2E Relating to environment, natural resources, commerce, energy, utilities and telecommunications funding

ARTICLE 1 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE

Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the pollution control agency (PCA) for water, air, land, environmental assistance and cross-media, and administrative support, to the department of natural resources (DNR) for land and resource management, ecological and water resources, forest management, parks and trails management, fish and wildlife management, enforcement, and operations support, to the board of soil and water resources (BWSR), to the metropolitan council, conservation corps Minnesota, and the zoological board; providing for the burial of certain materials on land used for farming and clarifying responsibility for the oversight of livestock mortality disposal; providing for land exchanges, scientific and natural areas; modifying management plan requirements for peatland scientific and natural areas; establishing a forests for the future conservation easement account; regulating nonresident off-road vehicle state trail passes; modifying certain comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training program requirements; modifying certain invasive species account requirements; modifying motorized vehicle trails restrictions; modifying certain match requirements for regional trails and trail connections grants; modifying state park fees deposit requirements; including Cedar River in marked state water trail designations; modifying certain barring vehicles from unsafe ice exceptions; requiring permits for snowmobile watercross events and practice sessions; specifying certain forest management investment account and cost certification requirements; modifying state forest campgrounds fee deposit requirements; changing membership requirements for the mineral coordinating committee and delaying the expiration date; establishing the peace officer training account, specifying certain deposit and use requirements; modifying certain game and fish fund provisions; expanding the definition of qualified service member or veterans for fishing and hunting preferences; permitting deer killed by a motor vehicle to be kept by the driver under certain conditions; allowing scopes on muzzleloaders; removing deer, moose and elk stand height restrictions; regulating portable deer stands on public lands; modifying bear hunting license drawing provisions; providing for beaver control by road authorities; limiting number of experimental and special management waters designated for northern pike; establishing the waterfowl management account; modifying certain water pollution enforcement funding deposit requirements; modifying certain environmental fund deposit requirements; modifying certain video display devices accounting duties of the PCA; modifying national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) feedlot permitting requirements; modifying feedlot permit animal unit determinations; modifying environmental review requirements for ethanol plants; eliminating specific requirements for rulemaking on the Mississippi River corridor critical area; providing for DNR participation in the comprehensive incident-based reporting system (CIBRS); modifying certain enforcement provisions for the use of firearm silencers for wildlife control; creating the Coon Rapids dam commission; requiring coordination with Wisconsin in establishing a phosphorus standard for Lake Pepin; authorizing the designation of the Paul Bunyan trail bridge in Baxter as the Terry McGaughey memorial bridge; providing development standards for the Mississippi River management plan for the historic village of Dayton; changing rules to allow spearing on Cass Lake; closing certain state tree nursery operations and requiring land sales; placing a moratorium on state agency water rulemaking for a certain period; requiring the department of administration in consultation with other state agencies to conduct a study identifying current surface and groundwater rules; initiating a process to amend standards for sulfates for class 4 waters containing wild rice and creating an advisory group; providing for certain fund transfers; specifying certain legislative report requirements; repealing certain provisions relating to the department of natural resources (DNR), state forests, Blakely state wayside, nursery and tree improvement plan, tree planting, producing and procuring planting stock, distributing plant stock, moose and elk stand restrictions and the Mississippi River corridor critical area

ARTICLE 2 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE TRUST FUND APPROPRIATIONS

Providing a summary of appropriations by fund from the environment and natural resources fund and the state land and water conservation account (LAWCON); appropriating money to the department of natural resources (DNR), the board of soil and water resources (BSWR), board of regents of the university of Minnesota (U of M), metropolitan council, commissioner of agriculture, Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU), legislative-citizen commission on Minnesota resources (LCCMR), and legislative coordinating commission (LCC), defining certain terms; appropriating money for natural resource data and information, land, habitat, and recreation, water resources, aquatic and terrestrial invasive species, renewable energy and air quality, environmental education, emerging issues, and administration and contract management; providing for availability of appropriations; specifying certain data availability requirements; imposing certain project compliance requirements; providing payment conditions and capital equipment expenditures; specifying purchase compliance requirements for recycled and recyclable materials; requiring energy conservation and sustainable building guidelines compliance; requiring accessibility design standards for structural and nonstructural facilities; providing for the carryforward of certain project appropriations; specifying certain easement monitoring and enforcement requirements; making certain appropriation adjustments for metropolitan conservation corridors, habitat conservation partnership, Avon Hills landscape preservation, new models for land-use planning, and the conservation-based development program

ARTICLE 3 - COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION FINANCE

Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the department of commerce for financial institutions examination services, the petroleum tank release cleanup board, certain administrative services, and market assurance; providing for certain transfers of money; modifying certain petroleum tank facility eligibility requirements for reimbursement costs; extending the sunset provision for the petroleum tank release cleanup board

ARTICLE 4 - ENERGY, UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FINANCE

Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for telecommunications, office of energy security and telecommunications access Minnesota and the public utilities commission (PUC); providing for certain transfers of money; requiring the commissioner of commerce to grant money for community energy technical assistance and outreach on renewable energy and energy efficiency
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