1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from the clean water fund for 
1.3 	clean water legacy activities.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.6 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations from the clean 
1.7 	water fund, by agency, made in this act.

1.8			2010
		2011
		Total
	
1.9	Pollution Control Agency
	$
	17,488,000
	$
	18,470,000
	$
	35,958,000
	
1.10
1.11	Department of Natural 
Resources
		3,382,000
		3,705,000
		7,087,000
	
1.12
1.13	Board of Water and Soil 
Resources
		22,416,000
		28,120,000
		50,536,000
	
1.14	Department of Agriculture
		6,265,000
		1,940,000
		8,205,000
	
1.15	Department of Health
		1,461,000
		1,790,000
		3,251,000
	
1.16	Metropolitan Council
		334,000
		405,000
		739,000
	
1.17	Public Facilities Authority
		18,160,000
		28,030,000
		46,190,000
	
1.18	Total
	$
	69,506,000
	$
	82,460,000
	$
	151,966,000

1.19	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.20 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.21 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the clean 
1.22 	water fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
1.23 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2010" and "2011" used 
1.24 	in this act mean that the appropriation listed under them are available for the fiscal year 
1.25 	ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. 
2.1 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 
2.2 	The appropriations in this act are onetime.

2.3				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.4				Available for the Year
	
2.5				Ending June 30
	
2.6					2010
		2011

2.7	Sec. 3. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	17,488,000
	$
	18,470,000
	
2.8 	(a) $5,964,000 the first year and $6,670,000 
2.9 	the second year are for statewide assessment 
2.10 	and monitoring of surface water quality and 
2.11 	trends.
2.12 	(b) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
2.13 	the second year are for total maximum daily 
2.14 	load (TMDL) development and TMDL 
2.15 	implementation plans for waters listed on 
2.16 	the United States Environmental Protection 
2.17 	Agency approved Impaired Waters List in 
2.18 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
2.19 	114D.
2.20 	(c) $1,500,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
2.21 	the second year are for civic engagement in 
2.22 	TMDL development.
2.23 	(d) $678,000 the first year and $800,000 the 
2.24 	second year are for groundwater assessment 
2.25 	and drinking water protection.
2.26 	(e) $346,000 the first year is for endocrine 
2.27 	disruptor monitoring and analysis. The 
2.28 	agency shall monitor and analyze endocrine 
2.29 	disruptors in surface waters in at least 20 
2.30 	additional sites. The data must be placed on 
2.31 	the agency's Web site.
2.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.33 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
3.1 	before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts in 
3.2 	this section are available until June 30, 2013.

3.3
3.4	Sec. 4. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	3,382,000
	$
	3,705,000
	
3.5 	(a) $890,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
3.6 	the second year are for work assisting in 
3.7 	water quality assessments in supporting the 
3.8 	identification of impaired waters.
3.9 	(b) $1,305,000 the first year and $1,305,000 
3.10 	the second year are for TMDL development 
3.11 	and TMDL implementation plans for waters 
3.12 	listed on the United States Environmental 
3.13 	Protection Agency approved Impaired 
3.14 	Waters List in accordance with Minnesota 
3.15 	Statutes, chapter 114D.
3.16 	(c) $848,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
3.17 	the second year are for nonpoint source 
3.18 	restoration and protection activities.
3.19 	(d) $339,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
3.20 	second year are for groundwater assessment 
3.21 	and drinking water protection activities.
3.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.23 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
3.24 	before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts in 
3.25 	this section are available until June 30, 2013.

3.26
3.27	Sec. 5. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	22,416,000
	$
	28,120,000
	
3.28 	(a) $7,904,000 the first year and $9,940,000 
3.29 	the second year are for targeted nonpoint 
3.30 	source pollution reduction projects to restore 
3.31 	water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams. At 
3.32 	least 93 percent of this amount must be made 
3.33 	available for grants.
4.1 	(b) $2,423,000 the first year and $3,120,000 
4.2 	the second year are for targeted nonpoint 
4.3 	restoration technical assistance and 
4.4 	engineering. At least 93 percent of this 
4.5 	amount must be made available for grants.
4.6 	(c) $2,009,000 the first year and $2,610,000 
4.7 	the second year are for grants to implement 
4.8 	county subsurface sewage treatment system 
4.9 	(SSTS) programs, including inventories, 
4.10 	development of databases and systems 
4.11 	to insure SSTS maintenance reporting 
4.12 	program results to the Board of Water and 
4.13 	Soil Resources and the Pollution Control 
4.14 	Agency, and base grants. Grants are limited 
4.15 	to counties with ordinances adopted pursuant 
4.16 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55, 
4.17 	subdivision 2.
4.18 	(d) $848,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
4.19 	the second year are for grants to address 
4.20 	imminent threat and failing subsurface 
4.21 	sewage treatment systems.
4.22 	(e) $2,523,000 the first year and $3,020,000 
4.23 	the second year are for feedlot water quality 
4.24 	grants to upgrade feedlots in riparian and 
4.25 	shoreland areas to address feedlot-related 
4.26 	water quality impacts.
4.27 	(f) $3,270,000 the first year and $4,120,000 
4.28 	the second year are for grants to support local 
4.29 	nonpoint source protection activities related 
4.30 	to lake and river protection and management.
4.31 	(g) $1,685,000 the first year and $2,010,000 
4.32 	the second year are for grants to implement 
4.33 	stream bank, stream channel, lakeshore, and 
4.34 	roadside protection and restoration projects.
5.1 	(h) $1,500,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
5.2 	the second year are for grants for civic 
5.3 	engagement and education in water 
5.4 	restoration and protection activities for 
5.5 	nonpoint sources.
5.6 	(i) $254,000 the first year and $300,000 
5.7 	the second year are for state oversight, 
5.8 	support, and accountability reporting of 
5.9 	local government implementation, including 
5.10 	an annual report prepared jointly by the 
5.11 	board and the commissioner of the Pollution 
5.12 	Control Agency to the legislature detailing 
5.13 	the recipients and projects funded under 
5.14 	paragraphs (a) to (h); the anticipated 
5.15 	water quality benefits of projects funded; 
5.16 	the relationship of restoration projects to 
5.17 	TMDL load allocations; the relationship 
5.18 	of protection projects to monitored water 
5.19 	quality trends; and individual county and 
5.20 	aggregated statewide progress in: (1) 
5.21 	identifying noncompliant SSTS, establishing 
5.22 	maintenance oversight systems, and SSTS 
5.23 	upgrades funded under paragraphs (c) and 
5.24 	(d); and (2) identifying and upgrading 
5.25 	open lot feedlots under 300 animal units in 
5.26 	shoreland.
5.27 	If the appropriations in paragraphs (a) to (i) in 
5.28 	either year are insufficient, the appropriation 
5.29 	in the other year is available for it. All of 
5.30 	the money appropriated in paragraphs (a) to 
5.31 	(i) as grants to local governments shall be 
5.32 	administered through the Board of Water 
5.33 	and Soil Resources' local water resources 
5.34 	protection and management program under 
5.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369.
6.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.2 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
6.3 	before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts in 
6.4 	this section are available until June 30, 2013.

6.5	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	6,265,000
	$
	1,940,000
	
6.6 	(a) $850,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
6.7 	the second year are for research, evaluation, 
6.8 	and effectiveness monitoring of agricultural 
6.9 	practices and load allocations and assisting 
6.10 	in TMDL development in restoring impaired 
6.11 	waters.
6.12 	(b) $4,619,000 the first year is for the 
6.13 	agricultural best management practices loan 
6.14 	program. At least $4,119,000 is available 
6.15 	for pass-through to local governments and 
6.16 	lenders for low-interest loans.
6.17 	(c) $254,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
6.18 	second year are for technical assistance in 
6.19 	developing TMDL plans.
6.20 	(d) $339,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
6.21 	second year are for groundwater assessment 
6.22 	and drinking water protection activities.
6.23 	(e) $203,000 the first year and $240,000 the 
6.24 	second year are for pesticide monitoring and 
6.25 	assessment.
6.26 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.27 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
6.28 	before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts in 
6.29 	this section are available until June 30, 2013.

6.30	Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	1,461,000
	$
	1,790,000
	
6.31 	(a) $422,000 the first year and $520,000 the 
6.32 	second year are for additional assessment of 
6.33 	drinking water contaminants.
7.1 	(b) $1,039,000 the first year and $1,270,000 
7.2 	the second year are for additional source 
7.3 	water protection activities.
7.4 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.5 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
7.6 	before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts in 
7.7 	this section are available until June 30, 2013.

7.8	Sec. 8. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	334,000
	$
	405,000
	
7.9 	$334,000 the first year and $405,000 the 
7.10 	second year are for implementation of the 
7.11 	master water supply plan developed under 
7.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.1565.

7.13	Sec. 9. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	18,160,000
	$
	28,030,000
	
7.14 	(a) $10,200,000 the first year and 
7.15 	$15,260,000 the second year are for total 
7.16 	maximum daily loads grants under Minnesota 
7.17 	Statutes, section 446A.073.
7.18 	(b) $5,728,000 the first year and $9,450,000 
7.19 	the second year are for phosphorus reduction 
7.20 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.21 	446A.074.
7.22 	(c) $2,036,000 the first year and $3,100,000 
7.23 	the second year are for small community 
7.24 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
7.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075.
7.26 	(d) $196,000 the first year and $220,000 
7.27 	the second year are for technical assistance 
7.28 	grants to small communities under the 
7.29 	small community treatment loan and grant 
7.30 	program.

7.31 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 114D.50, is amended to read:
7.32 	114D.50 CLEAN WATER FUND.
8.1 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The clean water fund is established in the Minnesota 
8.2 	Constitution, article XI, section 15. All money earned by the fund must be credited to 
8.3 	the fund.
8.4 		Subd. 2.Purposes. The clean water fund may be spent for the following purposes 
8.5 	to further the goals of this chapter:
8.6 	(1) to provide grants, loans, and technical assistance to public agencies and others 
8.7 	who are participating in the process of identifying impaired waters, developing TMDL's, 
8.8 	implementing restoration plans for impaired waters, and monitoring the effectiveness 
8.9 	of restoration; 
8.10 	(2) to support measures to prevent waters from becoming impaired and to improve 
8.11 	the quality of waters that are listed as impaired, but do not have an approved TMDL 
8.12 	addressing the impairment; 
8.13 	(3) to provide grants and loans for wastewater and storm water treatment projects 
8.14 	through the Public Facilities Authority;
8.15 	(4) to support the efforts of public agencies associated with subsurface sewage 
8.16 	treatment systems and financial assistance for upgrading and replacing the systems; and
8.17 	(5) to provide funds to state agencies to carry out their responsibilities under this 
8.18 	chapter.