<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>resources; modifying disposition of certain revenue; authorizing certain sales; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>modifying and creating certain accounts; modifying and establishing certain fees <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>and surcharges; establishing an off-highway vehicle safety and conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>program; defining certain terms; providing for venison donation; providing for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>prairie establishment guidance; creating the Cuyuna Country State Recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>Area Citizens Advisory Council; exempting certain exchanged land from the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>tax-forfeited land assurance fee; authorizing certain leases of tax-forfeited <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>lands; modifying definition of public official; modifying agency service <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>requirements; creating a grant program; designating a state wildlife management <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>area; improving oversight of local government water management; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>authority of watershed district board of managers and soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>board of supervisors; modifying provisions for wetland conservation; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>requirements for ditch buffers; modifying provisions for individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>treatment systems; providing for civil enforcement; modifying provisions for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>regulating genetically engineered organisms; establishing requirements for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>acquisition of easements; modifying access to certain wetlands; modifying <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>percentage of gasoline use attributable to all-terrain vehicles; modifying trail <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>designation requirements; eliminating sunset of sustainable forest resources <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>provisions; authorizing rulemaking; requiring reports and studies; amending <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 10A.01, subdivision 35; 15.99, subdivision 3; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>16A.531, subdivision 1a; 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.026, subdivision 1; 84.0272, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>by adding a subdivision; 84.0855, subdivisions 1, 2; 84.780; 84.927, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>2; 84.963; 84D.13, subdivision 7; 85.054, by adding a subdivision; 86B.706, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision 2; 89.22, subdivision 2; 93.22, subdivision 1; 97A.055, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>4; 97A.065, by adding a subdivision; 97A.133, by adding a subdivision; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>97A.475, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 97A.485, subdivision 7; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>97C.081, subdivision 3; 103B.101, by adding a subdivision; 103C.321, by adding <br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>a subdivision; 103D.325, by adding a subdivision; 103E.021, subdivisions 1, 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>3, by adding a subdivision; 103E.315, subdivision 8; 103E.321, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>103E.701, by adding a subdivision; 103E.705, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 103E.728, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>subdivision 2; 103G.222, subdivisions 1, 3; 103G.2241, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>6, 9, 11; 103G.2242, subdivisions 2, 2a, 9, 12, 15; 103G.2243, subdivision 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>103G.235; 103G.301, subdivision 2; 115.55, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivision; 116C.92; 116C.94, subdivision 1; 116C.97, subdivision 2; 296A.18, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>subdivision 4; Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section 169; Laws 2006, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>236, article 1, section 21; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>chapters 17; 84; 84D; 85; 89; 97B; 103B; 103E; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>2006, sections 89A.11; 103G.2241, subdivision 8.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="7" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" colspan="4" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><br/>
<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,271,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">99,989,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">27,232,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">27,233,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">61,425,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">61,622,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,566,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Water</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">42,928,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">42,248,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,326,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,266,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br/>
Special Revenue<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">550,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,004,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,934,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>$2,348,000 the first year and $2,348,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>the second year are for the clean water <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>partnership program. Any balance remaining <br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>in the first year does not cancel and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>is available for the second year. This <br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>appropriation may be used for grants to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>local units of government for the purpose <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>of restoring impaired waters listed under <br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>Act in accordance with adopted total <br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>maximum daily loads (TMDL's), including <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>implementation of approved clean water <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>partnership diagnostic study work plans that <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>will assist in restoration of such impaired <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>waters.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>$2,324,000 the first year and $2,324,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the second year are for grants to delegated <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>counties to administer the county feedlot <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>program. The commissioner, in consultation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>with the Minnesota Association of County <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>Feedlot Officers executive team, may use up <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>to five percent of the annual appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>for initiatives to enhance existing delegated <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>county feedlot programs, information and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>education, or technical assistance to reduce <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>feedlot-related pollution hazards. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>unexpended balance in the first year does not <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>$335,000 the first year and $335,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>second year are for community technical <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>assistance and education, including grants <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>and technical assistance to communities for <br/>
<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>local and basinwide water quality protection.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>$405,000 the first year and $405,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>second year are for individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>treatment system (ISTS) administration and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>grants. Of this amount, $86,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>is for assistance to counties through grants <br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>for ISTS program administration. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>unexpended balance in the first year does not <br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>cancel but is available in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>$480,000 the first year and $480,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>second year are from the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>fund to address the need for continued <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>increased activity in the areas of new <br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>technology review, technical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>for local governments, and enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115.55 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>to 115.58, and to complete the requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>of Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>165. Of this amount, $48,000 each year is for <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>administration of individual septic tank fees.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>second year are to monitor and analyze <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>endocrine disruptors in surface waters in at <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>least 20 additional sites. The data must be <br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>placed on the agency's Web site.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>$15,317,000 the first year and $15,317,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>the second year are to implement the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>requirements of Minnesota Statutes, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>114D. Of this amount, $6,317,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>year is for completion of ten percent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>needed statewide assessments of surface <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>water quality and trends and $9,000,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>each year is to develop TMDL's and TMDL <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>implementation plans for waters listed on <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>the United States Environmental Protection <br/>
<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>Agency approved impaired waters list. The <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>agency shall complete an average of ten <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>percent of the TMDL's each year over the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>next ten years.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>$690,000 the first year and $690,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>to provide regulatory services to the ethanol, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>mining, and other developing economic <br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>sectors.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>$88,000 the first year is for the endocrine <br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>disruptors report required to be completed <br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>under article 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>$550,000 is appropriated in fiscal year <br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>2008 from the remediation fund to the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>commissioner of the Pollution Control <br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>Agency for transfer to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>of health to conduct an evaluation of point <br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>of use water treatment units at removing <br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane <br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>sulfonate, and perfluorobutanoic acid from <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>known concentrations of these compounds <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>in drinking water. The evaluation shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>completed by December 31, 2007, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>commissioner of health may contract for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>services to complete the evaluation.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>By January 15, 2008, the commissioner shall <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>amend agency rules and, where legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>action is necessary, provide recommendations <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>to the house of representatives and senate <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>divisions on environmental finance on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>water and air fee changes that will result in <br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>revenue to the environmental fund to pay for <br/>
<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>regulatory services to the ethanol, mining, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>and other developing economic sectors.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>16A.28, the appropriations encumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>under contract on or before June 30, 2009, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>for clean water partnership, individual <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>sewage treatment systems (ISTS), Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>River, total maximum daily loads (TMDL's), <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>stormwater contracts or grants, and local and <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>basinwide water quality protection contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>or grants in this subdivision are available <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>until June 30, 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Air</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,623,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,890,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,623,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">10,890,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>the second year may be transferred from the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>environmental fund to the small business <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>environmental improvement loan account <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>established in Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>116.993.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>for a monitoring program under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>Statutes, section 116.454.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>for monitoring ambient air for hazardous <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>pollutants in the metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>$760,000 the first year and $76,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>to provide regulatory services to the ethanol, <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>mining, and other developing economic <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>sectors.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Land</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,081,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,151,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,065,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,065,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,016,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>All money for environmental response, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>compensation, and compliance in the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>remediation fund not otherwise appropriated <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>is appropriated to the commissioners of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>Pollution Control Agency and agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>(3), (6), and (7). At the beginning of each <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>fiscal year, the two commissioners shall <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>jointly submit an annual spending plan <br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>to the commissioner of finance and the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>house and senate chairs of environment and <br/>
<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>natural resources finance that maximizes the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>utilization of resources and appropriately <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>allocates the money between the two <br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>departments. This appropriation is available <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>until June 30, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>$3,616,000 the first year and $3,616,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>the second year are transferred from the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>petroleum tank fund to the remediation fund <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>for appropriation to the commissioner for <br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>purposes of the leaking underground storage <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>tank program to protect the land.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>$252,000 the first year and $252,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>second year are from the remediation fund to <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>be transferred to the Department of Health <br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>for health assessments, drinking water <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>advisories, and public information activities <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Multimedia</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,879,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,911,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,288,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,320,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,591,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,591,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>$550,000 the first year and $550,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>to provide regulatory services to the ethanol, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>mining, and other developing economic <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>sectors.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>16A.28, the appropriations encumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>under contract on or before June 30, 2009, for <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>total maximum daily load (TMDL) contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>or grants are available until June 30, 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Environmental Assistance</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,142,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,142,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>$14,000,000 each year is from the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>environmental fund for SCORE block grants <br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>to counties.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>Any unencumbered grant and loan balances <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>in the first year do not cancel but are available <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>for grants and loans in the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>All money deposited in the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>fund for the metropolitan solid waste landfill <br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>fee under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>473.843, and not otherwise appropriated, is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>appropriated to the agency for the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>$119,000 the first year and $119,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>second year are from the environmental <br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>fund for environmental assistance grants <br/>
<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>or loans under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>115A.0716.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>$1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>to retrofit school buses statewide, including <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>buses for preschool children, and for loans to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>small trucking firms to install equipment to <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>reduce fuel consumption. This is a onetime <br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>appropriation.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>16A.28, the appropriations encumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>under contract on or before June 30, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>2009, for environmental assistance grants <br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>115A.0716, and for technical and research <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>assistance under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>section 115A.152, technical assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.52, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>and pollution prevention assistance under <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115D.04, are <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>available until June 30, 2011.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Administrative Support</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,618,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,647,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>The commissioner may transfer money from <br/>
<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>the environmental fund to the remediation <br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>fund as necessary for the purposes of the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>section 116.155, subdivision 2.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>NATURAL RESOURCES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">245,211,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">250,370,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">80,587,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">82,778,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">74,251,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">75,260,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">90,073,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">92,032,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>purpose are specified in the following <br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>subdivisions.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var><br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Land and Mineral Resources </b><br/>
<b>Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,461,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">11,448,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,347,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,406,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,551,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,447,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,363,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,395,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>$475,000 the first year and $475,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>second year are for iron ore cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>research. Of this amount, $200,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>is from the minerals management account in <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>the natural resources fund and $275,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>year is from the general fund. $237,500 the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>first year and $237,500 the second year are <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>$86,000 the first year and $86,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>second year are for minerals cooperative <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>environmental research, of which $43,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>the first year and $43,000 the second year are <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>$2,800,000 the first year and $2,696,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>the second year are from the minerals <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>management account in the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>fund for use as provided in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>Statutes, section 93.2236, paragraph (c).<br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>account in the permanent school fund to <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>commercial leasing of school trust lands and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>to identify, evaluate, and lease construction <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>aggregate located on school trust lands. This <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>appropriation is to be used for securing <br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>maximum long-term economic return <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>from the school trust lands consistent with <br/>
<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>fiduciary responsibilities and sound natural <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>resources conservation and management <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>principles.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>$15,000 the first year is for a report <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>by February 1, 2008, to the house and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>environment and natural resources on <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>proposed minimum legal and conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>standards that could be applied to <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>conservation easements acquired with public <br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>money.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>$701,000 the first year and $701,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>second year are to support the land records <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>management system. Of this amount, <br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>$326,000 the first year and $326,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>second year are from the game and fish fund <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>and $375,000 the first year and $375,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>fund.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Water Resources Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,931,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">13,116,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,651,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">12,836,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">280,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">280,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>$310,000 the first year and $310,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>second year are for grants for up to 50 <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>percent of the cost of implementing the Red <br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>River mediation agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>$65,000 the first year and $65,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>second year are for a grant to the Mississippi <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of <br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>the cost of implementing the comprehensive <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>plan for the upper Mississippi within areas <br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>under the board's jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>$5,000 the first year and $5,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>year are for payment to the Leech Lake Band <br/>
<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>of Chippewa Indians to implement the band's <br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>portion of the comprehensive plan for the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>upper Mississippi.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>second year are for the construction of ring <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>dikes under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>103F.161. The ring dikes may be publicly <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>or privately owned. Any unencumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>first year and is available for the second <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>year. If the appropriation in the first year is <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the second <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>year is available in the first year.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>$1,280,000 the first year and $1,280,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>second year are to support the identification <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>of impaired waters and develop plans to <br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>address those impairments, as required by <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>the federal Clean Water Act.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Forest Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,148,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">41,930,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,858,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">23,273,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,033,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">18,393,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">257,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">264,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>$7,217,000 the first year and $7,217,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>the second year are for prevention, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>presuppression, and suppression costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>emergency firefighting and other costs <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>88.12. If the appropriation for either <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>year is insufficient to cover all costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>presuppression and suppression, the amount <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>necessary to pay for these costs during the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>biennium is appropriated from the general <br/>
<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>By November 15 of each year, the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>commissioner of natural resources shall <br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>submit a report to the chairs of the house <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>and senate committees and divisions having <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>jurisdiction over environment and natural <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>resources finance, identifying all firefighting <br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>costs incurred and reimbursements received <br/>
<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>in the prior fiscal year. These appropriations <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>may not be transferred. Any reimbursement <br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>of firefighting expenditures made to the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>commissioner from any source other than <br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>federal mobilizations shall be deposited into <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>the general fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>$18,033,000 the first year and $18,393,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>the second year are from the forest <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>management investment account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>natural resources fund for only the purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>89.039, subdivision 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>$780,000 the first year and $780,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>second year are for the Forest Resources <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>Council for implementation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>Sustainable Forest Resources Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>$350,000 the first year and $350,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>second year are for the FORIST timber <br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>management information system, other <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>information systems, and for increased <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>forestry management.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>$257,000 the first year and $264,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>second year are from the game and fish <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>fund to implement ecological classification <br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>systems (ECS) standards on forested <br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>landscapes. This appropriation is from <br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>revenue deposited in the game and fish fund <br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>$55,000 the first year and $55,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>second year are to develop and implement <br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>a statewide information and education <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>campaign regarding the proposed statewide <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>ban on the transport, storage, or use of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>nonapproved firewood on state administered <br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>land.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>$75,000 the first year is to the Forest <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>Resources Council for a task force on forest <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>protection and $75,000 the second year is <br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>appropriated for grants to cities, counties, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>townships, special recreation areas, and park <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>and recreation boards in cities of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>class for the identification, removal, disposal, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>and replacement of dead or dying shade trees <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>lost to forest pests or disease. For purposes <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>of this section, "shade tree" means a woody <br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>environmental purposes with minimal to <br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>residual timber value. The commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>shall consult with municipalities; park and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>recreation boards in cities of the first class; <br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>nonprofit organizations; and other interested <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>parties in developing eligibility criteria.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>$50,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>fund for forest road maintenance in support <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>of all-terrain vehicle trails.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Parks and Recreation Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">35,141,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">35,959,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,560,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">20,923,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14,581,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15,036,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>$640,000 the first year and $640,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>second year are from the water recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>account in the natural resources fund for state <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>park water access projects.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>$3,996,000 the first year and $3,996,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>fund for state park and recreation area <br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>operations. This appropriation is from the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>revenue deposited in the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>fund under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>$5,000 each year is for payment of expenses <br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>of the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area <br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>Citizens Advisory Council.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Trails and Waterways Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">29,442,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">29,647,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,528,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,548,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,795,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">24,905,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,119,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,194,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>$7,924,000 the first year and $7,924,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>the second year are from the snowmobile <br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>trails and enforcement account in the natural <br/>
<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>resources fund for snowmobile grants-in-aid. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>The additional money under this paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>may be used for new grant-in-aid trails. Any <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>unencumbered balance does not cancel at the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>end of the first year and is available for the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>$1,140,000 the first year and $1,132,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>fund for off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>Of this amount, $790,000 the first year <br/>
<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>and $882,000 the second year are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>all-terrain vehicle account; $150,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>year is from the off-highway motorcycle <br/>
<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>account; and $200,000 the first year and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>$100,000 the second year are from the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>off-road vehicle account. Any unencumbered <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>year and is available for the second year.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>$261,000 the first year and $261,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>second year are from the water recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>account in the natural resources fund for a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>safe harbor program on Lake Superior.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>$742,000 the first year and $760,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>the second year are from the natural <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>resources fund for state trail operations <br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>and maintenance. The money may be used <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>for trail maintenance, signage, mapping, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>interpretation, native prairie restoration <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>using best management practices, and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>maintenance of nonmotorized forest trails. <br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>This appropriation is from the revenue <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>deposited in the natural resources fund <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>paragraph (e), clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>$32,000 the first year and $107,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>second year are from the game and fish <br/>
<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>fund for expenditures on water access sites <br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>according to the requirements of the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>sport and fish restoration program.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Fish and Wildlife Management</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">67,072,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">68,394,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,255,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,255,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,876,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,876,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">61,941,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">63,263,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>$410,000 the first year and $418,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>second year are for resource population <br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>surveys in the 1837 treaty area. Of this <br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>amount, $274,000 the first year and $288,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>the second year are from the game and fish <br/>
<a id="pl.16.35"></a><var>16.35</var>fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>$8,061,000 the first year and $8,167,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>the second year are from the heritage <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>enhancement account in the game and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>fish fund for only the purposes specified <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>paragraph (e), clause (1). Of this amount, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>$1,175,000 the first year and $1,175,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>second year are for preserving, restoring, and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>enhancing grassland/wetland complexes on <br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>public lands.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>84.943, $13,000 the first year and $13,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>the second year from the critical habitat <br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>private sector matching account may be used <br/>
<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>to publicize the critical habitat license plate <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>match program.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>$8,000 the first year and $8,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>year are appropriated from the game and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>fish fund for transfer to the wild turkey <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>management account for purposes specified <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>subdivision 5.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>$108,000 the first year and $108,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>second year are from the game and fish <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>fund for costs associated with administering <br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>fishing contest permits.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>$182,000 the first year and $132,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>second year are to accelerate wildlife health <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>programs and to prevent the spread of <br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>disease from livestock and poultry to the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>wildlife population. $50,000 in the first <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>year is for fencing cattle-feeding areas in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>bovine tuberculosis control zones, under the <br/>
<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>emergency deterrent materials assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>program in Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>97A.028, subdivision 3. This appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>is available until June 30, 2009. $66,000 of <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>this amount is permanent.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>$575,000 the first year and $575,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>second year are for preserving, restoring, and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>enhancing grassland/wetland complexes on <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>public lands.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>$150,000 the first year and $150,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>second year are from the game and fish fund <br/>
<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>to expand the roadsides for wildlife program.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>$175,000 the first year and $175,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>second year are appropriated from the game <br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>and fish fund to the commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>resources for grants to Let's Go Fishing <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>of Minnesota to promote opportunities for <br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>fishing. The grants must be matched with <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>cash or in-kind contributions from nonstate <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>sources. This is a onetime appropriation.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Ecological Services</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">14,201,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">15,404,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">6,831,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,934,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,488,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,519,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,882,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,951,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>$1,192,000 the first year and $1,223,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>second year are from the nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>management account in the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>fund for the purpose of nongame wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>management. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>Statutes, section 290.431, $100,000 the first <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>year and $100,000 the second year may be <br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>used for nongame information, education, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>and promotion.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>$1,612,000 the first year and $1,636,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>the second year are from the heritage <br/>
<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>enhancement account in the game and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>fish fund for only the purposes specified <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>paragraph (e), clause (1), on public lands.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>$2,765,000 in the first year and $3,985,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>in the second year, of which $1,795,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>first year and $1,795,000 the second year <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>are from the invasive species account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>natural resources fund for law enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>and water access inspection to prevent the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>spread of invasive species, grants to manage <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>invasive plants in public waters, technical <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>assistance to grant applicants for improving <br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>lake quality, and management of terrestrial <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>invasive species on state-administered lands. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>Priority shall be given to preventing the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>spread of aquatic invertebrates. An applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>for a grant to manage invasive plants in <br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>public waters must have a workable plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>improving water quality and reducing the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>need for additional treatment. Grants may <br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>not be made for chemicals that are likely <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>endocrine disruptors. A plan to prevent the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>introduction of asian carp into Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>waters must be made available to the public <br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>by November 1, 2007.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>$125,000 the first year is to support <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>a technical committee and for land <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>management units that manage grass lands <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>in order to develop plans to optimize native <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>prairie seed harvest and replanting on <br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>state-owned lands. The work must use best <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>management practices with an outcome of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>ensuring the survival of the native prairie <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>remaining in Minnesota and to estimate the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>value of the seeds. Maximizing seed harvest <br/>
<a id="pl.19.36"></a><var>19.36</var>may include allowing seed producers to keep <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>a portion of the seed as compensation for <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>supplying equipment and labor.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>The Department of Natural Resources <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>in cooperation with the Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>Agriculture and the Board of Water and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>Soil Resources shall establish a technical <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>advisory committee which has the expertise <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>to develop (1) criteria to identify public and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>private marginal lands which could be used <br/>
<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>to produce native prairie seeds of a local <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>ecotype or restore native prairies that could <br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>be used to produce clean energy and (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>guidelines for production that ensure high <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>carbon sequestration, protection of wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>and waters, and minimization of inputs and <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>that do not compromise the survival of the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>native prairie remaining in Minnesota. In <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>addition to agency members, the advisory <br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>committee shall have one member from <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>each of two farm organizations, one member <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>from a sustainable farmer organization, one <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>member each from three rural economic <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>development organizations, one member <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>each from three environmental organizations, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>and one member each from three wildlife <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>or conservation organizations. A report on <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>outcomes from the technical committee is <br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>due December 15, 2007, to the legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>finance chairs on environment and natural <br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>$50,000 in the first year is for the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>commissioner, in consultation with the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>Environmental Quality Board, to report to <br/>
<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>the house and senate committees having <br/>
<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>jurisdiction over environmental policy <br/>
<a id="pl.20.36"></a><var>20.36</var>and finance by February 1, 2008, on the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>Mississippi River critical area program. The <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>report shall include the status of critical <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>area plans, zoning ordinances, the number <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>and types of revisions anticipated, and the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>nature and number of variances sought. The <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>report shall include recommendations that <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>adequately protect and manage the aesthetic <br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>integrity and natural environment of the river <br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>corridor.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>second year are to support the identification <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>of impaired waters and develop plans to <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>address those impairments, as required by <br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>the federal Clean Water Act.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Enforcement</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,021,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">30,697,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,336,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,392,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,163,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">7,320,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,422,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">19,885,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>$100,000 each year is for a conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>officer position to be stationed at Mississippi <br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>Headwaters State Forest to work with local <br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>jurisdictions, including Native American <br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>reservations, in enforcing state law along <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>the Mississippi River from Lake Itasca <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>downstream to Lake Bemidji and in the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>Bemidji region.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>$1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>second year are from the water recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>grants to counties for boat and water safety.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>second year are from the remediation fund <br/>
<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>for solid waste enforcement activities under <br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116.073.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>$315,000 the first year and $315,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>second year are from the snowmobile <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>trails and enforcement account in the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>natural resources fund for grants to local <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>law enforcement agencies for snowmobile <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>enforcement activities.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>$1,164,000 the first year and $1,164,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>the second year are from the heritage <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>enhancement account in the game and <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>fish fund for only the purposes specified <br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>$225,000 the first year and $225,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>the second year are from the natural <br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>resources fund for grants to county law <br/>
<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>enforcement agencies for off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>vehicle enforcement and public education <br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>activities based on off-highway vehicle use <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>in the county. Of this amount, $213,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>year is from the all-terrain vehicle account, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>$11,000 each year is from the off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>motorcycle account, and $1,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>is from the off-road vehicle account. The <br/>
<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>county enforcement agencies may use <br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>money received under this appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>to make grants to other local enforcement <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>agencies within the county that have a high <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>concentration of off-highway vehicle use. Of <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>this appropriation, $25,000 each year is for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>administration of these grants.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>$15,000 the first year and $5,000 the second <br/>
<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>year are from the off-road vehicle account <br/>
<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>in the natural resources fund to establish <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>the off-road vehicle environment and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>education and training program under <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 84.8015.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>$50,000 the first year and $225,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>fund for grants to qualifying off-highway <br/>
<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>vehicle organizations to assist in safety and <br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>environmental education and monitoring <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>trails on public lands. Of this appropriation, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>$25,000 each year is for administration of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>these grants.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>Overtime must be distributed to conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>officers at historical levels; however, a <br/>
<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>reasonable reduction or addition may be <br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>made to the officer's allocation, if justified, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>based on an individual officer's workload. If <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>funding for enforcement is reduced because <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>of an unallotment, the overtime bank may be <br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>reduced in proportion to reductions made in <br/>
<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>other areas of the budget.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Operations Support</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,794,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">3,775,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,221,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2,211,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">484,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">484,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,089,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">1,080,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>$38,000 is from the game and fish fund for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>the study on the natural stands of wild rice <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>required in article 2.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>$270,000 the first year and $270,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>fund for grants to be divided equally between <br/>
<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>the city of St. Paul for the Como Zoo <br/>
<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>and Conservatory and the city of Duluth <br/>
<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>for the Duluth Zoo. This appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>is from the revenue deposited to the fund <br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>paragraph (e), clause (5).<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>$55,000 in the first year and $7,000 in the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>second year are to be transferred to the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>Environmental Quality Board to fulfill the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>requirement of Minnesota Statutes, sections <br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>116C.92 and 116C.94.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var><br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL </b><br/>
<b>RESOURCES</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,369,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">22,728,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>$4,102,000 the first year and $4,102,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>second year are for natural resources block <br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>grants to local governments. The board may <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>reduce the amount of the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>block grant to a county by an amount equal to <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>any reduction in the county's general services <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>allocation to a soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>district from the county's previous year <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>allocation when the board determines that <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>the reduction was disproportionate. Grants <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>must be matched with a combination of local <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>cash or in-kind contributions. The base grant <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>portion related to water planning must be <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>matched by an amount that would be raised <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>by a levy under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>103B.3369.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>$3,566,000 the first year and $3,566,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>the second year are for grants requested <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>by soil and water conservation districts for <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>general purposes, nonpoint engineering, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>and implementation of the reinvest in <br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>Minnesota conservation reserve program. <br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>Upon approval of the board, expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>may be made from these appropriations for <br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>supplies and services benefiting soil and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>water conservation districts. Any district <br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>requesting a grant under this paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>shall create and maintain a Web page that <br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>publishes, at a minimum, its annual plan, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>annual report, annual audit, and annual <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>budget, including membership dues and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>meeting notices and minutes.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>$3,250,000 the first year and $3,250,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>the second year are for grants to soil and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>water conservation districts for cost-sharing <br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>contracts for erosion control and water <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>quality management. Of this amount, at least <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>$1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>second year are for grants for cost-sharing <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>contracts to establish and maintain vegetation <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>buffers of restored native prairie and restored <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>prairie using seeds of a local ecotype region. <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>second year are available to begin county <br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>cooperative weed management programs <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>on natural lands and private lands enrolled <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>in state and federal conservation programs <br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>and to restore native plants in selected <br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>invasive species management sites by <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>providing local native seeds and plants <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>to landowners for implementation. This <br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>appropriation is available until expended. If <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>the appropriation in either year is insufficient, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>the appropriation in the other year is available <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>for it. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>section 103C.501, any balance in the board's <br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>cost-share program that remains from the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>fiscal year 2007 appropriation is available <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>in an amount up to $2,000 for a grant to <br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>the Faribault Soil and Water Conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>District to pay for erosion repair on the Blue <br/>
<a id="pl.25.36"></a><var>25.36</var>Earth River.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>The board shall develop a forestry practice <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>docket for cost-share money.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>second year are for a grant to the Red <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>River Basin Commission to develop a Red <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>River basin plan and to coordinate water <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>management activities in the states and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>provinces bordering the Red River. The <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>unencumbered balance in the first year does <br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>not cancel but is available for the second <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>year.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>$5,450,000 the first year and $5,450,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>the second year are for implementation of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>the Clean Water Legacy Act as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>$1,500,000 each year is for targeted <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>nonpoint restoration cost-share and incentive <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>payments, of which up to $1,400,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>each year is available for grants. Of this <br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>amount, $250,000 each year must be <br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>contracted for services with the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>Conservation Corp. The grant funds are <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>available until expended; $2,000,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>year is for targeted nonpoint restoration and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>protection and technical, compliance, and <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>engineering assistance activities, of which <br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>up to $1,700,000 each year is available for <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>grants; $200,000 each year is for reporting <br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>and evaluating applied soil and water <br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>conservation practices; $1,650,000 each year <br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>is for grants to implement county individual <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>sewage treatment system programs. Of this <br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>amount, after a county has complied with <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>requirements to adopt ordinances pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>subdivision 2, the county may request grants <br/>
<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var>of up to $60,000 the first year and $60,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>the second year to inventory properties with <br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>individual sewage treatment systems that <br/>
<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>are an imminent threat to public health or <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>safety due to water discharges of untreated <br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>sewage, and require compliance under an <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>applicable ordinance. The grant amount <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>shall be proportional to the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>properties expected to be inventoried. Each <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>county receiving an appropriation under <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>this paragraph shall report the number of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>inspections and the number determined to be <br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>an imminent threat to public health or safety <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>to the Pollution Control Agency by February <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>1 of each year; and $100,000 each year is <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>to the Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>Board, also known as the Minnesota River <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>Board, for operating expenses to measure <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>and report the results of projects in the 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>major watersheds within the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>River basin. If the appropriation in either <br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation in <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>the other year is available for it. All of <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>the money appropriated in this paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>as grants to local governments shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>administered through the Board of Water <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>and Soil Resources' local water resources <br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>protection and management program under <br/>
<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>$140,000 the first year and $140,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>the second year are for a grant to Area <br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>II, Minnesota River Basin Projects, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>for floodplain management, including <br/>
<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>administration of programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>$1,120,000 the first year and $1,060,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>second year may be spent for the following <br/>
<a id="pl.27.36"></a><var>27.36</var>purposes to support implementation of the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>Wetland Conservation Act: $500,000 each <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>year is to make grants to local units of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>governments to improve response to major <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>wetland violations; $500,000 each year is for <br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>staffing to provide adequate state oversight <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>and technical support to local governments <br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>administering the Wetland Conservation Act; <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>$60,000 each year is for staff to monitor and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>enforce wetland replacement and wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>bank sites; and $60,000 the first year is <br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>for rulemaking required by changes to the <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>Wetland Conservation Act.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>$450,000 the first year and $800,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>the second year are to implement <br/>
<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>recommendations of the Drainage Work <br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>Group to enhance public drainage and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>modernization as follows: $150,000 the first <br/>
<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>year is to develop guidelines for drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>records preservation and modernization; <br/>
<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>$500,000 the second year is for cost-share <br/>
<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>grants to local governments for public <br/>
<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>drainage records modernization; and <br/>
<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>$300,000 each year is to provide assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>to local drainage management officials, to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>facilitate the work of the Drainage Work <br/>
<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>Group, to staff a drainage assistance team, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>and to update the Minnesota Public Drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>Manual. All of the money appropriated in <br/>
<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>this paragraph as grants to local governments <br/>
<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>shall be administered through the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>of Water and Soil Resources' local water <br/>
<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>resources protection and management <br/>
<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>program under Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>103B.3369. <br/>
<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>In addition to other authorities, the Board <br/>
<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>of Water and Soil Resources may reduce, <br/>
<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>withhold, or redirect grants and other funding <br/>
<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>if the local water management entity has <br/>
<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>not corrected deficiencies as prescribed in a <br/>
<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>notice from the board within one year from <br/>
<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>the date of the notice.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,620,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">8,620,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,050,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,050,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,570,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">4,570,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>$4,050,000 the first year and $4,050,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>the second year are for metropolitan parks <br/>
<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>operations.<br/>
<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>$4,570,000 the first year and $4,570,000 the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>second year are from the natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>fund for metropolitan area regional parks <br/>
<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>and trails maintenance and operations. This <br/>
<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>appropriation is from the revenue deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>in the natural resources fund under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), <br/>
<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>clause (3).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var><br/>
<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>MINNESOTA CONSERVATION </b><br/>
<b>CORPS</b><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">840,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">840,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="center" colspan="3" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2008<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">2009<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">350,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">350,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">490,000<br/>
</td>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">490,000<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>The Minnesota Conservation Corps may <br/>
<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>receive money appropriated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>natural resources fund under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>only as provided in an agreement with the <br/>
<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a>

<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>    Subd. 35. <b>Public official.</b> "Public official" means any:<br/>
<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>    (1) member of the legislature;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>    (2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative <br/>
<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>auditor, chief clerk of the house, revisor of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, or <br/>
<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>attorney in the Office of Senate Counsel and Research or House Research;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>    (3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>deputy;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>    (4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>    (5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state <br/>
<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>department or agency as listed in section 
         <statute_ref>15.01</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>, or the state chief information <br/>
<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>officer;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>    (6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a <br/>
<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>state board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under <br/>
<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>chapter 14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>    (7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, <br/>
<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>or repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>    (8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>    (9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);<br/>
<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>    (10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>    (11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of <br/>
<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>Administrative Hearings or referee in the Department of Employment and Economic <br/>
<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>Development;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>    (12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations <br/>
<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>manager of the Metropolitan Council;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>    (13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>    (14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the <br/>
<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>Department of Public Safety;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>    (15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;<br/>
<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>    (16) member of the board of directors or president of Minnesota Technology, Inc.; <br/>
<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>    (17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State <br/>
<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>High School League;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>    (18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755; or <br/>
<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>    (19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>Resources.
<statute_ref></statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>    (20) manager of a watershed district or member of a watershed management <br/>
<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>organization; or<br/>
<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>    (21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15.99, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Application; extensions.</b> (a) The time limit in subdivision 2 begins upon <br/>
<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>the agency's receipt of a written request containing all information required by law or by <br/>
<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>a previously adopted rule, ordinance, or policy of the agency, including the applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>application fee. If an agency receives a written request that does not contain all required <br/>
<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>information, the 60-day limit starts over only if the agency sends written notice within 15 <br/>
<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>business days of receipt of the request telling the requester what information is missing.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>    (b) If a request relating to zoning, septic systems, watershed district review, soil and <br/>
<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>water conservation district review, or expansion of the metropolitan urban service area <br/>
<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>requires the approval of more than one state agency in the executive branch, the 60-day <br/>
<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>period in subdivision 2 begins to run for all executive branch agencies on the day a request <br/>
<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>containing all required information is received by one state agency. The agency receiving <br/>
<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>the request must forward copies to other state agencies whose approval is required.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>    (c) An agency response, including an approval with conditions, meets the 60-day <br/>
<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>time limit if the agency can document that the response was sent within 60 days of receipt <br/>
<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>of the written request. Failure to satisfy the conditions, if any, may be a basis to revoke <br/>
<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>or rescind the approval by the agency and will not give rise to a claim that the 60-day <br/>
<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>limit was not met.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>    (d) The time limit in subdivision 2 is extended if a state statute, federal law, or court <br/>
<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>order requires a process to occur before the agency acts on the request, and the time <br/>
<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>periods prescribed in the state statute, federal law, or court order make it impossible to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>act on the request within 60 days. In cases described in this paragraph, the deadline is <br/>
<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>extended to 60 days after completion of the last process required in the applicable statute, <br/>
<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>law, or order. Final approval of an agency receiving a request is not considered a process <br/>
<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>for purposes of this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>    (e) The time limit in subdivision 2 is extended if: (1) a request submitted to a state <br/>
<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>agency requires prior approval of a federal agency; or (2) an application submitted to <br/>
<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>a city, county, town, school district, metropolitan or regional entity, or other political <br/>
<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>subdivision requires prior approval of a state or federal agency. In cases described in <br/>
<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>this paragraph, the deadline for agency action is extended to 60 days after the required <br/>
<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>prior approval is granted.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>    (f) An agency may extend the time limit in subdivision 2 before the end of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>initial 60-day period by providing written notice of the extension to the applicant. The <br/>
<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>notification must state the reasons for the extension and its anticipated length, which may <br/>
<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>not exceed 60 days unless approved by the applicant.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>    (g) An applicant may by written notice to the agency request an extension of the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>time limit under this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.531, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Revenues.</b> The following revenues must be deposited in the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>environmental fund:<br/>
<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>    (1) all revenue from the motor vehicle transfer fee imposed under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.908</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>    (2) all fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>116.07, subdivision 4d</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>    (3) all money collected by the Pollution Control Agency in enforcement matters <br/>
<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>115.073</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>    (4) all revenues from license fees for individual sewage treatment systems under <br/>
<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>section 
         <statute_ref>115.56</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>    (5) all loan repayments deposited under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.0716</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>    (6) all revenue from pollution prevention fees imposed under section 
         <statute_ref>115D.12</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>    (7) all loan repayments deposited under section 
         <statute_ref>116.994</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>    (8) all fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>116C.834</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>    (9) revenue collected from the solid waste management tax pursuant to chapter 297H;<br/>
<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>    (10) fees collected under section 
         <statute_ref>473.844</statute_ref>; and <br/>
<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>    (11) interest accrued on the fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>    (12) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation <br/>
<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>from any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[17.035] VENISON DISTRIBUTION AND REIMBURSEMENT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Reimbursement.</b> A meat processor holding a license under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>28A may apply to the commissioner of agriculture for reimbursement of $70 towards the <br/>
<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>cost of processing a deer donated according to subdivision 1. The meat processor shall <br/>
<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>deliver the deer, processed into cuts or ground meat, to a charitable organization that is <br/>
<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>registered under chapter 309 and with the commissioner of agriculture and that operates <br/>
<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>a food assistance program. To request reimbursement, the processor shall submit an <br/>
<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>application, on a form prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture, the tag number <br/>
<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>under which the deer was taken, and a receipt for the deer from the charitable organization.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Distribution.</b> (a) The commissioner of agriculture shall ensure the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>equitable statewide distribution of processed deer by requiring the charitable organization <br/>
<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>to allocate and distribute processed deer according to the allocation formula used in the <br/>
<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>distribution of United States Department of Agriculture commodities under the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>emergency food assistance program. The charitable organization must submit quarterly <br/>
<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>reports to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The reports must <br/>
<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>include, but are not limited to, information on the amount of processed deer received and <br/>
<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>the organizations to which the meat was distributed.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>    (b) The commissioner of agriculture may adopt rules to implement this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.025, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Professional services support account.</b> The commissioner of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>resources may bill the various programs carried out by the commissioner for the costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>providing them with professional support services. Except as provided under section <br/>
<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>89.421, receipts must be credited to a special account in the state treasury and are <br/>
<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>appropriated to the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were made.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>    The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the commissioner of finance <br/>
<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>before the start of each fiscal year a work plan showing the estimated work to be done <br/>
<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>during the coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, and the positions and fees <br/>
<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>that will be necessary. This account is exempted from statewide and agency indirect <br/>
<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>cost payments.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>    Sec. 6. <b>[84.02] DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this <br/>
<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>section shall have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Best management practice for native prairie restoration.</b> "Best <br/>
<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>management practice for native prairie restoration" means using seeds collected from a <br/>
<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>native prairie within the same county or within 25 miles of the county's border, but not <br/>
<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>across the boundary of an ecotype region.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Created grassland.</b> "Created grassland" means a restoration using seeds <br/>
<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>or plants with origins outside of the state of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Ecotype region.</b> "Ecotype region" means the following ecological <br/>
<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>subsections and counties based on the Department of Natural Resources map, "County <br/>
<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>Landscape Groupings Based on Ecological Subsections," dated February 15, 2007.<br/>
<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Ecotype Region<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Counties or portions thereof:<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Rochester Plateau, Blufflands, and Oak <br/>
Savanna<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Houston, Winona, Fillmore, Wabasha, <br/>
Goodhue, Mower, Freeborn, Steele, <br/>
Olmsted, Rice, Waseca, Dakota, Dodge<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Anoka Sand Plain, Big Woods, and St. <br/>
Paul Baldwin Plains and Moraines<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington, <br/>
Chisago, Scott, Carver, McLeod, Wright, <br/>
Benton, Isanti, Le Sueur, Sherburne<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Inner Coteau and Coteau Moraines<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Lincoln, Lyon, Pipestone, Rock, Murray, <br/>
Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Red River Prairie (South)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Traverse, Wilkin, Clay, Becker<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Red River Prairie (North) and Aspen <br/>
Parklands<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Kittson, Roseau, Red Lake, Pennington, <br/>
Marshall, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk, <br/>
Norman<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Minnesota River Prairie (North)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Big Stone, Pope, Stevens, Grant, Swift, <br/>
Chippewa, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Renville, <br/>
Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Minnesota River Prairie (South)<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Nicollet, Redwood, Brown, Watonwan, <br/>
Martin, Faribault, Blue Earth, Sibley<br/>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var><br/>
<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var><br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="top">Hardwood Hills<br/>
</td>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">Douglas, Morrison, Otter Tail, Stearns, <br/>
Todd<br/>
</td>
</tr>
</table><a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Native prairie.</b> "Native prairie" means land that has never been plowed <br/>
<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>where native prairie vegetation originating from the site currently predominates or, if <br/>
<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>disturbed, is predominantly covered with native prairie vegetation that originated from the <br/>
<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>site. Unbroken pasture land used for livestock grazing can be considered native prairie if it <br/>
<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>has predominantly native vegetation originating from the site and conservation practices <br/>
<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>have maintained biological diversity.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Native prairie species of a local ecotype.</b> "Native prairie species of a local <br/>
<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>ecotype" means a genetically differentiated population of a species that has at least one <br/>
<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>trait (morphological, biochemical, fitness, or phenological) that is evolutionarily adapted <br/>
<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>to local environmental conditions, notably plant competitors, pathogens, pollinators, soil <br/>
<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>microorganisms, growing season length, climate, hydrology, and soil.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Restored native prairie.</b> "Restored native prairie" means a restoration <br/>
<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>using at least 25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species of a <br/>
<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>local ecotype originating in the same county as the restoration site or within 25 miles of <br/>
<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>the county's border, but not across the boundary of an ecotype region.<br/>
<a id="pl.34.36"></a><var>34.36</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Restored prairie.</b> "Restored prairie" means a restoration using at least <br/>
<a id="pl.34.37"></a><var>34.37</var>25 representative and biologically diverse native prairie plant species originating from <br/>
<a id="pl.34.38"></a><var>34.38</var>the same ecotype region in which the restoration occurs.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.34.39"></a><var>34.39</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.026, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Contracts.</b> The commissioner of natural resources is authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>to enter into contractual agreements with any public or private entity for the provision <br/>
<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>of statutorily prescribed natural resources services by the department. The contracts <br/>
<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>shall specify the services to be provided. Except as provided under section 89.421, funds <br/>
<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>generated in a contractual agreement made pursuant to this section shall be deposited in <br/>
<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the department for purposes of providing <br/>
<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>the services specified in the contracts. The commissioner shall report revenues collected <br/>
<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>and expenditures made under this subdivision to the chairs of the Committees on Ways and <br/>
<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>Means in the house and Finance in the senate by January 1 of each odd-numbered year.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0272, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Easement information.</b> Parties to an easement purchased under the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>authority of the commissioner must:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>    (1) specify in the easement all provisions that are perpetual in nature;<br/>
<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>    (2) file the easement with the county recorder or registrar of titles in the county <br/>
<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>in which the land is located; and<br/>
<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>    (3) submit an electronic copy of the easement to the commissioner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0855, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Sales authorized; gift certificates.</b> The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>sell natural resources-related publications and maps; forest resource assessment <br/>
<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>products; federal migratory waterfowl, junior duck, and other federal stamps; and other <br/>
<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>nature-related merchandise, and may rent or sell items for the convenience of persons using <br/>
<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>Department of Natural Resources facilities or services. The commissioner may sell gift <br/>
<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>certificates for any items rented or sold. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>, a fee charged <br/>
<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>by the commissioner under this section may include a reasonable amount in excess of the <br/>
<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>actual cost to support Department of Natural Resources programs. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>advertise the availability of a program or item offered under this section. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.0855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Receipts; appropriation.</b> Except as provided under section 89.421, <br/>
<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>money received by the commissioner under this section or to buy supplies for the use of <br/>
<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>volunteers, may be credited to one or more special accounts in the state treasury and is <br/>
<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes for which the money was received. <br/>
<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>Money received from sales at the state fair shall be available for state fair related costs. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>Money received from sales of intellectual property and software products or services shall <br/>
<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>be available for development, maintenance, and support of software products and systems.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.780, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var><b>84.780 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE DAMAGE ACCOUNT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>    (a) The off-highway vehicle damage account is created in the natural resources fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>Money in the off-highway vehicle damage account is appropriated to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>of natural resources for the repair or restoration of property damaged by the operation of <br/>
<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>off-highway vehicles in an unpermitted illegal area after August 1, 2003, and for the costs <br/>
<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>of administration for this section. Before the commissioner may make a payment from <br/>
<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>this account, the commissioner must determine whether the damage to the property was <br/>
<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>caused by the unpermitted illegal use of off-highway vehicles, that the applicant has made <br/>
<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>reasonable efforts to identify the responsible individual and obtain payment from the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>individual, and that the applicant has made reasonable efforts to prevent reoccurrence. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>By June 30, 2008, the commissioner of finance must transfer the remaining balance in the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>account to the off-highway motorcycle account under section 
<statute_ref>84.794</statute_ref>, the off-road vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>account under section 
<statute_ref>84.803</statute_ref>, and the all-terrain vehicle account under section 
<statute_ref>84.927</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>The amount transferred to each account must be proportionate to the amounts received in <br/>
<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>the damage account from the relevant off-highway vehicle accounts.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>    (b) Determinations of the commissioner under this section may be made by written <br/>
<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>order and are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. Section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>does not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>    (c) This section expires July 1, 2008 These funds are available until expended.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>    Sec. 12. <b>[84.9011] OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE SAFETY AND CONSERVATION </b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var><b>PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The commissioner of natural resources shall establish <br/>
<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>a program to promote the safe and responsible operation of off-highway vehicles in a <br/>
<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>manner that does not harm the environment. The commissioner shall coordinate the <br/>
<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>program through the regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Purpose.</b> The purpose of the program is to encourage off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>clubs to assist, on a volunteer basis, in improving, maintaining, and monitoring of trails on <br/>
<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>state forest land and other public lands.<br/>
<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Agreements.</b> (a) The commissioner shall enter into informal agreements <br/>
<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>with off-highway vehicle clubs for volunteer services to maintain, make improvements to, <br/>
<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>and monitor trails on state forest land and other public lands. The off-highway vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>clubs shall promote the operation of off-highway vehicles in a safe and responsible manner <br/>
<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>that complies with the laws and rules that relate to the operation of off-highway vehicles.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>    (b) The off-highway vehicle clubs may provide assistance to the department in <br/>
<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>locating, recruiting, and training instructors for off-highway vehicle training programs.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>    (c) The commissioner may provide assistance to enhance the comfort and safety <br/>
<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>of volunteers and to facilitate the implementation and administration of the safety and <br/>
<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>conservation program.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Worker displacement prohibited.</b> The commissioner may not enter into <br/>
<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>any agreement that has the purpose of or results in the displacement of public employees <br/>
<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>by volunteers participating in the off-highway safety and conservation program under <br/>
<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>this section. The commissioner must certify to the appropriate bargaining agent that the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>work performed by a volunteer will not result in the displacement of currently employed <br/>
<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>workers or workers on seasonal layoff or layoff from a substantially equivalent position, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>including partial displacement such as reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or <br/>
<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>other employment benefits.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.927, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Purposes.</b> Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the <br/>
<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>all-terrain vehicle account may only be spent for:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>    (1) the education and training program under section 
         <statute_ref>84.925</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>    (2) administration, enforcement, and implementation of sections 
         <statute_ref>84.773</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>84.929</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>    (3) acquisition, maintenance, and development of vehicle trails and use areas;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>    (4) grant-in-aid programs to counties and municipalities to construct and maintain <br/>
<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>all-terrain vehicle trails and use areas;<br/>
<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>    (5) grants-in-aid to local safety programs; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>    (6) enforcement and public education grants to local law enforcement agencies.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>    (7) maintenance of minimum-maintenance forest roads according to section 89.71, <br/>
<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>subdivision 5, and county forest roads within state forest boundaries as defined under <br/>
<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>section 89.021.<br/>
<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>    The distribution of funds made available through grant-in-aid programs must be <br/>
<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>guided by the statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.963, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var><b>84.963 PRAIRIE PLANT SEED PRODUCTION AREAS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall study the feasibility of establishing <br/>
<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>private or public prairie plant seed production areas within prairie land locations. If <br/>
<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>prairie plant seed production is feasible, the commissioner may aid the establishment of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>production areas. The commissioner may enter cost-share or sharecrop agreements with <br/>
<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>landowners having easements for conservation purposes of ten or more years on their land <br/>
<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>to commercially produce prairie plant seed of Minnesota origin. The commissioner may <br/>
<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>only aid prairie plant seed production areas on agricultural land used to produce crops <br/>
<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>before December 23, 1985, and cropped three out of five years between 1981 and 1985.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>    (b) The commissioner shall compile, prepare, and electronically disseminate to <br/>
<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>the public prairie establishment guidance materials and resources. The resources must <br/>
<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>provide information and guidance on project planning, seed selection including ecotype <br/>
<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>and species mix, site preparation, seeding, maintenance, and technical service providers. <br/>
<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>The commissioner shall use actual prairie restoration projects under development on <br/>
<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>state-owned land to illustrate and demonstrate the practices described.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.13, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Satisfaction of civil penalties.</b> A civil penalty is due and a watercraft <br/>
<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>license suspension is effective 30 days after issuance of the civil citation. A civil penalty <br/>
<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>collected under this section is payable to the commissioner and must be credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>water recreation account invasive species account.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>    Sec. 16. <b>[84D.15] INVASIVE SPECIES ACCOUNT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The invasive species account is created in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>treasury in the natural resources fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Receipts.</b> Money received from surcharges on watercraft licenses under <br/>
<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>section 86B.415, subdivision 7, and civil penalties under section 84D.13 shall be deposited <br/>
<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>in the invasive species account. Each year, the commissioner of finance shall transfer from <br/>
<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>the game and fish fund to the invasive species account, the annual surcharge collected on <br/>
<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>nonresident fishing licenses under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (b).<br/>
<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Use of money in account.</b> Money credited to the invasive species account <br/>
<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>in subdivision 2 shall be used for management of invasive species and implementation of <br/>
<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>this chapter as it pertains to invasive species, including control, public awareness, law <br/>
<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>enforcement, assessment and monitoring, management planning, and research.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>    Sec. 17. <b>[85.0146] CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION AREA; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var><b>CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Advisory council created.</b> The Cuyuna Country State Recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>Area Citizens Advisory Council is established. Membership on the advisory council <br/>
<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>shall include:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>    (1) a representative of the Cuyuna Range Mineland Recreation Area Joint Powers <br/>
<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>Board;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>    (2) a representative of the Croft Mine Historical Park Joint Powers Board;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>    (3) a designee of the Cuyuna Range Mineland Reclamation Committee who has <br/>
<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>worked as a miner in the local area;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>    (4) a representative of the Crow Wing County Board;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>    (5) an elected state official;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>    (6) a representative of the Grand Rapids regional office of the Department of Natural <br/>
<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>Resources;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>    (7) a designee of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>    (8) a designee of the local business community selected by the area chambers of <br/>
<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>commerce;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>    (9) a designee of the local environmental community selected by the Crow Wing <br/>
<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>County District 5 commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>    (10) a designee of a local education organization selected by the Crosby-Ironton <br/>
<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>School Board; <br/>
<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>    (11) a designee of one of the recreation area user groups selected by the Cuyuna <br/>
<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>Range Chamber of Commerce; and <br/>
<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>    (12) a member of the Cuyuna Country Heritage Preservation Society.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Administration.</b> (a) The advisory council must meet at least four times <br/>
<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>annually. The council shall elect a chair and meetings shall be at the call of the chair.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>    (b) Members of the advisory council shall serve as volunteers for two-year terms <br/>
<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>with the ability to be reappointed. Members shall accept no per diem.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>    (c) The state recreation area manager may attend the council meetings and advise <br/>
<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>the council of issues in management of the recreation area.<br/>
<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>    (d) Before a major decision is implemented in the Cuyuna Country State Recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>Area, the area manager must consult with the council and take into consideration any <br/>
<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>council comments or advice that may impact the major decision.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>    Subd. 13. <b>Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area.</b> A state park permit is not <br/>
<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>required and a fee may not be charged for motor vehicle entry or parking at Croft Mine <br/>
<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>Historical Park and Portsmouth Mine Lake Overlook in Cuyuna Country State Recreation <br/>
<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>Area, except for overnight camping. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86B.706, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Money deposited in account.</b> The following shall be deposited in the state <br/>
<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>treasury and credited to the water recreation account:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>    (1) fees and surcharges from titling and licensing of watercraft under this chapter;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>    (2) fines, installment payments, and forfeited bail according to section 
         <statute_ref>86B.705, <br/>
<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>    (3) civil penalties according to section 
<statute_ref>84D.13</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>    (4) mooring fees and receipts from the sale of marine gas at state-operated or <br/>
<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>state-assisted small craft harbors and mooring facilities according to section 
         <statute_ref>86A.21</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>    (5) (4) the unrefunded gasoline tax attributable to watercraft use under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>296A.18
         </statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>    (6) (5) fees for permits issued to control or harvest aquatic plants other than wild <br/>
<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>rice under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.615, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89.22, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Receipts to </b><b>natural resources</b><b> special revenue</b><b> fund.</b> Fees collected under <br/>
<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>subdivision 1 shall be credited to a forest land use account in the natural resources fund <br/>
<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>the special revenue fund and are annually appropriated to the commissioner to recoup the <br/>
<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>costs of developing, operating, and maintaining facilities necessary for the specified uses <br/>
<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>in subdivision 1 or to prevent or mitigate resource impacts of those uses. <br/>
<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to fees <br/>
<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>collected according to Minnesota Statutes, section 89.22, subdivision 1, after August <br/>
<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>1, 2006.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>    Sec. 21. <b>[89.421] FOREST RESOURCE ASSESSMENT PRODUCTS AND </b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var><b>SERVICES ACCOUNT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The forest resource assessment products and services <br/>
<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>account is created in the state treasury in the natural resources fund.<br/>
<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Receipts.</b> Money received from forest resource assessment product sales <br/>
<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>and services provided by the commissioner under sections 84.025, subdivision 9; 84.026; <br/>
<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>and 84.0855 shall be credited to the forest resource assessment products and services <br/>
<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>account. Forest resource assessment products and services include the sale of aerial <br/>
<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>photography, remote sensing, and satellite imagery products and services.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Use of money in account.</b> Money credited to the forest resource <br/>
<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>assessment products and services account under subdivision 2 is annually appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>the commissioner and shall be used to maintain the staff and facilities producing the aerial <br/>
<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>photography, remote sensing, and satellite imagery products and services.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>    Sec. 22. <b>[89.62] SHADE TREE PEST CONTROL; GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Grants.</b> The commissioner may make grants to aid in the control of <br/>
<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>a shade tree pest. To be eligible, a grantee must have a pest control program approved <br/>
<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>by the commissioner that:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>    (1) defines tree ownership and who is responsible for the costs associated with <br/>
<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>control measures;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>    (2) defines the zone of infestation within which the control measures are to be <br/>
<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>applied;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>    (3) includes a tree inspector certified under section 89.63 and having the authority to <br/>
<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>enter and inspect private lands;<br/>
<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>    (4) has the means to enforce measures needed to limit the spread of shade tree <br/>
<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>pests; and<br/>
<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>    (5) provides that grant money received will be deposited in a separate fund to be <br/>
<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>spent only for the purposes authorized by this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Grant eligibility.</b> The following are eligible for grants under this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>    (1) a home rule charter or statutory city or a town that exercises municipal powers <br/>
<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>under section 368.01 or any general or special law; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>    (2) a special park district organized under chapter 398; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>    (3) a special-purpose park and recreation board; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>    (4) a soil and water conservation district; <br/>
<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>    (5) a county; or<br/>
<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>    (6) any other organization with the legal authority to enter into contractual <br/>
<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>agreements.<br/>
<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rules; applicability to municipalities.</b> The rules and procedures adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>under this chapter by the commissioner apply in a municipality unless the municipality <br/>
<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>adopts an ordinance determined by the commissioner to be more stringent than the rules <br/>
<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>and procedures of the commissioner. The rules and procedures of the commissioner or <br/>
<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>the municipality apply to all state agencies, special purpose districts, and metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>commissions as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 5a, that own or control land <br/>
<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>adjacent to or within a zone of infestation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 93.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Generally.</b> (a) All payments under sections 
         <statute_ref>93.14</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>93.285</statute_ref> shall <br/>
<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>be made to the Department of Natural Resources and shall be credited according to this <br/>
<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>section. <br/>
<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>    (a) If the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>    (b) If a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease <br/>
<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>    (c) If the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>state in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed <br/>
<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>annually on the first day of September as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>    (1) 20 percent to the general fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>    (2) 80 percent to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be apportioned <br/>
<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths; town or city, <br/>
<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>    (d) Except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>payments may be otherwise directed by law, all payments shall be paid into the general <br/>
<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>fund of the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>    (b) Twenty percent of all payments under sections 
<statute_ref>93.14</statute_ref> to 
<statute_ref>93.285</statute_ref> shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>credited to the minerals management account in the natural resources fund as costs for <br/>
<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>the administration and management of state mineral resources by the commissioner of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>natural resources.<br/>
<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>    (c) The remainder of the payments shall be credited as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>    (1) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>by virtue of an act of Congress, payments made under the lease shall be credited to the <br/>
<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>permanent fund of the class of land to which the leased premises belong;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>    (2) if a lease covers the bed of navigable waters, payments made under the lease <br/>
<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>shall be credited to the permanent school fund of the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>    (3) if the lands or minerals and mineral rights covered by a lease are held by the state <br/>
<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>in trust for the taxing districts, payments made under the lease shall be distributed annually <br/>
<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>on the first day of September to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be <br/>
<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as follows: county, three-ninths; <br/>
<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>town or city, two-ninths; and school district, four-ninths;<br/>
<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>    (4) if the lands or mineral rights covered by a lease became the absolute property of <br/>
<a id="pl.42.36"></a><var>42.36</var>the state under the provisions of chapter 84A, payments made under the lease shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>distributed as follows: county containing the land from which the income was derived, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>five-eighths; and general fund of the state, three-eighths; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>    (5) except as provided under this section and except where the disposition of <br/>
<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>payments may be otherwise directed by law, payments made under a lease shall be paid <br/>
<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>into the general fund of the state.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Game and fish annual reports.</b> (a) By December 15 each year, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>the commissioner shall submit to the legislative committees having jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>appropriations and the environment and natural resources reports on each of the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>    (1) the amount of revenue from the following and purposes for which expenditures <br/>
<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>were made:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>    (i) the small game license surcharge under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>    (ii) the Minnesota migratory waterfowl stamp under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>5
         </statute_ref>, clause (1); <br/>
<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>    (iii) the trout and salmon stamp under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 10</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>    (iv) the pheasant stamp under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, clause (2); and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>    (v) the turkey stamp under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, clause (3); and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>    (vi) the deer license surcharge under section 97A.475, subdivision 3a;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>    (2) the amounts available under section  
         <statute_ref>97A.075, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs (b) and <br/>
<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>(c), and the purposes for which these amounts were spent; <br/>
<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>    (3) money credited to the game and fish fund under this section and purposes for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>which expenditures were made from the fund;<br/>
<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>    (4) outcome goals for the expenditures from the game and fish fund; and<br/>
<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>    (5) summary and comments of citizen oversight committee reviews under <br/>
<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>subdivision 4b.<br/>
<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>    (b) The report must include the commissioner's recommendations, if any, for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>changes in the laws relating to the stamps and surcharge referenced in paragraph (a).<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.065, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Deer license surcharge.</b>  The surcharge collected under section 97A.475, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>subdivision 3a, shall be deposited in a special revenue account and is appropriated to <br/>
<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>the commissioner for deer management, including for grants or payments to agencies, <br/>
<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>organizations, or individuals for assisting with the cost of processing deer taken for <br/>
<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>population management purposes for venison donation programs. None of the additional <br/>
<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>license fees shall be transferred to any other agency for administration of programs other <br/>
<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>than venison donation. If any money transferred by the commissioner is not used for a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>venison donation program, it shall be returned to the commissioner. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.133, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>    Subd. 66. Vermillion Highlands Wildlife Management Area, Dakota County.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>    Subd. 3a. <b>Deer license surcharge.</b> Fees for annual resident and nonresident licenses <br/>
<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>to take deer by firearms or archery established under subdivisions 2, clauses (4), (5), (9), <br/>
<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>and (11), and 3, clauses (2), (3), and (7), must be increased by a surcharge of $1, except <br/>
<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>as provided under section 97A.065, subdivision 6. An additional commission may not <br/>
<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement must be included in the annual <br/>
<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>deer hunting regulations: "The $1 deer license surcharge is being paid by hunters for deer <br/>
<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>management, including assisting with the costs of processing deer donated for charitable <br/>
<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>purposes."<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.475, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Nonresident fishing.</b> (a) Fees for the following licenses, to be issued <br/>
<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>to nonresidents, are:<br/>
<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>    (1) to take fish by angling, $34;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>    (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive days selected by the licensee, <br/>
<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>$24;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>    (3) to take fish by angling for a 72-hour period selected by the licensee, $20;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>    (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a family for one or both parents <br/>
<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>and dependent children under the age of 16, $46;<br/>
<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>    (5) to take fish by angling for a 24-hour period selected by the licensee, $8.50; and<br/>
<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a married couple, limited to <br/>
<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>14 consecutive days selected by one of the licensees, $35.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>    (b) A $2 surcharge shall be added to all nonresident fishing licenses, except licenses <br/>
<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>issued under paragraph (a), clause (5). An additional commission may not be assessed <br/>
<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>on this surcharge.<br/>
<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.485, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Electronic licensing system commission.</b> The commissioner shall retain <br/>
<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>for the operation of the electronic licensing system the commission established under <br/>
<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner on all <br/>
<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>license fees collected, excluding:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>    (1) the small game surcharge; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>    (2) the deer license surcharge; and<br/>
<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>    (3) $2.50 of the license fee for the licenses in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivisions 6, <br/>
<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>clauses (1)
         </statute_ref>, (2), and (4), 7, 8, 12, and 13.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>    Sec. 30. <b>[97B.303] VENISON DONATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>    An individual who takes a deer may donate the deer, for distribution to charitable <br/>
<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>food assistance programs, to a meat processor that is licensed under chapter 28A. An <br/>
<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>individual donating a deer must supply the processor with the tag number under which <br/>
<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>the deer was taken.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97C.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Contests requiring a permit.</b> (a) A person must have a permit from the <br/>
<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>commissioner to conduct a fishing contest that does not meet the criteria in subdivision 2. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>Permits shall be issued without a fee. The commissioner shall charge a fee for the permit <br/>
<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>that recovers the costs of issuing the permit and of monitoring the activities allowed by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>the permit. Receipts collected from this fee shall be credited to the game and fish fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the commissioner may, by written order published in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>the State Register, establish contest permit fees. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking <br/>
<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>    (b) If entry fees are over $25 per person, or total prizes are valued at more than <br/>
<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>$25,000, and if the applicant has either:<br/>
<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>    (1) not previously conducted a fishing contest requiring a permit under this <br/>
<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>subdivision; or<br/>
<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>    (2) ever failed to make required prize awards in a fishing contest conducted by <br/>
<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>the applicant, the commissioner may require the applicant to furnish the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>evidence of financial responsibility in the form of a surety bond or bank letter of credit in <br/>
<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>the amount of $25,000.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>    Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Authority to issue penalty orders.</b> The board may issue an order <br/>
<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>requiring violations to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties for <br/>
<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>violations of this chapter and chapters 103C, 103D, 103E, 103F, and 103G, any rules <br/>
<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>adopted under those chapters, and any standards, limitations, or conditions established <br/>
<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>by the board.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>    Sec. 33. <b>[103B.102] LOCAL WATER MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY </b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var><b>AND OVERSIGHT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Findings; improving accountability and oversight.</b> The legislature <br/>
<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>finds that a process is needed to monitor the performance and activities of local water <br/>
<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>management entities. The process should be preemptive so that problems can be identified <br/>
<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>early and systematically. Underperforming entities should be provided assistance and <br/>
<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>direction for improving performance in a reasonable time frame.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, "local water management <br/>
<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>entities" means watershed districts, soil and water conservation districts, metropolitan <br/>
<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>water management organizations, and counties operating separately or jointly in their <br/>
<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>role as local water management authorities under chapter 103B, 103C, 103D, or 103G <br/>
<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>and chapter 114D.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Evaluation and report.</b> The Board of Water and Soil Resources shall <br/>
<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>evaluate performance, financial, and activity information for each local water management <br/>
<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>entity. The board shall evaluate the entities' progress in accomplishing their adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>plans on a regular basis, but not less than once every five years. The board shall maintain <br/>
<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>a summary of local water management entity performance on the board's Web site. <br/>
<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>Beginning February 1, 2008, and annually thereafter, the board shall provide an analysis <br/>
<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>of local water management entity performance to the chairs of the house and senate <br/>
<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources policy.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Corrective actions.</b> (a) In addition to other authorities, the Board of Water <br/>
<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>and Soil Resources may, based on its evaluation in subdivision 3, reduce, withhold, or <br/>
<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>redirect grants and other funding if the local water management entity has not corrected <br/>
<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>deficiencies as prescribed in a notice from the board within one year from the date of <br/>
<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>the notice.<br/>
<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>    (b) The board may defer a decision on a termination petition filed under section <br/>
<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>103B.221, 103C.225, or 103D.271 for up to one year to conduct or update the evaluation <br/>
<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>under subdivision 3 or to communicate the results of the evaluation to petitioners or to <br/>
<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>local and state government agencies.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>    Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103C.321, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Credit card use.</b> The supervisors may authorize the use of a credit card <br/>
<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>by any soil and water conservation district officer or employee otherwise authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>to make a purchase on behalf of the soil and water conservation district. If a soil and <br/>
<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>water conservation district officer or employee makes a purchase by credit card that is not <br/>
<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>approved by the supervisors, the officer or employee is personally liable for the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>the purchase. A purchase by credit card must otherwise comply with all statutes, rules, <br/>
<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>or soil and water conservation district policy applicable to soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>district purchases.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>    Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103D.325, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Credit card use.</b> The managers may authorize the use of a credit card <br/>
<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>by any watershed district officer or employee otherwise authorized to make a purchase <br/>
<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>on behalf of the watershed district. If a watershed district officer or employee makes a <br/>
<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>purchase by credit card that is not approved by the managers, the officer or employee is <br/>
<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>personally liable for the amount of the purchase. A purchase by credit card must otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>comply with all statutes, rules, or watershed district policy applicable to watershed district <br/>
<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>purchases.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>    Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Spoil banks must be spread and </b><b>grass planted</b><b> permanent </b><br/>
<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var><b>vegetation established</b><b>.</b> In any proceeding to establish, construct, improve, or do any <br/>
<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>work affecting a public drainage system under any law that appoints viewers to assess <br/>
<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>benefits and damages, the authority having jurisdiction over the proceeding shall order <br/>
<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>spoil banks to be spread consistent with the plan and function of the drainage system. The <br/>
<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>authority shall order that permanent grass, other than a noxious weed, be planted on <br/>
<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>the banks ditch side slopes and on a strip that a permanent strip of perennial vegetation <br/>
<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>approved by the drainage authority be established on each side of the ditch. Preference <br/>
<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>should be given to planting native species of a local ecotype. The approved perennial <br/>
<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>vegetation shall not impede future maintenance of the ditch. The permanent strips of <br/>
<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>perennial vegetation shall be 16-1/2 feet in width measured outward from the top edge <br/>
<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>of the constructed channel resulting from the proceeding, or to the crown of the leveled <br/>
<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>spoil bank, whichever is the greater, on each side of the top edge of the channel of the <br/>
<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>ditch. except for an action by a drainage authority that results only in a redetermination of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>benefits and damages, for which the required width shall be 16-1/2 feet. Drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>rights-of-way for the acreage and additional property required for the planting permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>strips must be acquired by the authority having jurisdiction.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>    Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Reseeding and harvesting </b><b>grass</b><b> perennial vegetation</b><b>.</b> The authority <br/>
<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>having jurisdiction over the repair and maintenance of the drainage system shall supervise <br/>
<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>all necessary reseeding. The permanent grass strips of perennial vegetation must be <br/>
<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>maintained in the same manner as other drainage system repairs. Harvest of the grass <br/>
<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>vegetation from the grass permanent strip in a manner not harmful to the grass vegetation <br/>
<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>or the drainage system is the privilege of the fee owner or assigns. The county drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>inspector shall establish rules for the fee owner and assigns to harvest the grass vegetation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>    Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.021, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Agricultural practices prohibited.</b> Agricultural practices, other than <br/>
<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>those required for the maintenance of a permanent growth of grass perennial vegetation, <br/>
<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>are not permitted on any portion of the property acquired for planting perennial vegetation.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>    Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.021, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Incremental implementation of vegetated ditch buffer strips and side </b><br/>
<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var><b>inlet controls.</b> (a) Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter requiring appointment <br/>
<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>of viewers and redetermination of benefits and damages, a drainage authority may <br/>
<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>implement permanent buffer strips of perennial vegetation approved by the drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>authority or side inlet controls, or both, adjacent to a public drainage ditch, where <br/>
<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>necessary to control erosion and sedimentation, improve water quality, or maintain the <br/>
<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>efficiency of the drainage system. Preference should be given to planting native species of <br/>
<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>a local ecotype. The approved perennial vegetation shall not impede future maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>of the ditch. The permanent strips of perennial vegetation shall be 16-1/2 feet in width <br/>
<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>measured outward from the top edge of the existing constructed channel. Drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>rights-of-way for the acreage and additional property required for the permanent strips <br/>
<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>must be acquired by the authority having jurisdiction.<br/>
<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>    (b) A project under this subdivision shall be implemented as a repair according to <br/>
<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>section 103E.705, except that the drainage authority may appoint an engineer to examine <br/>
<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>the drainage system and prepare an engineer's repair report for the project.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>    (c) Damages shall be determined by the drainage authority, or viewers, appointed by <br/>
<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>the drainage authority, according to section 103E.315, subdivision 8. A damages statement <br/>
<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>shall be prepared, including an explanation of how the damages were determined for each <br/>
<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>property affected by the project, and filed with the auditor or watershed district. Within 30 <br/>
<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>days after the damages statement is filed, the auditor or watershed district shall prepare <br/>
<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>property owners' reports according to section 103E.323, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), <br/>
<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>(6), (7), and (8), and mail a copy of the property owner's report and damages statement to <br/>
<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>each owner of property affected by the proposed project.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>    (d) After a damages statement is filed, the drainage authority shall set a time, by <br/>
<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>order, not more than 30 days after the date of the order, for a hearing on the project. At <br/>
<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>least ten days before the hearing, the auditor or watershed district shall give notice by mail <br/>
<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>of the time and location of the hearing to the owners of property and political subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>likely to be affected by the project.<br/>
<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>    (e) The drainage authority shall make findings and order the repairs to be made if <br/>
<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>the drainage authority determines from the evidence presented at the hearing and by the <br/>
<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>viewers and engineer, if appointed, that the repairs are necessary for the drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>and the costs of the repairs are within the limitations of section 103E.705.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>    Sec. 40. <b>[103E.067] DITCH BUFFER STRIP ANNUAL REPORTING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>    The drainage authority shall annually submit a report to the Board of Water and Soil <br/>
<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>Resources for the calendar year including:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>    (1) the number and types of actions for which viewers were appointed;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>    (2) the number of miles of buffer strips established according to section 103E.021;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>    (3) the number of drainage system inspections conducted; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>    (4) the number of violations of section 103E.021 identified and enforcement actions <br/>
<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>taken.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>    Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Extent of damages.</b> Damages to be paid may include:<br/>
<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>    (1) the fair market value of the property required for the channel of an open ditch <br/>
<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>and the permanent grass strip of perennial vegetation under section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>    (2) the diminished value of a farm due to severing a field by an open ditch;<br/>
<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>    (3) loss of crop production during drainage project construction; and<br/>
<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>    (4) the diminished productivity or land value from increased overflow.; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>    (5) costs to restore a perennial vegetative cover or structural practice existing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>under a federal or state conservation program adjacent to the permanent drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>right-of-way and damaged by the drainage project.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>    Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.321, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> The viewers' report must show, in tabular form, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>for each lot, 40-acre tract, and fraction of a lot or tract under separate ownership that <br/>
<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>is benefited or damaged:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>    (1) a description of the lot or tract, under separate ownership, that is benefited or <br/>
<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>damaged;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>    (2) the names of the owners as they appear on the current tax records of the county <br/>
<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>and their addresses;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>    (3) the number of acres in each tract or lot;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>    (4) the number and value of acres added to a tract or lot by the proposed drainage of <br/>
<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>public waters;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>    (5) the damage, if any, to riparian rights;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>    (6) the damages paid for the permanent grass strip of perennial vegetation under <br/>
<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>    (7) the total number and value of acres added to a tract or lot by the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>drainage of public waters, wetlands, and other areas not currently being cultivated;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>    (8) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas <br/>
<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>which before the drainage benefits could be realized would require a public waters work <br/>
<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>permit to work in public waters under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.245</statute_ref> to excavate or fill a navigable <br/>
<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>water body under United States Code, title 33, section 403, or a permit to discharge into <br/>
<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>waters of the United States under United States Code, title 33, section 1344; <br/>
<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>    (9) the number of acres and amount of benefits being assessed for drainage of areas <br/>
<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>that would be considered conversion of a wetland under United States Code, title 16, <br/>
<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>section 3821, if the area was placed in agricultural production;<br/>
<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>    (10) the amount of right-of-way acreage required; and<br/>
<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>    (11) the amount that each tract or lot will be benefited or damaged.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>    Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.701, is amended by adding a <br/>
<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>subdivision to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Restoration; disturbance or destruction by repair.</b> If a drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>repair disturbs or destroys a perennial vegetative cover or structural practice existing <br/>
<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>under a federal or state conservation program adjacent to the permanent drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>right-of-way, the practice must be restored according to the applicable practice plan or <br/>
<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>as determined by the drainage authority, if a practice plan is not available. Restoration <br/>
<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>costs shall be paid by the drainage system.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>    Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.705, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Inspection.</b> After the construction of a drainage system has been <br/>
<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>completed, the drainage authority shall maintain the drainage system that is located in its <br/>
<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>jurisdiction, including grass the permanent strips of perennial vegetation under section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>103E.021
         </statute_ref>, and provide the repairs necessary to make the drainage system efficient. The <br/>
<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>drainage authority shall have the drainage system inspected on a regular basis by an <br/>
<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>inspection committee of the drainage authority or a drainage inspector appointed by the <br/>
<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>drainage authority. Open drainage ditches shall be inspected at a minimum of every five <br/>
<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>years when no violation of section 103E.021 is found and annually when a violation of <br/>
<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>section 103E.021 is found, until one year after the violation is corrected. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>    Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.705, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Grass</b><b> Permanent</b><b> strip</b><b> of perennial vegetation</b><b> inspection and </b><br/>
<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var><b>compliance notice.</b> (a) The drainage authority having jurisdiction over a drainage system <br/>
<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>must inspect the drainage system for violations of section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>. If an inspection <br/>
<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>committee of the drainage authority or a drainage inspector determines that permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>grass strips of perennial vegetation are not being maintained in compliance with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>103E.021
         </statute_ref>, a compliance notice must be sent to the property owner. <br/>
<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>    (b) The notice must state:<br/>
<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>    (1) the date the ditch was inspected;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>    (2) the persons making the inspection;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>    (3) that spoil banks are to be spread in a manner consistent with the plan and function <br/>
<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>of the drainage system and that the drainage system has acquired a grass permanent strip <br/>
<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>16-1/2 feet in width or to the crown of the spoil bank, whichever is greater of perennial <br/>
<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>vegetation, according to section 103E.021;<br/>
<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>    (4) the violations of section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>    (5) the measures that must be taken by the property owner to comply with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>103E.021
         </statute_ref> and the date when the property must be in compliance; and <br/>
<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>    (6) that if the property owner does not comply by the date specified, the drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>authority will perform the work necessary to bring the area into compliance with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>103E.021
         </statute_ref> and charge the cost of the work to the property owner. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>    (c) If a property owner does not bring an area into compliance with section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref> <br/>
<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>as provided in the compliance notice, the inspection committee or drainage inspector <br/>
<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>must notify the drainage authority. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>    (d) This subdivision applies to property acquired under section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>    Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.705, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Drainage inspection report.</b> For each drainage system that the board <br/>
<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>designates and requires the drainage inspector to examine, the drainage inspector shall <br/>
<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>make a drainage inspection report in writing to the board after examining a drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>system, designating portions that need repair or maintenance of grass the permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>strips of perennial vegetation and the location and nature of the repair or maintenance. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>The board shall consider the drainage inspection report at its next meeting and may repair <br/>
<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>all or any part of the drainage system as provided under this chapter. The grass permanent <br/>
<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>strips of perennial vegetation must be maintained in compliance with section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>. <br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>    Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.728, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Additional assessment for agricultural practices on </b><b>grass</b><b> permanent</b><b> </b><br/>
<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var><b>strip</b><b> of perennial vegetation</b><b>.</b> (a) The drainage authority may, after notice and hearing, <br/>
<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>charge an additional assessment on property that has agricultural practices on or otherwise <br/>
<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>violates provisions related to the permanent grass strip of perennial vegetation acquired <br/>
<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>    (b) The drainage authority may determine the cost of the repair per mile of open <br/>
<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>ditch on the ditch system. Property that is in violation of the grass requirement shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>assessed a cost of 20 percent of the repair cost per open ditch mile multiplied by the length <br/>
<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>of open ditch in miles on the property in violation.<br/>
<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>    (c) After the amount of the additional assessment is determined and applied to the <br/>
<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>repair cost, the balance of the repair cost may be apportioned pro rata as provided in <br/>
<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>    Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) Wetlands must not be drained or filled, wholly <br/>
<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>or partially, unless replaced by restoring or creating wetland areas of at least equal <br/>
<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>public value under a replacement plan approved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, a <br/>
<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>replacement plan under a local governmental unit's comprehensive wetland protection <br/>
<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>and management plan approved by the board under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>, or, if a permit to <br/>
<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>mine is required under section 
         <statute_ref>93.481</statute_ref>, under a mining reclamation plan approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>commissioner under the permit to mine. Mining reclamation plans shall apply the same <br/>
<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>principles and standards for replacing wetlands by restoration or creation of wetland areas <br/>
<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>that are applicable to mitigation plans approved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>. Public <br/>
<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>value must be determined in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref> or a comprehensive <br/>
<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>wetland protection and management plan established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>. Sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>103G.221
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2372</statute_ref> also apply to excavation in permanently and semipermanently <br/>
<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>flooded areas of types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>    (b) Replacement must be guided by the following principles in descending order <br/>
<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>of priority:<br/>
<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>    (1) avoiding the direct or indirect impact of the activity that may destroy or diminish <br/>
<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>the wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>    (2) minimizing the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>activity and its implementation;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>    (3) rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected <br/>
<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>wetland environment;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>    (4) reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance <br/>
<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>operations during the life of the activity;<br/>
<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>    (5) compensating for the impact by restoring a wetland; and<br/>
<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>    (6) compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>resources or environments.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>    For a project involving the draining or filling of wetlands in an amount not exceeding <br/>
<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>10,000 square feet more than the applicable amount in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2241, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>paragraph (a), the local government unit may make an on-site sequencing determination <br/>
<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>without a written alternatives analysis from the applicant. <br/>
<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>    (c) If a wetland is located in a cultivated field, then replacement must be <br/>
<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>accomplished through restoration only without regard to the priority order in paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>(b), provided that a deed restriction is placed on the altered wetland prohibiting <br/>
<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>nonagricultural use for at least ten years.<br/>
<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>    (d) If a wetland is drained under section 103G.2241, subdivision 2, the local <br/>
<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>government unit may require a deed restriction that prohibits nonagricultural use for at <br/>
<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>least ten years unless the drained wetland is replaced as provided under this section. The <br/>
<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>local government unit may require the deed restriction if it determines the wetland area <br/>
<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>drained is at risk of conversion to a nonagricultural use within ten years based on the <br/>
<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>zoning classification, proximity to a municipality or full service road, or other criteria as <br/>
<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>determined by the local government unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>    (e) Restoration and replacement of wetlands must be accomplished in accordance <br/>
<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>with the ecology of the landscape area affected and ponds that are created primarily to <br/>
<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>fulfill stormwater management, and water quality treatment requirements may not be <br/>
<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>used to satisfy replacement requirements under this chapter unless the design includes <br/>
<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>pretreatment of runoff and the pond is functioning as a wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>    (e) (f) Except as provided in paragraph (f) (g), for a wetland or public waters wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>located on nonagricultural land, replacement must be in the ratio of two acres of replaced <br/>
<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>wetland for each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>    (f) (g) For a wetland or public waters wetland located on agricultural land or in a <br/>
<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>greater than 80 percent area, replacement must be in the ratio of one acre of replaced <br/>
<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>wetland for each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>    (g) (h) Wetlands that are restored or created as a result of an approved replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>plan are subject to the provisions of this section for any subsequent drainage or filling.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>    (h) (i) Except in a greater than 80 percent area, only wetlands that have been <br/>
<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>restored from previously drained or filled wetlands, wetlands created by excavation in <br/>
<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>nonwetlands, wetlands created by dikes or dams along public or private drainage ditches, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>or wetlands created by dikes or dams associated with the restoration of previously drained <br/>
<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>or filled wetlands may be used in a statewide banking program established in rules adopted <br/>
<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. Modification or conversion of nondegraded <br/>
<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>naturally occurring wetlands from one type to another are not eligible for enrollment in a <br/>
<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>statewide wetlands bank. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>    (i) (j) The Technical Evaluation Panel established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, <br/>
<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, shall ensure that sufficient time has occurred for the wetland to develop <br/>
<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>wetland characteristics of soils, vegetation, and hydrology before recommending that the <br/>
<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>wetland be deposited in the statewide wetland bank. If the Technical Evaluation Panel has <br/>
<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>reason to believe that the wetland characteristics may change substantially, the panel shall <br/>
<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>postpone its recommendation until the wetland has stabilized. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>    (j) (k) This section and sections 
         <statute_ref>103G.223</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>103G.2364</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>103G.2365
         </statute_ref> apply to the state and its departments and agencies. <br/>
<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>    (k) (l) For projects involving draining or filling of wetlands associated with a new <br/>
<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>public transportation project, and for projects expanded solely for additional traffic <br/>
<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>capacity, public transportation authorities may purchase credits from the board at the cost <br/>
<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>to the board to establish credits. Proceeds from the sale of credits provided under this <br/>
<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>paragraph are appropriated to the board for the purposes of this paragraph.<br/>
<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>    (l) (m) A replacement plan for wetlands is not required for individual projects that <br/>
<a id="pl.54.36"></a><var>54.36</var>result in the filling or draining of wetlands for the repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>or replacement of a currently serviceable existing state, city, county, or town public road <br/>
<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>necessary, as determined by the public transportation authority, to meet state or federal <br/>
<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>design or safety standards or requirements, excluding new roads or roads expanded solely <br/>
<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>for additional traffic capacity lanes. This paragraph only applies to authorities for public <br/>
<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>transportation projects that:<br/>
<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>    (1) minimize the amount of wetland filling or draining associated with the project <br/>
<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>and consider mitigating important site-specific wetland functions on-site;<br/>
<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>    (2) except as provided in clause (3), submit project-specific reports to the board, the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>Technical Evaluation Panel, the commissioner of natural resources, and members of the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>public requesting a copy at least 30 days prior to construction that indicate the location, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>amount, and type of wetlands to be filled or drained by the project or, alternatively, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>convene an annual meeting of the parties required to receive notice to review projects to <br/>
<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>be commenced during the upcoming year; and<br/>
<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>    (3) for minor and emergency maintenance work impacting less than 10,000 square <br/>
<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>feet, submit project-specific reports, within 30 days of commencing the activity, to the <br/>
<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>board that indicate the location, amount, and type of wetlands that have been filled <br/>
<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>or drained.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>    Those required to receive notice of public transportation projects may appeal <br/>
<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>minimization, delineation, and on-site mitigation decisions made by the public <br/>
<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>transportation authority to the board according to the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, <br/>
<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>. The Technical Evaluation Panel shall review minimization and delineation <br/>
<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>decisions made by the public transportation authority and provide recommendations <br/>
<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>regarding on-site mitigation if requested to do so by the local government unit, a <br/>
<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>contiguous landowner, or a member of the Technical Evaluation Panel. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>    Except for state public transportation projects, for which the state Department of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>Transportation is responsible, the board must replace the wetlands, and wetland areas of <br/>
<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>public waters if authorized by the commissioner or a delegated authority, drained or filled <br/>
<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>by public transportation projects on existing roads.<br/>
<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>    Public transportation authorities at their discretion may deviate from federal and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>state design standards on existing road projects when practical and reasonable to avoid <br/>
<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>wetland filling or draining, provided that public safety is not unreasonably compromised. <br/>
<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>The local road authority and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for <br/>
<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>any tort claim for injury to persons or property arising from travel on the highway and <br/>
<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>related to the deviation from the design standards for construction or reconstruction under <br/>
<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>this paragraph. This paragraph does not preclude an action for damages arising from <br/>
<a id="pl.55.36"></a><var>55.36</var>negligence in construction or maintenance on a highway.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>    (m) (n) If a landowner seeks approval of a replacement plan after the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>project has already affected the wetland, the local government unit may require the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>landowner to replace the affected wetland at a ratio not to exceed twice the replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>ratio otherwise required.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>    (n) (o) A local government unit may request the board to reclassify a county or <br/>
<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>watershed on the basis of its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. After <br/>
<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>receipt of satisfactory documentation from the local government, the board shall change <br/>
<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>the classification of a county or watershed. If requested by the local government unit, <br/>
<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>the board must assist in developing the documentation. Within 30 days of its action to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>approve a change of wetland classifications, the board shall publish a notice of the change <br/>
<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>in the Environmental Quality Board Monitor.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>    (o) (p) One hundred citizens who reside within the jurisdiction of the local <br/>
<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>government unit may request the local government unit to reclassify a county or watershed <br/>
<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>on the basis of its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. In support of their <br/>
<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>petition, the citizens shall provide satisfactory documentation to the local government unit. <br/>
<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>The local government unit shall consider the petition and forward the request to the board <br/>
<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>under paragraph (n) (o) or provide a reason why the petition is denied.<br/>
<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>    Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.222, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Wetland replacement siting.</b> (a) Siting wetland replacement must follow <br/>
<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>this priority order:<br/>
<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>    (1) on site or in the same minor watershed as the affected wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>    (2) in the same watershed as the affected wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>    (3) in the same county as the affected wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>    (4) for replacement by wetland banking, in the same wetland bank service area as <br/>
<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>the impacted wetland, except that impacts in a 50 to 80 percent area must be replaced in <br/>
<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>a 50 to 80 percent area and impacts in a less than 50 percent area must be replaced in a <br/>
<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>less than 50 percent area;<br/>
<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>    (5) for project specific replacement, in an adjacent watershed or county to the <br/>
<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>affected wetland, or for replacement by wetland banking, in an adjacent wetland bank <br/>
<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>service area, except that impacts in a 50 to 80 percent area must be replaced in a 50 to <br/>
<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>80 percent area and impacts in a less than 50 percent area must be replaced in a less <br/>
<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>than 50 percent area; and<br/>
<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>    (5) (6) statewide, only for wetlands affected in greater than 80 percent areas and for <br/>
<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>public transportation projects, except that wetlands affected in less than 50 percent areas <br/>
<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>must be replaced in less than 50 percent areas, and wetlands affected in the seven-county <br/>
<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>metropolitan area must be replaced at a ratio of two to one in: (i) the affected county or, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>(ii) in another of the seven metropolitan counties, or (iii) in one of the major watersheds <br/>
<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>that are wholly or partially within the seven-county metropolitan area, but at least one to <br/>
<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>one must be replaced within the seven-county metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), siting wetland replacement in greater than 80 <br/>
<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>percent areas may follow the priority order under this paragraph: (1) by wetland banking <br/>
<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>after evaluating on-site replacement and replacement within the watershed; (2) replaced <br/>
<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>in an adjacent wetland bank service area if wetland bank credits are not reasonably <br/>
<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>available in the same wetland bank service area as the affected wetland, as determined <br/>
<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>by the local government unit or by a comprehensive inventory approved by the board; <br/>
<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>and (3) statewide.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>    (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), siting wetland replacement in the seven-county <br/>
<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>metropolitan area must follow the priority order under this paragraph: (1) in the affected <br/>
<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>county; (2) in another of the seven metropolitan counties; or (3) in one of the major <br/>
<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>watersheds that are wholly or partially within the seven-county metropolitan area, but at <br/>
<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>least one to one must be replaced within the seven-county metropolitan area.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>    (d) The exception in paragraph (a), clause (5) (6), does not apply to replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>completed using wetland banking credits established by a person who submitted a <br/>
<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>complete wetland banking application to a local government unit by April 1, 1996.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>    (c) (e) When reasonable, practicable, and environmentally beneficial replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>opportunities are not available in siting priorities listed in paragraph (a), the applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>may seek opportunities at the next level.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>    (d) (f) For the purposes of this section, "reasonable, practicable, and environmentally <br/>
<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>beneficial replacement opportunities" are defined as opportunities that:<br/>
<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>    (1) take advantage of naturally occurring hydrogeomorphological conditions and <br/>
<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>require minimal landscape alteration;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>    (2) have a high likelihood of becoming a functional wetland that will continue <br/>
<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>in perpetuity;<br/>
<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>    (3) do not adversely affect other habitat types or ecological communities that are <br/>
<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>important in maintaining the overall biological diversity of the area; and<br/>
<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>    (4) are available and capable of being done after taking into consideration cost, <br/>
<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>existing technology, and logistics consistent with overall project purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>    (e) (g) Regulatory agencies, local government units, and other entities involved in <br/>
<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>wetland restoration shall collaborate to identify potential replacement opportunities within <br/>
<a id="pl.57.36"></a><var>57.36</var>their jurisdictional areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>    Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 1, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Agricultural activities.</b> (a) A replacement plan for wetlands is <br/>
<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>not required for:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>    (1) activities in a wetland that was planted with annually seeded crops, was in a crop <br/>
<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>rotation seeding of pasture grass or legumes, or was required to be set aside to receive <br/>
<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>price support or other payments under United States Code, title 7, sections 1421 to 1469, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>in six of the last ten years prior to January 1, 1991;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>    (2) activities in a wetland that is or has been enrolled in the federal conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>reserve program under United States Code, title 16, section 3831, that:<br/>
<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>    (i) was planted with annually seeded crops, was in a crop rotation seeding, or was <br/>
<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>required to be set aside to receive price support or payment under United States Code, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>title 7, sections 1421 to 1469, in six of the last ten years prior to being enrolled in the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>program; and<br/>
<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>    (ii) has not been restored with assistance from a public or private wetland restoration <br/>
<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>program;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>    (3) activities in a wetland that has received a commenced drainage determination <br/>
<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>provided for by the federal Food Security Act of 1985, that was made to the county <br/>
<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service office prior to September 19, 1988, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>and a ruling and any subsequent appeals or reviews have determined that drainage of the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>wetland had been commenced prior to December 23, 1985;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>    (4) activities in a type 1 wetland on agricultural land, except for bottomland <br/>
<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>hardwood type 1 wetlands, and activities in a type 2 or type 6 wetland that is less than two <br/>
<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>acres in size and located on agricultural land;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>    (1) activities in a wetland conducted as part of normal farming practices. For <br/>
<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>purposes of this clause, "normal farming practices" means farming, silvicultural, grazing, <br/>
<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>and ranching activities such as plowing, seeding, cultivating, and harvesting for the <br/>
<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>production of feed, food, fuel, fiber, and forest products, but does not include activities <br/>
<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>that result in the draining or filling of wetlands in whole or part;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>    (2) soil and water conservation practices approved by the soil and water conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>district, after review by the Technical Evaluation Panel;<br/>
<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>    (5) (3) aquaculture activities including pond excavation and construction and <br/>
<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>maintenance of associated access roads and dikes authorized under, and conducted in <br/>
<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>accordance with, a permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under <br/>
<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344, but <br/>
<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>not including construction or expansion of buildings; or<br/>
<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>    (6) (4) wild rice production activities, including necessary diking and other activities <br/>
<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>authorized under a permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under <br/>
<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344;.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>    (7) normal agricultural practices to control noxious or secondary weeds as defined <br/>
<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>by rule of the commissioner of agriculture, in accordance with applicable requirements <br/>
<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>under state and federal law, including established best management practices; and<br/>
<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>    (8) agricultural activities in a wetland that is on agricultural land:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>    (i) annually enrolled in the federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of <br/>
<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>1996 and is subject to United States Code, title 16, sections 3821 to 3823, in effect on <br/>
<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>January 1, 2000; or<br/>
<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>    (ii) subject to subsequent federal farm program restrictions that meet minimum <br/>
<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>state standards under this chapter and sections 
<statute_ref>103A.202</statute_ref> and 
<statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref> and that have <br/>
<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>been approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the commissioners of natural <br/>
<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>resources and agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency. <br/>
<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>    (b) Land enrolled in a federal farm program under paragraph (a), clause (8), is <br/>
<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>eligible for easement participation for those acres not already compensated under a federal <br/>
<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>program.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>    (c) The exemption under paragraph (a), clause (4), may be expanded to additional <br/>
<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>acreage, including types 1, 2, and 6 wetlands that are part of a larger wetland system, when <br/>
<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>the additional acreage is part of a conservation plan approved by the local soil and water <br/>
<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>conservation district, the additional draining or filling is necessary for efficient operation <br/>
<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>of the farm, the hydrology of the larger wetland system is not adversely affected, and <br/>
<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>wetlands other than types 1, 2, and 6 are not drained or filled.<br/>
<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>    Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Drainage.</b> (a) For the purposes of this subdivision, "public drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>system" means a drainage system as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>103E.005, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, and any <br/>
<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>ditch or tile lawfully connected to the drainage system. If wetlands drained under this <br/>
<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>subdivision are converted to uses prohibited under paragraph (b), clause (2), during the <br/>
<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>ten-year period following drainage, the wetlands must be replaced according to section <br/>
<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>103G.222.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>    (b) A replacement plan is not required for draining of type 1 wetlands, or up to five <br/>
<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>acres of type 2 or 6 wetlands, in an unincorporated area on land that has been assessed <br/>
<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>drainage benefits for a public drainage system, provided that:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>    (1) during the 20-year period that ended January 1, 1992:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>    (i) there was an expenditure made from the drainage system account for the public <br/>
<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>drainage system;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>    (ii) the public drainage system was repaired or maintained as approved by the <br/>
<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>drainage authority; or<br/>
<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>    (iii) no repair or maintenance of the public drainage system was required under <br/>
<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103E.705, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, as determined by the public drainage authority; and <br/>
<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>    (2) the wetlands are not drained for conversion to:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>    (i) platted lots;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>    (ii) planned unit, commercial, or industrial developments; or<br/>
<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>    (iii) any development with more than one residential unit per 40 acres.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>If wetlands drained under this paragraph are converted to uses prohibited under clause <br/>
<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>(2) during the ten-year period following drainage, the wetlands must be replaced under <br/>
<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>section 
<statute_ref>103G.222</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>    (c) A replacement plan is not required for draining or filling of wetlands, except for <br/>
<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>draining types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands that have been in existence for more than 25 years, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>resulting from maintenance and repair of existing public drainage systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>    (d) A replacement plan is not required for draining or filling of wetlands, except <br/>
<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>for draining wetlands that have been in existence for more than 25 years, resulting from <br/>
<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>maintenance and repair of existing drainage systems other than public drainage systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>    (e) A replacement plan is not required for draining or filling of wetlands resulting <br/>
<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>from activities conducted as part of a public drainage system improvement project that <br/>
<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>received final approval from the drainage authority before July 1, 1991, and after July 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>1986, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>    (1) the approval remains valid;<br/>
<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>    (2) the project remains active; and<br/>
<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>    (3) no additional drainage will occur beyond that originally approved.<br/>
<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>    (e) A replacement plan is not required for draining agricultural land that: (1) was <br/>
<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>planted with annually seeded crops before June 10, except for crops that are normally <br/>
<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>planted after that date, in eight out of the ten most recent years prior to the impact; (2) <br/>
<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>was in a crop rotation seeding of pasture grass or legumes in eight out of the ten most <br/>
<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>recent years prior to the impact; or (3) was enrolled in a state or federal land conservation <br/>
<a id="pl.60.36"></a><var>60.36</var>program and met the requirements of clause (1) or (2) before enrollment.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>    (f) The public drainage authority may, as part of the repair, install control structures, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>realign the ditch, construct dikes along the ditch, or make other modifications as necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>to prevent drainage of the wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>    (g) Wetlands of all types that would be drained as a part of a public drainage repair <br/>
<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>project are eligible for the permanent wetlands preserve under section 
         <statute_ref>103F.516</statute_ref>. The <br/>
<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>board shall give priority to acquisition of easements on types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands that have <br/>
<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>been in existence for more than 25 years on public drainage systems and other wetlands <br/>
<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>that have the greatest risk of drainage from a public drainage repair project. <br/>
<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>    Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 3, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Federal approvals.</b> A replacement plan for wetlands is not required for:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>    (1) activities exempted from federal regulation under United States Code, title 33, <br/>
<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>section 1344(f), as in effect on January 1, 1991;<br/>
<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>    (2) activities authorized under, and conducted in accordance with, an applicable <br/>
<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>general permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under section 404 <br/>
<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344, except the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>nationwide permit in Code of Federal Regulations, title 33, section 330.5, paragraph (a), <br/>
<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>clauses (14), limited to when a new road crosses a wetland, and (26), as in effect on <br/>
<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>January 1, 1991; or<br/>
<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>    (3) activities authorized under the federal Clean Water Act, section 404, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>Rivers and Harbors Act, section 10, regulations that meet minimum state standards <br/>
<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>under this chapter and sections 
         <statute_ref>103A.202</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref> and that have been approved <br/>
<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>by the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the commissioners of natural resources and <br/>
<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency. <br/>
<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>    Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 6, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Utilities; public works.</b> (a) A replacement plan for wetlands is not <br/>
<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>required for:<br/>
<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>    (1) placement, maintenance, repair, enhancement, or replacement of utility or <br/>
<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>utility-type service if:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>    (i) the impacts of the proposed project on the hydrologic and biological <br/>
<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>characteristics of the wetland have been avoided and minimized to the extent possible; and<br/>
<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>    (ii) the proposed project significantly modifies or alters less than one-half acre of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>wetlands;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>    (2) activities associated with routine maintenance of utility and pipeline <br/>
<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>rights-of-way, provided the activities do not result in additional intrusion into the wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>    (3) alteration of a wetland associated with the operation, maintenance, or repair of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>an interstate pipeline within all existing or acquired interstate pipeline rights-of-way;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>    (4) emergency repair and normal maintenance and repair of existing public works, <br/>
<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>provided the activity does not result in additional intrusion of the public works into the <br/>
<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>wetland and does not result in the draining or filling, wholly or partially, of a wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>    (5) normal maintenance and minor repair of structures causing no additional <br/>
<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>intrusion of an existing structure into the wetland, and maintenance and repair of private <br/>
<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>crossings that do not result in the draining or filling, wholly or partially, of a wetland; or<br/>
<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>    (6) repair and updating of existing individual sewage treatment systems as necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>to comply with local, state, and federal regulations.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>    (1) new placement or maintenance, repair, enhancement, or replacement of existing <br/>
<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>utility or utility-type service, including pipelines, if:<br/>
<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>    (i) the direct and indirect impacts of the proposed project have been avoided and <br/>
<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>minimized to the extent possible; and<br/>
<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>    (ii) the proposed project significantly modifies or alters less than one-half acre of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>wetlands;<br/>
<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>    (2) activities associated with operation, routine maintenance, or emergency repair of <br/>
<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>existing utilities and public work structures, including pipelines, provided the activities <br/>
<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>do not result in additional wetland intrusion or additional draining or filling of a wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>either wholly or partially; or<br/>
<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>    (3) repair and updating of existing individual sewage treatment systems necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>comply with local, state, and federal regulations.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>    (b) For maintenance, repair, and replacement, the local government unit may issue <br/>
<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>a seasonal or annual exemption certification or the utility may proceed without local <br/>
<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>government unit certification if the utility is carrying out the work according to approved <br/>
<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>best management practices. Work of an emergency nature may proceed as necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>and any drain or fill activities shall be addressed with the local government unit after <br/>
<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>the emergency work has been completed.<br/>
<a id="pl.62.35"></a><var>62.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>    Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 9, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>    Subd. 9. <b>De minimis.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a <br/>
<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>replacement plan for wetlands is not required for draining or filling the following amounts <br/>
<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>of wetlands as part of a project:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>    (1) 10,000 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland, excluding white cedar and <br/>
<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>tamarack wetlands, outside of the shoreland wetland protection zone in a greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>80 percent area;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>    (2) 5,000 2,500 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland, excluding white cedar <br/>
<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>and tamarack wetlands, outside of the shoreland wetland protection zone in a 50 to 80 <br/>
<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>percent area;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>    (3) 2,000 1,000 square feet of type 1, 2, or 6 wetland, outside of the shoreland <br/>
<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>wetland protection zone in a less than 50 percent area;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>    (4) 400 100 square feet of wetland types not listed in clauses (1) to (3) outside of <br/>
<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>the building setback zone of the shoreland wetland protection zones in all counties; or<br/>
<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>    (5) 400 square feet of type 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 wetland types listed in clauses (1) <br/>
<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>to (3), in beyond the building setback zone, as defined in the local shoreland management <br/>
<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>ordinance, but within the shoreland wetland protection zone, except that. In a greater <br/>
<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>than 80 percent area, the local government unit may increase the de minimis amount <br/>
<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>up to 1,000 square feet in the shoreland protection zone in areas beyond the building <br/>
<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>setback if the wetland is isolated and is determined to have no direct surficial connection <br/>
<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>to the public water. To the extent that a local shoreland management ordinance is more <br/>
<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>restrictive than this provision, the local shoreland ordinance applies; or<br/>
<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>    (6) up to 20 square feet of wetland, regardless of type or location.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>    (b) The amounts listed in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5) (6), may not be combined <br/>
<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>on a project.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>    (c) This exemption no longer applies to a landowner's portion of a wetland when <br/>
<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>the cumulative area drained or filled of the landowner's portion since January 1, 1992, is <br/>
<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>the greatest of:<br/>
<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>    (1) the applicable area listed in paragraph (a), if the landowner owns the entire <br/>
<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>wetland;<br/>
<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>    (2) five percent of the landowner's portion of the wetland; or<br/>
<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>    (3) 400 square feet.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>    (d) This exemption may not be combined with another exemption in this section on <br/>
<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>a project.<br/>
<a id="pl.63.36"></a><var>63.36</var>    (e) Property may not be divided to increase the amounts listed in paragraph (a).<br/>
<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>    Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 11, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>    Subd. 11. <b>Exemption conditions.</b> (a) A person conducting an activity in a wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>under an exemption in subdivisions 1 to 10 shall ensure that:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>    (1) appropriate erosion control measures are taken to prevent sedimentation of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>the water;<br/>
<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>    (2) the activity does not block fish passage in a watercourse; and<br/>
<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>    (3) the activity is conducted in compliance with all other applicable federal, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>state, and local requirements, including best management practices and water resource <br/>
<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>protection requirements established under chapter 103H.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>    (b) An activity is exempt if it qualifies for any one of the exemptions, even though it <br/>
<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>may be indicated as not exempt under another exemption.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>    (c) Persons proposing to conduct an exempt activity are encouraged to contact the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>local government unit or the local government unit's designee for advice on minimizing <br/>
<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>wetland impacts.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>    (d) The board shall develop rules that address the application and implementation <br/>
<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>of exemptions and that provide for estimates and reporting of exempt wetland impacts, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>including those in section 103G.2241, subdivisions 2, 6, and 9.<br/>
<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>    Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Evaluation.</b> (a) Questions concerning the public value, location, size, <br/>
<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>or type of a wetland shall be submitted to and determined by a Technical Evaluation <br/>
<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>Panel after an on-site inspection. The Technical Evaluation Panel shall be composed of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>a technical professional employee of the board, a technical professional employee of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>the local soil and water conservation district or districts, a technical professional with <br/>
<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>expertise in water resources management appointed by the local government unit, and <br/>
<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>a technical professional employee of the Department of Natural Resources for projects <br/>
<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>affecting public waters or wetlands adjacent to public waters. The panel shall use the <br/>
<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>"United States Army Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual" (January 1987), <br/>
<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>including updates, supplementary guidance, and replacements, if any, "Wetlands of <br/>
<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>the United States" (United States Fish and Wildlife Service Circular 39, 1971 edition), <br/>
<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>and "Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States" (1979 <br/>
<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>edition). The panel shall provide the wetland determination and recommendations on <br/>
<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>other technical matters to the local government unit that must approve a replacement <br/>
<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>plan, wetland banking plan, exemption determination, no-loss determination, or wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>boundary or type determination and may recommend approval or denial of the plan. The <br/>
<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>authority must consider and include the decision of the Technical Evaluation Panel in their <br/>
<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>approval or denial of a plan or determination.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>    (b) Persons conducting wetland or public waters boundary delineations or type <br/>
<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>determinations are exempt from the requirements of chapter 326. By January 15, 2001, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>the board, in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Professional Soil Scientists, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>the University of Minnesota, and the Wetland Delineators' Association, shall submit a plan <br/>
<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>for a professional wetland delineator certification program to the legislature. The board <br/>
<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>may develop a professional wetland delineator certification program.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>    Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 2a, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Wetland boundary or type determination.</b> (a) A landowner may apply <br/>
<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>for a wetland boundary or type determination from the local government unit. The <br/>
<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>landowner applying for the determination is responsible for submitting proof necessary <br/>
<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>to make the determination, including, but not limited to, wetland delineation field data, <br/>
<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>observation well data, topographic mapping, survey mapping, and information regarding <br/>
<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>soils, vegetation, hydrology, and groundwater both within and outside of the proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>wetland boundary.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>    (b) A local government unit that receives an application under paragraph (a) may <br/>
<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>seek the advice of the Technical Evaluation Panel as described in subdivision 2, and, if <br/>
<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>necessary, expand the Technical Evaluation Panel. The local government unit may delegate <br/>
<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>the decision authority for wetland boundary or type determinations with the zoning <br/>
<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>administrator to designated staff, or establish other procedures it considers appropriate.<br/>
<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>    (c) The local government unit decision must be made in compliance with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>15.99
         </statute_ref>. Within ten calendar days of the decision, the local government unit decision must <br/>
<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>be mailed to the landowner, members of the Technical Evaluation Panel, the watershed <br/>
<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>district or watershed management organization, if one exists, and individual members of <br/>
<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>the public who request a copy. <br/>
<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>    (d) Appeals of decisions made by designated local government staff must be made <br/>
<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>to the local government unit. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a ruling on an <br/>
<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>appeal must be made by the local government unit within 30 days from the date of the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>filing of the appeal.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>    (e) The local government unit decision is valid for three years unless the Technical <br/>
<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>Evaluation Panel determines that natural or artificial changes to the hydrology, vegetation, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>or soils of the area have been sufficient to alter the wetland boundary or type.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>    Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 9, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>    Subd. 9. <b>Appeal.</b> (a) Appeal of a replacement plan, exemption, wetland banking, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>wetland boundary or type determination, or no-loss decision, or restoration order may <br/>
<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>be obtained by mailing a petition and payment of a filing fee of $200, which shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>retained by the board to defray administrative costs, to the board within 30 days after the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>postmarked date of the mailing specified in subdivision 7. If appeal is not sought within <br/>
<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>30 days, the decision becomes final. The local government unit may require the petitioner <br/>
<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>to post a letter of credit, cashier's check, or cash in an amount not to exceed $500. If the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>petition for hearing is accepted, the amount posted must be returned to the petitioner. <br/>
<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>Appeal may be made by:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>    (1) the wetland owner;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>    (2) any of those to whom notice is required to be mailed under subdivision 7; or<br/>
<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>    (3) 100 residents of the county in which a majority of the wetland is located.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>    (b) Within 30 days after receiving a petition, the board shall decide whether to <br/>
<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>grant the petition and hear the appeal. The board shall grant the petition unless the board <br/>
<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>finds that:<br/>
<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>    (1) the appeal is meritless, trivial, or brought solely for the purposes of delay;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>    (2) the petitioner has not exhausted all local administrative remedies;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>    (3) expanded technical review is needed;<br/>
<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>    (4) the local government unit's record is not adequate; or<br/>
<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>    (5) the petitioner has not posted a letter of credit, cashier's check, or cash if required <br/>
<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>by the local government unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>    (c) In determining whether to grant the appeal, the board shall also consider the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>size of the wetland, other factors in controversy, any patterns of similar acts by the local <br/>
<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>government unit or petitioner, and the consequences of the delay resulting from the appeal.<br/>
<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>    (d) All appeals must be heard by the committee for dispute resolution of the board, <br/>
<a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>and a decision made within 60 days of filing the local government unit's record and the <br/>
<a id="pl.66.35"></a><var>66.35</var>written briefs submitted for the appeal. The decision must be served by mail on the parties <br/>
<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>to the appeal, and is not subject to the provisions of chapter 14. A decision whether to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>grant a petition for appeal and a decision on the merits of an appeal must be considered the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>decision of an agency in a contested case for purposes of judicial review under sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>14.63
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.69</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>    (e) Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the board shall establish a fee schedule to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>defray the administrative costs of appeals made to the board under this subdivision. Fees <br/>
<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>established under this authority shall not exceed $1,000. Establishment of the fee is not <br/>
<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>subject to the rulemaking process of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>    Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 12, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Replacement credits.</b> (a) No public or private wetland restoration, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>enhancement, or construction may be allowed for replacement unless specifically <br/>
<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>designated for replacement and paid for by the individual or organization performing the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>wetland restoration, enhancement, or construction, and is completed prior to any draining <br/>
<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>or filling of the wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>    (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a wetland whose owner has paid back with <br/>
<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>interest the individual or organization restoring, enhancing, or constructing the wetland.<br/>
<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>    (c) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>103G.222, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (h) (i), the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>following actions, and others established in rule, that are consistent with criteria in rules <br/>
<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>adopted by the board in conjunction with the commissioners of natural resources and <br/>
<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>agriculture, are eligible for replacement credit as determined by the local government unit, <br/>
<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>including enrollment in a statewide wetlands bank: <br/>
<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>    (1) reestablishment of permanent native, noninvasive vegetative cover on a wetland <br/>
<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>on agricultural land that was planted with annually seeded crops, was in a crop rotation <br/>
<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>seeding of pasture grasses or legumes, or was in a land retirement program during the <br/>
<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>past ten years;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>    (2) buffer areas of permanent native, noninvasive vegetative cover established or <br/>
<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>preserved on upland adjacent to replacement wetlands;<br/>
<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>    (3) wetlands restored for conservation purposes under terminated easements or <br/>
<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>contracts; and<br/>
<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>    (4) water quality treatment ponds constructed to pretreat storm water runoff prior <br/>
<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>to discharge to wetlands, public waters, or other water bodies, provided that the water <br/>
<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>quality treatment ponds must be associated with an ongoing or proposed project that <br/>
<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>will impact a wetland and replacement credit for the treatment ponds is based on the <br/>
<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>replacement of wetland functions and on an approved stormwater management plan for <br/>
<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>the local government.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>    (d) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>103G.222, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs (e) (f) and (f) (g), <br/>
<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>the board may establish by rule different replacement ratios for restoration projects with <br/>
<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>exceptional natural resource value. <br/>
<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>    Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2242, subdivision 15, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>    Subd. 15. <b>Fees paid to board.</b> All fees established in subdivision subdivisions 9 <br/>
<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>and 14 must be paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources and credited to the general <br/>
<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>fund to be used for the purpose of administration of the wetland bank and to process <br/>
<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>appeals under section 103G.2242, subdivision 9.<br/>
<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>    Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2243, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Plan contents.</b> A comprehensive wetland protection and management <br/>
<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>plan may:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>    (1) provide for classification of wetlands in the plan area based on:<br/>
<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>    (i) an inventory of wetlands in the plan area;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>    (ii) an assessment of the wetland functions listed in section 
         <statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref>, using a <br/>
<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>methodology chosen by the Technical Evaluation Panel from one of the methodologies <br/>
<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>established or approved by the board under that section; and <br/>
<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>    (iii) the resulting public values;<br/>
<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>    (2) vary application of the sequencing standards in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.222, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>paragraph (b), for projects based on the classification and criteria set forth in the plan; <br/>
<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>    (3) vary the replacement standards of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.222, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraphs <br/>
<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>(e) (f) and (f) (g), based on the classification and criteria set forth in the plan, for specific <br/>
<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>wetland impacts provided there is no net loss of public values within the area subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>the plan, and so long as: <br/>
<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>    (i) in a 50 to 80 percent area, a minimum acreage requirement of one acre of replaced <br/>
<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>wetland for each acre of drained or filled wetland requiring replacement is met within <br/>
<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>the area subject to the plan; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>    (ii) in a less than 50 percent area, a minimum acreage requirement of two acres of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>replaced wetland for each acre of drained or filled wetland requiring replacement is met <br/>
<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>within the area subject to the plan, except that replacement for the amount above a 1:1 <br/>
<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>ratio can be accomplished as described in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision 12</statute_ref>; and<br/>
<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>    (4) in a greater than 80 percent area, allow replacement credit, based on the <br/>
<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>classification and criteria set forth in the plan, for any project that increases the public <br/>
<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>value of wetlands, including activities on adjacent upland acres; and.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>    (5) in a greater than 80 percent area, based on the classification and criteria set forth <br/>
<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>in the plan, expand the application of the exemptions in section 
<statute_ref>103G.2241, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>1
</statute_ref>, paragraph (a), clause (4), to also include nonagricultural land, provided there is no <br/>
<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>net loss of wetland values. <br/>
<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>    Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.235, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var><b>103G.235 RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO </b><b>PUBLIC WATERS</b><b> WETLANDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Wetlands adjacent to roads.</b> To protect the public health or safety, <br/>
<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>local units of government may by ordinance restrict public access to public waters <br/>
<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>wetlands from municipality, county, or township roads that abut public waters wetlands.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Privately restored or created wetlands.</b> When a landowner creates a new <br/>
<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>wetland or restores a formerly existing wetland on private land that is adjacent to public <br/>
<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>land or a public road right-of-way, there is no public access to the created or restored <br/>
<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>wetland if posted by the landowner.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>    Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Permit application fees.</b> (a) A permit application fee to defray the costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>receiving, recording, and processing the application must be paid for a permit authorized <br/>
<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>under this chapter and for each request to amend or transfer an existing permit.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>    (b) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water by a nonpublic, nonagricultural <br/>
<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>irrigation applicant must be assessed to recover the reasonable costs of preparing and <br/>
<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>issuing the permit. Fees collected under this paragraph must be credited to an account in <br/>
<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>    (b) (c) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water, other than a permit subject <br/>
<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>to the fee under paragraph (b); a permit to construct or repair a dam that is subject to dam <br/>
<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>safety inspection,; or a state general permit or to apply for the state water bank program is <br/>
<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>$150. The application fee for a permit to work in public waters or to divert waters for <br/>
<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>mining must be at least $150, but not more than $1,000, according to a schedule of fees <br/>
<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>    Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.55, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>115.55
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115.56</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>    (b) "Advisory committee" means the Advisory Committee on Individual Sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>Treatment Systems established under the individual sewage treatment system rules. The <br/>
<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>advisory committee must be appointed to ensure geographic representation of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>and include elected public officials.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>    (c) "Applicable requirements" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>    (1) local ordinances that comply with the individual sewage treatment system rules, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>as required in subdivision 2; or<br/>
<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>    (2) in areas not subject to the ordinances described in clause (1), the individual <br/>
<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>sewage treatment system rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>    (d) "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>    (e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>    (f) "Dwelling" means a building or place used or intended to be used by human <br/>
<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>occupants as a single-family or two-family unit.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>    (g) "Individual sewage treatment system" or "system" means a sewage treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>system, or part thereof, serving a dwelling, other establishment, or group thereof, that <br/>
<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>uses subsurface soil treatment and disposal.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>    (h) "Individual sewage treatment system professional" means an inspector, installer, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>site evaluator or designer, or pumper.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>    (i) "Individual sewage treatment system rules" means rules adopted by the agency <br/>
<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>that establish minimum standards and criteria for the design, location, installation, use, <br/>
<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>and maintenance of individual sewage treatment systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>    (j) "Inspector" means a person who inspects individual sewage treatment systems for <br/>
<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>compliance with the applicable requirements.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>    (k) "Installer" means a person who constructs or repairs individual sewage treatment <br/>
<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>    (l) "Local unit of government" means a township, city, or county.<br/>
<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>    (m) "Performance-based system" means a system that is designed specifically for a <br/>
<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>site and the environmental conditions on that site and designed to adequately protect the <br/>
<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>public health and the environment and provide long-term performance. At a minimum, a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>performance based system must ensure that applicable water quality standards are met in <br/>
<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>both ground and surface water that ultimately receive the treated wastewater. <br/>
<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>    (n) "Pumper" means a person who maintains components of individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>treatment systems including, but not limited to, septic, aerobic, and holding tanks.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>    (n) (o) "Seasonal dwelling" means a dwelling that is occupied or used for less than <br/>
<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>180 days per year and less than 120 consecutive days.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>    (o) (p) "Septic system tank" means any covered receptacle designed, constructed, <br/>
<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>and installed as part of an individual sewage treatment system.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>    (p) (q) "Site evaluator or designer" means a person who:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>    (1) investigates soils and site characteristics to determine suitability, limitations, and <br/>
<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>sizing requirements; and<br/>
<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>    (2) designs individual sewage treatment systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>    (q) (r) "Straight-pipe system" means a sewage disposal system that includes toilet <br/>
<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>waste and transports raw or partially settled sewage directly to a lake, a stream, a drainage <br/>
<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>system, or ground surface.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>    Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.55, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Local ordinances.</b> (a) All counties that did not adopt ordinances by <br/>
<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>May 7, 1994, or that do not have ordinances, must adopt ordinances that comply with <br/>
<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>revisions to the individual sewage treatment system rules by January 1, 1999, unless all <br/>
<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>towns and cities in the county have adopted such ordinances within two years of the final <br/>
<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>adoption by the agency. County ordinances must apply to all areas of the county other <br/>
<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>than cities or towns that have adopted ordinances that comply with this section and are <br/>
<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>as strict as the applicable county ordinances. Any ordinance adopted by a local unit of <br/>
<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>government before May 7, 1994, to regulate individual sewage treatment systems must be <br/>
<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>in compliance with the individual sewage treatment system rules by January 1, 1998.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>    (b) A copy of each ordinance adopted under this subdivision must be submitted to <br/>
<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>the commissioner upon adoption.<br/>
<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>    (c) A local unit of government must make available to the public upon request a <br/>
<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>written list of any differences between its ordinances and rules adopted under this section.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>    Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.55, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Rules.</b> (a) The agency shall adopt rules containing minimum standards and <br/>
<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>criteria for the design, location, installation, use, and maintenance of individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>treatment systems. The rules must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.71.34"></a><var>71.34</var>    (1) how the agency will ensure compliance under subdivision 2;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>    (2) how local units of government shall enforce ordinances under subdivision 2, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>including requirements for permits and inspection programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>    (3) how the advisory committee will participate in review and implementation of <br/>
<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>the rules;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>    (4) provisions for alternative nonstandard  systems and performance-based systems;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>    (5) provisions for handling and disposal of effluent;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>    (6) provisions for system abandonment; and<br/>
<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>    (7) procedures for variances, including the consideration of variances based on cost <br/>
<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>and variances that take into account proximity of a system to other systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>    (b) The agency shall consult with the advisory committee before adopting rules <br/>
<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>under this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>    (c) Notwithstanding the repeal of the agency rule under which the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>has established a list of warrantied individual sewage treatment systems, the warranties <br/>
<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>for all systems so listed as of the effective date of the repeal shall continue to be valid <br/>
<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>for the remainder of the warranty period.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>    (d) The rules required in paragraph (a) must also address the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>    (1) a definition of redoximorphic features and other criteria that can be used by <br/>
<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>system designers and inspectors;<br/>
<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>    (2) direction on the interpretation of observed soil features that may be <br/>
<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>redoximorphic and their relation to zones of seasonal saturation; and<br/>
<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>    (3) procedures on how to resolve professional disagreements on seasonally saturated <br/>
<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>soils.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>These rules must be in place by March 31, 2006.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>    Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 115.55, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>    Subd. 12. <b>Advisory committee; county individual sewage treatment system </b><br/>
<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var><b>management plan.</b> (a) A county may adopt an individual sewage treatment system <br/>
<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>management plan that describes how the county plans on carrying out individual sewage <br/>
<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>treatment system needs. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall form an <br/>
<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>advisory committee to determine what the plans should address. The advisory committee <br/>
<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>shall be made up of representatives of the Association of Minnesota Counties, Pollution <br/>
<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>Control Agency, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Department of Health, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>public agencies that have an interest in individual sewage treatment systems.<br/>
<a id="pl.72.34"></a><var>72.34</var>    (b) The advisory committee shall advise the agency on the standards, management, <br/>
<a id="pl.72.35"></a><var>72.35</var>monitoring, and reporting requirements for performance-based systems.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>    Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116C.92, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var><b>116C.92 COORDINATION OF ACTIVITIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>State coordinating organization.</b> The Environmental Quality Board <br/>
<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>is designated the state coordinating organization for state and federal regulatory activities <br/>
<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>relating to genetically engineered organisms.<br/>
<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Notice of nationwide action.</b> The board shall notify interested parties if a <br/>
<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>permit to release genetically engineered wild rice is issued anywhere in the United States. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>For purposes of this subdivision, "interested parties" means:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>    (1) the state's wild rice industry;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>    (2) the legislature;<br/>
<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>    (3) federally recognized tribes within Minnesota; and<br/>
<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>    (4) individuals who request to be notified.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>    Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116C.94, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General authority.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the <br/>
<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>board shall adopt rules consistent with sections 
         <statute_ref>116C.91</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116C.96</statute_ref> that require an <br/>
<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>environmental assessment worksheet and otherwise comply with chapter 116D and rules <br/>
<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>adopted under it for a proposed release and a permit for a release. The board may place <br/>
<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>conditions on a permit and may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke a permit. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>    (b) The board shall adopt rules that require an environmental impact statement and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>otherwise comply with chapter 116D and rules adopted under it for a proposed release and <br/>
<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>a permit for a release of genetically engineered wild rice. The board may place conditions <br/>
<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>on the permit and may deny, modify, suspend, or revoke the permit. <br/>
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<a id="bill.2.70.0"></a><a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>    Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116C.97, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Federal oversight.</b> (a) If the board determines, upon its own volition or at <br/>
<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>the request of any person, that a federal program exists for regulating the release of certain <br/>
<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>genetically engineered organisms and the federal oversight under the program is adequate <br/>
<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>to protect human health or the environment, then any person may release such genetically <br/>
<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>engineered organisms after obtaining the necessary federal approval and without obtaining <br/>
<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>a state release permit or a significant environmental permit or complying with the other <br/>
<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>116C.91</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116C.96</statute_ref> and the rules of the board adopted pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>116C.94</statute_ref>. <br/>
<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>    (b) If the board determines the federal program is adequate to meet only certain <br/>
<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>116C.91</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116C.96</statute_ref> and the rules of the board adopted pursuant <br/>
<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>116C.94</statute_ref>, the board may exempt such releases from those requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>    (c) A person proposing a release for which a federal authorization is required may <br/>
<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>apply to the board for an exemption from the board's permit or to a state agency with a <br/>
<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>significant environmental permit for the proposed release for an exemption from the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>agency's permit. The proposer must file with the board or state agency a written request <br/>
<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>for exemption with a copy of the federal application and the information necessary to <br/>
<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>determine if there is a potential for significant environmental effects under chapter 116D <br/>
<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>and rules adopted under it. The board or state agency shall give public notice of the request <br/>
<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>in the first available issue of the EQB Monitor and shall provide an opportunity for public <br/>
<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>comment on the environmental review process consistent with chapter 116D and rules <br/>
<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>adopted under it. The board or state agency may grant the exemption if the board or state <br/>
<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>agency finds that the federal authorization issued is adequate to meet the requirements of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>chapter 116D and rules adopted under it and any other requirement of the board's or state <br/>
<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>agency's authority regarding the release of genetically engineered organisms. The board <br/>
<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>or state agency must grant or deny the exemption within 45 days after the receipt of the <br/>
<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>written request and the information required by the board or state agency.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>    (d) This subdivision does not apply to genetically engineered organisms for which <br/>
<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>an environmental impact statement is required under sections 116C.91 to 116C.96.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.71.0"></a><a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>    Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 296A.18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>All-terrain vehicle.</b> Approximately 0.15 0.27 of one percent of all gasoline <br/>
<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>received in or produced or brought into this state, except gasoline used for aviation <br/>
<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>purposes, is being used for the operation of all-terrain vehicles in this state, and of the total <br/>
<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>revenue derived from the imposition of the gasoline fuel tax, 0.15 0.27 of one percent is <br/>
<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>the amount of tax on fuel used in all-terrain vehicles operated in this state.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.72.0"></a><a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>    Sec. 72. Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section 169, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>    Sec. 169. <b>CONTINUOUS TRAIL DESIGNATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>    (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall locate, plan, design, map, construct, <br/>
<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>designate, and sign a new trail for use by all-terrain vehicles and off-highway motorcycles <br/>
<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>of not less than 70 continuous miles in length on any land owned by the state or in <br/>
<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>cooperation with any county on land owned by that county or on a combination of any of <br/>
<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>these lands. This new trail shall be ready for use by April 1, 2007 June 30, 2009.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>    (b) All funding for this new trail shall come from the all-terrain vehicle dedicated <br/>
<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>account and is appropriated each year as needed.<br/>
<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>    (c) This new trail shall have at least two areas of access complete with appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>parking for vehicles and trailers and enough room for loading and unloading all-terrain <br/>
<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>vehicles. Some existing trails, that are strictly all-terrain vehicle trails, and are not <br/>
<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>inventoried forest roads, may be incorporated into the design of this new all-terrain vehicle <br/>
<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>trail. This new trail may be of a continuous loop design and shall provide for spurs to other <br/>
<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>all-terrain vehicle trails as long as those spurs do not count toward the 70 continuous miles <br/>
<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>of this new all-terrain vehicle trail. Four rest areas shall be provided along the way.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.73.0"></a><a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>    Sec. 73. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 21, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>    Sec. 21. <b>EXCHANGE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; PRIVATE SALE; </b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var><b>ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>    (a) For the purpose of a land exchange for use in connection with a proposed <br/>
<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>steel mill in Itasca County referenced in Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 8, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>subdivision 3, title examination and approval of the land described in paragraph (b) <br/>
<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>shall be undertaken as a condition of exchange of the land for class B land, and shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.344, subdivisions 9</statute_ref> and 10, and the provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>of this section. Notwithstanding the evidence of title requirements in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>section 
         <statute_ref>94.344, subdivisions 9</statute_ref> and 10, the county attorney shall examine one or more title <br/>
<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>reports or title insurance commitments prepared or underwritten by a title insurer licensed <br/>
<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>to conduct title insurance business in this state, regardless of whether abstracts were <br/>
<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>created or updated in the preparation of the title reports or commitments. The opinion of <br/>
<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>the county attorney, and approval by the attorney general, shall be based on those title <br/>
<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>reports or commitments.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>    (b) The land subject to this section is located in Itasca County and is described as:<br/>
<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>    (1) Sections 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 28, and 29, Township <br/>
<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>56 North, Range 22 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>    (2) Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, and 14, Township 56 North, Range 23 West;<br/>
<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>    (3) Section 30, Township 57 North, Range 22 West; and<br/>
<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>    (4) Sections 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36, Township 57 North, Range 23 West.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>    (c) Riparian land given in exchange by Itasca County for the purpose of the steel <br/>
<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>mill referenced in paragraph (a), is exempt from the restrictions imposed by Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.342, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br/>
<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>    (d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>282.018, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell, <br/>
<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>by private sale, any land received in exchange for the purpose of the steel mill referenced <br/>
<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>in paragraph (a), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. The <br/>
<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>sale must be in a form approved by the attorney general.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>    (e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 284.28, subdivision 8, or any other <br/>
<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>law to the contrary, land acquired through an exchange under this section is exempt from <br/>
<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>payment of three percent of the sales price required to be collected by the county auditor <br/>
<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>at the time of sale for deposit in the state treasury.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.74.0"></a><a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>    Sec. 74. <b>ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR REPORT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>    The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall prepare a report on <br/>
<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>strategies to prevent the entry of endocrine disruptors into waters of the state. The report <br/>
<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>must include an estimate for each strategy of the proportion of endocrine disruptors that <br/>
<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>are prevented from entering the waters of the state. The commissioner shall submit the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>report to the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment and <br/>
<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>natural resources policy and finance by January 15, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.75.0"></a><a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>    Sec. 75. <b>EASEMENT REPORT REQUIRED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>    By January 1, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must report to the <br/>
<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>house and senate committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources <br/>
<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>finance with proposed minimum legal and conservation standards that could be applied <br/>
<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>to conservation easements acquired with public money.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.76.0"></a><a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>    Sec. 76. <b>TAX-FORFEITED LANDS LEASE; ITASCA COUNTY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, <br/>
<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>the Itasca County auditor may lease tax-forfeited land to Minnesota Steel for a period of <br/>
<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>20 years, for use as a tailings basin and buffer area. A lease entered under this section <br/>
<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>is renewable.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.77.0"></a><a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>    Sec. 77. <b>WILD RICE STUDY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>    By February 15, 2008, the commissioner of natural resources must prepare a study <br/>
<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>for natural wild rice that includes:<br/>
<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>    (1) the current location and estimated acreage and area of natural stands;<br/>
<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>    (2) identified threats to natural stands, including, but not limited to, development <br/>
<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>pressure, water levels, pollution, invasive species, and genetic strains; and<br/>
<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>    (3) recommendations to the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over <br/>
<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>natural resources on protecting and increasing natural wild rice stands in the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>    In developing the study, the commissioner must contact and ask for comments <br/>
<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>from the state's wild rice industry, the commissioner of agriculture, local officials with <br/>
<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>significant areas of wild rice within their jurisdictions, tribal leaders within affected <br/>
<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>federally recognized tribes, and interested citizens.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.78.0"></a><a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>    Sec. 78. <b>CONSTRUCTION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>    Nothing in sections 68, 69, 70, and 77 affects, alters, or modifies the authorities, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>responsibilities, obligations, or powers of the state or any political subdivision thereof or <br/>
<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>any federally recognized tribe.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.79.0"></a><a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>    Sec. 79. <b>TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>    The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall establish a database of <br/>
<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>best practices regarding the installation, management, and maintenance of individual <br/>
<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>sewage treatment systems. The database must be made available to any interested public <br/>
<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>or private party.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.80.0"></a><a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>    Sec. 80. <b>RULEMAKING.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>    Within 90 days of the effective date of this section, the Board of Water and Soil <br/>
<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>Resources shall adopt rules that amend Minnesota Rules, chapter 8420, to incorporate <br/>
<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>statute changes and to address the related wetland exemption provisions in Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>Rules, parts 8420.0115 to 8420.0210, and the wetland replacement and banking provisions <br/>
<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>in Minnesota Rules, parts 8420.0500 to 8420.0760. These rules are exempt from the <br/>
<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>rulemaking provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, except that Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>section 14.386, applies and the proposed rules must be submitted to the senate and house <br/>
<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources at least 30 days <br/>
<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>prior to being published in the State Register. The amended rules are effective for two <br/>
<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>years from the date of publication in the State Register unless they are superseded by <br/>
<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>permanent rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.81.0"></a><a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>    Sec. 81. <b>VERMILLION HIGHLANDS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>    (a) The following area is established and designated as the Vermillion Highlands <br/>
<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>Wildlife Management Area, subject to the special permitted uses authorized in this section:<br/>
<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>    The approximately 2,840 acres owned by the University of Minnesota lying within <br/>
<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>the area legally described as approximately the southerly 3/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of <br/>
<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>Section 1, the Southeast 1/4 of Section 2, the East 1/2 of Section 10, Section 11, the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>West 1/2 of Section 12, Section 13, and Section 14, all in Township 114 North, Range <br/>
<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>19 West, Dakota County.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>    (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>(c), permitted uses in the Vermillion Highlands Wildlife Management Area include:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>    (1) education, outreach, and agriculture with the intent to eventually phase out <br/>
<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>agriculture leases and plant and restore native prairie;<br/>
<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>    (2) research by the University of Minnesota or other permitted researchers;<br/>
<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>    (3) hiking, hunting, fishing, trapping, and other compatible wildlife-related <br/>
<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>recreation of a natural outdoors experience, without constructing new hard surface trails <br/>
<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>or roads, and supporting management and improvements;<br/>
<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>    (4) designated trails for hiking, horseback riding, biking, and cross-country skiing <br/>
<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>and necessary trailhead support with minimal impact on the permitted uses in clause (3);<br/>
<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>    (5) shooting sports facilities for sporting clays, skeet, American and international <br/>
<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>trapshooting, and rifle and pistol shooting, including sanctioned events and training for <br/>
<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>responsible handling and use of firearms;<br/>
<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>    (6) grant-in-aid snowmobile trails; and<br/>
<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>    (7) leases for small-scale farms to market vegetable farming.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>    (c) With the concurrence of representatives of the University of Minnesota and <br/>
<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>Dakota County, the commissioner of natural resources may, by posting or rule, restrict the <br/>
<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>permitted uses as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>    (1) temporarily close areas or trails, by posting at the access points, to facilitate <br/>
<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>hunting. When temporarily closing trails under this clause, the commissioner shall avoid <br/>
<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>closing all trail loops simultaneously whenever practical; or<br/>
<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>    (2) limit other permitted uses to accommodate hunting and trapping after providing <br/>
<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>advance public notice. Research conducted by the university may not be limited unless <br/>
<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>mutually agreed by the commissioner and the University of Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>    (d) Road maintenance within the wildlife management area shall be minimized, with <br/>
<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>the intent to abandon interior roads when no longer needed for traditional agriculture <br/>
<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>purposes.<br/>
<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>    (e) Money collected on leases from lands within the wildlife management area <br/>
<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>must be kept in a separate account and spent within the wildlife management area under <br/>
<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>direction of the representatives listed in paragraph (c). $200,000 of this money may be <br/>
<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for a master planning process and <br/>
<a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>resource inventory of the land identified in Minnesota Statutes, section 137.50, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.78.35"></a><var>78.35</var>6, in order to provide needed prairie and wetland restoration. The commissioner must work <br/>
<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>with affected officials from the University of Minnesota and Dakota County to complete <br/>
<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>these requirements and inform landowners and lessees about the planning process.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>    (f) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 97A.061 and 477A.11, the state <br/>
<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>of Minnesota shall not provide payments in lieu of taxes for the lands described in <br/>
<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>paragraph (a).<br/>
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<a id="bill.2.82.0"></a><a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>    Sec. 82. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 89A.11, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.2241, subdivision 8, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Paragraph (a) of this section is effective July 1, 2007. <br/>
<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>Paragraph (b) of this section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>