1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for general service grants to 
1.3 	soil and water conservation districts.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$2,100,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $2,100,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for general service grants 
1.8 	to soil and water conservation districts. The money may be used for basic operations, 
1.9 	including staff to enable local soil and water conservation districts to leverage other local, 
1.10 	state, and federal funding to provide soil and water conservation programs to owners of 
1.11 	private lands. This program shall be indexed to inflation.