1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money from the clean water fund for 
1.3 	a water quality pilot program on Green Lake in Kandiyohi County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WATER QUALITY PILOT PROGRAM; GREEN 
1.6 	LAKE.
 1.7 	(a) $780,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the 
1.8 	Board of Water and Soil Resources for a grant to Middle Fork Crow River Watershed 
1.9 	District for a water quality pilot program on Green Lake in Kandiyohi County. Of this 
1.10 	amount:
1.11 	(1) $565,000 is for stormwater projects to reduce sediment and nutrients;
1.12 	(2) $90,000 is for inlet correction and watershed stabilization;
1.13 	(3) $80,000 is for survey and control of Eurasian water milfoil;
1.14 	(4) $15,000 is for community education outreach;
1.15 	(5) $15,000 is for tree planting for hydrologic benefit; and
1.16 	(6) $15,000 is for monitoring, program evaluation, and report preparation.
1.17 	(b) The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District shall report on the activities 
1.18 	and expenditures related to the pilot program created in paragraph (a) and prepare an 
1.19 	evaluation of the pilot program in improving water quality and controlling Eurasian water 
1.20 	milfoil. By January 15, 2012, the report shall be submitted to the house of representatives 
1.21 	and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural 
1.22 	resources policy and finance and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources.
1.23 	(c) This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2012.