1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the river watch program in 
1.3 	the Red River of the North.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RED RIVER VALLEY RIVER WATCH.
 1.6 	$273,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $273,000 in fiscal year 2011 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the clean water fund to the Pollution Control Agency for a grant to the Red River 
1.8 	Watershed Management Board to enhance and expand existing river watch activities 
1.9 	in the Red River of the North. The Red River Watershed Management Board shall 
1.10 	provide a report that includes formal evaluation results from the river watch program to 
1.11 	the commissioners of education and the Pollution Control Agency and to the legislative 
1.12 	natural resources finance and policy committees and K-12 finance and policy committees 
1.13 	by February 15, 2011. The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2012 is $282,000 and 
1.14 	in fiscal year 2013 is $0.