4E Relating to state government; appropriating money from constitutionally dedicated funds; modifying certain statutory provisions and laws for environment, natural resources, outdoor heritage and energy; modifying fees, accounts, disposition of certain receipts and audit requirements; providing for certain registration, training and licensing exemptions; modifying outdoor recreation and recreational vehicle provisions; modifying the water law; regulating public utilities; modifying and establishing programs; requiring studies and reports; modifying and requiring the transfer of appropriations; appropriating money

ARTICLE 1 - OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

Appropriating money from constitutionally dedicated funds for outdoor heritage purposes; specifying funding requirements for prairies, forests, wetlands, habitat and administration; providing for availability of appropriation, accomplishment plans, project requirements, payment conditions and capital equipment expenditures, purchase of recycled and recyclable materials, accessibility, land acquisition restrictions, real property interest reporting and successor organizations; requiring certain restoration evaluations; modifying certain provisions regulating the Lessard outdoor heritage council and funds; requiring a land management recommendations report to the legislature; repealing certain definitions relating to natural resources

ARTICLE 2 - CLEAN WATER FUND

Modifying membership requirements and the expiration date of the metropolitan area water supply advisory committee; adjusting certain 2009 clean water fund appropriations; appropriating money to the pollution control agency, department of natural resources and the board of soil and water resources

ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

Specifying certain general fund reimbursement requirements for legislative auditor costs in examining financial activities of legacy funds; modifying logo and signage requirements; modifying legislative guide requirements; providing for funds carryover; authorizing acquisition of certain property by the Minneapolis park and recreation board; providing use of carryforward money for audit costs; repealing the 25-year strategic plan for expenditures

ARTICLE 4 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Modifying various environment and natural resources provisions; modifying certain administrative accounts; modifying electronic transaction provisions; authorizing joint applications for residential use for a utility license on state lands, modifying fees; providing for certain registration exemptions; modifying all-terrain vehicle definitions; exempting Indian tribal government (native American) owned off-highway motorcycles, off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles (ATV) and watercraft (boats) from motor vehicle registration and licensing requirements; modifying all-terrain vehicle operation restrictions; requiring the drainage of water from watercraft before transportation on public roads; modifying state trails and canoe and boating routes; modifying fees and disposition of certain receipts; modifying disabled veterans free state park permit eligibility requirements; modifying certain competitive bidding exemptions; modifying horse trail pass provisions; modifying rowing team members flotation device requirements; modifying leases and permits for hunting of wild game on forest land; providing a watershed management policy; appointing a subsurface sewage treatment systems implementation and enforcement task force; specifying certain environmental impact statement requirements; modifying environmental review provisions; modifying beaver dam provisions; modifying the Water Law; modifying nongame wildlife checkoffs; requiring a school trust lands study; establishing the Coon Rapids Dam commission; providing for solid waste facility financial assurance mechanisms; providing a subsurface sewage treatment system ordinance adoption delay; requiring a natural resources long-range budget analysis; requiring a report on wind energy systems on state-owned lands; appropriating money for peace officer training, state water trails, the Moose Trail and the ecological classification program; providing a parks and trails appropriation, lottery-in-lieu revenue; establishing the Cannon River refuse management pilot project

ARTICLE 5 - ENERGY

Modifying a legislative energy commission provision relating to assessments; modifying renewable development account transfer requirements; establishing a program to provide rebates for solar photovoltaic modules; appropriating money; modifying the definition of green economy; regulating utility rates charged to low-income customers; providing for inverted block rates; allowing for advance determination of prudence determination by public utilities commission (PUC) for certain environmental projects of a public utility; exempting supportive housing from the separate metering requirement for electric service; authorizing energy forward pricing mechanisms; authorizing wind and solar business entity participation in energy related projects involving Hennepin county; authorizing the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul to expand certain residential energy conservation programs to include commercial and industrial property; expanding small energy efficiency grant program to include commercial buildings; requiring a certificate of need for certain urban transmission lines; specifying certain neighborhood energy reduction report requirements; clarifying a certain appropriation to the commissioner of commerce; appropriating money for a grant to Minneapolis for certain high-voltage transmission line report requirements
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