1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for environmental, 
  1.4             natural resource, and agricultural purposes; 
  1.5             establishing and modifying certain programs; providing 
  1.6             for regulation of certain activities and practices; 
  1.7             providing for accounts, assessments, and fees; 
  1.8             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 17.76, by 
  1.9             adding a subdivision; 32.394, subdivision 11; 32.415; 
  1.10            84.0273; 84.0887, subdivision 2; 84.794, subdivision 
  1.11            1; 84.803, subdivision 1; 84.927, subdivision 2; 
  1.12            85.015, by adding a subdivision; 85.22, subdivision 
  1.13            2a; 85A.04, subdivision 4; 86A.23; 86B.415, 
  1.14            subdivision 9; 92.06, subdivision 4; 92.16, 
  1.15            subdivision 1; 92.46, by adding a subdivision; 94.10, 
  1.16            subdivision 2; 94.165; 97B.667; 103C.501, subdivision 
  1.17            6; 103F.378, subdivision 1; 115.03, subdivision 5; 
  1.18            115A.54, subdivision 2a; 116.07, by adding a 
  1.19            subdivision; 296.421, subdivision 5; 300.111, by 
  1.20            adding a subdivision; 308A.101, by adding a 
  1.21            subdivision; 308A.201, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.22            325E.10, subdivision 2, and by adding subdivisions; 
  1.23            325E.11; 325E.112, subdivision 2; 373.01, subdivision 
  1.24            1; Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 19, subdivision 11; 
  1.25            and Laws 1996, chapters 351, section 2; and 463, 
  1.26            section 7, subdivision 24; proposing coding for new 
  1.27            law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 4; 17; 92; 115; 
  1.28            116; and 219; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.29            sections 1.31; 1.32; 1.33; 1.34; 1.35; 1.36; 1.37; 
  1.30            1.38; 1.39; 1.40; 84B.11; and 115A.9523; Laws 1995, 
  1.31            chapters 77, section 3; and 220, section 21; Minnesota 
  1.32            Rules, part 7009.0060. 
  1.33  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.34  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.35     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.36  appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to 
  1.37  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.38  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.39  figures "1997," "1998," and "1999," where used in this act, mean 
  2.1   that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.2   available for the year ending June 30, 1997, June 30, 1998, or 
  2.3   June 30, 1999, respectively.  
  2.4                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.5                                          Available for the Year 
  2.6                                              Ending June 30 
  2.7                                             1998         1999 
  2.8   Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.9   AGENCY  
  2.10  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  2.11  Appropriation                         43,273,000    39,953,000
  2.12                Summary by Fund
  2.13  General              14,580,000    10,837,000
  2.14  Petroleum Tank        3,177,000     3,227,000
  2.15  State Government   
  2.16  Special Revenue          42,000        43,000
  2.17  Special Revenue         740,000       755,000
  2.18  Environmental        18,558,000    18,768,000
  2.19  Metro Landfill
  2.20  Contingency             137,000       140,000
  2.21  Solid Waste           6,039,000     6,183,000
  2.22  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.23  appropriation for each program are 
  2.24  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.25  Subd. 2.  Protection of the Water 
  2.26      12,914,000     10,419,000
  2.27                Summary by Fund
  2.28  General              10,376,000     7,820,000
  2.29  State Government
  2.30  Special Revenue          42,000        43,000
  2.31  Environmental         2,496,000     2,556,000
  2.32  $1,946,000 the first year is for grants 
  2.33  to local units of government for the 
  2.34  clean water partnership program.  Any 
  2.35  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  2.36  first year does not cancel and is 
  2.37  available for the second year of the 
  2.38  biennium. 
  2.39  $515,000 the first year and $519,000 
  2.40  the second year are for the Minnesota 
  2.41  River nonpoint source pollution program 
  2.42  and must be matched by federal dollars. 
  2.43  $855,000 the first year and $855,000 
  2.44  the second year are for grants for 
  2.45  county administration of the feedlot 
  2.46  permit program.  This amount is 
  2.47  transferred to the board of water and 
  2.48  soil resources for disbursement in 
  3.1   accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.2   section 103B.3369, in cooperation with 
  3.3   the pollution control agency.  Grants 
  3.4   must be matched with a combination of 
  3.5   local cash and/or in-kind 
  3.6   contributions.  Counties receiving 
  3.7   these grants shall submit an annual 
  3.8   report to the pollution control agency 
  3.9   regarding activities conducted under 
  3.10  the grant, expenditures made, and local 
  3.11  match contributions.  First priority 
  3.12  for funding shall be given to counties 
  3.13  that have requested and received 
  3.14  delegation from the pollution control 
  3.15  agency for processing of animal feedlot 
  3.16  permit applications under Minnesota 
  3.17  Statutes, section 116.07, subdivision 
  3.18  7.  Delegated counties shall be 
  3.19  eligible to receive a grant of $5,000 
  3.20  plus either:  $15 multiplied by the 
  3.21  number of livestock or poultry farms 
  3.22  with sales greater than $10,000, as 
  3.23  reported in the 1992 Census of 
  3.24  Agriculture, published by the United 
  3.25  States Bureau of Census; or $25 
  3.26  multiplied by the number of feedlots 
  3.27  with greater than ten animal units as 
  3.28  determined by a level 2 or level 3 
  3.29  feedlot inventory conducted in 
  3.30  accordance with the Feedlot Inventory 
  3.31  Guidebook published by the board of 
  3.32  water and soil resources, dated June 
  3.33  1991.  To receive the additional 
  3.34  funding that is based on the county 
  3.35  feedlot inventory, the county shall 
  3.36  submit a copy of the inventory to the 
  3.37  pollution control agency.  Any 
  3.38  remaining money is for distribution to 
  3.39  all counties on a competitive basis 
  3.40  through the challenge grant process for 
  3.41  the conducting of feedlot inventories, 
  3.42  development of delegated county feedlot 
  3.43  programs, and for information and 
  3.44  education or technical assistance 
  3.45  efforts to reduce feedlot-related 
  3.46  pollution hazards. 
  3.47  $632,000 the first year and $582,000 
  3.48  the second year are for integrated 
  3.49  water monitoring using biology, 
  3.50  chemistry, hydrology, and habitat 
  3.51  assessment for water quality 
  3.52  assessment; lake monitoring through 
  3.53  local groups; volunteer monitoring for 
  3.54  streams and rivers; and coordination of 
  3.55  water monitoring with other states and 
  3.56  local governments, storage, and 
  3.57  dissemination of data.  Of this amount 
  3.58  $250,000 in the first year and $200,000 
  3.59  in the second year are for grants to 
  3.60  the metropolitan council for monitoring 
  3.61  sites on the Minnesota river and 
  3.62  tributaries, automated monitoring sites 
  3.63  in metropolitan area watersheds, and 
  3.64  assessment of best management practices 
  3.65  for control of nonpoint source 
  3.66  pollution. 
  3.67  $500,000 the first year is for a grant 
  3.68  to the University of Minnesota to 
  3.69  prepare a work program with the 
  4.1   pollution control agency, local 
  4.2   municipalities and other groups for the 
  4.3   development of two pilot water quality 
  4.4   utility cooperatives that own or 
  4.5   control alternative discharging sewage 
  4.6   systems, as defined in Minnesota 
  4.7   Statutes, section 115.58, subdivision 
  4.8   1, paragraph (b).  The amounts 
  4.9   appropriated may be used for public 
  4.10  education of the purposes and benefits 
  4.11  of water quality treatment and 
  4.12  management by water quality utility 
  4.13  cooperatives and other costs defined as 
  4.14  eligible costs under Minnesota 
  4.15  Statutes, section 116.16, subdivision 
  4.16  2, clause (6), and capital cost 
  4.17  components under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.18  section 471A.02, subdivision 3.  The 
  4.19  eligible costs for funding a water 
  4.20  quality utility cooperative under this 
  4.21  item may also be eligible to constitute 
  4.22  a revolving fund held by a nonprofit 
  4.23  support organization affiliated with 
  4.24  the University of Minnesota for the 
  4.25  further education, research, 
  4.26  development and other support for water 
  4.27  quality treatment and management by the 
  4.28  University of Minnesota in the state.  
  4.29  The support organization may also 
  4.30  require any water quality utility 
  4.31  cooperative established under Minnesota 
  4.32  Statutes, chapter 308A, to pay a 
  4.33  reasonable annual license fee not to 
  4.34  exceed five percent of the annual gross 
  4.35  revenues for the purposes of ensuring 
  4.36  the ongoing support of the University 
  4.37  for water quality utility cooperatives 
  4.38  and water quality treatment and 
  4.39  management.  As a condition of 
  4.40  acceptance of this grant, the 
  4.41  University must submit a work program 
  4.42  and submit semiannual progress reports 
  4.43  as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.44  section 116P.05, subdivision 2, 
  4.45  paragraph (c). 
  4.46  $163,000 the first year is for a grant 
  4.47  to the University of Minnesota 
  4.48  Extension Service for public education 
  4.49  programs in Nicollet county which 
  4.50  promote improved farm management 
  4.51  practices on feedlot management and 
  4.52  watershed protection. 
  4.53  $440,000 the first year and $440,000 
  4.54  the second year are for administration 
  4.55  of the point source pollution program. 
  4.56  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
  4.57  the second year are for community 
  4.58  technical assistance and education, 
  4.59  including grants and technical 
  4.60  assistance to communities for local and 
  4.61  basin-wide water quality protection. 
  4.62  $145,000 the first year and $145,000 
  4.63  the second year are for individual 
  4.64  sewage treatment system administration. 
  4.65  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  4.66  the second year are for administration 
  5.1   of the wastewater infrastructure fund 
  5.2   (WIF) construction program. 
  5.3   Subd. 3.  Protection of the Air 
  5.4        7,639,000      7,800,000
  5.5                 Summary by Fund
  5.6   Environmental         6,899,000     7,045,000
  5.7   Special Revenue         740,000       755,000
  5.8   Up to $150,000 the first year and 
  5.9   $150,000 the second year may be 
  5.10  transferred to the small business 
  5.11  environmental loan account established 
  5.12  in Minnesota Statutes, section 116.992. 
  5.13  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
  5.14  the second year are for a monitoring 
  5.15  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.16  section 116.454. 
  5.17  Subd. 4.  Protection of the 
  5.18  Land 
  5.19      15,529,000     15,645,000
  5.20                Summary by Fund
  5.21  General               1,679,000     1,699,000
  5.22  Petroleum Tank        2,744,000     2,785,000
  5.23  Environmental         6,013,000     5,948,000
  5.24  Metro Landfill 
  5.25  Contingency             129,000       132,000
  5.26  Solid Waste           4,964,000     5,081,000
  5.27  All money in the environmental 
  5.28  response, compensation, and compliance 
  5.29  account in the environmental fund not 
  5.30  otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  5.31  to the commissioners of the pollution 
  5.32  control agency and the department of 
  5.33  agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  5.34  Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  5.35  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (11), 
  5.36  (12), and (13).  At the beginning of 
  5.37  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  5.38  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  5.39  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  5.40  that maximizes the utilization of 
  5.41  resources and appropriately allocates 
  5.42  the money between the two agencies.  
  5.43  This appropriation is available until 
  5.44  June 30, 1999. 
  5.45  Any unencumbered balance from the 
  5.46  metropolitan landfill contingency 
  5.47  action trust fund remaining in the 
  5.48  first year does not cancel but is 
  5.49  available for the second year. 
  5.50  $51,000 the first year and $52,000 the 
  5.51  second year are from the solid waste 
  5.52  fund for transfer to the commissioner 
  5.53  of revenue to enhance compliance and 
  6.1   collection of solid waste assessments. 
  6.2   Subd. 5.  General Support 
  6.3        7,191,000      6,089,000
  6.4                 Summary by Fund
  6.5   General               2,525,000     1,318,000
  6.6   Petroleum Tank          433,000       442,000
  6.7   Environmental         3,150,000     3,219,000
  6.8   Metro Landfill
  6.9   Contingency               8,000         8,000
  6.10  Solid Waste           1,075,000     1,102,000
  6.11  $500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
  6.12  Andover for cleanup of hazardous 
  6.13  waste.  This appropriation is available 
  6.14  until June 30, 1999. 
  6.15  The $737,500 appropriated from the 
  6.16  solid waste fund to the commissioner of 
  6.17  the pollution control agency in Laws 
  6.18  1996, chapter 470, section 24, is 
  6.19  canceled on July 1, 1997, and $738,000 
  6.20  is appropriated in fiscal year 1998 to 
  6.21  the commissioner of the pollution 
  6.22  control agency for the same purposes as 
  6.23  the original appropriation. 
  6.24  Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  6.25  ASSISTANCE                            20,463,000     20,539,000
  6.26                Summary by Fund
  6.27  General              19,211,000    19,277,000
  6.28  Environmental         1,252,000     1,262,000
  6.29  $14,008,000 the first year and 
  6.30  $14,008,000 the second year are for the 
  6.31  SCORE block grants to counties. 
  6.32  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  6.33  balances in the first year do not 
  6.34  cancel but are available for grants and 
  6.35  loans in the second year. 
  6.36  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  6.37  abatement account in the environmental 
  6.38  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  6.39  appropriated to the office of 
  6.40  environmental assistance for the 
  6.41  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.42  473.844. 
  6.43  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD              5,521,000      5,368,000
  6.44  $226,000 in the first year is for 
  6.45  computer systems.  
  6.46  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  6.47  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  6.48  Appropriation                        206,225,000    182,003,000
  6.49                Summary by Fund
  7.1   General             126,621,000   100,566,000
  7.2   Natural Resources    23,940,000    24,186,000
  7.3   Game and Fish        55,564,000    57,151,000
  7.4   Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
  7.5   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.6   appropriation for each program are 
  7.7   specified in the following subdivisions.
  7.8   Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  7.9        8,799,000      4,883,000
  7.10                Summary by Fund
  7.11  General               8,799,000     4,883,000
  7.12  $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  7.13  the second year are for iron ore 
  7.14  cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  7.15  the first year and $225,000 the second 
  7.16  year are available only as matched by 
  7.17  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  7.18  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  7.19  remaining in the first year does not 
  7.20  cancel but is available for the second 
  7.21  year. 
  7.22  $376,000 the first year and $377,000 
  7.23  the second year are for mineral 
  7.24  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  7.25  balance remaining in the first year 
  7.26  does not cancel but is available for 
  7.27  the second year.  
  7.28  $46,000 the first year and $47,000 the 
  7.29  second year are for minerals 
  7.30  cooperative environmental research, of 
  7.31  which $30,000 the first year and 
  7.32  $30,000 the second year are available 
  7.33  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  7.34  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  7.35  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  7.36  first year does not cancel but is 
  7.37  available for the second year. 
  7.38  $4,000,000 the first year is for a 
  7.39  grant to develop a direct reduction 
  7.40  iron processing facility in Minnesota.  
  7.41  This appropriation is available until 
  7.42  July 1, 1999. 
  7.43  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management 
  7.44      10,431,000      9,435,000
  7.45                Summary by Fund
  7.46  General              10,180,000     9,179,000
  7.47  Natural Resources       251,000       256,000
  7.48  $95,000 the first year and $95,000 the 
  7.49  second year are for a grant to the 
  7.50  Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
  7.51  50 percent of the cost of implementing 
  7.52  the comprehensive plan for the upper 
  7.53  Mississippi within areas under its 
  8.1   jurisdiction.  
  8.2   $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the 
  8.3   second year are for payment to the 
  8.4   Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
  8.5   implement its portion of the 
  8.6   comprehensive plan for the upper 
  8.7   Mississippi.  
  8.8   $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
  8.9   the second year are for water 
  8.10  monitoring activities, including 
  8.11  gauging of priority lakes and 
  8.12  watersheds, dissemination of 
  8.13  information, replacement of equipment, 
  8.14  and installation of observation wells, 
  8.15  groundwater sensitivity maps, and 
  8.16  documentation. 
  8.17  $70,000 the first year is to the city 
  8.18  of Granite Falls for restoration of the 
  8.19  banks of the Minnesota river within the 
  8.20  city limits. 
  8.21  $400,000 the first year is for a grant 
  8.22  to the St. Paul Foundation for 
  8.23  restoring native vegetation along the 
  8.24  Mississippi river through the Greening 
  8.25  the Great River Park Project.  Money is 
  8.26  available for the grant to the extent 
  8.27  matched by an expenditure of money from 
  8.28  nonstate sources for the project until 
  8.29  June 30, 1999. 
  8.30  $190,000 the first year is for a grant 
  8.31  to the city of East Grand Forks for a 
  8.32  river bank stabilization project on the 
  8.33  Red Lake River and the Red River of the 
  8.34  North.  The appropriation is available 
  8.35  until June 30, 1999. 
  8.36  $500,000 the first year is for a grant 
  8.37  to the city of Thief River Falls for 
  8.38  dredging projects within the city on 
  8.39  the Red Lake river and the Thief 
  8.40  river.  The appropriation is available 
  8.41  until June 30, 1999. 
  8.42  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
  8.43      35,172,000     33,346,000
  8.44                Summary by Fund
  8.45  General              34,729,000    32,894,000
  8.46  Natural Resources       443,000       452,000
  8.47  $2,771,000 the first year and 
  8.48  $2,808,000 the second year are for 
  8.49  presuppression and suppression costs of 
  8.50  emergency fire fighting.  If the 
  8.51  amounts provided by fiscal year are 
  8.52  insufficient to cover all costs of 
  8.53  suppression, the amount necessary to 
  8.54  pay for emergency firefighting expenses 
  8.55  during the biennium is appropriated 
  8.56  from the general fund.  
  8.57  $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
  8.58  the second year are for white pine 
  9.1   restoration. 
  9.2   $300,000 the first year and $300,000 
  9.3   the second year are for grants to the 
  9.4   counties of Becker, Clearwater, and 
  9.5   Hubbard for reforestation, timber stand 
  9.6   improvements, aerial photography, and 
  9.7   new forest inventories in areas damaged 
  9.8   by windstorms in July 1995.  The 
  9.9   appropriation is available until June 
  9.10  30, 1999. 
  9.11  $1,000,000 the first year is for the 
  9.12  corps to career community service 
  9.13  program.  The commissioner may allocate 
  9.14  up to five percent of the appropriation 
  9.15  for the cost of administering the 
  9.16  program, which includes providing 
  9.17  health and child care coverage to 
  9.18  eligible individuals and their 
  9.19  dependents under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.20  section 84.0887, subdivision 2, to the 
  9.21  extent such coverage is not otherwise 
  9.22  available. 
  9.23  $500,000 the first year is for grants 
  9.24  to local community forest ecosystem 
  9.25  health programs.  The appropriations 
  9.26  are available until expended.  The 
  9.27  commissioner of natural resources shall 
  9.28  allocate individual grants of up to 
  9.29  $10,000 to local communities that have 
  9.30  matching nonstate money available to 
  9.31  undertake projects that improve the 
  9.32  health of forest ecosystems, including 
  9.33  insect and disease suppression 
  9.34  programs, community-based forest health 
  9.35  education programs, and other 
  9.36  arboricultural treatments. 
  9.37  $120,000 the first year and $120,000 
  9.38  the second year are for the focus on 
  9.39  community forests program, to provide 
  9.40  communities with natural resources 
  9.41  technical assistance. 
  9.42  $700,000 the first year is for the 
  9.43  Minnesota Releaf program to provide 
  9.44  matching grants to local communities to 
  9.45  plant predominantly native trees. 
  9.46  $140,000 the first year is to develop 
  9.47  guidelines for communities and best 
  9.48  management practices for developers and 
  9.49  landowners in order to increase the 
  9.50  protection of woodlands being lost 
  9.51  through urbanization. 
  9.52  $1,018,000 the first year and 
  9.53  $1,030,000 the second year are for 
  9.54  implementation of the activities under 
  9.55  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89A, 
  9.56  including the generic environmental 
  9.57  impact statement on timber harvesting.  
  9.58  Up to $240,000 the first year and 
  9.59  $190,000 the second year are available 
  9.60  for grants to the University of 
  9.61  Minnesota college of natural resources' 
  9.62  continuing education center, county 
  9.63  land departments for participation in 
  9.64  the Interagency Information 
 10.1   Cooperative, and for forest research 
 10.2   projects identified by the Minnesota 
 10.3   Forest Resources Council's research 
 10.4   advisory committee. 
 10.5   The commissioner must report to the 
 10.6   chairs of the house and senate 
 10.7   environment and natural resources 
 10.8   finance committee and division, by 
 10.9   February 1998, detailing progress 
 10.10  toward implementation of the 
 10.11  comprehensive timber harvesting and 
 10.12  forest management guidelines, and the 
 10.13  establishment of a framework for 
 10.14  conducting landscape-based forest 
 10.15  resource planning and coordination 
 10.16  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89A. 
 10.17  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
 10.18  Management 
 10.19      29,227,000     28,289,000
 10.20                Summary by Fund
 10.21  General              28,596,000    27,657,000
 10.22  Natural Resources       631,000       632,000
 10.23  $631,000 the first year and $632,000 
 10.24  the second year are from the water 
 10.25  recreation account in the natural 
 10.26  resources fund for state park 
 10.27  development projects.  If the 
 10.28  appropriation in either year is 
 10.29  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.30  other year is available for it. 
 10.31  $4,500,000 the first year and 
 10.32  $4,500,000 the second year are for 
 10.33  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 10.34  council for metropolitan area regional 
 10.35  parks maintenance and operation. 
 10.36  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 10.37  the second year are for the development 
 10.38  and operation of Glendalough state park.
 10.39  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 10.40  the second year are for the development 
 10.41  and operation of Cuyuna county state 
 10.42  recreation area. 
 10.43  $150,000 the first year is to survey 
 10.44  trails in state parks for accessibility 
 10.45  to persons with disabilities.  This 
 10.46  appropriation is available until 
 10.47  expended. 
 10.48  $75,000 the first year is for 
 10.49  architectural design and engineering 
 10.50  studies for a Minnesota rock, gem, and 
 10.51  mineral interpretative center to be 
 10.52  located within Moose Lake state park 
 10.53  near prime rock collecting areas.  The 
 10.54  commissioner shall initiate the 
 10.55  architectural and engineering design 
 10.56  for the center.  The focal point of the 
 10.57  center shall be the display of Lake 
 10.58  Superior agates as well as rocks, gems, 
 10.59  minerals, and geologic artifacts 
 11.1   indigenous to Minnesota.  The 
 11.2   commissioner shall consult with the 
 11.3   Minnesota geological survey and members 
 11.4   of state and local rock, gem, and 
 11.5   mineral associations on the design of 
 11.6   the center.  The commissioner may 
 11.7   accept for display at the center rocks, 
 11.8   gems, minerals, and geologic artifacts 
 11.9   collected by individuals and 
 11.10  associations and shall enter into any 
 11.11  loan agreements necessary to protect 
 11.12  all parties from liability for loss or 
 11.13  damage to items loaned for display.  
 11.14  The commissioner shall prepare 
 11.15  information for visitors describing 
 11.16  geologic field trips and local rock 
 11.17  collecting opportunities and, in 
 11.18  addition, shall display and provide 
 11.19  written information on other areas of 
 11.20  the state that provide prime rock, gem, 
 11.21  and mineral collecting opportunities.  
 11.22  The commissioner shall consult with the 
 11.23  Minnesota Geological Society as well as 
 11.24  state and local rock, gem, and mineral 
 11.25  associations on the location of prime 
 11.26  collection sites and on the preparation 
 11.27  of field trip literature.  This 
 11.28  appropriation is available until 
 11.29  expended. 
 11.30  $75,000 the first year is for a study 
 11.31  of the size and extent of the Minnesota 
 11.32  state park system.  This study shall 
 11.33  contain a long-range plan to provide 
 11.34  for a state park system which will 
 11.35  preserve appropriate representations of 
 11.36  Minnesota's landscape regions and meet 
 11.37  future demands for state park 
 11.38  resources, environmental education, and 
 11.39  recreational opportunities.  The plan 
 11.40  shall consider the demand for outdoor 
 11.41  recreation, gaps in the system, 
 11.42  recreation use trends and patterns, 
 11.43  natural and cultural resource needs, 
 11.44  land use trends, economic factors such 
 11.45  as costs and benefits, and other 
 11.46  relevant factors.  The plan shall 
 11.47  contain recommendations for additions, 
 11.48  deletions, modifications, and 
 11.49  classifications for the system.  The 
 11.50  plan shall be submitted to the chairs 
 11.51  of the senate and house of 
 11.52  representatives environment and natural 
 11.53  resources committees, the environment 
 11.54  and agriculture budget division of the 
 11.55  senate, and the house of 
 11.56  representatives environment and natural 
 11.57  resources finance committee by July 15, 
 11.58  1999.  The commissioner shall not 
 11.59  contract with a consultant to manage 
 11.60  the study, develop recommendations and 
 11.61  conclusions, or write the plan 
 11.62  resulting from the study. 
 11.63  $50,000 the first year is for park 
 11.64  improvement.  Of that amount, $25,000 
 11.65  is for building rehabilitation at 
 11.66  Interstate State Park, $25,000 is for 
 11.67  electrical rehabilitation at Wild River 
 11.68  State Park. 
 12.1   $1,000,000 the first year is for 
 12.2   resource protection activities in state 
 12.3   parks.  This appropriation is a 
 12.4   one-time appropriation. 
 12.5   Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 12.6   Management 
 12.7       22,103,000     14,979,000
 12.8                 Summary by Fund
 12.9   General               8,377,000     1,377,000
 12.10  Natural Resources    12,447,000    12,551,000
 12.11  Game and Fish         1,279,000     1,051,000
 12.12  $5,100,000 the first year and 
 12.13  $5,100,000 the second year are from the 
 12.14  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 12.15  account in the natural resources fund 
 12.16  for snowmobile grants-in-aid. 
 12.17  $252,000 the first year and $254,000 
 12.18  the second year are from the water 
 12.19  recreation account in the natural 
 12.20  resources fund for a safe harbor 
 12.21  program on Lake Superior.  Any 
 12.22  unencumbered balance at the end of the 
 12.23  first year does not cancel and is 
 12.24  available for the second year.  
 12.25  $2,400,000 the first year is for the 
 12.26  Taconite Harbor safe harbor project.  
 12.27  The full appropriation is available if 
 12.28  the project is not funded by the 
 12.29  federal government before January 1, 
 12.30  1998.  If funded by the federal 
 12.31  government, this appropriation will be 
 12.32  available to the extent needed to meet 
 12.33  the federal matching requirements and 
 12.34  to construct the nonmatching part of 
 12.35  the project.  If the full amount is not 
 12.36  needed for the Taconite Harbor project, 
 12.37  the remaining funds are available for 
 12.38  the safe harbor project in Two 
 12.39  Harbors.  If made available, the 
 12.40  appropriation is available until 
 12.41  expended.  
 12.42  $125,000 the first year is for the 
 12.43  border-to-border trail study of the 
 12.44  trails and waterways division.  The 
 12.45  border-to-border trail study shall 
 12.46  inventory and integrate local, 
 12.47  regional, and state trail systems and 
 12.48  plan for future development, including 
 12.49  identifying abandoned rail lines and 
 12.50  dual treadways.  The Minnesota 
 12.51  recreational trail users association 
 12.52  shall serve as the advisory group to 
 12.53  the department of natural resources in 
 12.54  developing the study and plan.  The 
 12.55  appropriation is available until June 
 12.56  30, 1999. 
 12.57  $1,000,000 the first year is for the 
 12.58  operation and maintenance of the state 
 12.59  trail system as defined in Minnesota 
 12.60  Statutes, chapter 86A.  This is a 
 13.1   one-time appropriation. 
 13.2   $1,200,000 the first year is for 
 13.3   connections to the Gateway segment of 
 13.4   the Willard Munger trail to North St. 
 13.5   Paul high school property and to the 
 13.6   city of Roseville trail system. 
 13.7   $500,000 the first year is for trail 
 13.8   improvements.  Of this amount, $128,000 
 13.9   is to develop the western extension of 
 13.10  the Root river state trail in the 
 13.11  Blufflands trail system, $211,000 is to 
 13.12  construct a parking lot at the Harmony 
 13.13  trailhead, and $161,000 is for 
 13.14  development of parking lot and trail 
 13.15  access improvements at Lanesboro. 
 13.16  $300,000 the first year is for a local 
 13.17  match for a department of 
 13.18  transportation ISTEA grant in the 
 13.19  amount of $663,000 for a proposed trail 
 13.20  between Pelican Rapids and Maplewood 
 13.21  state park.  The appropriation is 
 13.22  available until June 30, 1999.  If the 
 13.23  ISTEA grant is not awarded, the 
 13.24  appropriation is canceled. 
 13.25  $1,500,000 the first year is to provide 
 13.26  increased access to lakes and rivers 
 13.27  statewide through the provision of 
 13.28  fishing piers and shoreline access.  
 13.29  One-half of the amount is for access 
 13.30  within the seven-county metropolitan 
 13.31  area.  This is a one-time appropriation.
 13.32  Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
 13.33      44,680,000     41,829,000
 13.34                Summary by Fund
 13.35  General               8,602,000     4,299,000
 13.36  Natural Resources     2,013,000     2,048,000
 13.37  Game and Fish        34,065,000    35,482,000
 13.38  $305,000 the first year and $310,000 
 13.39  the second year are for resource 
 13.40  population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 13.41  area.  Of this amount, $104,000 the 
 13.42  first year and $106,000 the second year 
 13.43  are from the game and fish fund. 
 13.44  $923,000 the first year and $943,000 
 13.45  the second year are from the nongame 
 13.46  wildlife management account in the 
 13.47  natural resources fund for the purpose 
 13.48  of nongame wildlife management.  Any 
 13.49  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 13.50  first year does not cancel but is 
 13.51  available the second year.  
 13.52  $1,337,000 the first year and 
 13.53  $1,361,000 the second year are for the 
 13.54  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
 13.55  and fish, critical habitat, and 
 13.56  wetlands established under Minnesota 
 13.57  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
 13.58  2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
 14.1   first year does not cancel but is 
 14.2   available for use the second year. 
 14.3   $1,110,000 the first year and 
 14.4   $1,117,000 the second year are from the 
 14.5   wildlife acquisition account for only 
 14.6   the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.7   Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
 14.8   3. 
 14.9   $935,000 the first year and $956,000 
 14.10  the second year are from the deer 
 14.11  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.12  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.13  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.14  1, paragraph (b). 
 14.15  $60,000 the first year and $61,000 the 
 14.16  second year are from the deer and bear 
 14.17  management account for only the 
 14.18  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.19  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.20  1, paragraph (c). 
 14.21  $668,000 the first year and $673,000 
 14.22  the second year are from the waterfowl 
 14.23  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.24  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.25  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.26  2. 
 14.27  $652,000 the first year and $654,000 
 14.28  the second year are from the trout and 
 14.29  salmon management account for only the 
 14.30  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.31  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.32  3. 
 14.33  $545,000 the first year and $545,000 
 14.34  the second year are from the pheasant 
 14.35  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.36  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.37  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.38  4. 
 14.39  $292,000 the first year and $295,000 
 14.40  the second year are from the game and 
 14.41  fish fund for activities relating to 
 14.42  reduction and prevention of property 
 14.43  damage by wildlife.  $50,000 each year 
 14.44  is for emergency damage abatement 
 14.45  materials. 
 14.46  $63,000 the first year and $63,000 the 
 14.47  second year are from the wild turkey 
 14.48  management account for only the 
 14.49  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.50  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.51  5. 
 14.52  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 14.53  the second year are for water 
 14.54  monitoring activities, including 
 14.55  integrated monitoring using biology, 
 14.56  chemistry, hydrology, and habitat 
 14.57  assessment for water quality assessment.
 14.58  $4,300,000 the first year is to the 
 14.59  critical habitat private sector 
 14.60  matching account for the purposes of 
 14.61  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943. 
 15.1   $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 15.2   the second year are for the wildlife 
 15.3   depredation program in section 72. 
 15.4   $100,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 15.5   second year are for the prairie 
 15.6   right-of-way inventory in Minnesota 
 15.7   Statutes, sections 219.99 and 219.991.  
 15.8   $50,000 in the second year is for the 
 15.9   improvement guidelines in Minnesota 
 15.10  Statutes, section 219.991. 
 15.11  The positions for the forest ecologist, 
 15.12  metropolitan natural community 
 15.13  ecologist, and scientific and natural 
 15.14  areas volunteer stewardship coordinator 
 15.15  now in the unclassified service shall 
 15.16  be transferred without competitive 
 15.17  examination to the classified service 
 15.18  of the state. 
 15.19  Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
 15.20      20,500,000     20,661,000
 15.21                Summary by Fund
 15.22  General               3,677,000     3,582,000
 15.23  Natural Resources     4,684,000     4,705,000
 15.24  Game and Fish        12,039,000    12,274,000
 15.25  Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
 15.26  $1,082,000 the first year and 
 15.27  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 15.28  water recreation account in the natural 
 15.29  resources fund for grants to counties 
 15.30  for boat and water safety. 
 15.31  $100,000 each year is from the solid 
 15.32  waste fund for solid waste enforcement 
 15.33  activities under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.34  section 116.073. 
 15.35  $200,000 the first year is for 
 15.36  enforcement activities regarding the 
 15.37  1837 treaty. 
 15.38  Within the funding appropriated, there 
 15.39  shall be created a cooperative 
 15.40  snowmobile safety enforcement task 
 15.41  force consisting of six peace 
 15.42  officers.  The task force shall include 
 15.43  four new full-time equivalent 
 15.44  conservation officers, three of whom 
 15.45  shall be funded in the dedicated 
 15.46  snowmobile account of the natural 
 15.47  resources fund in the enforcement 
 15.48  division and one full-time equivalent 
 15.49  funded in the general fund in the 
 15.50  division of parks.  The sheriff's 
 15.51  office in the county where the task 
 15.52  force is working shall provide two 
 15.53  peace officers to the task force.  Of 
 15.54  the four new conservation officer 
 15.55  positions, three of the persons hired 
 15.56  shall be from protected classes. 
 15.57  $197,000 the first year and $230,000 
 16.1   the second year are to recruit and 
 16.2   train members of the Southeast Asian 
 16.3   community for new conservation officer 
 16.4   positions that will begin after July 1, 
 16.5   1999.  This appropriation is for 
 16.6   recruiting, screening, and training the 
 16.7   candidates, and for providing a monthly 
 16.8   stipend for the candidates, educational 
 16.9   costs, a program coordinator position, 
 16.10  and outreach locations within the 
 16.11  Southeast Asian community. 
 16.12  The commissioner shall maintain 
 16.13  historic levels of overtime and retain 
 16.14  field-based conservation officer 
 16.15  positions except in the event of 
 16.16  unanticipated budget shortfalls or 
 16.17  unallotments.  The commissioner may 
 16.18  reduce these items in proportion with 
 16.19  other reductions in the division. 
 16.20  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
 16.21      35,313,000     28,581,000
 16.22                Summary by Fund
 16.23  General              23,661,000    16,695,000
 16.24  Natural Resources     3,471,000     3,542,000
 16.25  Game and Fish         8,181,000     8,344,000
 16.26  The commissioner of natural resources 
 16.27  may contract with and make grants to 
 16.28  nonprofit agencies to carry out the 
 16.29  purposes, plans, and programs of the 
 16.30  office of youth programs, Minnesota 
 16.31  conservation corps. 
 16.32  $250,000 the first year is to be 
 16.33  transferred to the director of the 
 16.34  office of strategic and long-range 
 16.35  planning.  The money is to be used for 
 16.36  a grant to the Northern Counties Land 
 16.37  Use Coordinating Board, contingent on 
 16.38  the board receiving $125,000 in local 
 16.39  matching funds.  The grant is to be 
 16.40  used for developing a coordinated 
 16.41  planning process and comprehensive land 
 16.42  use plans pursuant to policy goals in 
 16.43  the National Environmental Policy Act, 
 16.44  United States Code, title 42, section 
 16.45  4331. 
 16.46  $425,000 the first year and $425,000 
 16.47  the second year are for the community 
 16.48  assistance program, including 
 16.49  metropolitan trout stream watershed 
 16.50  coordinators, Red River technical 
 16.51  assistance, northeast Minnesota public 
 16.52  affairs and communication, Metro 
 16.53  Greenways and natural areas assistance 
 16.54  and grants, and regional resource 
 16.55  enhancement grants. 
 16.56  $500,000 the first year is for a grant 
 16.57  to the city of Wabasha to be used for 
 16.58  the development of the American bald 
 16.59  eagle center.  This appropriation must 
 16.60  be matched by $1 of nonstate money for 
 17.1   each $1 appropriated.  The 
 17.2   appropriation is available for the 
 17.3   biennium ending June 30, 1999. 
 17.4   $228,000 the first year is for a grant 
 17.5   to Friends of Rydell Refuge 
 17.6   Association, Inc.  The Friends of 
 17.7   Rydell Refuge must enter into a 
 17.8   memorandum of agreement with the United 
 17.9   States Fish and Wildlife Service to 
 17.10  provide for people with disabilities 
 17.11  the following facilities at Rydell 
 17.12  national wildlife refuge in Polk county:
 17.13  (1) seven miles of paved trails, 
 17.14  including overlooks; (2) accessible 
 17.15  fishing pier, decks, landscaping, and 
 17.16  boardwalk at sights within the refuge; 
 17.17  (3) accessible restroom facilities; (4) 
 17.18  meeting room accessibility and visitor 
 17.19  center upgrade; and (5) target range 
 17.20  accessibility.  Any amount unexpended 
 17.21  in fiscal year 1998 remains available 
 17.22  for expenditure in fiscal year 1999. 
 17.23  $250,000 the first year is to be used 
 17.24  to make payments on unpaid back ditch 
 17.25  assessments levied by Marshall and 
 17.26  Beltrami counties. 
 17.27  $125,000 the first year is for a grant 
 17.28  to the city of St. Paul for a four acre 
 17.29  Mississippi river floodplain wetland 
 17.30  restoration project in an unused former 
 17.31  marina harbor located within the Hidden 
 17.32  Falls/Crosby Farm Regional Park. 
 17.33  $155,000 the first year and $200,000 
 17.34  the second year are for the Southeast 
 17.35  Asian environmental education 
 17.36  internship and training program. 
 17.37  $200,000 the first year is for a grant 
 17.38  to the city of South St. Paul for 
 17.39  erosion control at Kaposia Park and 
 17.40  development of a regional trail 
 17.41  connection.  Nonstate match funding of 
 17.42  $2 for every $1 of this appropriation 
 17.43  is required. 
 17.44  $85,000 the first year and $85,000 the 
 17.45  second year are for a grant to the 
 17.46  Minnesota Children's Museum for early 
 17.47  childhood environmental education that 
 17.48  introduces young children to the 
 17.49  natural environment through four 
 17.50  different Minnesota habitats. 
 17.51  $5,000,000 the first year is for a 
 17.52  grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 17.53  expenditures necessary to carry out the 
 17.54  Harriet Island redevelopment in 
 17.55  accordance with the Lilydale/Harriet 
 17.56  Island master plan.  The appropriation 
 17.57  is available upon the provision by, or 
 17.58  for the benefit of, the city of St. 
 17.59  Paul of $5,000,000 as a local match 
 17.60  earmarked for expenditures necessary to 
 17.61  carry out the Harriet Island 
 17.62  redevelopment.  Before the 
 17.63  appropriation or local match is spent 
 17.64  or obligated, the city of St. Paul must 
 18.1   seek public comments on the Harriet 
 18.2   Island redevelopment. 
 18.3   $700,000 the first year is for a grant 
 18.4   to independent school district No. 621, 
 18.5   Mounds View, to renovate the Laurentian 
 18.6   Environmental Learning Center located 
 18.7   in the Superior National Forest. 
 18.8   $55,000 the first year is for a grant 
 18.9   to Chippewa county for design and 
 18.10  engineering specifications for:  (1) 
 18.11  expansion of the landing and boat 
 18.12  access on the Minnesota river at 
 18.13  Wegdahl and related development of a 
 18.14  regional park; and (2) development of a 
 18.15  15-mile multiuse trail along the 
 18.16  Minnesota river valley connecting the 
 18.17  city of Granite Falls to the Chippewa 
 18.18  county regional trail system. 
 18.19  $15,000 the first year is to study 
 18.20  realignment and safety enhancements of 
 18.21  the State Highway 95 trail between 
 18.22  County Road 4 and Elm Street in Marine 
 18.23  on St. Croix in Washington county that 
 18.24  can connect with the existing 
 18.25  recreation corridor on the Highway 95 
 18.26  shoulder to serve as a walking, 
 18.27  bicycling, and snowmobiling trail. 
 18.28  $80,000 the first year is for a grant 
 18.29  to Stearns county for the purpose of 
 18.30  completing a trail within Quarry Park 
 18.31  and Nature Preserve. 
 18.32  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 18.33  SOIL RESOURCES                        17,971,000     14,364,000
 18.34  $5,353,000 the first year and 
 18.35  $5,353,000 the second year are for 
 18.36  natural resources block grants to local 
 18.37  governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
 18.38  in each year is for a grant to the 
 18.39  North Shore Management Board and 
 18.40  $35,000 in each year is for a grant to 
 18.41  the St. Louis River board.  $18,750 of 
 18.42  this amount in the first year is a 
 18.43  grant to the Pine county soil and water 
 18.44  conservation district as a match to 
 18.45  fund the Partridge township sink hole 
 18.46  study. 
 18.47  Grants must be matched with a 
 18.48  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 18.49  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 18.50  related to water planning must be 
 18.51  matched by an amount that would be 
 18.52  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 18.53  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 18.54  $3,554,000 the first year and 
 18.55  $2,054,000 the second year are for 
 18.56  grants to soil and water conservation 
 18.57  districts for general purposes and for 
 18.58  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 18.59  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 18.60  board, expenditures may be made from 
 18.61  these appropriations for supplies and 
 18.62  services benefiting soil and water 
 18.63  conservation districts. 
 19.1   $2,120,000 the first year and 
 19.2   $2,120,000 the second year are for 
 19.3   grants to soil and water conservation 
 19.4   districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 19.5   for erosion control and water quality 
 19.6   management.  This appropriation is 
 19.7   available until expended. 
 19.8   $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 19.9   the second year are for grants to 
 19.10  watershed districts and other local 
 19.11  units of government in the southern 
 19.12  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 19.13  floodplain management. 
 19.14  $200,000 the first year is for a grant 
 19.15  to Chisago and Washington counties for 
 19.16  the abandonment of joint ditch No. 1. 
 19.17  $700,000 the first year is to complete 
 19.18  water quality improvement projects with 
 19.19  the 12 major watersheds of the 
 19.20  Minnesota river basin, to be available 
 19.21  until June 30, 1999.  The water quality 
 19.22  improvement projects must utilize 
 19.23  practices that are proven effective, 
 19.24  must have landowner support, and must 
 19.25  be prioritized by the Minnesota river 
 19.26  basin joint powers board and the board 
 19.27  of water and soil resources.  The board 
 19.28  of water and soil resources shall use 
 19.29  this appropriation only for those 
 19.30  projects where the local landowners and 
 19.31  counties provide 25 percent of project 
 19.32  costs in cash or in kind.  The board 
 19.33  shall provide 100 percent funding for 
 19.34  planning that directly results in the 
 19.35  implementation of an approved project. 
 19.36  $1,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 19.37  to local government for the urban 
 19.38  greenscapes program.  The board, in 
 19.39  consultation with local governing 
 19.40  units, shall establish a program to 
 19.41  enroll lands into the urban greenscapes 
 19.42  program.  Selection of land shall be 
 19.43  based on its potential to preserve or 
 19.44  restore unique and endangered 
 19.45  landscapes, protect water quality, 
 19.46  reduce soil erosion, enhance fish and 
 19.47  wildlife habitat, manage storm water 
 19.48  and preserve open space.  A priority 
 19.49  shall be placed on securing lands in 
 19.50  priority areas identified as part of 
 19.51  the metro greenways and natural areas 
 19.52  network in local water plans, and where 
 19.53  local partners contribute funds.  This 
 19.54  is a one-time appropriation.  
 19.55  $150,000 the first year is for a grant 
 19.56  to the Faribault county soil and water 
 19.57  conservation district for the 
 19.58  quad-lakes restoration project in 
 19.59  Faribault and Blue Earth counties. 
 19.60  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 19.61  the second year are for a community 
 19.62  assistance program to provide watershed 
 19.63  education and communication assistance 
 19.64  to local governments in the 
 19.65  metropolitan area. 
 20.1   Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 20.2   program of grants does not cancel at 
 20.3   the end of the first year and is 
 20.4   available for the second year for the 
 20.5   same grant program. 
 20.6   Sec. 7.  AGRICULTURE 
 20.7   Subdivision 1.  Total 
 20.8   Appropriation                         27,427,000    25,003,000
 20.9                 Summary by Fund
 20.10  General              17,407,000    14,993,000
 20.11  Special Revenue       9,751,000     9,741,000
 20.12  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 20.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 20.14  appropriation for each program are 
 20.15  specified in the following subdivisions.
 20.16  Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
 20.17      17,654,000     16,957,000
 20.18                Summary by Fund
 20.19  General               7,890,000     7,088,000
 20.20  Special Revenue       9,495,000     9,600,000
 20.21  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 20.22  $269,000 the first year and $269,000 
 20.23  the second year are from the 
 20.24  environmental response, compensation, 
 20.25  and compliance account in the 
 20.26  environmental fund. 
 20.27  $4,287,000 the first year and 
 20.28  $4,367,000 the second year are from the 
 20.29  pesticide regulatory account 
 20.30  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.31  section 18B.05, for administration and 
 20.32  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.33  chapter 18B. 
 20.34  $732,000 the first year and $747,000 
 20.35  the second year are from the fertilizer 
 20.36  inspection account established under 
 20.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 18C.131, 
 20.38  for administration and enforcement of 
 20.39  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18C. 
 20.40  $368,000 the first year and $368,000 
 20.41  the second year are from the seed 
 20.42  potato inspection fund established 
 20.43  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 20.44  21.115, for administration and 
 20.45  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.46  sections 21.111 to 21.122. 
 20.47  $727,000 the first year and $741,000 
 20.48  the second year are from the seed 
 20.49  inspection fund established under 
 20.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 21.92, for 
 20.51  administration and enforcement of 
 20.52  Minnesota Statutes, sections 21.80 to 
 20.53  21.92. 
 21.1   $731,000 the first year and $744,000 
 21.2   the second year are from the commercial 
 21.3   feed inspection account established 
 21.4   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 21.5   25.39, subdivision 4, for 
 21.6   administration and enforcement of 
 21.7   Minnesota Statutes, sections 25.35 to 
 21.8   25.44. 
 21.9   $530,000 the first year and $530,000 
 21.10  the second year are from the fruit and 
 21.11  vegetables inspection account 
 21.12  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.13  section 27.07, subdivision 6, for 
 21.14  administration and enforcement of 
 21.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 27.07. 
 21.16  $1,746,000 the first year and 
 21.17  $1,779,000 the second year are from the 
 21.18  dairy services account established 
 21.19  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 21.20  32.394, subdivision 9, for the purpose 
 21.21  of dairy services under Minnesota 
 21.22  Statutes, chapter 32. 
 21.23  $324,000 the first year and $324,000 
 21.24  the second year are from the livestock 
 21.25  weighing fund established under 
 21.26  Minnesota Statutes, section 17A.11, for 
 21.27  the purpose of livestock weighing costs 
 21.28  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17A. 
 21.29  $53,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
 21.30  second year are for payment of claims 
 21.31  relating to livestock damaged by 
 21.32  threatened or endangered animal species 
 21.33  and agricultural crops damaged by elk.  
 21.34  If the appropriation for either year is 
 21.35  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 21.36  other year is available for it. 
 21.37  $160,000 the first year and $160,000 
 21.38  the second year are an increase for the 
 21.39  grade A and manufacturing grade 
 21.40  inspection programs under Minnesota 
 21.41  Statutes, section 32.394. 
 21.42  $700,000 the first year is for a grant 
 21.43  to the University of Minnesota as 
 21.44  funding for research on wheat and 
 21.45  barley diseases, primarily head scab.  
 21.46  This appropriation is in addition to 
 21.47  other public and nonpublic money for 
 21.48  scab research. 
 21.49  $250,000 the first year is to be 
 21.50  credited to the seed potato inspection 
 21.51  fund and used for the administration 
 21.52  and enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.53  sections 21.80 to 21.92.  The 
 21.54  appropriation is to supplement the fees 
 21.55  paid by seed potato growers with an 
 21.56  amount that is intended to offset cost 
 21.57  overruns on the construction of the new 
 21.58  seed potato inspection facility in East 
 21.59  Grand Forks which were beyond the 
 21.60  control and responsibility of the seed 
 21.61  potato growers. 
 21.62  Subd. 3.  Agricultural Marketing and Development
 22.1        3,175,000      3,110,000
 22.2                  Summary by Fund
 22.3   General              2,919,000    2,969,000
 22.4   Special Revenue        256,000      141,000
 22.5   $100,000 each year is from the general 
 22.6   fund for a contract with the Minnesota 
 22.7   Institute for Sustainable Agriculture 
 22.8   to gather, evaluate, publish, and 
 22.9   disseminate sustainable agriculture 
 22.10  information to a broad audience through 
 22.11  both printed and electronic means.  The 
 22.12  Minnesota institute for sustainable 
 22.13  agriculture must work in cooperation 
 22.14  with the department of agriculture in 
 22.15  carrying out this activity.  
 22.16  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.17  section 41A.09, subdivision 3, the 
 22.18  total payments from the ethanol 
 22.19  development account to all producers 
 22.20  may not exceed $44,651,000 for the 
 22.21  biennium ending June 30, 1999.  If the 
 22.22  total amount for which all producers 
 22.23  are eligible in a quarter exceeds the 
 22.24  amount available for payments, the 
 22.25  commissioner shall make the payments on 
 22.26  a pro rata basis. 
 22.27  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 22.28  the second year are for ethanol 
 22.29  promotion and public education. 
 22.30  $71,000 the first year and $71,000 the 
 22.31  second year are for transfer to the 
 22.32  Minnesota grown matching account and 
 22.33  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
 22.34  grown promotion under Minnesota 
 22.35  Statutes, section 17.109. 
 22.36  $141,000 the first year and $141,000 
 22.37  the second year are from the 
 22.38  commodities research and promotion 
 22.39  account in the special revenue fund. 
 22.40  $115,000 is from the Minnesota 
 22.41  conservation fund, established in 
 22.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 40A.151, to 
 22.43  the commissioner of agriculture to 
 22.44  provide a match to the $100,000 
 22.45  appropriation from the future resources 
 22.46  fund to evaluate the effectiveness of 
 22.47  Minnesota's agricultural land 
 22.48  preservation programs, make 
 22.49  recommendations for statutory and 
 22.50  programmatic improvements, and identify 
 22.51  and quantify fiscal impacts of urban 
 22.52  sprawl. 
 22.53  $76,000 the first year and $77,000 the 
 22.54  second year are for development and 
 22.55  promotion of integrated pest management 
 22.56  in an urban environment.  The urban 
 22.57  integrated pest management development 
 22.58  and promotion program must be 
 22.59  coordinated with Metropolitan State 
 22.60  University. 
 23.1   $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
 23.2   second year are for grants to farmers 
 23.3   for demonstration projects involving 
 23.4   sustainable agriculture.  If a project 
 23.5   cost is more than $25,000, the amount 
 23.6   above $25,000 must be cost-shared at a 
 23.7   state-applicant ratio of one to one.  
 23.8   Priorities must be given for projects 
 23.9   involving multiple parties.  Up to 
 23.10  $20,000 each year may be used for 
 23.11  dissemination of information about the 
 23.12  demonstration grant projects.  The 
 23.13  commissioner may award as grants, up to 
 23.14  $60,000 per biennium for market 
 23.15  development and analysis of small, 
 23.16  community-based, value-added processing 
 23.17  of agricultural products or production 
 23.18  of high value crops.  Individual awards 
 23.19  may not exceed $10,000.  Criteria for 
 23.20  awards must be consistent with 
 23.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 17.116, 
 23.22  subdivision 3, paragraph (c).  If the 
 23.23  appropriation for either year is 
 23.24  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 23.25  other is available. 
 23.26  Subd. 4.  Administration and 
 23.27  Financial Assistance 
 23.28       6,598,000      4,936,000
 23.29  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 23.30  the second year must be spent for the 
 23.31  WIC coupon program. 
 23.32  $115,000 the first year and $99,000 the 
 23.33  second year are for family farm 
 23.34  security interest payment adjustments.  
 23.35  If the appropriation for either year is 
 23.36  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 23.37  other year is available for it.  No new 
 23.38  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
 23.39  1998 or 1999.  
 23.40  $201,000 the first year and $202,000 
 23.41  the second year are for the family farm 
 23.42  advocacy program. 
 23.43  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 23.44  second year are for the northern crops 
 23.45  institute.  These appropriations may be 
 23.46  spent to purchase equipment and are 
 23.47  available until spent.  
 23.48  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 23.49  the second year are for grants to 
 23.50  agriculture information centers.  The 
 23.51  grants are only available on a match 
 23.52  basis.  The funds may be released at 
 23.53  the rate of $4 of state money for each 
 23.54  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
 23.55  raised.  Any appropriated amounts not 
 23.56  matched by April 1 of each year are 
 23.57  available for other purposes within the 
 23.58  department, of which $10,000 each year 
 23.59  may be used for farm safety programs 
 23.60  and remains available until June 30, 
 23.61  1999. 
 23.62  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 23.63  the second year are for the Seaway Port 
 24.1   Authority of Duluth. 
 24.2   $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
 24.3   second year are for a grant to the 
 24.4   Minnesota Livestock Breeders' 
 24.5   Association. 
 24.6   $75,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
 24.7   second year are for the Passing on the 
 24.8   Farm Center under Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.9   section 17.985.  This appropriation is 
 24.10  available only to the extent matched 
 24.11  with nonstate money. 
 24.12  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 24.13  second year are for beaver damage 
 24.14  control grants. 
 24.15  $70,000 the first year is for the 
 24.16  construction costs of a greenhouse to 
 24.17  produce biological control agents. 
 24.18  $1,000,000 the first year is to expand 
 24.19  the one-on-one educational delivery 
 24.20  team system to provide appropriate 
 24.21  technologies, including rotational 
 24.22  grazing and other sustainable 
 24.23  agriculture methods, applicable to 
 24.24  small and medium sized dairy farms to 
 24.25  enhance the financial success and 
 24.26  long-term sustainability of dairy farms 
 24.27  in the state.  Activities of the dairy 
 24.28  diagnostic teams must be spread 
 24.29  throughout the dairy producing regions 
 24.30  of the state.  The teams must consist 
 24.31  of farm business management 
 24.32  instructors, dairy extension 
 24.33  specialists, and dairy industry 
 24.34  partners to deliver the informational 
 24.35  and technological services.  Not later 
 24.36  than February 1, 1998, the commissioner 
 24.37  shall provide an interim report to the 
 24.38  standing committees of the Minnesota 
 24.39  senate and house of representatives 
 24.40  that deal with agricultural policy 
 24.41  issues and funding on activities and 
 24.42  accomplishments of the dairy diagnostic 
 24.43  teams.  The commissioner shall provide 
 24.44  a follow-up report to the committees on 
 24.45  February 1, 1999. 
 24.46  $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
 24.47  second year are for funding litigation 
 24.48  to accomplish reform of the federal 
 24.49  milk market order system and for legal 
 24.50  actions opposing the Northeast Dairy 
 24.51  Compact. 
 24.52  $100,000 the first year is to the 
 24.53  commissioner of agriculture to transfer 
 24.54  to the public utilities commission for 
 24.55  costs related to the duties of the 
 24.56  commission and the team of science 
 24.57  advisors established under Laws 1994, 
 24.58  chapter 573, as amended.  This 
 24.59  appropriation remains available until 
 24.60  June 30, 1999. 
 24.61  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 24.62  second year are for activities of the 
 24.63  dairy producers board under Minnesota 
 25.1   Statutes, section 17.76. 
 25.2   $500,000 the first year is for 
 25.3   livestock odor research.  Of this 
 25.4   amount, $300,000 is for a grant to the 
 25.5   University of Minnesota department of 
 25.6   biosystems and agricultural engineering 
 25.7   for research and development of:  (1) 
 25.8   an odor rating system that compares 
 25.9   odor levels of livestock production 
 25.10  facilities based on the species of 
 25.11  livestock, livestock housing, manure 
 25.12  management systems, and other factors 
 25.13  that contribute to odor levels, with 
 25.14  the odor rating to be determined using 
 25.15  olfactometry; (2) information tools to 
 25.16  be provided to local units of 
 25.17  government to create setback 
 25.18  requirements for livestock production 
 25.19  facilities based on the odor rating 
 25.20  system developed in clause (1); (3) 
 25.21  best management practices to control 
 25.22  livestock odor with priority on the 
 25.23  development of practices that control 
 25.24  odor as much as economically feasible 
 25.25  during seasonal and other periods of 
 25.26  peak odor levels; and (4) provisions 
 25.27  for rating the efficacy of new 
 25.28  odor-reduction technologies and 
 25.29  additives.  Applicants for a rating 
 25.30  under this clause must pay for the 
 25.31  research necessary to provide the 
 25.32  rating to be used in marketing their 
 25.33  new technology.  $200,000 is for a 
 25.34  grant to a higher education institution 
 25.35  for research, development, and 
 25.36  promotion of low-emission and 
 25.37  low-energy alternative hog production 
 25.38  systems and promotion of developed 
 25.39  systems, including hoop houses, the 
 25.40  Swedish model (Vastgotamodellen) for 
 25.41  farrowing and feeder pig production, 
 25.42  and pasture grazing and farrowing. 
 25.43  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 25.44  the second year are to develop a 
 25.45  scientific data base on odor from 
 25.46  feedlots, conduct research on 
 25.47  biofilters as odor suppressants, and 
 25.48  evaluate composting and drainage 
 25.49  systems for effectiveness.  This is a 
 25.50  one-time appropriation. 
 25.51  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 25.52  to the University of Minnesota for 
 25.53  funding of continued research and 
 25.54  development on improved turf grasses to 
 25.55  be produced in Minnesota.  The agronomy 
 25.56  and plant genetics department shall 
 25.57  continue its collaboration with turf 
 25.58  seed producing and seed marketing 
 25.59  companies in Minnesota.  This 
 25.60  appropriation remains available until 
 25.61  June 30, 1999.  Not later than March 1, 
 25.62  1999, the agronomy and plant genetics 
 25.63  department of the University of 
 25.64  Minnesota shall report to the 
 25.65  committees of the Minnesota senate and 
 25.66  house of representatives that deal with 
 25.67  agricultural policy on the activities 
 25.68  and interim results of the 
 26.1   appropriation. 
 26.2   Sec. 8.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH        2,348,000      2,383,000
 26.3   $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 26.4   second year are for a program to 
 26.5   control para-tuberculosis ("Johne's 
 26.6   disease") in domestic bovine herds.  
 26.7   The board must design and implement a 
 26.8   program to provide educational and 
 26.9   financial assistance to bovine herd 
 26.10  owners for testing and related 
 26.11  activities that will reduce the 
 26.12  prevalence of the disease in herds 
 26.13  known to be infected and to establish 
 26.14  "test negative" herds as a source of 
 26.15  negative replacement cattle.  Not later 
 26.16  than January 31, 1999, the executive 
 26.17  secretary shall report to the 
 26.18  legislature on the progress and results 
 26.19  of the para-tuberculosis control 
 26.20  program. 
 26.21  $49,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 26.22  second year are for a grant to the 
 26.23  University of Minnesota college of 
 26.24  veterinary medicine to be used for 
 26.25  development and implementation of the 
 26.26  companion animal resource education 
 26.27  program, in collaboration with the 
 26.28  Minnesota extension service. 
 26.29  Sec. 9.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 26.30  OF MINNESOTA                           1,136,000      1,164,000
 26.31   Sec. 10.   MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN    
 26.32  BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                 172,000        -0-    
 26.33                Summary by Fund
 26.34  General                 141,000       -0-    
 26.35  Natural Resources        31,000       -0-
 26.36  Sec. 11.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 26.37  OF SCIENCE                                41,000         41,000
 26.38  $5,000 the first year and $5,000 the 
 26.39  second year are for a program to 
 26.40  provide hands on science activities for 
 26.41  elementary school children. 
 26.42  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 
 26.43  SOCIETY                                   82,000         82,000
 26.44  Sec. 13.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION
 26.45  RESEARCH INSTITUTE                     4,480,000      3,830,000
 26.46                Summary by Fund
 26.47  General               4,280,000     3,630,000
 26.48  Special Revenue         200,000       200,000
 26.49  $150,000 the first year is for 
 26.50  development of a program of marketing a 
 26.51  value-added agriculture product by a 
 26.52  community-based youth program. 
 26.53  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 26.54  the second year are for hybrid tree 
 27.1   management research and development of 
 27.2   an implementation plan for establishing 
 27.3   hybrid tree plantations in the state.  
 27.4   This appropriation is available to the 
 27.5   extent matched by $2 of nonstate 
 27.6   contributions, either cash or in kind, 
 27.7   for each $1 of state money. 
 27.8   Sec. 14.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES 
 27.9   Subdivision 1.  Total
 27.10  Appropriation                         37,208,000 
 27.11                Summary by Fund
 27.12  Minnesota Future 
 27.13  Resources Fund       14,668,000
 27.14  Environment and 
 27.15  Natural Resources 
 27.16  Trust Fund           22,270,000
 27.17  Great Lakes Protection 
 27.18  Account                 120,000
 27.19  Oil Overcharge 
 27.20  Money in the Special
 27.21  Revenue Fund            150,000
 27.22  Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
 27.23  in this section are available until 
 27.24  June 30, 1999, when projects must be 
 27.25  completed and final products delivered. 
 27.26  Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 27.27  (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 27.28  Minnesota future resources fund 
 27.29  referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.30  section 116P.13. 
 27.31  (b) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 27.32  environment and natural resources trust 
 27.33  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.34  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 27.35  (c) "Great lakes protection account" 
 27.36  means the account referred to in 
 27.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 116Q.02. 
 27.38  (d) "Oil overcharge money" means the 
 27.39  money referred to in Minnesota 
 27.40  Statutes, section 4.071, subdivision 2. 
 27.41  Subd. 3.  Legislative Commission 
 27.42  on Minnesota Resources                   776,000
 27.43  $304,000 of this appropriation is from 
 27.44  the future resources fund and $472,000 
 27.45  is from the trust fund, pursuant to 
 27.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.09, 
 27.47  subdivision 5. 
 27.48  Subd. 4.  Recreation 
 27.49  (a) STATE PARK AND RECREATION AREA 
 27.50  ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, BETTERMENT, 
 27.51  AND REHABILITATION                     3,500,000 
 27.52  This appropriation is from the trust 
 27.53  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 28.1   resources as follows:  (1) for state 
 28.2   park and recreation area acquisition, 
 28.3   $2,500,000; and (2) for state park and 
 28.4   recreation area development, 
 28.5   rehabilitation, and resource 
 28.6   management, $1,000,000, unless 
 28.7   otherwise specified in the approved 
 28.8   work program.  The use of the Minnesota 
 28.9   conservation corps is encouraged.  The 
 28.10  commissioner must submit grant requests 
 28.11  for supplemental funding for federal 
 28.12  ISTEA money in eligible categories and 
 28.13  report the results to the legislative 
 28.14  commission on Minnesota resources.  
 28.15  This project must be completed and 
 28.16  final products delivered by June 30, 
 28.17  2000, and the appropriation is 
 28.18  available until that date. 
 28.19  (b) METROPOLITAN REGIONAL PARK 
 28.20  SYSTEM                                 3,500,000 
 28.21  This appropriation is from the trust 
 28.22  fund for payment by the commissioner of 
 28.23  natural resources to the metropolitan 
 28.24  council for subgrants for acquisition, 
 28.25  development, and rehabilitation in the 
 28.26  metropolitan regional park system 
 28.27  consistent with the metropolitan 
 28.28  council regional recreation open space 
 28.29  capital improvement plan.  This 
 28.30  appropriation may be used for the 
 28.31  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 28.32  are expressly included in the work 
 28.33  program approved by the legislative 
 28.34  commission on Minnesota resources.  The 
 28.35  metropolitan council shall collect and 
 28.36  digitize all local, regional, state, 
 28.37  and federal parks and all off-road 
 28.38  trails with connecting on-road routes 
 28.39  for the metropolitan area and produce a 
 28.40  printed map.  This project must be 
 28.41  completed and final products delivered 
 28.42  by June 30, 2000, and the appropriation 
 28.43  is available until that date. 
 28.44  (c) LOCAL INITIATIVES GRANTS 
 28.45  PROGRAM                                2,900,000 
 28.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 28.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 28.48  natural resources to provide matching 
 28.49  grants, as follows:  
 28.50  (1) $600,000 to local units of 
 28.51  government for local park and 
 28.52  recreation areas pursuant to Minnesota 
 28.53  Statutes, section 85.019.  $50,000 of 
 28.54  this appropriation is to complete the 
 28.55  Larue public water access. 
 28.56  (2) $600,000 to local units of 
 28.57  government for natural and scenic areas 
 28.58  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 28.59  85.019. 
 28.60  (3) $900,000 for trail grants to local 
 28.61  units of government on land to be 
 28.62  maintained for at least 20 years for 
 28.63  the purposes of the grant.  $200,000 is 
 28.64  for grants of up to $50,000 per project 
 29.1   for trail linkages between communities, 
 29.2   trails, and parks, and $700,000 is for 
 29.3   grants of up to $250,000 for locally 
 29.4   funded trails of regional significance. 
 29.5   (4) $600,000 for a statewide 
 29.6   conservation partners program, to 
 29.7   encourage private organizations and 
 29.8   local governments to cost share 
 29.9   improvement of fish, wildlife, and 
 29.10  native plant habitats and research and 
 29.11  surveys of fish and wildlife. 
 29.12  Conservation partners grants may be up 
 29.13  to $10,000 each. 
 29.14  (5) $200,000 for environmental 
 29.15  partnerships program grants of up to 
 29.16  $10,000 each for environmental service 
 29.17  projects and related education 
 29.18  activities through public and private 
 29.19  partnerships. 
 29.20  In addition to the required work 
 29.21  program, grants may not be approved 
 29.22  until grant proposals to be funded have 
 29.23  been submitted to the legislative 
 29.24  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 29.25  the commission has approved the grants 
 29.26  or allowed 60 days to pass.  The above 
 29.27  appropriations, in combination, are 
 29.28  available half for the metropolitan 
 29.29  area as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
 29.30  section 473.121, subdivision 2, and 
 29.31  half for outside of the metropolitan 
 29.32  area.  For the purpose of this 
 29.33  paragraph, match must be nonstate 
 29.34  contributions, but may be either cash 
 29.35  or in-kind.  This project must be 
 29.36  completed and final products delivered 
 29.37  by June 30, 2000, and the appropriation 
 29.38  is available until that date. 
 29.39  Subd. 5.  Historic Sites 
 29.40  (a) FORT SNELLING STATE PARK - UPPER 
 29.41  BLUFF UTILIZATION AND AYH HOSTEL         250,000 
 29.42  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.43  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 29.44  natural resources for a cooperative 
 29.45  project with Hostelling International 
 29.46  and community cooperators to develop a 
 29.47  conceptual utilization plan for the 
 29.48  Upper Bluff Area, assess buildings for 
 29.49  potential hostel use, and complete the 
 29.50  design and construction documents for a 
 29.51  building or buildings for future 
 29.52  renovation as a hostel.  This 
 29.53  appropriation must be matched by at 
 29.54  least $20,000 of nonstate money. 
 29.55  (b) PROTECTING RURAL HISTORIC 
 29.56  LANDSCAPES IN HIGH DEVELOPMENT AREAS      80,000 
 29.57  This appropriation is from the trust 
 29.58  fund to the Minnesota Historical 
 29.59  Society to document resources and 
 29.60  prepare a management plan for 
 29.61  historical agricultural landscapes in 
 29.62  the St. Cloud-Rochester growth corridor.
 30.1   (c) JEFFERS PETROGLYPHS ENVIRONMENTAL 
 30.2   ASSESSMENT AND PRAIRIE RESTORATION       125,000 
 30.3   This appropriation is from the future 
 30.4   resources fund to the Minnesota 
 30.5   Historical Society to establish an 
 30.6   environmental monitoring program and 
 30.7   assess environmental effects on the 
 30.8   petroglyphs and restore native prairie 
 30.9   to parts of this state site. 
 30.10  (d) HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MUSEUM ON 
 30.11  VERMILION LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION        100,000 
 30.12  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.13  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 30.14  Historical Society for an agreement 
 30.15  with Bois Forte Reservation to design 
 30.16  and construct a historical museum for 
 30.17  cultural interpretation adjacent to an 
 30.18  historic gold mine and fur trade post 
 30.19  on Lake Vermilion.  As an additional 
 30.20  condition of acceptance of this 
 30.21  appropriation, this facility may not be 
 30.22  used for any form of gambling or the 
 30.23  promotion of gambling.  This 
 30.24  appropriation must be matched by at 
 30.25  least $100,000 of nonstate money. 
 30.26  (e) SOUDAN UNDERGROUND PHYSICS 
 30.27  LABORATORY EXPANSION                     400,000 
 30.28  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.29  resources fund to the University of 
 30.30  Minnesota to assist in the construction 
 30.31  of the Soudan Mine facilities for 
 30.32  scientific interpretation. 
 30.33  Subd. 6.  Water Resources 
 30.34  (a) ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT 
 30.35  ALTERNATIVES AND TECHNOLOGY 
 30.36  TRANSFER                                 500,000 
 30.37  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.38  resources fund to the pollution control 
 30.39  agency for the second biennium to 
 30.40  evaluate alternative on-site sewage 
 30.41  treatment systems for cost-effective 
 30.42  removal of pathogenic bacteria, 
 30.43  viruses, and nutrients. 
 30.44  (b) NITRATE EDUCATION AND TESTING        150,000 
 30.45  This appropriation is from the trust 
 30.46  fund to the commissioner of agriculture 
 30.47  to accelerate knowledge of nitrate 
 30.48  levels in private drinking water 
 30.49  supplies through development of water 
 30.50  testing clinics for rural well owners 
 30.51  and education programs.  This 
 30.52  appropriation must be matched by at 
 30.53  least $50,000 from the agriculture 
 30.54  fertilizer inspection account. 
 30.55  (c) SNAKE RIVER WATERSHED BMPS           100,000 
 30.56  This appropriation is from the trust 
 30.57  fund to the board of water and soil 
 30.58  resources for an agreement with the 
 30.59  Snake River Watershed Management Board 
 31.1   to accelerate the implementation of the 
 31.2   1996 Snake River Watershed Management 
 31.3   Plan. 
 31.4   (d) EVALUATION OF WATERSHED BASED 
 31.5   WATERSHED DISTRICT MANAGEMENT            150,000 
 31.6   This appropriation is from the future 
 31.7   resources fund to the board of water 
 31.8   and soil resources for an agreement 
 31.9   with the Minnesota Association of 
 31.10  Watershed Districts to evaluate the 
 31.11  effectiveness of water quality 
 31.12  management by watershed districts.  
 31.13  This appropriation must be matched by 
 31.14  at least $75,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.15  (e) RED RIVER VALLEY PLANNING 
 31.16  AND MANAGEMENT                           375,000 
 31.17  This appropriation is from the trust 
 31.18  fund to the pollution control agency to 
 31.19  create an ecosystem management plan for 
 31.20  the Red River Valley, integrating land 
 31.21  and water basin management strategies 
 31.22  in cooperation with interstate and 
 31.23  international organizations. 
 31.24  (f) SUSTAINABLE LAKE PLANS               270,000 
 31.25  This appropriation is from the trust 
 31.26  fund to the University of Minnesota, 
 31.27  Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, 
 31.28  in cooperation with the Minnesota Lakes 
 31.29  Association, to develop education 
 31.30  programs and a comprehensive lake plan 
 31.31  in each of the state's five lake 
 31.32  regions. 
 31.33  Subd. 7.  Agricultural Practices 
 31.34  (a) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF 
 31.35  AGRICULTURAL PESTS                       200,000 
 31.36  This appropriation is from the trust 
 31.37  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 31.38  accelerate using biological control of 
 31.39  pests in agricultural production 
 31.40  systems.  This appropriation is 
 31.41  available until June 30, 2000, at which 
 31.42  time the project must be completed and 
 31.43  final products delivered, unless an 
 31.44  earlier date is specified in the work 
 31.45  program. 
 31.46  (b) CROP MANAGEMENT TO MINIMIZE 
 31.47  PESTICIDE INPUTS                         300,000 
 31.48  This appropriation is from the trust 
 31.49  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 31.50  develop nonpesticide management 
 31.51  strategies for pest control for crops. 
 31.52  (c) SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS          560,000 
 31.53  This appropriation is from the trust 
 31.54  fund to the University of Minnesota for 
 31.55  a comprehensive program of 
 31.56  complementary on-farm and experiment 
 31.57  station research, demonstration, and 
 31.58  educational activities about the 
 32.1   economic and environmental effects of 
 32.2   sustainable farming systems. 
 32.3   (d) PRAIRIE-GRASSLAND LANDSCAPES         125,000 
 32.4   This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.5   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.6   resources for the second biennium to 
 32.7   implement grassland ecosystem 
 32.8   stewardship activities in the Glacial 
 32.9   Lake Agassiz Interbeach area in 
 32.10  cooperation with the resource 
 32.11  conservation and development councils. 
 32.12  (e) REDUCING MINNESOTA RIVER 
 32.13  POLLUTION FROM LACUSTRINE SOILS          250,000 
 32.14  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.15  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 32.16  agriculture in cooperation with the 
 32.17  University of Minnesota for the second 
 32.18  biennium to research the impact of 
 32.19  farming systems utilizing crop residue 
 32.20  for sediment control on lacustrine 
 32.21  landscapes in the Minnesota River Basin.
 32.22  Subd. 8.  Pollution Prevention 
 32.23  (a) TOXIC EMISSIONS FROM FIRE 
 32.24  TRAINING                                  65,000 
 32.25  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.26  fund to Metropolitan State University 
 32.27  to identify and quantify toxic 
 32.28  emissions from live-burn training in 
 32.29  acquired structures to evaluate and 
 32.30  propose alternatives.  This 
 32.31  appropriation is available until June 
 32.32  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 32.33  must be completed and final products 
 32.34  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 32.35  specified in the work program. 
 32.36  (b) POLLUTION PREVENTION TRAINING 
 32.37  PROGRAM FOR INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYEES         100,000
 32.38  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.39  resources fund to the director of the 
 32.40  office of environmental assistance for 
 32.41  agreements with Citizens for a Better 
 32.42  Environment and the University of 
 32.43  Minnesota to provide the training and 
 32.44  technical assistance needed for 
 32.45  pollution prevention by industrial 
 32.46  employees. 
 32.47  Subd. 9.  Impacts on Natural Resources 
 32.48  (a) GRANTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
 32.49  TO ASSIST NATURAL RESOURCE
 32.50  DECISION MAKING                          150,000 
 32.51  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.52  resources fund to the board of water 
 32.53  and soil resources for matching grants 
 32.54  to local governments to help enable 
 32.55  incorporation of impacts on natural 
 32.56  resources into local decision making. 
 32.57  (b) EVALUATION OF URBAN GROWTH 
 32.58  ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
 33.1   COSTS AND BENEFITS                       275,000 
 33.2   This appropriation is from the future 
 33.3   resources fund to the director of the 
 33.4   office of strategic and long-range 
 33.5   planning for an agreement with 
 33.6   Minnesotans for an energy-efficient 
 33.7   economy to evaluate the benefits, 
 33.8   costs, and environmental impacts of 
 33.9   alternative urban and rural growth 
 33.10  patterns. 
 33.11  (c) REINVENTING THE AGRICULTURAL LAND 
 33.12  PRESERVATION PROGRAM                     100,000 
 33.13  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.14  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.15  agriculture to evaluate the 
 33.16  effectiveness of Minnesota's 
 33.17  agricultural land preservation 
 33.18  programs, and identify and quantify 
 33.19  fiscal impacts of rural sprawl.  This 
 33.20  appropriation must be matched by at 
 33.21  least $100,000 of nonstate money or 
 33.22  money from the Minnesota conservation 
 33.23  fund. 
 33.24  (d) NEW MODELS FOR LAND-USE 
 33.25  PLANNING                                 530,000 
 33.26  This appropriation is from the trust 
 33.27  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.28  resources for an agreement with the 
 33.29  Land Stewardship Project for planning, 
 33.30  inventory, technical assistance, and 
 33.31  education addressing voluntary 
 33.32  easements, purchase, and transfer of 
 33.33  development rights to create a 
 33.34  protected green corridor in Washington 
 33.35  and Chisago counties.  Up to $30,000 is 
 33.36  to provide training in adapting 
 33.37  holistic resource management concepts 
 33.38  and principles for decision making in 
 33.39  land use planning. 
 33.40  (e) NORTH MINNEAPOLIS UPPER RIVER 
 33.41  MASTER PLAN                              300,000 
 33.42  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.43  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.44  natural resources for an agreement with 
 33.45  the Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
 33.46  Board to develop a master plan 
 33.47  addressing greenspace and trail 
 33.48  development, riverbank restoration, and 
 33.49  stimulation of river-oriented land uses 
 33.50  within a corridor along the east and 
 33.51  west banks of the Mississippi river 
 33.52  from Plymouth Avenue north to the 
 33.53  Minneapolis city limits.  This 
 33.54  appropriation must be matched by at 
 33.55  least $100,000 of nonstate money. 
 33.56  (f) PREVENTING STORMWATER RUNOFF 
 33.57  PROBLEMS THROUGH WATERSHED 
 33.58  LAND DESIGN                              280,000 
 33.59  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.60  resources fund to the University of 
 33.61  Minnesota to develop watershed-based 
 33.62  land design models for preserving 
 34.1   habitat and traditional patterns, and 
 34.2   preventing flooding and water quality 
 34.3   degradation. 
 34.4   (g) MILLER CREEK MANAGEMENT              100,000 
 34.5   This appropriation is from the future 
 34.6   resources fund to the board of water 
 34.7   and soil resources for agreements with 
 34.8   the Miller Creek Task Force and the 
 34.9   natural resources research institute.  
 34.10  $25,000 is available to the Miller 
 34.11  Creek Task Force to begin the project 
 34.12  to implement water quality improvement 
 34.13  activities on Miller Creek.  The 
 34.14  remaining $75,000 is contingent on the 
 34.15  formation of a watershed district or a 
 34.16  joint powers agreement in place by 
 34.17  January 1998, and a match of at least 
 34.18  $25,000 of nonstate money and $25,000 
 34.19  of additional activity being provided 
 34.20  by the natural resources research 
 34.21  institute or other sources.  Up to 
 34.22  $25,000 of the remaining $75,000 is for 
 34.23  an agreement with the natural resources 
 34.24  research institute for research 
 34.25  activities. 
 34.26  (h) TROUT HABITAT PRESERVATION   
 34.27  USING ALTERNATIVE WATERSHED
 34.28  MANAGEMENT PRACTICES                     250,000 
 34.29  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.30  resources fund to the board of water 
 34.31  and soil resources to implement 
 34.32  alternative watershed management 
 34.33  practices to preserve the lower reaches 
 34.34  of Browns Creek as trout habitat. 
 34.35  Subd. 10.  Decision-Making Tools
 34.36  (a) COMPARATIVE RISKS OF MULTIPLE 
 34.37  CHEMICAL EXPOSURES                       150,000 
 34.38  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.39  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.40  health to develop comparative risk 
 34.41  information for managing exposures to 
 34.42  multiple environmental hazards from 
 34.43  measurements of pesticides, volatile 
 34.44  organic compounds, and metals in soil, 
 34.45  air, water, and food. 
 34.46  (b) METROPOLITAN AREA GROUNDWATER 
 34.47  MODEL                                    300,000 
 34.48  This appropriation is from the trust 
 34.49  fund to the pollution control agency 
 34.50  for the second biennium to improve and 
 34.51  refine the metropolitan groundwater 
 34.52  model to improve contaminant tracking, 
 34.53  cleanup evaluation, and overall 
 34.54  protection of groundwater resources. 
 34.55  (c) WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN                 100,000 
 34.56  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.57  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.58  natural resources to develop a 
 34.59  management plan for Minnesota wolves, 
 34.60  to be ready for implementation if the 
 35.1   Eastern Timberwolf is removed from the 
 35.2   federal endangered species list. 
 35.3   (d) MINNESOTA RIVER BASIN NATURAL 
 35.4   RESOURCE DATA                            250,000 
 35.5   This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.6   fund to Mankato State University in 
 35.7   cooperation with the Minnesota River 
 35.8   Basin Joint Powers Board to prepare 
 35.9   geographic information system data sets 
 35.10  for the 1,208 minor watersheds, provide 
 35.11  Internet access to the data, and 
 35.12  outreach training.  This appropriation 
 35.13  must be matched by at least $100,000 of 
 35.14  nonstate money. 
 35.15  (e) STATEWIDE DIGITAL SOIL 
 35.16  DATABASE - PHASE I                       145,000 
 35.17  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.18  resources fund to the board of water 
 35.19  and soil resources for the first 
 35.20  biennium for a pilot program to 
 35.21  investigate methods to digitize data 
 35.22  from older soil surveys and to 
 35.23  coordinate soil survey digitizing in at 
 35.24  least one county on a 50 percent cost 
 35.25  share basis.  Up to $30,000 of this 
 35.26  appropriation is for digitizing and 
 35.27  must be matched by nonstate money by 
 35.28  April 30, 1999. 
 35.29  (f) FILLMORE COUNTY SOIL 
 35.30  SURVEY UPDATE                             65,000 
 35.31  This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.32  fund to the board of water and soil 
 35.33  resources to provide half of the 
 35.34  nonfederal share for the second year of 
 35.35  a six-year project to update the 
 35.36  Fillmore county soil survey into a 
 35.37  digitized and manuscript format. 
 35.38  (g) STATEWIDE SURVEY OF  
 35.39  ANGLER ATTITUDES                         100,000 
 35.40  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.41  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 35.42  natural resources to assess angler 
 35.43  attitudes statewide. 
 35.44  Subd. 11.  Public Access to Natural
 35.45  Resource Data 
 35.46  (a) FOUNDATIONS FOR INTEGRATED ACCESS 
 35.47  TO ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION             650,000 
 35.48  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.49  resources fund to the director of the 
 35.50  office of strategic and long-range 
 35.51  planning for a collaborative effort 
 35.52  among natural resource agencies to 
 35.53  design, develop, and test a solution to 
 35.54  provide integrated electronic access to 
 35.55  environmental and natural resource 
 35.56  data.  These data must be made 
 35.57  accessible and free to the public 
 35.58  unless made private under the Data 
 35.59  Practices Act. 
 36.1   (b) PUBLIC ACCESS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL 
 36.2   KNOWLEDGE                                200,000 
 36.3   This appropriation is from the future 
 36.4   resources fund to the Minnesota 
 36.5   Historical Society for an agreement 
 36.6   with the Institute for Minnesota 
 36.7   Archaeology to enhance and provide 
 36.8   public electronic access to regional 
 36.9   archaeological data that have been 
 36.10  acquired or maintained with public 
 36.11  money. 
 36.12  Subd. 12.  Sustainable Development 
 36.13  Activities 
 36.14  (a) RENEWABLE ENERGY DEMONSTRATION 
 36.15  AND EDUCATION IN STATE PARKS             230,000 
 36.16  $80,000 of this appropriation is from 
 36.17  the trust fund and $150,000 is from oil 
 36.18  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 36.19  natural resources for an agreement with 
 36.20  the Center for Energy and Environment 
 36.21  to demonstrate cost-effective 
 36.22  applications of renewable energy 
 36.23  technologies in state parks by 
 36.24  developing technology selection 
 36.25  guidelines, installing projects in 
 36.26  state parks, and providing public 
 36.27  renewable energy education.  This 
 36.28  appropriation is available until June 
 36.29  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 36.30  must be completed and final products 
 36.31  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 36.32  specified in the work program. 
 36.33  (b) ALFALFA BIOMASS PRODUCTION           200,000 
 36.34  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.35  resources fund to the University of 
 36.36  Minnesota for the evaluation of the 
 36.37  environmental impacts and benefits of 
 36.38  the production of alfalfa for 
 36.39  electrical power generation.  This 
 36.40  appropriation is available until June 
 36.41  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 36.42  must be completed and final products 
 36.43  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 36.44  specified in the work program. 
 36.45  (c) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND 
 36.46  ENERGY ON FAMILY FARMS                   200,000 
 36.47  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.48  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.49  administration for an agreement with 
 36.50  the Sustainable Resources Center for 
 36.51  the second biennium to provide 
 36.52  technical assistance, wind assessment, 
 36.53  and technology transfer for the 
 36.54  development of wind energy harvesting. 
 36.55  (d) SUSTAINABLE GARDENING FOR MINNESOTA 
 36.56  HOMES AND COMMUNITIES                    400,000 
 36.57  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.58  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.59  natural resources for an agreement with 
 36.60  the Sustainable Resources Center for 
 36.61  the fifth biennium to accelerate 
 37.1   community garden programs through 
 37.2   technical assistance to encourage 
 37.3   ecologically sound landscape plantings 
 37.4   and maintenance.  Up to $60,000 is to 
 37.5   provide a link between sustainable 
 37.6   agriculture farmers and urban consumers.
 37.7   (e) ECONOMICS FOR LASTING 
 37.8   PROGRESS                                 250,000 
 37.9   This appropriation is from the future 
 37.10  resources fund to the director of the 
 37.11  office of strategic and long-range 
 37.12  planning for an assessment of how 
 37.13  economic indicators and policies reward 
 37.14  or discourage pollution, employment, 
 37.15  and sustainable resource use in 
 37.16  Minnesota. 
 37.17  Subd. 13.  Environmental Education 
 37.18  (a) SCHOOL NATURE AREA PROJECT 
 37.19  (SNAP)                                   250,000 
 37.20  This appropriation is from the trust 
 37.21  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 37.22  resources for an agreement with St. 
 37.23  Olaf College for the second biennium to 
 37.24  accelerate partnerships between 
 37.25  institutions of higher education and 
 37.26  schools to develop school nature areas 
 37.27  and demonstrate methods of ecological 
 37.28  enhancement for integration into school 
 37.29  curriculum. 
 37.30  (b) WATERSHED SCIENCE:  INTEGRATED 
 37.31  RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM           500,000 
 37.32  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.33  resources fund to the Science Museum of 
 37.34  Minnesota to establish a long-term 
 37.35  monitoring program for the Valley Creek 
 37.36  watershed, develop a public geographic 
 37.37  information system laboratory, and 
 37.38  watershed science education programs. 
 37.39  (c) MINNESOTA FROG WATCH AND FROG 
 37.40  DEFORMITY RESEARCH                       600,000 
 37.41  $300,000 of this appropriation is from 
 37.42  the trust fund to the commissioner of 
 37.43  the pollution control agency for an 
 37.44  agreement with the Center for Global 
 37.45  Environmental Education, Hamline 
 37.46  University, for the second biennium to 
 37.47  accelerate the Minnesota frog watch 
 37.48  environmental education and monitoring 
 37.49  program.  $300,000 of this 
 37.50  appropriation is from the future 
 37.51  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.52  the pollution control agency for the 
 37.53  second biennium to investigate the 
 37.54  health of frog populations and evaluate 
 37.55  the causes of frog deformities.  This 
 37.56  appropriation is available until June 
 37.57  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 37.58  must be completed and final products 
 37.59  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 37.60  specified in the work program. 
 37.61  (d) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE LEARNING 
 38.1   PROJECTS IN MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOLS          100,000 
 38.2   This appropriation is from the future 
 38.3   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 38.4   natural resources for an agreement with 
 38.5   Eco Education to provide training and 
 38.6   minigrants for student service learning 
 38.7   projects.  This appropriation is 
 38.8   available until June 30, 2000, at which 
 38.9   time the project must be completed and 
 38.10  final products delivered, unless an 
 38.11  earlier date is specified in the work 
 38.12  program. 
 38.13  (e) PARTNERS IN ACCESSIBLE RECREATION 
 38.14  AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY         550,000 
 38.15  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.16  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.17  resources for an agreement with 
 38.18  Wilderness Inquiry for the second 
 38.19  biennium to provide a statewide program 
 38.20  of environmental education, outdoor 
 38.21  recreation, and inclusion of people 
 38.22  with disabilities and other minority 
 38.23  groups. 
 38.24  (f) ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE 
 38.25  LEARNING                                 100,000 
 38.26  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.27  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.28  resources for an agreement with Stowe 
 38.29  Environmental Elementary School to 
 38.30  develop a partnership of schools, 
 38.31  communities, and agencies for 
 38.32  environmental service learning projects.
 38.33  (g) STATE WOLF MANAGEMENT:  ELECTRONICALLY 
 38.34  MODERATING THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION         100,000 
 38.35  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.36  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.37  resources for an agreement with the 
 38.38  International Wolf Center to provide a 
 38.39  public electronic forum and information 
 38.40  on wolf management.  This appropriation 
 38.41  must be matched by at least $20,000 of 
 38.42  nonstate money. 
 38.43  (h) CATCH AND RELEASE                     20,000 
 38.44  This appropriation is from the future 
 38.45  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 38.46  natural resources for an agreement with 
 38.47  the Rainy Lake Sportfishing Club to 
 38.48  accelerate its catch and release 
 38.49  program.  This appropriation must be 
 38.50  matched by at least $10,000 of nonstate 
 38.51  contributions, either cash or in-kind. 
 38.52  (i) ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL 
 38.53  EDUCATION RAPTOR NETWORK                 222,000 
 38.54  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.55  fund to the University of Minnesota 
 38.56  raptor center for the second biennium 
 38.57  to implement an electronic 
 38.58  environmental education network using 
 38.59  satellite tracking with birds of prey.  
 38.60  The raptor center must seek additional 
 39.1   public and private partnerships. 
 39.2   (j) GREEN PRINT SUCCESS                  136,000 
 39.3   This appropriation is from the future 
 39.4   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 39.5   natural resources for an agreement with 
 39.6   Ramsey county parks and recreation 
 39.7   department for a cooperative project 
 39.8   including environmental learning 
 39.9   centers, counties, and school districts 
 39.10  to prepare, pilot, and disseminate 
 39.11  information on successful 
 39.12  implementation of the Minnesota green 
 39.13  print plan for environmental education. 
 39.14  (k) ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS REGIONAL   
 39.15  PARK URBAN INTERPRETATION PROGRAM        250,000 
 39.16  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.17  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 39.18  natural resources for an agreement with 
 39.19  the city of St. Paul, division of parks 
 39.20  and recreation, for a program to 
 39.21  increase utilization of St. Paul and 
 39.22  Minneapolis regional parks for 
 39.23  environmental education activities. 
 39.24  Subd. 14.  Benchmarks and Indicators 
 39.25  (a) ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS 
 39.26  INITIATIVE-CONTINUATION                  250,000 
 39.27  This appropriation is from the trust 
 39.28  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.29  resources for the second biennium of a 
 39.30  three biennium project to create a 
 39.31  statewide framework for selecting and 
 39.32  monitoring environmental indicators to 
 39.33  assess and communicate Minnesota's 
 39.34  environmental health status and trends. 
 39.35  (b) MINNESOTA'S FOREST BIRD DIVERSITY 
 39.36  INITIATIVE:  CONTINUATION                 350,000 
 39.37  This appropriation is from the trust 
 39.38  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 39.39  resources for the fourth biennium of a 
 39.40  six-biennium project for a 
 39.41  comprehensive monitoring and research 
 39.42  program that develops management tools 
 39.43  to maintain forest bird diversity.  
 39.44  This appropriation is available until 
 39.45  June 30, 2000, at which time the 
 39.46  project must be completed and final 
 39.47  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 39.48  date is specified in the work program. 
 39.49  (c) WATER QUALITY INDICATORS OF 
 39.50  ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS           250,000 
 39.51  This appropriation is from the trust 
 39.52  fund to the pollution control agency to 
 39.53  monitor and research the effects of 
 39.54  endocrine disrupting chemicals in 
 39.55  surface waters on fish and wildlife 
 39.56  through analysis of biological effects. 
 39.57  (d) STREAM HABITAT PROTECTION:  
 39.58  CONTINUATION                             225,000 
 40.1   This appropriation is from the trust 
 40.2   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 40.3   resources to accelerate the stream flow 
 40.4   protection program.  This is the third 
 40.5   biennium of a proposed eight-biennium 
 40.6   effort to establish a watershed level 
 40.7   stream habitat database and develop the 
 40.8   tools to set protected flows for 
 40.9   ecosystem diversity.  This 
 40.10  appropriation is available until June 
 40.11  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 40.12  must be completed and final products 
 40.13  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 40.14  specified in the work program. 
 40.15  (e) WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS MONITORING        160,000 
 40.16  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.17  resources fund to the University of 
 40.18  Minnesota to monitor wetland 
 40.19  restorations for their ecological 
 40.20  success and develop a long-term 
 40.21  monitoring database. 
 40.22  (f) LOONS:  INDICATORS OF MERCURY 
 40.23  IN THE ENVIRONMENT                       230,000 
 40.24  This appropriation is from the trust 
 40.25  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 40.26  analyze loon exposure to mercury and 
 40.27  its effects on loon health and 
 40.28  reproduction in the wild. 
 40.29  Subd. 15.  Native Fisheries 
 40.30  (a) IMPROVED DECISIONS FOR WALLEYE 
 40.31  STOCKING AND SPECIAL REGULATIONS         245,000 
 40.32  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.33  resources fund to the University of 
 40.34  Minnesota to evaluate outcomes of 
 40.35  various stocking and harvest strategies 
 40.36  through modeling and genetic marker 
 40.37  tracking of the best performing strains 
 40.38  to maximize benefits of walleye 
 40.39  stocking and harvest regulations on 
 40.40  individual lakes.  This appropriation 
 40.41  is available until June 30, 2000, at 
 40.42  which time the project must be 
 40.43  completed and final products delivered, 
 40.44  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 40.45  the work program. 
 40.46  (b) MINNESOTA RARE MUSSEL 
 40.47  CONSERVATION                              91,000 
 40.48  This appropriation is from the trust 
 40.49  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 40.50  establish and monitor refugia in the 
 40.51  St. Croix River to improve freshwater 
 40.52  mussel conservation. 
 40.53  Subd. 16.  Land Acquisition in High 
 40.54  Growth Areas 
 40.55  (a) SAND DUNES STATE FOREST 
 40.56  ACQUISITION                              400,000 
 40.57  This appropriation is from the trust 
 40.58  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 40.59  resources to acquire approximately 200 
 41.1   acres of lands within the Sand Dunes 
 41.2   State Forest, according to the 
 41.3   Cambridge area forest resource 
 41.4   management plan. 
 41.5   (b) ARBORETUM LAND ACQUISITION           450,000 
 41.6   This appropriation is from the trust 
 41.7   fund to the University of Minnesota for 
 41.8   a grant to the University of Minnesota 
 41.9   Landscape Arboretum Foundation for the 
 41.10  second biennium for land acquisition to 
 41.11  expand the boundary of the Minnesota 
 41.12  Landscape Arboretum.  This 
 41.13  appropriation must be matched by at 
 41.14  least $450,000 of nonstate money. 
 41.15  (c) CLEARWATER CREEK GREENWAY      
 41.16  CORRIDOR                                 500,000 
 41.17  This appropriation is from the trust 
 41.18  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 41.19  resources for an agreement with the 
 41.20  city of Hugo in cooperation with other 
 41.21  local units of government to acquire 
 41.22  and develop land along Clearwater Creek 
 41.23  from Bald Eagle Lake to Centerville for 
 41.24  a greenway and trail corridor and water 
 41.25  resource management area. 
 41.26  Subd. 17.  Critical Lands or Habitats 
 41.27  (a) SUSTAINABLE WOODLANDS ON PRIVATE 
 41.28  LANDS                                    875,000 
 41.29  This appropriation is from the future 
 41.30  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 41.31  natural resources, in cooperation with 
 41.32  the Minnesota Forestry Association, to 
 41.33  develop stewardship plans for private 
 41.34  landowners and implement natural 
 41.35  resource projects by providing matching 
 41.36  money to private landowners. 
 41.37  (b)  CANNON RIVER WATERSHED: 
 41.38  INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT                    287,000
 41.39  This appropriation is from the future 
 41.40  resources fund to the board of water 
 41.41  and soil resources for an agreement 
 41.42  with the Cannon River Watershed 
 41.43  Partnership for the third biennium to 
 41.44  implement activities in the Cannon 
 41.45  River watershed through easements, 
 41.46  matching grants, and technical 
 41.47  assistance. 
 41.48  (c) PEATLAND RESTORATION                 275,000
 41.49  This appropriation is from the future 
 41.50  resources fund to the University of 
 41.51  Minnesota-Duluth, natural resources 
 41.52  research institute, to promote 
 41.53  reestablishment of diverse, sustainable 
 41.54  peatland ecosystems on harvested 
 41.55  peatland sites through accelerated 
 41.56  development of cost effective, reliable 
 41.57  peatland restoration techniques. 
 41.58  (d) PRAIRIE HERITAGE PROJECT             500,000 
 42.1   This appropriation is from the trust 
 42.2   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 42.3   resources for an agreement with 
 42.4   Pheasants Forever, Inc., to acquire and 
 42.5   develop land for prairie grasslands and 
 42.6   wetlands to be donated to the public.  
 42.7   The land must be open and accessible to 
 42.8   the public.  This appropriation must be 
 42.9   matched by at least $500,000 of 
 42.10  nonstate money.  In addition to the 
 42.11  required work program, parcels may not 
 42.12  be acquired until parcel lists have 
 42.13  been submitted to the legislative 
 42.14  commission on Minnesota resources and 
 42.15  the commission has approved the parcel 
 42.16  list or allowed 60 days to pass. 
 42.17  (e) PHALEN AREA WETLAND 
 42.18  RESTORATION, PHASE II                    600,000 
 42.19  This appropriation is from the trust 
 42.20  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 42.21  resources for an agreement with the 
 42.22  city of St. Paul for design, pre- and 
 42.23  post-construction monitoring, and 
 42.24  construction of approximately nine 
 42.25  acres of wetland. 
 42.26  (f) MINNESOTA POINT PROTECTION            75,000 
 42.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 42.28  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 42.29  natural resources for an agreement with 
 42.30  Park Point Community Club for 
 42.31  administrative and management expenses 
 42.32  to secure the protection of the scenic 
 42.33  pine stands and bird sanctuary at 
 42.34  Minnesota Point in Duluth. 
 42.35  (g) SAVANNAH RESTORATION FOR 
 42.36  SHARP-TAILED GROUSE                       30,000 
 42.37  This appropriation is from the future 
 42.38  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 42.39  natural resources for an agreement with 
 42.40  the Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse 
 42.41  Society to identify and inventory 
 42.42  restorable northern savannahs for 
 42.43  sharp-tailed grouse habitat. 
 42.44  (h) RIM - CRITICAL HABITAT ACQUISITION 
 42.45  AND ENHANCEMENT                          936,000 
 42.46  $866,000 of this appropriation is from 
 42.47  the trust fund and $70,000 is from the 
 42.48  future resources fund to the 
 42.49  commissioner of natural resources to 
 42.50  accelerate the reinvest in Minnesota 
 42.51  program activities authorized under 
 42.52  Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.  
 42.53  Projects must occur in both urban and 
 42.54  rural areas.  Retroactive reimbursement 
 42.55  for the greening the great river park 
 42.56  project is authorized. 
 42.57  (i) RIM - WILDLIFE HABITAT 
 42.58  STEWARDSHIP                              400,000 
 42.59  This appropriation is from the trust 
 42.60  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 42.61  resources to accelerate the reinvest in 
 43.1   Minnesota program to improve wildlife 
 43.2   habitat and natural plant communities 
 43.3   statewide on public lands, both urban 
 43.4   and rural, to protect and enhance 
 43.5   wildlife, native plant species, and 
 43.6   ecological diversity. 
 43.7   (j) SCIENTIFIC AND NATURAL AREA 
 43.8   ACQUISITION                              700,000 
 43.9   This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.10  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.11  resources to accelerate the acquisition 
 43.12  of land for scientific and natural 
 43.13  areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 43.14  84.033. 
 43.15  (k) RIM - WILDLIFE HABITAT 
 43.16  ACQUISITION                              500,000 
 43.17  This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.18  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.19  resources to accelerate acquisition of 
 43.20  North American waterfowl management 
 43.21  plan wetlands and associated uplands on 
 43.22  a cost-share basis and wildlife habitat 
 43.23  in areas of high population growth. 
 43.24  (l) RIM - ACCELERATE FISHERIES 
 43.25  ACQUISITION                              900,000 
 43.26  This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.27  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.28  resources to accelerate the reinvest in 
 43.29  Minnesota program to acquire land 
 43.30  adjacent to lakes and streams to 
 43.31  provide for angler and management 
 43.32  access or protection of critical 
 43.33  riparian habitat, including access for 
 43.34  nonboat owners and urban users.  This 
 43.35  appropriation is available until June 
 43.36  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 43.37  must be completed and final products 
 43.38  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 43.39  specified in the work program. 
 43.40  (m) MINNESOTA COUNTY BIOLOGICAL 
 43.41  SURVEY - CONTINUATION                  1,200,000 
 43.42  This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.43  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.44  resources for the sixth biennium of a 
 43.45  proposed 12-biennium project to 
 43.46  accelerate the county biological survey 
 43.47  for the systematic collection, 
 43.48  interpretation, and distribution of 
 43.49  data on the ecology of rare plants, 
 43.50  animals, and natural communities. 
 43.51  (n) FISHING PIER AND PUBLIC 
 43.52  SHORE ACCESS                             355,000 
 43.53  This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.54  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.55  resources to provide increased access 
 43.56  to lakes and rivers statewide through 
 43.57  the provision of fishing piers and 
 43.58  shoreline access. 
 43.59  (o) PUBLIC BOAT ACCESS                   350,000 
 44.1   This appropriation is from the trust 
 44.2   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 44.3   resources to accelerate public water 
 44.4   access acquisition and development 
 44.5   statewide. 
 44.6   (p) FISHERIES STATEWIDE HATCHERY 
 44.7   REHABILITATION                           500,000 
 44.8   $310,000 of this appropriation is from 
 44.9   the trust fund and $190,000 is from the 
 44.10  future resources fund to the 
 44.11  commissioner of natural resources to 
 44.12  accelerate the reinvest in Minnesota 
 44.13  program to implement projects to 
 44.14  maintain and improve statewide fish 
 44.15  culture facilities.  This appropriation 
 44.16  is available until June 30, 2000, at 
 44.17  which time the project must be 
 44.18  completed and final products delivered, 
 44.19  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 44.20  the work program. 
 44.21  (q) RIM - ACCELERATE FISH   
 44.22  HABITAT IMPROVEMENT                      500,000 
 44.23  This appropriation is from the trust 
 44.24  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 44.25  resources to implement projects for the 
 44.26  restoration, improvement, and 
 44.27  development of fisheries habitat. 
 44.28  Subd. 18.  Wildlife or Trail Corridors 
 44.29  (a) MESABI TRAIL LAND ACQUISITION 
 44.30  AND DEVELOPMENT                          600,000 
 44.31  This appropriation is from the future 
 44.32  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 44.33  natural resources for an agreement with 
 44.34  the St. Louis and Lake Counties 
 44.35  Regional Rail Authority for the third 
 44.36  biennium to develop and acquire 
 44.37  segments of the Mesabi trail.  This 
 44.38  appropriation must be matched by at 
 44.39  least $600,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 44.40  appropriation is available until June 
 44.41  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 44.42  must be completed and final products 
 44.43  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 44.44  specified in the work program. 
 44.45  (b) CHIPPEWA COUNTY REGIONAL TRAIL       400,000 
 44.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 44.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 44.48  natural resources for an agreement with 
 44.49  the city of Montevideo for the second 
 44.50  biennium to complete the construction 
 44.51  of the Chippewa county trail system in 
 44.52  Montevideo.  This appropriation must be 
 44.53  matched by at least $226,000 of 
 44.54  nonstate money.  This appropriation is 
 44.55  available until June 30, 2000, at which 
 44.56  time the project must be completed and 
 44.57  final products delivered, unless an 
 44.58  earlier date is specified in the work 
 44.59  program. 
 44.60  Subd. 19.  Native Species Planting 
 45.1   (a) MINNESOTA RELEAF TREE PLANTING 
 45.2   AND PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM           300,000 
 45.3   This appropriation is from the future 
 45.4   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 45.5   natural resources for the third 
 45.6   biennium for matching grants to local 
 45.7   communities to plant predominantly 
 45.8   native trees and protect native oak 
 45.9   forests from oak wilt. 
 45.10  (b) RESTORING WHITE PINE IN THE 
 45.11  MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE                      120,000 
 45.12  This appropriation is from the trust 
 45.13  fund to the University of Minnesota to 
 45.14  investigate factors currently limiting 
 45.15  establishment of white pine seedlings 
 45.16  in various forest cover types.  
 45.17  Management recommendations for natural 
 45.18  regeneration, seeding, and planting 
 45.19  must be developed. 
 45.20  (c) OAK SAVANNAH RESTORATION IN   
 45.21  ST. PAUL REGIONAL PARKS                  425,000 
 45.22  This appropriation is from the trust 
 45.23  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 45.24  resources for an agreement with the 
 45.25  city of St. Paul, division of parks and 
 45.26  recreation, to restore oak savannah 
 45.27  ecosystems in regional parks. 
 45.28  Subd. 20.  Exotic Species 
 45.29  (a) BALLAST WATER TECHNOLOGY 
 45.30  DEMONSTRATION FOR EXOTIC 
 45.31  SPECIES CONTROL                          250,000 
 45.32  $130,000 of this appropriation is from 
 45.33  the future resources fund and $120,000 
 45.34  is from the Great Lakes Protection 
 45.35  Account to the commissioner of natural 
 45.36  resources for a demonstration project 
 45.37  in cooperation with the Duluth Port 
 45.38  Authority to test, evaluate, and refine 
 45.39  techniques for preventing the 
 45.40  introduction and dispersal of exotic 
 45.41  species from ballast water into Lake 
 45.42  Superior. 
 45.43  (b) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF EURASIAN 
 45.44  WATER MILFOIL AND PURPLE 
 45.45  LOOSESTRIFE - CONTINUATION               150,000 
 45.46  This appropriation is from the trust 
 45.47  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 45.48  resources for the third biennium of a 
 45.49  five-biennium project to develop 
 45.50  biological controls for Eurasian water 
 45.51  milfoil and purple loosestrife.  This 
 45.52  appropriation is available until June 
 45.53  30, 2000, at which time the project 
 45.54  must be completed and final products 
 45.55  delivered, unless an earlier date is 
 45.56  specified in the work program. 
 45.57  Subd. 21.  Data Availability Requirements 
 45.58  (a) During the biennium ending June 30, 
 45.59  1999, the data collected by the 
 46.1   projects funded under this section that 
 46.2   have common value for natural resource 
 46.3   planning and management must conform to 
 46.4   information architecture as defined in 
 46.5   guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 46.6   information policy office and 
 46.7   government information access council.  
 46.8   These data must be made accessible and 
 46.9   free to the public unless made private 
 46.10  under the Data Practices Act.  
 46.11  (b) As part of their project 
 46.12  expenditures, recipients of land 
 46.13  acquisition appropriations must provide 
 46.14  the information necessary to update 
 46.15  public recreation information maps and 
 46.16  other appropriate media to the 
 46.17  department of natural resources in the 
 46.18  specified form. 
 46.19  Subd. 22.  Project Requirements 
 46.20  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 46.21  appropriations in this section that any 
 46.22  agency or entity receiving the 
 46.23  appropriation must comply with 
 46.24  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P. 
 46.25  Subd. 23.  Match Requirements 
 46.26  Unless specifically authorized, 
 46.27  appropriations in this section that 
 46.28  must be matched and for which the match 
 46.29  has not been committed by January 1, 
 46.30  1998, are canceled, and in-kind 
 46.31  contributions may not be counted as 
 46.32  match. 
 46.33  Subd. 24.  Payment Conditions and 
 46.34  Capital Equipment Expenditures 
 46.35  All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 46.36  referred to in this section must be 
 46.37  administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 46.38  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 46.39  section 16A.41, expenditures made on or 
 46.40  after July 1, 1997, or the date the 
 46.41  work program is approved, whichever is 
 46.42  later, are eligible for reimbursement.  
 46.43  Payment must be made upon receiving 
 46.44  documentation that project-eligible 
 46.45  reimbursable amounts have been 
 46.46  expended, except that reasonable 
 46.47  amounts may be advanced to projects in 
 46.48  order to accommodate cash flow needs. 
 46.49  The advances must be approved as part 
 46.50  of the work program.  No expenditures 
 46.51  for capital equipment are allowed 
 46.52  unless expressly authorized in the 
 46.53  project work program. 
 46.54  Subd. 25.  Purchase of Recycled and 
 46.55  Recyclable Materials 
 46.56  A political subdivision, public or 
 46.57  private corporation, or other entity 
 46.58  that receives an appropriation in this 
 46.59  section must use the appropriation in 
 46.60  compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 46.61  sections 16B.121 to 16B.123, requiring 
 46.62  the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 47.1   and durable materials, the purchase of 
 47.2   uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 47.3   soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 47.4   state agency. 
 47.5   Subd. 26.  Carryforward 
 47.6   (a) The availability of the 
 47.7   appropriations for the following 
 47.8   projects is extended to June 30, 1998: 
 47.9   Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 8, 
 47.10  subdivision 3, paragraph (c), local 
 47.11  grants; Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 
 47.12  19, subdivision 4, paragraph (e), local 
 47.13  grants; subdivision 5, paragraph (d), 
 47.14  blufflands landscape, paragraph (f), 
 47.15  atmospheric mercury emissions, 
 47.16  deposition and environmental cost 
 47.17  evaluation, paragraph (i), water 
 47.18  quality impacts of feedlot pollution 
 47.19  control systems, and paragraph (r), 
 47.20  developing, evaluating, and promoting 
 47.21  sustainable farming systems; 
 47.22  subdivision 6, paragraph (b), 
 47.23  environmental education teacher 
 47.24  training, paragraph (g), electronic 
 47.25  environmental education network; and 
 47.26  paragraph (r), as amended by Laws 1996, 
 47.27  chapter 407, section 51, Ney 
 47.28  environmental center and paragraph (s), 
 47.29  Lawndale Environmental Center; 
 47.30  subdivision 7, paragraph (f), 
 47.31  completion of statewide land use 
 47.32  update, paragraph (g), Fillmore county 
 47.33  soil survey update, paragraph (j), 
 47.34  microbial deterioration of asphalt 
 47.35  materials and prevention, and paragraph 
 47.36  (k), analysis of lands enrolled in 
 47.37  conservation reserve program; 
 47.38  subdivision 8, paragraph (a), urban 
 47.39  wildlife habitat program; subdivision 
 47.40  11, paragraph (e), energy improvements 
 47.41  in public ice arenas. 
 47.42  (b) The availability of the 
 47.43  appropriation for the following 
 47.44  projects is extended to June 30, 1999: 
 47.45  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 19, 
 47.46  subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
 47.47  metropolitan regional park system; 
 47.48  paragraph (g), clause (1), as amended 
 47.49  by Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 50, 
 47.50  local share for ISTEA federal projects 
 47.51  and subdivision 12, paragraph (a), 
 47.52  restore historic Mississippi river mill 
 47.53  site; Laws 1994, chapter 632, article 
 47.54  2, section 6, Silver Bay harbor; and 
 47.55  Laws 1993, chapter 172, section 14, 
 47.56  subdivision 10, paragraph (o), Lake 
 47.57  Superior safe harbors-continuation. 
 47.58  Subd. 27.  Energy Conservation 
 47.59  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 47.60  made in this section for a capital 
 47.61  improvement project shall ensure that 
 47.62  the project complies with the 
 47.63  applicable energy conservation 
 47.64  standards contained in law, including 
 47.65  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 47.66  216C.21, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 48.1   The recipient may use the energy 
 48.2   planning and intervention and energy 
 48.3   technologies units of the commissioner 
 48.4   of public service to obtain information 
 48.5   and technical assistance on energy 
 48.6   conservation and alternative energy 
 48.7   development relating to the planning 
 48.8   and construction of the capital 
 48.9   improvement project. 
 48.10  Sec. 15.  FISCAL YEAR 1997 APPROPRIATION 
 48.11  $500,000 in fiscal year 1997 is 
 48.12  appropriated to the commissioner of 
 48.13  natural resources for a binding 
 48.14  arbitration award related to the 
 48.15  removal of the Flandrau dam. 
 48.16     Sec. 16.  [4.0715] [ISTEA ENHANCEMENT MONEY.] 
 48.17     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] "ISTEA enhancement money" 
 48.18  means money received by the state from the federal government 
 48.19  under the 1997 reauthorization of the Intermodal Surface 
 48.20  Transportation Efficiency Act and designated for enhancement. 
 48.21     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATION REQUIRED.] ISTEA enhancement money 
 48.22  may not be spent until it is specifically appropriated by law. 
 48.23     Subd. 3.  [MINNESOTA RESOURCES PROJECTS.] The legislature 
 48.24  intends to appropriate ISTEA enhancement money for projects that 
 48.25  have been reviewed and recommended by a committee comprised of 
 48.26  members of the legislative commission on Minnesota resources and 
 48.27  the senate transportation finance and house transportation 
 48.28  finance division.  A work plan must be prepared for each 
 48.29  proposed project for review.  The committee must recommend 
 48.30  specific projects to the legislature. 
 48.31     Sec. 17.  [17.110] [BEAVER DAMAGE CONTROL GRANTS.] 
 48.32     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner of 
 48.33  agriculture shall establish a beaver damage control grant 
 48.34  program to provide grants for the control of beaver activities 
 48.35  causing damage to public waters, roads, and ditches and adjacent 
 48.36  private property.  The grants may only be made to a joint powers 
 48.37  board established under section 471.59 by two or more 
 48.38  governmental units and may include Indian tribal governments. 
 48.39     Subd. 2.  [GRANT AMOUNT.] The commissioner may provide up 
 48.40  to 50 percent of the costs of implementing a beaver damage 
 48.41  control program by a joint powers board. 
 48.42     Subd. 3.  [AWARDING OF GRANTS.] Applications for grants 
 49.1   must be made to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the 
 49.2   commissioner.  The commissioner shall consult with town 
 49.3   supervisors and county commissioners representing different 
 49.4   areas of the state in developing the application form.  A joint 
 49.5   powers board seeking a grant may be required to supply 
 49.6   information on the beaver control program it has adopted, the 
 49.7   extent of the problem in the geographic area covered by the 
 49.8   joint powers agreement, and the ability of the joint powers 
 49.9   board to match the state grant.  The commissioner may prioritize 
 49.10  the grant applications based upon the information requested as 
 49.11  part of the grant application. 
 49.12     Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] (a) Within one year after receiving a 
 49.13  grant under this section, a joint powers board must report to 
 49.14  the commissioner on the board's efforts to control beaver in the 
 49.15  area. 
 49.16     (b) The commissioner shall report to the senate and house 
 49.17  environment and natural resources committees on the efforts 
 49.18  under this section to control beaver by December 15 of each 
 49.19  even-numbered year. 
 49.20     Sec. 18.  [17.40] [AGROFORESTRY.] 
 49.21     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] "Agroforestry" means the 
 49.22  cultivation of short-rotation woody crops using agricultural 
 49.23  practices to produce timber or forest products. 
 49.24     Subd. 2.  [AGRICULTURAL PURSUIT.] Agroforestry is an 
 49.25  agricultural pursuit. 
 49.26     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 17.76, is 
 49.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 49.28     Subd. 4.  [EXPIRATION.] The dairy producers board expires 
 49.29  on June 30, 2001. 
 49.30     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 32.394, 
 49.31  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 49.32     Subd. 11.  [WAIVER OF RULES; WATER WELL DISTANCE 
 49.33  REQUIREMENT.] A dairy farmer who wishes to be permitted to 
 49.34  produce grade A milk may not be denied the grade A permit solely 
 49.35  because of provisions in rules adopted by the commissioner of 
 49.36  health requiring a minimum distance between a water well and a 
 50.1   dairy barn.  To be eligible for a grade A permit, the following 
 50.2   conditions must be met: 
 50.3      (1) the water well must have been in place prior to January 
 50.4   1, 1974; 
 50.5      (2) the water well must comply with all rules of the 
 50.6   commissioner of health other than the minimum distance 
 50.7   requirement; and 
 50.8      (3) water from the well must be tested at least once every 
 50.9   six months in compliance with guidelines established by the 
 50.10  commissioner of agriculture unless the water from the well meets 
 50.11  water quality requirements for three consecutive years, in which 
 50.12  case the water must be tested only once every 12 months until 
 50.13  the water fails to meet water quality requirements during one of 
 50.14  the tests. 
 50.15     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 32.415, is 
 50.16  amended to read: 
 50.17     32.415 [MILK FOR MANUFACTURING; QUALITY STANDARDS.] 
 50.18     (a) The commissioner may adopt rules to provide uniform 
 50.19  quality standards, and producers of milk used for manufacturing 
 50.20  purposes shall conform to the standards contained in Subparts B, 
 50.21  C, D, E, and F of the United States Department of Agriculture 
 50.22  Consumer and Marketing Service Recommended Requirements for Milk 
 50.23  for Manufacturing Purposes and its Production and Processing, 
 50.24  Vol. 37 Federal Register, No. 68, Part II, April 7, 1972, as 
 50.25  revised through March 1, 1996 1997, except that the commissioner 
 50.26  shall develop methods by which producers can comply with the 
 50.27  standards without violation of religious beliefs.  
 50.28     (b) The commissioner shall perform or contract for the 
 50.29  performance of the inspections necessary to implement this 
 50.30  section or shall certify dairy industry personnel to perform the 
 50.31  inspections.  
 50.32     (c) The commissioner and other employees of the department 
 50.33  shall make every reasonable effort to assist producers in 
 50.34  achieving the milk quality standards at minimum cost and to use 
 50.35  the experience and expertise of the University of Minnesota and 
 50.36  the agricultural extension service to assist producers in 
 51.1   achieving the milk quality standards in the most cost-effective 
 51.2   manner.  
 51.3      (d) The commissioner shall consult with producers, 
 51.4   processors, and others involved in the dairy industry in order 
 51.5   to prepare for the implementation of this section including 
 51.6   development of informational and educational materials, 
 51.7   meetings, and other methods of informing producers about the 
 51.8   implementation of standards under this section. 
 51.9      Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.0273, is 
 51.10  amended to read: 
 51.11     84.0273 [CORRECTION ESTABLISHMENT OF BOUNDARY LINES 
 51.12  RELATING TO CERTAIN STATE LANDHOLDINGS.] 
 51.13     In order to correct errors in legal descriptions resolve 
 51.14  boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the 
 51.15  state and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural 
 51.16  resources may, in the name of the state upon terms the 
 51.17  commissioner deems appropriate, convey, without monetary 
 51.18  consideration, by a boundary line agreement, quitclaim deed, or 
 51.19  management agreement in such form as the attorney general 
 51.20  approves, such rights, titles, and interests of the state in 
 51.21  state lands for such rights, titles and interests in adjacent 
 51.22  lands as are necessary for the purpose of correcting legal 
 51.23  descriptions of establishing boundaries.  A notice of the 
 51.24  proposed conveyance and a brief statement of the reason therefor 
 51.25  shall be published once in the State Register by the 
 51.26  commissioner between 15 and 30 days prior to conveyance.  The 
 51.27  provisions of this section are not intended to replace or 
 51.28  supersede laws relating to land exchange or disposal of surplus 
 51.29  state property. 
 51.30     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.0887, 
 51.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 51.32     Subd. 2.  [ADDITIONAL SERVICES; CORPS TO CAREER COMMUNITY 
 51.33  SERVICE.] (a) In addition to services under subdivision 1, youth 
 51.34  corps programs may coordinate with or provide services to: 
 51.35     (1) making public facilities accessible to individuals with 
 51.36  disabilities; 
 52.1      (2) federal, state, local, and regional governmental 
 52.2   agencies; 
 52.3      (3) nursing homes, hospices, senior centers, hospitals, 
 52.4   local libraries, parks, recreational facilities, child and adult 
 52.5   day care centers, programs servicing individuals with 
 52.6   disabilities, and schools; 
 52.7      (4) law enforcement agencies, and penal and probation 
 52.8   systems; 
 52.9      (5) private nonprofit organizations that primarily focus on 
 52.10  social service such as community action agencies; 
 52.11     (6) activities that focus on the rehabilitation or 
 52.12  improvement of public facilities, neighborhood improvements, 
 52.13  literacy training that benefits educationally disadvantaged 
 52.14  individuals, weatherization of and basic repairs to low-income 
 52.15  housing including housing occupied by older adults, activities 
 52.16  that focus on drug and alcohol abuse education, prevention, and 
 52.17  treatment; and 
 52.18     (7) any other nonpartisan civic activities and services 
 52.19  that the commissioner determines to be of a substantial social 
 52.20  benefit in meeting unmet human, educational, or environmental 
 52.21  needs, particularly needs related to poverty, or in the 
 52.22  community where volunteer service is to be performed. 
 52.23     (b) Youth and young adults may provide full-time or 
 52.24  part-time youth community service in a program known as "corps 
 52.25  to career" if the individual: 
 52.26     (1) is an unemployed high school dropout and is a parent of 
 52.27  a minor member of an assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP or 
 52.28  MFIP-R programs under chapter 256 or under the MFIP-S program 
 52.29  under chapter 256J, or is a person who is a member of an 
 52.30  assistance unit under the AFDC, MFIP or MFIP-R programs under 
 52.31  chapter 256 or under the MFIP-S program under chapter 256J; 
 52.32     (2) agrees to only use the individual's postservice benefit 
 52.33  under the federal Americorps Act to complete a customized job 
 52.34  training program that requires 20 percent of the individual's 
 52.35  time to be spent in the corps to career program and that is 
 52.36  consistent with the work requirements of the employment and 
 53.1   training services component of the MFIP-S program under chapter 
 53.2   256J or, if a customized job training program is unavailable, 
 53.3   agrees to use the postservice benefit consistent with the 
 53.4   federal education award; and 
 53.5      (3) during the entire time the individual completes the 
 53.6   individual's job training program, resides within an enterprise 
 53.7   zone as defined in section 469.303. 
 53.8      To be eligible under this paragraph, any individual who 
 53.9   receives assistance under clause (1) after MFIP-S has been 
 53.10  implemented in the individual's county of financial 
 53.11  responsibility, and who meets the requirements in clauses (2) 
 53.12  and (3), also must meet the requirements of the employment and 
 53.13  training services component of the MFIP-S program under chapter 
 53.14  256J.  
 53.15     (c) The commissioner of natural resources shall ensure that 
 53.16  the corps to career program will not decrease employment 
 53.17  opportunities that would be available without the program; will 
 53.18  not displace current employees including any partial 
 53.19  displacement in the form of reduced hours of work other than 
 53.20  overtime, wages, employment benefits, or regular seasonal work; 
 53.21  will not impair existing labor agreements; and will not result 
 53.22  in the substitution of project funding for preexisting funds or 
 53.23  sources of funds for ongoing work. 
 53.24     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.794, 
 53.25  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 53.26     Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRATION REVENUE.] Fees from the 
 53.27  registration of off-highway motorcycles and the unrefunded 
 53.28  gasoline tax attributable to off-highway motorcycle use under 
 53.29  section 296.16 must be deposited in the state treasury and 
 53.30  credited to the off-highway motorcycle account in the natural 
 53.31  resources fund.  Interest earned on unexpended balances shall be 
 53.32  credited to the account. 
 53.33     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.803, 
 53.34  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 53.35     Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRATION REVENUE.] Fees from the 
 53.36  registration of off-road vehicles and unrefunded gasoline tax 
 54.1   attributable to off-road vehicle use under section 296.16 must 
 54.2   be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the off-road 
 54.3   vehicle account in the natural resources fund.  Interest earned 
 54.4   on unexpended balances shall be credited to the account. 
 54.5      Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.927, 
 54.6   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 54.7      Subd. 2.  [PURPOSES.] Subject to appropriation by the 
 54.8   legislature, money in the all-terrain vehicle account and 
 54.9   interest earned on unexpended balances may only be spent for:  
 54.10     (1) the education and training program under section 
 54.11  84.925; 
 54.12     (2) administration and implementation of sections 84.92 to 
 54.13  84.929 and Laws 1984, chapter 647, sections 9 and 10; 
 54.14     (3) acquisition, maintenance, and development of vehicle 
 54.15  trails and use areas; 
 54.16     (4) grant-in-aid programs to counties and municipalities to 
 54.17  construct and maintain all-terrain vehicle trails and use areas; 
 54.18  and 
 54.19     (5) grants-in-aid to local safety programs. 
 54.20     The distribution of funds made available through 
 54.21  grant-in-aid programs must be guided by the statewide 
 54.22  comprehensive outdoor recreation plan. 
 54.23     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.015, is 
 54.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 54.25     Subd. 20.  [STAGECOACH TRAIL; STEELE, DODGE, AND OLMSTED 
 54.26  COUNTIES.] The trail shall originate at the Douglas trail near 
 54.27  the city of Rochester in Olmsted county and extend westerly 
 54.28  along the Zumbro river valley to the city of Mantorville and the 
 54.29  village of Wasioja in Dodge county, following as closely as 
 54.30  possible the historic stagecoach trail to Wasioja, through Rice 
 54.31  Lake state park to the city of Owatonna in Steele county. 
 54.32     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.22, 
 54.33  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 54.34     Subd. 2a.  [RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATION.] All receipts derived 
 54.35  from the rental or sale of state park items and operation of 
 54.36  Douglas Lodge shall be deposited in the state treasury and be 
 55.1   credited to the state parks working capital account.  Receipts 
 55.2   and expenses from Douglas Lodge shall be tracked separately 
 55.3   within the account.  Money in the account is annually 
 55.4   appropriated for the purchase and payment of expenses 
 55.5   attributable to items for resale or rental and operation of 
 55.6   Douglas Lodge.  Any excess receipts in this account are annually 
 55.7   appropriated for state park management and interpretive programs.
 55.8   Interest earned on unexpended balances shall be credited to the 
 55.9   account. 
 55.10     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85A.04, 
 55.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 55.12     Subd. 4.  [ZOO CONCESSION AND REVENUE ACCOUNT.] All 
 55.13  receipts and interest from the operation of zoo concessions, 
 55.14  memberships, and donations must be deposited in a special 
 55.15  account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the 
 55.16  board.  
 55.17     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86A.23, is 
 55.18  amended to read: 
 55.19     86A.23 [OPEN FACILITIES; LIABILITY EXEMPTION.] 
 55.20     Facilities in harbors and connecting waterways established 
 55.21  under sections 86A.20 to 86A.24 shall be public and open to all 
 55.22  users on equal and reasonable terms.  Users shall have no cause 
 55.23  of action against owners of land adjacent to small craft harbors 
 55.24  and mooring facilities for damage as a result of noise and dust 
 55.25  generated by facilities or iron-producing industries. 
 55.26     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 86B.415, 
 55.27  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 55.28     Subd. 9.  [DISPOSITION OF RECEIPTS.] Money received for 
 55.29  watercraft licenses shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
 55.30  credited to the water recreation account.  Interest earned on 
 55.31  unexpended balances shall be credited to the account. 
 55.32     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 92.06, 
 55.33  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 55.34     Subd. 4.  [IMPROVEMENTS, WHEN PAYMENT NOT NECESSARY.] If a 
 55.35  person has made improvements to the land and if:  (1) the 
 55.36  commissioner believes that person settled the land in good faith 
 56.1   as homestead land under the laws of the United States before it 
 56.2   was certified to the state, or if (2) the improvements were 
 56.3   lawfully made by that person as a lessee of the state, or (3) 
 56.4   the commissioner determines, based on clear and convincing 
 56.5   evidence provided by the person, that the improvements were made 
 56.6   by the person as an inadvertent trespasser, then the value of 
 56.7   the improvements must be separately appraised and, if the 
 56.8   settler or, lessee, or inadvertent trespasser purchases the 
 56.9   land, the settler or, lessee, or inadvertent trespasser is not 
 56.10  required to pay for the improvements.  If another person 
 56.11  purchases the land, that person must pay the owner of the 
 56.12  improvements, in addition to all other required payments, the 
 56.13  appraised amount for the improvements.  Payment for improvements 
 56.14  must be made within 15 days of the auction sale, either in cash 
 56.15  or upon terms and conditions agreeable to the owner of the 
 56.16  improvements.  If payment for improvements is not made in cash, 
 56.17  and if there is no agreement between the parties within 15 days 
 56.18  of the auction sale, the commissioner may: 
 56.19     (1) sell the property to the second highest qualified 
 56.20  bidder if that bidder submitted to the commissioner's 
 56.21  representative, at the auction sale, a written request to buy 
 56.22  the property at a specified price; or 
 56.23     (2) void the sale and reoffer the property at a subsequent 
 56.24  sale. 
 56.25     This subdivision does not apply unless the owner of the 
 56.26  improvements makes a verified application to the commissioner 
 56.27  showing entitlement to the improvements before the first state 
 56.28  public sale at which the land is offered for sale.  The 
 56.29  applicant must appear at the sale and offer to purchase the land 
 56.30  for at least its appraised value including all timber on it, and 
 56.31  make the purchase if no higher bid is received.  Actions or 
 56.32  other proceedings involving the land in question begun before 
 56.33  the sale must have been completed. 
 56.34     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 92.16, 
 56.35  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 56.36     Subdivision 1.  [CONTENTS; DEFAULT, RESALE.] At the time of 
 57.1   the sale the commissioner shall execute, acknowledge, and 
 57.2   deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale, numbered and 
 57.3   made assignable, certifying the description of the land sold, 
 57.4   its quantity, the price per acre, the consideration paid and to 
 57.5   be paid, and the time and terms of payment.  A certificate must 
 57.6   not be delivered until the sum required by law to be paid at the 
 57.7   time of the sale is paid.  The sum includes costs determined by 
 57.8   the commissioner to be associated with the sale such as survey, 
 57.9   appraisal, publication, deed tax, filing fee, and similar 
 57.10  costs.  If the purchaser fails to pay the sum, the commissioner 
 57.11  may immediately reoffer the land for sale, but a bid may not be 
 57.12  accepted from the person failing to pay the original offer.  If 
 57.13  the purchaser pays in full at the time of sale, the commissioner 
 57.14  is not required to issue a certificate of sale. 
 57.15     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 92.46, is 
 57.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 57.17     Subd. 1b.  [SALE OF LEASED PROPERTY.] A lessee holding a 
 57.18  lease under subdivision 1 on the enactment date of this 
 57.19  subdivision may request that the leased land be sold at public 
 57.20  sale.  The lessee must submit a written request for public sale 
 57.21  to the commissioner of natural resources by August 1, 1997.  The 
 57.22  commissioner shall mail notice of this subdivision to each 
 57.23  leaseholder within one month of the enactment date.  
 57.24  Notwithstanding section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
 57.25  resources shall sell leased land at public sale after receipt of 
 57.26  a written request from the lessee, but in no event later than 
 57.27  February 1, 1998.  Notwithstanding section 92.14, notice of each 
 57.28  sale must be published in the State Register, a newspaper of 
 57.29  statewide circulation, and in the daily newspaper of the region 
 57.30  where the leased land is located. 
 57.31     Sec. 35.  [92.80] [PAYMENT OF TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS.] 
 57.32     Subdivision 1.  [CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF SALE.] If 
 57.33  the state acquires an interest in real property prior to the 
 57.34  cancellation of a certificate of sale or upon completion of the 
 57.35  cancellation process by advertisement or court order, the state 
 57.36  must make provision to pay all taxes, interests, costs, 
 58.1   penalties, and assessments.  The commissioner of natural 
 58.2   resources must request the certificate of sale vendee to make a 
 58.3   good faith attempt to pay the debt.  If the commissioner 
 58.4   determines that the vendee is unwilling or unable to pay the 
 58.5   debt, the commissioner may pay the debt and seek redress against 
 58.6   the vendee. 
 58.7      Subd. 2.  [VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY REVERSIONS.] (a) If a 
 58.8   grantee on a certificate of sale or state deed desires the state 
 58.9   to exercise its reversionary interest in real property, the 
 58.10  grantee must pay all real estate taxes, costs, interest, 
 58.11  penalties, and assessments on the property prior to reversion. 
 58.12     (b) If a grantee on a certificate of sale or state deed 
 58.13  breaches the contractual terms of the certificate or deed, the 
 58.14  commissioner of natural resources must request the grantee to 
 58.15  make a good faith attempt to pay all real estate taxes, costs, 
 58.16  interest, penalties, and assessments on the property prior to 
 58.17  reversion.  If the commissioner determines that the grantee is 
 58.18  unwilling or unable to pay the debt, the commissioner may pay 
 58.19  the debt and seek redress against the grantee. 
 58.20     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 94.10, 
 58.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 58.22     Subd. 2.  (a) Lands certified as surplus by the head of a 
 58.23  department or agency other than the department of natural 
 58.24  resources shall be offered for public sale by the commissioner 
 58.25  of administration as provided in this paragraph.  After 
 58.26  complying with subdivision 1 and before any public sale of 
 58.27  surplus state-owned land is made, the commissioner of 
 58.28  administration shall publish a notice thereof at least once in 
 58.29  each week for four successive weeks in a legal newspaper and 
 58.30  also in a newspaper of general distribution in the city or 
 58.31  county in which the real property to be sold is situated, which 
 58.32  notice shall specify the time and place at which the sale will 
 58.33  commence, a general description of the lots or tracts to be 
 58.34  offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale.  Each 
 58.35  tract or lot shall be sold separately and shall be sold for not 
 58.36  less than the appraised value thereof.  Parcels remaining unsold 
 59.1   after the offering may be sold to anyone agreeing to pay the 
 59.2   appraised value thereof.  The sale shall continue until all 
 59.3   parcels are sold or until the commissioner orders a reappraisal 
 59.4   or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.  
 59.5      (b) Lands certified as surplus by the commissioner of 
 59.6   natural resources shall be offered for public sale by the 
 59.7   commissioner of natural resources in the manner provided in 
 59.8   paragraph (a) for sales by the commissioner of administration. 
 59.9      (c) Except as provided in section 94.11, the cost of any 
 59.10  survey or appraisal as provided in subdivision 1 shall be added 
 59.11  to and made a part of the appraised value of the lands to be 
 59.12  sold, whether to any political subdivision of the state or to a 
 59.13  private purchaser as provided in this subdivision.  
 59.14     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 94.165, is 
 59.15  amended to read: 
 59.16     94.165 [LAND ACQUISITION ACCOUNT.] 
 59.17     There is created in the state treasury a land acquisition 
 59.18  account.  Money in the account and interest earned on unexpended 
 59.19  balances is appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
 59.20  resources for the acquisition of natural resource lands or 
 59.21  interests in lands within the outdoor recreation system 
 59.22  established in chapter 86A.  The commissioner must file a report 
 59.23  to the house ways and means and the senate finance committees 
 59.24  and the environment and natural resources committees of the 
 59.25  senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each year 
 59.26  indicating all purchases and sales from this account.  
 59.27     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 97B.667, is 
 59.28  amended to read: 
 59.29     97B.667 [REMOVAL OF BEAVER DAMS AND LODGES BY ROAD 
 59.30  AUTHORITIES.] 
 59.31     When a drainage watercourse is impaired by a beaver dam and 
 59.32  the water damages or threatens to damage a public road, the road 
 59.33  authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 9, may 
 59.34  remove the impairment and any associated beaver lodge within 300 
 59.35  feet of the road, if the commissioner approves. 
 59.36     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103C.501, 
 60.1   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 60.2      Subd. 6.  [RULES.] (a) The state board shall adopt rules 
 60.3   prescribing:  
 60.4      (1) procedures and criteria for allocating funds for 
 60.5   cost-sharing contracts; 
 60.6      (2) standards and guidelines for cost-sharing contracts; 
 60.7      (3) the scope and content of district comprehensive plans, 
 60.8   plan amendments, and annual work plans; 
 60.9      (4) standards and methods necessary to plan and implement a 
 60.10  priority cost-sharing program, including guidelines to identify 
 60.11  high priority erosion, sedimentation, and water quality 
 60.12  problems; 
 60.13     (5) the share of the cost of conservation practices to be 
 60.14  paid from cost-sharing funds; and 
 60.15     (6) requirements for districts to document their efforts to 
 60.16  identify and contact land occupiers with high priority erosion 
 60.17  problems.  
 60.18     (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this chapter, 
 60.19  the rules may provide that cost-sharing may be used for 
 60.20  farmstead windbreaks and shelterbelts for the purposes of energy 
 60.21  conservation and snow protection. 
 60.22     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 103F.378, 
 60.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.24     Subdivision 1.  [DUTIES.] The Minnesota river basin joint 
 60.25  powers board, established under section 471.59 for the purpose 
 60.26  of coordinating efforts to improve water quality in the 
 60.27  Minnesota river and achieving the goal of making the Minnesota 
 60.28  river suitable for fishing and swimming by the year 2005, has 
 60.29  the following duties: 
 60.30     (1) coordination of comprehensive cleanup goals for the 
 60.31  Minnesota river by coordinating the work plans of the 12 major 
 60.32  watersheds and the member counties of the joint powers board, 
 60.33  state agencies, and the University of Minnesota in cleanup 
 60.34  efforts and submission of periodic river cleanup plans for 
 60.35  submission to the governor and the legislature; 
 60.36     (2) advising on the development and use of monitoring and 
 61.1   evaluation systems in the Minnesota river and the incorporation 
 61.2   of the data obtained from these systems into the planning 
 61.3   process; 
 61.4      (3) conducting public meetings of the board on at least a 
 61.5   quarterly basis at locations within the Minnesota river basin; 
 61.6      (4) conducting an ongoing information and education program 
 61.7   concerning the status of the Minnesota river, including an 
 61.8   annual conference on the state of the Minnesota river; and 
 61.9      (5) providing periodic reports and budget requests to the 
 61.10  governor's office and the chairs of the agriculture and 
 61.11  environment and natural resources committees of the senate and 
 61.12  the house of representatives regarding progress on meeting river 
 61.13  water quality management goals and future funding required for 
 61.14  this effort.; 
 61.15     (6) advising on the development of projects within the 12 
 61.16  major watersheds that are scientifically sound, have landowner 
 61.17  support, and reduce inputs of pollutants into the Minnesota 
 61.18  river basin; and 
 61.19     (7) administering the distribution of project 
 61.20  implementation funds for the 12 major watersheds by approving 
 61.21  projects, identifying matching components for each project, and 
 61.22  tracking the results achieved for each project. 
 61.23     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115.03, 
 61.24  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 61.25     Subd. 5.  [AGENCY AUTHORITY; NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE 
 61.26  ELIMINATION SYSTEM.] (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions 
 61.27  prescribed in or pursuant to this chapter and, with respect to 
 61.28  the pollution of waters of the state, in chapter 116, or 
 61.29  otherwise, the agency shall have the authority to perform any 
 61.30  and all acts minimally necessary including, but not limited to, 
 61.31  the establishment and application of standards, procedures, 
 61.32  rules, orders, variances, stipulation agreements, schedules of 
 61.33  compliance, and permit conditions, consistent with and, 
 61.34  therefore not less stringent than the provisions of the Federal 
 61.35  Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, applicable to the 
 61.36  participation by the state of Minnesota in the National 
 62.1   Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); provided that 
 62.2   this provision shall not be construed as a limitation on any 
 62.3   powers or duties otherwise residing with the agency pursuant to 
 62.4   any provision of law. 
 62.5      (b) Unless specifically required or approved by the 
 62.6   legislature, the agency may not adopt or enforce a new, 
 62.7   modified, or revised water quality standard, other than a 
 62.8   standard adopted under the Great Lakes Initiative, that is more 
 62.9   stringent than is necessary to comply with established federal 
 62.10  water quality criteria. 
 62.11     Sec. 42.  [115.58] [ALTERNATIVE DISCHARGING SEWAGE 
 62.12  SYSTEMS.] 
 62.13     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) The definitions in this 
 62.14  subdivision apply to this section. 
 62.15     (b) "Alternative discharging sewage system" means a sewage 
 62.16  treatment system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling, other 
 62.17  establishment, or group thereof, discharging less than 10,000 
 62.18  gallons of water per day, that uses any treatment and disposal 
 62.19  other than subsurface soil treatment and disposal. 
 62.20     (c) "Permit" means a National Pollutant Discharge 
 62.21  Elimination System permit or State Disposal System permit 
 62.22  granted to any person for the installation, ownership, 
 62.23  management, or control of alternative discharging sewage systems 
 62.24  whose operations, emissions, activities, discharges, or 
 62.25  facilities are the same or substantially similar. 
 62.26     (d) "Water quality utility cooperative" means an 
 62.27  association of persons organized under chapter 308A to install, 
 62.28  own, manage, and control individual sewage treatment systems or 
 62.29  alternative discharging sewage systems that provide water 
 62.30  quality treatment and management services for its members within 
 62.31  a defined geographical area. 
 62.32     (e) "Water quality treatment and management services" means 
 62.33  the monitoring and control of alternative discharging sewage 
 62.34  systems to eliminate or reduce water pollution from point and 
 62.35  nonpoint sources; the management, use, reuse, recycling, or 
 62.36  reclamation of land, water, or wastewater for water supply; 
 63.1   geothermal heating and cooling; fire protection; irrigation; 
 63.2   drainage; open space or green belt preservation; storm water 
 63.3   management and control; flood management and control or other 
 63.4   purposes that are part of a comprehensive plan to reduce, 
 63.5   prevent, or eliminate water pollution. 
 63.6      Subd. 2.  [AREAWIDE PERMIT.] The agency may issue an 
 63.7   areawide permit for alternative discharging sewage systems, 
 63.8   where the systems: 
 63.9      (1) meet all applicable federal and state standards for 
 63.10  treatment and discharge of sewage effluents by the agency; 
 63.11     (2) are part of a water quality treatment and management 
 63.12  plan to prevent, eliminate, or reduce water pollution within a 
 63.13  defined geographic area; 
 63.14     (3) are owned or controlled by a water quality utility 
 63.15  cooperative; and 
 63.16     (4) the water quality utility cooperative has a service 
 63.17  agreement with a local unit of government to provide water 
 63.18  quality treatment and management services for the area under 
 63.19  section 471A.03. 
 63.20     Subd. 3.  [LOCAL ORDINANCE EXEMPTION.] Any system which is 
 63.21  permitted under subdivision 2 is exempt from the requirements of 
 63.22  any local ordinance adopted to conform with section 115.55 if 
 63.23  the system complies with the applicable standards for discharges 
 63.24  and treatment of sewage effluents. 
 63.25     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115A.54, 
 63.26  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 63.27     Subd. 2a.  [SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.] (a) The 
 63.28  director shall provide technical and financial assistance for 
 63.29  the acquisition and betterment of solid waste management 
 63.30  projects as provided in this subdivision and section 115A.52.  
 63.31  Money appropriated for the purposes of this subdivision must be 
 63.32  distributed as grants. 
 63.33     (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a project may 
 63.34  receive grant assistance up to 25 percent of the capital cost of 
 63.35  the project or $2,000,000, whichever is less, except that 
 63.36  projects constructed as a result of intercounty cooperative 
 64.1   agreements may receive (1) grant assistance up to 25 percent of 
 64.2   the capital cost of the project; or (2) $2,000,000 times the 
 64.3   number of participating counties, whichever is less.  
 64.4      (c) A recycling project or a project to compost or 
 64.5   cocompost waste may receive grant assistance up to 50 percent of 
 64.6   the capital cost of the project or $2,000,000, whichever is 
 64.7   less, except that projects completed as a result of intercounty 
 64.8   cooperative agreements may receive (1) grant assistance up to 50 
 64.9   percent of the capital cost of the project; or (2) $2,000,000 
 64.10  times the number of participating counties, whichever is less.  
 64.11  The following projects may also receive grant assistance in the 
 64.12  amounts specified in this paragraph: 
 64.13     (1) a project to improve control of or reduce air emissions 
 64.14  at an existing resource recovery facility; and 
 64.15     (2) a project to substantially increase the recovery of 
 64.16  materials or energy, substantially reduce the amount or toxicity 
 64.17  of waste processing residuals, or expand the capacity of an 
 64.18  existing resource recovery facility to meet the resource 
 64.19  recovery needs of an expanded region if each county from which 
 64.20  waste is or would be received has achieved a recycling rate in 
 64.21  excess of the goals in section 115A.551, and is implementing 
 64.22  aggressive waste reduction and household hazardous waste 
 64.23  management programs. 
 64.24     (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), the director may award 
 64.25  grants for transfer stations that will initially transfer waste 
 64.26  to landfills if the transfer stations are part of a planned 
 64.27  resource recovery project, the county where the planned resource 
 64.28  recovery facility will be located has a comprehensive solid 
 64.29  waste management plan approved by the director, and the solid 
 64.30  waste management plan proposes the development of the resource 
 64.31  recovery facility.  If the proposed resource recovery facility 
 64.32  is not in place and operating within eight 12 years of the date 
 64.33  of the grant award, the recipient shall repay the grant amount 
 64.34  to the state. 
 64.35     (e) Projects without resource recovery are not eligible for 
 64.36  assistance. 
 65.1      (f) In addition to any assistance received under paragraph 
 65.2   (b) or (c), a project may receive grant assistance for the cost 
 65.3   of tests necessary to determine the appropriate pollution 
 65.4   control equipment for the project or the environmental effects 
 65.5   of the use of any product or material produced by the project. 
 65.6      (g) In addition to the application requirements of section 
 65.7   115A.51, an application for a project serving eligible 
 65.8   jurisdictions in only a single county must demonstrate that 
 65.9   cooperation with jurisdictions in other counties to develop the 
 65.10  project is not needed or not feasible.  Each application must 
 65.11  also demonstrate that the project is not financially prudent 
 65.12  without the state assistance, because of the applicant's 
 65.13  financial capacity and the problems inherent in the waste 
 65.14  management situation in the area, particularly transportation 
 65.15  distances and limited waste supply and markets for resources 
 65.16  recovered.  
 65.17     (h) For the purposes of this subdivision, a "project" means 
 65.18  a processing facility, together with any transfer stations, 
 65.19  transmission facilities, and other related and appurtenant 
 65.20  facilities primarily serving the processing facility.  The 
 65.21  director shall adopt rules for the program by July 1, 1985. 
 65.22     (i) Notwithstanding anything in this subdivision to the 
 65.23  contrary, a project to construct a new mixed municipal solid 
 65.24  waste transfer station that has an enforceable commitment of at 
 65.25  least ten years, or of sufficient length to retire bonds sold 
 65.26  for the facility, to serve an existing resource recovery 
 65.27  facility may receive grant assistance up to 75 percent of the 
 65.28  capital cost of the project if addition of the transfer station 
 65.29  will increase substantially the geographical area served by the 
 65.30  resource recovery facility and the ability of the resource 
 65.31  recovery facility to operate more efficiently on a regional 
 65.32  basis and the facility meets the criteria in paragraph (c), the 
 65.33  second clause (2).  A transfer station eligible for assistance 
 65.34  under this paragraph is not eligible for assistance under any 
 65.35  other paragraph of this subdivision. 
 65.36     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 115A.912, is 
 66.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 66.2      Subd. 4.  [WASTE TIRE MATERIALS; PROHIBITION.] Materials 
 66.3   derived from waste tires may not be used as lightweight fill in 
 66.4   the construction of public roads or streets in the state. 
 66.5      Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 116.07, is 
 66.6   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 66.7      Subd. 7a.  [NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ANIMAL FEEDLOT 
 66.8   PERMITS.] A complete animal feedlot permit application for a new 
 66.9   or expanding animal feedlot, which is for an increase of 500 
 66.10  animal units or more, must include documentation to verify that 
 66.11  the applicant has notified each owner of real property within 
 66.12  three miles of the proposed animal feedlot.  The notification 
 66.13  must specify the proposed size, location, and owner or manager 
 66.14  of the animal feedlot. 
 66.15     Sec. 46.  [116.072] [LIVESTOCK ODOR.] 
 66.16     The pollution control agency must: 
 66.17     (a) monitor and identify: 
 66.18     (1) potential livestock facility violations of the state 
 66.19  ambient air quality standards for hydrogen sulfide, using a 
 66.20  protocol for responding to citizen complaints regarding feedlot 
 66.21  odor and its hydrogen sulfide component; and 
 66.22     (2) total sulfur gases and corresponding hydrogen sulfide 
 66.23  levels using monitoring equipment that follows plumes and: 
 66.24     (b) ensure that livestock production facilities exceeding 
 66.25  ambient hydrogen sulfide standards implement changes that result 
 66.26  in compliance within 60 days of the determination that the 
 66.27  operator is in violation of the standards, and includes monetary 
 66.28  penalties and increased penalties for repeat violations; and 
 66.29     (c) recover the costs of the total reduced sulfur and 
 66.30  hydrogen sulfide inspection and monitoring program from 
 66.31  livestock production facilities that are determined to be in 
 66.32  violation of state ambient air quality standards. 
 66.33     Sec. 47.  [219.99] [RAILROAD PRAIRIE INVENTORY AND PLAN.] 
 66.34     Subdivision 1.  [RAILROAD PRAIRIE INVENTORY.] By November 
 66.35  1, 1998, the commissioner of natural resources shall, in 
 66.36  cooperation with each railroad company operating in Minnesota, 
 67.1   conduct an inventory of the rights-of-way under the company's 
 67.2   ownership or control.  The inventory must identify the 
 67.3   geographic location, extent, character, and relationship to 
 67.4   adjoining plant communities of all native prairies on each 
 67.5   railroad right-of-way. 
 67.6      Subd. 2.  [PRAIRIE PRESERVATION MANAGEMENT 
 67.7   GUIDELINES.] Based on the inventory completed in subdivision 1, 
 67.8   and on similar inventories already conducted by the department 
 67.9   of natural resources and other state or federal agencies, the 
 67.10  commissioner of natural resources must develop prairie 
 67.11  management guidelines for preserving railroad prairie 
 67.12  rights-of-way identified in subdivision 1 by June 30, 1999.  
 67.13     Sec. 48.  [219.991] [PRAIRIE MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 
 67.14  IMPLEMENTATION.] 
 67.15     Subdivision 1.  [COOPERATION WITH RAILROADS.] Based on the 
 67.16  management guidelines developed in section 219.99, the 
 67.17  commissioner of natural resources must seek cooperation with 
 67.18  railroads owning prairie rights-of-way to use the guidelines to 
 67.19  preserve prairie to the maximum extent possible. 
 67.20     Subd. 2.  [EXEMPTIONS.] Except as necessary to comply with 
 67.21  the Endangered Species Act, Public Law Number 100-478, this 
 67.22  section does not apply to persons engaged in: 
 67.23     (1) farming on farmland and farm right-of-way; 
 67.24     (2) commercial application of pesticides on farmland and 
 67.25  farm right-of-way; 
 67.26     (3) structural pest control; 
 67.27     (4) residential lawn applications; 
 67.28     (5) forest management activities; 
 67.29     (6) control of noxious weeds or mosquitoes, arthropods, or 
 67.30  insects of public health importance under chapter 18 or section 
 67.31  473.04; or 
 67.32     (7) pest or weed control in geographic areas where other 
 67.33  methods of control designed to preserve prairies constitute a 
 67.34  valid public safety concern.  
 67.35     Subd. 3.  [PLANNING.] Each railroad company shall file with 
 67.36  the commissioner of agriculture a plan containing anticipated 
 68.1   dates, routes, and applicators of pesticide on its rights-of-way 
 68.2   no later than April 1 of each calendar year. 
 68.3      Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 296.421, 
 68.4   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 68.5      Subd. 5.  [COMPUTATION OF UNREFUNDED TAX.] The amount of 
 68.6   unrefunded tax shall be a sum equal to 1-1/2 percent of all 
 68.7   revenues derived from the excise taxes on gasoline, except on 
 68.8   gasoline used for aviation purposes, together with interest 
 68.9   thereon and penalties for delinquency in payment, paid or 
 68.10  collected pursuant to the provisions of sections 296.02 to 
 68.11  296.17.  The amount of such tax shall be computed for each 
 68.12  six-month period commencing January 1, 1961, and shall be paid 
 68.13  into the state treasury on November 1 and June 1 following each 
 68.14  six-month period. 
 68.15     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 300.111, is 
 68.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 68.17     Subd. 5.  [WATER QUALITY UTILITY 
 68.18  COOPERATIVES.] Notwithstanding any contrary provision in 
 68.19  subdivision 1, the term "public utility" also means a person, 
 68.20  corporation, cooperative, or other legal entity, its lessees, 
 68.21  trustees, and receivers operating, maintaining, or controlling 
 68.22  in this state after June 1, 1997, equipment or facilities to 
 68.23  provide water quality treatment and management services, as 
 68.24  defined in section 115.58, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).  Public 
 68.25  utility does not include a municipality that owns or operates 
 68.26  equipment or facilities for treating wastewater, furnishing 
 68.27  potable water or water for geothermal heating and cooling, 
 68.28  managing storm water runoff or drainage, or reducing or 
 68.29  eliminating water pollution. 
 68.30     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 308A.101, is 
 68.31  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 68.32     Subd. 3.  [WATER QUALITY UTILITY COOPERATIVE PURPOSE.] A 
 68.33  water quality utility cooperative may only be formed by a 
 68.34  cooperative engaged in the furnishing of potable water or water 
 68.35  quality treatment and management services as defined in section 
 68.36  115.58, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), for the purpose of 
 69.1   financing or refinancing the construction, improvement, 
 69.2   expansion, acquisition, operation, and maintenance of treatment 
 69.3   works, sewage systems, storm water facilities, water systems, 
 69.4   and related facilities of its members. 
 69.5      Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 308A.201, is 
 69.6   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 69.7      Subd. 15.  [WATER QUALITY UTILITY CONDEMNATION.] A water 
 69.8   quality utility cooperative organized in this state may exercise 
 69.9   the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by state law 
 69.10  for the exercise of the power by other corporations engaged in 
 69.11  the provision of electric, light, heat, power, or telephone 
 69.12  business. 
 69.13     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325E.10, 
 69.14  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 69.15     Subd. 2.  "Motor oil" means petroleum based oil used as a 
 69.16  lubricant or hydraulics in a transmission or internal combustion 
 69.17  engine motor vehicle as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 
 69.18  4. 
 69.19     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325E.10, is 
 69.20  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 69.21     Subd. 2a.  "Motor oil filter" means any filter used in 
 69.22  combination with motor oil. 
 69.23     Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325E.10, is 
 69.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 69.25     Subd. 5.  "Used motor oil filter" means a motor oil filter 
 69.26  which through use, storage, or handling has become unsuitable 
 69.27  for its original purpose due to the presence of impurities or 
 69.28  loss of original properties. 
 69.29     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325E.11, is 
 69.30  amended to read: 
 69.31     325E.11 [COLLECTION FACILITIES; NOTICE.] 
 69.32     (a) Any person selling at retail or offering motor oil or 
 69.33  motor oil filters for retail sale in this state shall: 
 69.34     (1) post a notice indicating the nearest location where 
 69.35  used motor oil and used motor oil filters may be returned at no 
 69.36  cost for recycling or reuse, post a toll-free telephone number 
 70.1   that may be called by the public to determine a convenient 
 70.2   location, or post a listing of locations where used motor oil 
 70.3   and used motor oil filters may be returned at no cost for 
 70.4   recycling or reuse; or 
 70.5      (2) if the person is subject to section 325E.112, post a 
 70.6   notice informing customers purchasing motor oil or motor oil 
 70.7   filters of the location of the used motor oil and used motor oil 
 70.8   filter collection site established by the retailer in accordance 
 70.9   with section 325E.112 where used motor oil and used motor oil 
 70.10  filters may be returned at no cost. 
 70.11     (b) A notice under paragraph (a) shall be posted on or 
 70.12  adjacent to the motor oil and motor oil filter displays, be at 
 70.13  least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, contain the universal 
 70.14  recycling symbol with the following language: 
 70.15     (1) "It is illegal to put used oil and used motor oil 
 70.16  filters in the garbage."; 
 70.17     (2) "Recycle your used oil and used motor oil filters."; 
 70.18  and 
 70.19     (3)(i) "There is a free collection site here for your used 
 70.20  oil and used motor oil filters."; or 
 70.21     (ii) "There is a free collection site for used oil and used 
 70.22  motor oil filters located at (name of business and street 
 70.23  address)." 
 70.24     (c) The division of weights and measures under the 
 70.25  department of public service shall enforce compliance with this 
 70.26  section as provided in section 239.54.  The pollution control 
 70.27  agency shall enforce compliance with this section under sections 
 70.28  115.071 and 116.072 in coordination with the division of weights 
 70.29  and measures. 
 70.30     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 325E.112, 
 70.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 70.32     Subd. 2.  [REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.] A contaminated used 
 70.33  motor oil reimbursement program is established to provide 
 70.34  partial reimbursement of the costs of disposing of contaminated 
 70.35  used motor oil.  In order to receive reimbursement, persons who 
 70.36  accept used motor oil from the public or parties that they have 
 71.1   contracted with to accept used motor oil must provide to the 
 71.2   commissioner of the pollution control agency proof of 
 71.3   contamination, information on methods the person used to prevent 
 71.4   the contamination of used motor oil at the site, a copy of the 
 71.5   billing for disposal costs incurred because of the contamination 
 71.6   and proof of payment, and a copy of the hazardous waste manifest 
 71.7   or shipping paper used to transport the waste.  The commissioner 
 71.8   shall reimburse a recipient of contaminated used motor oil 90 
 71.9   100 percent of the costs of properly disposing of the 
 71.10  contaminated used motor oil.  The commissioner may not reimburse 
 71.11  persons who intentionally place contaminants or do not take 
 71.12  precautions to prevent contaminants from being placed in used 
 71.13  motor oil, or operate a private collection site that is not 
 71.14  publicly promotable or listed with the agency.  A person 
 71.15  operating a collection site must, except under unusual 
 71.16  circumstances, accept up to five gallons of used motor oil and 
 71.17  five used motor oil filters per person without charging a fee, 
 71.18  but may refuse to accept any used motor oil that is from a 
 71.19  business, or appears to be contaminated with antifreeze, 
 71.20  hazardous waste, or other materials that may increase the cost 
 71.21  of used motor oil management and disposal.  A person operating a 
 71.22  collection site must have staff at the site and must control 
 71.23  access to the public during times when the site is closed.  
 71.24  Persons operating government collection sites are eligible for 
 71.25  reimbursement of the costs of disposing of contaminated used 
 71.26  motor oil.  Reimbursements made under this subdivision are 
 71.27  limited to the money available in the contaminated used motor 
 71.28  oil reimbursement account. 
 71.29     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 373.01, 
 71.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 71.31     Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC CORPORATION; LISTED POWERS.] Each 
 71.32  county is a body politic and corporate and may: 
 71.33     (1) Sue and be sued. 
 71.34     (2) Acquire and hold real and personal property for the use 
 71.35  of the county, and lands sold for taxes as provided by law. 
 71.36     (3) Purchase and hold for the benefit of the county real 
 72.1   estate sold by virtue of judicial proceedings, to which the 
 72.2   county is a party. 
 72.3      (4) Sell, lease, and convey real or personal estate owned 
 72.4   by the county, and give contracts or options to sell, lease, or 
 72.5   convey it, and make orders respecting it as deemed conducive to 
 72.6   the interests of the county's inhabitants.  
 72.7      No sale, lease, or conveyance of real estate owned by the 
 72.8   county, except the lease of a residence acquired for the 
 72.9   furtherance of an approved capital improvement project, nor any 
 72.10  contract or option for it, shall be valid, without first 
 72.11  advertising for bids or proposals in the official newspaper of 
 72.12  the county for three consecutive weeks and once in a newspaper 
 72.13  of general circulation in the area where the property is 
 72.14  located.  The notice shall state the time and place of 
 72.15  considering the proposals, contain a legal description of any 
 72.16  real estate, and a brief description of any personal property.  
 72.17  Leases that do not exceed $15,000 for any one year may be 
 72.18  negotiated and are not subject to the competitive bid procedures 
 72.19  of this section.  All proposals estimated to exceed $15,000 in 
 72.20  any one year shall be considered at the time set for the bid 
 72.21  opening, and the one most favorable to the county accepted, but 
 72.22  the county board may, in the interest of the county, reject any 
 72.23  or all proposals.  Sales of personal property the value of which 
 72.24  is estimated to be $15,000 or more shall be made only after 
 72.25  advertising for bids or proposals as provided for real estate.  
 72.26  Sales of personal property the value of which is estimated to be 
 72.27  less than $15,000 may be made either on competitive bids or in 
 72.28  the open market, in the discretion of the county board.  
 72.29  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the county may, 
 72.30  when acquiring real property for county highway right-of-way, 
 72.31  exchange parcels of real property of substantially similar or 
 72.32  equal value without advertising for bids.  The estimated values 
 72.33  for these parcels shall be determined by the county assessor. 
 72.34     If real estate or personal property remains unsold after 
 72.35  advertising for and consideration of bids or proposals the 
 72.36  county may employ a broker to sell the property.  The broker may 
 73.1   sell the property for not less than 90 percent of its appraised 
 73.2   market value as determined by the county.  The broker's fee 
 73.3   shall be set by agreement with the county but may not exceed ten 
 73.4   percent of the sale price and must be paid from the proceeds of 
 73.5   the sale. 
 73.6      A county or its agent may rent a county-owned residence 
 73.7   acquired for the furtherance of an approved capital improvement 
 73.8   project subject to the conditions set by the county board and 
 73.9   not subject to the conditions for lease otherwise provided by 
 73.10  this clause. 
 73.11     In no case shall lands be disposed of without there being 
 73.12  reserved to the county all iron ore and other valuable minerals 
 73.13  in and upon the lands, with right to explore for, mine and 
 73.14  remove the iron ore and other valuable minerals, nor shall the 
 73.15  minerals and mineral rights be disposed of, either before or 
 73.16  after disposition of the surface rights, otherwise than by 
 73.17  mining lease, in similar general form to that provided by 
 73.18  section 93.20 for mining leases affecting state lands.  The 
 73.19  lease shall be for a term not exceeding 50 years, and be issued 
 73.20  on a royalty basis, the royalty to be not less than 25 cents per 
 73.21  ton of 2,240 pounds, and fix a minimum amount of royalty payable 
 73.22  during each year, whether mineral is removed or not.  
 73.23  Prospecting options for mining leases may be granted for periods 
 73.24  not exceeding one year.  The options shall require, among other 
 73.25  things, periodical showings to the county board of the results 
 73.26  of exploration work done.  Minerals subject to reservation and 
 73.27  lease by a county under this section do not include minerals 
 73.28  defined as aggregate material in section 298.75, subdivision 1, 
 73.29  clause (1). 
 73.30     (5) Make all contracts and do all other acts in relation to 
 73.31  the property and concerns of the county necessary to the 
 73.32  exercise of its corporate powers. 
 73.33     Sec. 59.  Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 19, subdivision 
 73.34  11, is amended to read: 
 73.35  Subd. 11.  Energy 
 73.36  (a) INTER-CITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE 
 74.1   TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION             150,000 
 74.2   This appropriation is from the oil 
 74.3   overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 74.4   administration for an agreement with 
 74.5   Minnesota Power and Light Company to 
 74.6   develop and evaluate an electric 
 74.7   vehicle infrastructure with charging 
 74.8   stations for use between Duluth and St. 
 74.9   Paul, including installation of a 
 74.10  charging station at the state of 
 74.11  Minnesota central motor pool location.  
 74.12  This appropriation must be matched by 
 74.13  at least $30,000 of nonstate money.  
 74.14  (b) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND 
 74.15  ENERGY ON FAMILY FARMS                   200,000 
 74.16  This appropriation is from the oil 
 74.17  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 74.18  administration for an agreement with 
 74.19  the sustainable resources center to 
 74.20  provide technical assistance and 
 74.21  technology transfer for the development 
 74.22  of wind energy harvesting. 
 74.23  (c) (b) ONE-MEGAWATT HYBRID ELECTRICAL 
 74.24  GENERATION SIMULATION PROJECT             50,000 
 74.25  This appropriation is from the oil 
 74.26  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 74.27  administration for an agreement with 
 74.28  Dan Mar & Associates in cooperation 
 74.29  with the agriculture utilization 
 74.30  research institute for a simulation 
 74.31  project using biofuel electrical 
 74.32  generation to firm up wind power to 
 74.33  provide electrical energy on demand. 
 74.34  (d) (c) AVIAN POPULATION ANALYSIS FOR WIND 
 74.35  POWER GENERATION REGIONS                  75,000 
 74.36  This appropriation is from the oil 
 74.37  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 74.38  administration for an agreement with 
 74.39  American Wind Energy Association to 
 74.40  identify and assess significant avian 
 74.41  activity areas within identified wind 
 74.42  farm corridors in Minnesota.  This 
 74.43  appropriation must be matched by at 
 74.44  least $75,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 74.45  project must be completed and final 
 74.46  products delivered by December 31, 
 74.47  1997, and the appropriation is 
 74.48  available until that date. 
 74.49  (e) (d) ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC 
 74.50  ICE ARENAS                               470,000 
 74.51  This appropriation is from the oil 
 74.52  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 74.53  administration for an agreement with 
 74.54  the Center for Energy and Environment 
 74.55  to assess, install, and evaluate energy 
 74.56  and indoor air quality improvements in 
 74.57  at least 25 publicly owned ice arenas 
 74.58  located throughout Minnesota.  Projects 
 74.59  receiving funding from this 
 74.60  appropriation must be in compliance 
 74.61  with the indoor ice facilities prime 
 74.62  ice time and gender preference 
 75.1   requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 75.2   section 15.98.  This appropriation is 
 75.3   for up to 50 percent of the cost of 
 75.4   retrofit activities. 
 75.5      Sec. 60.  Laws 1996, chapter 351, section 2, is amended to 
 75.6   read: 
 75.7      Sec. 2.  [PLAN RECYCLING GOALS AND ACTIONS.] 
 75.8      (a) By September 1, 1996, an industry group representing 
 75.9   retailers and manufacturers in Minnesota that sell motor oil and 
 75.10  motor oil filters shall submit a list to the commissioner of the 
 75.11  pollution control agency of all existing current sites that 
 75.12  collect used motor oil, used motor oil filters, or both, from 
 75.13  the public, delineating which sites collect for free, that can 
 75.14  be publicly promoted 
 75.15     (b) By September 1, 1996, an industry group representing 
 75.16  retailers and manufacturers that sell motor oil and motor oil 
 75.17  filters shall submit to the commissioner of the pollution 
 75.18  control agency a plan for a collection and recycling system for 
 75.19  used motor oil and used motor oil filters generated by the 
 75.20  public under which: 
 75.21     (1) at least 90 percent of state residents outside the 
 75.22  seven-county metropolitan area would have access to a free 
 75.23  collection site for used motor oil and used motor oil filters 
 75.24  within 25 miles of their residences; 
 75.25     (2) at least 90 percent of state residents within the 
 75.26  seven-county metropolitan area and state residents of cities 
 75.27  with populations of greater than 2,000 residents would have 
 75.28  access to a free collection site for used motor oil and used 
 75.29  motor oil filters within five miles of their residences; and 
 75.30     (3) at least one free collection site for used motor oil 
 75.31  and used motor oil filters generated by the public would be 
 75.32  located in each county 
 75.33     (c) The plan required in paragraph (b) must include: 
 75.34     (1) an explanation of the proposed system for collecting 
 75.35  and recycling used motor oil and used motor oil filters; 
 75.36     (2) a clear assignment of responsibility and accountability 
 75.37  for implementation; 
 76.1      (3) a strategy for educating the parties responsible for 
 76.2   implementing the plan; 
 76.3      (4) a strategy for educating the public on how to recycle 
 76.4   used motor oil and used motor oil filters; 
 76.5      (5) a description of government's role, if any; and 
 76.6      (6) recommendations for legislation, if necessary. 
 76.7      (d) The plan must be implemented by June 1, 1997, and the 
 76.8   requirements in paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3), must be met 
 76.9   by December 31, 1997.  The industry group must also submit a 
 76.10  list of sites that collect used motor oil and used motor oil 
 76.11  filters from the public, specifying those sites that collect 
 76.12  used motor oil and used motor filters for free, to the pollution 
 76.13  control agency by December 31, 1997.  The agency must be 
 76.14  informed by the industry group when sites begin and cease to 
 76.15  collect, or charge for the collection of, used motor oil and 
 76.16  used motor oil filters from the public, in order to allow the 
 76.17  agency to provide the public with accurate information regarding 
 76.18  collection sites. 
 76.19     (e) The industry group and the agency shall monitor the 
 76.20  effects of the collection system set forth in the plan required 
 76.21  in paragraph (b) to determine whether the requirements in 
 76.22  clauses (1) to (3) of that paragraph have been met.  By November 
 76.23  1, 1998, the industry group shall submit information to the 
 76.24  agency on the amount of used oil and the number of used oil 
 76.25  filters collected.  
 76.26     Subdivision 1.  (a) The following recycling or reuse goals 
 76.27  shall be considered met if the actions in this subdivision are 
 76.28  initiated by the identified parties on or before September 1, 
 76.29  1997, and are fully completed by December 31, 1998.  
 76.30  Additionally, the goals in paragraph (b) must be met in at least 
 76.31  50 percent of counties by December 31, 1997; 75 percent by June 
 76.32  1, 1998; and 100 percent by December 31, 1998. 
 76.33     (b) Motor oil and motor oil filter manufacturers and 
 76.34  retailers shall ensure that: 
 76.35     (1) at least 90 percent of residents within the 
 76.36  seven-county metropolitan area and residents of cities and towns 
 77.1   with populations greater than 1,500 have access to a free 
 77.2   nongovernment collection site for used motor oil and used motor 
 77.3   oil filters within five miles of their residences; and 
 77.4      (2) at least one free nongovernment collection site for 
 77.5   used motor oil and used motor oil filters generated by the 
 77.6   public would be located in each county. 
 77.7      (c) Motor oil and motor oil filter manufacturers and 
 77.8   retailers shall inform the public about environmental problems 
 77.9   and proper disposal practices associated with used motor oil and 
 77.10  used motor oil filters.  At a minimum, this shall include public 
 77.11  service announcements designed to reach residents of the state 
 77.12  that generate used motor oil and used motor oil filters. 
 77.13     (d) The commissioner of the pollution control agency shall, 
 77.14  by December 31, 1997, and at least annually thereafter or more 
 77.15  frequently if deemed necessary, request motor oil and motor oil 
 77.16  filter manufacturers and retailers, persons who haul used motor 
 77.17  oil and used motor oil filters, and nongovernment persons who 
 77.18  accept used motor oil and used motor oil filters from the public 
 77.19  to provide an updated list of all existing sites that collect 
 77.20  used motor oil, used motor oil filters, or both, from the 
 77.21  public, delineating for public promotion which sites collect for 
 77.22  free.  The commissioner shall use this information to determine 
 77.23  whether the parties identified in paragraph (b) have met the 
 77.24  goals listed in that paragraph.  A collection site operated by 
 77.25  the state or political subdivision may be counted towards 
 77.26  meeting recycling goals provided that the parties responsible 
 77.27  for meeting the goals of this subdivision voluntarily reimburse 
 77.28  the state or political subdivision for all of their costs 
 77.29  associated with used motor oil and used motor oil filter 
 77.30  recycling.  Persons who accept used motor oil and used motor oil 
 77.31  filters from the public shall cooperate with manufacturers and 
 77.32  retailers of motor oil and motor oil filters to inform the 
 77.33  agency within ten days of initiating or ceasing to collect used 
 77.34  motor oil or used motor oil filters from the public.  The 
 77.35  information shall be provided in a form and manner prescribed by 
 77.36  the commissioner. 
 78.1      (e) Motor oil filter manufacturers shall disclose to 
 78.2   retailers whether lead has been intentionally introduced in 
 78.3   manufacturing, and retailers shall not knowingly sell motor oil 
 78.4   filters containing lead intentionally introduced in 
 78.5   manufacturing. 
 78.6      Subd. 2.  The commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 78.7   may appoint an advisory group of diverse interests to assist the 
 78.8   agency with experimentation with various approaches to public 
 78.9   education, financial incentives, waste management, and other 
 78.10  issues that might affect the effectiveness of recycling 
 78.11  efforts.  The commissioner may request parties responsible for 
 78.12  meeting the recycling goals in subdivision 1 to voluntarily pay 
 78.13  for some of the experimentation costs.  The existence of this 
 78.14  advisory group in no way relieves the parties identified in 
 78.15  subdivision 1 of responsibility for meeting the goals listed in 
 78.16  that subdivision.  The commissioner of the pollution control 
 78.17  agency shall appoint an advisory group chair. 
 78.18     (f) Subd. 3.  By January 15, 1999, the commissioner of the 
 78.19  pollution control agency shall report to the environment and 
 78.20  natural resources committees of the senate and the house of 
 78.21  representatives on the amount of used motor oil and used motor 
 78.22  oil filters being recycled and whether the requirements goals in 
 78.23  paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (3), subdivision 1 have been met 
 78.24  and recommend whether the mandate for retailers of motor oil and 
 78.25  filters described in Minnesota Statutes, section 325E.112, 
 78.26  subdivision 1, is needed to achieve the recycling goals. 
 78.27     Sec. 61.  Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 7, subdivision 
 78.28  24, is amended to read: 
 78.29  Subd. 24.  McQuade Public Access                         500,000
 78.30  For acquisition and development of a 
 78.31  public access on Lake Superior in the 
 78.32  city of Duluth, the town of Duluth, and 
 78.33  the town of Lakewood.  This 
 78.34  appropriation must be matched by a 
 78.35  total of $350,000 $50,000 from the iron 
 78.36  range resources and rehabilitation 
 78.37  board and nonstate sources and is 
 78.38  contingent on sufficient land owned by 
 78.39  the cities and the town, the value of 
 78.40  which may not be applied as part of the 
 78.41  required match, being made available to 
 78.42  complete the project.  The total value 
 79.1   of the project must be at least 
 79.2   $850,000.  
 79.3      Sec. 62.  [SALE OF STATE FOREST LAND.] 
 79.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 89.01, 
 79.5   subdivision 5, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 79.6   school trust and acquired state land in the Richard J. Dorer 
 79.7   Memorial Hardwood State Forest described in this section in the 
 79.8   manner for sale of trust fund and acquired lands under Minnesota 
 79.9   Statutes, chapter 92 or 94. 
 79.10     (b) The land that may be sold is described as follows: 
 79.11     (1) Township 110 North, Range 12 West, Section 28, the 
 79.12  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter containing 40 acres 
 79.13  more or less and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
 79.14  containing 40 acres more or less, in Wabasha County; 
 79.15     (2) Township 107 North, Range 8 West, Section 16, the 
 79.16  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter containing 40 acres 
 79.17  more or less, the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
 79.18  containing 40 acres more or less, in Winona County; 
 79.19     (3) Township 106 North, Range 5 West, Section 30, the 
 79.20  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter containing 40 acres 
 79.21  more or less, in Winona County; 
 79.22     (4) Township 106 North, Range 6 West, Section 36, the 
 79.23  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter containing 40 acres 
 79.24  more or less, in Winona County; and 
 79.25     (5) Township 104 North, Range 6 West, Section 6, the 
 79.26  Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter containing 38.28 
 79.27  acres more or less, in Houston County. 
 79.28     Sec. 63.  [SALE OF TRUST FUND LAND IN HUBBARD COUNTY.] 
 79.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 79.30  commissioner of natural resources may sell the state trust fund 
 79.31  land bordering on public waters described in paragraph (c) in 
 79.32  accordance with the procedures in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92.
 79.33     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 79.34  attorney general. 
 79.35     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County 
 79.36  and is described as:  that part of the Southeast Quarter of the 
 80.1   Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 144 North, Range 32 
 80.2   West, Hubbard County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the Necktie 
 80.3   River and northerly of the centerline of county state-aid 
 80.4   highway No. 16, containing up to 5 acres, more or less. 
 80.5      (d) The sale will result in the elimination of a trespass 
 80.6   situation with the adjacent landowner who built a house on the 
 80.7   property in 1989. 
 80.8      Sec. 64.  [SALE OF STATE LAND IN OTTER TAIL COUNTY.] 
 80.9      (a) Notwithstanding the public sale requirements of 
 80.10  Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
 80.11  of natural resources may sell by private sale, for a 
 80.12  consideration not less than its appraised value, the land 
 80.13  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 80.14  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94. 
 80.15     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 80.16  attorney general. 
 80.17     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Otter Tail 
 80.18  County and is described as:  all that part of the Southwest 
 80.19  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 137, 
 80.20  Range 42, Otter Tail County, Minnesota described as follows:  
 80.21  beginning at the South Quarter corner of said Section 22; thence 
 80.22  on an assumed bearing of North 0 degrees 31 minutes 36 seconds 
 80.23  East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter of the 
 80.24  Southeast Quarter, a distance of 442.58 feet; thence South 19 
 80.25  degrees 29 minutes 47 seconds East a distance of 108.74 feet; 
 80.26  thence southeasterly on a tangential curve, concave to the 
 80.27  northeast, having a radius of 498.22 feet and a central angle of 
 80.28  69 degrees 43 minutes 29 seconds, for an arc distance of 606.30 
 80.29  feet to the easterly line of a tract of land described in Book 
 80.30  392 of Deeds, page 509, Office of the Otter Tail County 
 80.31  Recorder; thence South 10 degrees 03 minutes 49 seconds West 
 80.32  along said easterly line, a distance of 14.18 feet to the 
 80.33  southeast corner of said tract of land described in Book 392 of 
 80.34  Deeds, page 509; thence North 89 degrees 20 minutes 11 seconds 
 80.35  West along the south line of said Section 22, a distance of 
 80.36  500.80 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.44 acres 
 81.1   more or less, subject to easements and reservations of public 
 81.2   record, if any.  The grantor, for itself, its successors and 
 81.3   assigns, reserves an easement for use and maintenance of the 
 81.4   existing ditch over and across the above described parcel, being 
 81.5   a strip of land 33 feet in width lying 16.5 feet on each side of 
 81.6   the centerline of the existing ditch running in a southwesterly 
 81.7   direction from the township road to the west line of said 
 81.8   Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter. 
 81.9      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 81.10  longer useful for any natural resource purpose, or any other 
 81.11  public purpose, and intends to sell this unneeded land to the 
 81.12  adjoining landowner to resolve an inadvertent trespass. 
 81.13     Sec. 65.  [SALE OF STATE LAND IN CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 81.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 81.15  commissioner of natural resources may sell acquired state land 
 81.16  bordering public waters described in this section in accordance 
 81.17  with Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015, subdivision 1, 
 81.18  paragraph (b), and chapter 94. 
 81.19     (b) The land that may be sold is located in Crow Wing 
 81.20  County and is described as follows: 
 81.21     (1) Lot 3, Block 5, Plat of Paul Bunyan Trail, Nisswa 
 81.22  Addition; and 
 81.23     (2) Lot 5, Block 5, Plat of Paul Bunyan Trail, Nisswa 
 81.24  Addition. 
 81.25     Sec. 66.  [SALE OF SURPLUS LAND FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES 
 81.26  IN PINE COUNTY.] 
 81.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 81.28  commissioner of natural resources may sell the land described in 
 81.29  paragraph (b) to the city of Willow River in the manner 
 81.30  prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, section 84.027, subdivision 
 81.31  10.  The conveyance must provide that the land revert to the 
 81.32  state of Minnesota should the land cease to be retained and 
 81.33  developed as Stanton Lake Park for public use. 
 81.34     (b) The land that may be sold is located in Pine county and 
 81.35  described as: 
 81.36     All that part of the following described tract:  that part 
 82.1   of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 2, 
 82.2   Township 44 North, Range 20 West, of the Fourth Principal 
 82.3   Meridian, situated in Pine County, described as follows:  
 82.4   beginning at a point on the east and west one quarter line of 
 82.5   Section 2 at the intersection with the easterly right-of-way 
 82.6   line of U.S. Highway No. 61; thence in a southerly direction 
 82.7   along said easterly right-of-way line of U.S. Highway No. 61 a 
 82.8   distance of 695 feet; thence in a northeasterly direction at an 
 82.9   angle of 60 degrees with the U.S. Highway No. 61 right-of-way 
 82.10  line for a distance of 410 feet to a point on the lake bank; 
 82.11  thence in a northeasterly direction at an angle of 153 degrees 
 82.12  35 minutes with the preceding line to the intersection with the 
 82.13  east and west one quarter line of Section 2, thence in a 
 82.14  westerly direction along said east and west one quarter line of 
 82.15  Section 2 to point of beginning, containing 5.81 acres, more or 
 82.16  less.  
 82.17     (c) This property was purchased for development of the 
 82.18  Stanton Lake dam.  The state, its agents, and servants shall 
 82.19  retain ownership of the dam and retain perpetual access to the 
 82.20  dam via the existing road for the purposes of inspection, 
 82.21  maintenance, repair, or reconstruction.  The state shall not be 
 82.22  held liable to make any immediate repairs on the dam.  Such work 
 82.23  shall be based on availability of dam maintenance funds.  The 
 82.24  land in this section is not needed for resource management and 
 82.25  has been declared surplus.  It best serves the public interest 
 82.26  if this property is sold and proceeds used for acquisition of 
 82.27  other land. 
 82.28     Sec. 67.  [HORSESHOE BAY LEASES.] 
 82.29     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) "Lessee" means a lessee 
 82.30  of lands leased under Minnesota Statutes, section 92.46, that 
 82.31  are located in Section 16, Township 62 North, Range 4 East, Cook 
 82.32  County, of record with the commissioner of natural resources as 
 82.33  of May 14, 1993. 
 82.34     (b) "New lease" means a lease issued after the effective 
 82.35  date of this act under the terms and conditions specified in 
 82.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 92.46, subdivisions 1, 1a, and 3, 
 83.1   except that the lease may be for a life term and is not 
 83.2   assignable or transferable and may not be amended to include 
 83.3   additional lessees. 
 83.4      Subd. 2.  [OPTIONS FOR LESSEES.] (a) If requested in 
 83.5   writing by a lessee before January 1, 1998, the commissioner 
 83.6   shall, at the lessee's option: 
 83.7      (1) pay to the lessee the appraised value of the lessee's 
 83.8   improvements on the land and terminate the existing lease as of 
 83.9   the date of payment for improvements; or 
 83.10     (2) issue a new lease for the life of the lessee that 
 83.11  provides that when the lease term expires, the commissioner 
 83.12  shall pay to the lessee or a beneficiary that must be designated 
 83.13  in writing by the lessee the appraised value of the lessee's 
 83.14  improvements on the land.  A lessee who elects this option may 
 83.15  elect to terminate the lease at any time during the term of the 
 83.16  lease in exchange for payment by the commissioner for the 
 83.17  appraised value of the lessee's improvements on the land. 
 83.18     (b) If the commissioner has not received written notice of 
 83.19  a lessee's election by January 1, 1998, the commissioner may 
 83.20  proceed under paragraph (a), clause (1). 
 83.21     (c) After the effective date of this section, no lessee 
 83.22  under paragraph (a), clause (2), shall construct or remodel, 
 83.23  other than necessary for maintenance and upkeep, a cabin or 
 83.24  other structure during the lease. 
 83.25     (d) The commissioner may use money appropriated from the 
 83.26  land acquisition account under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 83.27  94.165, for payments under paragraph (a). 
 83.28     Sec. 68.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE LAND IN CLEARWATER 
 83.29  COUNTY.] 
 83.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
 83.31  97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 282.01, subdivision 2; and the 
 83.32  public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94, the 
 83.33  commissioner of natural resources may sell the land described in 
 83.34  paragraph (c) to the adjoining landowner for $1,000. 
 83.35     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 83.36  attorney general and must provide that: 
 84.1      (1) the land may not be sold for commercial use or be 
 84.2   developed into more than a two-family residence; and 
 84.3      (2) placement or construction of additional buildings or 
 84.4   structures on the land, including corrals and animal shelters or 
 84.5   pens, is prohibited. 
 84.6      (c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater 
 84.7   county and is described as follows: 
 84.8      That part of Government Lot 6, Section 18, Township 143 
 84.9   North, Range 37 West, Clearwater County, Minnesota, described as 
 84.10  follows: 
 84.11     Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 1 Block 1 of 
 84.12  HIGHLAND VIEW, on file and of record in the office of the County 
 84.13  Recorder, being a 3/4 x 24 inch rebar with plastic cap stamped 
 84.14  MN DNR PROPERTY MONUMENT, (DNR MON), from which the north line 
 84.15  of said Lot 1 bears, assumed bearing, North 88 degrees 57 
 84.16  minutes 39 seconds West; thence North 80 degrees 50 minutes 33 
 84.17  seconds West 275.16 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 85 degrees 
 84.18  25 minutes 17 seconds West 93.89 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 
 84.19  50 degrees 06 minutes 54 seconds West 68.17 feet to the north 
 84.20  line of said Lot 1 and a DNR MON; thence South 88 degrees 57 
 84.21  minutes 39 seconds East along the north line of said Lot 1 a 
 84.22  distance of 417.62 feet to the point of beginning, containing 
 84.23  0.23 acres. 
 84.24     (d) The sale authorized by this section would resolve an 
 84.25  inadvertent trespass consisting of the encroachment of a private 
 84.26  dwelling on state land. 
 84.27     (e) The sale authorized by this section is subject to the 
 84.28  following additional conditions: 
 84.29     (1) the costs of construction and maintenance of a boundary 
 84.30  fence are the sole responsibility of the purchaser; and 
 84.31     (2) the adjoining landowner shall reimburse the department 
 84.32  of natural resources for the cost of surveying the land and for 
 84.33  time spent by department staff relating to this land trespass 
 84.34  matter. 
 84.35     Sec. 69.  [LOAN FORGIVENESS.] 
 84.36     The outstanding balance of the loan to the city of Fridley 
 85.1   for reconstruction of the Locke Lake dam, that was appropriated 
 85.2   in Laws 1991, chapter 254, article 1, section 5, subdivision 3, 
 85.3   is canceled and forgiven. 
 85.4      Sec. 70.  [PROTECTION OF OLD GROWTH FOREST AREA.] 
 85.5      The commissioner of natural resources shall negotiate with 
 85.6   the city of Duluth, the Duluth Airport Authority, and other 
 85.7   federal, state, and local parties to identify and delineate the 
 85.8   land subject to the 1939 conveyance on Minnesota Point and 
 85.9   develop a management plan that will provide a level of 
 85.10  protection sufficient to ensure the continued ecological 
 85.11  integrity of the area and to prohibit further cutting of the old 
 85.12  growth forest area. 
 85.13     Sec. 71.  [FUTURE COSTS OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT; UPDATE OF 
 85.14  1995 REPORT.] 
 85.15     The commissioner of the pollution control agency shall, by 
 85.16  January 1, 1998, and each even-numbered year thereafter, provide 
 85.17  the chairs of the house and senate committees with primary 
 85.18  jurisdiction over the agency's budget with the following 
 85.19  information: 
 85.20     (1) an updated list of all wastewater treatment upgrade and 
 85.21  construction projects the agency has identified to meet existing 
 85.22  and proposed water quality standards and regulations; 
 85.23     (2) an estimate of the total costs associated with the 
 85.24  projects listed in clause (1), and the projects' priority 
 85.25  ranking under Minnesota Rules, chapter 7077.  The costs of 
 85.26  projects necessary to meet existing standards must be identified 
 85.27  separately from the costs of projects necessary to meet proposed 
 85.28  standards; 
 85.29     (3) the commissioner's best estimate, developed in 
 85.30  consultation with the commissioner of trade and economic 
 85.31  development and affected permittees, of the increase in sewer 
 85.32  service rates to the residents in the municipalities required to 
 85.33  construct the projects listed in clause (1) resulting from the 
 85.34  cost of these projects; and 
 85.35     (4) a list of existing and proposed state water quality 
 85.36  standards which are more stringent than is necessary to comply 
 86.1   with federal law, either because the standard has no applicable 
 86.2   federal water quality criteria, or because the standard is more 
 86.3   stringent than the applicable federal water quality criteria. 
 86.4      Sec. 72.  [PILOT PROGRAM; CONTROL OF CROP DEPREDATION BY 
 86.5   DEER AND MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.] 
 86.6      Subdivision 1.  [PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.] (a) The commissioner 
 86.7   of natural resources shall establish a pilot program to assist 
 86.8   agricultural producers whose agricultural crops or stored 
 86.9   livestock feed are damaged or destroyed by wildlife.  The 
 86.10  program must provide grants for the acquisition and/or 
 86.11  installation of wildlife deterrent devices. 
 86.12     (b) For purposes of this section, wildlife means deer or 
 86.13  migratory waterfowl; deterrent devices means fences, materials, 
 86.14  or practices at least as effective as fences. 
 86.15     (c) The commissioner, in cooperation with the commissioner 
 86.16  of agriculture, shall prepare and distribute within each 
 86.17  agricultural county forms for reporting crop depredation 
 86.18  incidents and applications for crop depredation grants. 
 86.19     Subd. 2.  [BENEFITS TO PROPERTY OWNERS, TENANTS.] (a) An 
 86.20  eligible property owner or tenant may receive one or more 
 86.21  grants, up to a maximum lifetime limit of $3,000, for deterrent 
 86.22  devices to protect agricultural crops or stored livestock feed 
 86.23  from damage or destruction by wildlife. 
 86.24     (b) The property owner or tenant must apply to the 
 86.25  commissioner on forms provided by the commissioner.  The 
 86.26  application must include reasonable documentation of the need 
 86.27  for the requested deterrent devices. 
 86.28     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION.] A property owner 
 86.29  or tenant desiring to participate in the wildlife depredation 
 86.30  grant program must agree to: 
 86.31     (1) annually provide one or more planted wildlife food 
 86.32  plots having a combined area of five acres or more; 
 86.33     (2) maintain the fencing or deterrent devices as 
 86.34  appropriate and provide secure storage for the devices during 
 86.35  seasons or periods when not in use; and 
 86.36     (3) return the deterrent devices to an agent of the 
 87.1   commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner of 
 87.2   agriculture when the need no longer exists to provide protection 
 87.3   from crop depredation, either from changes in the agricultural 
 87.4   practices on the property or from mitigation of wildlife 
 87.5   depredation concerns in the area. 
 87.6      Subd. 4.  [PROGRAM FOR MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.] A property 
 87.7   owner or tenant is eligible for a grant under the crop 
 87.8   depredation program for damage caused by migratory waterfowl if: 
 87.9      (1) the property is located in a migratory waterfowl flyway 
 87.10  as recognized by the commissioner of natural resources; and 
 87.11     (2) the depredation occurs during the spring crop growing 
 87.12  season or during the fall agricultural crop harvest season. 
 87.13     Subd. 5.  [PROGRAM FOR DEER.] A property owner or tenant is 
 87.14  eligible for a grant under the crop depredation program for 
 87.15  damage caused by deer if: 
 87.16     (1) the depredation occurs during winter months; 
 87.17     (2) the depredation occurs within a winter feeding range 
 87.18  recognized by the commissioner of natural resources; and 
 87.19     (3) the commissioner has received five or more filed 
 87.20  complaints of crop or stored feed damage by deer within the 
 87.21  township where the property is located. 
 87.22     Sec. 73.  [REPORT BY OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE.] 
 87.23     By January 20, 1998, the office of environmental assistance 
 87.24  shall report to the senate and house of representatives 
 87.25  environment and natural resources committees on its 
 87.26  comprehensive review of the Waste Management Act and make 
 87.27  recommendations for any changes in the law.  The report shall 
 87.28  address options to improve waste reduction and recycling 
 87.29  programs and the integrated waste management system, including 
 87.30  whether additional product labeling should be required for 
 87.31  products sold in Minnesota which require special disposal 
 87.32  practices.  The report must discuss the extent to which current 
 87.33  authority under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115A.952 and 
 87.34  115A.956, can accomplish the objectives of Minnesota Statutes 
 87.35  1996, section 115A.9523. 
 87.36     Sec. 74.  [JOINT DITCH NO. 1, CHISAGO AND WASHINGTON 
 88.1   COUNTIES.] 
 88.2      Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.811, the 
 88.3   counties of Chisago and Washington may, after making a 
 88.4   determination that joint ditch no. 1 is not of public benefit 
 88.5   and utility, order its abandonment. 
 88.6      Sec. 75.  [WATER QUALITY REVIEW PILOT PROGRAM.] 
 88.7      (a) If a local unit of government permitted by the 
 88.8   pollution control agency to discharge wastewater to the surface 
 88.9   waters of the state petitions the agency prior to July 1, 1999, 
 88.10  under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.09, to adopt, amend, or 
 88.11  repeal a rule contained in Minnesota Rules, chapter 7050, the 
 88.12  agency and the local unit of government shall contract with an 
 88.13  independent third party to conduct a cost benefit and scientific 
 88.14  analysis and issue an opinion concerning whether or not the rule 
 88.15  that is the subject of the petition is appropriate, and shall 
 88.16  agree on the scope and cost of the analysis.  If they are unable 
 88.17  to agree, the agency and the local unit of government shall 
 88.18  report this to the chairs of the committees with jurisdiction 
 88.19  over the environment and the agency's budget in the house of 
 88.20  representatives and the senate.  No more than three third-party 
 88.21  studies may be required under this section. 
 88.22     (b) Upon the issuance of the third party's findings and 
 88.23  opinion, and if the third party recommends a rule change, the 
 88.24  agency shall within 180 days publish a notice of intent to adopt 
 88.25  a rule or a notice of hearing in accordance with Minnesota 
 88.26  Statutes, sections 14.05 to 14.28.  The proposed rule shall 
 88.27  either incorporate any alternative rules recommended by the 
 88.28  third party or reject, in whole or in part, the opinion and any 
 88.29  alternative rules recommended by the third party.  If the agency 
 88.30  rejects any portion of the third party's opinion or recommended 
 88.31  alternative rules, it must proceed directly to a hearing 
 88.32  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, sections 14.14 to 14.20.  At 
 88.33  this hearing the findings of fact of the third party shall be 
 88.34  given weight equal to the findings of fact of the agency. 
 88.35     (c) Except as described in paragraph (d), the agency may 
 88.36  not issue an order based on the particular section of the rule 
 89.1   being petitioned that would require any capital expenditures for 
 89.2   construction of new or expanded wastewater treatment facilities: 
 89.3      (1) during the time the independent third party is 
 89.4   analyzing the rule; 
 89.5      (2) if the third party recommends a rule change, until the 
 89.6   conclusion of the rulemaking process described in paragraph (b); 
 89.7   or 
 89.8      (3) if the agency or local unit of government report they 
 89.9   are unable to agree on the scope and cost of the analysis 
 89.10  described in paragraph (a), until 90 days after the beginning of 
 89.11  the next annual legislative session. 
 89.12     (d) Paragraph (c) does not apply if the agency finds that 
 89.13  the capital expenditure is necessary to comply with any federal 
 89.14  law, rule, regulation, or guideline, or if the commissioner of 
 89.15  the agency certifies to the legislature that the expenditure is 
 89.16  necessary to address an immediate threat to public health.  The 
 89.17  presence of chemicals at a level believed to be carcinogenic, 
 89.18  cause birth defects, or mimic natural endocrines is considered 
 89.19  to be an immediate threat to public health.  
 89.20     (e) A local unit of government bringing a petition must pay 
 89.21  the full cost incurred by the independent third party to analyze 
 89.22  and issue its factual findings and recommendations.  The cost of 
 89.23  the third party's analysis must be agreed to by the local unit 
 89.24  of government and third party before costs are incurred. 
 89.25     (f) This section does not apply if a local unit of 
 89.26  government petitions under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.09, 
 89.27  without requesting a third-party analysis. 
 89.28     Sec. 75.  [YEAR 2000 READY.] 
 89.29     Any computer software or hardware that is purchased with 
 89.30  money appropriated in this bill must be year 2000 ready. 
 89.31     Sec. 76.  [REPEALER.] 
 89.32     Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 1.31; 1.32; 1.33; 1.34; 
 89.33  1.35; 1.36; 1.37; 1.38; 1.39; and 1.40, are repealed effective 
 89.34  June 30, 1998.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, sections 84B.11; and 
 89.35  115A.9523; and Laws 1995, chapter 220, section 21, are repealed. 
 89.36     Laws 1995, chapter 77, section 3, is repealed effective the 
 90.1   day after final enactment. 
 90.2      Minnesota Rules, part 7009.0060, is repealed. 
 90.3      Sec. 77.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 90.4      Section 41 is effective January 1, 1998. 
 90.5      Section 48, subdivision 3, is effective April 1, 1998.  
 90.6   Sections 32, 53 to 58, 60, and 62 to 68 are effective the day 
 90.7   following final enactment.