Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government; appropriating money for environment, natural resources and agriculture purposes

ARTICLE 1 - ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES AND AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS

Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; modifying disposition of certain revenue and funds; appropriating money to the pollution control agency for the clean water partnership program, for community technical assistance and education for local and basinwide water quality protection and grants, for individual sewage treatment system (ISTS) administration and grants, for new technology review, technical assistance for local governments and enforcement purposes and the administration of individual septic tank fees, for implementing the clean water legacy act, for providing regulatory services to the ethanol, mining and other developing economic sectors, for county feedlot program grants and specifying a three part formula for fund distribution, for the small business environmental improvement loan program and air monitoring programs, for land management purposes including remediation funding for the leaking underground storage tank program and for health assessments, drinking water advisories and public information activities for areas contaminated by hazardous releases, for multimedia purposes including total maximum daily load (TDML) contracts or grants, for environmental assistance purposes including SCORE block grants, environmental assistance grants or loans and to promote the use of alternative fuels, reduce pollutant emissions and greenhouse gases, for transportation fleets efficiency and to accelerate transition to clean energy sources, and for administrative support purposes; appropriating money to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for land and mineral resources management purposes including iron ore cooperative research, match requirement, for the minerals management account, for school trust lands management, for state administered mineral resources management, for support of the land records management system, for water resources management purposes, for implementing the Red River mediation agreement, for a grant to the Mississippi headwater board, for payment to the Leech Lake band of Chippewa Indians to implement the bands portion of the comprehensive plan for the upper Mississippi, for ring dikes construction, for addressing ethanol production surface and ground water issues, for impaired water identification and plan development, for forest management purposes, for emergency firefighting and requiring report to the legislature, for the forest management investment account, for the forest resources council for implementation of the sustainable forest resources act, for the FORIST time management information system and other systems, for implementation of ecological classification systems (ECS) standards on forested landscapes, for certain general fund investments in forest management, for nonapproved firewood on state administered lands statewide information and education campaign development and implementation, for forest road maintenance in support of all-terrain vehicle trails, for parks and recreation management purposes including state park water access projects, park and recreation area operations, park maintenance work, resource management projects and conservation education for park users, for trails and waterways management purposes, for snowmobile grants in aid and trails, for off-highway vehicle grants in aid, for a safe harbor program on Lake Superior, for state trail operations, for water access sites expenditures, for fish and wildlife management purposes, for resource population surveys, for the heritage enhancement account, the critical habitat license plate match program, the wild turkey management account, for fishing contest permits administration, for wildlife health programs, for grassland/wetland complexes on public and private lands, for expanding the roadsides for wildlife program, for ecological services, for enforcement purposes, for operations support and for zoo operations grants; to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for block grants to local governments and to soil and water conservation districts, for grants to the Red River basin commission, area II, Minnesota River basin projects for floodplain management, for implementation of the clean water legacy act projects and grants, for implementation of the wetland conservation act and grants, for development of a comprehensive state wetland restoration vision and plan, and for implementation of the drainage work group to enhance public drainage and modernization; to the zoological board; to the science museum of Minnesota; to the metropolitan council for area regional parks and trails maintenance and operations; to the Minnesota conservation corps; to the legislative-citizen commission on Minnesota resources; to the department of agriculture for protection services purposes, for the voluntary clean program, for agricultural practices in restoring impaired water, for total maximum daily load (TMDL) plans development monitoring, for invasive species control activities, for meat, dairy and food inspection activities, for emergency plan activities, for animal health emergencies response activities, for agricultural marketing and development purposes, for Minnesota grown promotion grants, for demonstration projects involving sustainable agriculture grants, for livestock siting issues and local zoning training and technical assistance, for additional integrated pest management activities, for the agricultural best management practices loan program, for value-added agricultural products purposes, for ethanol product payments, for ethanol combustion efficiency grants, for gasification technologies and to lessen dependency on fossil energy installation promotion grants, for administration and financial assistance purposes, for the dairy development and profitability enhancement and dairy business planning grant programs, for northern crops institute grants, for Minnesota livestock breeders association grants, for northern Minnesota forage-turf seed advisory committee grants, for second harvest heartland grants, for mental health counseling support to farm families and business operators through farm business management programs at Central lakes and Ridgewater colleges, and for Minnesota horticultural society grants; to the board of animal health for bovine tuberculosis eradication and surveillance in cattle herds; and to the agricultural utilization research institute

ARTICLE 2 - ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND AGRICULTURE POLICY

Providing for the crediting of certain money received from gifts, grants, reimbursement or appropriation to the environmental fund; specifying certain commissioner of agricultural duties relating to cooperation with federal agencies to assist in the development of agricultural resources; modifying agricultural development contract requirements; modifying use of Minnesota grown label, increasing license fees, requiring appropriations to be matched by private funds; modifying and creating certain loans and accounts; eliminating the aquatic pest control license; modifying certain requirements for pesticide application on golf courses; providing a certain exemption for agricultural commodity producers for fertilizer facilities regulations; modifying permit and safeguard requirements; eliminating the surcharge imposed on aquatic pest control licenses; modifying fees for food handler facility floor plans review; creating a food safety and defense task force; specifying certain membership requirements and duties; providing for NextGen energy through the department of agriculture to research and develop energy sources to displace fossil fuels with renewable technology, specifying certain board membership requirements and duties; modifying certain borrower eligibility criteria for the rural finance authority program; modifying certain provisions for the agricultural improvement loan program, the value-added agricultural product loan program, the disaster recovery loan program and the livestock equipment pilot loan program; expanding the use of the rural finance authority revolving loan account to include disaster recovery; modifying eligibility requirements for beginning farmers; modifying crediting of receipts in the professional services support account by the commissioner of natural resources; reducing the amount of decorative boughs available for sale and modifying the permit fee; establishing the forest resource assessment products and services account in the natural resources fund; requiring receipts from forest resource assessment product sales and services under the department of natural resources (DNR) to be credited to the account, including aerial photography, remote sensing and satellite imagery products and services under sales and services; requiring money to be appropriated to the commissioner and to be used for certain staff and facilities maintenance; removing the expiration of sustainable forest resources provisions; modifying the off highway vehicle damage account purpose to property restoration and repair damaged by illegal operation of off highway vehicles, removing the requirement for unused balances to be transferred by a certain date to the off highway motorcycle, off road vehicle and all terrain vehicle (ATV) accounts; establishing an off-highway vehicles safety and conservation program, authorizing the commission to enter into informal agreements for volunteer services, prohibiting worker displacement; expanding the use of the all-terrain vehicle account for maintenance purposes; creating the invasive species account for deposit of surcharges of certain watercraft licenses and trailers for management of invasive species purposes; adding surcharges for certain watercraft, watercraft dealers licenses, specifying certain use and deposit requirements; clarifying use of certain license revenues requirements by the commissioner of natural resources; adding a surcharge for certain nonresident fishing licenses; modifying permit requirements for fishing contests, imposing a fee for permits to conduct a fishing contest, authorizing the commissioner to establish contest permit fees; modifying trailer and towed recreational vehicle registration taxes, imposing a surcharge, specifying deposit of proceeds requirements; modifying percentage of gasoline use attributable to all-terrain vehicles; modifying trail designation requirements; eliminating sunset of sustainable forest resources provisions; repealing certain provisions relating to the Minnesota grown matching account, aquatic pest control license, fee for product use without initial registration or license for fertilizer application and inspection fees, direct loans for the agricultural improvement loan program and the minerals management account
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