1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and 
1.3 	natural resources; providing for repayment of certain appropriations from the 
1.4 	environment and natural resources trust fund;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2006, section 116P.10.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7	Section 1. MINNESOTA RESOURCES APPROPRIATION.
 	
1.8 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.9 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the general 
1.10 	fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each 
1.11 	purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the appropriations 
1.12 	listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or June 30, 2009, 
1.13 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal year 2009. 
1.14 	"The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
1.15 	June 30, 2008, are effective the day following final enactment.

1.16				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.17				Available for the Year
	
1.18				Ending June 30
	
1.19					2008
		2009

1.20	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RESOURCES.

1.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	86,000
	$
	22,866,000

1.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
1.23		2008
	2009
	
2.1
2.2
2.3	Environment and 
Natural Resources 
Trust
	-0-
	22,866,000
	
2.4
2.5	Great Lakes 
Protection Account
	86,000
	-0-
	
2.6 	Appropriations are available for two 
2.7 	years beginning July 1, 2008, unless 
2.8 	otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any 
2.9 	unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
2.10 	year does not cancel and is available for the 
2.11 	second year.

2.12	Subd. 2.Definitions
 					
2.13 	(a) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
2.14 	environment and natural resources trust fund 
2.15 	referred to in Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.16 	116P.02, subdivision 6.
2.17 	(b) "Great Lakes protection account" means 
2.18 	the account referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.19 	section 116Q.02.

2.20	Subd. 3.Land and Habitat
 		-0-
		15,817,000

2.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.22	Trust Fund
	-0-
	15,817,000

2.23
2.24	(a) Metro Conservation Corridors (MeCC) – 
Phase IV
					
2.25 	$3,150,000 is from the trust fund to the 
2.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
2.27 	the fourth appropriation for acceleration 
2.28 	of agency programs and cooperative 
2.29 	agreements. Of this appropriation, 
2.30 	$1,915,000 is for Department of Natural 
2.31 	Resources agency programs and $1,235,000 
2.32 	is for agreements as follows: $475,000 with 
2.33 	the Trust for Public Land; $92,000 with 
2.34 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $111,000 
2.35 	with Great River Greening; $225,000 with 
3.1 	Minnesota Land Trust; $225,000 with 
3.2 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
3.3 	Trust, Inc.; and $107,000 with Friends of 
3.4 	the Minnesota Valley for the purposes of 
3.5 	planning, restoring, and protecting important 
3.6 	natural areas in the metropolitan area, as 
3.7 	defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.8 	473.121, subdivision 2, and portions of 
3.9 	the surrounding counties, through grants, 
3.10 	contracted services, conservation easements, 
3.11 	and fee title acquisition. Land acquired 
3.12 	with this appropriation must be sufficiently 
3.13 	improved to meet at least minimum 
3.14 	management standards as determined by 
3.15 	the commissioner of natural resources. 
3.16 	Expenditures are limited to the identified 
3.17 	project corridor areas as defined in the work 
3.18 	program. This appropriation may not be used 
3.19 	for the purchase of residential structures, 
3.20 	unless expressly approved in the work 
3.21 	program. All conservation easements must 
3.22 	be perpetual and have a natural resource 
3.23 	management plan. Any land acquired in fee 
3.24 	title by the commissioner of natural resources 
3.25 	with money from this appropriation must 
3.26 	be designated as an outdoor recreation unit 
3.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. 
3.28 	The commissioner may similarly designate 
3.29 	any lands acquired in less than fee title. A 
3.30 	list of proposed restorations and fee title 
3.31 	and easement acquisitions must be provided 
3.32 	as part of the required work program. All 
3.33 	funding for conservation easements must 
3.34 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
3.35 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
3.36 	agreement.

4.1
4.2	(b) Vermillion River Corridor Acquisition and 
Restoration in Dakota County
					
4.3 	$400,000 is from the trust fund to the 
4.4 	commissioner of natural resources for 
4.5 	an agreement with Dakota County to 
4.6 	develop and implement a comprehensive 
4.7 	and integrated water quality, wildlife 
4.8 	habitat, and outdoor recreational corridor 
4.9 	plan in the Vermillion River watershed 
4.10 	through easement and fee title acquisition 
4.11 	and restoration. At least 90 percent of 
4.12 	this appropriation must be spent on the 
4.13 	implementation of the comprehensive plan. 
4.14 	A list of proposed restorations and fee title 
4.15 	and easement acquisitions must be provided 
4.16 	as part of the required work program. All 
4.17 	funding for conservation easements must 
4.18 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
4.19 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
4.20 	agreement. This appropriation is available 
4.21 	until June 30, 2011, at which time the 
4.22 	project must be completed and final products 
4.23 	delivered, unless an earlier date is specified 
4.24 	in the work program. On January 2, 2009, the 
4.25 	unobligated balance of the appropriation for 
4.26 	Dakota County wildlife habitat acquisition 
4.27 	and development in Laws 1999, chapter 231, 
4.28 	section 16, subdivision 13, paragraph (m), is 
4.29 	transferred and added to this appropriation.

4.30
4.31	(c) Minnesota Habitat Conservation Partnership 
– Phase V
					
4.32 	$3,150,000 is from the trust fund for the 
4.33 	fifth appropriation for acceleration of agency 
4.34 	programs and cooperative agreements. Of 
4.35 	this appropriation, $250,000 is to the Board 
4.36 	of Water and Soil Resources; $733,500 is 
5.1 	to the commissioner of natural resources 
5.2 	for agency programs; and $2,166,500 is 
5.3 	for agreements as follows: $420,000 with 
5.4 	Pheasants Forever; $30,000 with Minnesota 
5.5 	Deer Hunters Association; $597,500 with 
5.6 	Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; $85,000 with 
5.7 	National Wild Turkey Federation; $317,000 
5.8 	with the Nature Conservancy; $210,000 
5.9 	with Minnesota Land Trust; $350,000 with 
5.10 	the Trust for Public Land; $50,000 with 
5.11 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
5.12 	Trust, Inc.; $30,000 with U. S. Fish and 
5.13 	Wildlife Service; $30,000 with the Leech 
5.14 	Lake Band of Chippewa; $27,000 with 
5.15 	the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa; and 
5.16 	$20,000 with Friends of Detroit Lakes 
5.17 	Watershed Management District to plan, 
5.18 	restore, and acquire fragmented landscape 
5.19 	corridors that connect areas of quality habitat 
5.20 	to sustain fish, wildlife, and plants. The 
5.21 	USDA-Natural Resources Conservation 
5.22 	Service is a cooperating partner in the 
5.23 	appropriation. Expenditures are limited to 
5.24 	the project corridor areas as defined in the 
5.25 	work program. Land acquired with this 
5.26 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
5.27 	to meet at least minimum habitat and facility 
5.28 	management standards as determined by 
5.29 	the commissioner of natural resources. 
5.30 	This appropriation may not be used for the 
5.31 	purchase of residential structures, unless 
5.32 	expressly approved in the work program. All 
5.33 	conservation easements must be perpetual 
5.34 	and have a natural resource management 
5.35 	plan. Any land acquired in fee title by the 
5.36 	commissioner of natural resources with 
6.1 	money from this appropriation must be 
6.2 	designated as an outdoor recreation unit 
6.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07. 
6.4 	The commissioner may similarly designate 
6.5 	any lands acquired in less than fee title. A 
6.6 	list of proposed restorations and fee title 
6.7 	and easement acquisitions must be provided 
6.8 	as part of the required work program. All 
6.9 	funding for conservation easements must 
6.10 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
6.11 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
6.12 	agreement.

6.13	(d) Preserving the Avon Hills Landscape
					
6.14 	$337,000 is from the trust fund to the 
6.15 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.16 	a grant to Saint John's Arboretum and 
6.17 	University for community outreach, in 
6.18 	cooperation with the Minnesota Land Trust; 
6.19 	conservation easements, in cooperation 
6.20 	with the Minnesota Land Trust; and local 
6.21 	ordinance reviews and recommendations for 
6.22 	the Avon Hills landscape in Stearns County. 
6.23 	A list of proposed fee title and easement 
6.24 	acquisitions must be provided as part of 
6.25 	the required work program. All funding 
6.26 	for conservation easements must include a 
6.27 	long-term stewardship plan and appropriate 
6.28 	funding for monitoring. This appropriation 
6.29 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
6.30 	time the project must be completed and final 
6.31 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
6.32 	specified in the work program.

6.33
6.34	(e) Minnesota River Valley Green Corridor Land 
Protection
					
7.1 	$1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the 
7.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.3 	agreement with the Southwest Initiative 
7.4 	Foundation for planning, acquisition, and 
7.5 	easements in the Minnesota River Valley. 
7.6 	The priority for acquisition must be on 
7.7 	lands with native prairies, unique geological 
7.8 	features, fens, and wetlands not currently 
7.9 	under a permanent protection program. A 
7.10 	list of proposed restorations and fee title 
7.11 	and easement acquisitions must be provided 
7.12 	as part of the required work program. All 
7.13 	funding for conservation easements must 
7.14 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
7.15 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
7.16 	agreement. No more than ten percent may be 
7.17 	spent on planning and management.

7.18	(f) Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition
					
7.19 	$1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the 
7.20 	commissioner of natural resources for 
7.21 	acquisition of scientific and natural areas in 
7.22 	the southern two-thirds of Minnesota. A list 
7.23 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
7.24 	part of the required work program.

7.25	(g) State Land Acquisition Consolidation
					
7.26 	$500,000 is from the trust fund to the 
7.27 	commissioner of natural resources to 
7.28 	consolidate state land ownership through 
7.29 	acquisition and sale to reduce forest 
7.30 	fragmentation and enhance management 
7.31 	efficiency. A list of proposed fee title and 
7.32 	easement acquisitions must be provided 
7.33 	as part of the required work program. All 
7.34 	funding for conservation easements must 
7.35 	include a long-term stewardship plan and 
8.1 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
8.2 	agreement. Minnesota Statutes, sections 
8.3 	94.16 and 94.165, apply to the proceeds 
8.4 	from the sale of land. For this appropriation, 
8.5 	the Department of Natural Resources must 
8.6 	establish a separate revolving account under 
8.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 94.165, for the 
8.8 	use and accounting of trust fund money. This 
8.9 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, 
8.10 	at which time the project must be completed 
8.11 	and final products delivered, unless an earlier 
8.12 	date is specified in the work program. 

8.13	(h) State Park and Trail Land Acquisition 
					
8.14 	$1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the 
8.15 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
8.16 	land for designated state trail alignments and 
8.17 	in-holdings for state parks. Land acquired 
8.18 	with this appropriation must be sufficiently 
8.19 	improved to meet at least minimum 
8.20 	management standards as determined by the 
8.21 	commissioner of natural resources. A list of 
8.22 	proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
8.23 	part of the required work program.

8.24
8.25	(i) Metropolitan Regional Park System Land 
Acquisition
					
8.26 	$1,500,000 is from the trust fund to the 
8.27 	Metropolitan Council for subgrants for the 
8.28 	acquisition of lands within the approved park 
8.29 	unit boundaries of the metropolitan regional 
8.30 	park system. This appropriation may not 
8.31 	be used for the purchase of residential 
8.32 	structures. Subdivision 12 applies to grants 
8.33 	awarded in the approved work program. 
8.34 	A list of proposed fee title and easement 
8.35 	acquisitions must be provided as part of 
9.1 	the required work program. All funding 
9.2 	for conservation easements must include a 
9.3 	long-term stewardship plan and funding for 
9.4 	monitoring and enforcing the agreement. 
9.5 	This appropriation must be matched by at 
9.6 	least 40 percent of nonstate money and must 
9.7 	be committed by December 31, 2008, or the 
9.8 	appropriation cancels. This appropriation 
9.9 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
9.10 	time the project must be completed and final 
9.11 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
9.12 	specified in the work program.

9.13
9.14	(j) Local Initiative Grants – Regional Parks and 
Natural Areas
					
9.15 	$1,000,000 is from the trust fund to the 
9.16 	commissioner of natural resources for a grant 
9.17 	to Wright County for land acquisition for a 
9.18 	proposed regional park on the Bertram Chain 
9.19 	of Lakes in Wright County. If the acquisition 
9.20 	for a proposed regional park on the Bertram 
9.21 	Chain of Lakes is not completed by June 30, 
9.22 	2010, then the appropriation is available for 
9.23 	matching grants to other local governments 
9.24 	for acquisition of regional parks and natural 
9.25 	and scenic areas as provided in Minnesota 
9.26 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivisions 2, 
9.27 	paragraph (b), and 4a. This appropriation 
9.28 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
9.29 	time the project must be completed and final 
9.30 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
9.31 	specified in the work program.

9.32
9.33	(k) Conservation Partners/Environmental 
Partnerships Matching Grant Program
					
9.34 	$150,000 is from the trust fund to the 
9.35 	commissioner of natural resources to provide 
9.36 	matching grants to local governments and 
10.1 	private, nonprofit organizations for projects 
10.2 	that enhance fish, wildlife, and native plant 
10.3 	habitat, provide related research or surveys, 
10.4 	and protect and enhance the state's natural 
10.5 	environment.

10.6	(l) County Trail System Design
					
10.7 	$175,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
10.8 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
10.9 	design recreational trail systems for Lyon, 
10.10 	Brown, Redwood, and Renville Counties.

10.11
10.12	(m) Accelerated Prairie Management, Survey, 
Acquisition, and Evaluation
					
10.13 	$1,250,000 is from the trust fund to the 
10.14 	commissioner of natural resources to provide 
10.15 	for a rapid assessment of remaining native 
10.16 	prairie, accelerate the Minnesota county 
10.17 	biological survey in the prairie region, 
10.18 	provide technical assistance to private prairie 
10.19 	landowners, accelerate management of 
10.20 	public and private prairie lands, evaluate and 
10.21 	monitor prairie conditions and associated 
10.22 	wildlife, and acquire prairie natural areas, 
10.23 	prairie bank easements, and buffers. At 
10.24 	least $475,000 of this appropriation must 
10.25 	be spent on acquisition. A list of proposed 
10.26 	restorations and fee title and easement 
10.27 	acquisitions must be provided as part of 
10.28 	the required work program. All funding 
10.29 	for conservation easements must include a 
10.30 	long-term stewardship plan and funding for 
10.31 	monitoring and enforcing the agreement.

10.32	(n) Prairie Ecosystem Restoration
					
10.33 	$80,000 is from the trust fund to the 
10.34 	Board of Water and Soil Resources for an 
10.35 	agreement with the Martin County Soil and 
11.1 	Water Conservation District to collect and 
11.2 	propagate local ecotype native plant materials 
11.3 	from prairie remnants for establishment on 
11.4 	lands with perpetual conservation protection 
11.5 	in Martin County. If the Martin County Soil 
11.6 	and Water Conservation District sells seeds 
11.7 	or plants that were collected or propagated 
11.8 	using money from this appropriation, the net 
11.9 	proceeds of the sale must be repaid to the 
11.10 	trust fund.

11.11	(o) Best Practices for Native Prairie Management
					
11.12 	$45,000 is from the trust fund to the 
11.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.14 	agreement with the Minnesota Recreation and 
11.15 	Park Association to provide information on 
11.16 	best practices for native prairie management 
11.17 	through field demonstrations, regional 
11.18 	workshops, and the Web.

11.19
11.20	(p) Impacts of Climate Change and CO2 on Prairie 
and Forest Production
					
11.21 	$330,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
11.22 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
11.23 	to accelerate research simulating future 
11.24 	changing CO2, rainfall, and temperature 
11.25 	level impacts on biomass production, carbon 
11.26 	sequestration, and water quality in prairie 
11.27 	and tree species. This appropriation is 
11.28 	available until June 30, 2011, at which time 
11.29 	the project must be completed and final 
11.30 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
11.31 	specified in the work program.

11.32
11.33	(q) Biofuel Production and Wildlife Conservation 
in Working Prairies
					
11.34 	$250,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
11.35 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
12.1 	research and evaluate methods of managing 
12.2 	diverse working prairies for wildlife and 
12.3 	renewable bioenergy production. On June 
12.4 	1, 2008, the $500,000 appropriation for the 
12.5 	Phillips biomass community energy system 
12.6 	under Laws 2006, chapter 243, section 20, 
12.7 	subdivision 3, is transferred and added to 
12.8 	this appropriation. This appropriation is 
12.9 	available until June 30, 2011, at which time 
12.10 	the project must be completed and final 
12.11 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
12.12 	specified in the work program.

12.13	Subd. 4.Water Resources
 		86,000
		3,430,000

12.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.15	Trust Fund
	-0-
	3,430,000
	
12.16
12.17	Great Lakes 
Protection Account
	86,000
	-0-

12.18
12.19	(a) Future of Energy and Minnesota Water 
Resources
					
12.20 	$270,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
12.21 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
12.22 	spatially model water demand in Minnesota 
12.23 	under differing energy production scenarios 
12.24 	and develop a Web-based tool for comparing 
12.25 	policy scenarios impacts on water resources 
12.26 	in the state.

12.27
12.28	(b) Accelerating Plans for Integrated Control of 
the Common Carp
					
12.29 	$550,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
12.30 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
12.31 	to accelerate research on new approaches 
12.32 	to control the invasive common carp. This 
12.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, 
12.34 	at which time the project must be completed 
12.35 	and final products delivered, unless an earlier 
12.36 	date is specified in the work program.

13.1
13.2	(c) Testing Pesticides and Degradates in Public 
Drinking Water
					
13.3 	$368,000 is from the trust fund to the 
13.4 	commissioner of agriculture, in cooperation 
13.5 	with the commissioner of health, to purchase 
13.6 	equipment and supplies to accelerate the 
13.7 	sampling of public water supplies for the 
13.8 	presence and concentration of pesticides and 
13.9 	their degradates for health risk assessments.

13.10
13.11	(d) Assessment of Riparian Buffers in the 
Whitewater River Watershed
					
13.12 	$52,000 is from the trust fund to the Board of 
13.13 	Water and Soil Resources for an agreement 
13.14 	with the Whitewater Joint Powers Board to 
13.15 	inventory streams and adjacent land use and 
13.16 	survey riparian landowners to assist in the 
13.17 	prioritization of restoration efforts to improve 
13.18 	water quality, habitat, and future enforcement 
13.19 	of riparian buffers in the southeast ten-county 
13.20 	region of the Southeast Minnesota Water 
13.21 	Resources Board.

13.22
13.23	(e) Intralake Zoning to Protect Sensitive 
Lakeshore Areas
					
13.24 	$125,000 is from the trust fund to the 
13.25 	commissioner of natural resources for the 
13.26 	second appropriation for a cooperative 
13.27 	effort with Cass County to identify sensitive 
13.28 	shorelines for the highest priority lakes and 
13.29 	develop innovative zoning in Cass County to 
13.30 	protect water quality and near-shore habitat. 
13.31 	This appropriation is available until June 
13.32 	30, 2011, at which time the project must 
13.33 	be completed and final products delivered, 
13.34 	unless an earlier date is specified in the work 
13.35 	program.

14.1	(f) Native Shoreland Buffer Incentives Program
					
14.2 	$225,000 is from the trust fund to the 
14.3 	commissioner of natural resources to 
14.4 	accelerate the native shoreland buffer 
14.5 	incentive program through market research, 
14.6 	technical assistance, and competitive grants 
14.7 	to local governments for creating and 
14.8 	implementing shoreland buffer incentive 
14.9 	programs. Grant recipients must have current 
14.10 	shoreline management requirements and 
14.11 	effective enforcement. This appropriation 
14.12 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
14.13 	time the project must be completed and final 
14.14 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
14.15 	specified in the work program.

14.16
14.17	(g) Southeast Minnesota Stream Restoration 
Projects
					
14.18 	$240,000 is from the trust fund to the 
14.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.20 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to accelerate 
14.21 	stream bank stabilization projects on at least 
14.22 	six miles of streams through restoration, 
14.23 	providing technical assistance, and 
14.24 	conducting workshops. This appropriation 
14.25 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
14.26 	time the project must be completed and final 
14.27 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
14.28 	specified in the work program.

14.29
14.30	(h) South-Central Minnesota Groundwater 
Monitoring and County Geologic Atlases
					
14.31 	$1,600,000 is from the trust fund for 
14.32 	collection and interpretation of subsurface 
14.33 	geological information and acceleration of 
14.34 	the county geologic atlas program. $706,000 
14.35 	of this appropriation is to the Board of 
15.1 	Regents of the University of Minnesota 
15.2 	for the Geological Survey to begin county 
15.3 	geologic atlases in three counties. $894,000 
15.4 	of this appropriation is to the commissioner 
15.5 	of natural resources to investigate the 
15.6 	physical and recharge characteristics of 
15.7 	the Mt. Simon aquifer. This appropriation 
15.8 	represents a continuing effort to complete 
15.9 	the county geologic atlases throughout the 
15.10 	state. This appropriation is available until 
15.11 	June 30, 2011, at which time the project must 
15.12 	be completed and final products delivered, 
15.13 	unless an earlier date is specified in the work 
15.14 	program.

15.15	(i) Lake Superior Research
					
15.16 	$86,000 is from the Great Lakes protection 
15.17 	account to the Board of Regents of the 
15.18 	University of Minnesota for the Large Lakes 
15.19 	Observatory for research on Lake Superior 
15.20 	waters. This appropriation is added to Laws 
15.21 	2006, chapter 243, section 20, subdivision 6, 
15.22 	Lake Superior research. This appropriation 
15.23 	is effective the day following final enactment 
15.24 	and is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
15.25 	time the project must be completed and final 
15.26 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
15.27 	specified in the work program.

15.28	Subd. 5.Natural Resource Information
 		-0-
		2,365,000

15.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.30	Trust Fund
	-0-
	2,365,000

15.31
15.32	(a) Updating the National Wetlands Inventory for 
Minnesota
					
15.33 	$550,000 is from the trust fund to the 
15.34 	commissioner of natural resources to begin 
15.35 	updating the National Wetlands Inventory 
16.1 	through standards development, mapping, 
16.2 	training, and imagery acquisition. This is 
16.3 	the first phase of an overall effort to update 
16.4 	the inventory statewide. This appropriation 
16.5 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
16.6 	time the project must be completed and final 
16.7 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
16.8 	specified in the work program.

16.9	(b) Soil Survey
					
16.10 	$400,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
16.11 	of Water and Soil Resources for soil survey 
16.12 	mapping and interpretation efforts in areas of 
16.13 	the state, including Crow Wing, Pine, Cook, 
16.14 	Lake, and Isanti Counties, and to accelerate 
16.15 	the delivery of soils data through the Internet 
16.16 	as a Web-based soil survey. The new soil 
16.17 	surveys must be done on a cost-share basis 
16.18 	with local and federal funds.

16.19
16.20	(c) Updating Precipitation Intensities for Runoff 
Estimation and Infrastructure Designs
					
16.21 	$100,000 is from the trust fund to the 
16.22 	commissioner of the Pollution Control 
16.23 	Agency for a cooperative agreement with 
16.24 	the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
16.25 	Administration to partially fund a multistate 
16.26 	effort to obtain updated climate change 
16.27 	related rainfall frequencies to enhance 
16.28 	engineering of storm water conveyance and 
16.29 	treatment systems and roads. The acquired 
16.30 	data shall be distributed free of charge. This 
16.31 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2011, 
16.32 	at which time the project must be completed 
16.33 	and final products delivered, unless an earlier 
16.34 	date is specified in the work program.

16.35	(d) Minnesota Breeding Bird Atlas
					
17.1 	$270,000 is from the trust fund to develop a 
17.2 	statewide survey of Minnesota breeding bird 
17.3 	distribution and create related publications, 
17.4 	including a book and online atlas with 
17.5 	distribution maps and breeding status. 
17.6 	Of this appropriation, $169,000 is to the 
17.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.8 	agreement with Audubon Minnesota and 
17.9 	$101,000 is to the Board of Regents of the 
17.10 	University of Minnesota for the Natural 
17.11 	Resources Research Institute. The atlas must 
17.12 	be available for downloading on the Internet 
17.13 	free of charge.

17.14	(e) Restorable Wetlands Inventory
					
17.15 	$245,000 is from the trust fund to the 
17.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.17 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 
17.18 	to continue the inventory, mapping, and 
17.19 	digitizing of drained restorable wetlands in 
17.20 	the southwest prairie region of Minnesota. 
17.21 	This appropriation is available until June 
17.22 	30, 2011, at which time the project must 
17.23 	be completed and final products delivered, 
17.24 	unless an earlier date is specified in the work 
17.25 	program.

17.26
17.27	(f) Wildlife Disease Data Surveillance and 
Analysis
					
17.28 	$100,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
17.29 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
17.30 	for the Raptor Center to develop a GIS-based 
17.31 	database that catalogs symptoms and 
17.32 	conditions observed in injured wildlife.

17.33
17.34	(g) Conservation Easement Stewardship, 
Oversight, and Maintenance
					
18.1 	$180,000 is from the trust fund to the Board 
18.2 	of Water and Soil Resources to enhance 
18.3 	long-term stewardship, oversight, and 
18.4 	maintenance of conservation easements 
18.5 	held by the board and to update the current 
18.6 	easement database. This effort must be 
18.7 	done in cooperation with the Department 
18.8 	of Natural Resources. This appropriation 
18.9 	is available until June 30, 2011, at which 
18.10 	time the project must be completed and final 
18.11 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
18.12 	specified in the work program.

18.13
18.14	(h) Conservation Easement Stewardship and 
Enforcement Program Plan
					
18.15 	$520,000 is from the trust fund to the 
18.16 	commissioner of natural resources to 
18.17 	inventory and digitize the department's 
18.18 	conservation easements and prepare a 
18.19 	plan for monitoring, stewardship, and 
18.20 	enforcement. This effort must be done in 
18.21 	cooperation with the Board of Water and Soil 
18.22 	Resources. This appropriation is available 
18.23 	until June 30, 2011, at which time the 
18.24 	project must be completed and final products 
18.25 	delivered, unless an earlier date is specified 
18.26 	in the work program.

18.27	Subd. 6.Environmental Education
 		-0-
		1,099,000

18.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
18.29	Trust Fund
	-0-
	1,099,000

18.30
18.31	(a) Waters of Minnesota Documentary on 
Watersheds
					
18.32 	$349,000 is from the trust fund to the 
18.33 	Board of Regents of the University of 
18.34 	Minnesota for the Bell Museum of Natural 
18.35 	History to begin the development of an 
19.1 	educational documentary television series on 
19.2 	the waters of Minnesota designed to promote 
19.3 	watershed understanding and citizen action 
19.4 	in protecting, restoring, and conserving water 
19.5 	resources. This appropriation is available 
19.6 	until June 30, 2011, at which time the 
19.7 	project must be completed and final products 
19.8 	delivered, unless an earlier date is specified 
19.9 	in the work program.

19.10
19.11	(b) Global Warming - Reducing Carbon Footprint 
of Minnesota Schools
					
19.12 	$750,000 is from the trust fund to the 
19.13 	commissioner of the Pollution Control 
19.14 	Agency to provide student-focused grants to 
19.15 	high schools, colleges, and universities to 
19.16 	identify their carbon footprints and develop 
19.17 	and implement innovative plans to reduce 
19.18 	carbon emissions. This appropriation is 
19.19 	available until June 30, 2011, at which time 
19.20 	the project must be completed and final 
19.21 	products delivered, unless an earlier date is 
19.22 	specified in the work program.

19.23	Subd. 7.Emerging Issues Account
 		-0-
		155,000
	
19.24 	$155,000 is from the trust fund for an 
19.25 	emerging issues account as authorized 
19.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.08, 
19.27 	subdivision 4, paragraph (d).

19.28	Subd. 8.Availability of Appropriations
 					
19.29 	Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in 
19.30 	this section are available until June 30, 2010, 
19.31 	when projects must be completed and final 
19.32 	products delivered. For acquisition of real 
19.33 	property, the amounts in this section are 
19.34 	available until June 30, 2011, if a binding 
19.35 	contract is entered into by June 30, 2010, 
20.1 	and closed not later than June 30, 2011. The 
20.2 	time period for the amounts available in 
20.3 	this section may be extended by up to one 
20.4 	year through an approved work program. If 
20.5 	a project receives a federal grant, the time 
20.6 	period of the appropriation is extended to 
20.7 	equal the federal grant period.

20.8
20.9	Subd. 9.Leveraged Funds for Real Property 
Interest Requirement
 					
20.10 	The work program for every appropriation 
20.11 	under this section for acquisition of a real 
20.12 	property interest shall identify nonstate 
20.13 	leveraged funds and a plan for expenditure of 
20.14 	funds to maximize the benefit of the trust fund 
20.15 	allocation. Any work program that proposes 
20.16 	materially less leverage than the proposal 
20.17 	shall be brought to the Legislative-Citizen 
20.18 	Commission on Minnesota Resources for 
20.19 	review and approval or disapproval. The 
20.20 	final report of each project shall identify 
20.21 	all leverage obtained. Leveraged funds 
20.22 	shall be spent concurrently with trust fund 
20.23 	appropriations to the extent possible.

20.24	Subd. 10.Data Availability Requirements
 					
20.25 	Data collected by the projects funded under 
20.26 	this section that have value for planning and 
20.27 	management of natural resource, emergency 
20.28 	preparedness, and infrastructure investments 
20.29 	must conform to the enterprise information 
20.30 	architecture developed by the Office of 
20.31 	Enterprise Technology. Spatial data must 
20.32 	conform to geographic information system 
20.33 	guidelines and standards outlined in that 
20.34 	architecture and adopted by the Minnesota 
20.35 	Geographic Data Clearinghouse at the 
21.1 	Land Management Information Center. A 
21.2 	description of these data that adheres to the 
21.3 	Office of Enterprise Technology geographic 
21.4 	metadata standards must be submitted to 
21.5 	the Land Management Information Center 
21.6 	to be made available online through the 
21.7 	clearinghouse and the data must be accessible 
21.8 	and free to the public unless made private 
21.9 	under the Data Practices Act, Minnesota 
21.10 	Statutes, chapter 13.
21.11 	To the extent practicable, summary data and 
21.12 	results of projects funded under this section 
21.13 	should be readily accessible on the Internet 
21.14 	and identified as an environment and natural 
21.15 	resources trust fund project.

21.16	Subd. 11.Project Requirements
 					
21.17 	It is a condition of acceptance of the 
21.18 	appropriations in this section that any agency 
21.19 	or entity receiving the appropriation must:
21.20 	(1) comply with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
21.21 	116P;
21.22 	(2) plant vegetation only of native ecotypes 
21.23 	to Minnesota, and preferably of the local 
21.24 	ecotype, unless expressly approved in the 
21.25 	work program;
21.26 	(3) provide that all conservation easements:
21.27 	(i) are perpetual;
21.28 	(ii) specify the parties to an easement in the 
21.29 	easement;
21.30 	(iii) specify all of the provisions of an 
21.31 	agreement that are perpetual;
21.32 	(iv) are sent to the commission office in an 
21.33 	electronic format; and
22.1 	(v) include a long-term stewardship plan and 
22.2 	funding for monitoring and enforcing the 
22.3 	easement agreement; and
22.4 	(4) give priority in any acquisition of land 
22.5 	or interest in land to high quality natural 
22.6 	resources or conservation lands that provide 
22.7 	natural buffers to water resources.

22.8
22.9	Subd. 12.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
22.10 	All agreements, grants, or contracts referred 
22.11 	to in this section must be administered on 
22.12 	a reimbursement basis unless otherwise 
22.13 	provided in this section. Notwithstanding 
22.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, 
22.15 	expenditures made on or after July 1, 
22.16 	2008, or the date the work program is 
22.17 	approved, whichever is later, are eligible for 
22.18 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided 
22.19 	in this section. Periodic payment must 
22.20 	be made upon receiving documentation 
22.21 	that the deliverable items articulated in 
22.22 	the approved work program have been 
22.23 	achieved, including partial achievements 
22.24 	as evidenced by approved progress reports. 
22.25 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
22.26 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs or 
22.27 	match federal money. The advances must 
22.28 	be approved as part of the work program. 
22.29 	No expenditures for capital equipment are 
22.30 	allowed unless expressly authorized in the 
22.31 	project work program.

22.32
22.33	Subd. 13.Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable 
Materials
 					
22.34 	A political subdivision, public or private 
22.35 	corporation, or other entity that receives 
22.36 	an appropriation in this section must use 
23.1 	the appropriation in compliance with 
23.2 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.121 and 
23.3 	16B.122, requiring the purchase of recycled, 
23.4 	repairable, and durable materials; the 
23.5 	purchase of uncoated paper stock; and the 
23.6 	use of soy-based ink.

23.7
23.8	Subd. 14.Energy Conservation and 
Sustainable Building Guidelines
 					
23.9 	A recipient to whom an appropriation is made 
23.10 	in this section for a capital improvement 
23.11 	project shall ensure that the project complies 
23.12 	with the applicable energy conservation and 
23.13 	sustainable building guidelines and standards 
23.14 	contained in law, including Minnesota 
23.15 	Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and 
23.16 	216C.20, and rules adopted thereunder. 
23.17 	The recipient may use the energy planning, 
23.18 	advocacy, and State Energy Office units 
23.19 	of the Department of Commerce to obtain 
23.20 	information and technical assistance on 
23.21 	energy conservation and alternative energy 
23.22 	development relating to the planning and 
23.23 	construction of the capital improvement 
23.24 	project.

23.25	Subd. 15.Accessibility
 					
23.26 	Structural and nonstructural facilities must 
23.27 	meet the design standards in the Americans 
23.28 	with Disability Act (ADA) accessibility 
23.29 	guidelines.

23.30	Subd. 16.Carryforward
 					
23.31 	(a) The availability of the appropriations for 
23.32 	the following projects are extended to June 
23.33 	30, 2009:
23.34 	(1) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
23.35 	1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 6, 
24.1 	paragraph (h), as extended by Laws 2007, 
24.2 	chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 6, 
24.3 	Paul Bunyan State Trail connection; and
24.4 	(2) Laws 2005, First Special Session 
24.5 	chapter 1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 
24.6 	7, paragraph (j), improving impaired 
24.7 	watersheds conservation drainage research.
24.8 	(b) The availability of the appropriations for 
24.9 	the following projects are extended to June 
24.10 	30, 2010:
24.11 	(1) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
24.12 	1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 6, 
24.13 	paragraph (e), metropolitan regional parks 
24.14 	acquisition, rehabilitation, and development;
24.15 	(2) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
24.16 	1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 6, 
24.17 	paragraph (p), land acquisition, Minnesota 
24.18 	Landscape Arboretum;
24.19 	(3) Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
24.20 	1, article 2, section 11, subdivision 7, 
24.21 	paragraph (i), improving water quality on the 
24.22 	central sands; and
24.23 	(4) Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, 
24.24 	section 9, subdivision 6, paragraph (l), 
24.25 	as amended by Laws 2005, First Special 
24.26 	Session chapter 1, article 2, section 150, as 
24.27 	extended by Laws 2006, chapter 243, section 
24.28 	16, land acquisition, Minnesota Landscape 
24.29 	Arboretum.

24.30 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116P.10, is amended to read:
24.31 	116P.10 ROYALTIES, COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, AND SALE OF 
24.32 	PRODUCTS AND ASSETS.
25.1 	(a) This section applies to projects supported by the trust fund and the oil overcharge 
25.2 	money referred to in section 4.071, subdivision 2, each of which is referred to in this 
25.3 	section as a "fund."
25.4 	(b) The fund owns and shall take title to the percentage of a royalty, copyright, 
25.5 	or patent resulting from a project supported by the fund equal to the percentage of the 
25.6 	project's total funding provided by the fund. Cash receipts resulting from a royalty, 
25.7 	copyright, or patent, or the sale of the fund's rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent, must 
25.8 	be credited immediately to the principal of the fund. Receipts from Minnesota future 
25.9 	resources fund projects must be credited to the trust fund. Before a project is included 
25.10 	in the budget plan, The commission may voteinclude in its annual legislative bill a 
25.11 	recommendation to relinquish the ownership or rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent 
25.12 	resulting from a project supported by the fund to the project's proposer when the amount 
25.13 	of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has been repaid to the fund.
25.14 	(c) If a project supported by the fund results in net income from the sale of products 
25.15 	or assets developed or acquired by an appropriation from the fund, the appropriation 
25.16 	must be repaid to the fund in an amount equal to the percentage of the project's total 
25.17 	funding provided by the fund. The commission may include in its annual legislative bill a 
25.18 	recommendation to relinquish the income if a plan is approved for reinvestment of the 
25.19 	income in the project or when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has 
25.20 	been repaid to the fund.