HF 2314

1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to environment and natural resources; appropriating money for 1.3environment and natural resources; modifying environmental assessment 1.4worksheet cost provisions; modifying payments in lieu of taxes; creating an 1.5account; modifying disposition of certain receipts;amending Minnesota Statutes 1.62008, sections 97A.061, subdivision 1; 103G.705, subdivision 2; 116D.045; 1.7477A.12, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 357.021, 1.8subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A. 1.9BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.10 Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.11     new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end 1.12 new text begin in this act. new text end 1.13 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end new text begin Total new text end 1.14 new text begin General new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (4,032,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (6,044,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (10,076,000) new text end 1.15 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 535,000 new text end new text begin 535,000 new text end 1.16 new text begin Game and Fish new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end 1.17 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (4,032,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (5,259,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (9,291,000) new text end 1.18 Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.19     new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown new text end 1.20 new text begin in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, to new text end 1.21 new text begin the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the new text end 1.22 new text begin general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for new text end 1.23 new text begin each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act mean that the addition to new text end 1.24 new text begin or subtraction from the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year new text end 1.25 new text begin ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. Supplemental appropriations and new text end 2.1 new text begin reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, are effective the new text end 2.2 new text begin day following final enactment. new text end 2.3 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.4 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.5 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.6 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 2.7 Sec. 3. new text begin POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY new text end 2.8 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 (535,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (630,000) new text end 2.9 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.10 new text begin General new text end new text begin (535,000) new text end new text begin (1,165,000) new text end 2.11 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 535,000 new text end 2.12 new text begin The appropriation additions or reductions new text end 2.13 new text begin for each purpose are shown in the following new text end 2.14 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 2.15 new text begin In order to leverage nonstate money or to new text end 2.16 new text begin address high priority needs identified by the new text end 2.17 new text begin commissioner, the commissioner may shift new text end 2.18 new text begin appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37, new text end 2.19 new text begin article 1, section 3, available in one fiscal new text end 2.20 new text begin year to the other fiscal year. Any adjustments new text end 2.21 new text begin made under this paragraph do not affect the new text end 2.22 new text begin agency base for the programs affected. new text end 2.23 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Water new text end new text begin (392,000) new text end new text begin (456,000) new text end 2.24 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.25 new text begin General new text end new text begin (392,000) new text end new text begin (991,000) new text end 2.26 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 535,000 new text end 2.27 new text begin The commissioner shall recover the cost new text end 2.28 new text begin of attorney general services related to new text end 2.29 new text begin environmental assessment worksheets from new text end 2.30 new text begin the project proposers. new text end 2.31 new text begin $485,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 2.32 new text begin appropriation for general water program new text end 2.33 new text begin operations. new text end 3.1 new text begin $485,000 is appropriated from the new text end 3.2 new text begin environmental fund for attorney general new text end 3.3 new text begin costs in water program operations. new text end 3.4 new text begin $140,000 in 2010 and $304,000 in 2011 are new text end 3.5 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for the clean new text end 3.6 new text begin water partnership program. new text end 3.7 new text begin $152,000 in 2010 and $152,000 in 2011 new text end 3.8 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for the new text end 3.9 new text begin county feedlot grant program. new text end 3.10 new text begin $100,000 in 2010 is a reduction in the new text end 3.11 new text begin appropriation for stormwater compliance new text end 3.12 new text begin grants. new text end 3.13 new text begin $50,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 3.14 new text begin appropriation for grants to the Red River new text end 3.15 new text begin Watershed Management Board for the river new text end 3.16 new text begin watch program. new text end 3.17 new text begin $50,000 in 2011 is appropriated from the new text end 3.18 new text begin environmental fund for grants to the Red new text end 3.19 new text begin River Watershed Management Board for the new text end 3.20 new text begin river watch program. new text end 3.21 3.22 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Environmental Assistance and new text end new text begin Cross-Media new text end new text begin (61,000) new text end new text begin (95,000) new text end 3.23 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Administrative Support new text end new text begin (82,000) new text end new text begin (79,000) new text end 3.24 Sec. 4. new text begin NATURAL RESOURCES new text end 3.25 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 (2,501,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (3,184,000) new text end 3.26 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.27 new text begin General new text end new text begin (2,501,000) new text end new text begin (3,434,000) new text end 3.28 new text begin Game and Fish new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end 3.29 new text begin The appropriation additions or reductions new text end 3.30 new text begin for each purpose are shown in the following new text end 3.31 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 3.32 new text begin In order to leverage nonstate money, or to new text end 3.33 new text begin address high priority needs identified by the new text end 4.1 new text begin commissioner, the commissioner may shift new text end 4.2 new text begin appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37, new text end 4.3 new text begin article 1, section 4, available in one fiscal new text end 4.4 new text begin year to the other fiscal year. Any adjustments new text end 4.5 new text begin made under this paragraph do not affect the new text end 4.6 new text begin agency base for the programs affected. new text end 4.7 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Lands and Minerals new text end new text begin (315,000) new text end new text begin (333,000) new text end 4.8 new text begin $124,000 in 2010 and $124,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.9 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for land and new text end 4.10 new text begin mineral resources management operations. new text end 4.11 new text begin $67,000 in 2010 and $85,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.12 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for the iron new text end 4.13 new text begin ore cooperative research program. new text end 4.14 new text begin $6,000 in 2010 and $6,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.15 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for minerals new text end 4.16 new text begin cooperative research. new text end 4.17 new text begin $115,000 in 2010 and $115,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.18 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for issuing new text end 4.19 new text begin mining permits in Laws 2009, chapter 88, new text end 4.20 new text begin article 12, section 22. new text end 4.21 new text begin $3,000 in 2010 and $3,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.22 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for minerals new text end 4.23 new text begin diversification. new text end 4.24 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Water Resource Management new text end new text begin (447,000) new text end new text begin (533,000) new text end 4.25 new text begin $447,000 in 2010 and $447,000 in 2011 are new text end 4.26 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for water new text end 4.27 new text begin resource management operations. new text end 4.28 new text begin $60,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 4.29 new text begin appropriation for grants to the Mississippi new text end 4.30 new text begin Headwaters Board. new text end 4.31 new text begin $5,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 4.32 new text begin appropriation for the payment to the Leech new text end 4.33 new text begin Lake Band of Chippewa Indians. new text end 5.1 new text begin $10,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 5.2 new text begin appropriation for the construction of ring new text end 5.3 new text begin dikes. new text end 5.4 new text begin $11,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 5.5 new text begin appropriation for the Red River flood damage new text end 5.6 new text begin reduction grants. new text end 5.7 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Forest Management new text end new text begin (815,000) new text end new text begin (665,000) new text end 5.8 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 5.9 new text begin General new text end new text begin (815,000) new text end new text begin (915,000) new text end 5.10 new text begin Game and Fish new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end 5.11 new text begin $617,000 in 2010 and $617,000 in 2011 are new text end 5.12 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for forest new text end 5.13 new text begin management. new text end 5.14 new text begin $82,000 in 2010 and $82,000 in 2011 are new text end 5.15 new text begin reductions in the appropriations to maintain new text end 5.16 new text begin forest management operations. new text end 5.17 new text begin $72,000 in 2010 and $72,000 in 2011 new text end 5.18 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 5.19 new text begin prevention, presuppression, and suppression new text end 5.20 new text begin costs of emergency firefighting. new text end 5.21 new text begin $14,000 in 2010 and $14,000 in 2011 are new text end 5.22 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for the new text end 5.23 new text begin FORIST system. new text end 5.24 new text begin $30,000 in 2010 and $130,000 in 2011 are new text end 5.25 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for grants to new text end 5.26 new text begin the Forest Resources Council. new text end 5.27 new text begin $250,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated new text end 5.28 new text begin from the game and fish fund to maintain and new text end 5.29 new text begin expand the ecological classification system new text end 5.30 new text begin program on state forest lands. This is a new text end 5.31 new text begin onetime appropriation. new text end 5.32 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Parks and Trails Management new text end new text begin (565,000) new text end new text begin (565,000) new text end 6.1 new text begin $490,000 in 2010 and $490,000 in 2011 are new text end 6.2 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for parks new text end 6.3 new text begin management. new text end 6.4 new text begin $75,000 in 2010 and $75,000 in 2011 are new text end 6.5 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for trails and new text end 6.6 new text begin waterways management. new text end 6.7 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Fish and Wildlife Management new text end new text begin -0- new text end new text begin (400,000) new text end 6.8 new text begin $400,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 6.9 new text begin appropriation for wildlife health programs. new text end 6.10 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Ecological Services new text end new text begin (213,000) new text end new text begin (188,000) new text end 6.11 new text begin $168,000 in 2010 and $168,000 in 2011 new text end 6.12 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 6.13 new text begin ecological services operations. new text end 6.14 new text begin $45,000 in 2010 and $20,000 in 2011 are new text end 6.15 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for the new text end 6.16 new text begin prevention of the spread of invasive species. new text end 6.17 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Enforcement new text end new text begin (136,000) new text end new text begin (400,000) new text end 6.18 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Operations Support new text end new text begin (10,000) new text end new text begin (100,000) new text end 6.19 6.20 Sec. 5. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL new text end new text begin RESOURCES new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (884,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (1,145,000) new text end 6.21 new text begin $119,000 in 2010 and $119,000 in 2011 new text end 6.22 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 6.23 new text begin administration. new text end 6.24 new text begin $33,000 in 2010 and $33,000 in 2011 are new text end 6.25 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for Wetland new text end 6.26 new text begin Conservation Act oversight. new text end 6.27 new text begin $14,000 in 2010 and $14,000 in 2011 new text end 6.28 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 6.29 new text begin assistance to local drainage officials. new text end 6.30 new text begin $258,000 in 2010 and $251,000 in 2011 are new text end 6.31 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for natural new text end 6.32 new text begin resources block grants to local governments. new text end 7.1 new text begin $228,000 in 2010 and $228,000 in 2011 are new text end 7.2 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for general new text end 7.3 new text begin purpose grants to soil and water conservation new text end 7.4 new text begin districts. new text end 7.5 new text begin $32,000 in 2010 and $32,000 in 2011 new text end 7.6 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 7.7 new text begin cost-share feedlot grants. new text end 7.8 new text begin $105,000 in 2010 and $72,000 in 2011 new text end 7.9 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 7.10 new text begin cost-share grants. new text end 7.11 new text begin $67,000 in 2010 and $58,000 in 2011 new text end 7.12 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 7.13 new text begin cost-share grants to establish and maintain new text end 7.14 new text begin riparian vegetative buffers. new text end 7.15 new text begin $7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are new text end 7.16 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for county new text end 7.17 new text begin cooperative weed management programs. new text end 7.18 new text begin $7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are new text end 7.19 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for transfers new text end 7.20 new text begin to the Department of Natural Resources for new text end 7.21 new text begin enforcement of the Wetland Conservation new text end 7.22 new text begin Act. new text end 7.23 new text begin $7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are new text end 7.24 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for grants to new text end 7.25 new text begin local units of government in the 11-county new text end 7.26 new text begin metropolitan area for response to Wetland new text end 7.27 new text begin Conservation Act violations. new text end 7.28 new text begin $7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are new text end 7.29 new text begin reductions in the appropriations for cost-share new text end 7.30 new text begin grants for drainage records modernization. new text end 7.31 new text begin $90,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 7.32 new text begin appropriation for the grant to the Red River new text end 7.33 new text begin Basin Commission. new text end 8.1 new text begin $90,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 8.2 new text begin appropriation for the grant to the Minnesota new text end 8.3 new text begin River Basin Joint Powers Board. new text end 8.4 new text begin $130,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the new text end 8.5 new text begin appropriation for a grant to Area II, new text end 8.6 new text begin Minnesota River Basin Projects for flood new text end 8.7 new text begin plain management. new text end 8.8 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, new text end 8.9 new text begin sections 103B.3369 and 103C.501, in order new text end 8.10 new text begin to leverage nonstate money or to address new text end 8.11 new text begin high priority needs identified by board new text end 8.12 new text begin resolution, the board may shift appropriations new text end 8.13 new text begin in Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section new text end 8.14 new text begin 5, available in one fiscal year to the other new text end 8.15 new text begin fiscal year. Any adjustments made under this new text end 8.16 new text begin paragraph do not affect the agency base for new text end 8.17 new text begin the programs affected. new text end 8.18 Sec. 6. new text begin METROPOLITAN COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (112,000) new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin (300,000) new text end 8.19 new text begin $112,000 in 2010 and $300,000 in 2011 new text end 8.20 new text begin are reductions in the appropriations for new text end 8.21 new text begin metropolitan parks and trails. new text end 8.22 8.23 Sec. 7. new text begin TRANSFERS AND new text end new text begin CANCELLATIONS. new text end 8.24 8.25 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Natural new text end new text begin Resources new text end 8.26 new text begin (a) The appropriation in Laws 2007, First new text end 8.27 new text begin Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, new text end 8.28 new text begin for cost-share flood programs in southeastern new text end 8.29 new text begin Minnesota is reduced by $335,000 and that new text end 8.30 new text begin amount is canceled to the general fund. new text end 8.31 new text begin (b) The balance of surcharges on criminal and new text end 8.32 new text begin traffic offenders, estimated to be $900,000, new text end 8.33 new text begin and credited to the game and fish fund new text end 8.34 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 357.021, new text end 9.1 new text begin subdivision 7, and collected prior to June 30, new text end 9.2 new text begin 2010, must be transferred to the general fund. new text end 9.3 new text begin (c) By June 30, 2010, the commissioner of new text end 9.4 new text begin management and budget shall transfer any new text end 9.5 new text begin remaining balance, estimated to be $98,000, new text end 9.6 new text begin from the stream protection and improvement new text end 9.7 new text begin fund under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 9.8 new text begin 103G.705, to the general fund. Beginning new text end 9.9 new text begin in fiscal year 2011, all repayment of loans new text end 9.10 new text begin made and administrative fees assessed under new text end 9.11 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.705, must new text end 9.12 new text begin be transferred to the general fund. new text end 9.13 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Board of Water and Soil Resources new text end 9.14 new text begin (a) The amounts appropriated from the new text end 9.15 new text begin returned grant accounts in the special revenue new text end 9.16 new text begin fund are reduced by $310,000, and that new text end 9.17 new text begin amount must be transferred to the general new text end 9.18 new text begin fund by June 30, 2011. new text end 9.19 new text begin (b) The appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter new text end 9.20 new text begin 363, article 5, section 5, for cost-share new text end 9.21 new text begin flood work is reduced by $245,000, and that new text end 9.22 new text begin amount is canceled to the general fund. new text end 9.23 new text begin (c) The appropriation in Laws 2007, chapter new text end 9.24 new text begin 57, article 1, section 5, for clean water legacy new text end 9.25 new text begin programs and grants is reduced by $775,000, new text end 9.26 new text begin and that amount is canceled to the general new text end 9.27 new text begin fund. new text end 9.28 new text begin (d) The appropriation in Laws 2007, First new text end 9.29 new text begin Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 6, new text end 9.30 new text begin for cost-share flood programs in southeastern new text end 9.31 new text begin Minnesota is reduced by $553,000, and that new text end 9.32 new text begin amount is canceled to the general fund. new text end 9.33    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 10.1    Subdivision 1. Applicability; amount. (a) The commissioner shall annually make a 10.2payment to each county having public hunting areas and game refuges. Money to make 10.3the payments is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. Except as 10.4provided in paragraph (b), this section does not apply to state trust fund land and other 10.5state land not purchased for game refuge or public hunting purposes. Except as provided 10.6in paragraph (b), the payment shall be new text begin 87 percent for fiscal year 2011 and 93.5 percent new text end 10.7 new text begin thereafter of new text end the greatest of: 10.8(1) 35 percent of the gross receipts from all special use permits and leases of land 10.9acquired for public hunting and game refuges; 10.10(2) 50 cents per acre on land purchased actually used for public hunting or game 10.11refuges; or 10.12(3) three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of purchased land actually 10.13used for public hunting and game refuges. 10.14(b) The payment shall be 50 percent of the dollar amount adjusted for inflation as 10.15determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), multiplied 10.16by the number of acres of land in the county that are owned by another state agency for 10.17military purposes and designated as a game refuge under section 97A.085. 10.18(c) The payment must be reduced by the amount paid under subdivision 3 for 10.19croplands managed for wild geese. 10.20(d) The appraised value is the purchase price for five years after acquisition. 10.21The appraised value shall be determined by the county assessor every five years after 10.22acquisition. 10.23    Sec. 9. new text begin [97A.072] PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACCOUNT. new text end 10.24     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Account established; sources. new text end new text begin The peace officer training account is new text end 10.25 new text begin created in the game and fish fund in the state treasury. Revenue from the portion of the new text end 10.26 new text begin surcharges assessed to criminal and traffic offenders in section 357.021, subdivision 7, new text end 10.27 new text begin clause (1), shall be deposited in the account and is appropriated to the commissioner. new text end 10.28 new text begin Money in the account may be spent only for the purposes provided in subdivision 2. new text end 10.29     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Purposes of account. new text end new text begin Money in the peace officer training account new text end 10.30 new text begin may only be spent by the commissioner for peace officer training for employees of the new text end 10.31 new text begin Department of Natural Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863 new text end 10.32 new text begin to enforce game and fish laws. new text end 10.33    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.705, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 11.1    Subd. 2. Stream protection and improvement fund. There is established in the 11.2state treasury a stream protection and redevelopment fund. All repayments of loans 11.3made and administrative fees assessed under subdivision 1 must be deposited in this 11.4fund. Interest earned on money in the fund accrues to the fund and money in the fund 11.5is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for purposes of the stream 11.6protection and redevelopment program, including costs incurred by the commissioner to 11.7establish and administer the program. new text begin Beginning in fiscal year 2010, all repayments of new text end 11.8 new text begin loans made and administrative fees assessed under subdivision 1 must be transferred new text end 11.9 new text begin to the general fund. This includes any balance within the fund from repayments and new text end 11.10 new text begin administrative fees assessed prior to July 1, 2009. new text end 11.11    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116D.045, is amended to read: 11.12116D.045 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; new text begin REVIEW new text end COSTS. 11.13    Subdivision 1. Assessment. new text begin (a) new text end The board shall by rule adopt procedures to assess 11.14the proposer of a specific action for reasonable costs of preparing and distributing an 11.15environmental impact statement on that action required pursuant to section 116D.04. 11.16Such new text begin The new text end costs shall be determined by the responsible governmental unit pursuant to the 11.17rules promulgated by the board. 11.18 new text begin (b) A responsible government unit shall assess the proposer of a specific action for new text end 11.19 new text begin the reasonable costs of preparing and distributing an environmental assessment worksheet new text end 11.20 new text begin on that action required under section 116D.04 in accordance with Minnesota Rules, parts new text end 11.21 new text begin 4410.6100 and 4410.6200, except that a local unit of government is exempt from paying new text end 11.22 new text begin the equivalent of the first ten hours of the assessed reasonable costs of preparing and new text end 11.23 new text begin distributing the environmental assessment worksheet. This paragraph is not subject to the new text end 11.24 new text begin rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 14.386 does not apply. new text end 11.25    Subd. 2. Modification. In the event of a disagreement between the proposer of the 11.26action and the responsible governmental unit over the cost of an environmental impact 11.27statement new text begin or environmental assessment worksheet new text end , the responsible governmental unit shall 11.28consult with the board, which may modify the cost or determine that the cost assessed by 11.29the responsible governmental unit is reasonable. 11.30    Subd. 3. Use of assessment. The responsible governmental unit shall assess the 11.31project proposer for reasonable costs in preparing and distributing the environmental 11.32impact statement new text begin or environmental assessment worksheet new text end and the proposer shall pay the 11.33assessed cost to the responsible governmental unit. Money received under this subdivision 11.34by a responsible governmental unit may be retained by the unit for the same purposes. 12.1Money received by a state agency must be credited to a special account and is appropriated 12.2to the agency to cover the assessed costs incurred. 12.3    Subd. 4. Partial cost to be paid. No responsible governmental unit shall commence 12.4the preparation of an environmental impact statement new text begin or environmental assessment new text end 12.5 new text begin worksheet new text end until at least one-half of the assessed cost of the environmental impact statement 12.6 new text begin or environmental assessment worksheet new text end is paid pursuant to subdivision 3. Other laws 12.7notwithstanding, no state agency may issue any permits for the construction or operation 12.8of a project for which an environmental impact statement new text begin or environmental assessment new text end 12.9 new text begin worksheet new text end is prepared until the assessed cost for the environmental impact statement new text begin or new text end 12.10 new text begin environmental assessment worksheet new text end has been paid in full. 12.11    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 357.021, subdivision 7, is 12.12amended to read: 12.13    Subd. 7. Disbursement of surcharges by commissioner of management and 12.14budget. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner of 12.15management and budget shall disburse surcharges received under subdivision 6 and 12.16section 97A.065, subdivision 2, as follows: 12.17    (1) new text begin beginning July 1, 2010, new text end one percent shall be credited to the new text begin peace officer training new text end 12.18 new text begin account in the new text end game and fish fund new text begin and appropriated to the commissioner of natural new text end 12.19 new text begin resources new text end to provide peace officer training for employees of the Department of Natural 12.20Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace 12.21officer authority for the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws; 12.22    (2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers training account in the special 12.23revenue fund; and 12.24    (3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund. 12.25    (b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit $3 of each surcharge 12.26received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, to the general fund. 12.27    (c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph (a), the commissioner of 12.28management and budget shall credit $47 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6 12.29and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, and the $12 parking surcharge, to the general fund. 12.30    (d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes imposition of the 12.31additional $1 surcharge provided for in subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator 12.32in the Second Judicial District shall transmit the surcharge to the commissioner of 12.33management and budget. The $1 special surcharge is deposited in a Ramsey County 12.34surcharge account in the special revenue fund and amounts in the account are appropriated 13.1to the trial courts for the administration of the petty misdemeanor diversion program 13.2operated by the Second Judicial District Ramsey County Violations Bureau. 13.3    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 477A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 13.4    Subdivision 1. Types of land; payments. (a) As an offset for expenses incurred by 13.5counties and towns in support of natural resources lands, new text begin 87 percent for fiscal year 2011 new text end 13.6 new text begin and 93.5 percent thereafter of new text end the following amounts are annually appropriated to the 13.7commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for transfer to the commissioner 13.8of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the transferred funds to counties as 13.9required by sections 477A.11 to 477A.145. The amounts are: 13.10(1) for acquired natural resources land, $3, as adjusted for inflation under section 13.11477A.145 , multiplied by the total number of acres of acquired natural resources land or, 13.12at the county's option three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of all acquired 13.13natural resources land in the county, whichever is greater; 13.14(2) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the 13.15number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land; 13.16(3) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the total 13.17number of acres of land utilization project land; and 13.18(4) 37.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the 13.19number of acres of commissioner-administered other natural resources land located in 13.20each county as of July 1 of each year prior to the payment year. 13.21(b) The amount determined under paragraph (a), clause (1), is payable for land 13.22that is acquired from a private owner and owned by the Department of Transportation 13.23for the purpose of replacing wetland losses caused by transportation projects, but only 13.24if the county contains more than 500 acres of such land at the time the certification is 13.25made under subdivision 2.