HF 2745

1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)

Posted on 12/22/2009 12:38 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and 1.3natural resources; providing for repayment of certain appropriations from the 1.4environment and natural resources trust fund;amending Minnesota Statutes 1.52006, section 116P.10. 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.7 Section 1. new text begin MINNESOTA RESOURCES APPROPRIATION. new text end 1.8 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 1.9 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the general new text end 1.10 new text begin fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each new text end 1.11 new text begin purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the appropriations new text end 1.12 new text begin listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or June 30, 2009, new text end 1.13 new text begin respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal year 2009. new text end 1.14 new text begin "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending new text end 1.15 new text begin June 30, 2008, are effective the day following final enactment. new text end 1.16 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 1.17 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 1.18 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 1.19 new text begin 2008 new text end new text begin 2009 new text end 1.20 Sec. 2. new text begin MINNESOTA RESOURCES. new text end 1.21 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 86,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,866,000 new text end 1.22 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 1.23 new text begin 2008 new text end new text begin 2009 new text end 2.1 2.2 2.3 new text begin Environment and new text end new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin Trust new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 22,866,000 new text end 2.4 2.5 new text begin Great Lakes new text end new text begin Protection Account new text end new text begin 86,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 2.6 new text begin Appropriations are available for two new text end 2.7 new text begin years beginning July 1, 2008, unless new text end 2.8 new text begin otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any new text end 2.9 new text begin unencumbered balance remaining in the first new text end 2.10 new text begin year does not cancel and is available for the new text end 2.11 new text begin second year. new text end 2.12 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Definitions new text end 2.13 new text begin (a) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota new text end 2.14 new text begin environment and natural resources trust fund new text end 2.15 new text begin referred to in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 2.16 new text begin 116P.02, subdivision 6. new text end 2.17 new text begin (b) "Great Lakes protection account" means new text end 2.18 new text begin the account referred to in Minnesota Statutes, new text end 2.19 new text begin section 116Q.02. new text end 2.20 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Land and Habitat new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 15,817,000 new text end 2.21 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.22 new text begin Trust Fund new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 15,817,000 new text end 2.23 2.24 new text begin (a) Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC) ��� new text end new text begin Phase IV new text end 2.25 new text begin $3,150,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 2.26 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 2.27 new text begin the fourth appropriation for acceleration new text end 2.28 new text begin of agency programs and cooperative new text end 2.29 new text begin agreements. Of this appropriation, new text end 2.30 new text begin $1,915,000 is for Department of Natural new text end 2.31 new text begin Resources agency programs and $1,235,000 new text end 2.32 new text begin is for agreements as follows: $475,000 with new text end 2.33 new text begin the Trust for Public Land; $92,000 with new text end 2.34 new text begin Friends of the Mississippi River; $111,000 new text end 2.35 new text begin with Great River Greening; $225,000 with new text end 3.1 new text begin Minnesota Land Trust; $225,000 with new text end 3.2 new text begin Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge new text end 3.3 new text begin Trust, Inc.; and $107,000 with Friends of new text end 3.4 new text begin the Minnesota Valley for the purposes of new text end 3.5 new text begin planning, restoring, and protecting important new text end 3.6 new text begin natural areas in the metropolitan area, as new text end 3.7 new text begin defined under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.8 new text begin 473.121, subdivision 2, and portions of new text end 3.9 new text begin the surrounding counties, through grants, new text end 3.10 new text begin contracted services, conservation easements, new text end 3.11 new text begin and fee title acquisition. Land acquired new text end 3.12 new text begin with this appropriation must be sufficiently new text end 3.13 new text begin improved to meet at least minimum new text end 3.14 new text begin management standards as determined by new text end 3.15 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. new text end 3.16 new text begin Expenditures are limited to the identified new text end 3.17 new text begin project corridor areas as defined in the work new text end 3.18 new text begin program. This appropriation may not be used new text end 3.19 new text begin for the purchase of residential structures, new text end 3.20 new text begin unless expressly approved in the work new text end 3.21 new text begin program. All conservation easements must new text end 3.22 new text begin be perpetual and have a natural resource new text end 3.23 new text begin management plan. Any land acquired in fee new text end 3.24 new text begin title by the commissioner of natural resources new text end 3.25 new text begin with money from this appropriation must new text end 3.26 new text begin be designated as an outdoor recreation unit new text end 3.27 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. new text end 3.28 new text begin The commissioner may similarly designate new text end 3.29 new text begin any lands acquired in less than fee title. A new text end 3.30 new text begin list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 3.31 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 3.32 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 3.33 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 3.34 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 3.35 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 3.36 new text begin agreement. new text end 4.1 4.2 new text begin (b) Vermillion River Corridor Acquisition and new text end new text begin Restoration in Dakota County new text end 4.3 new text begin $400,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 4.4 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 4.5 new text begin an agreement with Dakota County to new text end 4.6 new text begin develop and implement a comprehensive new text end 4.7 new text begin and integrated water quality, wildlife new text end 4.8 new text begin habitat, and outdoor recreational corridor new text end 4.9 new text begin plan in the Vermillion River watershed new text end 4.10 new text begin through easement and fee title acquisition new text end 4.11 new text begin and restoration. At least 90 percent of new text end 4.12 new text begin this appropriation must be spent on the new text end 4.13 new text begin implementation of the comprehensive plan. new text end 4.14 new text begin A list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 4.15 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 4.16 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 4.17 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 4.18 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 4.19 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 4.20 new text begin agreement. This appropriation is available new text end 4.21 new text begin until June 30, 2011, at which time the new text end 4.22 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 4.23 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 4.24 new text begin in the work program. On January 2, 2009, the new text end 4.25 new text begin unobligated balance of the appropriation for new text end 4.26 new text begin Dakota County wildlife habitat acquisition new text end 4.27 new text begin and development in Laws 1999, chapter 231, new text end 4.28 new text begin section 16, subdivision 13, paragraph (m), is new text end 4.29 new text begin transferred and added to this appropriation. new text end 4.30 4.31 new text begin (c) Minnesota Habitat Conservation Partnership new text end new text begin ��� Phase V new text end 4.32 new text begin $3,150,000 is from the trust fund for the new text end 4.33 new text begin fifth appropriation for acceleration of agency new text end 4.34 new text begin programs and cooperative agreements. Of new text end 4.35 new text begin this appropriation, $250,000 is to the Board new text end 4.36 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources; $733,500 is new text end 5.1 new text begin to the commissioner of natural resources new text end 5.2 new text begin for agency programs; and $2,166,500 is new text end 5.3 new text begin for agreements as follows: $420,000 with new text end 5.4 new text begin Pheasants Forever; $30,000 with Minnesota new text end 5.5 new text begin Deer Hunters Association; $597,500 with new text end 5.6 new text begin Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; $85,000 with new text end 5.7 new text begin National Wild Turkey Federation; $317,000 new text end 5.8 new text begin with the Nature Conservancy; $210,000 new text end 5.9 new text begin with Minnesota Land Trust; $350,000 with new text end 5.10 new text begin the Trust for Public Land; $50,000 with new text end 5.11 new text begin Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge new text end 5.12 new text begin Trust, Inc.; $30,000 with U. S. Fish and new text end 5.13 new text begin Wildlife Service; $30,000 with the Leech new text end 5.14 new text begin Lake Band of Chippewa; $27,000 with new text end 5.15 new text begin the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa; and new text end 5.16 new text begin $20,000 with Friends of Detroit Lakes new text end 5.17 new text begin Watershed Management District to plan, new text end 5.18 new text begin restore, and acquire fragmented landscape new text end 5.19 new text begin corridors that connect areas of quality habitat new text end 5.20 new text begin to sustain fish, wildlife, and plants. The new text end 5.21 new text begin USDA-Natural Resources Conservation new text end 5.22 new text begin Service is a cooperating partner in the new text end 5.23 new text begin appropriation. Expenditures are limited to new text end 5.24 new text begin the project corridor areas as defined in the new text end 5.25 new text begin work program. Land acquired with this new text end 5.26 new text begin appropriation must be sufficiently improved new text end 5.27 new text begin to meet at least minimum habitat and facility new text end 5.28 new text begin management standards as determined by new text end 5.29 new text begin the commissioner of natural resources. new text end 5.30 new text begin This appropriation may not be used for the new text end 5.31 new text begin purchase of residential structures, unless new text end 5.32 new text begin expressly approved in the work program. All new text end 5.33 new text begin conservation easements must be perpetual new text end 5.34 new text begin and have a natural resource management new text end 5.35 new text begin plan. Any land acquired in fee title by the new text end 5.36 new text begin commissioner of natural resources with new text end 6.1 new text begin money from this appropriation must be new text end 6.2 new text begin designated as an outdoor recreation unit new text end 6.3 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. new text end 6.4 new text begin The commissioner may similarly designate new text end 6.5 new text begin any lands acquired in less than fee title. A new text end 6.6 new text begin list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 6.7 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 6.8 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 6.9 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 6.10 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 6.11 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 6.12 new text begin agreement. new text end 6.13 new text begin (d) Preserving the Avon Hills Landscape new text end 6.14 new text begin $337,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 6.15 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 6.16 new text begin a grant to Saint John's Arboretum and new text end 6.17 new text begin University for community outreach, in new text end 6.18 new text begin cooperation with the Minnesota Land Trust; new text end 6.19 new text begin conservation easements, in cooperation new text end 6.20 new text begin with the Minnesota Land Trust; and local new text end 6.21 new text begin ordinance reviews and recommendations for new text end 6.22 new text begin the Avon Hills landscape in Stearns County. new text end 6.23 new text begin A list of proposed fee title and easement new text end 6.24 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of new text end 6.25 new text begin the required work program. All funding new text end 6.26 new text begin for conservation easements must include a new text end 6.27 new text begin long-term stewardship plan and appropriate new text end 6.28 new text begin funding for monitoring. This appropriation new text end 6.29 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 6.30 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 6.31 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 6.32 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 6.33 6.34 new text begin (e) Minnesota River Valley Green Corridor Land new text end new text begin Protection new text end 7.1 new text begin $1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 7.2 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 7.3 new text begin agreement with the Southwest Initiative new text end 7.4 new text begin Foundation for planning, acquisition, and new text end 7.5 new text begin easements in the Minnesota River Valley. new text end 7.6 new text begin The priority for acquisition must be on new text end 7.7 new text begin lands with native prairies, unique geological new text end 7.8 new text begin features, fens, and wetlands not currently new text end 7.9 new text begin under a permanent protection program. A new text end 7.10 new text begin list of proposed restorations and fee title new text end 7.11 new text begin and easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 7.12 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 7.13 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 7.14 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 7.15 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 7.16 new text begin agreement. No more than ten percent may be new text end 7.17 new text begin spent on planning and management. new text end 7.18 new text begin (f) Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition new text end 7.19 new text begin $1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 7.20 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for new text end 7.21 new text begin acquisition of scientific and natural areas in new text end 7.22 new text begin the southern two-thirds of Minnesota. A list new text end 7.23 new text begin of proposed acquisitions must be provided as new text end 7.24 new text begin part of the required work program. new text end 7.25 new text begin (g) State Land Acquisition Consolidation new text end 7.26 new text begin $500,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 7.27 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to new text end 7.28 new text begin consolidate state land ownership through new text end 7.29 new text begin acquisition and sale to reduce forest new text end 7.30 new text begin fragmentation and enhance management new text end 7.31 new text begin efficiency. A list of proposed fee title and new text end 7.32 new text begin easement acquisitions must be provided new text end 7.33 new text begin as part of the required work program. All new text end 7.34 new text begin funding for conservation easements must new text end 7.35 new text begin include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 8.1 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 8.2 new text begin agreement. Minnesota Statutes, sections new text end 8.3 new text begin 94.16 and 94.165, apply to the proceeds new text end 8.4 new text begin from the sale of land. For this appropriation, new text end 8.5 new text begin the Department of Natural Resources must new text end 8.6 new text begin establish a separate revolving account under new text end 8.7 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 94.165, for the new text end 8.8 new text begin use and accounting of trust fund money. This new text end 8.9 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, new text end 8.10 new text begin at which time the project must be completed new text end 8.11 new text begin and final products delivered, unless an earlier new text end 8.12 new text begin date is specified in the work program. new text end 8.13 new text begin (h) State Park and Trail Land Acquisition new text end 8.14 new text begin $1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 8.15 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to acquire new text end 8.16 new text begin land for designated state trail alignments and new text end 8.17 new text begin in-holdings for state parks. Land acquired new text end 8.18 new text begin with this appropriation must be sufficiently new text end 8.19 new text begin improved to meet at least minimum new text end 8.20 new text begin management standards as determined by the new text end 8.21 new text begin commissioner of natural resources. A list of new text end 8.22 new text begin proposed acquisitions must be provided as new text end 8.23 new text begin part of the required work program. new text end 8.24 8.25 new text begin (i) Metropolitan Regional Park System Land new text end new text begin Acquisition new text end 8.26 new text begin $1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 8.27 new text begin Metropolitan Council for subgrants for the new text end 8.28 new text begin acquisition of lands within the approved park new text end 8.29 new text begin unit boundaries of the metropolitan regional new text end 8.30 new text begin park system. This appropriation may not new text end 8.31 new text begin be used for the purchase of residential new text end 8.32 new text begin structures. Subdivision 12 applies to grants new text end 8.33 new text begin awarded in the approved work program. new text end 8.34 new text begin A list of proposed fee title and easement new text end 8.35 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of new text end 9.1 new text begin the required work program. All funding new text end 9.2 new text begin for conservation easements must include a new text end 9.3 new text begin long-term stewardship plan and funding for new text end 9.4 new text begin monitoring and enforcing the agreement. new text end 9.5 new text begin This appropriation must be matched by at new text end 9.6 new text begin least 40 percent of nonstate money and must new text end 9.7 new text begin be committed by December 31, 2008, or the new text end 9.8 new text begin appropriation cancels. This appropriation new text end 9.9 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 9.10 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 9.11 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 9.12 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 9.13 9.14 new text begin (j) Local Initiative Grants ��� Regional Parks and new text end new text begin Natural Areas new text end 9.15 new text begin $1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 9.16 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for a grant new text end 9.17 new text begin to Wright County for land acquisition for a new text end 9.18 new text begin proposed regional park on the Bertram Chain new text end 9.19 new text begin of Lakes in Wright County. If the acquisition new text end 9.20 new text begin for a proposed regional park on the Bertram new text end 9.21 new text begin Chain of Lakes is not completed by June 30, new text end 9.22 new text begin 2010, then the appropriation is available for new text end 9.23 new text begin matching grants to other local governments new text end 9.24 new text begin for acquisition of regional parks and natural new text end 9.25 new text begin and scenic areas as provided in Minnesota new text end 9.26 new text begin Statutes, section 85.019, subdivisions 2, new text end 9.27 new text begin paragraph (b), and 4a. This appropriation new text end 9.28 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 9.29 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 9.30 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 9.31 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 9.32 9.33 new text begin (k) Conservation Partners/Environmental new text end new text begin Partnerships Matching Grant Program new text end 9.34 new text begin $150,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 9.35 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to provide new text end 9.36 new text begin matching grants to local governments and new text end 10.1 new text begin private, nonprofit organizations for projects new text end 10.2 new text begin that enhance fish, wildlife, and native plant new text end 10.3 new text begin habitat, provide related research or surveys, new text end 10.4 new text begin and protect and enhance the state's natural new text end 10.5 new text begin environment. new text end 10.6 new text begin (l) County Trail System Design new text end 10.7 new text begin $175,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 10.8 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota to new text end 10.9 new text begin design recreational trail systems for Lyon, new text end 10.10 new text begin Brown, Redwood, and Renville Counties. new text end 10.11 10.12 new text begin (m) Accelerated Prairie Management, Survey, new text end new text begin Acquisition, and Evaluation new text end 10.13 new text begin $1,250,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 10.14 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to provide new text end 10.15 new text begin for a rapid assessment of remaining native new text end 10.16 new text begin prairie, accelerate the Minnesota county new text end 10.17 new text begin biological survey in the prairie region, new text end 10.18 new text begin provide technical assistance to private prairie new text end 10.19 new text begin landowners, accelerate management of new text end 10.20 new text begin public and private prairie lands, evaluate and new text end 10.21 new text begin monitor prairie conditions and associated new text end 10.22 new text begin wildlife, and acquire prairie natural areas, new text end 10.23 new text begin prairie bank easements, and buffers. At new text end 10.24 new text begin least $475,000 of this appropriation must new text end 10.25 new text begin be spent on acquisition. A list of proposed new text end 10.26 new text begin restorations and fee title and easement new text end 10.27 new text begin acquisitions must be provided as part of new text end 10.28 new text begin the required work program. All funding new text end 10.29 new text begin for conservation easements must include a new text end 10.30 new text begin long-term stewardship plan and funding for new text end 10.31 new text begin monitoring and enforcing the agreement. new text end 10.32 new text begin (n) Prairie Ecosystem Restoration new text end 10.33 new text begin $80,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 10.34 new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources for an new text end 10.35 new text begin agreement with the Martin County Soil and new text end 11.1 new text begin Water Conservation District to collect and new text end 11.2 new text begin propagate local ecotype native plant materials new text end 11.3 new text begin from prairie remnants for establishment on new text end 11.4 new text begin lands with perpetual conservation protection new text end 11.5 new text begin in Martin County. If the Martin County Soil new text end 11.6 new text begin and Water Conservation District sells seeds new text end 11.7 new text begin or plants that were collected or propagated new text end 11.8 new text begin using money from this appropriation, the net new text end 11.9 new text begin proceeds of the sale must be repaid to the new text end 11.10 new text begin trust fund. new text end 11.11 new text begin (o) Best Practices for Native Prairie Management new text end 11.12 new text begin $45,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 11.13 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 11.14 new text begin agreement with the Minnesota Recreation and new text end 11.15 new text begin Park Association to provide information on new text end 11.16 new text begin best practices for native prairie management new text end 11.17 new text begin through field demonstrations, regional new text end 11.18 new text begin workshops, and the Web. new text end 11.19 11.20 new text begin (p) Impacts of Climate Change and CO new text end new text begin 2 new text end new text begin on Prairie new text end new text begin and Forest Production new text end 11.21 new text begin $330,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 11.22 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 11.23 new text begin to accelerate research simulating future new text end 11.24 new text begin changing CO new text end new text begin 2 new text end new text begin , rainfall, and temperature new text end 11.25 new text begin level impacts on biomass production, carbon new text end 11.26 new text begin sequestration, and water quality in prairie new text end 11.27 new text begin and tree species. This appropriation is new text end 11.28 new text begin available until June 30, 2011, at which time new text end 11.29 new text begin the project must be completed and final new text end 11.30 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 11.31 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 11.32 11.33 new text begin (q) Biofuel Production and Wildlife Conservation new text end new text begin in Working Prairies new text end 11.34 new text begin $250,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 11.35 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota to new text end 12.1 new text begin research and evaluate methods of managing new text end 12.2 new text begin diverse working prairies for wildlife and new text end 12.3 new text begin renewable bioenergy production. On June new text end 12.4 new text begin 1, 2008, the $500,000 appropriation for the new text end 12.5 new text begin Phillips biomass community energy system new text end 12.6 new text begin under Laws 2006, chapter 243, section 20, new text end 12.7 new text begin subdivision 3, is transferred and added to new text end 12.8 new text begin this appropriation. This appropriation is new text end 12.9 new text begin available until June 30, 2011, at which time new text end 12.10 new text begin the project must be completed and final new text end 12.11 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 12.12 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 12.13 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Water Resources new text end new text begin 86,000 new text end new text begin 3,430,000 new text end 12.14 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.15 new text begin Trust Fund new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 3,430,000 new text end 12.16 12.17 new text begin Great Lakes new text end new text begin Protection Account new text end new text begin 86,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 12.18 12.19 new text begin (a) Future of Energy and Minnesota Water new text end new text begin Resources new text end 12.20 new text begin $270,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 12.21 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota to new text end 12.22 new text begin spatially model water demand in Minnesota new text end 12.23 new text begin under differing energy production scenarios new text end 12.24 new text begin and develop a Web-based tool for comparing new text end 12.25 new text begin policy scenarios impacts on water resources new text end 12.26 new text begin in the state. new text end 12.27 12.28 new text begin (b) Accelerating Plans for Integrated Control of new text end new text begin the Common Carp new text end 12.29 new text begin $550,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 12.30 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 12.31 new text begin to accelerate research on new approaches new text end 12.32 new text begin to control the invasive common carp. This new text end 12.33 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, new text end 12.34 new text begin at which time the project must be completed new text end 12.35 new text begin and final products delivered, unless an earlier new text end 12.36 new text begin date is specified in the work program. new text end 13.1 13.2 new text begin (c) Testing Pesticides and Degradates in Public new text end new text begin Drinking Water new text end 13.3 new text begin $368,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 13.4 new text begin commissioner of agriculture, in cooperation new text end 13.5 new text begin with the commissioner of health, to purchase new text end 13.6 new text begin equipment and supplies to accelerate the new text end 13.7 new text begin sampling of public water supplies for the new text end 13.8 new text begin presence and concentration of pesticides and new text end 13.9 new text begin their degradates for health risk assessments. new text end 13.10 13.11 new text begin (d) Assessment of Riparian Buffers in the new text end new text begin Whitewater River Watershed new text end 13.12 new text begin $52,000 is from the trust fund to the Board of new text end 13.13 new text begin Water and Soil Resources for an agreement new text end 13.14 new text begin with the Whitewater Joint Powers Board to new text end 13.15 new text begin inventory streams and adjacent land use and new text end 13.16 new text begin survey riparian landowners to assist in the new text end 13.17 new text begin prioritization of restoration efforts to improve new text end 13.18 new text begin water quality, habitat, and future enforcement new text end 13.19 new text begin of riparian buffers in the southeast ten-county new text end 13.20 new text begin region of the Southeast Minnesota Water new text end 13.21 new text begin Resources Board. new text end 13.22 13.23 new text begin (e) Intralake Zoning to Protect Sensitive new text end new text begin Lakeshore Areas new text end 13.24 new text begin $125,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 13.25 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for the new text end 13.26 new text begin second appropriation for a cooperative new text end 13.27 new text begin effort with Cass County to identify sensitive new text end 13.28 new text begin shorelines for the highest priority lakes and new text end 13.29 new text begin develop innovative zoning in Cass County to new text end 13.30 new text begin protect water quality and near-shore habitat. new text end 13.31 new text begin This appropriation is available until June new text end 13.32 new text begin 30, 2011, at which time the project must new text end 13.33 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 13.34 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 13.35 new text begin program. new text end 14.1 new text begin (f) Native Shoreland Buffer Incentives Program new text end 14.2 new text begin $225,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 14.3 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to new text end 14.4 new text begin accelerate the native shoreland buffer new text end 14.5 new text begin incentive program through market research, new text end 14.6 new text begin technical assistance, and competitive grants new text end 14.7 new text begin to local governments for creating and new text end 14.8 new text begin implementing shoreland buffer incentive new text end 14.9 new text begin programs. Grant recipients must have current new text end 14.10 new text begin shoreline management requirements and new text end 14.11 new text begin effective enforcement. This appropriation new text end 14.12 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 14.13 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 14.14 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 14.15 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 14.16 14.17 new text begin (g) Southeast Minnesota Stream Restoration new text end new text begin Projects new text end 14.18 new text begin $240,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 14.19 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 14.20 new text begin agreement with Trout Unlimited to accelerate new text end 14.21 new text begin stream bank stabilization projects on at least new text end 14.22 new text begin six miles of streams through restoration, new text end 14.23 new text begin providing technical assistance, and new text end 14.24 new text begin conducting workshops. This appropriation new text end 14.25 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 14.26 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 14.27 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 14.28 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 14.29 14.30 new text begin (h) South-Central Minnesota Groundwater new text end new text begin Monitoring and County Geologic Atlases new text end 14.31 new text begin $1,600,000 is from the trust fund for new text end 14.32 new text begin collection and interpretation of subsurface new text end 14.33 new text begin geological information and acceleration of new text end 14.34 new text begin the county geologic atlas program. $706,000 new text end 14.35 new text begin of this appropriation is to the Board of new text end 15.1 new text begin Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 15.2 new text begin for the Geological Survey to begin county new text end 15.3 new text begin geologic atlases in three counties. $894,000 new text end 15.4 new text begin of this appropriation is to the commissioner new text end 15.5 new text begin of natural resources to investigate the new text end 15.6 new text begin physical and recharge characteristics of new text end 15.7 new text begin the Mt. Simon aquifer. This appropriation new text end 15.8 new text begin represents a continuing effort to complete new text end 15.9 new text begin the county geologic atlases throughout the new text end 15.10 new text begin state. This appropriation is available until new text end 15.11 new text begin June 30, 2011, at which time the project must new text end 15.12 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 15.13 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 15.14 new text begin program. new text end 15.15 new text begin (i) Lake Superior Research new text end 15.16 new text begin $86,000 is from the Great Lakes protection new text end 15.17 new text begin account to the Board of Regents of the new text end 15.18 new text begin University of Minnesota for the Large Lakes new text end 15.19 new text begin Observatory for research on Lake Superior new text end 15.20 new text begin waters. This appropriation is added to Laws new text end 15.21 new text begin 2006, chapter 243, section 20, subdivision 6, new text end 15.22 new text begin Lake Superior research. This appropriation new text end 15.23 new text begin is effective the day following final enactment new text end 15.24 new text begin and is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 15.25 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 15.26 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 15.27 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 15.28 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Natural Resource Information new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 2,365,000 new text end 15.29 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 15.30 new text begin Trust Fund new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 2,365,000 new text end 15.31 15.32 new text begin (a) Updating the National Wetlands Inventory for new text end new text begin Minnesota new text end 15.33 new text begin $550,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 15.34 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to begin new text end 15.35 new text begin updating the National Wetlands Inventory new text end 16.1 new text begin through standards development, mapping, new text end 16.2 new text begin training, and imagery acquisition. This is new text end 16.3 new text begin the first phase of an overall effort to update new text end 16.4 new text begin the inventory statewide. This appropriation new text end 16.5 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 16.6 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 16.7 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 16.8 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 16.9 new text begin (b) Soil Survey new text end 16.10 new text begin $400,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 16.11 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources for soil survey new text end 16.12 new text begin mapping and interpretation efforts in areas of new text end 16.13 new text begin the state, including Crow Wing, Pine, Cook, new text end 16.14 new text begin Lake, and Isanti Counties, and to accelerate new text end 16.15 new text begin the delivery of soils data through the Internet new text end 16.16 new text begin as a Web-based soil survey. The new soil new text end 16.17 new text begin surveys must be done on a cost-share basis new text end 16.18 new text begin with local and federal funds. new text end 16.19 16.20 new text begin (c) Updating Precipitation Intensities for Runoff new text end new text begin Estimation and Infrastructure Designs new text end 16.21 new text begin $100,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 16.22 new text begin commissioner of the Pollution Control new text end 16.23 new text begin Agency for a cooperative agreement with new text end 16.24 new text begin the National Oceanic and Atmospheric new text end 16.25 new text begin Administration to partially fund a multistate new text end 16.26 new text begin effort to obtain updated climate change new text end 16.27 new text begin related rainfall frequencies to enhance new text end 16.28 new text begin engineering of storm water conveyance and new text end 16.29 new text begin treatment systems and roads. The acquired new text end 16.30 new text begin data shall be distributed free of charge. This new text end 16.31 new text begin appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, new text end 16.32 new text begin at which time the project must be completed new text end 16.33 new text begin and final products delivered, unless an earlier new text end 16.34 new text begin date is specified in the work program. new text end 16.35 new text begin (d) Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas new text end 17.1 new text begin $270,000 is from the trust fund to develop a new text end 17.2 new text begin statewide survey of Minnesota breeding bird new text end 17.3 new text begin distribution and create related publications, new text end 17.4 new text begin including a book and online atlas with new text end 17.5 new text begin distribution maps and breeding status. new text end 17.6 new text begin Of this appropriation, $169,000 is to the new text end 17.7 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 17.8 new text begin agreement with Audubon Minnesota and new text end 17.9 new text begin $101,000 is to the Board of Regents of the new text end 17.10 new text begin University of Minnesota for the Natural new text end 17.11 new text begin Resources Research Institute. The atlas must new text end 17.12 new text begin be available for downloading on the Internet new text end 17.13 new text begin free of charge. new text end 17.14 new text begin (e) Restorable Wetlands Inventory new text end 17.15 new text begin $245,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 17.16 new text begin commissioner of natural resources for an new text end 17.17 new text begin agreement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., new text end 17.18 new text begin to continue the inventory, mapping, and new text end 17.19 new text begin digitizing of drained restorable wetlands in new text end 17.20 new text begin the southwest prairie region of Minnesota. new text end 17.21 new text begin This appropriation is available until June new text end 17.22 new text begin 30, 2011, at which time the project must new text end 17.23 new text begin be completed and final products delivered, new text end 17.24 new text begin unless an earlier date is specified in the work new text end 17.25 new text begin program. new text end 17.26 17.27 new text begin (f) Wildlife Disease Data Surveillance and new text end new text begin Analysis new text end 17.28 new text begin $100,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 17.29 new text begin of Regents of the University of Minnesota new text end 17.30 new text begin for the Raptor Center to develop a GIS-based new text end 17.31 new text begin database that catalogs symptoms and new text end 17.32 new text begin conditions observed in injured wildlife. new text end 17.33 17.34 new text begin (g) Conservation Easement Stewardship, new text end new text begin Oversight, and Maintenance new text end 18.1 new text begin $180,000 is from the trust fund to the Board new text end 18.2 new text begin of Water and Soil Resources to enhance new text end 18.3 new text begin long-term stewardship, oversight, and new text end 18.4 new text begin maintenance of conservation easements new text end 18.5 new text begin held by the board and to update the current new text end 18.6 new text begin easement database. This effort must be new text end 18.7 new text begin done in cooperation with the Department new text end 18.8 new text begin of Natural Resources. This appropriation new text end 18.9 new text begin is available until June 30, 2011, at which new text end 18.10 new text begin time the project must be completed and final new text end 18.11 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 18.12 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 18.13 18.14 new text begin (h) Conservation Easement Stewardship and new text end new text begin Enforcement Program Plan new text end 18.15 new text begin $520,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 18.16 new text begin commissioner of natural resources to new text end 18.17 new text begin inventory and digitize the department's new text end 18.18 new text begin conservation easements and prepare a new text end 18.19 new text begin plan for monitoring, stewardship, and new text end 18.20 new text begin enforcement. This effort must be done in new text end 18.21 new text begin cooperation with the Board of Water and Soil new text end 18.22 new text begin Resources. This appropriation is available new text end 18.23 new text begin until June 30, 2011, at which time the new text end 18.24 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 18.25 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 18.26 new text begin in the work program. new text end 18.27 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Environmental Education new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 1,099,000 new text end 18.28 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 18.29 new text begin Trust Fund new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 1,099,000 new text end 18.30 18.31 new text begin (a) Waters of Minnesota Documentary on new text end new text begin Watersheds new text end 18.32 new text begin $349,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 18.33 new text begin Board of Regents of the University of new text end 18.34 new text begin Minnesota for the Bell Museum of Natural new text end 18.35 new text begin History to begin the development of an new text end 19.1 new text begin educational documentary television series on new text end 19.2 new text begin the waters of Minnesota designed to promote new text end 19.3 new text begin watershed understanding and citizen action new text end 19.4 new text begin in protecting, restoring, and conserving water new text end 19.5 new text begin resources. This appropriation is available new text end 19.6 new text begin until June 30, 2011, at which time the new text end 19.7 new text begin project must be completed and final products new text end 19.8 new text begin delivered, unless an earlier date is specified new text end 19.9 new text begin in the work program. new text end 19.10 19.11 new text begin (b) Global Warming - Reducing Carbon Footprint new text end new text begin of Minnesota Schools new text end 19.12 new text begin $750,000 is from the trust fund to the new text end 19.13 new text begin commissioner of the Pollution Control new text end 19.14 new text begin Agency to provide student-focused grants to new text end 19.15 new text begin high schools, colleges, and universities to new text end 19.16 new text begin identify their carbon footprints and develop new text end 19.17 new text begin and implement innovative plans to reduce new text end 19.18 new text begin carbon emissions. This appropriation is new text end 19.19 new text begin available until June 30, 2011, at which time new text end 19.20 new text begin the project must be completed and final new text end 19.21 new text begin products delivered, unless an earlier date is new text end 19.22 new text begin specified in the work program. new text end 19.23 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Emerging Issues Account new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 155,000 new text end 19.24 new text begin $155,000 is from the trust fund for an new text end 19.25 new text begin emerging issues account as authorized new text end 19.26 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.08, new text end 19.27 new text begin subdivision 4, paragraph (d). new text end 19.28 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Availability of Appropriations new text end 19.29 new text begin Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in new text end 19.30 new text begin this section are available until June 30, 2010, new text end 19.31 new text begin when projects must be completed and final new text end 19.32 new text begin products delivered. For acquisition of real new text end 19.33 new text begin property, the amounts in this section are new text end 19.34 new text begin available until June 30, 2011, if a binding new text end 19.35 new text begin contract is entered into by June 30, 2010, new text end 20.1 new text begin and closed not later than June 30, 2011. The new text end 20.2 new text begin time period for the amounts available in new text end 20.3 new text begin this section may be extended by up to one new text end 20.4 new text begin year through an approved work program. If new text end 20.5 new text begin a project receives a federal grant, the time new text end 20.6 new text begin period of the appropriation is extended to new text end 20.7 new text begin equal the federal grant period. new text end 20.8 20.9 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Leveraged Funds for Real Property new text end new text begin Interest Requirement new text end 20.10 new text begin The work program for every appropriation new text end 20.11 new text begin under this section for acquisition of a real new text end 20.12 new text begin property interest shall identify nonstate new text end 20.13 new text begin leveraged funds and a plan for expenditure of new text end 20.14 new text begin funds to maximize the benefit of the trust fund new text end 20.15 new text begin allocation. Any work program that proposes new text end 20.16 new text begin materially less leverage than the proposal new text end 20.17 new text begin shall be brought to the Legislative-Citizen new text end 20.18 new text begin Commission on Minnesota Resources for new text end 20.19 new text begin review and approval or disapproval. The new text end 20.20 new text begin final report of each project shall identify new text end 20.21 new text begin all leverage obtained. Leveraged funds new text end 20.22 new text begin shall be spent concurrently with trust fund new text end 20.23 new text begin appropriations to the extent possible. new text end 20.24 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Data Availability Requirements new text end 20.25 new text begin Data collected by the projects funded under new text end 20.26 new text begin this section that have value for planning and new text end 20.27 new text begin management of natural resource, emergency new text end 20.28 new text begin preparedness, and infrastructure investments new text end 20.29 new text begin must conform to the enterprise information new text end 20.30 new text begin architecture developed by the Office of new text end 20.31 new text begin Enterprise Technology. Spatial data must new text end 20.32 new text begin conform to geographic information system new text end 20.33 new text begin guidelines and standards outlined in that new text end 20.34 new text begin architecture and adopted by the Minnesota new text end 20.35 new text begin Geographic Data Clearinghouse at the new text end 21.1 new text begin Land Management Information Center. A new text end 21.2 new text begin description of these data that adheres to the new text end 21.3 new text begin Office of Enterprise Technology geographic new text end 21.4 new text begin metadata standards must be submitted to new text end 21.5 new text begin the Land Management Information Center new text end 21.6 new text begin to be made available online through the new text end 21.7 new text begin clearinghouse and the data must be accessible new text end 21.8 new text begin and free to the public unless made private new text end 21.9 new text begin under the Data Practices Act, Minnesota new text end 21.10 new text begin Statutes, chapter 13. new text end 21.11 new text begin To the extent practicable, summary data and new text end 21.12 new text begin results of projects funded under this section new text end 21.13 new text begin should be readily accessible on the Internet new text end 21.14 new text begin and identified as an environment and natural new text end 21.15 new text begin resources trust fund project. new text end 21.16 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Project Requirements new text end 21.17 new text begin As a condition of accepting an appropriation new text end 21.18 new text begin in this section, any agency or entity receiving new text end 21.19 new text begin the appropriation must, for any project new text end 21.20 new text begin funded in whole or in part with funds from new text end 21.21 new text begin this appropriation: new text end 21.22 new text begin (1) comply with Minnesota Statutes, chapter new text end 21.23 new text begin 116P; new text end 21.24 new text begin (2) plant vegetation only of native ecotypes new text end 21.25 new text begin to Minnesota and of the local ecotype, to new text end 21.26 new text begin the extent possible, as defined in Minnesota new text end 21.27 new text begin Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 2. new text end 21.28 new text begin If seeds and plant materials within this new text end 21.29 new text begin definition are not available, then the seeds new text end 21.30 new text begin and plant material should be from within new text end 21.31 new text begin the same ecological subsection as defined new text end 21.32 new text begin in the Ecological Classification System new text end 21.33 new text begin developed by the Minnesota Department of new text end 21.34 new text begin Natural Resources and the United States new text end 21.35 new text begin Forest Service. Use of any seeds and plant new text end 22.1 new text begin materials beyond these definitions must be new text end 22.2 new text begin expressly approved in the work program. new text end 22.3 new text begin A high diversity of grass and forb species new text end 22.4 new text begin should be included in any restorations to the new text end 22.5 new text begin extent possible; new text end 22.6 new text begin (3) provide that all conservation easements: new text end 22.7 new text begin (i) are perpetual; new text end 22.8 new text begin (ii) specify the parties to an easement in the new text end 22.9 new text begin easement; new text end 22.10 new text begin (iii) specify all of the provisions of an new text end 22.11 new text begin agreement that are perpetual; new text end 22.12 new text begin (iv) are sent to the commission office in an new text end 22.13 new text begin electronic format; and new text end 22.14 new text begin (v) include a long-term stewardship plan and new text end 22.15 new text begin funding for monitoring and enforcing the new text end 22.16 new text begin easement agreement; new text end 22.17 new text begin (4) give priority in any acquisition of land new text end 22.18 new text begin or interest in land to high quality natural new text end 22.19 new text begin resources or conservation lands that provide new text end 22.20 new text begin natural buffers to water resources; and new text end 22.21 new text begin (5) provide documentation to the new text end 22.22 new text begin Legislative-Citizen Commission on new text end 22.23 new text begin Minnesota Resources of the selection process new text end 22.24 new text begin used to identify parcels acquired and provide new text end 22.25 new text begin documentation of all related transaction new text end 22.26 new text begin costs, including but not limited to appraisals, new text end 22.27 new text begin legal fees, recording fees, commissions, new text end 22.28 new text begin other similar costs, and donations. This new text end 22.29 new text begin information must be provided for all parties new text end 22.30 new text begin involved in the transaction. The recipient new text end 22.31 new text begin shall also report to the Legislative-Citizen new text end 22.32 new text begin Commission on Minnesota Resources any new text end 22.33 new text begin difference between the acquisition amount new text end 22.34 new text begin paid to the seller and the state certified or new text end 23.1 new text begin state reviewed appraisal. Appropriate data new text end 23.2 new text begin such as appraisals may remain private during new text end 23.3 new text begin negotiations but must ultimately be made new text end 23.4 new text begin public according to Minnesota Statutes, new text end 23.5 new text begin chapter 13. new text end 23.6 23.7 new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Payment Conditions and Capital new text end new text begin Equipment Expenditures new text end 23.8 new text begin All agreements, grants, or contracts referred new text end 23.9 new text begin to in this section must be administered on new text end 23.10 new text begin a reimbursement basis unless otherwise new text end 23.11 new text begin provided in this section. Notwithstanding new text end 23.12 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, new text end 23.13 new text begin expenditures made on or after July 1, new text end 23.14 new text begin 2008, or the date the work program is new text end 23.15 new text begin approved, whichever is later, are eligible for new text end 23.16 new text begin reimbursement unless otherwise provided new text end 23.17 new text begin in this section. Periodic payment must new text end 23.18 new text begin be made upon receiving documentation new text end 23.19 new text begin that the deliverable items articulated in new text end 23.20 new text begin the approved work program have been new text end 23.21 new text begin achieved, including partial achievements new text end 23.22 new text begin as evidenced by approved progress reports. new text end 23.23 new text begin Reasonable amounts may be advanced to new text end 23.24 new text begin projects to accommodate cash flow needs or new text end 23.25 new text begin match federal money. The advances must new text end 23.26 new text begin be approved as part of the work program. new text end 23.27 new text begin No expenditures for capital equipment are new text end 23.28 new text begin allowed unless expressly authorized in the new text end 23.29 new text begin project work program. new text end 23.30 23.31 new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable new text end new text begin Materials new text end 23.32 new text begin A political subdivision, public or private new text end 23.33 new text begin corporation, or other entity that receives new text end 23.34 new text begin an appropriation in this section must use new text end 23.35 new text begin the appropriation in compliance with new text end 23.36 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.121 and new text end 24.1 new text begin 16B.122, requiring the purchase of recycled, new text end 24.2 new text begin repairable, and durable materials; the new text end 24.3 new text begin purchase of uncoated paper stock; and the new text end 24.4 new text begin use of soy-based ink. new text end 24.5 24.6 new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Energy Conservation and new text end new text begin Sustainable Building Guidelines new text end 24.7 new text begin A recipient to whom an appropriation is made new text end 24.8 new text begin in this section for a capital improvement new text end 24.9 new text begin project shall ensure that the project complies new text end 24.10 new text begin with the applicable energy conservation and new text end 24.11 new text begin sustainable building guidelines and standards new text end 24.12 new text begin contained in law, including Minnesota new text end 24.13 new text begin Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and new text end 24.14 new text begin 216C.20, and rules adopted thereunder. new text end 24.15 new text begin The recipient may use the energy planning, new text end 24.16 new text begin advocacy, and State Energy Office units new text end 24.17 new text begin of the Department of Commerce to obtain new text end 24.18 new text begin information and technical assistance on new text end 24.19 new text begin energy conservation and alternative energy new text end 24.20 new text begin development relating to the planning and new text end 24.21 new text begin construction of the capital improvement new text end 24.22 new text begin project. new text end 24.23 new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Accessibility new text end 24.24 new text begin Structural and nonstructural facilities must new text end 24.25 new text begin meet the design standards in the Americans new text end 24.26 new text begin with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility new text end 24.27 new text begin guidelines. new text end 24.28 new text begin Subd. 16. new text end new text begin Carryforward new text end 24.29 new text begin The availability of the appropriation for new text end 24.30 new text begin the following projects are extended to new text end 24.31 new text begin June 30, 2009: Laws 2005, First Special new text end 24.32 new text begin Session chapter 1, article 2, section 11, new text end 24.33 new text begin subdivision 6, paragraph (h), as amended new text end 24.34 new text begin by Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section new text end 24.35 new text begin 4, subdivision 6, Paul Bunyan State Trail new text end 25.1 new text begin connection; and Laws 2005, First Special new text end 25.2 new text begin Session chapter 1, article 2, section 11, new text end 25.3 new text begin subdivision 7, paragraph (j), improving new text end 25.4 new text begin impaired watersheds conservation drainage new text end 25.5 new text begin research. new text end 25.6    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116P.10, is amended to read: 25.7116P.10 ROYALTIES, COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS new text begin , AND SALE OF new text end 25.8 new text begin PRODUCTS AND ASSETS new text end . 25.9 new text begin (a) new text end This section applies to projects supported by the trust fund and the oil overcharge 25.10money referred to in section 4.071, subdivision 2, each of which is referred to in this 25.11section as a "fund." 25.12 new text begin (b) new text end The fund owns and shall take title to the percentage of a royalty, copyright, 25.13or patent resulting from a project supported by the fund equal to the percentage of the 25.14project's total funding provided by the fund. Cash receipts resulting from a royalty, 25.15copyright, or patent, or the sale of the fund's rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent, must 25.16be credited immediately to the principal of the fund. Receipts from Minnesota future 25.17resources fund projects must be credited to the trust fund. Before a project is included 25.18in the budget plan, The commission may vote new text begin include in its annual legislative bill a new text end 25.19 new text begin recommendation new text end to relinquish the ownership or rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent 25.20resulting from a project supported by the fund to the project's proposer when the amount 25.21of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has been repaid to the fund. 25.22 new text begin (c) If a project supported by the fund results in net income from the sale of products new text end 25.23 new text begin or assets developed or acquired by an appropriation from the fund, the appropriation new text end 25.24 new text begin must be repaid to the fund in an amount equal to the percentage of the project's total new text end 25.25 new text begin funding provided by the fund. The commission may include in its annual legislative bill a new text end 25.26 new text begin recommendation to relinquish the income if a plan is approved for reinvestment of the new text end 25.27 new text begin income in the project or when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has new text end 25.28 new text begin been repaid to the fund. new text end