Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMERCE APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the pollution control agency (PCA) for water program operations, air monitoring, land protection, environmental assistance and cross-media purposes and administrative support; appropriating money to the department of natural resources (DNR) for land and mineral resources management, ecological and water resource purposes, forest management, parks and trails management, fish and wildlife management, and for certain enforcement and operations support purposes; appropriating money to the board of water and soil resources (BWSR), the metropolitan council, the conservation corps of Minnesota and the zoological board; appropriating money to the department of commerce for financial institution regulation, to the petroleum tank release compensation board, for certain administrative services, telecommunications, enforcement, energy resources and insurance purposes; appropriating money to the public utilities commission

ARTICLE 2 - ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, AND COMMERCE POLICY

Classifying trade secret information submitted to the pollution control (PCA) agency under product stewardship programs; eliminating the school trust lands director; increasing insurance agent appointment fees; modifying provisions relating to state park reservation system revenue proceeds; eliminating the state park permit requirement for the La Salle Lake state recreation area; authorizing quarterly transfers to the forest management investment account; modifying state forest leases and permits provisions, providing for application fees and modifying lease requirements; modifying application fees for stockpiled iron ore; defining scram mining and providing for the term of a scram mining permit; requiring a permit release application fee; requiring a preapplication conference and site visit prior to an application for a permit to mine; modifying certain reclamation fees and provisions; establishing a mineral data and inspections administration account; requiring a drill core library data access fee; establishing a state-owned construction aggregates reclamation account; establishing a state-owned construction aggregates reclamation fee; modifying certain provisions relating to school trust lands; authorizing the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) to collect a civil penalty for capturing nonnative or domestic animals; modifying Take a Kid Fishing Weekends provisions; providing for resident spear fishing for youth over age 16 or over and under age 18; authorizing nonresidents under age 16 to obtain a small game license; modifying residents and nonresidents under age 16 big game hunting provisions; modifying hunting fees for young hunters; modifying issuing fees for persons authorized to sell licenses; modifying certain provisions relating to fees related to the harvest of aquatic plants; establishing a exploratory boring inspection fee; establishing a wastewater laboratory certification process; establishing a carpet product stewardship program and plan, an architectural paint product stewardship program and plan and a primary batteries product stewardship program and plan, requiring a report to the legislature on the implementation of the plans; modifying provisions relating to school trust fund lands, eliminating the school trust lands director; authorizing clean water fund money to be used to leverage federal funds through formal project partnership agreements execution; modifying pollution control agency (PCA), commissioner of agriculture, emergency response commission, and municipal landfill abatement reporting requirements; defining institutional controls as corrective action under the petroleum tank release cleanup provisions and modifying fund property acquisition expenditure requirements; providing for disposition of property acquired for corrective action; modifying
PCA storage tank affidavit requirements; repealing obsolete state agency
rules; providing for rulemaking relating to industrial minerals and nonferrous mineral leases, permits to mine, and wildlife restitution value for sandhill cranes; repealing provisions related to big game hunting license requirements, sanitary districts and the appointment, qualifications, duties and compensation of a school trust land director
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