1E Relating to natural resources; legacy bill

ARTICLE 1 - OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

Appropriating money for outdoor heritage purposes; appropriating money for prairie projects including Minnesota buffers for wildlife and water - phase II, the Minnesota prairie recovery project - phase III, Cannon River headwaters habitat complex - phase II, wildlife management area acquisition, northern tallgrass prairie national wildlife refuge land acquisition - phase IV, accelerating the wildlife management area program - phase IV, the green corridor legacy program - phase IV, accelerated prairie restoration and enhancement on department of natural resources (DNR) lands - phase IV, Anoka sand plain habitat restoration and enhancement - phase II, and enhanced public grasslands; appropriating money for forest projects including protecting Mississippi River corridor habitat ACUB partnership - phase II, the Mississippi Northwoods habitat complex protection, northeastern Minnesota sharp-tailed grouse habitat partnership - phase III, key forest habitat lands protection in Cass county - phase III, the Minnesota moose habitat collaborative, and protecting critical Minnesota headwaters habitat on LaSalle Lake; appropriating money for wetland projects including the reinvest in Minnesota wetlands reserve program partnership - phase IV, accelerating the waterfowl production area program - phase IV, the Columbus Lake conservation area, the living shallow lakes and wetlands initiative - phase II, the accelerated shallow lakes and wetlands enhancement - phase IV, and Marsh Lake enhancement; appropriating money for habitat projects including DNR aquatic habitat - phase IV, metro big rivers habitat - phase III, Dakota county riparian and lakeshore protection and management - phase III, lower St. Louis River habitat restoration, coldwater fish habitat enhancement Phase IV, Grand Marais Creek outlet restoration, Knife River habitat restoration, aquatic habitat protection from Asian carp, and outdoor heritage conservation partners grant program - phase IV; appropriating money for administration procedures including contract management and a technical evaluation panel to conduct restoration evaluations, specifying the availability of the appropriations, payment conditions and capital equipment expenditures; requiring certain periodic accomplishment reports; specifying project requirements, recycled and recyclable materials purchase requirements, land acquisition restrictions, real property interest report requirements, easement monitoring and enforcement requirements, successor organization requirements relating to the outdoor heritage fund, and providing fee title acquisition open season regulations; applying legacy funding requirements

ARTICLE 2 - CLEAN WATER FUND

Authorizing the pollution control agency (PCA) to reimburse clean water council legislative members for expenses; modifying certain ethanol plant conditions for the wastewater capital grant program; increasing a certain prior appropriation to the board of water and soil resources (BWSR) for pollution and restoration grants, targeted local resource protection and
enhancement grants, specifying certain oversight and accountability provisions relating to program implementation by local governments including the development of an electronic tracking system; modifying appropriations and certain provisions relating to the conservation drainage program and wellhead protection; appropriating money to the board of regents of the University of Minnesota to develop and implement an aquatic invasive species cooperative research center; applying legacy funding requirements

ARTICLE 3 - PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

Modifying certain grant amount provisions under the parks and trails grant program, specifying additional consideration to applicants providing a nonstate cash match; modifying certain metropolitan council prior appropriation availability provisions

ARTICLE 4 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND

Modifying certain prior appropriations for land, habitat and recreation relating to LaSalle Lake state recreation area acquisition, emerging issues including aquatic invasive species programs; appropriating money to the board of regents of the University of Minnesota for an aquatic invasive species cooperative research center

ARTICLE 5 - ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

Modifying the grant agreements validity requirements; allowing encumbrances for nongovernmental pharmaceutical contracting alliance grants to be certified for an extended period; transferring film production jobs program administrative oversight and control from the Explore Minnesota Tourism director to the commissioner of administration; modifying certain prior appropriations for the Minnesota historical society for statewide historic and cultural grants, programs, history partnerships and appropriating money for sesquicentennial commemoration activities; appropriating money to the commissioner of administration for commemoration programming grants to public broadcasting organizations and for a grant to the Minnesota film and TV board for a new competitive; appropriating money to the revisor of statutes for the development of a historical rulemaking Web site; applying legacy funding requirements

ARTICLE 6 - GENERAL

Specifying certain project information withholding requirements for an individual minor on the constitutionally dedicated funds accountability Web site maintained by the legislative coordinating commission (LCC)
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