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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>resources; modifying duties of Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Resources;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 116P.05, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>116P.08, subdivision 4; 116P.10.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>MINNESOTA RESOURCES APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>environment and natural resources trust fund, or another named fund, and are available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>year" is fiscal year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var><br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var><br />
                  		
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               <td align="center"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
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               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>MINNESOTA RESOURCES.</b><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var><br />
                  		
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               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>26,088,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>-0-</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
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               <td><a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2011<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environment and <br />
                  		Natural Resources <br />
                  		Trust<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">25,622,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Great Lakes <br />
                  		Protection Account<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">66,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>State Land and <br />
                  		Water Conservation <br />
                  		Account <br />
                  		(LAWCON)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
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         </table><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>Appropriations are available for two <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>years beginning July 1, 2009, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>unencumbered balance remaining in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>year does not cancel and is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>second year.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Definitions</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
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         </table><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(a) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>environment and natural resources trust fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>referred to in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>116P.02, subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>(b) "Great Lakes protection account" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>the account referred to in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>section 116Q.02.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>(c) "State land and water conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>account (LAWCON)" means the state land <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>and water conservation account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>resources fund referred to in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>Statutes, section 116P.14.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>Natural Resource Data and </b><br />
                  		<b>Information</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">5,995,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) Minnesota County Biological Survey<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
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         </table><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>$2,100,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>commissioner of natural resources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>continuation of the Minnesota county <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>biological survey to provide a foundation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>for conserving biological diversity by <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>systematically collecting, interpreting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>and delivering data on plant and animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>distribution and ecology, native plant <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>communities, and functional landscapes.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) County Geological Atlas and South-Central <br />
                  		Minnesota Groundwater<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
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         </table><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>$2,695,000 is from the trust fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>collection and interpretation of subsurface <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>geological information and acceleration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>the county geologic atlas program. $820,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>of this appropriation is to the Board of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Regents of the University of Minnesota for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>the geological survey to continue and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>initiate the production of county geologic <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>atlases. $1,875,000 of this appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>to the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>to investigate the physical and recharge <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>characteristics of the Mt. Simon aquifer. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>This appropriation represents a continuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>effort to complete the county geologic atlases <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>throughout the state. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>is available until June 30, 2012, at which <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>time the project must be completed and final <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>products delivered, unless an earlier date is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>specified in the work program.<br />
         		
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            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) Soil Survey<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>$400,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>of Water and Soil Resources to accelerate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>county soil survey mapping and Web-based <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>data delivery. This appropriation represents <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>a continuing effort to complete the mapping. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>The soil surveys must be done on a cost-share <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>basis with local and federal funds.<br />
         		
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) Springshed Mapping for Trout Stream <br />
                  		Management<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>$500,000 is from the trust fund to continue <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>to identify and delineate supply areas and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>springsheds for springs serving as coldwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>sources for trout streams and to assess <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>the impacts from development and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>appropriations. Of this appropriation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>$250,000 is to the Board of Regents of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>University of Minnesota and $250,000 is to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>the commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
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               <td><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) Restorable Wetlands Inventory<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>$300,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>commissioner of natural resources for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>agreement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>to complete the inventory, mapping, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>digitizing of drained restorable wetlands in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>Minnesota. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>until June 30, 2012, at which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>project must be completed and final products <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>delivered, unless an earlier date is specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>in the work program.<br />
         		
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
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               <td><a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Land, Habitat, and Recreation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,227,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
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            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environment and <br />
                  		Natural Resources <br />
                  		Trust<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,827,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>State Land and <br />
                  		Water Conservation <br />
                  		Account <br />
                  		(LAWCON)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) State Parks Acquisition<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>$590,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>commissioner of natural resources to acquire <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>in-holdings for state parks. Land acquired <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>with this appropriation must be sufficiently <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>improved to meet at least minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>management standards as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>commissioner of natural resources. A list of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.36"></a><var>4.36</var>proposed acquisitions must be provided as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.37"></a><var>4.37</var>part of the required work program.<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) State Trail Acquisition<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>$1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>commissioner of natural resources to assist <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>in the acquisition of the Brown's Creek <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>Segment of the Willard Munger Trail in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>Washington County and Paul Bunyan State <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>Trail in the city of Bemidji.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) Metropolitan Regional Park System <br />
                  		Acquisition<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>$1,290,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>Metropolitan Council for subgrants for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>acquisition of lands within the approved park <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>unit boundaries of the metropolitan regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>park system. This appropriation may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>be used for the purchase of residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>structures. A list of proposed fee title and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>easement acquisitions must be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>as part of the required work program. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>funding for conservation easements must <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>include a long-term stewardship plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>funding for monitoring and enforcing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>agreement. This appropriation must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>matched by at least 40 percent of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>money and must be committed by December <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>31, 2009, or the appropriation cancels. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>appropriation is available until June 30, 2012, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>at which time the project must be completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>and final products delivered, unless an earlier <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>date is specified in the work program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) Statewide Scientific and Natural Area <br />
                  		Acquisition and Restoration<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>$590,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>commissioner of natural resources to acquire <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>high quality native plant communities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>rare features and restore parts of scientific <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>and natural areas as provided in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5.  A list <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>of proposed acquisitions must be provided as <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>part of the required work program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) Minnesota's Habitat Conservation Partnership <br />
                  		(HCP) &#8211; Phase VI<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>$3,375,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>commissioner of natural resources for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>sixth appropriation for acceleration of agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>programs and cooperative agreements. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>Of this appropriation, $770,000 is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>Department of Natural Resources agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>programs and $2,605,000 is for agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>as follows: $450,000 with Pheasants <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>Forever; $50,000 with Minnesota Deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>Hunters Association; $895,000 with Ducks <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>Unlimited, Inc.; $85,000 with National Wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>Turkey Federation; $365,000 with the Nature <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>Conservancy; $210,000 with Minnesota Land <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>Trust; $350,000 with the Trust for Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>Land; $100,000 with Minnesota Valley <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $50,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>with the United States Fish and Wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>Service; and $50,000 with Friends of Detroit <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>Lakes Watershed Management District <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>to plan, restore, and acquire fragmented <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>landscape corridors that connect areas of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>quality habitat to sustain fish, wildlife, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>plants. The United States Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>Service is a cooperating partner in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>appropriation. Expenditures are limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>the project corridor areas as defined in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>work program. Land acquired with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>appropriation must be sufficiently improved <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var>to meet at least minimum habitat and facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>management standards as determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>the commissioner of natural resources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>This appropriation may not be used for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>purchase of residential structures, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>expressly approved in the work program. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>conservation easements must be perpetual <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>and have a natural resource management <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>plan. Any land acquired in fee title by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>commissioner of natural resources with <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>money from this appropriation must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>designated as an outdoor recreation unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>The commissioner may similarly designate <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>any lands acquired in less than fee title. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>list of proposed restorations and fee title <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>and easement acquisitions must be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>as part of the required work program. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>funding for conservation easements must <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>include a long-term stewardship plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>funding for monitoring and enforcing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>agreement. To the maximum extent practical, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>consistent with contractual easement or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>fee acquisition obligations, the recipients <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>shall utilize staff resources to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>future projects and shall maximize the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>implementation of biodiverse, quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>restoration projects in the project proposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>into the first half of the 2010 fiscal year.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(f) Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC)  - Phase <br />
                  		V<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>$3,375,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>commissioner of natural resources for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>fifth appropriation for acceleration of agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>programs and cooperative agreements. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>Of this appropriation, $2,185,000 is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.36"></a><var>7.36</var>Department of Natural Resources agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>programs and $1,190,000 is for agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>as follows: $380,000 with the Trust for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>Public Land; $90,000 with Friends of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>Mississippi River; $155,000 with Great <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>River Greening; $250,000 with Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>Land Trust; $225,000 with Minnesota Valley <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>$90,000 with Friends of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>Valley for the purposes of planning, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>restoring, and protecting important natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>areas in the metropolitan area, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>subdivision 2, and portions of the surrounding <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>counties, through grants, contracted services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>technical assistance, conservation easements, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>and fee title acquisition. Land acquired <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>with this appropriation must be sufficiently <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>improved to meet at least minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>management standards as determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>the commissioner of natural resources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>Expenditures are limited to the identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>project corridor areas as defined in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>program. This appropriation may not be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>for the purchase of residential structures, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>unless expressly approved in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>program. All conservation easements must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>be perpetual and have a natural resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>management plan. Any land acquired in fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>title by the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>with money from this appropriation must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>be designated as an outdoor recreation unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>The commissioner may similarly designate <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>any lands acquired in less than fee title. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>list of proposed restorations and fee title <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.36"></a><var>8.36</var>and easement acquisitions must be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>as part of the required work program. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>funding for conservation easements must <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>include a long-term stewardship plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>funding for monitoring and enforcing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>agreement.  To the maximum extent practical, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>consistent with contractual easement or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>fee acquisition obligations, the recipients <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>shall utilize staff resources to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>future projects and shall maximize the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>implementation of biodiverse, quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>restoration projects in the project proposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>into the first half of the 2010 fiscal year.  <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(g) Statewide Ecological Ranking of Conservation <br />
                  		Reserve Program (CRP) and Other Critical Lands<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>$107,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>of Water and Soil Resources to continue the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>efforts funded by the emerging issues account <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>allocation to identify and rank the ecological <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>value of conservation reserve program (CRP) <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>and other critical lands throughout Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>using a multiple parameter approach <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>including soil productivity, landscape, water, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>and wildlife factors.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(h) Protection of Granite Rock Outcrop Ecosystem<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>$1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>Board of Water and Soil Resources, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>cooperation with the Renville Soil and Water <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>Conservation District, to acquire perpetual <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>easements of unique granite rock outcrops <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>located in the Upper Minnesota River Valley <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>and to restore their ecological integrity.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12.1"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(i) Minnesota Farm Bill Assistance Project<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>$1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>of Water and Soil Resources to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var>funding for technical staff to assist in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>implementation provisions of conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>programs including the federal farm bill <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>conservation programs. Documentation must <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>be provided on the number of landowner <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>contacts, program participation, federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>dollars leveraged, quantifiable criteria, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>measurement of the improvements to water <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>quality and habitat.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12.1"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(j) Land and Water Conservation Account <br />
                  		(LAWCON) Federal Reimbursements<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>$400,000 is from the state land and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>conservation account (LAWCON) in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>natural resources fund to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>natural resources for priorities established by <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>the commissioner for eligible state projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>and administrative and planning activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>116P.14, and the federal Land and Water <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>Conservation Fund Act.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 5.<b>Water Resources</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,063,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) Removal of Endocrine Disruptors; Treatment <br />
                  		and Education<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>$275,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>of Regents at the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>to continue research on the removal of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>endocrine disruptors from Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>waters through strategies of enhancing <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>treatment at wastewater treatment plants and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>decreasing the use of the compounds. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>appropriation is available until June 30, 2012, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>at which time the project must be completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>and final products delivered, unless an earlier <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>date is specified in the work program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) Vulnerability of Fish Populations in Lakes to <br />
                  		Endocrine Disrupting Contaminants<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>$297,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>commissioner of natural resources for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>agreement with the United States Geologic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>Survey and St. Cloud State University to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>develop quantitative data on juvenile and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>adult fish vulnerability to endocrine-active <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>emerging contaminants found in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>lakes. This appropriation is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>June 30, 2012, at which time the project must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>be completed and final products delivered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>unless an earlier date is specified in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) Cooperative Habitat Research in Deep Lakes<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>$825,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>commissioner of natural resources to assess <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>the consequences of large ecological drivers <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>of change on water quality and habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>dynamics of deep water lakes with coldwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>fish populations. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>available until June 30, 2012, at which time <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>the project must be completed and final <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>products delivered, unless an earlier date is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>specified in the work program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) Intensified Tile Drainage Evaluation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>$300,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>Science Museum of Minnesota for the St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Croix watershed research station to conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>a comparative assessment of hydrologic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>changes in watersheds with and without <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>intensive tile drainage to determine the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>effects of climate and tile drainage on river <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>erosion. This appropriation is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>June 30, 2012, at which time the project must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>be completed and final products delivered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>unless an earlier date is specified in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) Citizen-Based Stormwater Management<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>$279,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>commissioner of natural resources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>an agreement with Metro Blooms, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>cooperation with Minnehaha Creek <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>Watershed District and the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>Minneapolis, to install and evaluate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>effectiveness of rain gardens on improving <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>the impaired water of Powderhorn Lake in <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>Minneapolis. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>until June 30, 2012, at which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>project must be completed and final products <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>delivered, unless an earlier date is specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>in the work program. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(f) Minnesota Drainage Law Analysis and <br />
                  		Evaluation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>$87,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>commissioner of natural resources for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>agreement with Smith Partners PLLP to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>identify and analyze legal and policy issues <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>where the drainage code conflicts with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>laws impacting protection of public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>and wetlands.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 6.<b>Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive </b><br />
                  		<b>Species</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,068,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environment and <br />
                  		Natural Resources <br />
                  		Trust<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,002,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Great Lakes <br />
                  		Protection Account<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">66,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) Ballast Water Sampling Method Development <br />
                  		and Treatment Technology<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>$300,000 is from the trust fund and $66,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>is from the Great Lakes protection account to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>the commissioner of the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>Agency in cooperation with the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>of Natural Resources to conduct monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>for aquatic invasive species in ballast water <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>discharges to Minnesota waters of Lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>Superior and to test the effectiveness of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>ballast water treatment systems.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) Emergency Delivery System Development for <br />
                  		Disinfecting Ballast Water<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>$125,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>commissioner of the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>Agency for an agreement with the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>States Geologic Survey to test the viability <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>of treating ballast water through tank access <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>ports or air vents as a means to prevent the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>spread of invasive species.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) Improving Emerging Fish Disease Surveillance <br />
                  		in Minnesota<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>$80,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>to assess mechanisms and control of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>transmission of Heterosporosis, an emerging <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>fish disease in Minnesota, to assist in future <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>management decisions and research.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) Controlling the Movement of Invasive Fish <br />
                  		Species<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>$300,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>develop and test sonic barriers that could be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>effective in preventing and controlling the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>movement of invasive carp in Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>waterways. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>until June 30, 2012, at which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.36"></a><var>13.36</var>project must be completed and final products <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>delivered, unless an earlier date is specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>in the work program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(e) Prevention and Early Detection of Invasive <br />
                  		Earthworms<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>$150,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>Natural Resources Research Institute for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>risk assessment of the methods of spreading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>testing of management recommendations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>and identification of key areas for action in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>the state to reduce the impacts of invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>earthworms on hardwood forest productivity. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>This appropriation is available until June <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>30, 2012, at which time the project must <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>be completed and final products delivered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>unless an earlier date is specified in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(f) Native Plant Biodiversity, Invasive Plant <br />
                  		Species, and Invertebrates<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>$47,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>commissioner of natural resources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>an agreement with Concordia College to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>survey plant, pollinator, and invertebrate <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>biodiversity in native and restored prairies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>assess impacts on invasive species and food <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>sources for grassland birds and ecosystem <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>services.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 7.<b>Energy</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,323,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) Options to Decarbonize Minnesota's Electrical <br />
                  		Power System<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>$143,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>to analyze the Minnesota Climate Change <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>Advisory Group's greenhouse gas reduction <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.35"></a><var>14.35</var>recommendations related to electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>power from a life-cycle analysis and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>socio-political perspective.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) Projecting Environmental Trajectories for <br />
                  		Energy-Water-Habitat Planning<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>$180,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>to combine detailed climatic records of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>Minnesota with present and past ecosystem <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>boundaries to forecast future fine-scale flow <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>of climate across the state impacting human <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>activities and natural resources.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) Energy Efficient Cities<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>$2,000,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>commissioner of commerce for an agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>with the Center for Energy and Environment <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>for demonstration of innovative residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>energy efficiency delivery and financing <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>strategies, training, installation, evaluation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>and recommendations for a utility residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>energy conservation program.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 8.<b>Administration and Other</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,412,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) Contract Management<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>$158,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>commissioner of natural resources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>contract management for duties assigned <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>in Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>Laws 2008, chapter 367, section 2, and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>additional duties as assigned in this section.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota <br />
                  		Resources (LCCMR)<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$1,254,000 is from the trust fund for fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>years 2010 and 2011 and is for administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>116P.09, subdivision 5.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 9.<b>Availability of Appropriations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>this section are available until June 30, 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>when projects must be completed and final <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>products delivered. For acquisition of real <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>property, the amounts in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>available until June 30, 2012, if a binding <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>contract is entered into by June 30, 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>and closed not later than June 30, 2012. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>a project receives a federal grant, the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>period of the appropriation is extended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>equal the federal grant period.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 10.<b>Data Availability Requirements</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>Data collected by the projects funded under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>this section that have value for planning and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>management of natural resources, emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>preparedness, and infrastructure investments <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>must conform to the enterprise information <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>architecture developed by the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>Enterprise Technology. Spatial data must <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>conform to geographic information system <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>guidelines and standards outlined in that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>architecture and adopted by the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>Geographic Data Clearinghouse at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>Land Management Information Center. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>description of these data that adheres to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>Office of Enterprise Technology geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>metadata standards must be submitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>the Land Management Information Center <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>to be made available online through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>clearinghouse and the data must be accessible <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>and free to the public unless made private <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>under the Data Practices Act, Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>Statutes, chapter 13.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>To the extent practicable, summary data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>results of projects funded under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>should be readily accessible on the Internet <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>and identified as an environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>resources trust fund project.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 11.<b>Project Requirements</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>(a) As a condition of accepting an <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>appropriation in this section, any agency or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>entity receiving an appropriation must, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>any project funded in whole or in part with <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>funds from the appropriation:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(1) comply with Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>116P;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>(2) plant vegetation only of native ecotypes <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>to Minnesota and preferably of the local <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>ecotype using a high diversity of species <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>grown as close to the restoration site as <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>possible;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>(3) when restoring prairies:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>(i) use seeds and plant materials that originate <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>as close to the site as possible in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>county as the restoration site or within 25 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>miles of the county border, but not across <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>the boundary of an ecotype region. Ecotype <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>regions are defined by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>Natural Resources map, "Minnesota Ecotype <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>Regions Map - County Landscape Groupings <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>Based on Ecological Subsections," dated <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>February 15, 2007;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>(ii) if seeds and plant material described <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>in item (i) are not available, use seeds and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>plant materials from within the same ecotype <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>region; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>(iii) if seeds and plant material described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>item (i) or (ii) are not available, use seeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>and plant materials from within the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>ecotype region or within 25 miles of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>ecotype region boundary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>Use of seeds and plant materials from beyond <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>the geographic areas described in this clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>must be expressly approved in the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>(4) provide that all conservation easements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>(i) are perpetual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>(ii) specify the parties to an easement in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>easement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>(iii) specify all of the provisions of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>agreement that are perpetual;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>(iv) are sent to the office of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Legislative-Citizen Commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>Minnesota Resources in an electronic format; <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>(v) include a long-term stewardship plan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>funding for monitoring and enforcing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>easement agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>(5) give priority in any acquisition of land <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>or interest in land to high quality natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>resources or conservation lands that provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>natural buffers to water resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>(6) to ensure public accountability for <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>the use of public funds, provide to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>Legislative-Citizen Commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>Minnesota Resources documentation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>selection process used to identify parcels <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>acquired and provide documentation of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>related transaction costs, including but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>limited to appraisals, legal fees, recording <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>fees, commissions, other similar costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>and donations. This information must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>provided for all parties involved in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>transaction. The recipient shall also report <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>Minnesota Resources any difference between <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>the acquisition amount paid to the seller <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>and the state-certified or state-reviewed <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>appraisal. Acquisition data such as appraisals <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>may remain private during negotiations but <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>must ultimately be made public according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>(7) give consideration to contracting with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>Minnesota Conservation Corps for contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>restoration and enhancement services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>(b) The Legislative-Citizen Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>on Minnesota Resources shall review the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>requirement in paragraph (a), clause (6), <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>and provide a recommendation whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>to continue or modify the requirement in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>future years. The commission may waive the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>application of paragraph (a), clause (6), for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>specific projects.<br />
         		
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            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 12.<b>Payment Conditions and Capital </b><br />
                  		<b>Equipment Expenditures</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>All agreements, grants, or contracts referred <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>to in this section must be administered on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>a reimbursement basis unless otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>provided in this section. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>expenditures made on or after July 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>2009, or the date the work program is <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>approved, whichever is later, are eligible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>reimbursement unless otherwise provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>in this section. Periodic payment must <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.36"></a><var>19.36</var>be made upon receiving documentation <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>that the deliverable items articulated in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>the approved work program have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>achieved, including partial achievements <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>as evidenced by approved progress reports. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>Reasonable amounts may be advanced to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>projects to accommodate cash flow needs or <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>match federal money. The advances must <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>be approved as part of the work program. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>No expenditures for capital equipment are <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>allowed unless expressly authorized in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>project work program.<br />
         		
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 13.<b>Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable </b><br />
                  		<b>Materials</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>A political subdivision, public or private <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>corporation, or other entity that receives an <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>appropriation in this section must use the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>appropriation in compliance with Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>Statutes, sections 16B.121, regarding <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>purchase of recycled, repairable, and durable <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>materials, and 16B.122, regarding purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>and use of paper stock and printing.<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 14.<b>Energy Conservation and </b><br />
                  		<b>Sustainable Building Guidelines</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>A recipient to whom an appropriation is made <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>in this section for a capital improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>project shall ensure that the project complies <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>with the applicable energy conservation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>sustainable building guidelines and standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>contained in law, including Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>216C.20, and rules adopted thereunder. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>The recipient may use the energy planning, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>advocacy, and State Energy Office units <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>of the Department of Commerce to obtain <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>information and technical assistance on <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.36"></a><var>20.36</var>energy conservation and alternative energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>development relating to the planning and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>construction of the capital improvement <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>project.<br />
         		
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 15.<b>Accessibility</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>Structural and nonstructural facilities must <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>meet the design standards in the Americans <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>guidelines.<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 16.<b>Carryforward</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>The availability of the appropriations for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>following projects is extended to June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>2010:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(1) Laws 2005, First Special Session <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>9, paragraph (a), completing third-party <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>certification of Department of Natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>Resources forest lands, as extended by Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>2007, chapter 30, section 2, subdivision 16;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>(2) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>paragraph (a), clean energy resource teams <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>and community wind energy rebate, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>amended by Laws 2006, chapter 243, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>(3) Laws 2005, First Special Session <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>10, paragraph (e), wind to hydrogen <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>demonstration, as extended by Laws 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>chapter 30, section 2, subdivision 16;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>(4) Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>subdivision 4, paragraph (a), forest legacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>conservation easements; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>(5) Laws 2007, chapter 30, section 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>subdivision 5, paragraph (m), threat of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>emerging contaminants to Upper Mississippi <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>walleye.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> (a) The commission shall recommend an annual or biennial <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>legislative bill for appropriations from the environment and natural resources trust fund and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>shall adopt a strategic plan as provided in section 116P.08. Approval of the recommended <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>legislative bill requires an affirmative vote of at least 12 members of the commission. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(b) The commission shall recommend expenditures to the legislature from the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>land and water conservation account in the natural resources fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>(c) It is a condition of acceptance of the appropriations made from the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>environment and natural resources trust fund, and oil overcharge money under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>4.071, subdivision 2, that the agency or entity receiving the appropriation must submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>a work program and semiannual progress reports in the form determined by the  <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, and comply with applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>reporting requirements under section 116P.16. None of the money provided may be spent <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>unless the commission has approved the pertinent work program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>(d) The peer review panel created under section 116P.08 must also review, comment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>and report to the commission on research proposals applying for an appropriation from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>oil overcharge money under section 4.071, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>(e) The commission may adopt operating procedures to fulfill its duties under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>(f) As part of the operating procedures, the commission shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>(1) ensure that members' expectations are to participate in all meetings related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>funding decision recommendations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>(2) recommend adequate funding for increased citizen outreach and communications <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>for trust fund expenditure planning;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>(3) allow administrative expenses as part of individual project expenditures based <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>on need;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>(4) provide for project outcome evaluation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(5) keep the grant application, administration, and review process as simple as <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>possible; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>(6) define and emphasize the leveraging of additional sources of money that project <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>proposers should consider when making trust fund proposals. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b> Legislative recommendations.</b> (a) Funding may be provided only for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>those projects that meet the categories established in subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>(b) The commission must recommend an annual or biennial legislative bill to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>make appropriations from the trust fund for the purposes provided in subdivision 1. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>recommendations must be submitted to the governor for inclusion in the biennial budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>and supplemental budget submitted to the legislature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>(c) The commission may recommend regional block grants for a portion of trust <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>fund expenditures to partner with existing regional organizations that have strong citizen <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>involvement, to address unique local needs and capacity, and to leverage all available <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>funding sources for projects. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(d) The commission may recommend the establishment of an ~~annual~~ emerging <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>issues account in its ~~annual~~ legislative bill for funding emerging issues, which come up <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>unexpectedly, but which still adhere to the commission's strategic plan, to be approved by <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>the governor after initiation and recommendation by the commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var> (e) Money in the trust fund may not be spent except under an appropriation by law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var><b>116P.10 ROYALTIES, COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, AND SALE OF </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var><b>PRODUCTS AND ASSETS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) This section applies to projects supported by the trust fund and the oil overcharge <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>money referred to in section 
         <statute_ref>4.071, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, each of which is referred to in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>section as a "fund."<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fund owns and shall take title to the percentage of a royalty, copyright, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>patent resulting from a project supported by the fund equal to the percentage of the project's <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>total funding provided by the fund. Cash receipts resulting from a royalty, copyright, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>patent, or the sale of the fund's rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent, must be credited <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>immediately to the principal of the fund. Receipts from Minnesota future resources fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>projects must be credited to the trust fund. The commission may include in its ~~annual~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>legislative bill a recommendation to relinquish the ownership or rights to a royalty, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>copyright, or patent resulting from a project supported by the fund to the project's proposer <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has been repaid to the fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If a project supported by the fund results in net income from the sale of products <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>or assets developed or acquired by an appropriation from the fund, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>must be repaid to the fund in an amount equal to the percentage of the project's total <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>funding provided by the fund. The commission may include in its ~~annual~~ legislative bill a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>recommendation to relinquish the income if a plan is approved for reinvestment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>income in the project or when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>been repaid to the fund.<br />
         		
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