1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for emergency management of invasive 
1.3 	species; appropriating money for invasive species management;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.02, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84D.02, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 7.Contracts for services for emergency invasive species prevention work; 
1.9 	commissions to persons employed. The commissioner may contract for or accept the 
1.10 	services of any persons whose aid is available, temporarily or otherwise, in emergency 
1.11 	invasive species prevention work, either gratuitously or for compensation not in excess of 
1.12 	the limits provided by law with respect to the employment of labor by the commissioner. 
1.13 	The commissioner may issue a commission, or other written evidence of authority, to any 
1.14 	person whose services are so arranged for and may thereby empower the person to act, 
1.15 	temporarily or otherwise, in any other capacity, with powers and duties as may be specified 
1.16 	in the commission or other written evidence of authority, but not in excess of the powers 
1.17 	conferred by law. The commissioner of agriculture, under authority provided by law, must 
1.18 	cooperate with the commissioner in emergency control of invasive species prevention. 

1.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 		Subdivision 1.Terrestrial invasive plant management program. $650,000 
1.21 	in fiscal year 2008 and $650,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the general 
1.22 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to provide for a terrestrial plant invasive 
1.23 	species management program for local governments and nonprofit organizations. Priority 
2.1 	for grants shall be based on those entities that provide a matching contribution. Of this 
2.2 	amount: 
2.3 	(1) $400,000 each year is to be targeted toward prairie conservation and restoration 
2.4 	on natural and seminatural lands in the Prairie Parkland, Tallgrass Aspen Parklands, and 
2.5 	Eastern Broadleaf Forest Provinces, as defined by the Department of Natural Resources 
2.6 	ecological mapping and landscape classification system, for:
2.7 	(i) beginning county cooperative weed management programs on natural lands and 
2.8 	lands enrolled under the federal conservation reserve program;
2.9 	(ii) assisting counties and other local units of government to develop invasive plant 
2.10 	species management systems; and
2.11 	(iii) restoring native plants in selected invasive species management sites by 
2.12 	providing local native seeds and plants to landowners for implementation; and
2.13 	(2) $250,000 each year is available on a statewide basis for use on natural and 
2.14 	seminatural lands to support:
2.15 	(i) local units of government by providing equipment and services in assisting the 
2.16 	public to participate in invasive species management;
2.17 	(ii) local units of government for emergency situations to control new occurrences of 
2.18 	high priority invasive species infestations;
2.19 	(iii) local education efforts on the identification, control, and prevention of invasive 
2.20 	species; and
2.21 	(iv) the creation of local neighborhood groups to eradicate and control invasive 
2.22 	species.
2.23 		Subd. 2.Emergency management of invasive species. $350,000 in fiscal year 
2.24 	2008 and $350,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the general fund as an 
2.25 	open appropriation to the commissioner of natural resources for controlling emergency 
2.26 	infestations of aquatic and terrestrial invasive species under the authority of Minnesota 
2.27 	Statutes, section 84D.02, subdivision 7. The money is available until expended.