1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legislative enactments; correcting miscellaneous oversights, 
1.3 	inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.326, as added if enacted; 151.56, as added 
1.5 	if enacted; 523.24, subdivision 9; Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, sections 3, 
1.6 	subdivision 3; 29; Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, sections 4, subdivision 4; 
1.7 	5; 164; article 2, sections 3, subdivision 6; 34; 43.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 523.24, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
1.10 		Subd. 9.Fiduciary transactions. In a statutory short form power of attorney, the 
1.11 	language conferring general authority with respect to fiduciary transactions, means that 
1.12 	the principal authorizes the agent:
1.13 	(1) to represent and act for the principal in all ways and in all matters affecting any 
1.14 	fund with respect to which the principal is a fiduciary;
1.15 	(2) to initiate, participate in, and oppose any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, for 
1.16 	the removal, substitution, or surcharge of a fiduciary, to conserve, to invest or to disburse 
1.17 	anything received for the purposes of the fund for which it is received, and to reimburse 
1.18 	the attorney-in-fact for any expenditures properly made by the attorney-in-fact in the 
1.19 	execution of the powers conferred on the attorney-in-fact by the statutory short form 
1.20 	power of attorney;
1.21 	(3) to agree and contract, in any manner, with any person, and on any terms which 
1.22 	the attorney-in-fact selects for the accomplishment of the purposes enumerated in this 
1.23 	subdivision, and to perform, rescind, reform, release, or modify the agreement or contract 
1.24 	or any other similar agreement or contract made by or on behalf of the principal;
2.1 	(4) to execute, acknowledge, verify, seal, file, and deliver any consent, designation, 
2.2 	pleading, notice, demand, election, conveyance, release, assignment, check, pledge, 
2.3 	waiver, admission of service, notice of appearance, or other instrument which the 
2.4 	attorney-in-fact deems useful for the accomplishment of any of the purposes enumerated 
2.5 	in this subdivision;
2.6 	(5) to hire, discharge, and compensate any attorney, accountant, expert witness, or 
2.7 	other assistants, when the attorney-in-fact deems that action to be desirable for the proper 
2.8 	execution by the attorney-in-fact of any of the powers described in this subdivision, and 
2.9 	for the keeping of needed records; and
2.10 	(6) in general, and in addition to all the specific acts listed in this subdivision, to do 
2.11 	any other acts with respect to a fund of which the principal is a fiduciary.
2.12 	Nothing in this subdivision authorizes delegation of any power of a fiduciary unless 
2.13 	the power is one the fiduciary is authorized to delegate under the terms of the instrument 
2.14 	governing the exercise of the power or under local law.
2.15 	For the purposes of clauses (1) to (6), "fund" means any trust, probate estate, 
2.16 	guardianship, conservatorship, escrow, custodianship, or any other fund in which the 
2.17 	principal has, or claims to have, an interest as a fiduciary.
2.18 	All powers described in this subdivision are exercisable equally with respect to 
2.19 	any fund of which the principal is a fiduciary to at the giving of the power of attorney 
2.20 	or becomes a fiduciary after that time, and whether located in the state of Minnesota 
2.21 	or elsewhere.

2.22 	Sec. 2. [CORR07-1] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4, is 
2.23 	amended to read:

2.24	Subd. 4.Forest Management
 		44,495,000
		43,393,000

2.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.26	General
	24,755,000
	24,836,000
	
2.27	Natural Resources
	19,483,000
	18,293,000
	
2.28	Game and Fish
	257,000
	264,000
	
2.29 	$7,217,000 the first year and $7,217,000 
2.30 	the second year are for prevention, 
2.31 	presuppression, and suppression costs of 
2.32 	emergency firefighting and other costs 
2.33 	incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.34 	88.12. If the appropriation for either 
2.35 	year is insufficient to cover all costs of 
3.1 	presuppression and suppression, the amount 
3.2 	necessary to pay for these costs during the 
3.3 	biennium is appropriated from the general 
3.4 	fund.
3.5 	By November 15 of each year, the 
3.6 	commissioner of natural resources shall 
3.7 	submit a report to the chairs of the house 
3.8 	and senate committees and divisions having 
3.9 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
3.10 	resources finance, identifying all firefighting 
3.11 	costs incurred and reimbursements received 
3.12 	in the prior fiscal year. These appropriations 
3.13 	may not be transferred. Any reimbursement 
3.14 	of firefighting expenditures made to the 
3.15 	commissioner from any source other than 
3.16 	federal mobilizations shall be deposited into 
3.17 	the general fund.
3.18 	$17,983,000 the first year and $18,293,000 
3.19 	the second year are from the forest 
3.20 	management investment account in the 
3.21 	natural resources fund for only the purposes 
3.22 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.23 	89.039, subdivision 2.
3.24 	Of this amount:
3.25 	(1) $750,000 each year is for additional staff 
3.26 	to enhance timber sales;
3.27 	(2) $1,000,000 each year is for forest 
3.28 	improvements;
3.29 	(3) $1,100,000 each year is for forest road 
3.30 	maintenance;
3.31 	(4) $600,000 each year is for the ecological 
3.32 	classification system on state forest lands;
3.33 	(5) $350,000 each year is for the prevention 
3.34 	of invasive species on state forest lands; and
4.1 	(6) $400,000 each year is for the re-inventory 
4.2 	of state forest lands.
4.3 	Money for forest road maintenance is 
4.4 	onetime.
4.5 	$780,000 the first year and $780,000 the 
4.6 	second year are for the Forest Resources 
4.7 	Council for implementation of the 
4.8 	Sustainable Forest Resources Act. 
4.9 	$40,000 the first year is for the Forest 
4.10 	Resources Council to provide a grant to 
4.11 	the University of Minnesota to prepare a 
4.12 	statewide plan to address the fragmentation 
4.13 	and parcelization of large blocks of forest 
4.14 	land in the state.
4.15 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for a grant 
4.16 	to the Forest Resources Research Advisory 
4.17 	Committee to provide direction on research 
4.18 	topics recommended by the governor's task 
4.19 	force on the competitiveness of Minnesota's 
4.20 	primary forest products industry.
4.21 	$350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
4.22 	second year are for the FORIST timber 
4.23 	management information system, other 
4.24 	information systems, and for increased 
4.25 	forestry management. The amount in the 
4.26 	second year is also available in the first year.
4.27 	$257,000 the first year and $264,000 the 
4.28 	second year are from the game and fish 
4.29 	fund to implement ecological classification 
4.30 	systems (ECS) standards on forested 
4.31 	landscapes. This appropriation is from 
4.32 	revenue deposited in the game and fish fund 
4.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
4.34 	paragraph (e), clause (1).
5.1 	$110,000 the first year is to develop and 
5.2 	implement a statewide information and 
5.3 	education campaign regarding the statewide 
5.4 	ban on the transport, storage, or use of 
5.5 	nonapproved firewood on state-administered 
5.6 	lands.
5.7 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the forest 
5.8 	management investment account in the 
5.9 	natural resources fund for the purposes 
5.10 	of section 157 158. This is a onetime 
5.11 	appropriation.
5.12 	$75,000 the first year is to the Forest 
5.13 	Resources Council for a task force on 
5.14 	forest protection and $75,000 the second 
5.15 	year is appropriated to the commissioner 
5.16 	for grants to cities, counties, townships, 
5.17 	special recreation areas, and park and 
5.18 	recreation boards in cities of the first class 
5.19 	for the identification, removal, disposal, and 
5.20 	replacement of dead or dying shade trees 
5.21 	lost to forest pests or disease. For purposes 
5.22 	of this section, "shade tree" means a woody 
5.23 	perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or 
5.24 	environmental purposes with minimal to 
5.25 	residual timber value. The commissioner 
5.26 	shall consult with municipalities; park and 
5.27 	recreation boards in cities of the first class; 
5.28 	nonprofit organizations; and other interested 
5.29 	parties in developing eligibility criteria.
5.30 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for a grant 
5.31 	to the Natural Resources Research Institute 
5.32 	for silvicultural research to improve the 
5.33 	quality and quantity of timber fiber. The 
5.34 	appropriation must be matched in the amount 
5.35 	of $200,000 in cash or in-kind contributions 
6.1 	from the forest products industry members of 
6.2 	the Minnesota Forest Productivity Research 
6.3 	Cooperative.
6.4 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
6.5 	the second year are to support additional 
6.6 	technical and cost-share assistance to 
6.7 	nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) 
6.8 	landowners. The base appropriation in fiscal 
6.9 	year 2010 and later is $500,000.
6.10 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
6.11 	second year are to address escalating 
6.12 	land asset management demands, such as 
6.13 	boundary disputes, access easements, and 
6.14 	sale, exchange, and acquisition of forest 
6.15 	lands.

6.16 	Sec. 3. [CORR07-1A] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:

6.17
6.18	Sec. 5. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	32,153,000
	$
	17,482,000
	
6.19 	$4,102,000 the first year and $4,102,000 the 
6.20 	second year are for natural resources block 
6.21 	grants to local governments. The board may 
6.22 	reduce the amount of the natural resources 
6.23 	block grant to a county by an amount equal to 
6.24 	any reduction in the county's general services 
6.25 	allocation to a soil and water conservation 
6.26 	district from the county's previous year 
6.27 	allocation when the board determines that 
6.28 	the reduction was disproportionate. Grants 
6.29 	must be matched with a combination of local 
6.30 	cash or in-kind contributions. The base grant 
6.31 	portion related to water planning must be 
6.32 	matched by an amount that would be raised 
6.33 	by a levy under Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.34 	103B.3369.
7.1 	$3,566,000 the first year and $3,566,000 
7.2 	the second year are for grants requested 
7.3 	by soil and water conservation districts for 
7.4 	general purposes, nonpoint engineering, 
7.5 	and implementation of the reinvest in 
7.6 	Minnesota conservation reserve program. 
7.7 	Upon approval of the board, expenditures 
7.8 	may be made from these appropriations for 
7.9 	supplies and services benefiting soil and 
7.10 	water conservation districts. Any district 
7.11 	requesting a grant under this paragraph 
7.12 	shall create and maintain a Web page that 
7.13 	publishes, at a minimum, its annual plan, 
7.14 	annual report, annual audit, and annual 
7.15 	budget, including membership dues and 
7.16 	meeting notices and minutes.
7.17 	$3,285,000 the first year and $3,285,000 
7.18 	the second year are for grants to soil and 
7.19 	water conservation districts for cost-sharing 
7.20 	contracts for erosion control and water 
7.21 	quality management. Of this amount, at least 
7.22 	$1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 the 
7.23 	second year are for grants for cost-sharing 
7.24 	contracts to establish and maintain vegetation 
7.25 	buffers of restored native prairie and restored 
7.26 	prairie using seeds of a local ecotype region. 
7.27 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
7.28 	second year are available to begin county 
7.29 	cooperative weed management programs 
7.30 	on natural lands and private lands enrolled 
7.31 	in state and federal conservation programs 
7.32 	and to restore native plants in selected 
7.33 	invasive species management sites by 
7.34 	providing local native seeds and plants 
7.35 	to landowners for implementation. This 
7.36 	appropriation is available until expended. If 
8.1 	the appropriation in either year is insufficient, 
8.2 	the appropriation in the other year is available 
8.3 	for it. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
8.4 	section 103C.501, any balance in the board's 
8.5 	cost-share program that remains from the 
8.6 	fiscal year 2007 appropriation is available 
8.7 	in an amount up to $2,000 for a grant to 
8.8 	the Faribault Soil and Water Conservation 
8.9 	District to pay for erosion repair on the Blue 
8.10 	Earth River, and up to $40,000 is available 
8.11 	for grants to soil and water conservation 
8.12 	districts for Web site development and 
8.13 	reporting; and $100,000 in fiscal years 2008 
8.14 	and 2009 is for evaluating and reporting 
8.15 	on performance, financial, and activity 
8.16 	information of local water management 
8.17 	entities as provided for in section 103 104.
8.18 	The board shall develop a forestry practice 
8.19 	docket for cost-share money. The board shall 
8.20 	develop standards or policies for cost-share 
8.21 	practices for the following purposes: (1) 
8.22 	establishment and maintenance of vegetated 
8.23 	buffers of restored prairie or restored native 
8.24 	prairie using seeds of a local ecotype; 
8.25 	(2) establishment of cooperative weed 
8.26 	management programs on private natural 
8.27 	lands and lands enrolled in state and federal 
8.28 	conservation programs and restoration of 
8.29 	native plants in selected invasive species 
8.30 	management sites by providing local native 
8.31 	seeds and plants to landowners; and (3) 
8.32 	establishment of soil and water conservation 
8.33 	and ecological improvement practices on 
8.34 	private forest lands.
8.35 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
8.36 	second year are for a grant to the Red 
9.1 	River Basin Commission to develop a Red 
9.2 	River basin plan and to coordinate water 
9.3 	management activities in the states and 
9.4 	provinces bordering the Red River. The 
9.5 	unencumbered balance in the first year does 
9.6 	not cancel but is available for the second 
9.7 	year.
9.8 	$14,166,000 is for implementation of the 
9.9 	Clean Water Legacy Act, in accordance 
9.10 	with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D, as 
9.11 	follows:
9.12 	(1) $3,316,000 is for targeted nonpoint 
9.13 	restoration cost-share and incentive 
9.14 	payments, of which up to $3,116,000 
9.15 	is available for grants. Of this amount, 
9.16 	$1,500,000 is for agricultural watershed 
9.17 	restoration projects that are located in a 
9.18 	watershed impaired by nonpoint agricultural 
9.19 	sources and are designed to provide 
9.20 	long-term restoration of surface water 
9.21 	quality through restoration of the natural 
9.22 	hydrological function to working lands. Of 
9.23 	this amount, $500,000 must be contracted for 
9.24 	services with the Minnesota Conservation 
9.25 	Corps. The grant funds are available until 
9.26 	expended;
9.27 	(2) $3,000,000 is for targeted nonpoint 
9.28 	restoration and protection and technical, 
9.29 	compliance, and engineering assistance 
9.30 	activities, of which up to $2,400,000 is 
9.31 	available for grants, and $225,000 the first 
9.32 	year is to inventory wetland mitigation 
9.33 	opportunities and water quality and 
9.34 	watershed improvement projects in a greater 
9.35 	than 80 percent area and of which $150,000 
10.1 	the first year is to conduct a regionwide 
10.2 	wetland mitigation siting analysis for 
10.3 	greater than 80 percent areas. The $225,000 
10.4 	amount shall include an inventory of the 
10.5 	wetland and water resources that have been 
10.6 	developed on former mine lands and an 
10.7 	analysis of the functions and values of those 
10.8 	wetland and water resources. This is a 
10.9 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
10.10 	June 30, 2009. The $150,000 amount for 
10.11 	analysis shall (i) evaluate wetland mitigation 
10.12 	opportunities in each watershed and wetland 
10.13 	bank service area, (ii) develop goals for 
10.14 	maintaining water quality in the greater than 
10.15 	80 percent areas, and (iii) identify wetland 
10.16 	mitigation opportunities in other regions with 
10.17 	a greater loss of wetlands or with impaired 
10.18 	waters. This is a onetime appropriation and 
10.19 	is available until June 30, 2009. A report on 
10.20 	the analysis outcomes shall be given to the 
10.21 	house and senate chairs of the environment 
10.22 	and natural resources policy and finance 
10.23 	committees by January 15, 2009;
10.24 	(3) $400,000 is for reporting and evaluating 
10.25 	applied soil and water conservation practices;
10.26 	(4) $2,450,000 is for grants to implement 
10.27 	county individual sewage treatment system 
10.28 	programs. Of this amount, after a county 
10.29 	has complied with requirements to adopt 
10.30 	ordinances pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
10.31 	section 115.55, subdivision 2, the county may 
10.32 	request grants of up to $130,000 to inventory 
10.33 	properties with individual sewage treatment 
10.34 	systems that are an imminent threat to public 
10.35 	health or safety due to water discharges of 
10.36 	untreated sewage, and require compliance 
11.1 	under an applicable ordinance. The grant 
11.2 	amount shall be proportional to the number 
11.3 	of properties expected to be inventoried. 
11.4 	Each county receiving an appropriation 
11.5 	under this paragraph shall report the number 
11.6 	of inspections and the number determined 
11.7 	to be an imminent threat to public health or 
11.8 	safety to the Pollution Control Agency by 
11.9 	February 1 of each year;
11.10 	(5) $3,000,000 is for feedlot water quality 
11.11 	grants for feedlots under 300 animal units 
11.12 	where there are impaired waters; 
11.13 	(6) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for 
11.14 	grants to support local nonpoint source 
11.15 	protection activities related to lake and river 
11.16 	protection and management; and 
11.17 	(7) $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for 
11.18 	grants to address imminent threat and failing 
11.19 	individual sewage treatment systems.
11.20 	If the appropriations in clauses (1) to (7) in 
11.21 	either year are insufficient, the appropriation 
11.22 	in the other year is available for it. All of 
11.23 	the money appropriated in clauses (1) to 
11.24 	(7) as grants to local governments shall be 
11.25 	administered through the Board of Water 
11.26 	and Soil Resources' local water resources 
11.27 	protection and management program under 
11.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369.
11.29 	$100,000 each year is to the Minnesota River 
11.30 	Basin Joint Powers Board, also known as 
11.31 	the Minnesota River Board, for operating 
11.32 	expenses to measure and report the results of 
11.33 	projects in the 12 major watersheds within 
11.34 	the Minnesota River basin.
12.1 	By January 1, 2008, the board shall report 
12.2 	to the senate and house of representatives 
12.3 	environmental finance divisions on the 
12.4 	financial needs to bring all feedlots in the 
12.5 	state that are under 300 animal units into 
12.6 	compliance with Pollution Control Agency 
12.7 	rules by October 1, 2010, and comply with 
12.8 	the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
12.9 	section 116.07, subdivision 7, paragraph (p).
12.10 	$140,000 the first year and $140,000 
12.11 	the second year are for a grant to Area 
12.12 	II, Minnesota River Basin Projects, 
12.13 	for floodplain management, including 
12.14 	administration of programs.
12.15 	$1,120,000 the first year and $1,060,000 the 
12.16 	second year may be spent for the following 
12.17 	purposes to support implementation of 
12.18 	the Wetland Conservation Act: $250,000 
12.19 	each year is to make grants to local units 
12.20 	of governments within the 11-county 
12.21 	metropolitan area to improve response to 
12.22 	major wetland violations; $250,000 each 
12.23 	year is for transfer to the commissioner 
12.24 	of natural resources for enforcement of 
12.25 	wetland violations; $500,000 each year is for 
12.26 	staffing to provide adequate state oversight 
12.27 	and technical support to local governments 
12.28 	administering the Wetland Conservation Act; 
12.29 	$60,000 each year is for staff to monitor and 
12.30 	enforce wetland replacement and wetland 
12.31 	bank sites; and $60,000 the first year is 
12.32 	for rulemaking required by changes to the 
12.33 	Wetland Conservation Act. The board must 
12.34 	include in its biennial report to the legislature 
12.35 	information on all state and local units 
13.1 	of government, including special purpose 
13.2 	districts, impacts on wetlands in the state.
13.3 	$450,000 the first year and $800,000 
13.4 	the second year are to implement 
13.5 	recommendations of the Drainage Work 
13.6 	Group to enhance public drainage and 
13.7 	modernization as follows: $150,000 the first 
13.8 	year is to develop guidelines for drainage 
13.9 	records preservation and modernization; 
13.10 	$500,000 the second year is for cost-share 
13.11 	grants to local governments for public 
13.12 	drainage records modernization; and 
13.13 	$300,000 each year is to provide assistance 
13.14 	to local drainage management officials, to 
13.15 	facilitate the work of the Drainage Work 
13.16 	Group, to staff a drainage assistance team, 
13.17 	and to update the Minnesota Public Drainage 
13.18 	Manual. All of the money appropriated in 
13.19 	this paragraph as grants to local governments 
13.20 	shall be administered through the Board 
13.21 	of Water and Soil Resources' local water 
13.22 	resources protection and management 
13.23 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.24 	103B.3369.
13.25 	In addition to other authorities, the Board 
13.26 	of Water and Soil Resources may reduce, 
13.27 	withhold, or redirect grants and other funding 
13.28 	if the local water management entity has 
13.29 	not corrected deficiencies as prescribed in a 
13.30 	notice from the board within one year from 
13.31 	the date of the notice.
13.32 	$500,000 the first year is to provide grants 
13.33 	for bioenergy crop research and monitoring, 
13.34 	including, but not limited to, water quality, 
13.35 	water quantity utilized, soil carbon storage, 
14.1 	biological diversity, wildlife and habitat 
14.2 	impacts and benefits, and small diameter 
14.3 	woody bioenergy. Of this amount, $300,000 
14.4 	is for a grant to the Minnesota Forest 
14.5 	Resources Council for conducting site level 
14.6 	ecological research and assessments as 
14.7 	identified by the council's biomass technical 
14.8 	committee. Additional money from other 
14.9 	sources should be sought to accomplish this 
14.10 	purpose.
14.11 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2008 is to develop 
14.12 	clean energy program guidelines and 
14.13 	standards.
14.14 	$200,000 is for a grant to the city of Gaylord 
14.15 	to construct and reconstruct storm water 
14.16 	sewer drains and related facilities to divert 
14.17 	water that currently drains into Lake Titlow 
14.18 	into holding ponds south of the city. The 
14.19 	cost of reconstructing city streets as part of 
14.20 	this diversion, and as outlined in the city of 
14.21 	Gaylord's street improvement plan, is the 
14.22 	responsibility of the city. This diversion will 
14.23 	keep phosphorus and other chemicals from 
14.24 	entering the lake, and will improve the water 
14.25 	quality of Lake Titlow.
14.26 	The appropriations for grants in this 
14.27 	section are available until expended. If an 
14.28 	appropriation for grants in either year is 
14.29 	insufficient, the appropriation in the other 
14.30 	year is available for it.

14.31 	Sec. 4. [CORR07-1B] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 164, is amended to 
14.32 	read:
14.33 	Sec. 164. CONSTRUCTION.
 15.1 	Nothing in sections 139, 140, 141, and 162 140, 141, 142, and 163 affects, alters, 
15.2 	or modifies the authorities, responsibilities, obligations, or powers of the state or any 
15.3 	political subdivision thereof or any federally recognized tribe.

15.4 	Sec. 5. [CORR07-1C] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 3, subdivision 6, 
15.5 	is amended to read:

15.6	Subd. 6.Energy and Telecommunications
 	$
	23,036,000
	$
	14,148,000

15.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.8	General
	15,411,000
	6,523,000
	
15.9	Special Revenue
	7,625,000
	7,625,000
	
15.10 	The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
15.11 	section 116C.779, shall transfer $7,625,000 
15.12 	in fiscal year 2008 and $7,625,000 in fiscal 
15.13 	year 2009 to the Department of Commerce 
15.14 	on a schedule to be determined by the 
15.15 	commissioner of commerce. The funds must 
15.16 	be deposited in the special revenue fund 
15.17 	and are appropriated to the commissioner 
15.18 	for grants to promote renewable energy 
15.19 	projects and community energy outreach and 
15.20 	assistance. Of the amounts identified:
15.21 	(1) $500,000 each year for capital grants for 
15.22 	on-farm biogas recovery facilities; eligible 
15.23 	projects will be selected in coordination 
15.24 	with the Department of Agriculture and the 
15.25 	Pollution Control Agency;
15.26 	(2) $500,000 each year to provide financial 
15.27 	rebates to new solar electricity projects;
15.28 	(3) $625,000 each year for continued funding 
15.29 	of community energy technical assistance 
15.30 	and outreach on renewable energy and 
15.31 	energy efficiency, as described in section 25
15.32 	27. Of this amount, $125,000 is for technical 
15.33 	assistance in the metropolitan area;
16.1 	(4) $1,000,000 each year is for technical 
16.2 	analysis and demonstration funding for 
16.3 	automotive technology projects, with a 
16.4 	special focus on plug-in hybrid electric 
16.5 	vehicles and to study environmental-friendly 
16.6 	manufacturing and assembly processes to 
16.7 	identify ones that could employ workers 
16.8 	formerly employed at the St. Paul Ford 
16.9 	manufacturing plant and other large 
16.10 	manufacturing facilities in Minnesota;
16.11 	(5) $750,000 in the first year is for the 
16.12 	purpose of preparing the hydrogen road map 
16.13 	and making grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.14 	section 216B.813;
16.15 	(6) $2,000,000 in the first year is for deposit 
16.16 	with the rural wind energy development 
16.17 	revolving loan fund under Minnesota 
16.18 	Statutes, section 216C.39;
16.19 	(7) $2,250,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
16.20 	the second year are to provide competitive, 
16.21 	cost-share grants to fund renewable energy 
16.22 	research in Minnesota. These grants must be 
16.23 	awarded by a three-member panel made up 
16.24 	of the commissioners of commerce, pollution 
16.25 	control, and agriculture, or their designees. 
16.26 	Grant applications must be ranked and grants 
16.27 	issued according to how well the applications 
16.28 	meet state energy policy research goals 
16.29 	established by the commissioners, the quality 
16.30 	and experience of the research teams, the 
16.31 	cross-interdisciplinary and cross-institutional 
16.32 	nature of the research teams, and the ability 
16.33 	of the research team to leverage nonstate 
16.34 	funds; and
17.1 	(8) $3,000,000 the second year is for a grant 
17.2 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
17.3 	Minnesota for the Initiative for Renewable 
17.4 	Energy and the Environment. The grant 
17.5 	is for the purposes set forth in Minnesota 
17.6 	Statutes, section 216B.241, subdivision 6. 
17.7 	The appropriation is available until spent. 
17.8 	The budget for this grant to the Board of 
17.9 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
17.10 	the Initiative for Renewable Energy and the 
17.11 	Environment is $5,000,000 each year in the 
17.12 	2010-2011 fiscal biennium.
17.13 	As a condition of this grant, beginning in 
17.14 	the 2010-2011 biennium, the Initiative for 
17.15 	Renewable Energy and the Environment 
17.16 	must set aside at least 15 percent of the 
17.17 	funds received annually under the grant for 
17.18 	qualified projects conducted at a rural campus 
17.19 	or experiment station. Any amount of the 
17.20 	set aside funds that has not been awarded to 
17.21 	a rural campus or experiment station at the 
17.22 	end of the fiscal year must revert back to the 
17.23 	initiative for its exclusive use.
17.24 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
17.25 	second year are for E85 cost-share grants. 
17.26 	The commissioner may reimburse owners 
17.27 	of gasoline service stations for up to 75 
17.28 	percent of the total cost of installing an E85 
17.29 	pump, including the tank and any related 
17.30 	components, up to a maximum of $15,000 
17.31 	per E85 pump. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
17.32 	Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is 
17.33 	available until expended. Up to ten percent of 
17.34 	the funds may be used for cost-share grants to 
17.35 	convert or install underground tanks at retail 
17.36 	gasoline service stations storing biodiesel 
18.1 	fuel that is at least 99.9 percent biodiesel 
18.2 	fuel by volume for on-site blending and for 
18.3 	dispensing systems at retail gasoline service 
18.4 	stations that dispense biodiesel fuel blends of 
18.5 	at least ten percent biodiesel fuel by volume. 
18.6 	In awarding grants, the commissioner of 
18.7 	commerce must consult with the Minnesota 
18.8 	Soybean Growers Association and may 
18.9 	consult with other organizations deemed 
18.10 	appropriate. This is a onetime appropriation.
18.11 	$4,500,000 the first year is for a onetime 
18.12 	grant to the St. Paul Port Authority in part 
18.13 	for a study related to a steam and electrical 
18.14 	energy facility to supply energy to a customer 
18.15 	using steam in a paper recycling operation.
18.16 	The port authority shall convene and 
18.17 	regularly involve a citizen advisory 
18.18 	committee composed of members 
18.19 	recommended by St. Paul district councils 
18.20 	11, 12, 13, and 14 and other members as 
18.21 	appropriate to advise on the scope of the 
18.22 	study. The citizen advisory committee 
18.23 	must meet regularly throughout the course 
18.24 	of the study and the development of 
18.25 	recommendations. The citizen advisory 
18.26 	committee shall have the right to include 
18.27 	its separate recommendations as part of the 
18.28 	port authority recommendations submitted at 
18.29 	the public meeting and to the St. Paul City 
18.30 	Council.
18.31 	The study shall:
18.32 	(1) assess the economic and technical 
18.33 	feasibility of various fuel types to power the 
18.34 	plant;
19.1 	(2) provide a full description and analysis of 
19.2 	each fuel type and their respective economic 
19.3 	and noneconomic impacts;
19.4 	(3) provide a full description and analysis 
19.5 	of each fuel type and their respective 
19.6 	environmental emissions, including carbon 
19.7 	dioxide, and the cost of controlling those 
19.8 	emissions that affect human health;
19.9 	(4) describe public subsidies related to the 
19.10 	production and use of each fuel type;
19.11 	(5) describe potential energy efficiency 
19.12 	improvement that can be made to the paper 
19.13 	recycling operation and subsidies available 
19.14 	for each improvement; and
19.15 	(6) evaluate additional uses for the steam and 
19.16 	electricity produced at the facility and the 
19.17 	cost of infrastructure needed to implement 
19.18 	the additional uses.
19.19 	In addition, the grant may be used 
19.20 	for environmental review, permitting, 
19.21 	preliminary engineering, and development of 
19.22 	total project cost estimates, including project 
19.23 	design and engineering, other preliminary 
19.24 	work, and a preliminary financing plan for 
19.25 	the steam and electricity producing facility. 
19.26 	The St. Paul Port Authority shall present 
19.27 	the findings of its analysis and its preferred 
19.28 	alternative for an eligible energy technology 
19.29 	fuel mix in at least two public meetings 
19.30 	that must be held in the area encompassing 
19.31 	districts 11, 12, 13, and 14 in the city of 
19.32 	St. Paul. "Eligible energy technology" has 
19.33 	the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, 
19.34 	section 216B.1691, subdivision 1, except 
19.35 	that it does not include mixed municipal 
20.1 	solid waste as an eligible energy technology. 
20.2 	The recommendation of the St. Paul Port 
20.3 	Authority concerning its preferred alternative 
20.4 	fuel mix must be based on the alternative 
20.5 	that has the least environmental impact 
20.6 	consistent with the economic viability 
20.7 	and technical feasibility of the facility. 
20.8 	Testimony shall be taken at the meetings 
20.9 	from citizens who live in the affected 
20.10 	communities. Resolutions concerning the 
20.11 	facility from district councils 11, 12, 13, 
20.12 	and 14 must be solicited by the city council. 
20.13 	Construction of the facility may not be 
20.14 	commenced unless and until the St. Paul City 
20.15 	Council has adopted a resolution approving 
20.16 	the construction after consideration of the 
20.17 	findings of the port authority, resolutions 
20.18 	from the district councils, and other public 
20.19 	input. The appropriation does not cancel and 
20.20 	is available until expended. Of this amount, 
20.21 	$500,000 is transferred to the Department 
20.22 	of Natural Resources for the Ecological 
20.23 	Services Division to prepare, authorize, and 
20.24 	implement habitat restoration plans on public 
20.25 	or private properties to fulfill ecological 
20.26 	principles of restoration ecology, while 
20.27 	providing roadside access to the byproduct 
20.28 	of the management actions at no cost to the 
20.29 	operator of a biomass-fueled cogeneration 
20.30 	facility located in St. Paul. The division 
20.31 	may provide grants or otherwise transfer 
20.32 	some or all of these funds to other public or 
20.33 	private entities to accomplish these purposes. 
20.34 	If a higher value nonbiomass market is 
20.35 	available for some of the byproduct of this 
20.36 	management, the division is authorized to 
21.1 	sell the material to that market, provided 
21.2 	that all of the proceeds are spent for the 
21.3 	further purposes of this appropriation. 
21.4 	The nonbiomass market sales of material 
21.5 	from this management cannot exceed 20 
21.6 	percent by weight of the total byproducts 
21.7 	produced by all approved activities under 
21.8 	this appropriation. The restoration activities 
21.9 	shall take place on land located within 75 
21.10 	miles by road of the city of St. Paul. The 
21.11 	division shall consult with the operator of the 
21.12 	biomass facility and other appropriate parties 
21.13 	regarding planned projects to be funded with 
21.14 	this appropriation. The division shall report 
21.15 	annually to the legislative policy and finance 
21.16 	committees for natural resources and energy 
21.17 	regarding the expenditures and results of the 
21.18 	program. This appropriation does not cancel 
21.19 	but is available until spent.
21.20 	$150,000 the first year is appropriated to the 
21.21 	commissioner of commerce for grants for 
21.22 	demonstration projects of electric vehicles 
21.23 	with advanced transmission technologies 
21.24 	incorporating, if feasible, batteries, 
21.25 	converters, and other components developed 
21.26 	in Minnesota. Funds may be expended 
21.27 	under the grants only if grantees enter into 
21.28 	agreements specifying that commercial 
21.29 	production of these vehicles and components 
21.30 	will, to the extent possible, take place in 
21.31 	Minnesota.
21.32 	(a) $1,000,000 each year is to the Center for 
21.33 	Rural Policy and Development at Minnesota 
21.34 	State University at Mankato to make a grant 
21.35 	to a nonprofit organization with experience 
21.36 	dealing with energy and community wind 
22.1 	issues to design and implement a rural wind 
22.2 	energy development assistance program. 
22.3 	This is a onetime only appropriation. The 
22.4 	program must be designed to maximize rural 
22.5 	economic development and stabilize rural 
22.6 	community institutions, including hospitals 
22.7 	and schools, by increasing the income of 
22.8 	local residents and increasing local tax 
22.9 	revenues. The grant may be disbursed in 
22.10 	two installments. The program must provide 
22.11 	assistance to rural entities seeking to develop 
22.12 	wind energy electric generation projects 
22.13 	and to sell the energy from the projects. 
22.14 	Among other strategies, the program may 
22.15 	consider combining rural entities and others 
22.16 	into groups with the size and market power 
22.17 	necessary for planning and developing 
22.18 	significant rural wind energy projects.
22.19 	(b) The program must provide assistance by, 
22.20 	among other things:
22.21 	(1) providing legal, engineering, and 
22.22 	financial services;
22.23 	(2) identifying target communities with 
22.24 	favorable wind resources, community 
22.25 	interest, and local political support;
22.26 	(3) providing assistance to reserve, obtain, 
22.27 	and assure the maintenance over time of 
22.28 	wind turbines;
22.29 	(4) creating market opportunities for utilities 
22.30 	to meet their renewable energy obligations 
22.31 	through purchases of rural community wind;
22.32 	(5) assisting in the negotiation of fair power 
22.33 	purchase agreements;
23.1 	(6) facilitating transmission interconnection 
23.2 	and delivery of energy from rural and 
23.3 	community wind projects; and 
23.4 	(7) lowering the market risk facing potential 
23.5 	wind investors by supporting local wind 
23.6 	development from start to finish.
23.7 	The grantee must demonstrate an ability 
23.8 	to sustain program functions with ongoing 
23.9 	revenue from sources other than state funding 
23.10 	and shall provide a 35 percent grant match 
23.11 	in the first year. The grant must be awarded 
23.12 	on a competitive basis. The center must use 
23.13 	best practices regarding grant management 
23.14 	functions, including selection and monitoring 
23.15 	of the grantee, compliance review, and 
23.16 	financial oversight. Grant management fees 
23.17 	are limited to 2.5 percent of the grant.
23.18 	(c) The commissioner of commerce shall 
23.19 	monitor the activities of the rural wind 
23.20 	energy development assistance program 
23.21 	created under paragraphs (a) to (c). By 
23.22 	November 1, 2008, the commissioner shall 
23.23 	submit an evaluation of the program to 
23.24 	the chairs of the house of representatives 
23.25 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
23.26 	over energy policy and finance, including 
23.27 	recommendations for legislative or 
23.28 	administrative action to better achieve the 
23.29 	program goals described in paragraph (a).
23.30 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for 
23.31 	distribution to eligible households for home 
23.32 	heating assistance during the 2007 calendar 
23.33 	year. The commissioner must distribute 
23.34 	funds to eligible households according to 
23.35 	the formula developed for the distribution 
24.1 	of the federal Low-Income Home Energy 
24.2 	Assistance Program for fiscal year 2008. 
24.3 	This appropriation is available until spent.
24.4 	$3,250,000 the first year is for the renewable 
24.5 	hydrogen initiative in Minnesota Statutes, 
24.6 	section 216B.813, to fund the competitive 
24.7 	grant program included in that section. The 
24.8 	commissioner may use up to two percent of 
24.9 	the competitive grant program appropriation 
24.10 	for grant administration and to develop and 
24.11 	implement the renewable hydrogen road 
24.12 	map. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
24.13 	available until expended.
24.14 	$50,000 the first year is a onetime 
24.15 	appropriation for a comprehensive technical, 
24.16 	economic, and environmental analysis of the 
24.17 	benefits to be derived from greater use in this 
24.18 	state of geothermal heat pump systems for 
24.19 	heating and cooling air and heating water. 
24.20 	The analysis must:
24.21 	(1) estimate the extent of geothermal heat 
24.22 	pump systems currently installed in this state 
24.23 	in residential, commercial, and institutional 
24.24 	buildings;
24.25 	(2) estimate energy and economic savings of 
24.26 	geothermal heat pump systems in comparison 
24.27 	with fossil fuel-based heating and cooling 
24.28 	systems, including electricity use, on a 
24.29 	capital cost and life-cycle cost basis, for both 
24.30 	newly constructed and retrofitted residential, 
24.31 	commercial, and institutional buildings;
24.32 	(3) compare the emission of pollutants and 
24.33 	greenhouse gases from geothermal heat 
24.34 	pump systems and fossil fuel-based heating 
24.35 	and cooling systems;
25.1 	(4) identify financial assistance available 
25.2 	from state and federal sources and Minnesota 
25.3 	utilities to defray the costs of installing 
25.4 	geothermal heat pump systems;
25.5 	(5) identify Minnesota firms currently 
25.6 	manufacturing or installing the physical 
25.7 	components of geothermal heat pump 
25.8 	systems and estimate the economic 
25.9 	development potential in this state if demand 
25.10 	for such systems increases significantly;
25.11 	(6) identify the barriers to more widespread 
25.12 	adoption of geothermal heat pump systems in 
25.13 	this state and suggest strategies to overcome 
25.14 	those barriers; and
25.15 	(7) make recommendations for legislative 
25.16 	action.
25.17 	Not later than March 15, 2008, the 
25.18 	commissioner shall submit the results of the 
25.19 	analysis in a report to the chairs of the senate 
25.20 	and house of representatives committees 
25.21 	with primary jurisdiction over energy policy.
25.22 	$45,000 the first year is a onetime 
25.23 	appropriation for a grant to Linden Hills 
25.24 	Power and Light for preliminary engineering 
25.25 	design work and other technical and legal 
25.26 	services required for a community digester 
25.27 	and neighborhood district heating and 
25.28 	cooling system demonstration project in the 
25.29 	Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis. 
25.30 	Funds may be expended upon a determination 
25.31 	by the commissioner of commerce that the 
25.32 	project is technically and economically 
25.33 	feasible. A portion of the appropriation 
25.34 	may be used to expand the scope of the 
25.35 	project feasibility study to include portions 
26.1 	of adjacent communities including St. Louis 
26.2 	Park and Edina.

26.3 	Sec. 6. [CORR07-1D] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 34, is amended to read:
26.4 	Sec. 34. DEFINITIONS.
 26.5 	For purposes of sections 32 to 34 34 to 36, the following definitions apply:
26.6 	(1) "terrestrial carbon sequestration" means the long-term storage of carbon in soil 
26.7 	and vegetation to prevent its collection in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide; and
26.8 	(2) "geologic carbon sequestration" means injecting carbon dioxide into underground 
26.9 	geologic formations where it can be stored for long periods of time to prevent its escape 
26.10 	to the atmosphere.

26.11 	Sec. 7. [CORR07-1E] Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 43, is amended to read:
26.12 	Sec. 43. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 26.13 	Sections 13, 39, and 4041, and 42 are effective September 1, 2008.

26.14 	Sec. 8. [CORR07-2] Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.326, as added by Laws 2007, 
26.15 	chapter 77, section 1, if enacted, is amended to read:
26.16 	Section 1. [16B.326] HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS; STATE-FUNDED 
26.17 	BUILDINGS.
26.18 	The commissioner must review and study project proposers study for geothermal 
26.19 	and solar thermal applications as possible uses for heating or cooling for all building 
26.20 	projects subject to a predesign review under section 16B.335 that receive any state funding 
26.21 	for replacement of heating or cooling systems. When practicable, geothermal and solar 
26.22 	thermal heating and cooling systems must be considered when designing, planning, or 
26.23 	letting bids for necessary replacement or initial installation of cooling or heating systems 
26.24 	in new or existing buildings that are constructed or maintained with state funds. The 
26.25 	predesign review must include a written plan for compliance with this section from 
26.26 	a project proposer.
26.27 	For the purposes of this section, "solar thermal" means a flat plate or evacuated tube 
26.28 	with a fixed orientation that collects the sun's radiant energy and transfers it to a storage 
26.29 	medium for distribution as energy for heating and cooling.

26.30 	Sec. 9. [CORR07-3] Minnesota Statutes, section 151.56, as added by S.F. No. 1959, 
26.31 	section 4, if enacted, is amended to read:
27.1 	Sec. 4. [151.56] COUNTY RETURN OF UNUSED DRUGS OR MEDICAL 
27.2 	DEVICES.
27.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 6800.2700, pharmacies may accept returns 
27.4 	of unused drugs and redispense unopened, unused drugs in board-approved unit dose 
27.5 	packaging and medical devices from county jails and juvenile correctional facilities. In 
27.6 	order to return unused drugs and medical devices, the county jail or juvenile correctional 
27.7 	facility must have a trained medication techniciancorrectional employee trained in the 
27.8 	delivery and storage of medications on hand twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week 
27.9 	and the medication must be stored in a secured locked storage locker.

27.10 	Sec. 10. [CORR07-4] Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 3, subdivision 3, is 
27.11 	amended to read:

27.12
27.13	Subd. 3.Agricultural Marketing and 
Development
 		8,547,000
		5,157,000
	
27.14 	$186,000 the first year and $186,000 the 
27.15 	second year are for transfer to the Minnesota 
27.16 	grown account and may be used as grants 
27.17 	for Minnesota grown promotion under 
27.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 17.102. Grants 
27.19 	may be made for one year. Notwithstanding 
27.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
27.21 	appropriations encumbered under contract on 
27.22 	or before June 30, 2009, for Minnesota grown 
27.23 	grants in this paragraph are available until 
27.24 	June 30, 2011. $50,000 of the appropriation 
27.25 	in each year is for efforts that identify 
27.26 	and promote Minnesota grown products 
27.27 	in retail food establishments including but 
27.28 	not limited to restaurants, grocery stores, 
27.29 	and convenience stores. The balance in the 
27.30 	Minnesota grown matching account in the 
27.31 	agricultural fund is canceled to the Minnesota 
27.32 	grown account in the agricultural fund and 
27.33 	the Minnesota grown matching account is 
27.34 	abolished.
28.1 	$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the 
28.2 	second year are for grants to farmers for 
28.3 	demonstration projects involving sustainable 
28.4 	agriculture as authorized in Minnesota 
28.5 	Statutes, section 17.116. Of the amount 
28.6 	for grants, up to $20,000 may be used for 
28.7 	dissemination of information about the 
28.8 	demonstration projects. Notwithstanding 
28.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
28.10 	appropriations encumbered under contract 
28.11 	on or before June 30, 2009, for sustainable 
28.12 	agriculture grants in this paragraph are 
28.13 	available until June 30, 2011.
28.14 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 
28.15 	the second year are to provide training 
28.16 	and technical assistance to county and 
28.17 	town officials relating to livestock siting 
28.18 	issues and local zoning and land use 
28.19 	planning, including a checklist template that 
28.20 	would clarify the federal, state, and local 
28.21 	government requirements for consideration 
28.22 	of an animal agriculture modernization 
28.23 	or expansion project. In developing 
28.24 	the training and technical assistance 
28.25 	program, the commissioner shall seek 
28.26 	guidance, advice, and support of livestock 
28.27 	producer organizations, general agricultural 
28.28 	organizations, local government associations, 
28.29 	academic institutions, other government 
28.30 	agencies, and others with expertise in land 
28.31 	use and agriculture.
28.32 	$103,000 the first year and $106,000 the 
28.33 	second year are for additional integrated pest 
28.34 	management activities.
29.1 	$2,500,000 the first year is for the agricultural 
29.2 	best management practices loan program. At 
29.3 	least $2,000,000 is available for pass-through 
29.4 	to local governments and lenders for 
29.5 	low-interest loans. This appropriation is 
29.6 	available until spent.
29.7 	$1,000,000 the first year is for the agricultural 
29.8 	best management practices loan program for 
29.9 	capital equipment loans for persons using 
29.10 	native, perennial cropping systems for energy 
29.11 	or seed production. This appropriation is 
29.12 	available until spent.
29.13 	$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
29.14 	second year are for annual cost-share 
29.15 	payments to resident farmers or persons 
29.16 	who sell, process, or package agricultural 
29.17 	products in this state for the costs of organic 
29.18 	certification. Annual cost-share payments 
29.19 	per farmer must be two-thirds of the cost 
29.20 	of the certification or $350, whichever is 
29.21 	less. In any year that a resident farmer or 
29.22 	person who sells, processes, or packages 
29.23 	agricultural products in this state receives 
29.24 	a federal organic certification cost-share 
29.25 	payment, that resident farmer or person is 
29.26 	not eligible for state cost-share payments. 
29.27 	A certified farmer is eligible to receive 
29.28 	annual certification cost-share payments for 
29.29 	up to five years. $15,000 each year is for 
29.30 	organic market and program development. 
29.31 	The commissioner may allocate any excess 
29.32 	appropriation in either fiscal year for organic 
29.33 	producer education efforts, assistance for 
29.34 	persons transitioning from conventional 
29.35 	to organic agriculture, or sustainable 
29.36 	agriculture demonstration grants authorized 
30.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 17.116, 
30.2 	and pertaining to organic research or 
30.3 	demonstration. Any unencumbered balance 
30.4 	does not cancel at the end of the first year 
30.5 	and is available for the second year.

30.6 	Sec. 11. [CORR07-4A] Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 1, section 29, is amended to 
30.7 	read:
30.8 	Sec. 29. [18C.70] MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER 
30.9 	RESEARCH AND EDUCATION COUNCIL.
30.10 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. (a) The Minnesota Agricultural 
30.11 	Fertilizer Research and Education Council is established. The council is composed of 
30.12 	12 voting members as follows:
30.13 	(1) two members of the Minnesota Crop Production Retailers; 
30.14 	(2) one member of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association; 
30.15 	(3) one member of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association; 
30.16 	(4) one member of the sugar beet growers industry; 
30.17 	(5) one member of the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers; 
30.18 	(6) one member of the potato growers industry; 
30.19 	(7) one member of the Minnesota Farm Bureau; 
30.20 	(8) one member of the Minnesota Farmers Union; 
30.21 	(9) one member from the Minnesota Irrigators Association; 
30.22 	(10) one member of the Minnesota Grain and Feed Association; and 
30.23 	(11) one member of the Minnesota Independent Crop Consultant Association or the 
30.24 	Minnesota certified crop advisor program. 
30.25 	(b) Council members shall serve three-year terms. After the initial council is 
30.26 	appointed, subsequent appointments must be staggered so that one-third of council 
30.27 	membership is replaced each year. Council members must be nominated by their 
30.28 	organizations and appointed by the commissioner. The council may add ex-officio 
30.29 	members at its discretion. The council must meet at least once per year, with all 
30.30 	related expenses reimbursed by members' sponsoring organizations or by the members 
30.31 	themselves. 
30.32 		Subd. 2.Powers and duties. The council must review applications and select 
30.33 	projects to receive agricultural fertilizer research and education program grants, as 
30.34 	authorized in section 18C.71. The council must establish a program to provide grants to 
30.35 	research, education, and technology transfer projects related to agricultural fertilizer, soil 
31.1 	amendments, and plant amendments. For the purpose of this section, "fertilizer" includes 
31.2 	soil amendments and plant amendments, but does not include vegetable or animal manures 
31.3 	that are not manipulated. The commissioner is responsible for all fiscal and administrative 
31.4 	duties in the first year and may use up to eight percent of program revenue to offset costs 
31.5 	incurred. No later than October 1, 2007 February 15, 2008, the commissioner must 
31.6 	provide the council with an estimate of the annual costs the commissioner would incur in 
31.7 	administering the program.
31.8 		Subd. 3.Checkoff fees. The council may recommend to the governor and 
31.9 	legislature a checkoff fee to provide funding for grants under section 18C.71.
31.10 		Subd. 4.Rules. The commissioner's duties under this section and section 18C.71
31.11 	are not subject to the provisions of chapter 14.
31.12 		Subd. 5.Expiration. This section expires January 8, 2017.

31.13 	Sec. 12. [CORR07-5] LONG-TERM HOMELESSNESS APPROPRIATION.
 31.14 	$2,000,000 the first year is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
31.15 	of human services for implementation of programs to address long-term homelessness. 
31.16 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 2009. This is a onetime appropriation. This 
31.17 	appropriation supersedes and replaces any appropriation for the same purpose in H. F. 
31.18 	No. 1078, if enacted.

31.19 	Sec. 13. [CORR07-5A] HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE STUDY.
 31.20 	$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund the first year to the commissioner of 
31.21 	human services to be transferred to the commissioner of health to report to the legislature 
31.22 	by February 1, 2008, with recommendations on establishing a health insurance exchange 
31.23 	as described in H. F. No. 1078, if enacted. This appropriation supersedes and replaces any 
31.24 	appropriation for the same purpose to H. F. No. 1078, if enacted.

31.25 	Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 31.26 	Unless otherwise provided, each section in this act takes effect at the time the 
31.27 	provision being corrected takes effect.