.648; 88.75, 
  1.13            subdivision 1; 93.002, subdivision 1; 97A.045, 
  1.14            subdivision 7; 97A.055, subdivision 4a; 97A.405, 
  1.15            subdivision 2; 97A.411, subdivision 2; 97A.473, 
  1.16            subdivisions 2, 3, 5; 97A.474, subdivisions 2, 3; 
  1.17            97A.475, subdivisions 5, 6, 10; 97A.485, subdivision 
  1.18            6; 97B.721; 97C.305; 103B.575; 103G.271, subdivisions 
  1.19            1, 5, 5a; 103G.301, subdivision 2; 115.03, by adding a 
  1.20            subdivision; 115.55, subdivision 3; 115A.54, 
  1.21            subdivision 2a; 115A.557, subdivision 2; 115A.912, 
  1.22            subdivision 1; 115A.914, subdivision 2; 115B.49, 
  1.23            subdivision 4a; 115C.07, subdivision 3; 115C.09, 
  1.24            subdivisions 1, 2a, 3, 3h; 115C.093; 115C.112; 
  1.25            115C.13; 116.07, subdivision 2; 116P.09, subdivisions 
  1.26            1, 5; 116P.11; 116P.13, subdivision 3; 256J.20, 
  1.27            subdivision 3; 473.608, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.28            473.845, subdivision 3; Laws 1995, chapter 220, 
  1.29            section 142, as amended; Laws 1996, chapter 407, 
  1.30            section 32, subdivision 4; Laws 1999, chapter 231, 
  1.31            section 16, subdivision 4; Laws 2000, chapter 473, 
  1.32            section 21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.33            Statutes, chapters 88; 97C; 116P; repealing Minnesota 
  1.34            Statutes 2000, sections 86.71; 86.72; 88.641, 
  1.35            subdivisions 4, 5; 88.644; 115.55, subdivision 8; 
  1.36            115A.906; 115A.912, subdivisions 2, 3; 115C.02, 
  1.37            subdivisions 11a, 12a; 115C.082; 115C.09, subdivision 
  1.38            3g; 115C.091; 115C.092; 116.67; 116.70, subdivisions 
  1.39            2, 3a, 4; 116.71; 116.72; 116.73; 116.74; Laws 1994, 
  1.40            chapter 639, article 3, section 4, subdivision 2; 
  1.41            Minnesota Rules, parts 7023.9000; 7023.9005; 
  1.42            7023.9010; 7023.9015; 7023.9020; 7023.9025; 7023.9030; 
  1.43            7023.9035; 7023.9040; 7023.9045; 7023.9050; 7080.0020, 
  1.44            subparts 24c, 51a; 7080.0400; 7080.0450. 
  1.45  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.1   Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.2      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.3   appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  2.4   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this article, to 
  2.5   be available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  
  2.6   The figures "2001," "2002," and "2003," where used in this 
  2.7   article, mean that the appropriation or appropriations listed 
  2.8   under them are available for the year ending June 30, 2001, June 
  2.9   30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, respectively.  The term "the first 
  2.10  year" means the year ending June 30, 2002, and the term "the 
  2.11  second year" means the year ending June 30, 2003. 
  2.12                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.13               2001        2002           2003          TOTAL
  2.14  General               $174,777,000   $174,240,000  $349,017,000
  2.15  Petroleum Tank           3,511,000      3,616,000     7,127,000
  2.16  State Government
  2.17  Special Revenue             47,000         48,000        95,000
  2.18  Environmental           23,594,000     23,258,000    46,740,000
  2.19  Solid Waste 500,000      7,494,000      7,729,000    15,223,000
  2.20  Natural Resources       45,324,000     45,531,000    90,855,000
  2.21  Game and Fish           79,374,000     80,511,000   159,885,000
  2.22  Special Revenue         20,724,000          -0-      20,724,000
  2.23  Metropolitan 
  2.24  Landfill Contingency     7,100,000          -0-       7,100,000
  2.25  Future Resources        14,965,000        340,000    15,305,000
  2.26  Environmental and
  2.27  Natural Resources
  2.28  Trust Fund              17,239,000     17,238,000    34,477,000
  2.29  Great Lakes 
  2.30  Protection                  87,000          -0-          87,000
  2.31  Oil Overcharge              90,000          -0-          90,000
  2.32  TOTAL    $ 500,000    $387,226,000   $352,511,000  $739,625,000
  2.33                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.34                                         Available for the Year 
  2.35                                             Ending June 30 
  2.36                                            2002         2003 
  2.37  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.38  AGENCY  
  2.39  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  2.40  Appropriation                        $57,238,000   $51,698,000
  2.41                Summary by Fund
  3.1   General              17,036,000    18,207,000
  3.2   Petroleum Tank        3,511,000     3,616,000
  3.3   State Government   
  3.4   Special Revenue          47,000        48,000
  3.5   Environmental        22,150,000    22,198,000
  3.6   Solid Waste  500,000  7,394,000     7,629,000
  3.7   Metropolitan 
  3.8   Landfill Contingency  7,100,000        -0- 
  3.9   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.10  appropriation for each program are 
  3.11  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.12  Subd. 2.  Protection of the Water 
  3.13      14,822,000     15,127,000
  3.14                Summary by Fund
  3.15  General              11,031,000    11,136,000
  3.16  State Government
  3.17  Special Revenue          47,000        48,000
  3.18  Environmental         3,744,000     3,943,000
  3.19  $2,348,000 the first year and 
  3.20  $2,348,000 the second year are for the 
  3.21  clean water partnership program.  Any 
  3.22  balance remaining in the first year 
  3.23  does not cancel and is available for 
  3.24  the second year of the biennium. 
  3.25  $1,841,000 the first year and 
  3.26  $1,841,000 the second year are for 
  3.27  grants for county administration of the 
  3.28  feedlot permit program.  These amounts 
  3.29  are transferred to the board of water 
  3.30  and soil resources for disbursement in 
  3.31  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.32  section 103B.3369, in cooperation with 
  3.33  the pollution control agency.  Grants 
  3.34  must be matched with a combination of 
  3.35  local cash and/or in-kind contributions.
  3.36  Counties receiving these grants shall 
  3.37  submit an annual report to the 
  3.38  legislature and the pollution control 
  3.39  agency regarding activities conducted 
  3.40  under the grant, expenditures made, and 
  3.41  local match contributions.  First 
  3.42  priority for funding shall be given to 
  3.43  counties that have requested and 
  3.44  received delegation from the pollution 
  3.45  control agency for processing of animal 
  3.46  feedlot permit applications under 
  3.47  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.07, 
  3.48  subdivision 7.  For each year of the 
  3.49  grant, delegated counties shall be 
  3.50  eligible to receive an amount of 
  3.51  either:  (1) $50 multiplied by the 
  3.52  number of feedlots with greater than 
  3.53  ten animal units as determined by (i) 
  3.54  registration data under Minnesota 
  3.55  Rules, part 7020.0350, (ii) if 
  3.56  registration data are not yet complete, 
  3.57  a level 1 feedlot inventory conducted 
  4.1   in accordance with the Feedlot 
  4.2   Inventory Guidebook published by the 
  4.3   board of water and soil resources, 
  4.4   dated June 1991, or (iii) if an 
  4.5   inventory has not been completed, the 
  4.6   number of livestock or poultry farms 
  4.7   with sales greater than $10,000, as 
  4.8   reported in the 1997 Census of 
  4.9   Agriculture, published by the United 
  4.10  States Bureau of Census; or (2) $80 
  4.11  multiplied by the number of feedlots 
  4.12  with greater than ten animal units as 
  4.13  determined by a level 2 or level 3 
  4.14  feedlot inventory conducted in 
  4.15  accordance with the Feedlot Inventory 
  4.16  Guidebook published by the board of 
  4.17  water and soil resources, dated June 
  4.18  1991.  At a minimum, delegated counties 
  4.19  are eligible to receive a grant of 
  4.20  $7,500 per year.  To receive the 
  4.21  additional funding that is based on the 
  4.22  county feedlot inventory, the inventory 
  4.23  information shall be current within the 
  4.24  most recent four-year period and the 
  4.25  county shall submit a copy of the 
  4.26  inventory to the pollution control 
  4.27  agency.  Any remaining money is for 
  4.28  distribution to all counties on a 
  4.29  competitive basis through the challenge 
  4.30  grant process for the conducting of 
  4.31  feedlot inventories, development of 
  4.32  delegated county feedlot programs, and 
  4.33  for information and education or 
  4.34  technical assistance efforts to reduce 
  4.35  feedlot-related pollution hazards.  Any 
  4.36  money remaining after the first year is 
  4.37  available for the second year.  
  4.38  $322,000 the first year and $322,000 
  4.39  the second year are for community 
  4.40  technical assistance and education, 
  4.41  including grants and technical 
  4.42  assistance to communities for local and 
  4.43  basinwide water quality protection. 
  4.44  $202,000 the first year and $202,000 
  4.45  the second year are for individual 
  4.46  sewage treatment system (ISTS) 
  4.47  administration.  Of this amount, 
  4.48  $86,000 in each year is transferred to 
  4.49  the board of water and soil resources 
  4.50  for assistance to local units of 
  4.51  government through competitive grant 
  4.52  programs for ISTS program development. 
  4.53  $200,000 each year is for individual 
  4.54  sewage treatment system grants.  Any 
  4.55  unexpended balance in the first year 
  4.56  does not cancel, but is available in 
  4.57  the second year. 
  4.58  $13,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
  4.59  second year are from the environmental 
  4.60  fund for implementation of the Lake 
  4.61  Superior Lakewide Management Plan 
  4.62  (LaMP).  This is a one-time 
  4.63  appropriation and shall be supplemented 
  4.64  the first year by the appropriation 
  4.65  under section 8, subdivision 7, 
  4.66  paragraph (e). 
  5.1   Subd. 3.  Protection of the Air 
  5.2        7,590,000      7,748,000
  5.3                 Summary by Fund
  5.4   General                 134,000        59,000 
  5.5   Environmental         7,456,000     7,689,000
  5.6   Up to $150,000 the first year and 
  5.7   $150,000 the second year may be 
  5.8   transferred to the environmental fund 
  5.9   for the small business environmental 
  5.10  improvement loan program established in 
  5.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.993. 
  5.12  $200,000 each year from the 
  5.13  environmental fund is for a monitoring 
  5.14  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.15  section 116.454. 
  5.16  Subd. 4.  Protection of the Land 
  5.17      10,050,000     10,304,000
  5.18                Summary by Fund
  5.19  General               1,249,000     1,248,000
  5.20  Petroleum Tank        2,218,000     2,270,000
  5.21  Solid Waste           4,617,000     4,758,000
  5.22  Environmental         1,966,000     2,028,000
  5.23  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
  5.24  the second year are from the solid 
  5.25  waste fund to be transferred to the 
  5.26  department of health for private water 
  5.27  supply monitoring and health assessment 
  5.28  costs in areas contaminated by 
  5.29  unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste 
  5.30  disposal facilities. 
  5.31  Subd. 5.  Integrated
  5.32  Environmental Programs  
  5.33      22,710,000     16,345,000
  5.34                Summary by Fund
  5.35  General               2,556,000     3,590,000
  5.36  Petroleum Tank        1,293,000     1,346,000
  5.37  Environmental         8,984,000     8,538,000
  5.38  Solid Waste           2,777,000     2,871,000
  5.39  Metropolitan 
  5.40  Landfill Contingency  7,100,000        -0-
  5.41  $562,000 the first year and $574,000 
  5.42  the second year are from the petroleum 
  5.43  tank fund for purposes of the leaking 
  5.44  underground storage tank program to 
  5.45  protect the land. 
  5.46  $1,000,000 the first year from the 
  5.47  environmental fund is for grants for 
  6.1   compensation for remediation of 
  6.2   environmental contamination discovered 
  6.3   after issuance by the agency of a 
  6.4   certificate of completion for property 
  6.5   previously owned by the Port Authority 
  6.6   of the city of St. Paul and known as 
  6.7   the Empire Builder property in St. 
  6.8   Paul.  This appropriation shall be used 
  6.9   to reimburse those parties that have 
  6.10  incurred cleanup costs at the Empire 
  6.11  Builder site.  All claims of the state 
  6.12  of Minnesota for recovery of the 
  6.13  $1,400,000 in response costs against 
  6.14  responsible parties, under Minnesota 
  6.15  Statutes, chapter 115B, or any other 
  6.16  law, are assigned to the Port Authority 
  6.17  of the city of St. Paul.  The Port 
  6.18  Authority of the city of St. Paul may 
  6.19  bring any claims, under Minnesota 
  6.20  Statutes, chapter 115B, or any other 
  6.21  law, for recovery of these cleanup 
  6.22  costs incurred by the state of 
  6.23  Minnesota.  Recoverable costs also 
  6.24  include administrative, technical, and 
  6.25  legal expenses, including attorney 
  6.26  fees, to the extent provided by law.  
  6.27  Costs recovered by the Port Authority 
  6.28  of the city of St. Paul pursuant to the 
  6.29  assignment of claims, less 
  6.30  administrative, technical, and legal 
  6.31  expenses, including attorney fees, 
  6.32  shall, to the extent available, be 
  6.33  first used to reimburse the state of 
  6.34  Minnesota, up to the amount of the 
  6.35  appropriation.  Nothing in this item of 
  6.36  appropriation shall be construed to 
  6.37  modify or otherwise limit the rights of 
  6.38  the Port Authority of the city of St. 
  6.39  Paul to recover cleanup costs or other 
  6.40  costs or damages as provided by 
  6.41  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 115B, or 
  6.42  any other law. 
  6.43  $7,100,000 the first year is from the 
  6.44  metropolitan landfill contingency 
  6.45  action trust fund for a grant to the 
  6.46  city of St. Paul to complete the 
  6.47  response action plan at the Pig's Eye 
  6.48  dump.  This is a one-time appropriation 
  6.49  and is available until spent. 
  6.50  $1,025,000 the second year is for the 
  6.51  purposes of section 92.  Twelve 
  6.52  full-time equivalent positions are 
  6.53  transferred from the office of 
  6.54  environmental assistance to the 
  6.55  pollution control agency in the second 
  6.56  year. 
  6.57  Subd. 6.  Administrative Support 
  6.58       2,067,000      2,174,000
  6.59  Subd. 7.  Deficiency Appropriation
  6.60  for FLSA 
  6.61  $500,000 in fiscal year 2001 is from 
  6.62  the solid waste fund for back pay owed 
  6.63  under settlements regarding overtime 
  6.64  under the federal Fair Labor Standards 
  6.65  Act.  
  7.1   Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  7.2   ASSISTANCE                            21,882,000         -0-   
  7.3                 Summary by Fund
  7.4   General              20,588,000        -0-   
  7.5   Environmental         1,294,000        -0-   
  7.6   $14,008,000 each year is for a transfer 
  7.7   to the department of revenue to 
  7.8   distribute SCORE block grants to 
  7.9   counties. 
  7.10  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  7.11  balances in the first year do not 
  7.12  cancel but are available for grants and 
  7.13  loans in the second year. 
  7.14  All money deposited in the 
  7.15  environmental fund for the metropolitan 
  7.16  solid waste landfill fee in accordance 
  7.17  with Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.18  473.843, and not otherwise 
  7.19  appropriated, is appropriated to the 
  7.20  office of environmental assistance for 
  7.21  the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.22  section 473.844. 
  7.23  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD              7,299,000      7,372,000
  7.24  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  7.25  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  7.26  Appropriation                        233,512,000    236,373,000
  7.27                Summary by Fund
  7.28  General             108,714,000   110,231,000
  7.29  Natural Resources    45,324,000    45,531,000
  7.30  Game and Fish        79,374,000    80,511,000
  7.31  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
  7.32  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.33  appropriation for each program are 
  7.34  specified in the following subdivisions.
  7.35  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  7.36       6,984,000      7,079,000
  7.37                Summary by Fund
  7.38  General               6,405,000     6,485,000
  7.39  Natural Resources       152,000       156,000
  7.40  Game and Fish           427,000       438,000
  7.41  $306,000 the first year and $306,000 
  7.42  the second year are for iron ore 
  7.43  cooperative research, of which $200,000 
  7.44  the first year and $200,000 the second 
  7.45  year are available only as matched by 
  7.46  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  7.47  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  7.48  remaining in the first year does not 
  7.49  cancel but is available for the second 
  8.1   year. 
  8.2   $369,000 the first year and $369,000 
  8.3   the second year are for mineral 
  8.4   diversification.  
  8.5   $98,000 the first year and $98,000 the 
  8.6   second year are for minerals 
  8.7   cooperative environmental research, of 
  8.8   which $49,000 the first year and 
  8.9   $49,000 the second year are available 
  8.10  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  8.11  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  8.12  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.13  first year does not cancel but is 
  8.14  available for the second year. 
  8.15  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management 
  8.16      11,697,000      11,580,000
  8.17                Summary by Fund
  8.18  General                11,423,000     11,300,000
  8.19  Natural Resources         274,000        280,000
  8.20  $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the 
  8.21  second year are for payment to the 
  8.22  Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
  8.23  implement its portion of the 
  8.24  comprehensive plan for the upper 
  8.25  Mississippi.  
  8.26  $50,000 the first year is for a grant 
  8.27  to the Blue Earth county board under 
  8.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.511, 
  8.29  to study the feasibility of repairing 
  8.30  or removing Rapidan Dam.  The county 
  8.31  board shall perform or have performed a 
  8.32  study of the dam to obtain information 
  8.33  on whether the dam should be repaired 
  8.34  or removed, including gathering 
  8.35  information on the repairs needed; 
  8.36  obtaining renewable energy production 
  8.37  incentives to accomplish the repairs 
  8.38  and future maintenance; comparing the 
  8.39  costs to repair or to remove the dam; 
  8.40  analyzing and estimating the cost of 
  8.41  repair or replacement of the bridge on 
  8.42  the dam, the right and left downstream 
  8.43  abutments, the retaining wall at the 
  8.44  power station, and the apron below the 
  8.45  spillway; and gauging public sentiment 
  8.46  for repairing or removing the dam.  
  8.47  This is a one-time appropriation. 
  8.48  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
  8.49      38,981,000     40,042,000
  8.50                Summary by Fund
  8.51  General              38,495,000    39,543,000
  8.52  Natural Resources       486,000       499,000
  8.53  $8,000,000 the first year and 
  8.54  $8,000,000 the second year are for 
  8.55  emergency firefighting.  Of these 
  8.56  amounts, up to $7,000,000 each year may 
  9.1   be used for firefighting aircraft, 
  9.2   operation of the Minnesota interagency 
  9.3   fire center, seasonal and emergency 
  9.4   staffing, training, controlled burns, 
  9.5   and other presuppression and 
  9.6   preparedness costs. 
  9.7   If the balance in either year is 
  9.8   insufficient, the amount necessary to 
  9.9   pay all direct costs of suppression is 
  9.10  appropriated from the general fund.  
  9.11  Direct costs include, but are not 
  9.12  limited to, expanded staffing, regular 
  9.13  and overtime costs incurred by 
  9.14  permanent staff, costs associated with 
  9.15  equipment used in the direct 
  9.16  suppression of a fire incident, flight 
  9.17  time and base costs of helicopters and 
  9.18  airplanes, law enforcement and arson 
  9.19  investigation costs, costs associated 
  9.20  with the execution or enactment of an 
  9.21  emergency declaration, and search and 
  9.22  rescue costs.  Any reimbursement from 
  9.23  any source, other than federal 
  9.24  mobilizations, must be deposited to the 
  9.25  general fund. 
  9.26  By November 15 of each year, the 
  9.27  commissioner of natural resources shall 
  9.28  submit a report to the chairs of the 
  9.29  house of representatives ways and means 
  9.30  committee, the senate finance 
  9.31  committee, the environment and 
  9.32  agriculture budget division of the 
  9.33  senate finance committee, and the house 
  9.34  of representatives environment and 
  9.35  natural resources finance committee, 
  9.36  identifying all firefighting costs 
  9.37  incurred and reimbursements received in 
  9.38  the prior fiscal year.  The report must 
  9.39  be in a format agreed to by the house 
  9.40  and senate environmental committees, 
  9.41  the department, and the department of 
  9.42  finance.  These appropriations may not 
  9.43  be transferred. 
  9.44  $724,000 the first year and $724,000 
  9.45  the second year are for programs and 
  9.46  practices on state, county, and private 
  9.47  lands to regenerate and protect 
  9.48  Minnesota's white pine.  Up to $280,000 
  9.49  of the appropriation in each year may 
  9.50  be used by the commissioner to provide 
  9.51  50 percent matching funds to implement 
  9.52  cultural practices for white pine 
  9.53  management on nonindustrial, private 
  9.54  forest lands at rates specified in the 
  9.55  Minnesota stewardship incentives 
  9.56  program manual.  Up to $150,000 of the 
  9.57  appropriation in each year may be used 
  9.58  by the commissioner to provide funds to 
  9.59  implement cultural practices for white 
  9.60  pine management on county-administered 
  9.61  lands through grant agreements with 
  9.62  individual counties, with priorities 
  9.63  for areas that experienced wind damage 
  9.64  in July 1995.  $40,000 each year is for 
  9.65  a study of the natural regeneration 
  9.66  process of white pine.  The remainder 
  9.67  of the funds in each fiscal year will 
  9.68  be available to the commissioner for 
 10.1   white pine regeneration and protection 
 10.2   on department-administered lands. 
 10.3   $62,000 the first year and $62,000 the 
 10.4   second year are for the focus on 
 10.5   community forests program, to provide 
 10.6   communities with natural resources 
 10.7   technical assistance. 
 10.8   $3,517,000 the first year and 
 10.9   $4,367,000 the second year are to be 
 10.10  used as follows: 
 10.11  (1) $550,000 the first year and 
 10.12  $1,150,000 the second year are for 
 10.13  field services; 
 10.14  (2) $250,000 the first year and 
 10.15  $500,000 the second year are for timber 
 10.16  sales; 
 10.17  (3) $210,000 the first year and 
 10.18  $210,000 the second year are for 
 10.19  commercial thinning; 
 10.20  (4) $1,147,000 the first year and 
 10.21  $1,147,000 the second year are for the 
 10.22  forest resources council for 
 10.23  implementation of the Sustainable 
 10.24  Forest Resources Act. 
 10.25  The commissioner may not reprogram the 
 10.26  appropriations in clauses (1) to (4) 
 10.27  above for other purposes. 
 10.28  The forest resources council shall 
 10.29  review monitoring, verification, and 
 10.30  auditing programs for forest management 
 10.31  activities.  This review may include, 
 10.32  but is not limited to, activities 
 10.33  associated with compliance monitoring 
 10.34  conducted under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.35  section 89A.07, subdivision 2, the 
 10.36  Sustainable Forestry Initiative, 
 10.37  Smartwood, Master Logger, and 
 10.38  International Organization for 
 10.39  Standardization criteria.  The review 
 10.40  shall: 
 10.41  (1) describe the requirements and 
 10.42  activities for the programs reviewed; 
 10.43  (2) identify opportunities to establish 
 10.44  common standards and procedures for 
 10.45  conducting third-party field audits 
 10.46  among the various programs; 
 10.47  (3) identify opportunities for 
 10.48  coordinating and integrating 
 10.49  third-party field audits associated 
 10.50  with the various programs; and 
 10.51  (4) be completed and transmitted to the 
 10.52  chairs of the house and senate 
 10.53  environment and natural resources 
 10.54  committees, the house environment and 
 10.55  natural resources finance committee, 
 10.56  and the senate environment and 
 10.57  agriculture budget division by January 
 10.58  31, 2002. 
 11.1   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.2   section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 11.3   encumbered under contract on or before 
 11.4   June 30, 2003, for the forest health, 
 11.5   white pine, stewardship, and Minnesota 
 11.6   ReLeaf grants in this subdivision are 
 11.7   available until June 30, 2004. 
 11.8   Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
 11.9   Management 
 11.10      39,212,000     39,174,000
 11.11                Summary by Fund
 11.12  General              21,316,000    21,501,000
 11.13  Natural Resources    17,896,000    17,673,000
 11.14  $638,000 the first year and $640,000 
 11.15  the second year are from the water 
 11.16  recreation account in the natural 
 11.17  resources fund for state park 
 11.18  development projects.  If the 
 11.19  appropriation in either year is 
 11.20  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 11.21  other year is available for it. 
 11.22  $3,000,000 the first year and 
 11.23  $3,000,000 the second year are for 
 11.24  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 11.25  council for metropolitan area regional 
 11.26  parks maintenance and operations.  
 11.27  $242,000 the first year and $242,000 
 11.28  the second year are for state forest 
 11.29  campground operations. 
 11.30  $4,399,000 the first year and 
 11.31  $4,158,000 the second year are from the 
 11.32  natural resources fund for state park 
 11.33  and recreation area operations.  This 
 11.34  appropriation is from the revenue 
 11.35  deposited to the natural resources fund 
 11.36  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.37  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 11.38  clause (2).  Of this amount: 
 11.39  (1) $1,805,000 the first year and 
 11.40  $1,805,000 the second year are to 
 11.41  restore camping and day use in state 
 11.42  parks, make camping available in the 
 11.43  spring and fall, provide maintenance to 
 11.44  the facilities and security for park 
 11.45  visitors, and partially fund winter 
 11.46  operations; 
 11.47  (2) $1,196,000 the first year and 
 11.48  $1,021,000 the second year are to fund 
 11.49  state park emergency maintenance 
 11.50  projects; 
 11.51  (3) $413,000 the first year and 
 11.52  $413,000 the second year are to fund 
 11.53  state park resource management 
 11.54  activities; 
 11.55  (4) $735,000 the first year is to fund 
 11.56  the purchase of the campground 
 11.57  manager/point-of-sale system for 28 
 11.58  state parks and to implement a revenue 
 12.1   system; 
 12.2   (5) $100,000 the first year and 
 12.3   $100,000 the second year are to make 
 12.4   improvements to the state park Web site 
 12.5   and provide additional state park 
 12.6   informational brochures and more state 
 12.7   park maps; 
 12.8   (6) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 
 12.9   the second year are to replace 
 12.10  computers in the field and regional 
 12.11  office locations according to 
 12.12  department standards; 
 12.13  (7) $75,000 the first year is to 
 12.14  complete master plans for both Big Bog 
 12.15  and Red River state recreation areas; 
 12.16  (8) $25,000 the first year and $25,000 
 12.17  the second year are for a grant to the 
 12.18  city of Taylors Falls for fire and 
 12.19  rescue operations in support of 
 12.20  Interstate park; and 
 12.21  (9) $744,000 the second year is for 
 12.22  operating costs, including fisheries 
 12.23  management, of the Red River state 
 12.24  recreation area. 
 12.25  The appropriations in clauses (1) to 
 12.26  (9) are one-time appropriations. 
 12.27  $5,131,000 the first year and 
 12.28  $5,131,000 the second year are from the 
 12.29  natural resources fund for a grant to 
 12.30  the metropolitan council for 
 12.31  metropolitan area regional parks and 
 12.32  trails maintenance and operations.  
 12.33  This appropriation is from the revenue 
 12.34  deposited to the natural resources fund 
 12.35  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.36  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 12.37  clause (3).  Of this amount: 
 12.38  (1) $450,000 the second year is for a 
 12.39  grant to the Minneapolis park and 
 12.40  recreation board for the construction 
 12.41  of a portion of the Bassett's Creek 
 12.42  trail to connect the Cedar Lake trail 
 12.43  and the Luce Line trail in 
 12.44  Minneapolis.  This appropriation may be 
 12.45  used for the relocation of a soccer 
 12.46  field in the path of the trail; 
 12.47  (2) $500,000 the first year is for a 
 12.48  grant to the boards of commissioners of 
 12.49  Ramsey and Washington counties to 
 12.50  jointly prepare engineering design 
 12.51  documents for the rehabilitation of the 
 12.52  roadway and the development of an 
 12.53  adjacent trail for marked trunk highway 
 12.54  No. 120 from its intersection with Joy 
 12.55  Road to its intersection with 20th 
 12.56  Street in the city of North St. Paul, 
 12.57  for marked trunk highway No. 96 from 
 12.58  its intersection with marked trunk 
 12.59  highway No. 61 to its intersection with 
 12.60  marked trunk highway No. 244, and for 
 12.61  marked trunk highway No. 244 from its 
 12.62  intersection with marked trunk highway 
 13.1   No. 96 to and including its 
 13.2   intersection with Washington county 
 13.3   road 12.  The design must be consistent 
 13.4   with the recommendations of the Lake 
 13.5   Links Trail Network Master Plan 
 13.6   prepared for Ramsey and Washington 
 13.7   counties; 
 13.8   (3) $100,000 is for a grant to the 
 13.9   Westwood Hills nature center in St. 
 13.10  Louis Park for making a boardwalk trail 
 13.11  handicapped accessible.  This 
 13.12  appropriation is available when equally 
 13.13  matched by nonstate money; and 
 13.14  (4) $500,000 the second year is for a 
 13.15  grant to the city of Chanhassen for a 
 13.16  trail along the west side of trunk 
 13.17  highway No. 101 from trunk highway No. 
 13.18  5 to state highway No. 62.  The city of 
 13.19  Chanhassen must contribute $750,000 in 
 13.20  matching funds. 
 13.21  The appropriations in clauses (1) to 
 13.22  (4) are one-time appropriations. 
 13.23  $70,000 the first year is for a grant 
 13.24  to the St. Croix Valley Heritage 
 13.25  Coalition, Inc. to repay private costs 
 13.26  incurred on a project that was 
 13.27  abandoned by the department.  This is a 
 13.28  one-time appropriation. 
 13.29  Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 13.30  Management 
 13.31      18,090,000     18,669,000
 13.32                Summary by Fund
 13.33  General               2,030,000     2,036,000
 13.34  Natural Resources    15,165,000    15,323,000
 13.35  Game and Fish           895,000     1,310,000
 13.36  $4,424,000 the first year and 
 13.37  $4,424,000 the second year are from the 
 13.38  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 13.39  account in the natural resources fund 
 13.40  for snowmobile grants-in-aid.  
 13.41  $259,000 the first year and $261,000 
 13.42  the second year are from the water 
 13.43  recreation account in the natural 
 13.44  resources fund for a safe harbor 
 13.45  program on Lake Superior. 
 13.46  $852,000 the first year and $852,000 
 13.47  the second year are from the natural 
 13.48  resources fund for state trail 
 13.49  operations.  This appropriation is from 
 13.50  the revenue deposited to the natural 
 13.51  resources fund under Minnesota 
 13.52  Statutes, section 297A.44, subdivision 
 13.53  1, paragraph (e), clause (2).  This is 
 13.54  a one-time appropriation.  
 13.55  $684,000 the first year and $684,000 
 13.56  the second year are from the natural 
 13.57  resources fund for trail grants to 
 14.1   local units of government on land to be 
 14.2   maintained for at least 20 years for 
 14.3   the purposes of the grant.  This 
 14.4   appropriation is from the revenue 
 14.5   deposited to the natural resources fund 
 14.6   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 14.7   297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 14.8   clause (4).  This is a one-time 
 14.9   appropriation.  
 14.10  The appropriation from the general fund 
 14.11  of $1,400,000 authorized in Laws 1998, 
 14.12  chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 26, 
 14.13  for Skunk Hollow trail in Yellow 
 14.14  Medicine and Chippewa counties is 
 14.15  reauthorized and appropriated to the 
 14.16  commissioner for the purpose of 
 14.17  developing the Minnesota River trail 
 14.18  according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.19  section 85.015, subdivision 23. 
 14.20  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.21  section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 14.22  encumbered under contract on or before 
 14.23  June 30, 2003, for the snowmobile, 
 14.24  all-terrain vehicle, off-highway 
 14.25  vehicle, and off-road vehicle grants in 
 14.26  this subdivision are available until 
 14.27  June 30, 2004. 
 14.28  Subd. 7.  Fish Management
 14.29      29,133,000     30,280,000
 14.30                Summary by Fund
 14.31  General                 637,000       642,000
 14.32  Natural Resources       191,000       197,000
 14.33  Game and Fish        28,305,000    29,441,000
 14.34  $217,000 the first year and $218,000 
 14.35  the second year are for resource 
 14.36  population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 14.37  area.  Of this amount, $84,000 the 
 14.38  first year and $85,000 the second year 
 14.39  are from the game and fish fund. 
 14.40  $45,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
 14.41  second year are from the game and fish 
 14.42  fund for programs of the division of 
 14.43  fisheries.  This amount shall be 
 14.44  included in the department's base 
 14.45  appropriation. 
 14.46  $303,000 the first year and $311,000 
 14.47  the second year are for the reinvest in 
 14.48  Minnesota programs of game and fish, 
 14.49  critical habitat, and wetlands 
 14.50  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.51  section 84.95, subdivision 2.  
 14.52  $666,000 the first year and $671,000 
 14.53  the second year are from the trout and 
 14.54  salmon management account for only the 
 14.55  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.56  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.57  3. 
 14.58  $203,000 the first year and $203,000 
 15.1   the second year are available for 
 15.2   aquatic plant restoration. 
 15.3   $5,167,000 the first year and 
 15.4   $5,783,000 the second year are from the 
 15.5   heritage enhancement account in the 
 15.6   game and fish fund for only the 
 15.7   purposes specified in Minnesota 
 15.8   Statutes, section 297A.44, subdivision 
 15.9   1, paragraph (e), clause (1).  This 
 15.10  appropriation is from the revenue 
 15.11  deposited to the game and fish fund 
 15.12  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.13  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 15.14  clause (1).  Of this amount: 
 15.15  (1) $1,980,000 the first year and 
 15.16  $1,980,000 the second year are to carry 
 15.17  out projects such as installing lake 
 15.18  aeration systems, removing access 
 15.19  barriers for physically disabled 
 15.20  anglers, building fishing piers, 
 15.21  modifying dams, constructing rough fish 
 15.22  barriers, conducting creel surveys, 
 15.23  improving streams, improving spawning 
 15.24  areas, repairing hatcheries and rearing 
 15.25  ponds, stabilizing lake shorelines, and 
 15.26  acquiring aquatic management areas and 
 15.27  trout stream easements; and to provide 
 15.28  field offices with some discretionary 
 15.29  money for local habitat improvements 
 15.30  and restorations in partnership with 
 15.31  local stakeholders and other department 
 15.32  units, for lake and stream surveys and 
 15.33  assessments, and for equipment to do 
 15.34  field projects; 
 15.35  (2) $250,000 the first year and 
 15.36  $250,000 the second year are to provide 
 15.37  more fishing opportunities for children 
 15.38  and other anglers on small lakes and 
 15.39  ponds in the Twin Cities metropolitan 
 15.40  area; 
 15.41  (3) $150,000 the first year and 
 15.42  $150,000 the second year are to protect 
 15.43  and restore aquatic vegetation and 
 15.44  other aquatic habitat in cooperation 
 15.45  with local stakeholders; 
 15.46  (4) $500,000 the first year and 
 15.47  $500,000 the second year are for asset 
 15.48  preservation and improvement of state 
 15.49  fish hatcheries and rearing ponds; 
 15.50  (5) $500,000 the first year and 
 15.51  $500,000 the second year are for 
 15.52  acquisitions of the division of 
 15.53  fisheries' highest priority 
 15.54  acquisitions; 
 15.55  (6) $150,000 the first year and 
 15.56  $150,000 the second year are to 
 15.57  maintain funding for three field 
 15.58  positions to do fish management 
 15.59  activities including fish culture and 
 15.60  stocking, lake and stream monitoring, 
 15.61  and habitat improvement; 
 15.62  (7) $553,000 the first year and 
 15.63  $553,000 the second year are for 
 16.1   accelerated walleye stocking; 
 16.2   (8) $134,000 the first year is for 
 16.3   restoration and aeration of Powderhorn 
 16.4   Lake in Minneapolis; 
 16.5   (9) $850,000 the first year is to be 
 16.6   used in cooperation with the city of 
 16.7   Minnetonka for site preparation and 
 16.8   construction of a multiuse water access 
 16.9   on Grays Bay, Lake Minnetonka; 
 16.10  (10) $100,000 the first year is for 
 16.11  necessary improvements at the Knife 
 16.12  river harbor of refuge and marina.  
 16.13  This appropriation is available until 
 16.14  spent; and 
 16.15  (11) $1,700,000 the second year is to 
 16.16  make grants from the stream protection 
 16.17  and improvement loan program under 
 16.18  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.705. 
 16.19  The appropriations in clauses (1), 
 16.20  except for $950,000 each year, (2), (4) 
 16.21  to (6), and (8) to (11) are one-time 
 16.22  appropriations. 
 16.23  The division of fisheries shall provide 
 16.24  a written report to the chairs of the 
 16.25  house and senate natural resources 
 16.26  policy and finance committees by 
 16.27  January 1, 2003, on how the accelerated 
 16.28  walleye stocking money was spent, 
 16.29  including, but not limited to, lakes 
 16.30  that were stocked and the amount of 
 16.31  fry, frylings, or fingerlings stocked. 
 16.32  $550,000 the first year and $550,000 
 16.33  the second year are from the heritage 
 16.34  enhancement account in the game and 
 16.35  fish fund for the walleye stocking 
 16.36  program.  This appropriation is from 
 16.37  the revenue deposited to the game and 
 16.38  fish fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.39  section 297A.44, subdivision 1, 
 16.40  paragraph (e), clause (1).  
 16.41  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.42  section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 16.43  encumbered under contract on or before 
 16.44  June 30, 2003, for the aquatic 
 16.45  restoration grants in this subdivision 
 16.46  are available until June 30, 2004. 
 16.47  Subd. 8.  Wildlife Management 
 16.48      23,227,000     23,193,000
 16.49                Summary by Fund
 16.50  General               1,618,000     1,621,000
 16.51  Game and Fish        21,609,000    21,572,000
 16.52  $106,000 the first year and $106,000 
 16.53  the second year are for resource 
 16.54  population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 16.55  area.  Of this amount, $26,000 the 
 16.56  first year and $26,000 the second year 
 16.57  are from the game and fish fund. 
 17.1   $8,000 the first year and $8,000 the 
 17.2   second year are from the game and fish 
 17.3   fund for programs of the division of 
 17.4   wildlife.  This amount shall be 
 17.5   included in the department's base 
 17.6   appropriation. 
 17.7   $8,000 the first year and $8,000 the 
 17.8   second year are from the game and fish 
 17.9   fund for the wild turkey management 
 17.10  program.  This amount shall be included 
 17.11  in the department's base to be 
 17.12  transferred to the wild turkey 
 17.13  management account and is appropriated 
 17.14  for purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.15  section 97A.075, subdivision 5. 
 17.16  $552,000 the first year and $565,000 
 17.17  the second year are for the reinvest in 
 17.18  Minnesota programs of game and fish, 
 17.19  critical habitat, and wetlands 
 17.20  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.21  section 84.95, subdivision 2. 
 17.22  $1,419,000 the first year and 
 17.23  $1,430,000 the second year are from the 
 17.24  wildlife acquisition surcharge account 
 17.25  for only the purposes specified in 
 17.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.071, 
 17.27  subdivision 2a. 
 17.28  $1,245,000 the first year and 
 17.29  $1,269,000 the second year are from the 
 17.30  deer habitat improvement account for 
 17.31  only the purposes specified in 
 17.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
 17.33  subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
 17.34  $147,000 the first year and $148,000 
 17.35  the second year are from the deer and 
 17.36  bear management account for only the 
 17.37  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 17.38  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 17.39  1, paragraph (c). 
 17.40  $699,000 the first year and $708,000 
 17.41  the second year are from the waterfowl 
 17.42  habitat improvement account for only 
 17.43  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 17.44  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 17.45  2. 
 17.46  $546,000 the first year and $546,000 
 17.47  the second year are from the pheasant 
 17.48  habitat improvement account for only 
 17.49  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 17.50  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 17.51  4.  In addition to the purposes 
 17.52  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.53  section 97A.075, subdivision 4, this 
 17.54  appropriation may be used for pheasant 
 17.55  restocking efforts. 
 17.56  $308,000 the first year and $313,000 
 17.57  the second year are from the game and 
 17.58  fish fund for activities relating to 
 17.59  reduction and prevention of property 
 17.60  damage by wildlife.  Of this amount, 
 17.61  $50,000 each year is for emergency 
 17.62  damage abatement materials. 
 18.1   $86,000 the first year and $87,000 the 
 18.2   second year are from the wild turkey 
 18.3   management account for only the 
 18.4   purposes specified in Minnesota 
 18.5   Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 18.6   5. 
 18.7   $3,357,000 the first year and 
 18.8   $2,971,000 the second year are from the 
 18.9   heritage enhancement account in the 
 18.10  game and fish fund for only the 
 18.11  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 18.12  Statutes, section 297A.44, subdivision 
 18.13  1, paragraph (e), clause (1).  This 
 18.14  appropriation is from the revenue 
 18.15  deposited to the game and fish fund 
 18.16  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.17  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 18.18  clause (1).  Of this amount: 
 18.19  (1) $250,000 the first year and 
 18.20  $250,000 the second year are for 
 18.21  prescribed burning of grassland, 
 18.22  wetland, and forest habitats; 
 18.23  (2) $250,000 the first year and 
 18.24  $225,000 the second year are for 
 18.25  prairie grassland development including 
 18.26  the restoration of native species of 
 18.27  grasses and forbs on public lands and 
 18.28  for the improvement of existing stands 
 18.29  through interseeding and other 
 18.30  practices to improve stand diversity; 
 18.31  (3) $200,000 the first year and 
 18.32  $200,000 the second year are for the 
 18.33  development of forest openings and to 
 18.34  enhance mast production, regenerate 
 18.35  stands, improve thermal cover in order 
 18.36  to maintain healthy sustainable forest 
 18.37  wildlife populations, and improve 
 18.38  wildlife-related recreational 
 18.39  opportunities in forest habitats; 
 18.40  (4) $300,000 the first year and 
 18.41  $225,000 the second year are for 
 18.42  restoration of drained wetland basins 
 18.43  and improvement of existing basins 
 18.44  through water level maintenance and 
 18.45  water control structures to maintain 
 18.46  and improve habitats for wetland 
 18.47  dependent wildlife; 
 18.48  (5) $300,000 the first year and 
 18.49  $300,000 the second year are for the 
 18.50  completion of applied management 
 18.51  research and monitoring projects for 
 18.52  wetlands and forest wildlife 
 18.53  populations; 
 18.54  (6) $95,000 the first year and $400,000 
 18.55  the second year are for the state of 
 18.56  Minnesota to assume management of the 
 18.57  wolf, including monitoring wolf 
 18.58  populations, conducting cooperative 
 18.59  wolf depredation management, conducting 
 18.60  telemetry, and other applied research 
 18.61  and includes funding for a cooperative 
 18.62  agreement for depredation management 
 18.63  with United States Department of 
 18.64  Agriculture Wildlife Services.  The 
 19.1   $400,000 the second year is only 
 19.2   available if the federal government 
 19.3   finalizes delisting the wolf from 
 19.4   protection under the Endangered Species 
 19.5   Act of 1973; 
 19.6   (7) $125,000 the first year and 
 19.7   $125,000 the second year are for the 
 19.8   shearing and burning of brushland 
 19.9   habitats to maintain and improve high 
 19.10  priority brushland ecosystems on public 
 19.11  and private lands across northern 
 19.12  Minnesota for sharp-tailed grouse, 
 19.13  moose, deer, and many other species 
 19.14  dependent on these areas; 
 19.15  (8) $1,000,000 the first year and 
 19.16  $1,000,000 the second year are for 
 19.17  development and rehabilitation of 
 19.18  wildlife management area lands and 
 19.19  includes boundary surveys and posting, 
 19.20  site cleanup and erosion control, 
 19.21  access development, and appropriate 
 19.22  cover establishment for wildlife 
 19.23  habitat.  $945,000 the first year and 
 19.24  $950,000 the second year are available 
 19.25  for grants to local outdoor sports 
 19.26  clubs for habitat improvement projects 
 19.27  on wildlife management area lands; 
 19.28  (9) $35,000 the first year and $35,000 
 19.29  the second year are for waterfowl 
 19.30  development in Canada as authorized in 
 19.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.127; 
 19.32  (10) $30,000 the first year and $30,000 
 19.33  the second year are to provide funds to 
 19.34  match private contributions for the 
 19.35  purpose of completing the capture, 
 19.36  relocation, and monitoring of prairie 
 19.37  chickens being reintroduced in west 
 19.38  central Minnesota; and 
 19.39  (11) $772,000 the first year and 
 19.40  $181,000 the second year are for 
 19.41  statewide technical assistance to 
 19.42  improve wildlife habitats on private 
 19.43  lands, including vegetation 
 19.44  establishment, management, and 
 19.45  stewardship planning, and other 
 19.46  wildlife habitat development and 
 19.47  management techniques. 
 19.48  The appropriations in clauses (1) to 
 19.49  (11) are one-time appropriations. 
 19.50  $13,000 the first year and $13,000 the 
 19.51  second year are to publicize the 
 19.52  critical habitat license plate match 
 19.53  program. 
 19.54  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.55  section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 19.56  encumbered under contract on or before 
 19.57  June 30, 2003, for the wildlife habitat 
 19.58  grants in this subdivision are 
 19.59  available until June 30, 2004. 
 19.60  Subd. 9.  Ecological Services
 19.61       9,834,000      8,962,000
 20.1                 Summary by Fund
 20.2   General               3,692,000     3,716,000
 20.3   Natural Resources     1,979,000     2,013,000
 20.4   Game and Fish         4,163,000     3,233,000
 20.5   $1,006,000 the first year and 
 20.6   $1,028,000 the second year are from the 
 20.7   nongame wildlife management account in 
 20.8   the natural resources fund for the 
 20.9   purpose of nongame wildlife management. 
 20.10  $253,000 the first year and $253,000 
 20.11  the second year are for population and 
 20.12  habitat objectives of the nongame 
 20.13  wildlife management program. 
 20.14  $593,000 the first year and $600,000 
 20.15  the second year are for the reinvest in 
 20.16  Minnesota programs of game and fish, 
 20.17  critical habitat, and wetlands 
 20.18  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.19  section 84.95, subdivision 2. 
 20.20  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 20.21  the second year are for water 
 20.22  monitoring activities, including 
 20.23  integrated monitoring using biology, 
 20.24  chemistry, hydrology, and habitat 
 20.25  assessment for water quality assessment.
 20.26  $12,000 the first year and $12,000 the 
 20.27  second year are to publicize the tax 
 20.28  donation checkoff to the nongame 
 20.29  wildlife program. 
 20.30  $970,000 the first year is from the 
 20.31  game and fish fund for the wildlife 
 20.32  conservation and restoration program.  
 20.33  This appropriation is for the planning 
 20.34  and implementation of a program that 
 20.35  addresses wildlife conservation and 
 20.36  restoration, wildlife-conservation 
 20.37  education, and wildlife-associated 
 20.38  recreation. 
 20.39  $1,406,000 the first year and 
 20.40  $1,406,000 the second year are from the 
 20.41  heritage enhancement account in the 
 20.42  game and fish fund for only the 
 20.43  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 20.44  Statutes, section 297A.44, subdivision 
 20.45  1, paragraph (e), clause (1).  This 
 20.46  appropriation is from the revenue 
 20.47  deposited to the game and fish fund 
 20.48  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 20.49  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 20.50  clause (1).  Of this amount: 
 20.51  (1) $140,000 the first year and 
 20.52  $140,000 the second year are to provide 
 20.53  funding for the Minnesota county 
 20.54  biological survey; 
 20.55  (2) $220,000 the first year and 
 20.56  $220,000 the second year are to expand 
 20.57  the field effort of the nongame 
 20.58  wildlife program; 
 21.1   (3) $187,000 the first year and 
 21.2   $187,000 the second year are to upgrade 
 21.3   the management of ecological 
 21.4   information to improve its 
 21.5   accessibility for habitat management 
 21.6   and land use planning activities; 
 21.7   (4) $74,000 the first year and $74,000 
 21.8   the second year are to expand native 
 21.9   prairie stewardship on private lands; 
 21.10  (5) $100,000 the first year and 
 21.11  $100,000 the second year are to develop 
 21.12  educational products that interpret 
 21.13  emerging natural resource research and 
 21.14  management information on river and 
 21.15  stream ecosystems and natural 
 21.16  communities; 
 21.17  (6) $310,000 the first year and 
 21.18  $310,000 the second year are for 
 21.19  matching grants to protect native oak 
 21.20  forests from oak wilt; and 
 21.21  (7) $375,000 the first year and 
 21.22  $375,000 the second year are for 
 21.23  purchase and implementation of the 
 21.24  FORIST system to provide better 
 21.25  management, inventory, and habitat 
 21.26  information. 
 21.27  The appropriations in clauses (1) to 
 21.28  (7) are one-time appropriations. 
 21.29  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.30  section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 21.31  encumbered under contract on or before 
 21.32  June 30, 2003, for the milfoil program 
 21.33  grants in this subdivision are 
 21.34  available until June 30, 2004. 
 21.35  Subd. 10.  Enforcement 
 21.36      25,019,000     25,536,000
 21.37                Summary by Fund
 21.38  General               4,679,000     4,699,000
 21.39  Natural Resources     4,624,000     4,748,000
 21.40  Game and Fish        15,616,000    15,989,000
 21.41  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
 21.42  $1,082,000 the first year and 
 21.43  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 21.44  water recreation account in the natural 
 21.45  resources fund for grants to counties 
 21.46  for boat and water safety. 
 21.47  $106,000 the first year and $185,000 
 21.48  the second year are from the 
 21.49  all-terrain vehicle account in the 
 21.50  natural resources fund for 
 21.51  administration of the all-terrain 
 21.52  vehicle environment and safety 
 21.53  education and training program under 
 21.54  Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.925, 
 21.55  and 84.9256, subdivision 1. 
 22.1   $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 22.2   the second year are from the solid 
 22.3   waste fund for solid waste enforcement 
 22.4   activities under Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.5   section 116.073. 
 22.6   $315,000 the first year and $315,000 
 22.7   the second year are from the snowmobile 
 22.8   trails and enforcement account in the 
 22.9   natural resources fund for grants to 
 22.10  local law enforcement agencies for 
 22.11  snowmobile enforcement activities. 
 22.12  $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 22.13  second year are from the natural 
 22.14  resources fund for enforcement 
 22.15  activities relating to the iron range 
 22.16  off-highway vehicle recreation area.  
 22.17  Of the amount appropriated, $40,000 is 
 22.18  from the all-terrain vehicle account, 
 22.19  $32,000 is from the off-road vehicle 
 22.20  account, and $8,000 is from the 
 22.21  off-highway motorcycle account. 
 22.22  $130,000 the first year and $130,000 
 22.23  the second year are for protected class 
 22.24  employee recruitment and retention. 
 22.25  $468,000 the first year and $468,000 
 22.26  the second year is in addition to base 
 22.27  for hiring new conservation officers 
 22.28  after January 1, 2001. 
 22.29  $834,000 the first year and $844,000 
 22.30  the second year are from the heritage 
 22.31  enhancement account in the game and 
 22.32  fish fund for only the purposes 
 22.33  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.34  section 297A.44, subdivision 1, 
 22.35  paragraph (e), clause (1).  This 
 22.36  appropriation is from the revenue 
 22.37  deposited to the game and fish fund 
 22.38  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 22.39  297A.44, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), 
 22.40  clause (1).  Of this amount: 
 22.41  (1) $664,000 the first year and 
 22.42  $664,000 the second year are for the 
 22.43  replacement of necessary equipment; and 
 22.44  (2) $170,000 the first year and 
 22.45  $180,000 the second year are to offset 
 22.46  increased gas costs. 
 22.47  The appropriations in clauses (1) and 
 22.48  (2) are one-time appropriations. 
 22.49  Overtime shall be distributed to 
 22.50  conservation officers at historical 
 22.51  levels.  If funding for enforcement is 
 22.52  reduced because of an unallotment, the 
 22.53  overtime bank may be reduced in 
 22.54  proportion to reductions made in other 
 22.55  areas of the budget. 
 22.56  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.57  section 16A.28, appropriations 
 22.58  encumbered under contract on or before 
 22.59  June 30, 2003, for the boat and water 
 22.60  safety program are available until June 
 22.61  30, 2004. 
 23.1   Subd. 11.  Operations Support
 23.2       31,334,000     31,857,000
 23.3                 Summary by Fund
 23.4   General              18,418,000    18,687,000
 23.5   Natural Resources     4,557,000     4,642,000
 23.6   Game and Fish         8,359,000     8,528,000
 23.7   $363,000 the first year and $363,000 
 23.8   the second year are for technical 
 23.9   assistance and grants to assist local 
 23.10  government units and organizations in 
 23.11  the metropolitan area to acquire and 
 23.12  develop natural areas and greenways. 
 23.13  $1,938,000 the first year and 
 23.14  $1,958,000 the second year are for the 
 23.15  operations of the Minnesota 
 23.16  Conservation Corps youth programs.  Of 
 23.17  this amount, $478,000 the first year 
 23.18  and $498,000 the second year are from 
 23.19  the natural resources fund.  
 23.20  The commissioner may contract with and 
 23.21  make grants to nonprofit agencies to 
 23.22  carry out the purposes, plans, and 
 23.23  programs of the office of youth 
 23.24  programs, Minnesota Conservation Corps. 
 23.25  $456,000 the first year and $456,000 
 23.26  the second year are from the natural 
 23.27  resources fund for grants to be divided 
 23.28  equally among the Minnesota Zoological 
 23.29  Garden, the city of St. Paul for the 
 23.30  Como Zoo and Conservatory, and the city 
 23.31  of Duluth Zoo.  This appropriation is 
 23.32  from the revenue deposited to the 
 23.33  natural resources fund under Minnesota 
 23.34  Statutes, section 297A.44, subdivision 
 23.35  1, paragraph (e), clause (5).  This is 
 23.36  a one-time appropriation. 
 23.37  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.38  section 16A.28, the appropriations 
 23.39  encumbered under contract on or before 
 23.40  June 30, 2003, for the metro greenways, 
 23.41  Red river, and community assistance 
 23.42  program grants in this subdivision are 
 23.43  available until June 30, 2004. 
 23.44  The base appropriation to the 
 23.45  commissioner of natural resources from 
 23.46  the game and fish fund for operations 
 23.47  support is reduced by $61,000 in the 
 23.48  first year and $69,000 in the second 
 23.49  year. 
 23.50  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 23.51  SOIL RESOURCES                        40,701,000     19,948,000
 23.52                Summary by Fund
 23.53  General              19,977,000    19,948,000
 23.54  Special Revenue      20,724,000        -0-
 23.55  $5,268,000 the first year and 
 24.1   $5,268,000 the second year are for 
 24.2   natural resources block grants to local 
 24.3   governments.  
 24.4   The board shall reduce the amount of 
 24.5   the natural resource block grant to a 
 24.6   county by an amount equal to any 
 24.7   reduction in the county's general 
 24.8   services allocation to a soil and water 
 24.9   conservation district from the county's 
 24.10  previous year allocation. 
 24.11  Grants must be matched with a 
 24.12  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 24.13  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 24.14  related to water planning must be 
 24.15  matched by an amount that would be 
 24.16  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 24.17  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 24.18  $4,007,000 the first year and 
 24.19  $4,007,000 the second year are for 
 24.20  grants to soil and water conservation 
 24.21  districts for general purposes, 
 24.22  nonpoint engineering, and 
 24.23  implementation of the reinvest in 
 24.24  Minnesota (RIM) conservation reserve 
 24.25  program.  Upon approval of the board, 
 24.26  expenditures may be made from these 
 24.27  appropriations for supplies and 
 24.28  services benefiting soil and water 
 24.29  conservation districts.  
 24.30  $4,120,000 the first year and 
 24.31  $4,120,000 the second year are for 
 24.32  grants to soil and water conservation 
 24.33  districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 24.34  for erosion control and water quality 
 24.35  management.  Of this amount, at least 
 24.36  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 24.37  $1,000,000 the second year are for 
 24.38  grants for cost-sharing contracts for 
 24.39  water quality management on feedlots.  
 24.40  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 24.41  the second year are for grants to 
 24.42  watershed districts and other local 
 24.43  units of government in the southern 
 24.44  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 24.45  floodplain management.  If the 
 24.46  appropriation in either year is 
 24.47  insufficient, the appropriation in the 
 24.48  other year is available for it. 
 24.49  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 24.50  the second year are for the 
 24.51  administrative costs of easement and 
 24.52  grant programs. 
 24.53  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 24.54  the second year are for the special 
 24.55  projects cost-share program for erosion 
 24.56  and sediment control and water quality 
 24.57  improvement.  This appropriation is 
 24.58  added to funds provided in the board's 
 24.59  base. 
 24.60  $20,724,000 the first year is from the 
 24.61  contingency account in the special 
 24.62  revenue fund for the Minnesota river 
 24.63  basin conservation reserve enhancement 
 25.1   program.  This appropriation is to 
 25.2   acquire easements on frequently flooded 
 25.3   cropland, including land within the 
 25.4   100-year floodplain and the major 
 25.5   tributaries; on marginal cropland along 
 25.6   rivers and streams; and on drained or 
 25.7   altered wetlands in the Minnesota river 
 25.8   basin to protect soil, enhance water 
 25.9   quality, and support fish and wildlife 
 25.10  habitat as provided in Minnesota 
 25.11  Statutes, sections 103F.515 and 
 25.12  103F.516.  $724,000 of this amount is 
 25.13  for implementation costs related to the 
 25.14  appropriation in Laws 2000, chapter 
 25.15  492, article 1, section 9, subdivision 
 25.16  3.  
 25.17  $2,967,000 is from the general fund for 
 25.18  implementation of easement costs of the 
 25.19  board of water and soil resources.  
 25.20  This appropriation is available until 
 25.21  June 30, 2004. 
 25.22  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 25.23  program of grants does not cancel at 
 25.24  the end of the first year and is 
 25.25  available for the second year for the 
 25.26  same grant program.  
 25.27  Sec. 7.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 25.28  OF MINNESOTA                           1,164,000      1,164,000
 25.29  Sec. 8.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES
 25.30  Subdivision 1.  Total
 25.31  Appropriation                     $   32,294,000 $   17,578,000
 25.32                Summary by Fund
 25.33  Minnesota Future 
 25.34  Resources Fund       14,965,000       340,000
 25.35  Environment and 
 25.36  Natural Resources 
 25.37  Trust Fund           17,239,000    17,238,000
 25.38  Oil Overcharge
 25.39  Money in the
 25.40  Special Revenue Fund     90,000         -0-  
 25.41  Great Lakes 
 25.42  Protection Fund          87,000         -0-   
 25.43  Appropriations from the Minnesota 
 25.44  future resources fund and oil 
 25.45  overcharge money in the special revenue 
 25.46  fund are available for either year of 
 25.47  the biennium. 
 25.48  For appropriations from the environment 
 25.49  and natural resources trust fund, any 
 25.50  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 25.51  first year does not cancel and is 
 25.52  available for the second year of the 
 25.53  biennium. 
 25.54  Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
 25.55  in this section are available until 
 25.56  June 30, 2003, when projects must be 
 25.57  completed and final products delivered. 
 26.1   Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 26.2   (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 26.3   Minnesota future resources fund 
 26.4   referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.5   section 116P.13. 
 26.6   (b) "Great Lakes protection fund" means 
 26.7   the Great Lakes protection fund 
 26.8   referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.9   section 116Q.01. 
 26.10  (c) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 26.11  environment and natural resources trust 
 26.12  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.13  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 26.14  (d) "Oil overcharge money" means the 
 26.15  money referred to in Minnesota 
 26.16  Statutes, section 4.071, subdivision 2. 
 26.17  Subd. 3.  Administration                 822,000        393,000
 26.18                Summary by Fund
 26.19  Future Resources 
 26.20  Fund                    429,000         -0-  
 26.21  Trust Fund              393,000       393,000
 26.22  (a) Legislative Commission on Minnesota 
 26.23  Resources 
 26.24  $389,000 of this appropriation is from 
 26.25  the future resources fund and $338,000 
 26.26  the first year and $338,000 the second 
 26.27  year are from the trust fund for 
 26.28  administration as provided in Minnesota 
 26.29  Statutes, section 116P.09, subdivision 
 26.30  5.  
 26.31  (b) Contract Administration 
 26.32  $40,000 of this appropriation is from 
 26.33  the future resources fund and $55,000 
 26.34  the first year and $55,000 the second 
 26.35  year are from the trust fund to the 
 26.36  commissioner of natural resources for 
 26.37  contract administration activities 
 26.38  assigned to the commissioner in this 
 26.39  section.  This appropriation is 
 26.40  available until June 30, 2004.  
 26.41  Subd. 4.  Fish and Wildlife 
 26.42  Habitat                                9,912,000      8,108,000
 26.43                Summary by Fund
 26.44  Future Resources 
 26.45  Fund                  1,805,000         -0-  
 26.46  Trust Fund            8,107,000     8,108,000
 26.47  (a) Forest and Prairie Stewardship of 
 26.48  Private Lands
 26.49  $272,000 the first year and $273,000 
 26.50  the second year are from the trust fund 
 26.51  to the commissioner of natural 
 26.52  resources, in cooperation with the 
 26.53  Minnesota Forestry Association and the 
 27.1   Nature Conservancy, to develop 
 27.2   stewardship plans for private prairie 
 27.3   and forested lands and to implement 
 27.4   natural resource projects by providing 
 27.5   matching money on a one-to-one basis to 
 27.6   private landowners.  This appropriation 
 27.7   is available until June 30, 2004, at 
 27.8   which time the project must be 
 27.9   completed and final products delivered, 
 27.10  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 27.11  the work program.  
 27.12  (b) State Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation
 27.13  $145,000 is from the future resources 
 27.14  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 27.15  resources to accelerate hatchery 
 27.16  rehabilitation. 
 27.17  (c) Enhancing Canada Goose      
 27.18  Hunting and Management              
 27.19  $340,000 is from the future resources 
 27.20  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 27.21  resources for an agreement with the 
 27.22  Minnesota Waterfowl Association to 
 27.23  acquire leases on private farmlands for 
 27.24  foraging sites and public hunting 
 27.25  opportunities and to provide technical 
 27.26  assistance to local units of government 
 27.27  in developing controlled hunts for 
 27.28  nuisance geese. 
 27.29  (d) Biological Control of   
 27.30  Eurasian Water Milfoil and
 27.31  Purple Loosestrife - Continuation    
 27.32  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
 27.33  second year are from the trust fund to 
 27.34  the commissioner of natural resources 
 27.35  for the fifth biennium of a five 
 27.36  biennia project to develop and 
 27.37  implement biological controls for 
 27.38  Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 27.39  loosestrife.  This appropriation is 
 27.40  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 27.41  time the project must be completed and 
 27.42  final products delivered, unless an 
 27.43  earlier date is specified in the work 
 27.44  program. 
 27.45  (e) Restoring Minnesota's   
 27.46  Fish and Wildlife Habitat
 27.47  Corridors     
 27.48  $5,873,000 the first year and 
 27.49  $5,872,000 the second year are from the 
 27.50  trust fund to the commissioner of 
 27.51  natural resources for acceleration of 
 27.52  agency programs and cooperative 
 27.53  agreements with Minnesota Waterfowl 
 27.54  Association, Minnesota Deer Hunters 
 27.55  Association, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 
 27.56  National Wild Turkey Federation, 
 27.57  Pheasants Forever, The Nature 
 27.58  Conservancy, Minnesota Land Trust, 
 27.59  Trust for Public Land, U.S. Fish and 
 27.60  Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian 
 27.61  Affairs, Natural Resources Conservation 
 27.62  Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to 
 27.63  restore and acquire fragmented 
 28.1   landscape corridors that connect areas 
 28.2   of quality habitat to sustain fish, 
 28.3   wildlife, and plants.  $352,000 is for 
 28.4   program coordination, corridor 
 28.5   identification, and mapping.  
 28.6   $3,343,000 is for restoration and 
 28.7   management activities in wildlife 
 28.8   management areas, wetland habitat, 
 28.9   lakes, wild rice beds, grasslands, and 
 28.10  fisheries habitat.  $2,650,000 is for 
 28.11  conservation easement programs on 
 28.12  riparian areas, big woods forests, 
 28.13  native prairies, and wetlands.  
 28.14  $5,400,000 is for habitat acquisition 
 28.15  activities on prairies, riparian areas, 
 28.16  and other fish and wildlife habitat 
 28.17  corridors.  As part of the required 
 28.18  work program, criteria and priorities 
 28.19  for planned acquisition and restoration 
 28.20  activities must be submitted to the 
 28.21  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 28.22  resources for review and approval.  
 28.23  Land acquired with this appropriation 
 28.24  must be sufficiently improved to meet 
 28.25  at least minimum management standards 
 28.26  as determined by the commissioner of 
 28.27  natural resources.  Any land acquired 
 28.28  in fee title by the commissioner of 
 28.29  natural resources with money from this 
 28.30  appropriation must be designated: 
 28.31  (1) as an outdoor recreation unit under 
 28.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07; or 
 28.33  (2) as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 28.34  sections 89.018, subdivision 2, 
 28.35  paragraph (a); 97A.101; 97A.125; 
 28.36  97C.001; and 97C.011.  
 28.37  The commissioner may so designate any 
 28.38  lands acquired in less than fee title.  
 28.39  This appropriation is available until 
 28.40  June 30, 2004, at which time the 
 28.41  project must be completed and final 
 28.42  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 28.43  date is specified in the work program. 
 28.44  (f) Engineering Support for    
 28.45  Public Lands Waterfowl
 28.46  Projects 
 28.47  $275,000 is from the future resources 
 28.48  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 28.49  resources for an agreement with Ducks 
 28.50  Unlimited, Inc., to provide survey and 
 28.51  engineering support to natural 
 28.52  resources agencies for waterfowl 
 28.53  projects on public lands. 
 28.54  (g) Metro Greenways                       
 28.55  $1,365,000 the first year and 
 28.56  $1,365,000 the second year are from the 
 28.57  trust fund to the commissioner of 
 28.58  natural resources for the metro 
 28.59  greenways program for planning, 
 28.60  improving, and protecting important 
 28.61  natural areas in the metropolitan 
 28.62  region through grants, contracted 
 28.63  services, conservation easements, and 
 28.64  fee acquisition.  Land acquired with 
 29.1   this appropriation must be sufficiently 
 29.2   improved to meet at least minimum 
 29.3   management standards as determined by 
 29.4   the commissioner of natural resources.  
 29.5   This appropriation is available until 
 29.6   June 30, 2004, at which time the 
 29.7   project must be completed and final 
 29.8   products delivered, unless an earlier 
 29.9   date is specified in the work program. 
 29.10  (h) Acquisition of Lands as 
 29.11  Scientific and Natural Areas                   
 29.12  $227,000 the first year and $228,000 
 29.13  the second year are from the trust fund 
 29.14  to the commissioner of natural 
 29.15  resources to acquire land with natural 
 29.16  features of statewide significance in 
 29.17  the scientific and natural area program 
 29.18  long-range plan and to improve land 
 29.19  acquired with this appropriation.  Land 
 29.20  acquired with this appropriation must 
 29.21  be sufficiently improved to meet at 
 29.22  least minimum management standards as 
 29.23  determined by the commissioner of 
 29.24  natural resources. 
 29.25  (i) Big Rivers Partnership: 
 29.26  Helping Communities to Restore
 29.27  Habitat   
 29.28  $325,000 the first year and $325,000 
 29.29  the second year are from the trust fund 
 29.30  to the commissioner of natural 
 29.31  resources for an agreement with Great 
 29.32  River Greening to implement private and 
 29.33  public habitat projects on a cost-share 
 29.34  basis in the Mississippi and Minnesota 
 29.35  River valleys.  This appropriation is 
 29.36  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 29.37  time the project must be completed and 
 29.38  final products delivered, unless an 
 29.39  earlier date is specified in the work 
 29.40  program. 
 29.41  (j) Acquisition of    
 29.42  Eagle Creek's Last Private Land                   
 29.43  $910,000 the first year is from the 
 29.44  future resources fund to the 
 29.45  commissioner of natural resources for 
 29.46  an agreement with the city of Savage to 
 29.47  acquire a buffer strip along Eagle 
 29.48  Creek for transfer and dedication as an 
 29.49  aquatic management area.  Acquisition 
 29.50  expenses incurred prior to July 1, 
 29.51  2001, may be reimbursed by the 
 29.52  commissioner.  Land acquired with this 
 29.53  appropriation must be sufficiently 
 29.54  improved to meet at least minimum 
 29.55  management standards as determined by 
 29.56  the commissioner of natural resources. 
 29.57  (k) Neighborhood Wilds      
 29.58  Program    
 29.59  $135,000 is from the future resources 
 29.60  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 29.61  resources for the neighborhood wilds 
 29.62  program to assist neighborhoods 
 29.63  adjacent to public lands and natural 
 30.1   areas in restoration and management of 
 30.2   habitat through demonstration 
 30.3   projects.  This appropriation is 
 30.4   available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 30.5   time the project must be completed and 
 30.6   final products delivered, unless an 
 30.7   earlier date is specified in the work 
 30.8   program. 
 30.9   Subd.  5.  Recreation                 16,312,000      7,575,000
 30.10                Summary by Fund
 30.11  Future Resources 
 30.12  Fund                  9,076,000       340,000
 30.13  Trust Fund            7,236,000     7,235,000
 30.14  (a) Metropolitan Regional   
 30.15  Parks Acquisition,
 30.16  Rehabilitation, and Development  
 30.17  $1,800,000 the first year is from the 
 30.18  future resources fund for a grant to 
 30.19  the city of St. Paul to restore East 
 30.20  Como Lake trail and lakeshore in Como 
 30.21  park.  The money is available until 
 30.22  expended. 
 30.23  $696,000 the first year and $696,000 
 30.24  the second year are from the trust fund 
 30.25  to the Port Authority of the city of 
 30.26  St. Paul for the acquisition of certain 
 30.27  properties in the Trout Brook area for 
 30.28  the reestablishment of natural habitat 
 30.29  as well as recreational and 
 30.30  environmental educational opportunities.
 30.31  $2,823,000 the first year and 
 30.32  $2,822,000 the second year are from the 
 30.33  trust fund and $550,000 the first year 
 30.34  is from the future resources fund to 
 30.35  the commissioner of natural resources 
 30.36  for an agreement with the metropolitan 
 30.37  council for subgrants for acquisition, 
 30.38  development, and rehabilitation in the 
 30.39  metropolitan regional park system, 
 30.40  consistent with the metropolitan 
 30.41  council regional recreation open space 
 30.42  capital improvement plan.  This 
 30.43  appropriation may not be used for the 
 30.44  purchase of residential structures.  
 30.45  This appropriation may be used to 
 30.46  reimburse implementing agencies for 
 30.47  acquisition of nonresidential property 
 30.48  as expressly approved in the work 
 30.49  program.  This appropriation is 
 30.50  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 30.51  time the project must be completed and 
 30.52  final products delivered, unless an 
 30.53  earlier date is specified in the work 
 30.54  program. 
 30.55  (b) Local Grants Initiative:
 30.56  Program Outdoor Recreation
 30.57  Grants               
 30.58  $1,827,000 the first year and 
 30.59  $1,827,000 the second year are from the 
 30.60  trust fund and $351,000 is from the 
 30.61  future resources fund to the 
 31.1   commissioner of natural resources for 
 31.2   matching grants: 
 31.3   (1) for regional parks outside the 
 31.4   metropolitan area as defined in 
 31.5   Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121; 
 31.6   (2) for local parks, outdoor recreation 
 31.7   areas, and natural and scenic areas 
 31.8   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 31.9   85.019; 
 31.10  (3) for statewide conservation partners 
 31.11  grants of up to $20,000 each to 
 31.12  encourage private organizations and 
 31.13  local governments to cost-share 
 31.14  improvements of fish, wildlife, and 
 31.15  native plant habitats and research and 
 31.16  surveys of fish and wildlife; and 
 31.17  (4) for environmental partnerships 
 31.18  program grants of up to $20,000 each 
 31.19  for environmental service projects and 
 31.20  related education activities through 
 31.21  public and private partnerships. 
 31.22  Grants under clause (1) may provide up 
 31.23  to 60 percent of the nonfederal share 
 31.24  of the project cost.  Grants under 
 31.25  clauses (2) to (4) may provide up to 50 
 31.26  percent of the nonfederal share of the 
 31.27  project cost. 
 31.28  $100,000 is to the city of Maplewood to 
 31.29  complete restoration of the historic 
 31.30  Bruentrup farm in Maplewood, which will 
 31.31  be operated for environmental education 
 31.32  purposes. 
 31.33  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 31.34  to Chisago county for improvements to a 
 31.35  county park.  This amount must be 
 31.36  matched by one dollar of nonstate money 
 31.37  for each dollar of state money. 
 31.38  The commission will monitor the grants 
 31.39  for approximate balance over extended 
 31.40  periods of time between the 
 31.41  metropolitan area, under Minnesota 
 31.42  Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 
 31.43  2, and the nonmetropolitan area through 
 31.44  work program oversight and periodic 
 31.45  allocation decisions.  For the purposes 
 31.46  of this paragraph, the match must be a 
 31.47  nonstate contribution, but may be 
 31.48  either cash or qualifying in kind.  
 31.49  Recipients may receive funding for more 
 31.50  than one project in any given grant 
 31.51  period.  This appropriation is 
 31.52  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 31.53  time the project must be completed and 
 31.54  final products delivered.  
 31.55  (c) Regional and Local Trail
 31.56  Grants  
 31.57  $1,000,000 is from the future resources 
 31.58  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 31.59  resources for matching trail grants on 
 31.60  a one-to-one basis to local units of 
 31.61  government, under Minnesota Statutes, 
 32.1   section 85.019, for trail linkages 
 32.2   between communities, trails, and parks, 
 32.3   and for locally funded trails of 
 32.4   regional significance outside the 
 32.5   metropolitan area, under Minnesota 
 32.6   Statutes, section 473.121.  If a 
 32.7   project financed under this program 
 32.8   receives a federal grant, the 
 32.9   availability of the financing from this 
 32.10  subdivision for that project is 
 32.11  extended to equal the period of the 
 32.12  federal grant.  
 32.13  (d) Outdoors for Everyone:  
 32.14  Accessing Recreational Trails
 32.15  and Facilities   
 32.16  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 32.17  the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.18  to the commissioner of natural 
 32.19  resources for an agreement with 
 32.20  Wilderness Inquiry to provide technical 
 32.21  assistance to local units of government 
 32.22  for development of publicly funded 
 32.23  trails and outdoor recreation 
 32.24  facilities to ensure that federal 
 32.25  standards for accessibility for persons 
 32.26  with disabilities are met.  
 32.27  (e) Water Recreation:  Boat 
 32.28  Access, Fishing Piers, and
 32.29  Shorefishing                      
 32.30  $455,000 the first year and $455,000 
 32.31  the second year are from the trust fund 
 32.32  to the commissioner of natural 
 32.33  resources to acquire and develop public 
 32.34  water access sites statewide, to 
 32.35  construct shorefishing and pier sites, 
 32.36  and to restore shorelands at public 
 32.37  accesses.  This appropriation is 
 32.38  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 32.39  time the project must be completed and 
 32.40  final products delivered, unless an 
 32.41  earlier date is specified in the work 
 32.42  program. 
 32.43  (f) Grays Bay, Lake        
 32.44  Minnetonka Public Water
 32.45  Access         
 32.46  $2,000,000 is from the future resources 
 32.47  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.48  resources to acquire, in cooperation 
 32.49  with the city of Minnetonka, 
 32.50  approximately five acres for a multiuse 
 32.51  water access site on Grays Bay, Lake 
 32.52  Minnetonka. 
 32.53  (g) McQuade Public Access  
 32.54  $500,000 is from the future resources 
 32.55  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.56  resources to develop a public access 
 32.57  for Lake Superior in cooperation with 
 32.58  the McQuade Joint Powers Board, U.S. 
 32.59  Army Corps of Engineers, and local 
 32.60  units of government. 
 32.61  (h) Land Acquisition at the 
 32.62  Minnesota Landscape Arboretum    
 33.1   $365,000 the first year and $365,000 
 33.2   the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.3   to the University of Minnesota for an 
 33.4   agreement with the University of 
 33.5   Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 
 33.6   Foundation for the fourth biennium to 
 33.7   acquire in-holdings of the Minnesota 
 33.8   Landscape Arboretum.  This 
 33.9   appropriation must be matched by at 
 33.10  least $730,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 33.11  appropriation is available until June 
 33.12  30, 2004, at which time the project 
 33.13  must be completed and final products 
 33.14  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 33.15  specified in the work program. 
 33.16  (i) Gateway Trail Bridge          
 33.17  $530,000 is from the future resources 
 33.18  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.19  resources for a trail bridge over state 
 33.20  highway No. 96 and expanded parking. 
 33.21  (j) State Trail Projects    
 33.22  $455,000 the first year and $455,000 
 33.23  the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.24  to the commissioner of natural 
 33.25  resources to provide matching funds for 
 33.26  state trail projects eligible to 
 33.27  receive federal TEA-21 funds.  If a 
 33.28  project financed under this program 
 33.29  receives a federal grant, the 
 33.30  availability of the financing from this 
 33.31  subdivision for that project is 
 33.32  extended to equal the period of the 
 33.33  federal grant. 
 33.34  (k) Gitchi-Gami State Trail    
 33.35  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 33.36  the second year are from the trust fund 
 33.37  to the commissioner of natural 
 33.38  resources, in cooperation with the 
 33.39  Gitchi-Gami Trail Association, for the 
 33.40  second biennium to acquire and develop 
 33.41  approximately four miles of the Gitchi- 
 33.42  Gami state trail between Gooseberry 
 33.43  Falls state park and the Split Rock 
 33.44  river.  As a condition of this 
 33.45  appropriation, the commissioner must 
 33.46  apply for federal TEA-21 funds for 
 33.47  funding of this portion of the trail, 
 33.48  and must report back to the legislative 
 33.49  commission on Minnesota resources prior 
 33.50  to any expenditure.  This appropriation 
 33.51  is available until June 30, 2004, at 
 33.52  which time the project must be 
 33.53  completed and final products delivered, 
 33.54  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 33.55  the work program.  
 33.56  (l) Forest History Center   
 33.57  Interpretive Trail    
 33.58  $90,000 is from the future resources 
 33.59  fund to the Minnesota historical 
 33.60  society to design and upgrade trails at 
 33.61  the Forest History Center in Grand 
 33.62  Rapids. 
 34.1   (m) Mesabi Trail Facility  
 34.2   $190,000 is from the future resources 
 34.3   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 34.4   resources for an agreement with the St. 
 34.5   Louis and Lake Counties Regional Rail 
 34.6   Authority for the authority to acquire 
 34.7   land and design a Mesabi trail center 
 34.8   building. 
 34.9   (n) Regional Trailhead      
 34.10  Building      
 34.11  $135,000 is from the future resources 
 34.12  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 34.13  resources for an agreement with the 
 34.14  Itasca county land department to 
 34.15  complete construction of a trailhead 
 34.16  building at Itasca county fairgrounds 
 34.17  to serve regional trail users. 
 34.18  (o) Development and         
 34.19  Rehabilitation of Recreational
 34.20  Shooting Ranges       
 34.21  $910,000 is from the future resources 
 34.22  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 34.23  resources to provide cost-share grants 
 34.24  on a one-to-one basis to local 
 34.25  recreational shooting clubs for the 
 34.26  purpose of developing or rehabilitating 
 34.27  shooting sports facilities for public 
 34.28  use.  Recipient facilities must be open 
 34.29  to the general public at reasonable 
 34.30  times and for a reasonable fee on a 
 34.31  walk-in basis. 
 34.32  (p) State Park and
 34.33  Recreation Area Acquisition
 34.34  $616,000 is from the future resources 
 34.35  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 34.36  resources for acquisition of 
 34.37  in-holdings for state park and 
 34.38  recreation areas.  Land acquired with 
 34.39  this appropriation must be sufficiently 
 34.40  improved to meet at least minimum 
 34.41  management standards as determined by 
 34.42  the commissioner of natural resources. 
 34.43  (q) LAWCON 
 34.44  $404,000 the first year and $340,000 
 34.45  the second year are from the future 
 34.46  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.47  natural resources for projects allowed 
 34.48  under the federal Land and Water 
 34.49  Conservation Fund Act. 
 34.50  Subd. 6.  Water Resources              2,280,000        115,000
 34.51                Summary by Fund
 34.52  Future Resources 
 34.53  Fund                  2,165,000         -0-  
 34.54  Trust Fund              115,000       115,000
 34.55  (a) Accelerated             
 34.56  Implementation of Local
 34.57  Water Plans   
 35.1   $1,365,000 is from the future resources 
 35.2   fund to the board of water and soil 
 35.3   resources to accelerate the local water 
 35.4   planning challenge grant program under 
 35.5   Minnesota Statutes, sections 103B.3361 
 35.6   to 103B.3369, through the 
 35.7   implementation of high-priority 
 35.8   activities in comprehensive water 
 35.9   management plans on a one-to-one match 
 35.10  basis of cash or interest in land and 
 35.11  for a program reporting system.  This 
 35.12  appropriation is available until June 
 35.13  30, 2004, at which time the project 
 35.14  must be completed and final products 
 35.15  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 35.16  specified in the work program. 
 35.17  (b) Green Infrastructure    
 35.18  Design Strategies in
 35.19  Washington, Ramsey, and
 35.20  Dakota Counties                    
 35.21  $275,000 is from the future resources 
 35.22  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 35.23  develop green infrastructure design 
 35.24  strategies for incorporation into 
 35.25  public works projects. 
 35.26  (c) Denitrification Strategies for
 35.27  Minnesota's Contaminated Aquifers      
 35.28  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 35.29  the second year are from the trust fund 
 35.30  to the University of Minnesota to 
 35.31  assess denitrification technology to 
 35.32  remediate nitrate-contaminated 
 35.33  groundwater.  This appropriation is 
 35.34  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 35.35  time the project must be completed and 
 35.36  final products delivered, unless an 
 35.37  earlier date is specified in the work 
 35.38  program. 
 35.39  (d) Determination of Fecal  
 35.40  Pollution Sources in Minnesota
 35.41  Watersheds    
 35.42  $275,000 is from the future resources 
 35.43  fund to the University of Minnesota for 
 35.44  the second biennium to determine 
 35.45  sources of fecal pollution in three 
 35.46  impacted watersheds utilizing DNA 
 35.47  fingerprinting techniques, and evaluate 
 35.48  the efficacy of implemented and 
 35.49  proposed abatement procedures to 
 35.50  remediate fecal contamination. 
 35.51  (e) Mississippi Headwaters  
 35.52  Board:  Environmental Economic
 35.53  Assessments                 
 35.54  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 35.55  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 35.56  resources for an agreement with the 
 35.57  Mississippi Headwaters Board to 
 35.58  accelerate the river watch watershed 
 35.59  monitoring program and integrate 
 35.60  economic and water data analysis into 
 35.61  decision-making tools for landowners 
 35.62  and local units of government. 
 36.1   (f) Chisago County Lake Improvements 
 36.2   $150,000 is from the future resources 
 36.3   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 36.4   resources for a grant to the Chisago 
 36.5   county soil and water conservation 
 36.6   district for lake quality improvements 
 36.7   in Chisago county. 
 36.8   Subd. 7.  Land Use and      
 36.9   Natural Resource Information             967,000        810,000
 36.10                Summary by Fund
 36.11  Future Resources 
 36.12  Fund                     70,000         -0-  
 36.13  Trust Fund              810,000       810,000
 36.14  Great Lakes 
 36.15  Protection Fund          87,000         -0-  
 36.16  (a) Hydraulic Impacts of   
 36.17  Quarries and Gravel Pits   
 36.18  $160,000 the first year and $160,000 
 36.19  the second year are from the trust fund 
 36.20  to the commissioner of natural 
 36.21  resources to research and evaluate the 
 36.22  impact of aggregate extraction on 
 36.23  groundwater quality and quantity.  This 
 36.24  appropriation is available until June 
 36.25  30, 2004, at which time the project 
 36.26  must be completed and final products 
 36.27  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 36.28  specified in the work program. 
 36.29  (b) GIS Management in      
 36.30  Koochiching County                     
 36.31  $70,000 is from the future resources 
 36.32  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 36.33  resources for an agreement with 
 36.34  Koochiching county to develop 
 36.35  parcel-based GIS capability for 
 36.36  Koochiching county for land use, 
 36.37  natural resource, and fiscal data. 
 36.38  (c) Updating Outmoded Soil  
 36.39  Surveys - Continuation                 
 36.40  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 36.41  the second year are from the trust fund 
 36.42  to the board of water and soil 
 36.43  resources for the second biennium of a 
 36.44  three biennia project to accelerate a 
 36.45  statewide program to update and 
 36.46  digitize outmoded soil surveys in four 
 36.47  southeast Minnesota counties.  
 36.48  Participating counties must provide a 
 36.49  cost share.  This appropriation is 
 36.50  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 36.51  time the project must be completed and 
 36.52  final products delivered, unless an 
 36.53  earlier date is specified in the work 
 36.54  program. 
 36.55  (d) Minnesota County Biological
 36.56  Survey - Continuation
 36.57  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 37.1   the second year are from the trust fund 
 37.2   to the commissioner of natural 
 37.3   resources for the eighth biennium of a 
 37.4   12 biennia project to accelerate the 
 37.5   survey that identifies significant 
 37.6   natural areas and systematically 
 37.7   collects and interprets data on the 
 37.8   distribution and ecology of natural 
 37.9   communities, rare plants, and animals. 
 37.10  (e) Lake Superior Lakewide
 37.11  Management Plan (LaMP)
 37.12  $87,000 the first year is from the 
 37.13  Great Lakes protection fund for 
 37.14  implementation of the Lake Superior 
 37.15  Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP).  This 
 37.16  is a one-time appropriation and must be 
 37.17  supplemented in the first year by the 
 37.18  appropriation in section 2, subdivision 
 37.19  2. 
 37.20  Subd. 8.  Agriculture and   
 37.21  Natural Resource Industries              547,000        103,000
 37.22                Summary by Fund
 37.23  Future Resources 
 37.24  Fund                    445,000         -0-  
 37.25  Trust Fund              102,000       103,000
 37.26  Oil Overcharge   
 37.27  Money                    90,000         -0-  
 37.28  (a) Evaluating Timber       
 37.29  Harvesting and Forest Management
 37.30  Guidelines                              
 37.31  $200,000 is from the future resources 
 37.32  fund to the University of Minnesota, in 
 37.33  cooperation with the Minnesota forest 
 37.34  resources council, to initiate an 
 37.35  evaluation of the effectiveness of 
 37.36  forest management timber harvesting 
 37.37  guidelines for riparian areas.  This is 
 37.38  the first biennium of a five biennia 
 37.39  project.  This appropriation is 
 37.40  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 37.41  time the project must be completed and 
 37.42  final products delivered, unless an 
 37.43  earlier date is specified in the work 
 37.44  program. 
 37.45  (b) Agricultural Land       
 37.46  Preservation           
 37.47  $102,000 the first year and $103,000 
 37.48  the second year are from the trust fund 
 37.49  to the commissioner of agriculture in 
 37.50  cooperation with Dakota county for 
 37.51  educational materials, training, and 
 37.52  workshops on agricultural land use 
 37.53  planning tools. 
 37.54  (c) Environmental Practices 
 37.55  on Dairy Farms             
 37.56  $245,000 is from the future resources 
 37.57  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 37.58  resources for an agreement with the 
 38.1   Minnesota Milk Producers Association to 
 38.2   assist dairy producers in complying 
 38.3   with environmental quality regulations. 
 38.4   (d) Accelerated Technology  
 38.5   Transfer for Starch-Based
 38.6   Plastics                            
 38.7   $90,000 is from the oil overcharge 
 38.8   money to the University of Minnesota to 
 38.9   produce and market biodegradable, 
 38.10  starch-based plastic.  
 38.11  Subd. 9.  Environmental Education      1,451,000        474,000
 38.12                Summary by Fund
 38.13  Future Resources 
 38.14  Fund                    975,000         -0-  
 38.15  Trust Fund              476,000       474,000
 38.16  (a) Uncommon Ground:  An    
 38.17  Educational Television Series   
 38.18  $228,000 the first year and $227,000 
 38.19  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.20  to the University of Minnesota for the 
 38.21  second biennium of a two biennia 
 38.22  project to complete production of a 
 38.23  multipart televised film series of the 
 38.24  history of Minnesota's natural 
 38.25  landscapes. 
 38.26  (b) WaterScapes:  Outdoor   
 38.27  Nonpoint Source Pollution
 38.28  Education                               
 38.29  $133,000 the first year and $132,000 
 38.30  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.31  to the Science Museum of Minnesota to 
 38.32  create outdoor exhibits about urban and 
 38.33  rural runoff and contamination and that 
 38.34  demonstrate methods to improve water 
 38.35  quality.  This appropriation must be 
 38.36  matched by at least $265,000 of 
 38.37  nonstate contributions, cash or in 
 38.38  kind.  This appropriation is available 
 38.39  until June 30, 2004, at which time the 
 38.40  project must be completed and final 
 38.41  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 38.42  date is specified in the work program.  
 38.43  (c) Integrated Pest         
 38.44  Management in Schools                     
 38.45  $180,000 is from the future resources 
 38.46  fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
 38.47  to implement integrated pest management 
 38.48  (IPM) practices in Minnesota K-12 
 38.49  schools. 
 38.50  (d) Burn, Plant, and Learn: 
 38.51  Restoring Upland Habitats   
 38.52  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 38.53  the second year are from the trust fund 
 38.54  to the Science Museum of Minnesota for 
 38.55  acquisition of approximately eight 
 38.56  acres of property adjacent to the St. 
 38.57  Croix watershed research station and 
 39.1   for training programs, technical 
 39.2   assistance, and demonstrations of 
 39.3   upland habitat restoration.  This 
 39.4   appropriation is available until June 
 39.5   30, 2004, at which time the project 
 39.6   must be completed and final products 
 39.7   delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 39.8   specified in the work program. 
 39.9   (e) Connecting with Wildlife 
 39.10  at the Minnesota Zoo                   
 39.11  $230,000 is from the future resources 
 39.12  fund to the Minnesota Zoo to design and 
 39.13  develop interpretive environmental 
 39.14  educational displays for trail exhibit 
 39.15  areas. 
 39.16  (f) Project Green Start:    
 39.17  Environmental Education                
 39.18  $340,000 is from the future resources 
 39.19  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.20  resources for an agreement with the 
 39.21  Minnesota Children's Museum to 
 39.22  construct habitat exhibits for 
 39.23  environmental education activities. 
 39.24  (g) Raptor Propagation:     
 39.25  Student Education                      
 39.26  $35,000 is from the future resources 
 39.27  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.28  resources for an agreement with 
 39.29  Stillwater Area High School to build a 
 39.30  captive breeding facility for raptors 
 39.31  and develop associated education 
 39.32  activities. 
 39.33  (h) Hennepin Parks Farm     
 39.34  Education       
 39.35  $100,000 is from the future resources 
 39.36  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.37  resources for an agreement with 
 39.38  suburban Hennepin regional park 
 39.39  district to develop and implement a 
 39.40  coordinated farm education program at 
 39.41  Gale's Woods Special Recreation Area 
 39.42  and North Mississippi Regional Park. 
 39.43  (i) Residential Environmental
 39.44  Education for Youth 
 39.45  $90,000 is from the future resources 
 39.46  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.47  resources for an agreement with Camp 
 39.48  Courage for student scholarships and 
 39.49  marketing for the residential 
 39.50  environmental education program. 
 39.51  Subd. 10.  Data Availability 
 39.52  Requirements
 39.53  (a) During the biennium ending June 30, 
 39.54  2003, the data collected by the 
 39.55  projects funded under this section that 
 39.56  have common value for natural resource 
 39.57  planning and management must conform to 
 39.58  information architecture as defined in 
 39.59  guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 40.1   office of technology.  Spatial data 
 40.2   must conform with geographic 
 40.3   information system guidelines and 
 40.4   standards adopted by the Minnesota 
 40.5   Geographic Data Clearinghouse at the 
 40.6   Land Management Information Center.  
 40.7   These data must be made accessible and 
 40.8   free to the public unless made private 
 40.9   under the Data Practices Act, Minnesota 
 40.10  Statutes, chapter 13. 
 40.11  (b) To the extent practicable, summary 
 40.12  data and results of projects funded 
 40.13  under this section should be readily 
 40.14  accessible on the Internet. 
 40.15  (c) As part of project expenditures, 
 40.16  recipients of land acquisition 
 40.17  appropriations must provide the 
 40.18  information necessary to update public 
 40.19  recreation information maps to the 
 40.20  department of natural resources in the 
 40.21  specified form. 
 40.22  Subd. 11.  Project Requirements
 40.23  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 40.24  appropriations in this section that any 
 40.25  agency or entity receiving the 
 40.26  appropriation must comply with 
 40.27  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P, and 
 40.28  vegetation planted must be native to 
 40.29  Minnesota and preferably of the local 
 40.30  ecotype. 
 40.31  Subd. 12.  Match Requirements
 40.32  Unless specifically authorized, 
 40.33  appropriations in this section that 
 40.34  must be matched and for which the match 
 40.35  has not been committed by December 31, 
 40.36  2001, are canceled, and in-kind 
 40.37  contributions may not be counted as 
 40.38  matching funds. 
 40.39  Subd. 13.  Payment Conditions
 40.40  and Capital Equipment Expenditures
 40.41  All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 40.42  referred to in this section must be 
 40.43  administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 40.44  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 40.45  section 16A.41, expenditures made on or 
 40.46  after July 1, 2001, or the date the 
 40.47  work program is approved, whichever is 
 40.48  later, are eligible for reimbursement 
 40.49  unless otherwise provided in this 
 40.50  section.  Payment must be made upon 
 40.51  receiving documentation that 
 40.52  project-eligible reimbursable amounts 
 40.53  have been expended, except that 
 40.54  reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
 40.55  projects in order to accommodate 
 40.56  cash-flow needs.  The advances must be 
 40.57  approved as part of the work program.  
 40.58  No expenditures for capital equipment 
 40.59  are allowed unless expressly authorized 
 40.60  in the project work program. 
 40.61  Subd. 14.  Purchase of Recycled
 40.62  and Recyclable Materials
 41.1   A political subdivision, public or 
 41.2   private corporation, or other entity 
 41.3   that receives an appropriation in this 
 41.4   section must use the appropriation in 
 41.5   compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 41.6   sections 16B.121 to 16B.122, requiring 
 41.7   the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 41.8   and durable materials, the purchase of 
 41.9   uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 41.10  soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 41.11  state agency. 
 41.12  Subd. 15.  Energy Conservation
 41.13  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 41.14  made in this section for a capital 
 41.15  improvement project shall ensure that 
 41.16  the project complies with the 
 41.17  applicable energy conservation 
 41.18  standards contained in law, including 
 41.19  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 41.20  216C.20, and rules adopted thereunder. 
 41.21  The recipient may use the energy 
 41.22  planning and intervention and energy 
 41.23  technologies units of the department of 
 41.24  public service to obtain information 
 41.25  and technical assistance on energy 
 41.26  conservation and alternative energy 
 41.27  development relating to the planning 
 41.28  and construction of the capital 
 41.29  improvement project. 
 41.30  Subd. 16.  Accessibility      
 41.31  New structures must be shown to meet 
 41.32  the design standards in the Americans 
 41.33  with Disability Act Accessibility 
 41.34  Guidelines.  Nonstructural facilities 
 41.35  such as trails, campgrounds, picnic 
 41.36  areas, parking, play areas, water 
 41.37  sources, and the access routes to these 
 41.38  features should be shown to be designed 
 41.39  using guidelines in the Recommendations 
 41.40  for Accessibility Guidelines:  
 41.41  Recreational Facilities and Outdoor 
 41.42  Developed Areas. 
 41.43  Subd. 17.  Carryforward       
 41.44  (a) The availability of the 
 41.45  appropriations for the following 
 41.46  projects is extended to June 30, 2002:  
 41.47  Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 16, 
 41.48  subdivision 4, paragraph (m), Como Park 
 41.49  campus maintenance; subdivision 6, 
 41.50  paragraph (b), identification of 
 41.51  sediment sources in agricultural 
 41.52  watersheds; and paragraph (c), 
 41.53  accelerated statewide local water plan 
 41.54  implementation; subdivision 7, 
 41.55  paragraph (g), Minnesota river basin 
 41.56  initiative; local leadership; paragraph 
 41.57  (h), commercial fertilizer plant for 
 41.58  livestock solid waste processing; and 
 41.59  paragraph (j), wild rice management 
 41.60  planning; subdivision 8, paragraph (b), 
 41.61  tools and training for community-based 
 41.62  planning; subdivision 10, paragraph 
 41.63  (g), by-products application to 
 42.1   agricultural, mineland, and forest 
 42.2   soils; subdivision 11, paragraph (c), 
 42.3   Minnesota wolf public education; 
 42.4   subdivision 12, paragraph (d), Dakota 
 42.5   county wetland health monitoring 
 42.6   program, paragraph (e), predicting 
 42.7   water and forest resources health and 
 42.8   sustainability, and paragraph (f), 
 42.9   potential for infant risk from nitrate 
 42.10  contamination; and subdivision 13, 
 42.11  paragraph (b), national prairie 
 42.12  passage; linking isolated prairie 
 42.13  preserves; and paragraph (g), arboretum 
 42.14  land acquisition and wetlands 
 42.15  restoration - continuation. 
 42.16  (b) The availability of the 
 42.17  appropriations for the following 
 42.18  projects is extended to June 30, 2004:  
 42.19  Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 16, 
 42.20  subdivision 4, paragraph (b), Mesabi 
 42.21  trail land acquisition and development -
 42.22  continuation; and subdivision 11, 
 42.23  paragraph (f), science outreach and 
 42.24  integrated learning on soil. 
 42.25  (c) The availability of the 
 42.26  appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 
 42.27  231, section 16, subdivision 8, 
 42.28  paragraph (a), resources for 
 42.29  redevelopment:  a community property 
 42.30  investigation program, is extended to 
 42.31  June 30, 2002, for additional sites. 
 42.32  (d) The availability of the 
 42.33  appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 
 42.34  231, section 16, subdivision 9, 
 42.35  paragraph (c), evaluate biodiesel made 
 42.36  from waste fats and oils, is extended 
 42.37  to June 30, 2002, for trial in 
 42.38  heavy-duty vehicles. 
 42.39  Sec. 9.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC
 42.40  DEVELOPMENT                                -0-        2,927,000 
 42.41                Summary by Fund
 42.42  General                   -0-       2,129,000
 42.43  Environmental             -0-         798,000
 42.44  This appropriation is for the purposes 
 42.45  of section 92.  Twenty-four full-time 
 42.46  equivalent positions are transferred 
 42.47  from the office of environmental 
 42.48  assistance to the department of trade 
 42.49  and economic development in the second 
 42.50  year.  
 42.51  Sec. 10.  REVENUE                          -0-       14,118,000 
 42.52  This appropriation is for the purposes 
 42.53  of section 92.  One full-time 
 42.54  equivalent position is transferred from 
 42.55  the office of environmental assistance 
 42.56  to the department of revenue in the 
 42.57  second year. 
 42.58  Sec. 11.  ADMINISTRATION                   -0-        1,184,000 
 42.59                Summary by Fund
 43.1   General                   -0-       1,072,000
 43.2   Environmental             -0-         112,000
 43.3   This appropriation is for the purposes 
 43.4   of section 92.  Eleven full-time 
 43.5   equivalent positions are transferred 
 43.6   from the office of environmental 
 43.7   assistance to the department of 
 43.8   administration in the second year. 
 43.9   Sec. 12.  TRANSFER 
 43.10  The commissioner of finance shall 
 43.11  transfer $1,200,000 from the 
 43.12  conservation fund in Minnesota 
 43.13  Statutes, section 40A.151, to the 
 43.14  environmental fund in Minnesota 
 43.15  Statutes, section 16A.531, subdivision 
 43.16  1.  Of this amount, $31,000 is to be 
 43.17  credited to the water quality fee 
 43.18  account in the environmental fund and 
 43.19  $1,169,000 is to be credited to the 
 43.20  hazardous waste fee account in the 
 43.21  environmental fund. 
 43.22  The commissioner of finance shall 
 43.23  transfer $654,000 from the solid waste 
 43.24  fund to the environmental fund in 
 43.25  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.531, 
 43.26  subdivision 1.  This amount is to be 
 43.27  credited to the water quality fee 
 43.28  account in the environmental fund. 
 43.29     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 15.059, 
 43.30  subdivision 5a, as amended by Laws 2001, chapter 7, section 7, 
 43.31  is amended to read: 
 43.32     Subd. 5a.  [LATER EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding subdivision 
 43.33  5, the advisory councils and committees listed in this 
 43.34  subdivision do not expire June 30, 1997.  These groups expire 
 43.35  June 30, 2001, unless the law creating the group or this 
 43.36  subdivision specifies an earlier expiration date. 
 43.37     Investment advisory council, created in section 11A.08; 
 43.38     Feedlot and manure management advisory committee, created 
 43.39  in section 17.136; 
 43.40     Aquaculture advisory committee, created in section 17.49; 
 43.41     Dairy producers board, created in section 17.76; 
 43.42     Pesticide applicator education and examination review 
 43.43  board, created in section 18B.305; 
 43.44     Advisory seed potato certification task force, created in 
 43.45  section 21.112; 
 43.46     Food safety advisory committee, created in section 28A.20; 
 43.47     Public programs risk adjustment work group, created in 
 44.1   section 62Q.03; 
 44.2      Workers' compensation self-insurers' advisory committee, 
 44.3   created in section 79A.02; 
 44.4      Youth corps advisory committee, created in section 84.0887; 
 44.5      Iron range off-highway vehicle advisory committee, created 
 44.6   in section 85.013; 
 44.7      Mineral coordinating committee, created in section 93.002; 
 44.8      Game and fish fund citizen advisory committees, created in 
 44.9   section 97A.055; 
 44.10     Wastewater treatment technical advisory committee, created 
 44.11  in section 115.54; 
 44.12     Solid waste management advisory council, created in section 
 44.13  115A.12; 
 44.14     Nuclear waste council, created in section 116C.711; 
 44.15     Genetically engineered organism advisory committee, created 
 44.16  in section 116C.93; 
 44.17     Environment and natural resources trust fund advisory 
 44.18  committee, created in section 116P.06; 
 44.19     Child abuse prevention advisory council, created in section 
 44.20  119A.13; 
 44.21     Interagency coordinating council, created in section 
 44.22  125A.28, expires June 30, 1999; 
 44.23     Desegregation/integration advisory board, created in 
 44.24  section 124D.892; 
 44.25     Nonpublic education council, created in section 123B.445; 
 44.26     Permanent school fund advisory committee, created in 
 44.27  section 127A.30; 
 44.28     Indian scholarship committee, created in section 124D.84, 
 44.29  subdivision 2; 
 44.30     American Indian education committees, created in section 
 44.31  124D.80; 
 44.32     Summer scholarship advisory committee, created in section 
 44.33  124D.95; 
 44.34     Multicultural education advisory committee, created in 
 44.35  section 124D.894; 
 44.36     Male responsibility and fathering grants review committee, 
 45.1   created in section 124D.33; 
 45.2      Library for the blind and physically handicapped advisory 
 45.3   committee, created in section 134.31; 
 45.4      Higher education advisory council, created in section 
 45.5   136A.031; 
 45.6      Student advisory council, created in section 136A.031; 
 45.7      Cancer surveillance advisory committee, created in section 
 45.8   144.672; 
 45.9      Maternal and child health task force, created in section 
 45.10  145.881; 
 45.11     State community health advisory committee, created in 
 45.12  section 145A.10; 
 45.13     Mississippi River Parkway commission, created in section 
 45.14  161.1419; 
 45.15     School bus safety advisory committee, created in section 
 45.16  169.435; 
 45.17     Advisory council on workers' compensation, created in 
 45.18  section 175.007; 
 45.19     Code enforcement advisory council, created in section 
 45.20  175.008; 
 45.21     Medical services review board, created in section 176.103; 
 45.22     Apprenticeship advisory council, created in section 178.02; 
 45.23     OSHA advisory council, created in section 182.656; 
 45.24     Health professionals services program advisory committee, 
 45.25  created in section 214.32; 
 45.26     Rehabilitation advisory council for the blind, created in 
 45.27  section 248.10; 
 45.28     American Indian advisory council, created in section 
 45.29  254A.035; 
 45.30     Alcohol and other drug abuse advisory council, created in 
 45.31  section 254A.04; 
 45.32     Medical assistance drug formulary committee, created in 
 45.33  section 256B.0625; 
 45.34     Home care advisory committee, created in section 256B.071; 
 45.35     Preadmission screening, alternative care, and home and 
 45.36  community-based services advisory committee, created in section 
 46.1   256B.0911; 
 46.2      Traumatic brain injury advisory committee, created in 
 46.3   section 256B.093; 
 46.4      Minnesota commission serving deaf and hard-of-hearing 
 46.5   people, created in section 256C.28; 
 46.6      American Indian child welfare advisory council, created in 
 46.7   section 260.835; 
 46.8      Juvenile justice advisory committee, created in section 
 46.9   268.29; 
 46.10     Northeast Minnesota economic development fund technical 
 46.11  advisory committees, created in section 298.2213; 
 46.12     Iron range higher education committee, created in section 
 46.13  298.2214; 
 46.14     Northeast Minnesota economic protection trust fund 
 46.15  technical advisory committee, created in section 298.297; 
 46.16     Chemical abuse and violence prevention council, created in 
 46.17  section 299A.293; 
 46.18     Youth neighborhood centers advisory board, created in 
 46.19  section 299A.295; 
 46.20     Advisory council on battered women and domestic abuse, 
 46.21  created in section 611A.34. 
 46.22     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 46.23  following final enactment. 
 46.24     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.025, 
 46.25  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 46.26     Subd. 7.  [CONTRACTS.] The commissioner of natural 
 46.27  resources may contract with the federal government, local 
 46.28  governmental units, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota 
 46.29  Historical Society, and other educational institutions, and 
 46.30  private persons as may be necessary in the performance of 
 46.31  duties.  Contracts made pursuant to this section for 
 46.32  professional services shall not be subject to the provisions of 
 46.33  chapter 16C, as they relate to competitive bidding. 
 46.34     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 46.35  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 46.36     Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 47.1   operate youth Minnesota Conservation Corps programs which may 
 47.2   include summer youth programs and year-round young adult 
 47.3   programs.  The commissioner shall insure that youths in all 
 47.4   parts of the state have an equal opportunity for employment and 
 47.5   that equal numbers of male and female youth are selected for the 
 47.6   summer programs.  Youth corps members must be 15 to 18 years old 
 47.7   and young adult corps members must be 18 to 26 years 
 47.8   old.  Minnesota Conservation Corps members are not public 
 47.9   employees under chapter 43A or 179A.  Youth Minnesota 
 47.10  Conservation Corps programs may provide services that include 
 47.11  but are not limited to the following: 
 47.12     (1) conservation, rehabilitation, and the improvement of 
 47.13  wildlife habitat, prairie, parks, and recreational areas; 
 47.14     (2) urban and rural revitalization, historical and cultural 
 47.15  site preservation, and reforestation of both urban and rural 
 47.16  areas; 
 47.17     (3) fish culture, wildlife habitat maintenance and 
 47.18  improvement, and other fishery assistance; 
 47.19     (4) road and trail development, maintenance, and 
 47.20  improvement; 
 47.21     (5) erosion, flood, drought, and storm damage assistance 
 47.22  and controls; 
 47.23     (6) stream, lake, waterfront harbor, and port improvement; 
 47.24     (7) wetlands protection and pollution control; 
 47.25     (8) insect, disease, rodent, and fire prevention and 
 47.26  control; 
 47.27     (9) the improvement of abandoned railroad beds and 
 47.28  rights-of-way; 
 47.29     (10) energy conservation projects, renewable resource 
 47.30  enhancement, and recovery of biomass; 
 47.31     (11) reclamation and improvement of strip-mined land; and 
 47.32     (12) forestry, nursery, and cultural operations. 
 47.33     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 47.34  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 47.35     Subd. 2.  [ADDITIONAL SERVICES; CORPS TO CAREER COMMUNITY 
 47.36  SERVICE.] (a) In addition to services under subdivision 1, youth 
 48.1   Minnesota Conservation Corps programs may coordinate with or 
 48.2   provide services to: 
 48.3      (1) making public facilities accessible to individuals with 
 48.4   disabilities; 
 48.5      (2) federal, state, local, and regional governmental 
 48.6   agencies; 
 48.7      (3) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, 
 48.8   local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult 
 48.9   day care centers, programs servicing individuals with 
 48.10  disabilities, and schools; 
 48.11     (4) law enforcement agencies, and penal and probation 
 48.12  systems; 
 48.13     (5) private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on 
 48.14  social service such as community action agencies; 
 48.15     (6) activities that focus on the rehabilitation or 
 48.16  improvement of public facilities, neighborhood improvements, 
 48.17  literacy training that benefits educationally disadvantaged 
 48.18  individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs to low-income 
 48.19  housing including housing occupied by older adults, activities 
 48.20  that focus on drug and alcohol abuse education, prevention, and 
 48.21  treatment; and 
 48.22     (7) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services 
 48.23  that the commissioner determines to be of a substantial social 
 48.24  benefit in meeting unmet human, educational, or environmental 
 48.25  needs, particularly needs related to poverty, or in the 
 48.26  community where volunteer service is to be performed. 
 48.27     (b) Youth and young adults may provide full-time or 
 48.28  part-time youth community service in a program known as "corps 
 48.29  to career" if the individual: 
 48.30     (1) is an unemployed high school dropout and is a parent of 
 48.31  a minor member of an assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP, or 
 48.32  MFIP-R programs under chapter 256 or under the MFIP-S program 
 48.33  under chapter 256J, or is a person who is a member of an 
 48.34  assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP, or MFIP-R programs under 
 48.35  chapter 256 or under the MFIP-S program under chapter 256J; 
 48.36     (2) agrees to only use the individual's postservice benefit 
 49.1   under the federal Americorps Act to complete a customized job 
 49.2   training program that requires 20 percent of the individual's 
 49.3   time to be spent in the corps to career program and that is 
 49.4   consistent with the work requirements of the employment and 
 49.5   training services component of the MFIP-S program under chapter 
 49.6   256J or, if a customized job training program is unavailable, 
 49.7   agrees to use the postservice benefit consistent with the 
 49.8   federal education award; and 
 49.9      (3) during the entire time the individual completes the 
 49.10  individual's job training program, resides within an enterprise 
 49.11  zone as defined in section 469.303. 
 49.12     To be eligible under this paragraph, any individual who 
 49.13  receives assistance under clause (1) after MFIP-S has been 
 49.14  implemented in the individual's county of financial 
 49.15  responsibility, and who meets the requirements in clauses (2) 
 49.16  and (3), also must meet the requirements of the employment and 
 49.17  training services component of the MFIP-S program under chapter 
 49.18  256J.  
 49.19     (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall ensure that 
 49.20  the corps to career program will not decrease employment 
 49.21  opportunities that would be available without the program; will 
 49.22  not displace current employees including any partial 
 49.23  displacement in the form of reduced hours of work other than 
 49.24  overtime, wages, employment benefits, or regular seasonal work; 
 49.25  will not impair existing labor agreements; and will not result 
 49.26  in the substitution of project funding for preexisting funds or 
 49.27  sources of funds for ongoing work. 
 49.28     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 49.29  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 49.30     Subd. 4.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The commissioner shall 
 49.31  establish a youth Minnesota Conservation Corps advisory 
 49.32  committee with broad state representation including 
 49.33  youth.  Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other 
 49.34  law to the contrary, the committee expires June 30, 2001 2005. 
 49.35     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 49.36  following final enactment. 
 50.1      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 50.2   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 50.3      Subd. 5.  [OLDER MEMBERS.] Youth Minnesota Conservation 
 50.4   Corps programs may enroll a limited number of special corps 
 50.5   members over age 26 so that the corps may draw on their unique 
 50.6   knowledge, skills, or abilities to fulfill the purposes of the 
 50.7   programs. 
 50.8      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 50.9   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 50.10     Subd. 6.  [EXPENDITURES FROM SPECIAL FUNDS.] An 
 50.11  appropriation from a special revenue fund or account to the 
 50.12  commissioner for youth Minnesota Conservation Corps programs 
 50.13  must be spent for projects that are consistent with the purposes 
 50.14  of the fund or account from which the appropriation was made. 
 50.15     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0887, 
 50.16  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 50.17     Subd. 9.  [CONTRACTS; GRANTS.] The commissioner of natural 
 50.18  resources may contract with and make grants to nonprofit 
 50.19  agencies to assist in carrying out the purposes, plans, and 
 50.20  programs of the office of youth programs, Minnesota Conservation 
 50.21  Corps. 
 50.22     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.925, 
 50.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 50.24     Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.] (a) The commissioner 
 50.25  shall establish a comprehensive all-terrain vehicle 
 50.26  environmental and safety education and training program, 
 50.27  including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle 
 50.28  information and safety advice to the public, the training of 
 50.29  all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance of all-terrain 
 50.30  vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 
 50.31  12 years who successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle 
 50.32  environmental and safety education and training course.  
 50.33     (b) For the purpose of administering the program and to 
 50.34  defray a portion of the expenses of training and certifying 
 50.35  vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee of $15 
 50.36  from each person who receives the training.  The commissioner 
 51.1   shall establish a fee that neither significantly overrecovers 
 51.2   nor underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in 
 51.3   providing the services.  The fee is not subject to the 
 51.4   rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not 
 51.5   apply.  Fee proceeds shall be deposited in the all-terrain 
 51.6   vehicle account in the natural resources fund.  The fees shall 
 51.7   be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle account and the amount 
 51.8   thereof is appropriated annually to the enforcement division of 
 51.9   the department of natural resources for the administration of 
 51.10  the program.  In addition to the fee established by the 
 51.11  commissioner, instructors may charge each person up to the 
 51.12  established fee amount for class materials and expenses.  
 51.13     (c) The commissioner shall cooperate with private 
 51.14  organizations and associations, private and public corporations, 
 51.15  and local governmental units in furtherance of the program 
 51.16  established under this section.  School districts may cooperate 
 51.17  with the commissioner and volunteer instructors to provide space 
 51.18  for the classroom portion of the training.  The commissioner 
 51.19  shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard 
 51.20  to training program subject matter and performance testing that 
 51.21  leads to the certification of vehicle operators.  By June 30, 
 51.22  2003, the commissioner shall incorporate a riding component in 
 51.23  the safety education and training program. 
 51.24     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.9256, 
 51.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 51.26     Subdivision 1.  [PROHIBITIONS ON YOUTHFUL OPERATORS.] (a) 
 51.27  Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is 
 51.28  permitted under section 84.928, a driver's license issued by the 
 51.29  state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain 
 51.30  vehicle along or on a public road right-of-way. 
 51.31     (b) A person under 12 years of age shall not: 
 51.32     (1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way; 
 51.33     (2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road 
 51.34  right-of-way in the state; or 
 51.35     (3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or 
 51.36  waters.  
 52.1      (c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate 
 52.2   highways, a person 12 years of age but less than 16 years may 
 52.3   make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, 
 52.4   county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands 
 52.5   and waters, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain 
 52.6   vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner and is 
 52.7   accompanied on another all-terrain vehicle by a person 18 years 
 52.8   of age or older who holds a valid driver's license.  
 52.9      (d) All-terrain vehicle safety certificates issued by the 
 52.10  commissioner to persons 12 years old, but less than 16 years 
 52.11  old, are not valid for machines in excess of 90cc engine 
 52.12  capacity unless: 
 52.13     (1) the person successfully completed the safety education 
 52.14  and training program under section 84.925, subdivision 1, 
 52.15  including a riding component; 
 52.16     (2) the riding component of the training was conducted 
 52.17  using an all-terrain vehicle with over 90cc engine capacity; and 
 52.18     (3) the person is able to reach both the handle bars and 
 52.19  foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain 
 52.20  vehicle. 
 52.21     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.015, is 
 52.22  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 52.23     Subd. 22.  [CENTRAL LAKES TRAIL; OTTER TAIL, GRANT, AND 
 52.24  DOUGLAS COUNTIES.] The trail shall originate at the city of 
 52.25  Fergus Falls and extend in a southeasterly direction through 
 52.26  Grant and Douglas counties to the eastern boundary of Douglas 
 52.27  county. 
 52.28     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective August 1, 2005. 
 52.29     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.015, is 
 52.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 52.31     Subd. 23.  [MINNESOTA RIVER TRAIL; BIG STONE, SWIFT, YELLOW 
 52.32  MEDICINE, CHIPPEWA, RENVILLE, NICOLLET, SIBLEY, AND LESUEUR 
 52.33  COUNTIES.] The trail shall originate at the entrance to Big 
 52.34  Stone Lake state park and extend along the Minnesota river 
 52.35  valley to connect to the Minnesota Valley trail at the city of 
 52.36  LeSueur. 
 53.1      Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.055, 
 53.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 53.3      Subd. 2.  [FEE DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION.] The fees 
 53.4   collected under this section shall be deposited in the natural 
 53.5   resources fund in the state treasury and credited to the general 
 53.6   fund a state parks account. 
 53.7      Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 86A.21, is 
 53.8   amended to read: 
 53.9      86A.21 [POWERS AND DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER.] 
 53.10     (a) The commissioner may:  
 53.11     (1) acquire, construct, and maintain small craft harbors, 
 53.12  channels, and facilities for recreational watercraft in the 
 53.13  navigable waters lying within the locations identified in Laws 
 53.14  1993, chapter 333, section 1; 
 53.15     (2) acquire by purchase, lease, gift, or condemnation the 
 53.16  lands, rights-of-way, easements, and other interests necessary 
 53.17  for small craft harbors, channels, mooring facilities, marinas, 
 53.18  launching ramps, and facilities normally used to support harbors 
 53.19  of refuge, channels, docks, and launching ramps; 
 53.20     (3) provide the public within the boundaries of small craft 
 53.21  harbors, through leases of public property, with mooring 
 53.22  facilities and marinas developed and operated by public or 
 53.23  nonpublic entities at no cost to the state or its political 
 53.24  subdivisions; 
 53.25     (4) charge fees for both seasonal and daily moorage at 
 53.26  state-operated or state-assisted small craft harbors and mooring 
 53.27  facilities; 
 53.28     (5) collect the proceeds from the sale of marine fuel at 
 53.29  small craft harbors or mooring facilities operated by the state. 
 53.30     (b) Fees and proceeds collected under paragraph (a) must be 
 53.31  credited to the water recreation account.  The fees and proceeds 
 53.32  are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources and 
 53.33  may be used for purposes relating to mooring facilities and 
 53.34  small craft harbors, including: 
 53.35     (1) operation and maintenance; 
 53.36     (2) purchase of marine fuel and other petroleum supplies; 
 54.1      (3) replacement or expansion; or 
 54.2      (4) debt service on funds provided through the sale of 
 54.3   state bonds.  
 54.4      (c) Fees collected at small craft harbors and boating 
 54.5   facilities constructed or operated by local units of government 
 54.6   with financial assistance from the state shall, after payment of 
 54.7   the costs of operating and maintaining the facilities, be used 
 54.8   for purposes relating to mooring facilities and small craft 
 54.9   harbors, including: 
 54.10     (1) operation and maintenance; 
 54.11     (2) replacement or expansion; or 
 54.12     (3) debt service on funds provided through the sale of 
 54.13  state bonds. 
 54.14     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 86B.106, is 
 54.15  amended to read: 
 54.16     86B.106 [BARRING VEHICLES FROM UNSAFE ICE.] 
 54.17     (a) Whenever ice conditions on a body of water deteriorate 
 54.18  to such an extent that there is substantial danger to persons 
 54.19  using motorized vehicles, including snowmobiles and all-terrain 
 54.20  vehicles, the sheriff of the county where the body of water is 
 54.21  located may prohibit or restrict the use of motorized vehicles 
 54.22  on all or a portion of the body of water.  If the body of water 
 54.23  is located in more than one county, all counties involved must 
 54.24  coordinate any prohibitions or restrictions that are imposed.  A 
 54.25  county sheriff acting under this section shall, as soon as 
 54.26  practicable, post all common access sites and publicize the 
 54.27  prohibitions or restrictions.  The commissioner must be notified 
 54.28  immediately and may review and suspend any restrictions 
 54.29  imposed.  Restrictions may be lifted as soon as conditions 
 54.30  warrant. 
 54.31     (b) A person may not operate a motorized vehicle in 
 54.32  violation of a prohibition or restriction imposed under this 
 54.33  section. 
 54.34     (c) This section does not apply to a person who: 
 54.35     (1) is a member of a sanctioned circuit watercross 
 54.36  association and can provide proof of membership; 
 55.1      (2) operates a snowmobile with a silenced exhaust and is 
 55.2   practicing for a sanctioned event; and 
 55.3      (3) receives written permission from a conservation officer 
 55.4   who must set the date, time, and location of the practice. 
 55.5      Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 88.642, is 
 55.6   amended to read: 
 55.7      88.642 [DECORATIVE TREES; CUTTING, REMOVAL OF; 
 55.8   TRANSPORTATION; PROHIBITIONS; EXCEPTIONS MATERIALS.] 
 55.9      Subdivision 1.  [WRITTEN CONSENT.] No person shall 
 55.10  cut, harvest, remove, or transport, or possess for decorative 
 55.11  purposes or for sale in natural condition and untrimmed, more 
 55.12  than three decorative trees as defined herein, more than 100 
 55.13  pounds of decorative boughs, or any other decorative materials 
 55.14  without the written consent of or a bill of sale provided by the 
 55.15  owner or authorized agent of the private or public land on which 
 55.16  the same are grown and whether such land be publicly or 
 55.17  privately owned decorative materials were cut or harvested.  The 
 55.18  written consent shall be on a form furnished and or otherwise 
 55.19  approved by the department commissioner of natural resources, 
 55.20  and shall contain the legal description of the land where the 
 55.21  decorative trees materials were cut or harvested, as well as the 
 55.22  name of the legal owner, of the land or a duly the owner's 
 55.23  authorized agent or agents, thereof.  The written consent or 
 55.24  bill of sale, or a copy thereof certified as a true copy by the 
 55.25  person to whom the consent was given or sale made, or by the 
 55.26  county recorder of the county in which the land is situated, if 
 55.27  recorded, shall must be carried by every person 
 55.28  cutting, harvesting, removing, possessing, or transporting any 
 55.29  decorative trees, untrimmed or in their natural 
 55.30  condition materials, or in any way aiding therein, and shall be 
 55.31  exhibited to any officer of the law, forest ranger, forest 
 55.32  patrol officer, conservation officer, or other officer of the 
 55.33  department of natural resources, at the officer's request at any 
 55.34  time.  
 55.35     Subd. 2.  [INSPECTION AND INVESTIGATION.] Any When an 
 55.36  officer shall have power to has probable cause to believe that 
 56.1   decorative materials have been cut, harvested, removed, 
 56.2   possessed, or transported in violation of sections 88.641 to 
 56.3   88.648, the officer may enter and inspect any decorative trees 
 56.4   when being transported in any a place, building, vehicle, or 
 56.5   other means of conveyance or by common carrier, to make an 
 56.6   investigation with reference thereto as may be necessary to 
 56.7   determine whether or not the provisions of sections 88.641 to 
 56.8   88.648 have been complied with, to stop any vehicle or other 
 56.9   means of conveyance found carrying decorative trees upon any 
 56.10  public highways of this state, for the purpose of making an 
 56.11  inspection and investigation, and to may seize and hold subject 
 56.12  to the order of the court any decorative trees materials found 
 56.13  being cut, harvested, removed, possessed, or transported in 
 56.14  violation of any provision of sections 88.641 to 
 56.15  88.648.  Failure to comply with the requirements of sections 
 56.16  88.641 to 88.648 subjects the decorative materials to seizure 
 56.17  and confiscation as contraband in addition to other penalties 
 56.18  provided by law. 
 56.19     Subd. 3.  [TRANSPORTATION BY COMMON CARRIER OR 
 56.20  AGENTS REQUIREMENTS.] No person, common carrier, bough buyer, or 
 56.21  authorized agent thereof shall purchase or otherwise receive for 
 56.22  shipment or transportation any decorative trees unless materials 
 56.23  without recording the consignor, whose seller's or consignor's 
 56.24  name and address shall be recorded, exhibits at the time of 
 56.25  consignment and the written consent, bill of sale, or certified 
 56.26  copy thereof herein provided for on a form furnished or 
 56.27  otherwise approved by the commissioner of natural resources.  
 56.28     Subd. 4.  [NO WRITTEN CONSENT.] Failure to so possess or 
 56.29  exhibit a written consent or bill of sale shall be prima facie 
 56.30  evidence that no consent was given or exists.  
 56.31     Subd. 5.  [EXCEPTIONS.] (a) This section does not apply to 
 56.32  decorative materials in the possession of or being transported 
 56.33  by a federal, state, or local government official for a 
 56.34  legitimate public purpose. 
 56.35     (b) This section does not apply to a person cutting, 
 56.36  harvesting, possessing, or transporting decorative materials cut 
 57.1   from the person's own property if the person produces 
 57.2   documentation that the person owns the property where the 
 57.3   decorative materials were cut. 
 57.4      Sec. 29.  [88.6435] [BOUGH BUYERS.] 
 57.5      Subdivision 1.  [PERMITS.] A person may not buy more than 
 57.6   100 pounds of decorative boughs in any calendar year without a 
 57.7   bough buyer's permit issued by the commissioner of natural 
 57.8   resources.  The annual fee for a permit for a resident or 
 57.9   nonresident to buy decorative boughs is $25.  The annual fee may 
 57.10  be reduced if the buyer attends an approved annual workshop or 
 57.11  other orientation session for balsam bough harvesters and buyers.
 57.12     Subd. 2.  [BUYING AND RECORD REQUIREMENTS.] (a) When buying 
 57.13  or otherwise receiving decorative boughs, a person permitted 
 57.14  under this section must record: 
 57.15     (1) the seller's name and address; 
 57.16     (2) the form of written consent; and 
 57.17     (3) the government permit number or legal description or 
 57.18  property tax identification number of the land from which the 
 57.19  boughs were obtained. 
 57.20     The information must be provided on a form furnished or 
 57.21  otherwise approved by the commissioner of natural resources in 
 57.22  consultation with the balsam bough industry groups.  
 57.23     (b) Boughs may not be purchased if the seller fails to 
 57.24  exhibit the written consent required under section 88.642, 
 57.25  subdivision 1, or if the boughs do not conform to the standards 
 57.26  specified on the consent.  Decorative boughs cut from public 
 57.27  lands must conform to standards specified in the written consent.
 57.28     (c) Records shall be maintained from July 1 until June 30 
 57.29  of the following calendar year and shall be open to inspection 
 57.30  to an officer during reasonable hours. 
 57.31     (d) Customer name and address records created and 
 57.32  maintained by permittees under this section are classified as 
 57.33  private or nonpublic government data. 
 57.34     Subd. 3.  [REVOCATION OF PERMITS.] (a) The commissioner may 
 57.35  deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit issued under this 
 57.36  section for cause, including falsification of records required 
 58.1   under this section or violation of any other provision of 
 58.2   sections 88.641 to 88.648. 
 58.3      (b) A person convicted of two or more violations of 
 58.4   sections 88.641 to 88.648 within three years may not obtain a 
 58.5   bough buyer's permit for three years from the date of the last 
 58.6   conviction. 
 58.7      Subd. 4.  [DISPOSITION OF PERMIT FEES AND PENALTIES.] Fees 
 58.8   for permits issued under this section and penalties resulting 
 58.9   from citations issued by the commissioner of natural resources 
 58.10  under section 88.6457 shall be deposited in the state treasury 
 58.11  and credited to the special revenue fund and are annually 
 58.12  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for costs 
 58.13  associated with balsam bough educational programs for harvesters 
 58.14  and buyers. 
 58.15     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2002. 
 58.16     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 88.645, is 
 58.17  amended to read: 
 58.18     88.645 [ENFORCEMENT.] 
 58.19     Subdivision 1.  [SEARCH WARRANTS.] Any A court having 
 58.20  authority to issue warrants in criminal cases may issue a search 
 58.21  warrant, in the manner provided by law for issuing search 
 58.22  warrants for stolen property, to search for and seize any trees 
 58.23  alleged upon sufficient grounds to have been decorative 
 58.24  materials affected by or involved in any an offense under 
 58.25  sections 88.641 to 88.647 88.648.  The warrant may be directed 
 58.26  to and executed by any officer authorized to make arrests and 
 58.27  seizures by sections 88.641 to 88.647 88.648.  
 58.28     Subd. 2.  [COMPLAINT.] Any An officer having knowledge of 
 58.29  any an offense under sections 88.641 to 88.647 shall forthwith 
 58.30  88.648 may issue a field citation under section 88.6457, issue a 
 58.31  summons to appear in court, or make a complaint against the 
 58.32  offender before a court having jurisdiction of the offense and 
 58.33  request the court to issue a warrant of arrest in the case.  
 58.34     Sec. 31.  [88.6457] [FIELD CITATIONS.] 
 58.35     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY TO ISSUE.] In addition to other 
 58.36  remedies available under statutory or common law, an officer may 
 59.1   issue a field citation to a person who cuts, harvests, removes, 
 59.2   transports, buys, sells, or possesses decorative materials in 
 59.3   violation of sections 88.641 to 88.648. 
 59.4      Subd. 2.  [PENALTY AMOUNT.] The citation must impose the 
 59.5   following penalty amounts: 
 59.6      (1) $100 for the first violation; 
 59.7      (2) $200 for the second violation in a two-year period; and 
 59.8      (3) $500 for the third violation in a five-year period. 
 59.9      Subd. 3.  [APPEALS.] Citations may be appealed under the 
 59.10  procedures in section 116.072, subdivision 6, if the person 
 59.11  requests a hearing by notifying the commissioner in writing 
 59.12  within 15 days after receipt of the citation.  For purposes of 
 59.13  this section, "commissioner" and "agency" as used in section 
 59.14  116.072 mean the commissioner of natural resources.  If a 
 59.15  hearing is not requested within the 15-day period, the citation 
 59.16  becomes a final order not subject to further review. 
 59.17     Subd. 4.  [ENFORCEMENT OF FIELD CITATIONS.] Field citations 
 59.18  may be enforced under section 116.072, subdivisions 9 and 10. 
 59.19     Subd. 5.  [PAYMENT OF PENALTY.] Penalty amounts shall be 
 59.20  paid within 30 days of issuance of the field citation to the 
 59.21  issuer. 
 59.22     Subd. 6.  [ALLOCATION OF PENALTY AMOUNTS.] Penalty amounts 
 59.23  must be forwarded to the treasury of the political subdivision 
 59.24  that employs the officer who issued the citation or, if the 
 59.25  officer who issued the citation is a forest officer or 
 59.26  conservation officer, forwarded to the state treasury and 
 59.27  credited to the special revenue fund according to section 
 59.28  88.6435, subdivision 4. 
 59.29     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 88.647, is 
 59.30  amended to read: 
 59.31     88.647 [RELATION TO EXISTING LAWS.] 
 59.32     Sections 88.641 to 88.647 shall 88.648 do not be deemed to 
 59.33  supersede any existing provision of law relating to any matter 
 59.34  within the scope thereof but shall be construed as supplementary 
 59.35  thereto.  
 59.36     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 88.648, is 
 60.1   amended to read: 
 60.2      88.648 [FALSE STATEMENT; CRIMINAL PENALTIES; MISDEMEANOR.] 
 60.3      Any (a) A person who makes any a false statement in any 
 60.4   application, form, or other statement for the purpose of 
 60.5   obtaining any written consent or bill of sale as described in 
 60.6   sections 88.641 to 88.644 88.6457 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  
 60.7      (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision 
 60.8   section, any a person who violates any a provision of sections 
 60.9   88.641 to 88.647, 88.648 is guilty of a misdemeanor.  
 60.10     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 88.75, 
 60.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.12     Subdivision 1.  [MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES; DAMAGES; INJUNCTIVE 
 60.13  RELIEF.] Any person who violates any of the provisions of 
 60.14  sections 88.03 to 88.22 for which no specific penalty is therein 
 60.15  prescribed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished 
 60.16  accordingly. 
 60.17     Failure by any person to comply with any provision or 
 60.18  requirement of sections 88.03 to 88.22 to which such person is 
 60.19  subject shall be deemed a violation thereof. 
 60.20     Any person who violates any provisions of sections 88.03 to 
 60.21  88.22, in addition to any penalties therein prescribed, or 
 60.22  hereinbefore in this section prescribed, for such violation, 
 60.23  shall also be liable in full damages to any and every person 
 60.24  suffering loss or injury by reason of such violation, including 
 60.25  liability to the state, and any of its political subdivisions, 
 60.26  for all expenses incurred in fighting or preventing the spread 
 60.27  of, or extinguishing, any fire caused by, or resulting from, any 
 60.28  violation of these sections.  All expenses so collected by the 
 60.29  state shall be returned to, and deposited in, the original fund 
 60.30  from which the expenses were paid and are available for 
 60.31  expenditure for the purposes for which the funds were originally 
 60.32  appropriated deposited in the general fund.  When a fire set by 
 60.33  any person spreads to and damages or destroys property belonging 
 60.34  to another, the setting of the fire shall be prima facie 
 60.35  evidence of negligence in setting and allowing the same to 
 60.36  spread. 
 61.1      At any time the state, or any political subdivision 
 61.2   thereof, either of its own motion, or at the suggestion or 
 61.3   request of the director, may bring an action in any court of 
 61.4   competent jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin, or otherwise 
 61.5   prohibit any violation of sections 88.03 to 88.22, whether 
 61.6   therein described as a crime or not, and likewise to restrain, 
 61.7   enjoin, or prohibit any person from proceeding further in, with, 
 61.8   or at any timber cutting or other operations without complying 
 61.9   with the provisions of those sections, or the requirements of 
 61.10  the director pursuant thereto; and the court may grant such 
 61.11  relief, or any other appropriate relief, whenever it shall 
 61.12  appear that the same may prevent loss of life or property by 
 61.13  fire, or may otherwise aid in accomplishing the purposes of 
 61.14  sections 88.03 to 88.22. 
 61.15     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 93.002, 
 61.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 61.17     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The mineral coordinating 
 61.18  committee is established to plan for diversified mineral 
 61.19  development.  The mineral coordinating committee consists of the 
 61.20  director of the minerals division of the department of natural 
 61.21  resources, the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota pollution 
 61.22  control agency, the director of United Steelworkers of America, 
 61.23  district 11, or the director's designee, the commissioner of the 
 61.24  iron range resources and rehabilitation board, the director of 
 61.25  the Minnesota geological survey, the dean of the University of 
 61.26  Minnesota institute of technology, the director of the natural 
 61.27  resources research institute, and three individuals appointed by 
 61.28  the governor for a four-year term, one each representing the 
 61.29  iron ore and taconite, the nonferrous metallic minerals, and the 
 61.30  industrial minerals industries within the state.  The director 
 61.31  of the minerals division of the department of natural resources 
 61.32  shall serve as chair.  A member of the committee may designate 
 61.33  another person of the member's organization to act in the 
 61.34  member's place.  The commissioner of natural resources shall 
 61.35  provide staff and administrative services necessary for the 
 61.36  committee's activities.  Notwithstanding section 15.059, 
 62.1   subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the committee 
 62.2   expires June 30, 2005. 
 62.3      The mineral coordinating committee is encouraged to solicit 
 62.4   and receive advice from representatives of the United States 
 62.5   Geological Survey and the United States Environmental Protection 
 62.6   Agency. 
 62.7      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 62.8   following final enactment. 
 62.9      Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.045, 
 62.10  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 62.11     Subd. 7.  [DUTY TO ENCOURAGE STAMP DESIGN AND PURCHASES.] 
 62.12  (a) The commissioner shall encourage the purchase of: 
 62.13     (1) Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamps by nonhunters 
 62.14  interested in migratory waterfowl preservation and habitat 
 62.15  development; 
 62.16     (2) pheasant stamps by persons interested in pheasant 
 62.17  habitat improvement; 
 62.18     (3) trout and salmon stamps by persons interested in trout 
 62.19  and salmon stream and lake improvement; and 
 62.20     (4) turkey stamps by persons interested in wild turkey 
 62.21  management and habitat improvement.  
 62.22     (b) The commissioner shall make rules governing contests 
 62.23  for selecting a design for each stamp, including those stamps 
 62.24  not required to be in possession while taking game or fish. 
 62.25     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 62.26     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.055, 
 62.27  subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
 62.28     Subd. 4a.  [CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES.] (a)
 62.29  The commissioner shall appoint committees subcommittees of 
 62.30  affected persons to review the reports prepared under 
 62.31  subdivision 4 and; review the proposed work plans and budgets 
 62.32  for the coming year; propose changes in policies, activities, 
 62.33  and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant 
 62.34  information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the 
 62.35  commissioner for improvements in the management and use of money 
 62.36  in the game and fish fund. 
 63.1      (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following committees 
 63.2   subcommittees, each comprised of at least three affected persons:
 63.3      (1) a committee to review the annual game and fish fund 
 63.4   report and address general game and fish fund issues; 
 63.5      (2) a committee to address funding issues related to 
 63.6   fishing a fisheries operations subcommittee to review fisheries 
 63.7   funding, excluding activities related to trout and salmon stamp 
 63.8   funding; 
 63.9      (2) a wildlife operations subcommittee to review wildlife 
 63.10  funding, excluding activities related to migratory waterfowl, 
 63.11  pheasant, and turkey stamp funding and excluding review of the 
 63.12  amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1, 
 63.13  paragraphs (b) and (c); 
 63.14     (3) a committee big game subcommittee to review the report 
 63.15  on the small game license surcharge and the report required in 
 63.16  subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (2), and address funding 
 63.17  issues related to hunting; 
 63.18     (4) an ecological services operations subcommittee to 
 63.19  review ecological services funding; 
 63.20     (5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of 
 63.21  enforcement, support services, and department of natural 
 63.22  resources administration; 
 63.23     (4) (6) a committee subcommittee to review the trout and 
 63.24  salmon stamp report and address funding issues related to trout 
 63.25  and salmon; 
 63.26     (5) (7) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
 63.27  the migratory waterfowl stamp and address funding issues related 
 63.28  to migratory waterfowl; 
 63.29     (6) (8) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
 63.30  the pheasant stamp and address funding issues related to 
 63.31  pheasants; and 
 63.32     (7) (9) a committee subcommittee to review the report on 
 63.33  the turkey stamp and address funding issues related to wild 
 63.34  turkeys. 
 63.35     (c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a 
 63.36  budgetary oversight committee to coordinate the integration of 
 64.1   the subcommittee reports into an annual report to the 
 64.2   legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, 
 64.3   activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a 
 64.4   forum to address issues that transcend the subcommittees; and 
 64.5   submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its 
 64.6   report in a timely manner. 
 64.7      (d) The budgetary oversight committee shall develop a 
 64.8   biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and 
 64.9   fish activities.  By August 15 of each even-numbered year, the 
 64.10  council shall submit the budget plan to the commissioner. 
 64.11     (e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except 
 64.12  that the chair of the budgetary oversight committee shall be 
 64.13  appointed by the commissioner and may not be the chair of any of 
 64.14  the subcommittees. 
 64.15     (f) The committees budgetary oversight committee must make 
 64.16  recommendations to the commissioner for outcome goals from 
 64.17  expenditures. 
 64.18     (g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other 
 64.19  law to the contrary, the budgetary oversight committee and 
 64.20  subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2005. 
 64.21     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 64.22  following final enactment. 
 64.23     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.405, 
 64.24  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 64.25     Subd. 2.  [PERSONAL POSSESSION.] (a) A person acting under 
 64.26  a license or traveling from an area where a licensed activity 
 64.27  was performed must have in personal possession either:  (1) the 
 64.28  proper license, if the license has been issued to and received 
 64.29  by the person; or (2) the proper license identification number 
 64.30  or stamp validation, if the license has been sold to the person 
 64.31  by electronic means but the actual license has not been issued 
 64.32  and received. 
 64.33     (b) If possession of a license or a license identification 
 64.34  number is required, a person must exhibit, as requested by a 
 64.35  conservation officer or peace officer, either:  (1) the proper 
 64.36  license if the license has been issued to and received by the 
 65.1   person; or (2) the proper license identification number or stamp 
 65.2   validation and a valid state driver's license, state 
 65.3   identification card, or other form of identification provided by 
 65.4   the commissioner, if the license has been sold to the person by 
 65.5   electronic means but the actual license has not been issued and 
 65.6   received.  
 65.7      (c) If the actual license has been issued and received, a 
 65.8   receipt for license fees, a copy of a license, or evidence 
 65.9   showing the issuance of a license, including the license 
 65.10  identification number or stamp validation, does not entitle a 
 65.11  licensee to exercise the rights or privileges conferred by a 
 65.12  license.  
 65.13     (d) A license or stamp issued electronically and not 
 65.14  immediately provided to the licensee shall be mailed to the 
 65.15  licensee within 30 days of purchase of the license or stamp 
 65.16  validation, except for a pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial 
 65.17  trout and salmon stamp.  A pictorial turkey stamp or a pictorial 
 65.18  trout and salmon stamp shall be mailed to the licensee after 
 65.19  purchase of a license or stamp validation only if the licensee 
 65.20  pays an additional $2 fee. 
 65.21     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 65.22     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.411, 
 65.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 65.24     Subd. 2.  [SIGNATURE ON STAMPS.] A migratory waterfowl or 
 65.25  pheasant stamp issued under the game and fish laws must be 
 65.26  signed by the licensee across the front of the stamp to be valid.
 65.27     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 65.28     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.473, 
 65.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 65.30     Subd. 2.  [LIFETIME ANGLING LICENSE; FEE.] (a) A resident 
 65.31  lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by 
 65.32  angling in the state.  The license authorizes those activities 
 65.33  authorized by the annual resident angling license.  The license 
 65.34  does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation or other 
 65.35  stamps required by law.  
 65.36     (b) The fees for a resident lifetime angling license are: 
 66.1      (1) age 3 and under, $227; 
 66.2      (2) age 4 to age 15, $300; 
 66.3      (3) age 16 to age 50, $383; and 
 66.4      (4) age 51 and over, $203. 
 66.5      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 66.6      Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.473, 
 66.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 66.8      Subd. 3.  [LIFETIME SMALL GAME HUNTING LICENSE; FEE.] (a) A 
 66.9   resident lifetime small game hunting license authorizes a person 
 66.10  to hunt small game in the state.  The license authorizes those 
 66.11  hunting activities authorized by the annual resident small game 
 66.12  hunting license.  The license does not include a turkey stamp 
 66.13  validation or any of the other hunting stamps required by law. 
 66.14     (b) The fees for a resident lifetime small game hunting 
 66.15  license are: 
 66.16     (1) age 3 and under, $217; 
 66.17     (2) age 4 to age 15, $290; 
 66.18     (3) age 16 to age 50, $363; and 
 66.19     (4) age 51 and over, $213. 
 66.20     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 66.21     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.473, 
 66.22  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 66.23     Subd. 5.  [LIFETIME SPORTING LICENSE; FEE.] (a) A resident 
 66.24  lifetime sporting license authorizes a person to take fish by 
 66.25  angling and hunt small game in the state.  The license 
 66.26  authorizes those activities authorized by the annual resident 
 66.27  angling and resident small game hunting licenses.  The license 
 66.28  does not include a trout and salmon stamp validation, a turkey 
 66.29  stamp validation, or any of the other hunting stamps required by 
 66.30  law.  
 66.31     (b) The fees for a resident lifetime sporting license are: 
 66.32     (1) age 3 and under, $357; 
 66.33     (2) age 4 to age 15, $480; 
 66.34     (3) age 16 to age 50, $613; and 
 66.35     (4) age 51 and over, $413. 
 66.36     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 67.1      Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.474, 
 67.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 67.3      Subd. 2.  [NONRESIDENT LIFETIME ANGLING LICENSE; FEE.] (a) 
 67.4   A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to 
 67.5   take fish by angling in the state.  The license authorizes those 
 67.6   activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling 
 67.7   license.  The license does not include a trout and salmon stamp 
 67.8   validation or other stamps required by law. 
 67.9      (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:
 67.10     (1) age 3 and under, $447; 
 67.11     (2) age 4 to age 15, $600; 
 67.12     (3) age 16 to age 50, $773; and 
 67.13     (4) age 51 and over, $513. 
 67.14     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 67.15     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.474, 
 67.16  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 67.17     Subd. 3.  [NONRESIDENT LIFETIME SMALL GAME HUNTING LICENSE; 
 67.18  FEE.] (a) A nonresident lifetime small game hunting license 
 67.19  authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state.  The 
 67.20  license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the 
 67.21  annual nonresident small game hunting license.  The license does 
 67.22  not include a turkey stamp validation or any of the other 
 67.23  hunting stamps required by law.  
 67.24     (b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small game hunting 
 67.25  license are: 
 67.26     (1) age 3 and under, $947; 
 67.27     (2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280; 
 67.28     (3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and 
 67.29     (4) age 51 and over, $1,083. 
 67.30     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 67.31     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.475, 
 67.32  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 67.33     Subd. 5.  [HUNTING STAMPS.] Fees for the following stamps 
 67.34  and stamp validations are: 
 67.35     (1) migratory waterfowl stamp, $5; 
 67.36     (2) pheasant stamp, $5; and 
 68.1      (3) turkey stamp validation, $5.  
 68.2      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 68.3      Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.475, 
 68.4   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 68.5      Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
 68.6   licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 68.7      (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 65, $17; 
 68.8      (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
 68.9   $6.50; 
 68.10     (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
 68.11  married couple, $25; 
 68.12     (4) (3) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $17; 
 68.13  and 
 68.14     (5) (4) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period 
 68.15  selected by the licensee, $8.50. 
 68.16     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.475, 
 68.17  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 68.18     Subd. 10.  [TROUT AND SALMON STAMP VALIDATION.] The fee for 
 68.19  a trout and salmon stamp validation is $8.50.  
 68.20     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 68.21     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97A.485, 
 68.22  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 68.23     Subd. 6.  [LICENSES TO BE SOLD AND ISSUING FEES.] (a) 
 68.24  Persons authorized to sell licenses under this section must sell 
 68.25  the following licenses for the license fee and the following 
 68.26  issuing fees:  
 68.27     (1) to take deer or bear with firearms and by archery, the 
 68.28  issuing fee is $1; 
 68.29     (2) Minnesota sporting, the issuing fee is $1; and 
 68.30     (3) to take small game, for a person under age 65 to take 
 68.31  fish by angling or for a person of any age to take fish by 
 68.32  spearing, and to trap fur-bearing animals, the issuing fee is 
 68.33  $1; 
 68.34     (4) for a trout and salmon stamp that is not issued 
 68.35  simultaneously with an angling or sporting license, an issuing 
 68.36  fee of 50 cents may be charged at the discretion of the 
 69.1   authorized seller; and 
 69.2      (5) for stamps other than a trout and salmon stamp, and for 
 69.3   a special season Canada goose license, there is no fee. 
 69.4      (b) An issuing fee may not be collected for issuance of a 
 69.5   trout and salmon stamp if a stamp validation is issued 
 69.6   simultaneously with the related angling or sporting license.  
 69.7   Only one issuing fee may be collected when selling more than one 
 69.8   trout and salmon stamp in the same transaction after the end of 
 69.9   the season for which the stamp was issued. 
 69.10     (c) The auditor or subagent shall keep the issuing fee as a 
 69.11  commission for selling the licenses.  
 69.12     (d) The commissioner shall collect the issuing fee on 
 69.13  licenses sold by the commissioner. 
 69.14     (e) A license, except stamps, must state the amount of the 
 69.15  issuing fee and that the issuing fee is kept by the seller as a 
 69.16  commission for selling the licenses. 
 69.17     (f) For duplicate licenses, the issuing fees are: 
 69.18     (1) for licenses to take big game, 75 cents; and 
 69.19     (2) for other licenses, 50 cents. 
 69.20     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 69.21     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97B.721, is 
 69.22  amended to read: 
 69.23     97B.721 [LICENSE AND STAMP VALIDATION REQUIRED TO TAKE 
 69.24  TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.] 
 69.25     (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, 
 69.26  subdivision 2, a person may not take a turkey without possessing 
 69.27  a turkey license and: 
 69.28     (1) a turkey stamp in possession; and 
 69.29     (2) a turkey stamp validation on the turkey license when 
 69.30  issued electronically. 
 69.31     (b) The requirement in paragraph (a) to possess have a 
 69.32  turkey stamp or a license validation does not apply to persons 
 69.33  under age 18. 
 69.34     (c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for 
 69.35  the tagging and registration of turkeys. 
 69.36     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 70.1      Sec. 50.  [97C.303] [CONSERVATION ANGLING LICENSE.] 
 70.2      Subdivision 1.  [AVAILABILITY.] The commissioner shall make 
 70.3   available a conservation angling license according to this 
 70.4   section.  Conservation angling licenses shall be offered for 
 70.5   resident and nonresident individuals, resident married couples, 
 70.6   nonresident married couples valid for 14 consecutive days, and 
 70.7   nonresident families. 
 70.8      Subd. 2.  [DAILY AND POSSESSION LIMITS.] Daily and 
 70.9   possession limits for fish taken under a conservation angling 
 70.10  license are one-half the daily and possession limits for the 
 70.11  corresponding fish taken under a standard angling license, 
 70.12  rounded down to the next whole number if necessary. 
 70.13     Subd. 3.  [LICENSE FEE.] The fee for a conservation angling 
 70.14  license issued under this section is two-thirds of the 
 70.15  corresponding standard angling license fee under section 
 70.16  97A.475, subdivision 6 or 7, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.
 70.17     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97C.305, is 
 70.18  amended to read: 
 70.19     97C.305 [TROUT AND SALMON STAMP VALIDATION.] 
 70.20     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENT.] Except as provided in 
 70.21  subdivision 2 or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person over 
 70.22  age 16 and under age 65 required to possess an angling license 
 70.23  must have a trout and salmon stamp in possession and a trout 
 70.24  stamp validation on the angling license when issued 
 70.25  electronically to: 
 70.26     (1) take fish by angling in: 
 70.27     (i) a stream designated by the commissioner as a trout 
 70.28  stream; 
 70.29     (ii) a lake designated by the commissioner as a trout lake; 
 70.30  or 
 70.31     (iii) Lake Superior; or 
 70.32     (2) possess trout or salmon taken in the state by angling. 
 70.33     Subd. 2.  [EXCEPTION.] A trout and salmon stamp validation 
 70.34  is not required to take fish by angling or to possess trout and 
 70.35  salmon if:  
 70.36     (1) the person: 
 71.1      (i) possesses a license to take fish by angling for a 
 71.2   period of 24 hours from the time of issuance under section 
 71.3   97A.475, subdivision 6, clause (5), or subdivision 7, clause 
 71.4   (5), and 
 71.5      (ii) is taking fish by angling, or the trout or salmon were 
 71.6   taken by the person, during the period the license is valid; or 
 71.7      (2) the person is taking fish, or the trout or salmon were 
 71.8   taken by the person, as authorized under section 97C.035. 
 71.9      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective March 1, 2002. 
 71.10     Sec. 52.  [97C.404] [YELLOW PERCH LIMITS.] 
 71.11     The daily limit for yellow perch is 15.  The possession 
 71.12  limit for yellow perch is 45. 
 71.13     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective December 1, 
 71.14  2001. 
 71.15     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103B.575, is 
 71.16  amended to read: 
 71.17     103B.575 [EXPANSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF A LAKE IMPROVEMENT 
 71.18  DISTRICT.] 
 71.19     The boundary of a district may be enlarged modified by 
 71.20  complying with the procedures to establish a district under 
 71.21  sections 103B.511 to 103B.541.  A district whose boundary is 
 71.22  reduced must comply with section 103B.555 on assessing the costs 
 71.23  of current projects, service charges, special assessments, 
 71.24  obligations, and taxes before the boundary is reduced. 
 71.25     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 71.26  following final enactment. 
 71.27     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103G.271, 
 71.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 71.29     Subdivision 1.  [PERMIT REQUIRED.] (a) Except as provided 
 71.30  in paragraph (b), the state, a person, partnership, or 
 71.31  association, private or public corporation, county, 
 71.32  municipality, or other political subdivision of the state may 
 71.33  not appropriate or use waters of the state without a water use 
 71.34  permit from the commissioner.  
 71.35     (b) This section does not apply to use for a water supply 
 71.36  by less than 25 persons for domestic purposes.  
 72.1      (c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for 
 72.2   temporary appropriation of water to a governmental subdivision 
 72.3   or to the general public for classes of activities that have 
 72.4   minimal impact upon waters of the state.  The general permit may 
 72.5   authorize more than one project and the appropriation or use of 
 72.6   more than one source of water.  Water use permit processing fees 
 72.7   and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 103G.281, 
 72.8   subdivision 3, are required for each project or water source 
 72.9   that is included under a general permit, except that no fee or 
 72.10  report is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 
 72.11  gallons annually. 
 72.12     Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103G.271, 
 72.13  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 72.14     Subd. 5.  [PROHIBITION ON ONCE-THROUGH WATER USE PERMITS.] 
 72.15  (a) The commissioner may not, after December 31, 1990, issue a 
 72.16  water use permit to increase the volume of appropriation from a 
 72.17  groundwater source for a once-through cooling system using in 
 72.18  excess of 5,000,000 gallons annually. 
 72.19     (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), Once-through 
 72.20  system water use permits using in excess of 5,000,000 gallons 
 72.21  annually, must be terminated by the commissioner by the end of 
 72.22  their design life but not later than December 31, 2010, unless 
 72.23  the discharge is into a public water basin within a nature 
 72.24  preserve approved by the commissioner and established prior to 
 72.25  January 1, 2001.  Existing once-through systems must not be 
 72.26  expanded and are required to convert to water efficient 
 72.27  alternatives within the design life of existing equipment.  
 72.28     (c) Paragraph (b) does not apply where groundwater 
 72.29  appropriated for use in a once-through system is subsequently 
 72.30  discharged into a wetland or public waters wetland owned or 
 72.31  leased by a nonprofit corporation if: 
 72.32     (1) the membership of the corporation includes a local 
 72.33  government unit; 
 72.34     (2) the deed or lease requires that the area containing the 
 72.35  wetland or public waters wetland be maintained as a nature 
 72.36  preserve; 
 73.1      (3) public access is allowed consistent with the area's 
 73.2   status as a nature preserve; and 
 73.3      (4) by January 1, 2003, the permittee incurs costs of 
 73.4   developing the nature preserve and associated facilities that, 
 73.5   when discounted to 1992 dollars, exceed twice the projected 
 73.6   cost, as determined by the commissioner, of the conversion 
 73.7   required in paragraph (b), discounted to 1992 dollars. 
 73.8   The costs incurred under clause (4) may include preparation of 
 73.9   plans and designs; site preparation; construction of wildlife 
 73.10  habitat structures; planting of trees and other vegetation; 
 73.11  installation of signs and markers; design and construction of 
 73.12  trails, docks, and access structures; and design and 
 73.13  construction of interpretative facilities.  The permittee shall 
 73.14  submit an estimate of the cost of the conversion required in 
 73.15  paragraph (b) to the commissioner by January 1, 1993, and shall 
 73.16  annually report to the commissioner on the progress of the 
 73.17  project and the level of expenditures. 
 73.18     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103G.271, 
 73.19  subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
 73.20     Subd. 5a.  [MAINTENANCE OF SURFACE WATER LEVELS.] Except as 
 73.21  provided in subdivision 5, paragraph (c) (b), the commissioner 
 73.22  shall, by January 31, 1994, revoke all existing permits, and may 
 73.23  not issue new permits, for the appropriation or use of 
 73.24  groundwater in excess of 10,000,000 gallons per year for the 
 73.25  primary purpose of maintaining or increasing surface water 
 73.26  levels in the seven-county metropolitan area and in other areas 
 73.27  of concern as determined by the commissioner.  This subdivision 
 73.28  does not apply until January 1, 1998, to a municipality that, by 
 73.29  January 1, 1994, submits a plan acceptable to the commissioner 
 73.30  for maintaining or increasing surface water levels using sources 
 73.31  other than groundwater.  
 73.32     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103G.301, 
 73.33  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 73.34     Subd. 2.  [PERMIT APPLICATION FEES.] (a) An application for 
 73.35  a permit authorized under this chapter, and each request to 
 73.36  amend or transfer an existing permit, must be accompanied by a 
 74.1   permit application fee to defray the costs of receiving, 
 74.2   recording, and processing the application or request to amend or 
 74.3   transfer.  
 74.4      (b) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water, a 
 74.5   permit to construct or repair a dam that is subject to dam 
 74.6   safety inspection, or a state general permit or to apply for the 
 74.7   state water bank program is $75.  The application fee for a 
 74.8   permit to work in public waters or to divert waters for mining 
 74.9   must be at least $75, but not more than $500, according to a 
 74.10  schedule of fees adopted under section 16A.1285. 
 74.11     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115.03, is 
 74.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 74.13     Subd. 8a.  [PERMIT DURATION FOR MAJOR ABOVEGROUND STORAGE 
 74.14  FACILITIES.] Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, 
 74.15  agency permits for major aboveground storage facilities may be 
 74.16  issued for a term of up to ten years. 
 74.17     Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115.55, 
 74.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 74.19     Subd. 3.  [RULES.] (a) The agency shall adopt rules 
 74.20  containing minimum standards and criteria for the design, 
 74.21  location, installation, use, and maintenance of individual 
 74.22  sewage treatment systems.  The rules must include: 
 74.23     (1) how the agency will ensure compliance under subdivision 
 74.24  2; 
 74.25     (2) how local units of government shall enforce ordinances 
 74.26  under subdivision 2, including requirements for permits and 
 74.27  inspection programs; 
 74.28     (3) how the advisory committee will participate in review 
 74.29  and implementation of the rules; 
 74.30     (4) provisions for alternative systems; 
 74.31     (5) provisions for handling and disposal of effluent; 
 74.32     (6) provisions for system abandonment; and 
 74.33     (7) procedures for the commissioner to approve new 
 74.34  individual sewage treatment system technologies; and 
 74.35     (8) procedures for variances, including the consideration 
 74.36  of variances based on cost and variances that take into account 
 75.1   proximity of a system to other systems. 
 75.2      (b) The agency shall consult with the advisory committee 
 75.3   before adopting rules under this subdivision. 
 75.4      (c) Notwithstanding the repeal of the agency rule under 
 75.5   which the commissioner has established a warrantied list of 
 75.6   individual sewage treatment systems, the warranties for all 
 75.7   systems so listed as of the effective date of the repeal shall 
 75.8   continue to be valid for the remainder of the warranty period. 
 75.9      Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.54, 
 75.10  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 75.11     Subd. 2a.  [SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.] (a) The 
 75.12  director shall provide technical and financial assistance for 
 75.13  the acquisition and betterment of solid waste management 
 75.14  projects as provided in this subdivision and section 115A.52.  
 75.15  Money appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision must be 
 75.16  distributed as grants. 
 75.17     (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a project may 
 75.18  receive grant assistance up to 25 percent of the capital cost of 
 75.19  the project or $2,000,000, whichever is less, except that 
 75.20  projects constructed as a result of intercounty cooperative 
 75.21  agreements may receive (1) grant assistance up to 25 percent of 
 75.22  the capital cost of the project; or (2) $2,000,000 times the 
 75.23  number of participating counties, whichever is less.  
 75.24     (c) A recycling project or a project to compost or 
 75.25  cocompost waste may receive grant assistance up to 50 percent of 
 75.26  the capital cost of the project or $2,000,000, whichever is 
 75.27  less, except that projects completed as a result of intercounty 
 75.28  cooperative agreements may receive (1) grant assistance up to 50 
 75.29  percent of the capital cost of the project; or (2) $2,000,000 
 75.30  times the number of participating counties, whichever is less.  
 75.31  The following projects may also receive grant assistance in the 
 75.32  amounts specified in this paragraph: 
 75.33     (1) a project to improve control of or reduce air emissions 
 75.34  at an existing resource recovery facility; and 
 75.35     (2) a project to substantially increase the recovery of 
 75.36  materials or energy, substantially reduce the amount or toxicity 
 76.1   of waste processing residuals, or expand the capacity of an 
 76.2   existing resource recovery facility to meet the resource 
 76.3   recovery needs of an expanded region if each county from which 
 76.4   waste is or would be received has achieved a recycling rate in 
 76.5   excess of the goals in section 115A.551, and is implementing 
 76.6   aggressive waste reduction and household hazardous waste 
 76.7   management programs. 
 76.8      (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the director may award 
 76.9   grants for transfer stations that will initially transfer waste 
 76.10  to landfills if the transfer stations are part of a planned 
 76.11  resource recovery project, the county where the planned resource 
 76.12  recovery facility will be located has a comprehensive solid 
 76.13  waste management plan approved by the director, and the solid 
 76.14  waste management plan proposes the development of the resource 
 76.15  recovery facility.  If the proposed resource recovery facility 
 76.16  is not in place and operating within 12 16 years of the date of 
 76.17  the grant award, the recipient shall repay the grant amount to 
 76.18  the state. 
 76.19     (e) Projects without resource recovery are not eligible for 
 76.20  assistance. 
 76.21     (f) In addition to any assistance received under paragraph 
 76.22  (b) or (c), a project may receive grant assistance for the cost 
 76.23  of tests necessary to determine the appropriate pollution 
 76.24  control equipment for the project or the environmental effects 
 76.25  of the use of any product or material produced by the project. 
 76.26     (g) In addition to the application requirements of section 
 76.27  115A.51, an application for a project serving eligible 
 76.28  jurisdictions in only a single county must demonstrate that 
 76.29  cooperation with jurisdictions in other counties to develop the 
 76.30  project is not needed or not feasible.  Each application must 
 76.31  also demonstrate that the project is not financially prudent 
 76.32  without the state assistance, because of the applicant's 
 76.33  financial capacity and the problems inherent in the waste 
 76.34  management situation in the area, particularly transportation 
 76.35  distances and limited waste supply and markets for resources 
 76.36  recovered.  
 77.1      (h) For the purposes of this subdivision, a "project" means 
 77.2   a processing facility, together with any transfer stations, 
 77.3   transmission facilities, and other related and appurtenant 
 77.4   facilities primarily serving the processing facility.  The 
 77.5   director shall adopt rules for the program by July 1, 1985. 
 77.6      (i) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the 
 77.7   contrary, a project to construct a new mixed municipal solid 
 77.8   waste transfer station that has an enforceable commitment of at 
 77.9   least ten years, or of sufficient length to retire bonds sold 
 77.10  for the facility, to serve an existing resource recovery 
 77.11  facility may receive grant assistance up to 75 percent of the 
 77.12  capital cost of the project if addition of the transfer station 
 77.13  will increase substantially the geographical area served by the 
 77.14  resource recovery facility and the ability of the resource 
 77.15  recovery facility to operate more efficiently on a regional 
 77.16  basis and the facility meets the criteria in paragraph (c), the 
 77.17  second clause (2).  A transfer station eligible for assistance 
 77.18  under this paragraph is not eligible for assistance under any 
 77.19  other paragraph of this subdivision. 
 77.20     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.557, 
 77.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 77.22     Subd. 2.  [PURPOSES FOR WHICH MONEY MAY BE SPENT.] A county 
 77.23  receiving money distributed by the director under this section 
 77.24  may use the money only for the development and implementation of 
 77.25  programs to: 
 77.26     (1) reduce the amount of solid waste generated; 
 77.27     (2) recycle the maximum amount of solid waste technically 
 77.28  feasible; 
 77.29     (3) create and support markets for recycled products; 
 77.30     (4) remove problem materials from the solid waste stream 
 77.31  and develop proper disposal options for them; 
 77.32     (5) inform and educate all sectors of the public about 
 77.33  proper solid waste management procedures; 
 77.34     (6) provide technical assistance to public and private 
 77.35  entities to ensure proper solid waste management; and 
 77.36     (7) provide educational, technical, and financial 
 78.1   assistance for litter prevention; and 
 78.2      (8) process mixed municipal solid waste generated in the 
 78.3   county at a resource recovery facility located in Minnesota. 
 78.4      Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.912, 
 78.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 78.6      Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] Money appropriated to the agency 
 78.7   for waste tire management may be spent for elimination of health 
 78.8   and safety hazards of tire dumps and collection sites, tire dump 
 78.9   abatement, collection, management and clean up of waste tires, 
 78.10  regulation of permitted waste tire facilities, research and 
 78.11  studies to determine the technical and economic feasibility of 
 78.12  uses for tire derived products, public education on waste tire 
 78.13  management, and grants and loans under section 115A.913. 
 78.14     Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115A.914, 
 78.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 78.16     Subd. 2.  [AGENCY RULES.] The agency shall adopt rules for 
 78.17  administration of waste tire collector and processor permits, 
 78.18  waste tire nuisance abatement, and waste tire collection.  
 78.19     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115B.49, 
 78.20  subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
 78.21     Subd. 4a.  [INTERIM FEES.] For the period from July 1, 1999 
 78.22  2001, to June 30, 2001 2003, the commissioner shall, after a 
 78.23  public hearing, but notwithstanding section 16A.1285, 
 78.24  subdivision 4, annually adjust the fees in subdivision 4 as 
 78.25  necessary to maintain an annual income of $650,000.  This income 
 78.26  amount supersedes the amount described in Minnesota Statutes 
 78.27  1998, section 115B.49, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), clause (3), 
 78.28  that is in effect until July 1, 2001. 
 78.29     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.07, 
 78.30  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 78.31     Subd. 3.  [RULES.] (a) The board shall adopt rules 
 78.32  regarding its practices and procedures, the form and procedure 
 78.33  for applications for compensation from the fund, procedures for 
 78.34  investigation of claims and specifying the costs that are 
 78.35  eligible for reimbursement from the fund.  
 78.36     (b) By January 1, 1994, the board shall publish proposed 
 79.1   rules establishing a fee schedule of costs or criteria for 
 79.2   evaluating the reasonableness of costs submitted for 
 79.3   reimbursement.  The board shall adopt the rules by June 1, 1994. 
 79.4      (c) The board may adopt rules requiring certification of 
 79.5   environmental consultants. 
 79.6      (d) (c) The board may adopt other rules necessary to 
 79.7   implement this chapter. 
 79.8      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 79.9   following final enactment. 
 79.10     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.09, 
 79.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 79.12     Subdivision 1.  [REIMBURSABLE COSTS.] (a) The board shall 
 79.13  provide reimbursement to eligible applicants for reimbursable 
 79.14  costs.  
 79.15     (b) The following costs are reimbursable for purposes of 
 79.16  this chapter:  
 79.17     (1) corrective action costs incurred by the applicant and 
 79.18  documented in a form prescribed by the board, except the costs 
 79.19  related to the physical removal of a tank; and 
 79.20     (2) costs that the responsible person is legally obligated 
 79.21  to pay as damages to third parties for bodily injury, property 
 79.22  damage, or corrective action costs incurred by a third party 
 79.23  caused by a release where the responsible person's liability for 
 79.24  the costs has been established by a court order or 
 79.25  court-approved settlement;. 
 79.26     (3) up to 180 days worth of interest costs associated with 
 79.27  the financing of corrective action and incurred by the applicant 
 79.28  in a written financing contract signed by the applicant and 
 79.29  executed after May 25, 1991.  Interest costs are not eligible 
 79.30  for reimbursement to the extent they exceed two percentage 
 79.31  points above the adjusted prime rate charged by banks, as 
 79.32  defined in section 270.75, subdivision 5, at the time the 
 79.33  financing contract was executed; and 
 79.34     (4) preremoval site assessment costs incurred by the 
 79.35  applicant and eligible for reimbursement under section 115C.092. 
 79.36     (c) A cost for liability to a third party is incurred by 
 80.1   the responsible person when an order or court-approved 
 80.2   settlement is entered that sets forth the specific costs 
 80.3   attributed to the liability.  Except as provided in this 
 80.4   paragraph, reimbursement may not be made for costs of liability 
 80.5   to third parties until all eligible corrective action costs have 
 80.6   been reimbursed.  If a corrective action is expected to continue 
 80.7   in operation for more than one year after it has been fully 
 80.8   constructed or installed, the board may estimate the future 
 80.9   expense of completing the corrective action and, after 
 80.10  subtracting this estimate from the total reimbursement available 
 80.11  under subdivision 3, reimburse the costs for liability to third 
 80.12  parties.  The total reimbursement may not exceed the limit set 
 80.13  forth in subdivision 3. 
 80.14     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 80.15  following final enactment. 
 80.16     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.09, 
 80.17  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 80.18     Subd. 2a.  [APPLICATION FOR REIMBURSEMENT.] (a) The board 
 80.19  may consider Applications for reimbursement may be submitted for 
 80.20  consideration by the board at the following stages:  
 80.21     (1) after the commissioner approves corrective actions 
 80.22  related to soil excavation and treatment or after the 
 80.23  commissioner determines that further soil excavation and 
 80.24  treatment should not be done. costs have been incurred, and the 
 80.25  associated tasks completed, for excavation basin soil sampling, 
 80.26  excavation of contaminated soil, treatment of contaminated soil, 
 80.27  or remedial investigation costs tasks such as soil borings 
 80.28  boring drilling, monitoring wells well installation, vapor risk 
 80.29  assessment, and well searches are reimbursable at this stage, 
 80.30  but groundwater receptor survey; corrective action costs 
 80.31  relating to the construction and installation of a comprehensive 
 80.32  corrective action design system are not reimbursable at this 
 80.33  stage; and 
 80.34     (2) after costs have been incurred, and the associated 
 80.35  tasks completed, for tasks related to the construction and 
 80.36  installation of a comprehensive corrective action design system, 
 81.1   but only if the commissioner approves has approved a 
 81.2   comprehensive plan for corrective action that will adequately 
 81.3   address the entire release, including groundwater contamination 
 81.4   if necessary, for corrective action costs related to the 
 81.5   construction and installation of a comprehensive corrective 
 81.6   action design system.  
 81.7      (b) An applicant shall not submit an application for 
 81.8   reimbursement more frequently than four times per 12-month 
 81.9   period unless the application is for more than $2,000 in 
 81.10  reimbursement. 
 81.11     (b) (c) The commissioner shall review a plan, and provide 
 81.12  an approval or disapproval to the applicant and the board, 
 81.13  within 60 days in the case of a plan submitted under paragraph 
 81.14  (a), clause (1), and within 120 days in the case of a plan 
 81.15  submitted under paragraph (a), clause (2), or the commissioner 
 81.16  shall explain to the board why additional time is necessary.  
 81.17  The board shall consider a complete initial application within 
 81.18  60 days of its submission of the application under paragraph 
 81.19  (a), clause (1), and shall consider a complete supplemental 
 81.20  application within 120 days of its submission of the application 
 81.21  under paragraph (a), clause (2), or the board shall explain for 
 81.22  the record why additional time is necessary.  For purposes of 
 81.23  the preceding sentence, board consideration of an application is 
 81.24  timely if it occurs at the regularly scheduled meeting following 
 81.25  the deadline.  Board staff may review applications submitted to 
 81.26  the board at the same time the commissioner considers the 
 81.27  appropriateness of the corrective action, but the board may not 
 81.28  act on the application until after the commissioner's approval 
 81.29  is received. 
 81.30     (c) (d) A reimbursement may not be made unless the board 
 81.31  determines that the commissioner has determined that the 
 81.32  corrective action was appropriate in terms of protecting public 
 81.33  health, welfare, and the environment. 
 81.34     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 81.35  following final enactment. 
 81.36     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.09, 
 82.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 82.2      Subd. 3.  [REIMBURSEMENTS; SUBROGATION; APPROPRIATION.] (a) 
 82.3   The board shall reimburse from the fund 90 percent of the total 
 82.4   reimbursable costs incurred at the site to an eligible applicant 
 82.5   from the fund in the following amounts:.  However, the board may 
 82.6   reimburse an eligible applicant from the fund for greater than 
 82.7   90 percent of the total reimbursable costs, if the applicant 
 82.8   previously qualified for a higher reimbursement rate.  
 82.9      (1) 90 percent of the total reimbursable costs on the first 
 82.10  $250,000 and 75 percent on any remaining costs in excess of 
 82.11  $250,000 on a site; 
 82.12     (2) for corrective actions at a residential site used as a 
 82.13  permanent residence at the time the release was discovered, 92.5 
 82.14  percent of the total reimbursable costs on the first $100,000 
 82.15  and 100 percent of any remaining costs in excess of $100,000; or 
 82.16     (3) 90 percent of the total reimbursable costs on the first 
 82.17  $250,000 and 100 percent of the cumulative total reimbursable 
 82.18  costs in excess of $250,000 at all sites in which the 
 82.19  responsible person had interest, and for which the commissioner 
 82.20  has not issued a closure letter as of April 3, 1996, if the 
 82.21  responsible person dispensed less than 1,000,000 gallons of 
 82.22  petroleum at each location in each of the last three calendar 
 82.23  years that the responsible person dispensed petroleum at the 
 82.24  location and: 
 82.25     (i) has owned no more than three locations in the state at 
 82.26  which motor fuel was dispensed into motor vehicles and has 
 82.27  discontinued operation of all petroleum retail operations; or 
 82.28     (ii) has owned no more than one location in the state at 
 82.29  which motor fuel was dispensed into motor vehicles.  Not more 
 82.30  than $1,000,000 may be reimbursed for costs associated with a 
 82.31  single release, regardless of the number of persons eligible for 
 82.32  reimbursement, and not more than $2,000,000 may be reimbursed 
 82.33  for costs associated with a single tank facility. 
 82.34     (b) A reimbursement may not be made from the fund under 
 82.35  this chapter until the board has determined that the costs for 
 82.36  which reimbursement is requested were actually incurred and were 
 83.1   reasonable. 
 83.2      (c) When an applicant has obtained responsible competitive 
 83.3   bids or proposals according to rules promulgated under this 
 83.4   chapter prior to June 1, 1995, the eligible costs for the tasks, 
 83.5   procedures, services, materials, equipment, and tests of the low 
 83.6   bid or proposal are presumed to be reasonable by the board, 
 83.7   unless the costs of the low bid or proposal are substantially in 
 83.8   excess of the average costs charged for similar tasks, 
 83.9   procedures, services, materials, equipment, and tests in the 
 83.10  same geographical area during the same time period. 
 83.11     (d) When an applicant has obtained a minimum of two 
 83.12  responsible competitive bids or proposals on forms prescribed by 
 83.13  the board and where the rules promulgated under this chapter 
 83.14  after June 1, 1995, designate maximum costs for specific tasks, 
 83.15  procedures, services, materials, equipment and tests, the 
 83.16  eligible costs of the low bid or proposal are deemed reasonable 
 83.17  if the costs are at or below the maximums set forth in the rules.
 83.18     (e) Costs incurred for change orders executed as prescribed 
 83.19  in rules promulgated under this chapter after June 1, 1995, are 
 83.20  presumed reasonable if the costs are at or below the maximums 
 83.21  set forth in the rules, unless the costs in the change order are 
 83.22  above those in the original bid or proposal or are 
 83.23  unsubstantiated and inconsistent with the process and standards 
 83.24  required by the rules. 
 83.25     (f) A reimbursement may not be made from the fund in 
 83.26  response to either an initial or supplemental application for 
 83.27  costs incurred after June 4, 1987, that are payable under an 
 83.28  applicable insurance policy, except that if the board finds that 
 83.29  the applicant has made reasonable efforts to collect from an 
 83.30  insurer and failed, the board shall reimburse the applicant. 
 83.31     (g) If the board reimburses an applicant for costs for 
 83.32  which the applicant has insurance coverage, the board is 
 83.33  subrogated to the rights of the applicant with respect to that 
 83.34  insurance coverage, to the extent of the reimbursement by the 
 83.35  board.  The board may request the attorney general to bring an 
 83.36  action in district court against the insurer to enforce the 
 84.1   board's subrogation rights.  Acceptance by an applicant of 
 84.2   reimbursement constitutes an assignment by the applicant to the 
 84.3   board of any rights of the applicant with respect to any 
 84.4   insurance coverage applicable to the costs that are reimbursed.  
 84.5   Notwithstanding this paragraph, the board may instead request a 
 84.6   return of the reimbursement under subdivision 5 and may employ 
 84.7   against the applicant the remedies provided in that subdivision, 
 84.8   except where the board has knowingly provided reimbursement 
 84.9   because the applicant was denied coverage by the insurer. 
 84.10     (h) Money in the fund is appropriated to the board to make 
 84.11  reimbursements under this chapter.  A reimbursement to a state 
 84.12  agency must be credited to the appropriation account or accounts 
 84.13  from which the reimbursed costs were paid. 
 84.14     (i) The board may reduce the amount of reimbursement to be 
 84.15  made under this chapter if it finds that the applicant has not 
 84.16  complied with a provision of this chapter, a rule or order 
 84.17  issued under this chapter, or one or more of the following 
 84.18  requirements: 
 84.19     (1) the agency was given notice of the release as required 
 84.20  by section 115.061; 
 84.21     (2) the applicant, to the extent possible, fully cooperated 
 84.22  with the agency in responding to the release; 
 84.23     (3) the state rules applicable after December 22, 1993, to 
 84.24  operating an underground storage tank and appurtenances without 
 84.25  leak detection; 
 84.26     (4) the state rules applicable after December 22, 1998, to 
 84.27  operating an underground storage tank and appurtenances without 
 84.28  corrosion protection or spill and overfill protection; and 
 84.29     (5) the state rule applicable after November 1, 1998, to 
 84.30  operating an aboveground tank without a dike or other structure 
 84.31  that would contain a spill at the aboveground tank site. 
 84.32     (j) The reimbursement may be reduced as much as 100 percent 
 84.33  for failure by the applicant to comply with the requirements in 
 84.34  paragraph (i), clauses (1) to (5).  In determining the amount of 
 84.35  the reimbursement reduction, the board shall consider: 
 84.36     (1) the reasonable determination by the agency that the 
 85.1   noncompliance poses a threat to the environment; 
 85.2      (2) whether the noncompliance was negligent, knowing, or 
 85.3   willful; 
 85.4      (3) the deterrent effect of the award reduction on other 
 85.5   tank owners and operators; 
 85.6      (4) the amount of reimbursement reduction recommended by 
 85.7   the commissioner; and 
 85.8      (5) the documentation of noncompliance provided by the 
 85.9   commissioner. 
 85.10     (k) An applicant may assign the right to receive 
 85.11  reimbursement to each lender who advanced funds to pay the costs 
 85.12  of the corrective action or to each contractor or consultant who 
 85.13  provided corrective action services.  An assignment must be made 
 85.14  by filing with the board a document, in a form prescribed by the 
 85.15  board, indicating the identity of the applicant, the identity of 
 85.16  the assignee, the dollar amount of the assignment, and the 
 85.17  location of the corrective action.  An assignment signed by the 
 85.18  applicant is valid unless terminated by filing a termination 
 85.19  with the board, in a form prescribed by the board, which must 
 85.20  include the written concurrence of the assignee.  The board 
 85.21  shall maintain an index of assignments filed under this 
 85.22  paragraph.  The board shall pay the reimbursement to the 
 85.23  applicant and to one or more assignees by a multiparty check.  
 85.24  The board has no liability to an applicant for a payment under 
 85.25  an assignment meeting the requirements of this paragraph. 
 85.26     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 85.27  following final enactment. 
 85.28     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.09, 
 85.29  subdivision 3h, is amended to read: 
 85.30     Subd. 3h.  [REIMBURSEMENT; ABOVEGROUND TANKS IN BULK 
 85.31  PLANTS.] (a) As used in this subdivision, "bulk plant" means an 
 85.32  aboveground or underground tank facility with a storage capacity 
 85.33  of more than 1,100 gallons but less than 1,000,000 gallons that 
 85.34  is used to dispense petroleum into cargo tanks for 
 85.35  transportation and sale at another location. 
 85.36     (b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter and 
 86.1   any rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, the board shall 
 86.2   reimburse 90 percent of an applicant's cost for bulk plant 
 86.3   upgrades or closures completed between June 1, 1998, and 
 86.4   November 1, 2003, to comply with Minnesota Rules, chapter 7151, 
 86.5   provided that the board determines the costs were incurred and 
 86.6   reasonable.  The reimbursement may not exceed $10,000 per bulk 
 86.7   plant. 
 86.8      (c) For corrective action at a bulk plant located on what 
 86.9   is or was railroad right-of-way, the board shall reimburse 90 
 86.10  percent of total reimbursable costs on the first $40,000 and 100 
 86.11  percent of any remaining reimbursable costs when the applicant 
 86.12  can document that one or more other bulk plants were operated on 
 86.13  the same section of right-of-way. 
 86.14     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 86.15  following final enactment. 
 86.16     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.093, is 
 86.17  amended to read: 
 86.18     115C.093 [CORRECTIVE ACTION PERFORMANCE AUDITS.] 
 86.19     (a) The board shall may contract for performance audits of 
 86.20  corrective actions for which reimbursement is sought under 
 86.21  section 115C.09, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clause (3), and 
 86.22  may contract for audits of other corrective actions.  
 86.23     (b) A responsible person may request a performance audit 
 86.24  under this section.  If the board denies the request, it must 
 86.25  provide the requester with the reasons for the denial. 
 86.26     (c) A performance audit conducted under this section must 
 86.27  evaluate the adequacy of the corrective actions, the validity of 
 86.28  the corrective action costs, and whether alternative methods or 
 86.29  technologies could have been used to carry out the corrective 
 86.30  actions at a lower cost.  The board shall report the results of 
 86.31  audits conducted under this section to the chairs of the senate 
 86.32  committees on environment and natural resources and commerce and 
 86.33  consumer protection, the finance division of the senate 
 86.34  committee on environment and natural resources, and the house of 
 86.35  representatives committees on environment and natural resources, 
 86.36  environment and natural resources finance, and commerce, 
 87.1   tourism, and consumer affairs.  Money in the fund is 
 87.2   appropriated to the board for the purposes of this section. 
 87.3      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 87.4   following final enactment. 
 87.5      Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.112, is 
 87.6   amended to read: 
 87.7      115C.112 [CONSULTANT AND CONTRACTOR SANCTIONS; ACTIONS 
 87.8   BASED ON CONDUCT OCCURRING ON AND AFTER MARCH 14, 1996.] 
 87.9      The commissioner of commerce may by order deny a 
 87.10  registration, censure, suspend, or revoke a registrant and 
 87.11  require payment of all costs of proceedings resulting in an 
 87.12  action instituted under this section and impose a civil penalty 
 87.13  of not more than $10,000 if the commissioner of commerce finds:  
 87.14  (i) that the order is in the public interest; and (ii) that the 
 87.15  registrant or, in the case of a registrant that is not a natural 
 87.16  person, any partner, officer, or director, any person occupying 
 87.17  a similar status or performing similar functions, or any person 
 87.18  directly or indirectly controlling the registrant: 
 87.19     (1) has engaged in conduct that departs from or fails to 
 87.20  conform to the minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing 
 87.21  engineering, hydrogeological, or other technical practices 
 87.22  within the reasonable control of the consultant or contractor; 
 87.23     (2) has participated in a kickback scheme prohibited under 
 87.24  section 115C.045; 
 87.25     (3) has engaged in conduct likely to deceive or defraud, or 
 87.26  demonstrating a willful or careless disregard for public health 
 87.27  or the environment; 
 87.28     (4) has committed fraud, embezzlement, theft, forgery, 
 87.29  bribery, falsified or destroyed records, made false statements, 
 87.30  received stolen property, made false claims, or obstructed 
 87.31  justice; 
 87.32     (5) is the subject of an order revoking, suspending, 
 87.33  restricting, limiting, or imposing other disciplinary action 
 87.34  against the contractor's or consultant's license or 
 87.35  certification in another state or jurisdiction; 
 87.36     (6) if the person is a consultant, has failed to comply 
 88.1   with any of the ongoing obligations for registration as a 
 88.2   consultant in section 115C.11, subdivision 1; 
 88.3      (7) has failed to comply with any provision or any rule or 
 88.4   order under this chapter or chapter 45; 
 88.5      (8) has engaged in anticompetitive activity; 
 88.6      (9) has performed corrective action without having an 
 88.7   accurate and complete registration on file with the board or has 
 88.8   allowed another to perform corrective action when that party 
 88.9   does not have a complete registration on file with the board; 
 88.10     (10) has been shown to be incompetent, untrustworthy, or 
 88.11  financially irresponsible; or 
 88.12     (11) has made or assisted another in making any material 
 88.13  misrepresentation or omission to the board, commissioner, 
 88.14  commissioner of commerce, or upon reasonable request has 
 88.15  withheld or concealed information from, or refused to furnish 
 88.16  information to, the board, commissioner, or commissioner of 
 88.17  commerce; or 
 88.18     (12) has failed to reasonably supervise its employees or 
 88.19  representatives to assure their compliance with this chapter and 
 88.20  Minnesota Rules, chapter 2890. 
 88.21     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 88.22  following final enactment. 
 88.23     Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 115C.13, is 
 88.24  amended to read: 
 88.25     115C.13 [REPEALER.] 
 88.26     Sections 115C.01, 115C.02, 115C.021, 115C.03, 115C.04, 
 88.27  115C.045, 115C.05, 115C.06, 115C.065, 115C.07, 115C.08, 115C.09, 
 88.28  115C.092, 115C.093, 115C.10, 115C.11, and 115C.111, 115C.112, 
 88.29  115C.12, and 115C.13, are repealed effective June 30, 2005. 
 88.30     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
 88.31  following final enactment. 
 88.32     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116.07, 
 88.33  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 88.34     Subd. 2.  [ADOPTION OF STANDARDS.] The pollution control 
 88.35  agency shall improve air quality by promoting, in the most 
 88.36  practicable way possible, the use of energy sources and waste 
 89.1   disposal methods which produce or emit the least air 
 89.2   contaminants consistent with the agency's overall goal of 
 89.3   reducing all forms of pollution.  The agency shall also adopt 
 89.4   standards of air quality, including maximum allowable standards 
 89.5   of emission of air contaminants from motor vehicles, recognizing 
 89.6   that due to variable factors, no single standard of purity of 
 89.7   air is applicable to all areas of the state.  In adopting 
 89.8   standards the pollution control agency shall give due 
 89.9   recognition to the fact that the quantity or characteristics of 
 89.10  air contaminants or the duration of their presence in the 
 89.11  atmosphere, which may cause air pollution in one area of the 
 89.12  state, may cause less or not cause any air pollution in another 
 89.13  area of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this 
 89.14  connection such factors, including others which it may deem 
 89.15  proper, as existing physical conditions, zoning classifications, 
 89.16  topography, prevailing wind directions and velocities, and the 
 89.17  fact that a standard of air quality which may be proper as to an 
 89.18  essentially residential area of the state, may not be proper as 
 89.19  to a highly developed industrial area of the state.  Such 
 89.20  standards of air quality shall be premised upon scientific 
 89.21  knowledge of causes as well as effects based on technically 
 89.22  substantiated criteria and commonly accepted practices.  No 
 89.23  local government unit shall set standards of air quality which 
 89.24  are more stringent than those set by the pollution control 
 89.25  agency. 
 89.26     The pollution control agency shall promote solid waste 
 89.27  disposal control by encouraging the updating of collection 
 89.28  systems, elimination of open dumps, and improvements in 
 89.29  incinerator practices.  The agency shall also adopt standards 
 89.30  for the control of the collection, transportation, storage, 
 89.31  processing, and disposal of solid waste and sewage sludge for 
 89.32  the prevention and abatement of water, air, and land pollution, 
 89.33  recognizing that due to variable factors, no single standard of 
 89.34  control is applicable to all areas of the state.  In adopting 
 89.35  standards, the pollution control agency shall give due 
 89.36  recognition to the fact that elements of control which may be 
 90.1   reasonable and proper in densely populated areas of the state 
 90.2   may be unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or remote 
 90.3   areas of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this 
 90.4   connection such factors, including others which it may deem 
 90.5   proper, as existing physical conditions, topography, soils and 
 90.6   geology, climate, transportation, and land use.  Such standards 
 90.7   of control shall be premised on technical criteria and commonly 
 90.8   accepted practices. 
 90.9      The pollution control agency shall also adopt standards 
 90.10  describing the maximum levels of noise in terms of sound 
 90.11  pressure level which may occur in the outdoor atmosphere, 
 90.12  recognizing that due to variable factors no single standard of 
 90.13  sound pressure is applicable to all areas of the state.  Such 
 90.14  standards shall give due consideration to such factors as the 
 90.15  intensity of noises, the types of noises, the frequency with 
 90.16  which noises recur, the time period for which noises continue, 
 90.17  the times of day during which noises occur, and such other 
 90.18  factors as could affect the extent to which noises may be 
 90.19  injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or 
 90.20  property, or could interfere unreasonably with the enjoyment of 
 90.21  life or property.  In adopting standards, the pollution control 
 90.22  agency shall give due recognition to the fact that the quantity 
 90.23  or characteristics of noise or the duration of its presence in 
 90.24  the outdoor atmosphere, which may cause noise pollution in one 
 90.25  area of the state, may cause less or not cause any noise 
 90.26  pollution in another area of the state, and it shall take into 
 90.27  consideration in this connection such factors, including others 
 90.28  which it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, 
 90.29  zoning classifications, topography, meteorological conditions 
 90.30  and the fact that a standard which may be proper in an 
 90.31  essentially residential area of the state, may not be proper as 
 90.32  to a highly developed industrial area of the state.  Such noise 
 90.33  standards shall be premised upon scientific knowledge as well as 
 90.34  effects based on technically substantiated criteria and commonly 
 90.35  accepted practices.  No local governing unit shall set standards 
 90.36  describing the maximum levels of sound pressure which are more 
 91.1   stringent than those set by the pollution control agency. 
 91.2      The pollution control agency shall adopt standards for the 
 91.3   identification of hazardous waste and for the management, 
 91.4   identification, labeling, classification, storage, collection, 
 91.5   transportation, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste, 
 91.6   recognizing that due to variable factors, a single standard of 
 91.7   hazardous waste control may not be applicable to all areas of 
 91.8   the state.  In adopting standards, the pollution control agency 
 91.9   shall recognize that elements of control which may be reasonable 
 91.10  and proper in densely populated areas of the state may be 
 91.11  unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or remote areas 
 91.12  of the state.  The agency shall consider existing physical 
 91.13  conditions, topography, soils, and geology, climate, 
 91.14  transportation and land use.  Standards of hazardous waste 
 91.15  control shall be premised on technical knowledge, and commonly 
 91.16  accepted practices.  Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, 
 91.17  hazardous waste generator licenses may be issued for a term not 
 91.18  to exceed five years.  No local government unit shall set 
 91.19  standards of hazardous waste control which are in conflict or 
 91.20  inconsistent with those set by the pollution control agency. 
 91.21     A person who generates less than 100 kilograms of hazardous 
 91.22  waste per month is exempt from the following agency hazardous 
 91.23  waste rules: 
 91.24     (1) rules relating to transportation, manifesting, storage, 
 91.25  and labeling for photographic fixer and X-ray negative wastes 
 91.26  that are hazardous solely because of silver content; and 
 91.27     (2) any rule requiring the generator to send to the agency 
 91.28  or commissioner a copy of each manifest for the transportation 
 91.29  of hazardous waste for off-site treatment, storage, or disposal. 
 91.30  Nothing in this paragraph exempts the generator from the 
 91.31  agency's rules relating to on-site accumulation or outdoor 
 91.32  storage.  A political subdivision or other local unit of 
 91.33  government may not adopt management requirements that are more 
 91.34  restrictive than this paragraph. 
 91.35     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116P.09, 
 91.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 92.1      Subdivision 1.  [ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY.] The commission 
 92.2   may appoint legal and other personnel and consultants necessary 
 92.3   to carry out functions and duties of the committee and 
 92.4   commission.  Permanent employees shall be in the unclassified 
 92.5   service.  In addition, the committee and commission may request 
 92.6   staff assistance and data from any other agency of state 
 92.7   government as needed for the execution of the their 
 92.8   responsibilities of the commission and advisory committee and an 
 92.9   agency must promptly furnish it. 
 92.10     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116P.09, 
 92.11  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 92.12     Subd. 5.  [ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE.] The administrative 
 92.13  expenses of the commission shall be paid from the various funds 
 92.14  administered by the commission as follows: 
 92.15     (1) Through June 30, 1993, the administrative expenses of 
 92.16  the commission and the advisory committee shall be paid from the 
 92.17  Minnesota future resources fund.  After that time, the prorated 
 92.18  expenses related to administration of the trust fund shall be 
 92.19  paid from the earnings of the trust fund. 
 92.20     (2) After June 30, 1993, The prorated expenses related to 
 92.21  administration of the trust fund may not exceed an amount equal 
 92.22  to four percent of the projected earnings of the trust fund for 
 92.23  the biennium recommended expenditures. 
 92.24     Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116P.11, is 
 92.25  amended to read: 
 92.26     116P.11 [AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DISBURSEMENT.] 
 92.27     (a) The amount biennially available from the trust fund for 
 92.28  the budget plan developed by the commission consists of the 
 92.29  earnings generated from the trust fund committee is as defined 
 92.30  in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 14.  Earnings 
 92.31  generated from the trust fund shall equal the amount of interest 
 92.32  on debt securities and dividends on equity securities.  Gains 
 92.33  and losses arising from the sale of securities shall be 
 92.34  apportioned as follows:  
 92.35     (1) if the sale of securities results in a net gain during 
 92.36  a fiscal year, the gain shall be apportioned in equal 
 93.1   installments over the next ten fiscal years to offset net losses 
 93.2   in those years.  If any portion of an installment is not needed 
 93.3   to recover subsequent losses identified in paragraph (b), it 
 93.4   shall be added to the principal of the fund; and 
 93.5      (2) if the sale of securities results in a net loss during 
 93.6   a fiscal year, the net loss shall be recovered from the gains in 
 93.7   paragraph (a) apportioned to that fiscal year.  If such gains 
 93.8   are insufficient, any remaining net loss shall be recovered from 
 93.9   interest and dividend income in equal installments over the 
 93.10  following ten fiscal years.  
 93.11     (b) For funding projects until fiscal year 1997, the 
 93.12  following additional amounts are available from the trust fund 
 93.13  for the budget plans developed by the commission:  
 93.14     (1) for the 1991-1993 biennium, up to 25 percent of the 
 93.15  revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal years 1990 and 
 93.16  1991; 
 93.17     (2) for the 1993-1995 biennium, up to 20 percent of the 
 93.18  revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal year 1992 and up 
 93.19  to 15 percent of the revenue deposited in the fund in fiscal 
 93.20  year 1993; 
 93.21     (3) for the 1993-1995 biennium, up to 25 percent of the 
 93.22  revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal years 1994 and 
 93.23  1995, to be expended only for capital investments in parks and 
 93.24  trails; and 
 93.25     (4) for the 1995-1997 biennium, up to 25 percent of the 
 93.26  revenue deposited in the fund in fiscal year 1996, to be 
 93.27  expended only for capital investments in parks and trails. 
 93.28     (c) Any appropriated funds not encumbered in the biennium 
 93.29  in which they are appropriated cancel and must be credited to 
 93.30  the principal of the trust fund. 
 93.31     Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116P.13, 
 93.32  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 93.33     Subd. 3.  [REVENUE PURPOSES.] Revenue in the Minnesota 
 93.34  future resources fund may be spent annually for purposes of 
 93.35  natural resources acceleration and outdoor recreation, including 
 93.36  but not limited to the development, maintenance, and operation 
 94.1   of the state outdoor recreation system under chapter 86A and 
 94.2   regional recreation open space systems as defined under section 
 94.3   473.351, subdivision 1. 
 94.4      Sec. 78.  [116P.14] [FEDERAL LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION 
 94.5   FUNDS.] 
 94.6      Subdivision 1.  [DESIGNATED AGENCY.] The department of 
 94.7   natural resources is designated as the state agency to apply 
 94.8   for, accept, receive, and disburse federal reimbursement funds 
 94.9   and private funds, which are granted to the state of Minnesota 
 94.10  from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act. 
 94.11     Subd. 2.  [LOCAL SHARE.] Fifty percent of all money made 
 94.12  available to the state from funds granted under subdivision 1 
 94.13  shall be distributed for projects to be acquired, developed, and 
 94.14  maintained by local units of government, providing that any 
 94.15  project approved is consistent with a statewide or a county or 
 94.16  regional recreational plan and compatible with the statewide 
 94.17  recreational plan.  All money received by the department for 
 94.18  local units of government shall be deposited in the state 
 94.19  treasury. 
 94.20     Subd. 3.  [STATE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION ACCOUNT; 
 94.21  CREATION.] A state land and water conservation account is 
 94.22  created in the Minnesota future resources fund.  Fifty percent 
 94.23  of the money made available to the state from funds granted 
 94.24  under subdivision 1 shall be deposited in the state land and 
 94.25  water conservation account. 
 94.26     Subd 4.  [USE OF MONEY.] Except as provided in subdivision 
 94.27  3, money appropriated from the state land and water conservation 
 94.28  account shall be used for state land acquisition and development 
 94.29  for the state outdoor recreation system under chapter 86A. 
 94.30     Sec. 79.  [116P.15] [LAND ACQUISITION RESTRICTIONS.] 
 94.31     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] A recipient of an appropriation 
 94.32  from the trust fund or the Minnesota future resources fund who 
 94.33  acquires an interest in real property with the appropriation 
 94.34  must comply with this section.  For the purposes of this 
 94.35  section, "interest in real property" includes, but is not 
 94.36  limited to, an easement or fee title to property. 
 95.1      Subd. 2.  [RESTRICTIONS; MODIFICATION PROCEDURE.] (a) An 
 95.2   interest in real property acquired with an appropriation from 
 95.3   the trust fund or the Minnesota future resources fund must be 
 95.4   used in perpetuity or for the specific term of an easement 
 95.5   interest for the purpose for which the appropriation was made. 
 95.6      (b) A recipient of funding who acquires an interest in real 
 95.7   property subject to this section may not alter the intended use 
 95.8   of such interest in real property or convey any interest in the 
 95.9   real property without the prior review and approval of the 
 95.10  commission.  The commission shall establish procedures to review 
 95.11  requests from recipients to alter the use of or convey an 
 95.12  interest in real property.  These procedures shall allow for the 
 95.13  replacement of the interest in real property with another 
 95.14  interest in real property meeting the following criteria: 
 95.15     (1) the interest is at least equal in fair market value, as 
 95.16  certified by the commissioner of natural resources, to the 
 95.17  interest being replaced; and 
 95.18     (2) the interest is in a reasonably equivalent location, 
 95.19  and has a reasonably equivalent usefulness compared to the 
 95.20  interest being replaced. 
 95.21     (c) An interest in real property acquired with an 
 95.22  appropriation from the trust fund or the Minnesota future 
 95.23  resources fund to be held by an entity other than this state 
 95.24  shall include the following restrictive covenant on the 
 95.25  conveyance instrument used to acquire the real property 
 95.26  interests: 
 95.27     "The above described property shall be administered in 
 95.28  accordance with the terms, conditions, and purposes of the grant 
 95.29  agreement or work program controlling the acquisition of the 
 95.30  property.  The property, or any portion of the property, shall 
 95.31  not be sold, transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of or 
 95.32  further encumbered without obtaining the prior written approval 
 95.33  of the legislative commission on Minnesota resources.  If the 
 95.34  holder of the property fails to comply with the terms and 
 95.35  conditions of the grant agreement or work program, ownership of 
 95.36  the property shall revert to this state." 
 96.1      Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256J.20, 
 96.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 96.3      Subd. 3.  [OTHER PROPERTY LIMITATIONS.] To be eligible for 
 96.4   MFIP, the equity value of all nonexcluded real and personal 
 96.5   property of the assistance unit must not exceed $2,000 for 
 96.6   applicants and $5,000 for ongoing participants.  The value of 
 96.7   assets in clauses (1) to (20) (19) must be excluded when 
 96.8   determining the equity value of real and personal property: 
 96.9      (1) a licensed vehicle up to a loan value of less than or 
 96.10  equal to $7,500.  The county agency shall apply any excess loan 
 96.11  value as if it were equity value to the asset limit described in 
 96.12  this section.  If the assistance unit owns more than one 
 96.13  licensed vehicle, the county agency shall determine the vehicle 
 96.14  with the highest loan value and count only the loan value over 
 96.15  $7,500, excluding:  (i) the value of one vehicle per physically 
 96.16  disabled person when the vehicle is needed to transport the 
 96.17  disabled unit member; this exclusion does not apply to mentally 
 96.18  disabled people; (ii) the value of special equipment for a 
 96.19  handicapped member of the assistance unit; and (iii) any vehicle 
 96.20  used for long-distance travel, other than daily commuting, for 
 96.21  the employment of a unit member. 
 96.22     The county agency shall count the loan value of all other 
 96.23  vehicles and apply this amount as if it were equity value to the 
 96.24  asset limit described in this section.  To establish the loan 
 96.25  value of vehicles, a county agency must use the N.A.D.A. 
 96.26  Official Used Car Guide, Midwest Edition, for newer model cars.  
 96.27  When a vehicle is not listed in the guidebook, or when the 
 96.28  applicant or participant disputes the loan value listed in the 
 96.29  guidebook as unreasonable given the condition of the particular 
 96.30  vehicle, the county agency may require the applicant or 
 96.31  participant document the loan value by securing a written 
 96.32  statement from a motor vehicle dealer licensed under section 
 96.33  168.27, stating the amount that the dealer would pay to purchase 
 96.34  the vehicle.  The county agency shall reimburse the applicant or 
 96.35  participant for the cost of a written statement that documents a 
 96.36  lower loan value; 
 97.1      (2) the value of life insurance policies for members of the 
 97.2   assistance unit; 
 97.3      (3) one burial plot per member of an assistance unit; 
 97.4      (4) the value of personal property needed to produce earned 
 97.5   income, including tools, implements, farm animals, inventory, 
 97.6   business loans, business checking and savings accounts used at 
 97.7   least annually and used exclusively for the operation of a 
 97.8   self-employment business, and any motor vehicles if at least 50 
 97.9   percent of the vehicle's use is to produce income and if the 
 97.10  vehicles are essential for the self-employment business; 
 97.11     (5) the value of personal property not otherwise specified 
 97.12  which is commonly used by household members in day-to-day living 
 97.13  such as clothing, necessary household furniture, equipment, and 
 97.14  other basic maintenance items essential for daily living; 
 97.15     (6) the value of real and personal property owned by a 
 97.16  recipient of Supplemental Security Income or Minnesota 
 97.17  supplemental aid; 
 97.18     (7) the value of corrective payments, but only for the 
 97.19  month in which the payment is received and for the following 
 97.20  month; 
 97.21     (8) a mobile home or other vehicle used by an applicant or 
 97.22  participant as the applicant's or participant's home; 
 97.23     (9) money in a separate escrow account that is needed to 
 97.24  pay real estate taxes or insurance and that is used for this 
 97.25  purpose; 
 97.26     (10) money held in escrow to cover employee FICA, employee 
 97.27  tax withholding, sales tax withholding, employee worker 
 97.28  compensation, business insurance, property rental, property 
 97.29  taxes, and other costs that are paid at least annually, but less 
 97.30  often than monthly; 
 97.31     (11) monthly assistance, emergency assistance, and 
 97.32  diversionary payments for the current month's needs; 
 97.33     (12) the value of school loans, grants, or scholarships for 
 97.34  the period they are intended to cover; 
 97.35     (13) payments listed in section 256J.21, subdivision 2, 
 97.36  clause (9), which are held in escrow for a period not to exceed 
 98.1   three months to replace or repair personal or real property; 
 98.2      (14) income received in a budget month through the end of 
 98.3   the payment month; 
 98.4      (15) savings from earned income of a minor child or a minor 
 98.5   parent that are set aside in a separate account designated 
 98.6   specifically for future education or employment costs; 
 98.7      (16) the federal earned income credit, Minnesota working 
 98.8   family credit, state and federal income tax refunds, state 
 98.9   homeowners and renters credits under chapter 290A, property tax 
 98.10  rebates and other federal or state tax rebates in the month 
 98.11  received and the following month; 
 98.12     (17) payments excluded under federal law as long as those 
 98.13  payments are held in a separate account from any nonexcluded 
 98.14  funds; 
 98.15     (18) money received by a participant of the corps to career 
 98.16  program under section 84.0887, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), as 
 98.17  a postservice benefit under the federal Americorps Act; 
 98.18     (19) the assets of children ineligible to receive MFIP 
 98.19  benefits because foster care or adoption assistance payments are 
 98.20  made on their behalf; and 
 98.21     (20) (19) the assets of persons whose income is excluded 
 98.22  under section 256J.21, subdivision 2, clause (43). 
 98.23     Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.608, is 
 98.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 98.25     Subd. 2a.  [COLDWATER SPRINGS PROPERTY.] (a) The 
 98.26  metropolitan airports commission may acquire property, 
 98.27  consisting of approximately 27 acres in and around Coldwater 
 98.28  Springs in Hennepin county, from the Secretary of the Interior 
 98.29  of the United States or any other federal official or agency 
 98.30  authorized to transfer the property.  If the commission acquires 
 98.31  the property, the commission may convey all of its interest in 
 98.32  the property, other than the interest permitted to be retained 
 98.33  under paragraph (b), to the commissioner of natural resources 
 98.34  for park, green space, or similar uses. 
 98.35     (b) To preserve its ability to conduct current or future 
 98.36  aviation operations at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International 
 99.1   Airport and to protect the commission from potential liability 
 99.2   for those aviation operations, the commission may: 
 99.3      (1) retain an easement permitting overflight or another 
 99.4   similar property interest in the property; or 
 99.5      (2) impose restrictions on the transferred property's use 
 99.6   that would be inconsistent with or may create conflicts with 
 99.7   aviation operations. 
 99.8      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section applies in the counties of 
 99.9   Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington 
 99.10  and is effective the day following its final enactment. 
 99.11     Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 473.845, 
 99.12  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 99.13     Subd. 3.  [EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND.] Money in the fund 
 99.14  may only be appropriated to the agency for expenditure for: 
 99.15     (1) reasonable and necessary expenses for closure and 
 99.16  postclosure care of a mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
 99.17  facility in the metropolitan area for a 30-year period after 
 99.18  closure, if the agency determines that the operator or owner 
 99.19  will not take the necessary actions requested by the agency for 
 99.20  closure and postclosure in the manner and within the time 
 99.21  requested; 
 99.22     (2) reasonable and necessary response and postclosure costs 
 99.23  at a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility in the 
 99.24  metropolitan area that has been closed for 30 years in 
 99.25  compliance with the closure and postclosure rules of the agency; 
 99.26  or 
 99.27     (3) reimbursement to a local government unit for costs 
 99.28  incurred over $400,000 under a work plan approved by the 
 99.29  commissioner of the agency to remediate methane at a closed 
 99.30  disposal facility owned by the local government unit; or 
 99.31     (4) reasonable and necessary response costs at a mixed 
 99.32  municipal solid waste disposal site that was permitted by the 
 99.33  agency to dispose of ash from a publicly owned wastewater 
 99.34  treatment facility. 
 99.35     Sec. 83.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 142, as amended 
 99.36  by Laws 1995, chapter 263, section 12, Laws 1996, chapter 351, 
100.1   section 1, and Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 191, is amended 
100.2   to read: 
100.3      Sec. 142.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
100.4      Sections 2, 5, 7, 20, 42, 44 to 49, 56, 57, 101, 102, 117, 
100.5   and 141, paragraph (d), are effective the day following final 
100.6   enactment. 
100.7      Sections 114, 115, 118, and 121 are effective January 1, 
100.8   1996. 
100.9      Sections 120, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5, and 141, 
100.10  paragraph (c), are effective July 1, 1996. 
100.11     Section 141, paragraph (b), is effective June 30, 2001 2007.
100.12     Sections 58 and 66 are effective retroactively to August 1, 
100.13  1991.  
100.14     Section 119 is effective September 1, 1996. 
100.15     Section 120, subdivision 1, is effective July 1, 1999. 
100.16     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
100.17  following final enactment. 
100.18     Sec. 84.  Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 
100.19  4, is amended to read: 
100.20     Subd. 4.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] (a) A local area advisory 
100.21  committee is established to provide direction on the 
100.22  establishment, planning, development, and operation of the Iron 
100.23  Range off-highway vehicle recreation area.  Except as provided 
100.24  in paragraph (b), the commissioner of natural resources shall 
100.25  appoint the members of the advisory committee. 
100.26     (b) Membership on the advisory committee shall include: 
100.27     (1) a representative of the all-terrain vehicle association 
100.28  of Minnesota; 
100.29     (2) a representative of the amateur riders of motorcycles 
100.30  association; 
100.31     (3) a representative of the Minnesota four-wheel drive 
100.32  association; 
100.33     (4) a representative of the St. Louis county board; 
100.34     (5) a state representative appointed by the speaker of the 
100.35  house of representatives; 
100.36     (6) a state senator appointed by the senate committee on 
101.1   committees; 
101.2      (7) a designee of the local environmental community 
101.3   selected by the area environmental organizations; 
101.4      (8) a designee of the local tourism community selected by 
101.5   the iron trail convention and visitors bureau; and 
101.6      (9) a representative of the Tower regional office of the 
101.7   department of natural resources. 
101.8      (c) The advisory committee shall elect its own chair and 
101.9   meetings shall be at the call of the chair. 
101.10     (d) The advisory committee members shall serve as 
101.11  volunteers and accept no per diem. 
101.12     (e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, 
101.13  subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the advisory 
101.14  committee expires June 30, 2005. 
101.15     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
101.16  following final enactment. 
101.17     Sec. 85.  Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 16, subdivision 
101.18  4, is amended to read: 
101.19  Subd. 4.  Recreation 
101.20       8,357,000      2,770,000 
101.21                Summary by Fund
101.22  Future Resources 
101.23  Fund                  5,587,000        -0- 
101.24  Trust Fund            2,770,000     2,770,000
101.25  (a) Local Initiatives Grants 
101.26  Program. 
101.27  This appropriation is to the 
101.28  commissioner of natural resources to 
101.29  provide matching grants, as follows:  
101.30  (1) $1,953,000 is from the future 
101.31  resources fund to local units of 
101.32  government for local park and 
101.33  recreation areas of up to $250,000 
101.34  notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
101.35  section 85.019.  $50,000 is to complete 
101.36  the Larue Pit Recreation Development.  
101.37  $28,000 is to the city of Hitterdal for 
101.38  park construction at Lake Flora.  
101.39  $460,000 is available on the day 
101.40  following final enactment. 
101.41  (2) $435,000 the first year and 
101.42  $435,000 the second year are from the 
101.43  trust fund to local units of government 
101.44  for natural and scenic areas pursuant 
101.45  to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019. 
102.1   (3) $1,484,000 $1,324,000 is from the 
102.2   future resources fund for trail grants 
102.3   to local units of government on land to 
102.4   be maintained for at least 20 years for 
102.5   the purposes of the grant.  $500,000 is 
102.6   for grants of up to $50,000 per project 
102.7   for trail linkages between communities, 
102.8   trails, and parks, and $720,000 is for 
102.9   grants of up to $250,000 for locally 
102.10  funded trails of regional significance 
102.11  outside the metropolitan area.  $50,000 
102.12  is to the upper Minnesota River valley 
102.13  regional development commission for the 
102.14  preliminary design and engineering of a 
102.15  single segment of the Minnesota River 
102.16  trail from Appleton to the Milan Beach 
102.17  on Lake Lac Qui Parle.  $160,000 is to 
102.18  the Department of Natural Resources to 
102.19  resurface four miles of recreational 
102.20  trail from the town of Milan to Lake 
102.21  Lac Qui Parle in Chippewa county. 
102.22  (4) $305,000 the first year and 
102.23  $305,000 the second year are from the 
102.24  trust fund for a statewide conservation 
102.25  partners program, to encourage private 
102.26  organizations and local governments to 
102.27  cost share improvement of fish, 
102.28  wildlife, and native plant habitats and 
102.29  research and surveys of fish and 
102.30  wildlife.  Conservation partners grants 
102.31  may be up to $20,000 each.  $10,000 is 
102.32  for an agreement with the Canby 
102.33  Sportsman's Club for shelterbelts for 
102.34  habitat and erosion control. 
102.35  (5) $100,000 the first year and 
102.36  $100,000 the second year are from the 
102.37  trust fund for environmental 
102.38  partnerships program grants of up to 
102.39  $20,000 each for environmental service 
102.40  projects and related education 
102.41  activities through public and private 
102.42  partnerships. 
102.43  In addition to the required work 
102.44  program, grants may not be approved 
102.45  until grant proposals to be funded have 
102.46  been submitted to the legislative 
102.47  commission on Minnesota resources and 
102.48  the commission has approved the grants 
102.49  or allowed 60 days to pass.  The 
102.50  commission shall monitor the grants for 
102.51  approximate balance over extended 
102.52  periods of time between the 
102.53  metropolitan area as defined in 
102.54  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
102.55  subdivision 2, and the nonmetropolitan 
102.56  area through work program oversight and 
102.57  periodic allocation decisions.  For the 
102.58  purpose of this paragraph, the match 
102.59  must be nonstate contributions, but may 
102.60  be either cash or in-kind.  Recipients 
102.61  may receive funding for more than one 
102.62  project in any given grant period.  
102.63  This appropriation is available until 
102.64  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
102.65  project must be completed and final 
102.66  products delivered, unless an earlier 
102.67  date is specified in the work program.  
102.68  If a project financed under this 
103.1   program receives a federal grant, the 
103.2   availability of the financing from this 
103.3   subdivision for that project is 
103.4   extended to equal the period of the 
103.5   federal grant. 
103.6   (b) Mesabi Trail Land 
103.7   Acquisition and 
103.8   Development - Continuation               
103.9   $1,000,000 is from the future resources 
103.10  fund to the commissioner of natural 
103.11  resources for an agreement with St. 
103.12  Louis and Lake Counties Regional Rail 
103.13  Authority for the fourth biennium to 
103.14  develop and acquire segments of the 
103.15  Mesabi trail and procure design and 
103.16  engineering for trail heads and 
103.17  enhancements.  This appropriation must 
103.18  be matched by at least $1,000,000 of 
103.19  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
103.20  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
103.21  time the project must be completed and 
103.22  final products delivered, unless an 
103.23  earlier date is specified in the work 
103.24  program. 
103.25  (c) Kabetogama to Ash River 
103.26  Community Trail System                    
103.27  $100,000 is from the future resources 
103.28  fund to the commissioner of natural 
103.29  resources for an agreement with 
103.30  Kabetogama Lake Association in 
103.31  cooperation with the National Park 
103.32  Service for trail construction linking 
103.33  Lake Kabetogama, Ash River, and 
103.34  Voyageurs National Park.  This 
103.35  appropriation must be matched by at 
103.36  least $100,000 of nonstate money. 
103.37  This appropriation is available until 
103.38  June 30, 2002, at which time the 
103.39  project must be completed and final 
103.40  products delivered, unless an earlier 
103.41  date is specified in the work program. 
103.42  (d) Mesabi Trail 
103.43  Connection                                 
103.44  $80,000 is from the future resources 
103.45  fund to the commissioner of natural 
103.46  resources for an agreement with the 
103.47  East Range Joint Powers Board to 
103.48  develop trail connections to the Mesabi 
103.49  Trail with the communities of Aurora, 
103.50  Hoyt Lakes, and White.  This 
103.51  appropriation must be matched by at 
103.52  least $80,000 of nonstate money.  This 
103.53  appropriation is available until June 
103.54  30, 2002, at which time the project 
103.55  must be completed and final products 
103.56  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
103.57  specified in the work program. 
103.58  (e) Dakota County 
103.59  Bikeway Mapping                            
103.60  $15,000 is from the future resources 
103.61  fund to the metropolitan council for an 
103.62  agreement with Dakota county to cost 
104.1   share the integration of digital 
104.2   elevation information in the Dakota 
104.3   county geographic information system 
104.4   database with trail and bikeway routes 
104.5   and develop maps for trail and bikeway 
104.6   users. 
104.7   (f) Mississippi Riverfront 
104.8   Trail and Access                        
104.9   $155,000 is from the future resources 
104.10  fund to the commissioner of natural 
104.11  resources for an agreement with the 
104.12  city of Hastings to acquire and restore 
104.13  the public access area and to complete 
104.14  the connecting riverfront trail from 
104.15  the public access to lock and dam 
104.16  number two adjacent to Lake Rebecca.  
104.17  This appropriation must be matched by 
104.18  at least $155,000 of nonstate money. 
104.19  (g) Management and Restoration 
104.20  of Natural Plant Communities 
104.21  on State Trails                          
104.22  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
104.23  second year are from the trust fund to 
104.24  the commissioner of natural resources 
104.25  to manage and restore natural plant 
104.26  communities along state trails under 
104.27  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015 
104.28  (h) Gitchi-Gami State Trail               
104.29  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
104.30  the second year are from the trust fund 
104.31  to the commissioner of natural 
104.32  resources for construction of the 
104.33  Gitchi-Gami state trail through Split 
104.34  Rock State Park.  The commissioner must 
104.35  submit grant requests for supplemental 
104.36  funding for federal TEA-21 money in 
104.37  eligible categories and report the 
104.38  results to the legislative commission 
104.39  on Minnesota resources.  All segments 
104.40  of the trail must become part of the 
104.41  state trail system.  This appropriation 
104.42  is available until June 30, 2002, at 
104.43  which time the project must be 
104.44  completed and final products delivered, 
104.45  unless an earlier date is specified in 
104.46  the work program. 
104.47  (i) State Park and Recreation 
104.48  Area Acquisition, Development, 
104.49  Betterment, and Rehabilitation          
104.50  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
104.51  the second year are from the trust fund 
104.52  to the commissioner of natural 
104.53  resources as follows:  (1) for state 
104.54  park and recreation area acquisition, 
104.55  $500,000; and (2) for state park and 
104.56  recreation area development, 
104.57  rehabilitation, and resource 
104.58  management, $500,000, unless otherwise 
104.59  specified in the approved work 
104.60  program.  The use of the Minnesota 
104.61  conservation corps is encouraged.  The 
104.62  commissioner must submit grant requests 
104.63  for supplemental funding for federal 
105.1   TEA-21 money in eligible categories and 
105.2   report the results to the legislative 
105.3   commission on Minnesota resources.  
105.4   This appropriation is available until 
105.5   June 30, 2002, at which time the 
105.6   project must be completed and final 
105.7   products delivered, unless an earlier 
105.8   date is specified in the work program. 
105.9   (j) Fort Snelling State Park;
105.10  Upper Bluff Implementation -
105.11  Continuation  
105.12  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
105.13  second year are from the trust fund to 
105.14  the commissioner of natural resources 
105.15  to implement the utilization plan for 
105.16  the Upper Bluff area of Fort Snelling 
105.17  Park.  
105.18  (k) Interpretive Boat 
105.19  Tours of Hill Annex 
105.20  Mine State Park                           
105.21  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
105.22  second year are from the trust fund to 
105.23  the commissioner of natural resources 
105.24  to add interpretive boat excursion 
105.25  tours of the mine.  The project will 
105.26  include purchase and equipping of a 
105.27  craft and development of a landing area.
105.28  (l) Metropolitan Regional Parks 
105.29  Acquisition, Rehabilitation, 
105.30  and Development                       
105.31  $1,000,000 the first year and 
105.32  $1,000,000 the second year are from the 
105.33  trust fund to the metropolitan council 
105.34  for subgrants for acquisition, 
105.35  development, and rehabilitation in the 
105.36  metropolitan regional park system, 
105.37  consistent with the metropolitan 
105.38  council regional recreation open space 
105.39  capital improvement plan.  This 
105.40  appropriation may be used for the 
105.41  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
105.42  are expressly included in the work 
105.43  program approved by the legislative 
105.44  commission on Minnesota resources.  The 
105.45  metropolitan council shall collect and 
105.46  digitize all local, regional, state, 
105.47  and federal parks and all off-road 
105.48  trails with connecting on-road routes 
105.49  for the metropolitan area and produce a 
105.50  printed map that is available to the 
105.51  public.  This appropriation is 
105.52  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
105.53  time the project must be completed and 
105.54  final products delivered, unless an 
105.55  earlier date is specified in the work 
105.56  program. 
105.57  (m) Como Park Campus Maintenance 
105.58  $500,000 is from the future resources 
105.59  fund to the department of finance for a 
105.60  grant to the city of St. Paul for a 
105.61  subsidy for the maintenance and repair 
105.62  of live plant and animal exhibits for 
105.63  the zoo and the conservatory at the 
106.1   Como Park campus. 
106.2   (n) Luce Line Trail 
106.3   Connection Through 
106.4   Wirth Park 
106.5   $300,000 the first year is from the 
106.6   future resources fund to the 
106.7   metropolitan council for an agreement 
106.8   with the Minneapolis Park and 
106.9   Recreation Board to complete the 
106.10  construction of a bicycle and 
106.11  pedestrian trail link through Wirth 
106.12  Park to connect the Minneapolis 
106.13  Regional Trail System with the Luce 
106.14  Line State Trail.  This appropriation 
106.15  must be matched by at least $300,000 of 
106.16  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
106.17  available until June 30, 2002, at which 
106.18  time the project must be completed and 
106.19  final products delivered, unless an 
106.20  earlier date is specified in the work 
106.21  program. 
106.22  (o) Milan Trail Resurfacing      
106.23  $160,000 is from the future resources 
106.24  fund to the commissioner of natural 
106.25  resources to resurface four miles of 
106.26  recreational trail from the town of 
106.27  Milan to Lake Lac Qui Parle in Chippewa 
106.28  county. 
106.29     Sec. 86.  Laws 2000, chapter 473, section 21, is amended to 
106.30  read: 
106.31     Sec. 21.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
106.32     $200,000 is appropriated from the state forest suspense 
106.33  account to the commissioner of natural resources for transfer to 
106.34  the University of Minnesota Duluth for the purpose of funding 
106.35  the inventory conducted pursuant to this section and is 
106.36  available until expended.  Because the University of Minnesota 
106.37  is a land grant university, and because most of the state-owned 
106.38  land to be inventoried is granted land, the chancellor of the 
106.39  University of Minnesota Duluth is requested to direct the School 
106.40  of Business and Economics to conduct an inventory of state-owned 
106.41  land located within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for the 
106.42  purpose of providing the legislature and state officers with 
106.43  more precise information as to the nature, extent, and value of 
106.44  the land.  The inventory must include the following:  (1) a list 
106.45  of the tracts of state-owned land within the area, together with 
106.46  the available legal description by government tract, insofar as 
106.47  possible; (2) the number of linear feet of shoreline in each 
107.1   tract, together with a general description of that shoreline, 
107.2   whether it is rocky, sandy, or swampy, or some other descriptive 
107.3   system that generally describes the shoreland; (3) the acreage 
107.4   of each tract; (4) a general description of the surface of each 
107.5   tract, including topography and the predominant vegetative cover 
107.6   for each tract and any known unique surface features, such as 
107.7   areas of virgin and other old growth timber; and (5) using 
107.8   available real estate market value information and accepted real 
107.9   estate valuation techniques, assign estimates of the value for 
107.10  each tract, exclusive of minerals and mineral interests, using 
107.11  each of the real estate valuation techniques adopted for the 
107.12  inventory.  For the purposes of this section, "state-owned land" 
107.13  is defined as any class of state-owned land, whether it is 
107.14  granted land such as school, university, swampland, or internal 
107.15  improvement, or whether it is tax-forfeited, acquired, or 
107.16  state-owned land of any other classification.  At the request of 
107.17  the university, the commissioner of natural resources shall 
107.18  promptly provide the university with all published maps, whether 
107.19  federal, state, or county, together with a descriptive list of 
107.20  state-owned land in the area, using available legal 
107.21  descriptions, forest inventories, and other factual information, 
107.22  published data, and photographs that are necessary for the 
107.23  university's inventory.  From these maps, lists, data, and other 
107.24  information, the university is requested to prepare a report of 
107.25  its inventory.  The legislature requests that the University of 
107.26  Minnesota submit the report to the legislature by January 15, 
107.27  2002 2003. 
107.28     Sec. 87.  [DAM INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT.] 
107.29     The commissioner of natural resources shall cooperate with 
107.30  the United States Army Corps of Engineers in carrying out the 
107.31  inventory and assessment, and the repair of dams that are a risk 
107.32  to public safety, that were constructed in this state by the 
107.33  Works Progress Administration, the Works Projects 
107.34  Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, as mandated 
107.35  by section 524 of Public Law Number 106-541. 
107.36     Sec. 88.  [STUDY; MOTOR VEHICLE USE OF STATE AND COUNTY 
108.1   FOREST ROADS.] 
108.2      The commissioners of administration, transportation, 
108.3   natural resources, and revenue shall work with the affected 
108.4   counties to study and determine the percentage of revenue 
108.5   received from the unrefunded gasoline and special fuel tax that 
108.6   is derived from gasoline and special fuel for the operation of 
108.7   motor vehicles on state forest roads and county forest access 
108.8   roads.  The study must be limited to actual use of state forest 
108.9   roads and county forest access roads.  The commissioners shall 
108.10  report the results of this study by December 1, 2002. 
108.11     Sec. 89.  [REORGANIZATION OF WATER PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS.] 
108.12     (a) The director of the office of strategic and long-range 
108.13  planning shall, according to the schedule provided in paragraph 
108.14  (c), develop and present to the house and senate chairs of the 
108.15  committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural 
108.16  resources policy and finance issues a plan for the 
108.17  reorganization of the state water programs and functions.  The 
108.18  plan shall be designed to ensure regulatory efficiency and 
108.19  program effectiveness in that: 
108.20     (1) all specific plans and implementation projects should 
108.21  be coordinated with and relate to an overall water management 
108.22  plan; 
108.23     (2) similar programs and functions should be assigned to a 
108.24  single agency, when feasible; and 
108.25     (3) inherent conflicts of interest should be avoided. 
108.26     (b) The plan should, at a minimum, allocate the programs 
108.27  into the following five categories: 
108.28     (1) overall water management planning; 
108.29     (2) establishment of water quantity and quality standards, 
108.30  including biological and chemical indicators; 
108.31     (3) monitoring and assessment; 
108.32     (4) technical and financial assistance; education and 
108.33  training; and implementation; and 
108.34     (5) enforcement. 
108.35  The director may develop an alternative allocation of programs 
108.36  and functions, provided the plan meets the criteria established 
109.1   in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3). 
109.2      (c) The director shall provide the proposed plan according 
109.3   to the following schedule: 
109.4      (1) by August 15, 2001, a chart listing all of the current 
109.5   water programs and functions provided by state government, with 
109.6   (i) a brief description of the program, identifying the agency 
109.7   to which the program is currently assigned; (ii) the number of 
109.8   full-time equivalent staff assigned to the program; and (iii) a 
109.9   summary of outcomes expected from each program; 
109.10     (2) by November 15, 2001, a preliminary plan for 
109.11  reorganizing the state water programs and functions, with a 
109.12  chart similar to that provided in clause (1), displaying the 
109.13  proposed reallocation of programs, functions, and full-time 
109.14  equivalents to the respective agencies and a summary of outcomes 
109.15  expected from each program; and 
109.16     (3) by February 15, 2001, a final plan with associated 
109.17  chart, and draft legislative language to accomplish the proposed 
109.18  reorganization.  Implementation of the proposed plan may be 
109.19  staged over a number of years to minimize program disruption. 
109.20     Sec. 90.  [MCQUADE ROAD SAFE HARBOR AND PUBLIC ACCESS 
109.21  ACQUISITION.] 
109.22     The commissioner of natural resources shall acquire 
109.23  interests in land, without undue delay, under Minnesota 
109.24  Statutes, section 86A.21, paragraph (a), clause (2), as 
109.25  necessary to provide a safe harbor and public access to Lake 
109.26  Superior at McQuade Road. 
109.27     Sec. 91.  [POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; FINANCING 
109.28  RECOMMENDATIONS.] 
109.29     The director of the office of strategic and long-range 
109.30  planning shall develop and present to the house and senate 
109.31  chairs of the committees with jurisdiction over environment and 
109.32  natural resources policy and finance issues, by November 15, 
109.33  2001: 
109.34     (1) a review of advantages and disadvantages of alternative 
109.35  financing mechanisms for funding the operations and programs of 
109.36  the pollution control agency that are consistent with the policy 
110.1   statement of Minnesota Statutes, section 116.01, and the 
110.2   environment priorities of the state; and 
110.3      (2) recommendations for the preferred financing mechanism, 
110.4   or combination of mechanisms, and supporting rationale for those 
110.5   recommendations. 
110.6      Sec. 92.  [ABOLITION OF OFFICE AND TRANSFER OF DUTIES.] 
110.7      Subdivision 1.  [TRANSFER.] The office of environmental 
110.8   assistance is abolished effective July 1, 2002.  All duties of 
110.9   the office are transferred as described in this section.  
110.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, except for subdivision 7, 
110.11  applies to the transfer.  The offices of director and assistant 
110.12  directors of the office, and 18 other positions in the office 
110.13  that are made redundant and duplicative by this section, are 
110.14  abolished.  
110.15     Subd. 2.  [POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY.] The following duties 
110.16  of the office of environmental assistance are transferred to the 
110.17  pollution control agency: 
110.18     (1) the solid waste policy report under Minnesota Statutes, 
110.19  section 115A.411; 
110.20     (2) technical assistance to hazardous waste generators; 
110.21     (3) solid waste management planning under Minnesota 
110.22  Statutes, sections 115A.42 to 115A.46; 
110.23     (4) environmental education under Minnesota Statutes, 
110.24  section 115A.072; 
110.25     (5) certificate of need determinations under Minnesota 
110.26  Statutes, section 115A.917; 
110.27     (6) metropolitan solid waste planning under Minnesota 
110.28  Statutes, chapter 473; and 
110.29     (7) all other duties not specified in subdivisions 3 to 5. 
110.30     Subd. 3.  [DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC 
110.31  DEVELOPMENT.] The following duties of the office of 
110.32  environmental assistance are transferred to the department of 
110.33  trade and economic development: 
110.34     (1) product stewardship responsibilities; 
110.35     (2) resource conservation research; 
110.36     (3) the environmental assistance grant and loan program 
111.1   under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716; 
111.2      (4) business pollution prevention grants; 
111.3      (5) recycling market development; 
111.4      (6) the capital assistance program under Minnesota 
111.5   Statutes, section 115A.58; and 
111.6      (7) local government assistance grants to communities; 
111.7      Subd. 4.  [DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.] The following duties of 
111.8   the office of environmental assistance are transferred to the 
111.9   department of revenue: 
111.10     (1) county waste reduction and recycling grant distribution 
111.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.557; and 
111.12     (2) reporting requirements under Minnesota Statutes, 
111.13  chapter 297H. 
111.14     Subd. 5. [DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.] All duties of the 
111.15  office of environmental assistance with respect to state 
111.16  procurement are transferred to the department of administration. 
111.17     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2002. 
111.18     Sec. 93.  [IMPLEMENTATION.] 
111.19     The office of the revisor of statutes, in consultation with 
111.20  the house research department, the office of senate counsel and 
111.21  research, the house fiscal analysis department, and the senate 
111.22  fiscal services office, shall draft legislation implementing 
111.23  section 92 for introduction at the 2002 session of the 
111.24  legislature. 
111.25     Sec. 94.  [CURRANT LAKE DIVERSION.] 
111.26     Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 
111.27  department of natural resources must not abandon the diversion 
111.28  system at Currant Lake in Murray county. 
111.29     Sec. 95.  [SUNKEN LOG MORATORIUM.] 
111.30     The commissioner of natural resources must suspend recovery 
111.31  of sunken logs under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.650.  The 
111.32  commissioner must not issue leases to remove sunken logs or 
111.33  permit the removal of sunken logs from inland waters during the 
111.34  moratorium period.  The commissioner must cancel all existing 
111.35  leases issued under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.650, and 
111.36  refund the lease application fees.  The permanent moratorium may 
112.1   be lifted only by an act of the legislature. 
112.2      Sec. 96.  [REPORT BY FINANCE COMMISSIONER.] 
112.3      (a) The commissioner of finance must identify the following 
112.4   in the special revenue fund: 
112.5      (1) accounts where there has been no activity in the past 
112.6   six years; 
112.7      (2) accounts where there has been no expenditure for the 
112.8   past six years; 
112.9      (3) accounts where the authorizing legislation has been 
112.10  repealed; and 
112.11     (4) other account balances determined by the commissioner 
112.12  as not needed for normal operations. 
112.13     (b) Account balances identified in paragraph (a) will be 
112.14  transferred to the general fund as of June 30, 2003. 
112.15     (c) For purposes of this section, "account" means that 
112.16  there is or has been specified in law a revenue source and there 
112.17  is or has been a corresponding expenditure. 
112.18     (d) The commissioner must complete the responsibilities 
112.19  specified in paragraph (a) as soon as possible. 
112.20     (e) The commissioner must report to the chair of the ways 
112.21  and means committee in the house of representatives and the 
112.22  chair of the finance committee in the senate on the 
112.23  commissioner's actions under this section by January 31, 2003. 
112.24     Sec. 97.  [REPEALER.] 
112.25     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 86.71; 86.72; 88.641, 
112.26  subdivisions 4 and 5; 88.644; 115.55, subdivision 8; 115A.906; 
112.27  115A.912, subdivisions 2 and 3; 116.67; 116.70, subdivisions 2, 
112.28  3a, and 4; 116.71; 116.72; 116.73; and 116.74; and Laws 1994, 
112.29  chapter 639, article 3, section 4, subdivision 2, are repealed. 
112.30     (b) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 115C.02, subdivisions 
112.31  11a and 12a; 115C.082; 115C.09, subdivision 3g; 115C.091; and 
112.32  115C.092, are repealed effective the day following final 
112.33  enactment. 
112.34     (c) Minnesota Rules, parts 7023.9000; 7023.9005; 7023.9010; 
112.35  7023.9015; 7023.9020; 7023.9025; 7023.9030; 7023.9035; 
112.36  7023.9040; 7023.9045; 7023.9050; 7080.0020, subparts 24c and 
113.1   51a; 7080.0400; and 7080.0450, are repealed.