1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money to implement riparian buffers.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT BUFFERS.
 1.5 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from 
1.6 	the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for grants to soil and water 
1.7 	conservation districts to share costs with landowners for implementing riparian buffers or 
1.8 	alternative practices on public waters. This is a onetime appropriation and must be expended 
1.9 	by June 30, 2020. The grants are available only to soil and water conservation districts and 
1.10 	landowners having land in the Red River of the North basin outside the area served by the 
1.11 	conservation reserve enhancement program.