1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from the outdoor heritage 
1.3 	fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage 
1.4 	fund; establishing policy on milkweed; modifying provisions of Lessard-Sams 
1.5 	Outdoor Heritage Council and Clean Water Council; modifying Water Law; 
1.6 	modifying use of legacy funds; modifying previous appropriations; modifying 
1.7 	certain grant eligibility; requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
1.8 	sections 16B.24, by adding a subdivision; 85.53, subdivision 2; 97A.056, 
1.9 	subdivisions 2, 8, 11, by adding subdivisions; 103A.206; 103B.101, by adding 
1.10 	a subdivision; 103C.101, by adding a subdivision; 103C.401, subdivision 1; 
1.11 	103C.501, subdivision 5; 114D.30, subdivision 2; 114D.50, subdivision 4; 
1.12 	129D.17, subdivision 2; Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 
1.13 	5; Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 6; article 3, section 4; Laws 2014, 
1.14 	chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5; Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 
1.15 	10, subdivision 12; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
1.16 	84; 103B.
1.17 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.18 	ARTICLE 1
1.19 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.20	Section 1. OUTDOOR HERITAGE APPROPRIATION.
 	
1.21 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.22 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
1.23 	outdoor heritage fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2016" 
1.24 	and "2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are 
1.25 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, respectively. The 
1.26 	"first year" is fiscal year 2016. The "second year" is fiscal year 2017. The "biennium" is 
1.27 	fiscal years 2016 and 2017, respectively. The appropriations in this article are onetime.

2.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.2				Available for the Year
	
2.3				Ending June 30
	
2.4					2016
		2017

2.5	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

2.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	99,386,000
	$
	607,000
	
2.7 	This appropriation is from the outdoor 
2.8 	heritage fund. The amounts that may be 
2.9 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
2.10 	following subdivisions.

2.11	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		40,948,000
		-0-

2.12
2.13
2.14	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VII
					
2.15 	$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 
2.16 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
2.17 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
2.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.19 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee 
2.20 	for scientific and natural area purposes 
2.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.22 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
2.23 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
2.24 	must be given to acquisition of lands that 
2.25 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
2.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
2.27 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
2.28 	proposed land and permanent conservation 
2.29 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
2.30 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

2.31
2.32	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VII
					
2.33 	$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 
2.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.35 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
3.1 	land in fee for wildlife management area 
3.2 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.3 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
3.4 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
3.5 	priority must be given to acquisition of 
3.6 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
3.7 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.8 	84.96, or lands adjacent to protected native 
3.9 	prairie. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
3.10 	must be provided as part of the required 
3.11 	accomplishment plan.

3.12
3.13	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VI
					
3.14 	$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 
3.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.16 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy 
3.17 	to acquire native prairie, wetlands, and 
3.18 	savanna and restore and enhance grasslands, 
3.19 	wetlands, and savanna. Subject to evaluation 
3.20 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
3.21 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
3.22 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
3.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
3.24 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
3.25 	Annual income statements and balance sheets 
3.26 	for income and expenses from land acquired 
3.27 	with this appropriation must be submitted 
3.28 	to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
3.29 	Council no later than 180 days following 
3.30 	the close of The Nature Conservancy's fiscal 
3.31 	year. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
3.32 	must be provided as part of the required 
3.33 	accomplishment plan and must be consistent 
3.34 	with the priorities identified in the Minnesota 
3.35 	Prairie Conservation Plan.

4.1
4.2	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National 
Wildlife Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase V
					
4.3 	$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 
4.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.5 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy 
4.6 	in cooperation with the United States Fish 
4.7 	and Wildlife Service to acquire land in 
4.8 	fee or permanent conservation easements 
4.9 	within the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat 
4.10 	Preservation Area in western Minnesota 
4.11 	for addition to the Northern Tallgrass 
4.12 	Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. Subject 
4.13 	to evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, 
4.14 	part 6136.0900, priority must be given to 
4.15 	acquisition of lands that are eligible for 
4.16 	the native prairie bank under Minnesota 
4.17 	Statutes, section 84.96, or lands adjacent to 
4.18 	protected native prairie. A list of proposed 
4.19 	land acquisitions must be provided as part 
4.20 	of the required accomplishment plan and 
4.21 	must be consistent with the priorities in the 
4.22 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

4.23
4.24	(e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase IV
					
4.25 	$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 
4.26 	commissioner of natural resources 
4.27 	to implement the Minnesota Prairie 
4.28 	Conservation Plan through the acquisition 
4.29 	of permanent conservation easements to 
4.30 	protect native prairie and grasslands. Up 
4.31 	to $165,000 is for establishing monitoring 
4.32 	and enforcement funds as approved in 
4.33 	the accomplishment plan and subject to 
4.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
4.35 	subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation criteria 
4.36 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
5.1 	must be given to acquisition of lands that 
5.2 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
5.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
5.4 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
5.5 	permanent conservation easements must be 
5.6 	provided as part of the final report. 

5.7
5.8	(f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water 
- Phase V
					
5.9 	$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board 
5.10 	of Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
5.11 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
5.12 	and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 
5.13 	water fund riparian buffer program for at 
5.14 	least equal wildlife benefits from buffers 
5.15 	on private land. Up to $72,500 is for 
5.16 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
5.17 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
5.18 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.19 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
5.20 	conservation easements must be provided as 
5.21 	part of the final report.

5.22
5.23	(g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat 
Complex - Phase V
					
5.24 	$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 
5.25 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.26 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
5.27 	acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 
5.28 	watershed for wildlife management purposes 
5.29 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
5.30 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
5.31 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
5.32 	must be given to acquisition of lands that 
5.33 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
5.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
5.35 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
6.1 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
6.2 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

6.3
6.4	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley
					
6.5 	$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 
6.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.7 	an agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
6.8 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
6.9 	Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 
6.10 	in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 
6.11 	management purposes under Minnesota 
6.12 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, 
6.13 	or for designation and management as 
6.14 	waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, 
6.15 	in cooperation with the United States Fish 
6.16 	and Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
6.17 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
6.18 	required accomplishment plan.

6.19
6.20	(i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas
					
6.21 	$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 
6.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.23 	agreements to acquire conservation 
6.24 	easements within important bird areas 
6.25 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
6.26 	Conservation Plan, to be used as follows: 
6.27 	$408,000 is to Audubon Minnesota and 
6.28 	$1,322,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust, of 
6.29 	which up to $100,000 is for establishing 
6.30 	monitoring and enforcement funds as 
6.31 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
6.32 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.33 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
6.34 	conservation easements must be provided as 
6.35 	part of the final report.

7.1
7.2	(j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration
					
7.3 	$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 
7.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.5 	agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
7.6 	District to acquire land in fee and permanent 
7.7 	conservation easement and to `restore river 
7.8 	and related habitat in the Wild Rice River 
7.9 	corridor. A list of proposed acquisitions and 
7.10 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
7.11 	required accomplishment plan.

7.12
7.13	(k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII
					
7.14 	$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 
7.15 	commissioner of natural resources to 
7.16 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement 
7.17 	of prairie communities on wildlife 
7.18 	management areas, scientific and natural 
7.19 	areas, state forest land, and land under 
7.20 	native prairie bank easements. A list of 
7.21 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
7.22 	must be provided as part of the required 
7.23 	accomplishment plan.

7.24	(l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase II
					
7.25 	$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 
7.26 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.27 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
7.28 	and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 
7.29 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
7.30 	must be provided as part of the final report.

7.31	Subd. 3.Forests
 		12,634,000
		-0-

7.32	(a) Camp Ripley Partnership - Phase V
					
7.33 	$1,500,000 in the first year is to the 
7.34 	Board of Water and Soil Resources in 
8.1 	cooperation with the Morrison County Soil 
8.2 	and Water Conservation District to acquire 
8.3 	permanent conservation easements within 
8.4 	the boundaries of the Minnesota National 
8.5 	Guard Compatible Use Buffer to protect 
8.6 	forest wildlife habitat. Up to $55,000 is for 
8.7 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
8.8 	fund, as approved in the accomplishment 
8.9 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
8.10 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
8.11 	permanent conservation easements must be 
8.12 	provided as part of the final report.

8.13
8.14	(b) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration - Phase III
					
8.15 	$2,910,000 in the first year is to the 
8.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.17 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
8.18 	acquire land in fee for wildlife management 
8.19 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.20 	86A.05, subdivision 8; to acquire land 
8.21 	in fee for scientific and natural areas 
8.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.23 	subdivision 5; for state forest purposes 
8.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.25 	subdivision 7; and to enhance grasslands, 
8.26 	forest, and savanna. A list of proposed 
8.27 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
8.28 	required accomplishment plan.

8.29
8.30	(c) Protecting Pinelands Sands Aquifer 
Forestlands - Phase II
					
8.31 	$2,180,000 in the first year is to the 
8.32 	commissioner of natural resources to 
8.33 	acquire forest lands in Cass and Wadena 
8.34 	Counties for wildlife management purposes 
8.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.36 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee 
9.1 	for state forests under Minnesota Statutes, 
9.2 	section 86A.05, subdivision 7. A list of 
9.3 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
9.4 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

9.5
9.6	(d) Protect Key Forest Lands in Cass County 
- Phase VI
					
9.7 	$442,000 in the first year is to the 
9.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.9 	agreement with Cass County to acquire land 
9.10 	in fee in Cass County for forest wildlife 
9.11 	habitat or to prevent forest fragmentation. 
9.12 	A list of proposed land acquisitions 
9.13 	must be provided as part of the required 
9.14 	accomplishment plan.

9.15
9.16	(e) Critical Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase III
					
9.17 	$1,690,000 in the first year is to the 
9.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.19 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
9.20 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
9.21 	along rivers and lakes in the northern 
9.22 	forest region. Up to $220,000 is for 
9.23 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
9.24 	fund, as approved in the accomplishment 
9.25 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
9.26 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
9.27 	proposed permanent conservation easements 
9.28 	must be provided as part of the required 
9.29 	accomplishment plan. 

9.30	(f) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Partnership
					
9.31 	$3,002,000 in the first year is to the 
9.32 	commissioner of natural resources to 
9.33 	acquire lands in fee and for permanent 
9.34 	conservation easements in the Mississippi 
9.35 	Headwaters and for agreements as follows: 
10.1 	$1,217,000 to The Trust for Public Land; 
10.2 	and $824,000 to Minnesota Land Trust, 
10.3 	of which up to $80,000 is for establishing 
10.4 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
10.5 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
10.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
10.8 	acquisitions must be included as part of the 
10.9 	required accomplishment plan.

10.10	(g) Southeast Forest Habitat Enhancement
					
10.11 	$910,000 in the first year is to the 
10.12 	commissioner of natural resources to 
10.13 	enhance forests in southeastern Minnesota. 
10.14 	A list of proposed land enhancements 
10.15 	must be provided as part of the required 
10.16 	accomplishment plan.

10.17	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		22,578,000
		-0-

10.18
10.19	(a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production 
Area Acquisition - Phase VII
					
10.20 	$7,620,000 in the first year is to the 
10.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.22 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
10.23 	land in fee to be designated and managed as 
10.24 	waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, 
10.25 	in cooperation with the United States Fish 
10.26 	and Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
10.27 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
10.28 	required accomplishment plan.

10.29
10.30	(b) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetland 
Initiative - Phase V
					
10.31 	$9,040,000 in the first year is to the 
10.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.33 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
10.34 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
10.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
11.1 	subdivision 8. A list of proposed acquisitions 
11.2 	must be provided as part of the required 
11.3 	accomplishment plan.

11.4
11.5	(c) Wild Rice Shoreland Protection Program 
- Phase IV
					
11.6 	$131,000 in the first year is to the 
11.7 	commissioner of natural resources for the 
11.8 	acquisition of land in fee and $1,469,000 is 
11.9 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to 
11.10 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
11.11 	on wild rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
11.12 	wild rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
11.13 	to $90,000 to the Board of Water and Soil 
11.14 	Resources is for establishing a monitoring 
11.15 	and enforcement fund as approved in 
11.16 	the accomplishment plan and subject to 
11.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
11.18 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed fee land 
11.19 	acquisitions must be included as part of 
11.20 	the required accomplishment plan by the 
11.21 	Department of Natural Resources and a list 
11.22 	of permanent conservation easements must 
11.23 	be provided as part of the final report by the 
11.24 	Board of Water and Soil Resources. 

11.25
11.26	(d) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase VII
					
11.27 	$4,318,000 in the first year is to the 
11.28 	commissioner of natural resources to 
11.29 	enhance and restore shallow lakes statewide. 
11.30 	A list of proposed land restorations and 
11.31 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
11.32 	the required accomplishment plan.

11.33	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		22,368,000
		-0-

11.34	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase VII
					
12.1 	$4,540,000 in the first year is to the 
12.2 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
12.3 	interests in land in fee and permanent 
12.4 	conservation easements for aquatic 
12.5 	management purposes under Minnesota 
12.6 	Statutes, sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, 
12.7 	and 97C.02, to acquire interests in land in 
12.8 	permanent conservation easements for fish 
12.9 	and wildlife habitat under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.10 	section 84.66, and to restore and enhance 
12.11 	aquatic habitat. Up to $130,000 is for 
12.12 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
12.13 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
12.14 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
12.15 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
12.16 	proposed land acquisitions and restorations 
12.17 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
12.18 	of the required accomplishment plan.

12.19	(b) Metro Big Rivers - Phase VI
					
12.20 	$2,000,000 in the first year is to the 
12.21 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.22 	agreements to acquire land in fee and in 
12.23 	permanent conservation easements and 
12.24 	to restore and enhance natural systems 
12.25 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
12.26 	and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $475,000 to 
12.27 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
12.28 	Trust, Inc.; $275,000 to Friends of the 
12.29 	Mississippi River; $400,000 to Great River 
12.30 	Greening; $375,000 to Minnesota Land Trust; 
12.31 	and $475,000 to The Trust for Public Land. 
12.32 	Up to $60,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
12.33 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
12.34 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
12.35 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
12.36 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
13.1 	proposed land acquisitions and permanent 
13.2 	conservation easements must be provided as 
13.3 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.4
13.5
13.6	(c) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish 
Habitat Enhancement and Restoration - Phase 
VII
					
13.7 	$1,890,000 in the first year is to the 
13.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
13.9 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
13.10 	to restore and enhance habitat for trout 
13.11 	and other species in and along coldwater 
13.12 	rivers and streams in Minnesota. A list of 
13.13 	proposed restorations and enhancements 
13.14 	must be provided as part of the required 
13.15 	accomplishment plan.

13.16
13.17	(d) Lake Bemidji South Shore Restoration and 
Enhancement
					
13.18 	$1,650,000 in the first year is to the 
13.19 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.20 	an agreement with the city of Bemidji to 
13.21 	restore and enhance fish habitat on Lake 
13.22 	Bemidji. A list of proposed restorations and 
13.23 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
13.24 	the required accomplishment plan.

13.25	(e) Sand Hill River Fish Passage
					
13.26 	$990,000 in the first year is to the 
13.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.28 	an agreement with the Sand Hill River 
13.29 	Watershed District to restore fish habitat 
13.30 	in the Sand Hill River watershed. A list of 
13.31 	proposed restorations must be provided as 
13.32 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.33
13.34	(f) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program - Phase IV
					
14.1 	$2,414,000 in the first year is to the 
14.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.3 	an agreement with the Shell Rock River 
14.4 	Watershed District to protect, restore, 
14.5 	and enhance aquatic habitat in the Shell 
14.6 	Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
14.7 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
14.8 	must be provided as part of the required 
14.9 	accomplishment plan. 

14.10
14.11	(g) Lake Nokomis Integrated Habitat 
Enhancement
					
14.12 	$444,000 in the first year is to the 
14.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.14 	agreement with the Minneapolis Park and 
14.15 	Recreation Board to enhance aquatic habitat 
14.16 	on Lake Nokomis. A list of proposed 
14.17 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
14.18 	the required accomplishment plan.

14.19
14.20
14.21	(h) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - 
Phase VII
					
14.22 	$8,440,000 in the first year is to the 
14.23 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
14.24 	program to provide competitive, matching 
14.25 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
14.26 	state, and national organizations for 
14.27 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
14.28 	wetlands, prairies, or habitat for fish, game, 
14.29 	or wildlife in Minnesota. Of this amount, 
14.30 	$3,692,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
14.31 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
14.32 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants shall not be made 
14.33 	for activities required to fulfill the duties 
14.34 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
14.35 	easements. Grants shall not be made from the 
14.36 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
15.1 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
15.2 	$575,000. Of this appropriation, $596,000 
15.3 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
15.4 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
15.5 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in 
15.6 	land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
15.7 	may not be used to establish easement 
15.8 	stewardship accounts. Land acquired in fee 
15.9 	must be open to hunting and fishing during 
15.10 	the open season unless otherwise provided 
15.11 	by law. The program must require a match 
15.12 	of at least ten percent from nonstate sources 
15.13 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
15.14 	in-kind resources. For grant applications 
15.15 	of $25,000 or less, the commissioner shall 
15.16 	provide a separate, simplified application 
15.17 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
15.18 	commissioner of natural resources shall, 
15.19 	when evaluating projects of equal value, 
15.20 	give priority to organizations that have a 
15.21 	history of receiving or a charter to receive 
15.22 	private contributions for local conservation 
15.23 	or habitat projects. If acquiring land or a 
15.24 	conservation easement, priority must be 
15.25 	given to projects associated with or within 
15.26 	one mile of existing wildlife management 
15.27 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.28 	86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific and natural 
15.29 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
15.30 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; or aquatic 
15.31 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
15.32 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
15.33 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
15.34 	must be on land permanently protected by 
15.35 	a permanent covenant ensuring perpetual 
15.36 	maintenance and protection of restored 
16.1 	and enhanced habitat, by a conservation 
16.2 	easement, or by public ownership or in 
16.3 	public waters as defined in Minnesota 
16.4 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 
16.5 	15. Priority must be given to restoration 
16.6 	and enhancement projects on public lands. 
16.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
16.8 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
16.9 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
16.10 	available until June 30, 2018. No less than 
16.11 	five percent of the amount of each grant 
16.12 	must be held back from reimbursement until 
16.13 	the grant recipient has completed a grant 
16.14 	accomplishment report by the deadline and 
16.15 	in the form prescribed by and satisfactory to 
16.16 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
16.17 	The commissioner shall provide notice of 
16.18 	the grant program in the game and fish law 
16.19 	summary prepared under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.20 	section 97A.051, subdivision 2.

16.21	Subd. 6.Administration
 		858,000
		607,000

16.22	(a) Contract Management
					
16.23 	$150,000 in the first year is to the 
16.24 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.25 	contract management duties assigned in this 
16.26 	section. The commissioner shall provide an 
16.27 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
16.28 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
16.29 	on the expenditure of this appropriation. 
16.30 	The accomplishment plan must include a 
16.31 	copy of the grant contract template and 
16.32 	reimbursement manual. No money may 
16.33 	be expended prior to the Lessard-Sams 
16.34 	Outdoor Heritage Council's approval of the 
16.35 	accomplishment plan. 

17.1	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
17.2 	$608,000 in the first year and $607,000 
17.3 	in the second year are to the Legislative 
17.4 	Coordinating Commission for administrative 
17.5 	expenses of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
17.6 	Heritage Council and for compensation and 
17.7 	expense reimbursement of council members. 
17.8 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
17.9 	2017. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281, 
17.10 	applies to this appropriation.

17.11	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
17.12 	$100,000 in the first year is to the 
17.13 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
17.14 	technical evaluation panel to conduct up to 
17.15 	ten restoration evaluations under Minnesota 
17.16 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10.

17.17	(d) Land Acquisition Report
					
17.18 	The staff of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
17.19 	Heritage Council, in consultation with the 
17.20 	commissioner of natural resources, shall 
17.21 	prepare a report on outdoor heritage fund 
17.22 	land acquisitions as of June 30, 2015, that 
17.23 	includes:
17.24 	(1) the total number of acres, by county and 
17.25 	by type, acquired in fee and the percentage 
17.26 	of land in each county acquired in fee;
17.27 	(2) the average price paid per acre, by county, 
17.28 	for lands acquired in fee;
17.29 	(3) the total number of acres, by county, for 
17.30 	land acquired in easement;
17.31 	(4) the average price paid per acre, by county, 
17.32 	for land acquired in easement;
18.1 	(5) the total number of acres, by county, 
18.2 	estimated to be acquired in fee and the total 
18.3 	number of acres, by county, estimated to 
18.4 	be acquired in easement over the life of the 
18.5 	outdoor heritage fund if the current rate of 
18.6 	acquisition continues;
18.7 	(6) the number and percentage of sellers by 
18.8 	category, including the number of corporate 
18.9 	and other private sellers, nonprofit sellers, 
18.10 	and public sellers;
18.11 	(7) the total amount of property taxes paid 
18.12 	during the five years prior to acquisition, 
18.13 	including statewide business property taxes, 
18.14 	if any, on the acres acquired in fee by county;
18.15 	(8) the total of payment-in-lieu of tax 
18.16 	payments made for lands acquired with 
18.17 	outdoor heritage funds and the estimate 
18.18 	of future payment-in-lieu of tax payments 
18.19 	based on the estimated total number of acres 
18.20 	acquired over the life of the outdoor heritage 
18.21 	fund; and
18.22 	(9) the total amount of land acquired in fee 
18.23 	by the state, excluding lands acquired by the 
18.24 	commissioner of transportation, with any 
18.25 	funds over the last ten years.
18.26 	The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
18.27 	must submit the report to the Legislative 
18.28 	Coordinating Commission, and the chairs 
18.29 	and ranking minority members of the house 
18.30 	of representatives and senate committees 
18.31 	and divisions with jurisdiction over the 
18.32 	environment and natural resources, the 
18.33 	outdoor heritage fund, and finance and the 
18.34 	house of representatives Committee on Ways 
18.35 	and Means by January 15, 2016. The report 
19.1 	must be posted on the Web site required 
19.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
19.3 	subdivision 10.

19.4	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
19.5 	Money appropriated in this section may 
19.6 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
19.7 	directly related to and necessary for a 
19.8 	specific appropriation and are specified in 
19.9 	the accomplishment plan approved by the 
19.10 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
19.11 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
19.12 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
19.13 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
19.14 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
19.15 	Unless otherwise provided, the amounts 
19.16 	in this section are available until June 30, 
19.17 	2018. For acquisition of real property, the 
19.18 	amounts in this section are available until 
19.19 	June 30, 2019, if a binding agreement with a 
19.20 	landowner or purchase agreement is entered 
19.21 	into by June 30, 2018, and closed no later 
19.22 	than June 30, 2019. Money for restoration or 
19.23 	enhancement is available until June 30, 2020, 
19.24 	or five years after acquisition, whichever is 
19.25 	later, in order to complete initial restoration 
19.26 	or enhancement work. If a project receives 
19.27 	at least 15 percent of its funding from federal 
19.28 	funds, the time period of the appropriation 
19.29 	may be extended to equal the availability 
19.30 	of federal funding to a maximum of six 
19.31 	years, provided the federal funding was 
19.32 	confirmed and included within the first draft 
19.33 	accomplishment plan. Money appropriated 
19.34 	for fee title acquisition of land may be used to 
19.35 	restore, enhance, and provide for public use 
19.36 	of the land acquired with the appropriation. 
20.1 	Public use facilities must have a minimal 
20.2 	impact on habitat in acquired lands.

20.3
20.4	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
20.5 	All agreements referred to in this section must 
20.6 	be administered on a reimbursement basis 
20.7 	unless otherwise provided in this section. 
20.8 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.9 	16A.41, expenditures directly related 
20.10 	to each appropriation's purpose made 
20.11 	on or after July 1, 2015, or the date of 
20.12 	accomplishment plan approval, whichever is 
20.13 	later, are eligible for reimbursement unless 
20.14 	otherwise provided in this section. For the 
20.15 	purposes of administering appropriations 
20.16 	and legislatively authorized agreements paid 
20.17 	out of the outdoor heritage fund, an expense 
20.18 	must be considered reimbursable by the 
20.19 	administering agency when the recipient 
20.20 	presents the agency with an invoice, or 
20.21 	binding agreement with the landowner, and 
20.22 	the recipient attests that the goods have 
20.23 	been received or the landowner agreement 
20.24 	is binding. Periodic reimbursement must 
20.25 	be made upon receiving documentation that 
20.26 	the items articulated in the accomplishment 
20.27 	plan approved by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
20.28 	Heritage Council have been achieved, 
20.29 	including partial achievements as evidenced 
20.30 	by progress reports approved by the 
20.31 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
20.32 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
20.33 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs, 
20.34 	support future management of acquired 
20.35 	lands, or match a federal share. The 
20.36 	advances must be approved as part of the 
21.1 	accomplishment plan. Capital equipment 
21.2 	expenditures for specific items in excess of 
21.3 	$10,000 must be itemized in and approved as 
21.4 	part of the accomplishment plan.

21.5	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
21.6 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
21.7 	in this section, as well as each recipient of 
21.8 	a grant awarded pursuant to this section, 
21.9 	must provide geographic information to the 
21.10 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.11 	for mapping any lands acquired in fee with 
21.12 	money appropriated in this section and open 
21.13 	to public taking of fish and game. The 
21.14 	commissioner of natural resources shall 
21.15 	include the lands acquired in fee with money 
21.16 	appropriated in this section on maps showing 
21.17 	public recreation opportunities. Maps must 
21.18 	include information on and acknowledgment 
21.19 	of the outdoor heritage fund, including a 
21.20 	notation of any restrictions.

21.21	Subd. 10.Disability Access
 					
21.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of the 
21.23 	outdoor heritage fund, in consultation with 
21.24 	the Council on Disability, should make 
21.25 	progress toward providing greater access 
21.26 	to programs, print publications, and digital 
21.27 	media for people with disabilities related 
21.28 	to the programs the recipient funds using 
21.29 	appropriations made in this article.

21.30	Subd. 11.Monarch Butterfly Habitat
 					
21.31 	When feasible, a recipient of funds 
21.32 	appropriated in this section is encouraged 
21.33 	to use conservation practices that promote 
21.34 	monarch butterfly habitat, including planting 
22.1 	and maintaining vegetation beneficial 
22.2 	to monarchs and minimizing the use of 
22.3 	pesticides.

22.4 	Sec. 3. [84.974] MILKWEED.
22.5 	When feasible, the commissioner of natural resources is encouraged to plant 
22.6 	milkweed.

22.7 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
22.8 		Subd. 2.Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. (a) The Lessard-Sams 
22.9 	Outdoor Heritage Council of 12 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
22.10 	(1) two public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of 
22.11 	the Committee on Rules and Administration;
22.12 	(2) two public members appointed by the speaker of the house;
22.13 	(3) four public members appointed by the governor;
22.14 	(4) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees 
22.15 	of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and
22.16 	(5) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the 
22.17 	house.
22.18 	(b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) must not be registered lobbyists. In 
22.19 	making appointments, the governor, senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee 
22.20 	on Rules and Administration, and the speaker of the house shall consider geographic 
22.21 	balance, gender, age, ethnicity, and varying interests including hunting and fishing. The 
22.22 	governor's appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent of the senate.
22.23 	(c) Public members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have practical experience 
22.24 	or expertise or demonstrated knowledge in the science, policy, or practice of restoring, 
22.25 	protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and 
22.26 	wildlife.
22.27 	(d) Legislative members appointed under paragraph (a) shall include the chairs 
22.28 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources 
22.29 	finance or their designee, one member from the minority party of the senate, and one 
22.30 	member from the minority party of the house of representatives.
22.31 	(e) Public members serve four-year terms. Appointed legislative members serve 
22.32 	at the pleasure of the appointing authority. Public and legislative members continue to 
22.33 	serve until their successors are appointed. Public members shall be initially appointed 
22.34 	according to the following schedule of terms:
23.1 	(1) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first 
23.2 	Monday in January 2011;
23.3 	(2) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
23.4 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 2011;
23.5 	(3) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending 
23.6 	the first Monday in January 2011;
23.7 	(4) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first 
23.8 	Monday in January 2013;
23.9 	(5) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
23.10 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
23.11 	2013; and
23.12 	(6) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending 
23.13 	the first Monday in January 2013.
23.14 	(f) Terms, compensation, and removal of public members are as provided in section 
23.15 	15.0575. A vacancy on the council may be filled by the appointing authority for the 
23.16 	remainder of the unexpired term.
23.17 	(g) The first meeting of the council shall be convened by the chair of the Legislative 
23.18 	Coordinating Commission no later than December 1, 2008. Members shall elect a chair, 
23.19 	vice-chair, secretary, and other officers as determined by the council. The chair may 
23.20 	convene meetings as necessary to conduct the duties prescribed by this section.
23.21 	(h) Upon coordination with The Legislative Coordinating Commission, the council 
23.22 	may appoint nonpartisan staff and contract with consultants as necessary to carry out 
23.23 	support the functions of the council. Up to one percent of the money appropriated from the 
23.24 	fund may be used to pay for administrative expenses of the council and for compensation 
23.25 	and expense reimbursement of council members.

23.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

23.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
23.28 		Subd. 8.Revenues. (a) When a parcel of land that was previously purchased with 
23.29 	money from the outdoor heritage funds fund is transferred to the state, the owner of the 
23.30 	land shall disclose to the council and commissioner of natural resources:
23.31 	(1) all revenues generated from activities on the land from the time the land was 
23.32 	purchased with money from the outdoor heritage funds fund until the land was transferred 
23.33 	to the state;
24.1 	(2) all holding costs associated with managing the land between the time of purchase 
24.2 	with money from the outdoor heritage funds fund and the time the land was transferred to 
24.3 	the state; and
24.4 	(3) the total net revenues as determined by subtracting the costs described in clause 
24.5 	(2) from the revenues described in clause (1).
24.6 	(b) The owner of the land shall submit the total net revenues determined under 
24.7 	paragraph (a), clause (3), to the state no later than 60 days after the land is transferred to 
24.8 	the state.

24.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.10 	to read:
24.11 		Subd. 20.Donations. A recipient shall not accept a monetary donation or payment 
24.12 	from an owner of land that is acquired in fee in whole or in part with an appropriation from 
24.13 	the outdoor heritage fund that exceeds the documented expenses that are directly related 
24.14 	to and necessary for activities specified in the accomplishment plan approved by the 
24.15 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, unless expressly approved by the Lessard-Sams 
24.16 	Outdoor Heritage Council in the accomplishment plan. This subdivision does not apply to 
24.17 	donations that are not connected with the acquisition transaction or bargain sales, as defined 
24.18 	by Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 1.1011-2, provided that the purchase 
24.19 	price reimbursed by the state does not exceed the purchase price paid by the recipient.

24.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2016, and applies to money 
24.21 	appropriated on or after that date.

24.22 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision 
24.23 	to read:
24.24 		Subd. 21.Haying and grazing. Lands acquired with money appropriated from the 
24.25 	outdoor heritage fund may not be used for emergency haying and grazing in response to 
24.26 	federal or state disaster declarations. Conservation grazing under a management plan that 
24.27 	is being implemented prior to the emergency declaration may continue.

24.28 	Sec. 8. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

24.29	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		28,620,000

24.30	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV
					
24.31 	$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 
24.32 	commissioner of natural resources to 
25.1 	acquire interests in land in fee or permanent 
25.2 	conservation easements for aquatic 
25.3 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
25.4 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 
25.5 	97C.02, and to restore and enhance aquatic 
25.6 	habitat. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
25.7 	must be provided as part of the required 
25.8 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
25.9 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
25.10 	plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing 
25.11 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
25.12 	approved in the accomplishment plan 
25.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
25.15 	report is required for any monitoring and 
25.16 	enforcement fund established, including 
25.17 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
25.18 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
25.19 	activities.

25.20	(b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III
					
25.21 	$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 
25.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
25.23 	agreements to acquire interests in land in 
25.24 	fee or permanent conservation easements 
25.25 	and to restore and enhance natural systems 
25.26 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
25.27 	and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 
25.28 	to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife 
25.29 	Refuge Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends 
25.30 	of the Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 
25.31 	Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota 
25.32 	Land Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust 
25.33 	for Public Land. A list of proposed 
25.34 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
25.35 	must be provided as part of the required 
25.36 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
26.1 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
26.2 	plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing 
26.3 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
26.4 	approved in the accomplishment plan 
26.5 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
26.6 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
26.7 	report is required for any monitoring and 
26.8 	enforcement fund established, including 
26.9 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
26.10 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
26.11 	activities.

26.12
26.13	(c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Management - Phase III
					
26.14 	$480,000 in the second year is to the 
26.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.16 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
26.17 	permanent conservation easements and 
26.18 	restore and enhance habitats along the 
26.19 	Mississippi, Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. 
26.20 	A list of proposed acquisitions, restorations, 
26.21 	and enhancements must be provided as 
26.22 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
26.23 	The accomplishment plan must include 
26.24 	an easement stewardship plan. Up to 
26.25 	$20,000 is for establishing a monitoring 
26.26 	and enforcement fund as approved in 
26.27 	the accomplishment plan and subject to 
26.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
26.29 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
26.30 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
26.31 	fund established, including expenditures 
26.32 	from the fund and a description of annual 
26.33 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

26.34	(d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration
					
27.1 	$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 
27.2 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
27.3 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
27.4 	A list of proposed projects must be provided 
27.5 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

27.6
27.7	(e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - 
Phase IV
					
27.8 	$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 
27.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.10 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
27.11 	to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 
27.12 	river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 
27.13 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
27.14 	must be provided as part of the required 
27.15 	accomplishment plan.

27.16	(f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration
					
27.17 	$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 
27.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.19 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
27.20 	District to restore and enhance stream and 
27.21 	related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 
27.22 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
27.23 	must be provided as part of the required 
27.24 	accomplishment plan.

27.25	(g) Knife River Habitat Restoration
					
27.26 	$380,000 in the second year is to the 
27.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.28 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
27.29 	Association to restore trout habitat in the 
27.30 	Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 
27.31 	proposed restorations must be provided as 
27.32 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
27.33 	Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner 
27.34 	of natural resources, restorations conducted 
28.1 	pursuant to this paragraph may be 
28.2 	accomplished by excavation.

28.3
28.4	(h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Asian 
Invasive Carp
					
28.5 	$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 
28.6 	commissioner of natural resources to for 
28.7 	design, construct, operate, and evaluate 
28.8 	construction, including acquisition, 
28.9 	operation, and evaluation of structural 
28.10 	deterrents for Asian invasive carp to protect 
28.11 	Minnesota's aquatic habitat. Use of this 
28.12 	money requires a one-to-one match for 
28.13 	projects on state boundary waters.

28.14
28.15	(i) Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners 
Grant Program - Phase IV
					
28.16 	$4,990,000 in the second year is to the 
28.17 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
28.18 	program to provide competitive, matching 
28.19 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
28.20 	state, and national organizations for 
28.21 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
28.22 	wetlands, prairies, and habitat for fish, game, 
28.23 	or wildlife in Minnesota. Grants shall not be 
28.24 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
28.25 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
28.26 	easements. Grants shall not be made from 
28.27 	appropriations in this paragraph for projects 
28.28 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
28.29 	$575,000. $366,000 of this appropriation 
28.30 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
28.31 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
28.32 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in 
28.33 	land. Easements must be permanent. Land 
28.34 	acquired in fee must be open to hunting 
28.35 	and fishing during the open season unless 
28.36 	otherwise provided by state law. The 
29.1 	program shall require a match of at least ten 
29.2 	percent from nonstate sources for all grants. 
29.3 	The match may be cash or in-kind resources. 
29.4 	For grant applications of $25,000 or less, 
29.5 	the commissioner shall provide a separate, 
29.6 	simplified application process. Subject to 
29.7 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 
29.8 	natural resources shall, when evaluating 
29.9 	projects of equal value, give priority to 
29.10 	organizations that have a history of receiving 
29.11 	or charter to receive private contributions 
29.12 	for local conservation or habitat projects. If 
29.13 	acquiring land or a conservation easement, 
29.14 	priority shall be given to projects associated 
29.15 	with existing wildlife management areas 
29.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
29.17 	subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas 
29.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033
29.19 	and 86A.05, subdivision 5; and aquatic 
29.20 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
29.21 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
29.22 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
29.23 	must be on land permanently protected by a 
29.24 	conservation easement or public ownership 
29.25 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
29.26 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 
29.27 	15. Priority shall be given to restoration 
29.28 	and enhancement projects on public lands. 
29.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
29.30 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
29.31 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
29.32 	available until June 30, 2016. No less than 
29.33 	five percent of the amount of each grant 
29.34 	must be held back from reimbursement until 
29.35 	the grant recipient has completed a grant 
29.36 	accomplishment report by the deadline and 
30.1 	in the form prescribed by and satisfactory to 
30.2 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
30.3 	The commissioner shall provide notice of 
30.4 	the grant program in the game and fish law 
30.5 	summaries that are prepared under Minnesota 
30.6 	Statutes, section 97A.051, subdivision 2.

30.7 	Sec. 9. Laws 2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

30.8	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		30,890,000
	
30.9 	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase VI
30.10 	$2,560,000 in the second year is to the 
30.11 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
30.12 	interests in land in fee and permanent 
30.13 	conservation easements for aquatic 
30.14 	management purposes under Minnesota 
30.15 	Statutes, sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, 
30.16 	and 97C.02, and to restore and enhance 
30.17 	aquatic habitat. Up to $32,500 is for 
30.18 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
30.19 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
30.20 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
30.21 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
30.22 	proposed land acquisitions and restorations 
30.23 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
30.24 	of the required accomplishment plan.
30.25 	(b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on 
30.26 	Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes
30.27 	$2,130,000 in the second year is to the 
30.28 	commissioner of natural resources for 
30.29 	agreements with the Leech Lake Area 
30.30 	Watershed Foundation and Minnesota Land 
30.31 	Trust to acquire land in fee and permanent 
30.32 	conservation easements to sustain healthy 
30.33 	fish habitat on lakes in Aitkin, Cass, Crow 
30.34 	Wing, and Hubbard Counties as follows: 
31.1 	$1,150,300 to Leech Lake Area Watershed 
31.2 	Foundation; and $979,700 to Minnesota 
31.3 	Land Trust, of which up to $120,000 to 
31.4 	Minnesota Land Trust is for establishing 
31.5 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
31.6 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
31.7 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.8 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
31.9 	land acquisitions must be provided as part of 
31.10 	the required accomplishment plan.
31.11 	(c) Habitat Protection in Dakota County 
31.12 	- Phase V
31.13 	$1,190,000 in the second year is to the 
31.14 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
31.15 	contract with Dakota County to acquire 
31.16 	permanent conservation easements and land 
31.17 	in fee and to restore and enhance habitats in 
31.18 	rivers and lake watersheds in Dakota County. 
31.19 	Up to $15,000 to Dakota County is for 
31.20 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
31.21 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
31.22 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
31.23 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. Lands 
31.24 	acquired or lands with easements acquired 
31.25 	with this appropriation may not be used for 
31.26 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
31.27 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
31.28 	Conservation grazing under a management 
31.29 	plan that is already being implemented may 
31.30 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
31.31 	and restorations and enhancements must 
31.32 	be provided as part of the required 
31.33 	accomplishment plan.
31.34 	(d) Metro Big Rivers - Phase V
32.1 	$2,650,000 in the second year is to the 
32.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
32.3 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
32.4 	permanent conservation easements and 
32.5 	to restore and enhance natural systems 
32.6 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
32.7 	and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $600,000 
32.8 	to Minnesota Valley National Wildlife 
32.9 	Refuge Trust, Inc.; $160,000 to Friends of 
32.10 	the Mississippi River; $400,000 to Great 
32.11 	River Greening; $590,000 to Minnesota 
32.12 	Land Trust, of which up to $77,000 is for 
32.13 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
32.14 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
32.15 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.16 	97A.056, subdivision 17; and $900,000 to 
32.17 	The Trust for Public Land. Lands acquired 
32.18 	or lands with easements acquired with 
32.19 	this appropriation may not be used for 
32.20 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
32.21 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
32.22 	Conservation grazing under a management 
32.23 	plan that is already being implemented may 
32.24 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
32.25 	and permanent conservation easements 
32.26 	must be provided as part of the required 
32.27 	accomplishment plan.
32.28 	(e) Mustinka River Fish and Wildlife 
32.29 	Habitat Corridor Rehabilitation
32.30 	$2,440,000 in the second year is to the 
32.31 	commissioner of natural resources for 
32.32 	an agreement with the Bois de Sioux 
32.33 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee 
32.34 	and to restore natural systems associated 
32.35 	with the Mustinka River located within the 
32.36 	Bois de Sioux Watershed. Lands acquired 
33.1 	with this appropriation may not be used for 
33.2 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
33.3 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
33.4 	Conservation grazing under a management 
33.5 	plan that is already being implemented may 
33.6 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
33.7 	must be provided as part of the required 
33.8 	accomplishment plan.
33.9 	(f) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater 
33.10 	Fish Habitat Enhancement and 
33.11 	Restoration - Phase VI
33.12 	$1,900,000 in the second year is to the 
33.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.14 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
33.15 	to restore and enhance habitat for trout 
33.16 	and other species in and along coldwater 
33.17 	rivers and streams in Minnesota. A list of 
33.18 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
33.19 	must be provided as part of the required 
33.20 	accomplishment plan.
33.21 	(g) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - 
33.22 	Phase II
33.23 	$2,290,000 in the second year is to the 
33.24 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
33.25 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
33.26 	Of this appropriation, up to $500,000 is for 
33.27 	an agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A 
33.28 	list of proposed restorations must be provided 
33.29 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.
33.30 	(h) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - 
33.31 	Phase II
33.32 	$1,410,000 in the second year is to the 
33.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.34 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
33.35 	Association to enhance trout habitat in the 
34.1 	Knife River watershed. A list of proposed 
34.2 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
34.3 	the required accomplishment plan.
34.4 	(i) Restoration and Enhancement of 
34.5 	Washington County Public Lands
34.6 	$430,000 in the second year is to the 
34.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.8 	agreement with Washington County to 
34.9 	restore and enhance habitat on public lands 
34.10 	in Washington County. A restoration and 
34.11 	enhancement plan and a list of proposed 
34.12 	land restorations and enhancements 
34.13 	must be provided as part of the required 
34.14 	accomplishment plan.
34.15 	(j) Wirth Park Enhancements
34.16 	$600,000 in the second year is to the 
34.17 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.18 	agreement with the Minneapolis Park Board 
34.19 	to enhance riparian and upland habitat 
34.20 	within Wirth Park in Hennepin County. 
34.21 	A restoration and enhancement plan and 
34.22 	a list of proposed land restorations and 
34.23 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
34.24 	the required accomplishment plan.
34.25 	(k) Evaluate Effectiveness of Aquatic 
34.26 	Invasive Species Prevention Strategies
34.27 	$4,040,000 in the second year is to the 
34.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.29 	agreement with the Central Minnesota 
34.30 	Initiative Fund to develop a series of pilot 
34.31 	projects to enhance aquatic habitat by 
34.32 	preventing the spread of aquatic invasive 
34.33 	species, including pilot projects conducting 
34.34 	education and outreach, inspection and 
34.35 	decontamination, enforcement, and other 
35.1 	activities. All pilot projects must be 
35.2 	conducted on a reimbursement basis and 
35.3 	require a match of nonoutdoor heritage fund 
35.4 	dollars. A required evaluation of results 
35.5 	must be funded with nonoutdoor heritage 
35.6 	fund dollars. The required evaluation must 
35.7 	evaluate the efficacy of inspection and 
35.8 	decontamination activities utilized in any of 
35.9 	the pilot projects in preventing the spread 
35.10 	of aquatic invasive species. A list of pilot 
35.11 	projects must be included in the required final 
35.12 	report. This appropriation is available until 
35.13 	June 30, 2019. The accomplishment plan 
35.14 	must accelerate the start of the pilot project.
35.15 	(l) Albert Lea Lake Management and 
35.16 	Invasive Species Control Structure - 
35.17 	Supplement
35.18 	$700,000 in the second year is added to 
35.19 	the appropriation contained in Laws 2013, 
35.20 	chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 
35.21 	5, paragraph (h), to the commissioner of 
35.22 	natural resources for an agreement with 
35.23 	the Shell Rock River Watershed District to 
35.24 	construct structural deterrents and lake level 
35.25 	controls.
35.26 	(m) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
35.27 	Program - Phase VI
35.28 	$4,550,000 in the second year is to the 
35.29 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
35.30 	program to provide competitive, matching 
35.31 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
35.32 	state, and national organizations for 
35.33 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
35.34 	wetlands, prairies, or habitat for fish, game, 
35.35 	or wildlife in Minnesota. Grants shall not 
36.1 	be made for activities required to fulfill 
36.2 	the duties of owners of lands subject to 
36.3 	conservation easements. Grants shall not 
36.4 	be made from the appropriation in this 
36.5 	paragraph for projects that have a total 
36.6 	project cost exceeding $575,000. Of this 
36.7 	appropriation, $460,000 $265,000 may be 
36.8 	spent for personnel costs and other direct and 
36.9 	necessary administrative costs. Grantees may 
36.10 	acquire land or interests in land. Easements 
36.11 	must be permanent. Grants may not be used 
36.12 	to establish easement stewardship accounts. 
36.13 	Land acquired in fee must be open to hunting 
36.14 	and fishing during the open season unless 
36.15 	otherwise provided by law. Lands acquired 
36.16 	or lands with easements acquired with this 
36.17 	appropriation may not be used for emergency 
36.18 	haying and grazing in response to federal 
36.19 	or state disaster declarations. Conservation 
36.20 	grazing under a management plan that is 
36.21 	already being implemented may continue. 
36.22 	The program shall require a match of at 
36.23 	least ten percent from nonstate sources 
36.24 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
36.25 	in-kind resources. For grant applications 
36.26 	of $25,000 or less, the commissioner shall 
36.27 	provide a separate, simplified application 
36.28 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
36.29 	commissioner of natural resources shall, 
36.30 	when evaluating projects of equal value, 
36.31 	give priority to organizations that have a 
36.32 	history of receiving or charter to receive 
36.33 	private contributions for local conservation 
36.34 	or habitat projects. If acquiring land or a 
36.35 	conservation easement, priority shall be 
36.36 	given to projects associated with or within 
37.1 	one mile of existing wildlife management 
37.2 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.3 	86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific and natural 
37.4 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
37.5 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; or aquatic 
37.6 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.7 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
37.8 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
37.9 	must be on land permanently protected by 
37.10 	a permanent covenant ensuring perpetual 
37.11 	maintenance and protection of restored 
37.12 	and enhanced habitat, by a conservation 
37.13 	easement, or by public ownership or in public 
37.14 	waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
37.15 	section 103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority 
37.16 	shall be given to restoration and enhancement 
37.17 	projects on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, 
37.18 	section 97A.056, subdivision 13, applies 
37.19 	to grants awarded under this paragraph. 
37.20 	This appropriation is available until June 
37.21 	30, 2018. No less than five percent of the 
37.22 	amount of each grant must be held back from 
37.23 	reimbursement until the grant recipient has 
37.24 	completed a grant accomplishment report by 
37.25 	the deadline and in the form prescribed by 
37.26 	and satisfactory to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
37.27 	Heritage Council. The commissioner shall 
37.28 	provide notice of the grant program in 
37.29 	the game and fish law summary prepared 
37.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.051, 
37.31 	subdivision 2.
37.32 	(n) Conservation Partners Legacy Metro 
37.33 	Grant Program
37.34 	$4,000,000 in the second year is to the 
37.35 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
37.36 	program to provide competitive, matching 
38.1 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
38.2 	state, and national organizations for 
38.3 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
38.4 	wetlands, prairies, or habitat for fish, game, 
38.5 	or wildlife in the seven-county metropolitan 
38.6 	area and cities with a population of 50,000 
38.7 	or greater. Grants shall not be made for 
38.8 	activities required to fulfill the duties of 
38.9 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
38.10 	easements. Grants shall not be made from the 
38.11 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
38.12 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
38.13 	$575,000. Of this appropriation, $70,000 
38.14 	$250,000 may be spent for personnel costs 
38.15 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
38.16 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
38.17 	in land. Easements must be permanent. 
38.18 	Grants may not be used to establish easement 
38.19 	stewardship accounts. Land acquired in fee 
38.20 	must be open to hunting and fishing during 
38.21 	the open season unless otherwise provided 
38.22 	by law. Lands acquired or lands with 
38.23 	easements acquired with this appropriation 
38.24 	may not be used for emergency haying and 
38.25 	grazing in response to federal or state disaster 
38.26 	declarations. Conservation grazing under 
38.27 	a management plan that is already being 
38.28 	implemented may continue. The program 
38.29 	shall require a match of at least ten percent 
38.30 	from nonstate sources for all grants. The 
38.31 	match may be cash or in-kind resources. 
38.32 	For grant applications of $25,000 or less, 
38.33 	the commissioner shall provide a separate, 
38.34 	simplified application process. Subject to 
38.35 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 
38.36 	natural resources shall, when evaluating 
39.1 	projects of equal value, give priority to 
39.2 	organizations that have a history of receiving 
39.3 	or charter to receive private contributions 
39.4 	for local conservation or habitat projects. If 
39.5 	acquiring land or a conservation easement, 
39.6 	priority shall be given to projects associated 
39.7 	with or within one mile of existing wildlife 
39.8 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.9 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific 
39.10 	and natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.11 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
39.12 	5; or aquatic management areas under 
39.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 86A.05, 
39.14 	subdivision 14, and 97C.02. All restoration 
39.15 	or enhancement projects must be on land 
39.16 	permanently protected by a permanent 
39.17 	covenant ensuring perpetual maintenance 
39.18 	and protection of restored and enhanced 
39.19 	habitat, by a conservation easement, or 
39.20 	by public ownership or in public waters 
39.21 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.22 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority shall 
39.23 	be given to restoration and enhancement 
39.24 	projects on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, 
39.25 	section 97A.056, subdivision 13, applies 
39.26 	to grants awarded under this paragraph. 
39.27 	This appropriation is available until June 
39.28 	30, 2018. No less than five percent of the 
39.29 	amount of each grant must be held back from 
39.30 	reimbursement until the grant recipient has 
39.31 	completed a grant accomplishment report by 
39.32 	the deadline and in the form prescribed by 
39.33 	and satisfactory to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
39.34 	Heritage Council. The commissioner shall 
39.35 	provide notice of the grant program in 
39.36 	the game and fish law summary prepared 
40.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.051, 
40.2 	subdivision 2.

40.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2014.

40.4 	Sec. 10. PAYMENT-IN-LIEU OF TAX ALTERNATIVES; 
40.5 	RECOMMENDATIONS.
 40.6 	The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the 
40.7 	commissioners of natural resources and revenue, shall examine alternatives to 
40.8 	payment-in-lieu of tax payments under Minnesota Statutes, sections 477A.10 to 477A.14, 
40.9 	including a trust fund approach, that would apply to land acquired with money from the 
40.10 	outdoor heritage fund and other dedicated funds. The examination must take into account 
40.11 	the ongoing costs to the state and local units of government associated with the acquisition 
40.12 	of the land and any constitutional constraints. The commissioner of management and 
40.13 	budget shall submit recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
40.14 	house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the 
40.15 	environment and natural resources, legacy funds, and taxes no later than January 15, 2016.

40.16 	ARTICLE 2
40.17 	CLEAN WATER FUND

40.18	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
40.19 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
40.20 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
40.21 	clean water fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities 
40.22 	under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2016" and "2017" 
40.23 	used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
40.24 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal 
40.25 	year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 
40.26 	and 2017. The appropriations in this article are onetime.

40.27				APPROPRIATIONS
	
40.28				Available for the Year
	
40.29				Ending June 30
	
40.30					2016
		2017

40.31	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

40.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	113,203,000
	$
	112,999,000
	
41.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
41.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
41.3 	sections.

41.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
41.5 	Money appropriated in this article may 
41.6 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
41.7 	directly related to and necessary for a 
41.8 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
41.9 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
41.10 	with Minnesota Management and Budget's 
41.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
41.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
41.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless 
41.14 	otherwise specified in this article, fiscal year 
41.15 	2016 appropriations are available until June 
41.16 	30, 2017, and fiscal year 2017 appropriations 
41.17 	are available until June 30, 2018. If a project 
41.18 	receives federal funds, the time period of 
41.19 	the appropriation is extended to equal the 
41.20 	availability of federal funding.

41.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
41.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
41.23 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
41.24 	on Disability, should make progress toward 
41.25 	providing greater access to programs, print 
41.26 	publications, and digital media for people 
41.27 	with disabilities related to the programs the 
41.28 	recipient funds using appropriations made 
41.29 	in this article.

41.30	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	5,834,000
	$
	5,832,000
	
41.31 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
41.32 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
41.33 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
42.1 	water and groundwater and to use data 
42.2 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
42.3 	(b) $2,586,000 the first year and $2,585,000 
42.4 	the second year are for monitoring and 
42.5 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
42.6 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable 
42.7 	to groundwater degradation; monitoring 
42.8 	for pesticides when nitrate is detected; 
42.9 	promoting, developing, and evaluating 
42.10 	regional and crop-specific nutrient best 
42.11 	management practices; assessing best 
42.12 	management practice adoption; education 
42.13 	and technical support from University of 
42.14 	Minnesota Extension; and other actions to 
42.15 	protect groundwater from degradation from 
42.16 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
42.17 	June 30, 2018.
42.18 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
42.19 	second year are for administering clean water 
42.20 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
42.21 	management practices loan program. Any 
42.22 	unencumbered balance at the end of the 
42.23 	second year shall be added to the corpus of 
42.24 	the loan fund.
42.25 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
42.26 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
42.27 	research, and demonstration projects on 
42.28 	proper implementation of best management 
42.29 	practices and more precise information on 
42.30 	nonpoint contributions to impaired waters. 
42.31 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
42.32 	2020.
42.33 	(e) $788,000 the first year and $787,000 the 
42.34 	second year are for research to quantify and 
42.35 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
43.1 	waters and for development and evaluation 
43.2 	of best management practices to protect and 
43.3 	restore water resources. This appropriation 
43.4 	is available until June 30, 2020.
43.5 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
43.6 	second year are for a research inventory 
43.7 	database containing water-related research 
43.8 	activities. Costs for information technology 
43.9 	development or support for this research 
43.10 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
43.11 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
43.12 	available until June 30, 2018.
43.13 	(g) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
43.14 	second year are to implement the Minnesota 
43.15 	agricultural water quality certification 
43.16 	program statewide. This appropriation is 
43.17 	available until June 30, 2020.
43.18 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
43.19 	second year are to provide funding for a 
43.20 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
43.21 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
43.22 	(i) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
43.23 	second year are for a perennial and cover crop 
43.24 	research program to develop perennial and 
43.25 	cover cropping systems specific to Minnesota 
43.26 	that are necessary to protect and restore the 
43.27 	state's surface and groundwater resources 
43.28 	while increasing efficiency, profitability, and 
43.29 	productivity of Minnesota farmers. This 
43.30 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018.
43.31 	(j) A portion of the funds in this section may 
43.32 	be used for programs to train state and local 
43.33 	outreach staff in the intersection between 
43.34 	agricultural economics and agricultural 
43.35 	conservation.

44.1	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	9,250,000
	$
	9,250,000
	
44.2 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
44.3 	the second year are for the point source 
44.4 	implementation grants program under 
44.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
44.6 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
44.7 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
44.8 	the second year are for small community 
44.9 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
44.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
44.11 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
44.12 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at 
44.13 	the end of each fiscal year under paragraph 
44.14 	(a) or (b), the Public Facilities Authority 
44.15 	may transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
44.16 	projects under any of the programs listed 
44.17 	in this section based on their priority rank 
44.18 	on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
44.19 	priority list.

44.20	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	26,250,000
	$
	26,248,000
	
44.21 	(a) $8,250,000 the first year and $8,250,000 
44.22 	the second year are for completion of 20 
44.23 	percent of the needed statewide assessments 
44.24 	of surface water quality and trends. If the 
44.25 	amount in the first year is insufficient, the 
44.26 	amount in the second year is available in the 
44.27 	first year.
44.28 	(b) $9,795,000 the first year and $9,795,000 
44.29 	the second year are to develop watershed 
44.30 	restoration and protection strategies 
44.31 	(WRAPS), which include total maximum 
44.32 	daily load (TMDL) studies and TMDL 
44.33 	implementation plans for waters listed on 
44.34 	the Unites States Environmental Protection 
45.1 	Agency approved impaired waters list in 
45.2 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
45.3 	114D. The agency shall complete an average 
45.4 	of ten percent of the TMDLs each year over 
45.5 	the biennium.
45.6 	(c) $1,182,000 the first year and $1,181,000 
45.7 	the second year are for groundwater 
45.8 	assessment, including enhancing the 
45.9 	ambient monitoring network, modeling, and 
45.10 	evaluating trends, including the reassessment 
45.11 	of groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 
45.12 	years ago and found to be contaminated. 
45.13 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
45.14 	the second year are for water quality 
45.15 	improvements in the lower St. Louis River 
45.16 	and Duluth harbor within the St. Louis River 
45.17 	System Area of Concern. This appropriation 
45.18 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
45.19 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
45.20 	(e) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
45.21 	second year are for storm water research and 
45.22 	guidance.
45.23 	(f) $1,150,000 the first year and $1,150,000 
45.24 	the second year are for TMDL research and 
45.25 	database development.
45.26 	(g) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 
45.27 	the second year are for national pollutant 
45.28 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
45.29 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
45.30 	(h) $3,623,000 the first year and $3,622,000 
45.31 	the second year are for enhancing the 
45.32 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
45.33 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
45.34 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
45.35 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection 
46.1 	of groundwater, including base grants 
46.2 	for all counties with SSTS programs and 
46.3 	competitive grants to counties with specific 
46.4 	plans to significantly reduce water pollution 
46.5 	by reducing the number of systems that 
46.6 	are an imminent threat to public health or 
46.7 	safety or are otherwise failing. Counties that 
46.8 	receive base grants must report the number 
46.9 	of sewage noncompliant properties upgraded 
46.10 	through SSTS replacement, connection 
46.11 	to a centralized sewer system, or other 
46.12 	means, including property abandonment 
46.13 	or buy-out. Counties also must report 
46.14 	the number of existing SSTS compliance 
46.15 	inspections conducted in areas under county 
46.16 	jurisdiction. These required reports are to 
46.17 	be part of established annual reporting for 
46.18 	SSTS programs. Counties that conduct SSTS 
46.19 	inventories or those with an ordinance in 
46.20 	place that requires an SSTS to be inspected 
46.21 	as a condition of transferring property or as a 
46.22 	condition of obtaining a local permit must be 
46.23 	given priority for competitive grants under 
46.24 	this paragraph. Of this amount, $750,000 
46.25 	each year is available to counties for grants to 
46.26 	low-income landowners to address systems 
46.27 	that pose an imminent threat to public health 
46.28 	or safety or fail to protect groundwater. A 
46.29 	grant awarded under this paragraph may not 
46.30 	exceed $500,000 for the biennium. A county 
46.31 	receiving a grant under this paragraph must 
46.32 	submit a report to the agency listing the 
46.33 	projects funded, including an account of the 
46.34 	expenditures.
46.35 	(i) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
46.36 	the second year are for a storm water 
47.1 	best management practice performance 
47.2 	evaluation and technology transfer program 
47.3 	to enhance data and information management 
47.4 	of storm water best management practices; 
47.5 	evaluate best management performance 
47.6 	and effectiveness to support meeting total 
47.7 	maximum daily loads; develop standards 
47.8 	and incorporate state of the art guidance 
47.9 	using minimal impact design standards as 
47.10 	the model; and implement a knowledge 
47.11 	and technology transfer system across 
47.12 	local government, industry, and regulatory 
47.13 	sectors for pass-through to the University of 
47.14 	Minnesota. This appropriation is available 
47.15 	until June 30, 2018.
47.16 	(j) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
47.17 	second year are to support activities of the 
47.18 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
47.19 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
47.20 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
47.21 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
47.22 	section encumbered on or before June 30, 
47.23 	2017, as grants or contracts are available 
47.24 	until June 30, 2020.

47.25
47.26	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	8,500,000
	$
	8,500,000
	
47.27 	(a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
47.28 	the second year are for stream flow 
47.29 	monitoring.
47.30 	(b) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
47.31 	the second year are for lake Index of 
47.32 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
47.33 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 
47.34 	the second year are for assessing mercury 
47.35 	and other contaminants of fish, including 
48.1 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
48.2 	waters over time.
48.3 	(d) $1,940,000 the first year and $1,940,000 
48.4 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
48.5 	science-based watershed restoration and 
48.6 	protection strategies. 
48.7 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
48.8 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
48.9 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
48.10 	(f) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
48.11 	second year are for technical assistance to 
48.12 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
48.13 	source restoration and protection activities, 
48.14 	including water quality protection in forested 
48.15 	watersheds.
48.16 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
48.17 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
48.18 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
48.19 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
48.20 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
48.21 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
48.22 	elevation data; assessing effectiveness of 
48.23 	forestry best management practices for water 
48.24 	quality; and developing a biomonitoring 
48.25 	database. 
48.26 	(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
48.27 	the second year are for developing county 
48.28 	geologic atlases. 
48.29 	(i) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
48.30 	second year are for analysis and mapping 
48.31 	in each county related to compliance 
48.32 	with riparian buffer or alternate practice 
48.33 	requirements and to provide statewide 
48.34 	coordination and guidance to local units of 
48.35 	government for implementation of buffer 
49.1 	requirements. Maps must be provided to 
49.2 	local units of government and made available 
49.3 	to landowners on the Department of Natural 
49.4 	Resources' Web site.

49.5
49.6	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	58,131,000
	$
	58,132,000
	
49.7 	(a) $8,929,000 the first year and $8,929,000 
49.8 	the second year are for grants to local 
49.9 	government units organized for the 
49.10 	management of water in a watershed or 
49.11 	subwatershed that have multiyear plans 
49.12 	that will result in a significant reduction in 
49.13 	water pollution in a selected subwatershed. 
49.14 	The grants may be used for establishment 
49.15 	of riparian buffers; practices to store 
49.16 	water for natural treatment and infiltration, 
49.17 	including rain gardens; capturing storm 
49.18 	water for reuse; stream bank, shoreland, and 
49.19 	ravine stabilization; enforcement activities; 
49.20 	and implementation of best management 
49.21 	practices for feedlots within riparian areas 
49.22 	and other practices demonstrated to be 
49.23 	most effective in protecting, enhancing, and 
49.24 	restoring water quality in lakes, rivers, and 
49.25 	streams and protecting groundwater from 
49.26 	degradation. Grant recipients must identify 
49.27 	a nonstate match and may use other legacy 
49.28 	funds to supplement projects funded under 
49.29 	this paragraph. Grants awarded under this 
49.30 	paragraph are available for four years and 
49.31 	priority must be given to the best designed 
49.32 	plans each year.
49.33 	(b) $14,775,000 the first year and 
49.34 	$14,775,000 the second year are for grants 
49.35 	to protect and restore surface water and 
50.1 	drinking water; to keep water on the land; to 
50.2 	protect, enhance, and restore water quality 
50.3 	in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect 
50.4 	groundwater and drinking water, including 
50.5 	feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage 
50.6 	treatment system projects and stream bank, 
50.7 	stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
50.8 	and ravine stabilization projects. The 
50.9 	projects must use practices demonstrated 
50.10 	to be effective, be of long-lasting public 
50.11 	benefit, include a match, and be consistent 
50.12 	with total maximum daily load (TMDL) 
50.13 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
50.14 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
50.15 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
50.16 	A portion of these funds may be used to seek 
50.17 	administrative efficiencies through shared 
50.18 	resources by multiple local governmental 
50.19 	units.
50.20 	(c) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
50.21 	the second year are for targeted local 
50.22 	resource protection and enhancement grants 
50.23 	and statewide program enhancements for 
50.24 	technical assistance, citizen and community 
50.25 	outreach, and training and certification, as 
50.26 	well as projects, practices, and programs that 
50.27 	supplement or otherwise exceed current state 
50.28 	standards for protection, enhancement, and 
50.29 	restoration of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
50.30 	and streams or that protect groundwater from 
50.31 	degradation, including compliance.
50.32 	(d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 
50.33 	the second year are to provide state 
50.34 	oversight and accountability, evaluate 
50.35 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
50.36 	measure the value of conservation program 
51.1 	implementation by local governments, 
51.2 	including submission to the legislature by 
51.3 	March 1 each even-numbered year a biennial 
51.4 	report prepared by the board, in consultation 
51.5 	with the commissioners of natural resources, 
51.6 	health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control 
51.7 	Agency, detailing the recipients, the projects 
51.8 	funded under this section, and the amount of 
51.9 	pollution reduced.
51.10 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
51.11 	the second year are for grants to local units 
51.12 	of government to enhance compliance 
51.13 	with riparian buffer or alternate practice 
51.14 	requirements.
51.15 	(f) $10,043,000 the first year and $10,044,000 
51.16 	the second year are to restore or preserve 
51.17 	permanent conservation on riparian buffers 
51.18 	adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and 
51.19 	tributaries, to keep water on the land in order 
51.20 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
51.21 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to 
51.22 	surface waters; and increase infiltration for 
51.23 	groundwater recharge. This appropriation 
51.24 	may be used for restoration of riparian 
51.25 	buffers permanently protected by easements 
51.26 	purchased with this appropriation or contracts 
51.27 	to achieve permanent protection for riparian 
51.28 	buffers or stream bank restorations when the 
51.29 	riparian buffers have been restored. Up to 
51.30 	$344,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
51.31 	enforcement account.
51.32 	(g) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
51.33 	the second year are for permanent 
51.34 	conservation easements on wellhead 
51.35 	protection areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
52.1 	section 103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph 
52.2 	(d), or for grants to local units of government 
52.3 	for fee title acquisition to permanently 
52.4 	protect groundwater supply sources on 
52.5 	wellhead protection areas or for otherwise 
52.6 	assuring long-term protection of groundwater 
52.7 	supply sources as described under alternative 
52.8 	management tools in the Department 
52.9 	of Agriculture's Nitrogen Fertilizer 
52.10 	Management Plan, including low nitrogen 
52.11 	cropping systems or implementing nitrogen 
52.12 	fertilizer best management practices. Priority 
52.13 	must be placed on land that is located where 
52.14 	the vulnerability of the drinking water supply 
52.15 	is designated as high or very high by the 
52.16 	commissioner of health, where drinking 
52.17 	water protection plans have identified 
52.18 	specific activities that will achieve long-term 
52.19 	protection, and on lands with expiring 
52.20 	Conservation Reserve Program contracts. 
52.21 	Up to $52,500 is for deposit in a monitoring 
52.22 	and enforcement account.
52.23 	(h) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
52.24 	the second year are for community partner 
52.25 	grants to local units of government for: 
52.26 	(1) structural or vegetative management 
52.27 	practices that reduce storm water runoff 
52.28 	from developed or disturbed lands to reduce 
52.29 	the movement of sediment, nutrients, and 
52.30 	pollutants for restoration, protection, or 
52.31 	enhancement of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
52.32 	and streams and to protect groundwater 
52.33 	and drinking water; and (2) installation 
52.34 	of proven and effective water retention 
52.35 	practices including, but not limited to, rain 
52.36 	gardens and other vegetated infiltration 
53.1 	basins and sediment control basins in order 
53.2 	to keep water on the land. The projects must 
53.3 	be of long-lasting public benefit, include a 
53.4 	local match, and be consistent with TMDL 
53.5 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
53.6 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
53.7 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
53.8 	Local government unit costs may be used as 
53.9 	a match.
53.10 	(i) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the 
53.11 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
53.12 	panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations 
53.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
53.14 	subdivision 6.
53.15 	(j) $2,100,000 the first year and $2,100,000 
53.16 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
53.17 	and grants to local governments to transition 
53.18 	local water management plans to a watershed 
53.19 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
53.20 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
53.21 	114D.
53.22 	(k) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
53.23 	the second year are for technical assistance 
53.24 	and grants for the conservation drainage 
53.25 	program in consultation with the Drainage 
53.26 	Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota 
53.27 	Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 
53.28 	13, that includes projects to improve 
53.29 	multipurpose water management under 
53.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.015.
53.31 	(l) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
53.32 	the second year are to purchase and restore 
53.33 	permanent conservation sites via easements 
53.34 	or contracts to treat and store water on the 
53.35 	land for water quality improvement purposes 
54.1 	and related technical assistance. This work 
54.2 	may be done in cooperation with the United 
54.3 	States Department of Agriculture with a first 
54.4 	priority use to accomplish a conservation 
54.5 	reserve enhancement program, or equivalent, 
54.6 	in the state. Up to $1,285,000 is for deposit 
54.7 	in a monitoring and enforcement account.
54.8 	(m) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
54.9 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
54.10 	conservation easements to protect lands 
54.11 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
54.12 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
54.13 	to $190,000 is for deposit in a monitoring 
54.14 	and enforcement account.
54.15 	(n) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
54.16 	the second year are for a program to 
54.17 	systematically collect data and produce 
54.18 	county, watershed, and statewide estimates 
54.19 	of soil erosion caused by water and wind 
54.20 	along with tracking adoption of conservation 
54.21 	measures to address erosion.
54.22 	(o) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
54.23 	the second year are to supplement, in equal 
54.24 	amounts, each soil and water conservation 
54.25 	district's general service grant.
54.26 	(p) The Board of Water and Soil 
54.27 	Resources must consider the inclusion 
54.28 	of environmentally suitable annuals the 
54.29 	next time the board establishes or revises 
54.30 	vegetation establishment and enhancement 
54.31 	guidelines for the purposes of riparian 
54.32 	buffers.
54.33 	(q) The board shall contract for delivery 
54.34 	of services with Conservation Corps 
54.35 	Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and 
55.1 	other activities under this section for up to 
55.2 	$500,000 the first year and up to $500,000 
55.3 	the second year.
55.4 	(r) The board may shift grant or cost-share 
55.5 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
55.6 	technical and administrative assistance 
55.7 	portion of the funds to leverage federal or 
55.8 	other nonstate funds or to address oversight 
55.9 	responsibilities or high-priority needs 
55.10 	identified in local water management plans.
55.11 	(s) The board shall require grantees to specify 
55.12 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
55.13 	grants prior to any grant awards.
55.14 	(t) The appropriations in this section are 
55.15 	available until June 30, 2020. Returned grant 
55.16 	funds are available until expended and shall 
55.17 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
55.18 	this section.

55.19	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	4,013,000
	$
	3,812,000
	
55.20 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
55.21 	the second year are for addressing public 
55.22 	health concerns related to contaminants 
55.23 	found in Minnesota drinking water for which 
55.24 	no health-based drinking water standards 
55.25 	exist, including accelerating the development 
55.26 	of health risk limits and improving the 
55.27 	capacity of the department's laboratory to 
55.28 	analyze unregulated contaminants. The 
55.29 	commissioner shall contract with the Board 
55.30 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
55.31 	to provide an independent review of the 
55.32 	department's drinking water contaminants 
55.33 	of emerging concern program. The review 
55.34 	must include an assessment and ranking of 
56.1 	contaminants that are threats to drinking 
56.2 	water supplies and include benchmarking 
56.3 	that compares efforts at the department with 
56.4 	efforts by other states and the United States 
56.5 	Environmental Protection Agency. The 
56.6 	review must be submitted to the Clean Water 
56.7 	Council and the chairs and ranking minority 
56.8 	members of the house of representatives 
56.9 	and senate committees and divisions with 
56.10 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
56.11 	resources by June 1, 2016.
56.12 	(b) $1,900,000 the first year and $1,900,000 
56.13 	the second year are for protection of drinking 
56.14 	water sources.
56.15 	(c) $113,000 the first year and $112,000 the 
56.16 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
56.17 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
56.18 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
56.19 	(d) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
56.20 	the second year are to develop and deliver 
56.21 	groundwater restoration and protection 
56.22 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
56.23 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
56.24 	resources to local governments for drinking 
56.25 	water source protection activities.
56.26 	(e) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
56.27 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
56.28 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
56.29 	wells and developing guidance to ensure 
56.30 	that new well placement minimizes the 
56.31 	potential for risks, in cooperation with the 
56.32 	commissioner of agriculture.
56.33 	(f) $275,000 the first year and $75,000 
56.34 	the second year are for development 
56.35 	and implementation of a groundwater 
57.1 	virus monitoring plan, including an 
57.2 	epidemiological study to determine the 
57.3 	association between groundwater virus 
57.4 	concentration and community illness rates. 
57.5 	(g) $175,000 the first year and $175,000 the 
57.6 	second year are to prepare a comprehensive 
57.7 	study of and recommendations for regulatory 
57.8 	and nonregulatory approaches to water reuse 
57.9 	for use in the development of state policy for 
57.10 	water reuse in Minnesota.
57.11 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
57.12 	appropriations in this section are available 
57.13 	until June 30, 2019.

57.14	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	1,225,000
	$
	1,225,000
	
57.15 	(a) $975,000 the first year and $975,000 
57.16 	the second year are to implement projects 
57.17 	that address emerging drinking water supply 
57.18 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
57.19 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
57.20 	coordination, support local implementation 
57.21 	of water supply reliability projects, and 
57.22 	prevent degradation of groundwater 
57.23 	resources in the metropolitan area. These 
57.24 	projects will provide to communities:
57.25 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
57.26 	water use through utilization of surface water, 
57.27 	storm water, wastewater, and groundwater;
57.28 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
57.29 	for different alternatives;
57.30 	(3) development of planning level cost 
57.31 	estimates, including capital cost and 
57.32 	operation cost;
57.33 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms 
57.34 	and an equitable cost-sharing structure 
58.1 	for regionally beneficial water supply 
58.2 	development projects; and
58.3 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
58.4 	models.
58.5 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
58.6 	the second year are for the water demand 
58.7 	reduction grant program to encourage 
58.8 	implementation of water demand reduction 
58.9 	measures by municipalities in the 
58.10 	metropolitan area to ensure the reliability and 
58.11 	protection of drinking water supplies.

58.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103A.206, is amended to read:
58.13 	103A.206 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION POLICY.
58.14 	Maintaining and enhancing the quality of soil and water for the environmental and 
58.15 	economic benefits they produce, preventing degradation, and restoring degraded soil and 
58.16 	water resources of this state contribute greatly to the health, safety, economic well-being, 
58.17 	and general welfare of this state and its citizens. Land occupiers have the responsibility to 
58.18 	implement practices that conserve the soil and water resources of the state. Soil and water 
58.19 	conservation measures implemented on private lands in this state provide benefits to the 
58.20 	general public by reducing erosion, sedimentation, siltation, water pollution, and damages 
58.21 	caused by floods. The soil and water conservation policy of the state is to encourage land 
58.22 	occupiers to conserve soil, water, and the natural resources they support through the 
58.23 	implementation of practices that:
58.24 	(1) control or prevent erosion, sedimentation, siltation, and related pollution in 
58.25 	order to preserve natural resources;
58.26 	(2) ensure continued soil health, as defined under section 103C.101, subdivision 
58.27 	10a, and soil productivity;
58.28 	(3) protect water quality;
58.29 	(4) prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs;
58.30 	(5) reduce damages caused by floods;
58.31 	(6) preserve wildlife;
58.32 	(7) protect the tax base; and
58.33 	(8) protect public lands and waters.

59.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a 
59.2 	subdivision to read:
59.3 		Subd. 16.Water quality practices; standardized specifications. The Board of 
59.4 	Water and Soil Resources shall work with state and federal agencies, academic institutions, 
59.5 	local governments, practitioners, and stakeholders to foster mutual understanding and 
59.6 	provide recommendations for standardized specifications for water quality and soil 
59.7 	conservation protection and improvement practices and projects. The board may convene 
59.8 	working groups or work teams to develop information, education, and recommendations.

59.9 	Sec. 12. [103B.801] COMPREHENSIVE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 
59.10 	PLANNING PROGRAM.
59.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. The definitions under section 103B.3363, subdivisions 2 
59.12 	to 4, apply to this section.
59.13 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed 
59.14 	management plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
59.15 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under chapters 103B, 103C, 
59.16 	and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, science-based 
59.17 	approach to watershed management;
59.18 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan 
59.19 	services, and local capacity;
59.20 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed 
59.21 	restoration and protection strategies under section 114D.26;
59.22 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
59.23 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
59.24 	measurable progress; and
59.25 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
59.26 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according 
59.27 	to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D.
59.28 		Subd. 3.Coordination. The board shall develop policies for coordination and 
59.29 	development of comprehensive watershed management plans. To ensure effectiveness 
59.30 	and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 2, these policies must address, 
59.31 	at a minimum:
59.32 	(1) a boundary framework consistent with section 103B.101, subdivision 14, 
59.33 	paragraph (a), and procedures, requirements, and criteria for establishing or modifying 
59.34 	the framework consistent with the goals of section 103A.212. The metropolitan area, as 
59.35 	defined under section 473.121, subdivision 2, may be considered for inclusion in the 
60.1 	boundary framework. If included, the metropolitan area is not excluded from the water 
60.2 	management programs under sections 103B.201 to 103B.255;
60.3 	(2) requirements for coordination, participation, and commitment between local 
60.4 	government units in the development, approval, adoption, and implementation of 
60.5 	comprehensive watershed management plans within planning boundaries identified 
60.6 	according to this subdivision;
60.7 	(3) requirements for consistency with state agency-adopted water and natural 
60.8 	resources-related plans and documents required by chapters 103A, 103B, 103C, 103D, 
60.9 	103E, 103F, 103G, and 114D; and
60.10 	(4) procedures for plan development, review, and approval consistent with the intent 
60.11 	of sections 103B.201, 103B.255, 103B.311, 103B.321, 103D.401, and 103D.405. If the 
60.12 	procedures in these sections are contradictory as applied to a specific proceeding, the 
60.13 	board must establish a forum where the public interest conflicts involved can be presented 
60.14 	and, by consideration of the whole body of water law, the controlling policy can be 
60.15 	determined and apparent inconsistencies resolved.
60.16 		Subd. 4.Plan content. (a) The board shall develop policies for required 
60.17 	comprehensive watershed management plan content consistent with comprehensive local 
60.18 	water management planning. To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the 
60.19 	purposes of subdivision 2, plan content must include, at a minimum:
60.20 	(1) an analysis and prioritization of issues and resource concerns;
60.21 	(2) measurable goals to address the issues and concerns, including but not limited to:
60.22 	(i) restoration, protection, and preservation of natural surface water and groundwater 
60.23 	storage and retention systems;
60.24 	(ii) minimization of public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and 
60.25 	water quality problems;
60.26 	(iii) restoration, protection, and improvement of surface water and groundwater 
60.27 	quality;
60.28 	(iv) establishment of more uniform local policies and official controls for surface 
60.29 	water and groundwater management;
60.30 	(v) identification of priority areas for wetland enhancement, restoration, and 
60.31 	establishment;
60.32 	(vi) identification of priority areas for riparian zone management and buffers;
60.33 	(vii) prevention of erosion and soil transport into surface water systems;
60.34 	(viii) promotion of groundwater recharge;
60.35 	(ix) protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational 
60.36 	facilities; and
61.1 	(x) securing other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water 
61.2 	and groundwater;
61.3 	(3) a targeted implementation schedule describing at a minimum the actions, 
61.4 	locations, timeline, estimated costs, method of measurement, and identification of roles 
61.5 	and responsible government units;
61.6 	(4) a description of implementation programs, including how the implementation 
61.7 	schedule will be achieved and how the plan will be administered and coordinated between 
61.8 	local water management responsibilities; and
61.9 	(5) a land and water resource inventory.
61.10 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by 
61.11 	June 30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination 
61.12 	of plans consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of 
61.13 	completing statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. 
61.14 	The metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan.
61.15 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to 
61.16 	support development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management 
61.17 	plan under this section.
61.18 		Subd. 6.Authority. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, the authorities 
61.19 	granted to local government through chapters 103B, 103C, and 103D are retained when 
61.20 	a comprehensive watershed management plan is adopted as a substitute for a watershed 
61.21 	management plan required under section 103B.231, a county groundwater plan authorized 
61.22 	under section 103B.255, a county water plan authorized under section 103B.311, a 
61.23 	comprehensive plan authorized under section 103C.331, or a watershed management plan 
61.24 	required under section 103D.401 or 103D.405.

61.25 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.101, is amended by adding a 
61.26 	subdivision to read:
61.27 		Subd. 10a.Soil health. "Soil health" means the continued capacity of soil to 
61.28 	function as a vital living system that sustains plants, animals, and humans. Indicators 
61.29 	of soil health include water infiltration capacity; organic matter content; water holding 
61.30 	capacity; biological capacity to break down plant residue and other substances and 
61.31 	to maintain soil aggregation; nutrient sequestration and cycling capacity; carbon 
61.32 	sequestration; and soil resistance.

61.33 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.401, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.1 		Subdivision 1.Powers and duties. In addition to the powers and duties of the state 
62.2 	board provided by other law, the state board shall:
62.3 	(1) offer to assist the district boards to implement their programs;
62.4 	(2) keep the district boards of the state informed of the activities and experience of 
62.5 	other districts and facilitate cooperation and an interchange of advice and experience 
62.6 	among the districts;
62.7 	(3) coordinate the programs and activities of the districts with appropriate agencies 
62.8 	by advice and consultation;
62.9 	(4) approve or disapprove the plans or programs of districts relating to the use of 
62.10 	state funds administered by the state board;
62.11 	(5) secure the cooperation and assistance of agencies in the work of the districts 
62.12 	and develop a program to advise and assist appropriate agencies in obtaining state and 
62.13 	federal funds for erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution 
62.14 	control programs;
62.15 	(6) develop and implement a public information program concerning the districts' 
62.16 	activities and programs, the problems and preventive practices relating to erosion control, 
62.17 	sedimentation, agriculturally related pollution, flood prevention, and the advantages of 
62.18 	formation of districts in areas where their organization is desirable;
62.19 	(7) consolidate districts without a hearing or a referendum;
62.20 	(8) assist the statewide program to inventory and classify the types of soils in the 
62.21 	state as determined by the Minnesota Cooperative Soil Survey;
62.22 	(9) identify research needs and cooperate with other public agencies in research 
62.23 	concerning the nature and extent of erosion, sedimentation, flooding and agriculturally 
62.24 	related pollution, the amounts and sources of sediment and pollutants delivered to the 
62.25 	waters of the state, and long-term soil productivity;
62.26 	(10) develop structural, land use management practice, and other programs to reduce 
62.27 	or prevent soil erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution;
62.28 	(11) develop a system of priorities to identify the erosion, flooding, sediment, and 
62.29 	agriculturally related pollution problem areas that most need control systems;
62.30 	(12) ensure compliance with statewide programs and policies established by the state 
62.31 	board by advice, consultation, and approval of grant agreements with the districts; and
62.32 	(13) service requests from districts to consolidate districts across county boundaries 
62.33 	and facilitate other agreed-to reorganizations of districts with other districts or other 
62.34 	local units of government, including making grants, within the limits of available funds, 
62.35 	to offset the cost of consolidation or reorganization; and
62.36 	(14) develop and implement a state-led technical training and certification program.

63.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.501, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
63.2 		Subd. 5.Contracts by districts. (a) A district board may contract on a cost-share 
63.3 	basis to furnish financial aid to a land occupier or to a state agency for permanent systems 
63.4 	for erosion or sedimentation control or water quality or water quantity improvements that 
63.5 	are consistent with the district's comprehensive and annual work plans.
63.6 	(b) A district board, with approval from the state board and consistent with state 
63.7 	board rules and policies, may contract on a cost-share basis to furnish financial aid to a 
63.8 	land occupier for nonstructural land management practices that are part of a planned 
63.9 	erosion control or water quality improvement plan.
63.10 	(b) (c) The duration of the contract must, at a minimum, be the time required to 
63.11 	complete the planned systems. A contract must specify that the land occupier is liable for 
63.12 	monetary damages and penalties in an amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance 
63.13 	received from the district, for failure to complete the systems or practices in a timely 
63.14 	manner or maintain the systems or practices as specified in the contract.
63.15 	(c) (d) A contract may provide for cooperation or funding with federal agencies. 
63.16 	A land occupier or state agency may provide the cost-sharing portion of the contract 
63.17 	through services in kind.
63.18 	(d) (e) The state board or the district board may not furnish any financial aid for 
63.19 	practices designed only to increase land productivity.
63.20 	(e) (f) When a district board determines that long-term maintenance of a system or 
63.21 	practice is desirable, the board may require that maintenance be made a covenant upon 
63.22 	the land for the effective life of the practice. A covenant under this subdivision shall be 
63.23 	construed in the same manner as a conservation restriction under section 84.65.

63.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
63.25 		Subd. 2.Membership; appointment. (a) The commissioners of natural resources, 
63.26 	agriculture, health, and the Pollution Control Agency, and the executive director of the 
63.27 	Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, 
63.28 	and the Metropolitan Council shall each appoint one person from their respective agency 
63.29 	entity to serve as a nonvoting member of the council. Two members of the house of 
63.30 	representatives, including one member from the majority party and one member from the 
63.31 	minority party, appointed by the speaker and two senators, including one member from 
63.32 	the majority party and one member from the minority party, appointed according to the 
63.33 	rules of the senate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority as nonvoting 
63.34 	members of the council. Agency and legislative Members appointed under this paragraph 
63.35 	serve as nonvoting members of the council.
64.1 	(b) Nineteen Seventeen voting members of the council shall be appointed by the 
64.2 	governor as follows:
64.3 	(1) two members representing statewide farm organizations;
64.4 	(2) two members representing business organizations;
64.5 	(3) two members representing environmental organizations;
64.6 	(4) one member representing soil and water conservation districts;
64.7 	(5) one member representing watershed districts;
64.8 	(6) one member representing nonprofit organizations focused on improvement of 
64.9 	Minnesota lakes or streams;
64.10 	(7) two members representing organizations of county governments, one member 
64.11 	representing the interests of rural counties and one member representing the interests of 
64.12 	counties in the seven-county metropolitan area;
64.13 	(8) two members representing organizations of city governments;
64.14 	(9) one member representing the Metropolitan Council established under section 
64.15 	473.123;
64.16 	(10) (9) one member representing township officers;
64.17 	(11) (10) one member representing the interests of tribal governments;
64.18 	(12) (11) one member representing statewide hunting organizations; and
64.19 	(13) one member representing the University of Minnesota or a Minnesota state 
64.20 	university; and
64.21 	(14) (12) one member representing statewide fishing organizations.
64.22 	Members appointed under this paragraph must not be registered lobbyists or legislators. 
64.23 	In making appointments, the governor must attempt to provide for geographic balance. 
64.24 	The members of the council appointed by the governor are subject to the advice and 
64.25 	consent of the senate.

64.26 	Sec. 17. Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 6, is amended to read:

64.27
64.28	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	12,635,000 
12,135,000
	$
	9,450,000 
8,950,000
	
64.29 	(a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
64.30 	the second year are for stream flow 
64.31 	monitoring, including the installation of 
64.32 	additional monitoring gauges, and monitoring 
64.33 	necessary to determine the relationship 
64.34 	between stream flow and groundwater.
65.1 	(b) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
65.2 	the second year are for lake Index of 
65.3 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
65.4 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 
65.5 	the second year are for assessing mercury 
65.6 	contamination and other contaminants of 
65.7 	fish, including monitoring to track the status 
65.8 	of waters impaired by mercury and mercury 
65.9 	reduction efforts over time.
65.10 	(d) $1,850,000 the first year and $1,850,000 
65.11 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
65.12 	science-based watershed restoration and 
65.13 	protection strategies, including regional 
65.14 	technical assistance for TMDL plans and 
65.15 	development of a watershed assessment tool, 
65.16 	in cooperation with the commissioner of the 
65.17 	Pollution Control Agency. By January 15, 
65.18 	2016, the commissioner shall submit a report 
65.19 	to the chairs and ranking minority members 
65.20 	of the senate and house of representatives 
65.21 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
65.22 	over environment and natural resources 
65.23 	policy and finance providing the outcomes 
65.24 	to lakes, rivers, streams, and groundwater 
65.25 	achieved with this appropriation and 
65.26 	recommendations.
65.27 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
65.28 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
65.29 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
65.30 	(f) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
65.31 	the second year are for technical assistance 
65.32 	to support local implementation of nonpoint 
65.33 	source restoration and protection activities, 
65.34 	including water quality protection in forested 
65.35 	watersheds.
66.1 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 
66.2 	the second year are for applied research 
66.3 	and tools, including watershed hydrologic 
66.4 	modeling; maintaining and updating spatial 
66.5 	data for watershed boundaries, streams, and 
66.6 	water bodies and integrating high-resolution 
66.7 	digital elevation data; assessing effectiveness 
66.8 	of forestry best management practices for 
66.9 	water quality; and developing an ecological 
66.10 	monitoring database.
66.11 	(h) $615,000 the first year and $615,000 
66.12 	the second year are for developing county 
66.13 	geologic atlases.
66.14 	(i) $85,000 the first year is to develop design 
66.15 	standards and best management practices 
66.16 	for public water access sites to maintain and 
66.17 	improve water quality by avoiding shoreline 
66.18 	erosion and runoff.
66.19 	(j) $3,000,000 the first year is for beginning 
66.20 	to develop and designate groundwater 
66.21 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
66.22 	section 103G.287, subdivision 4. The 
66.23 	commissioner, in consultation with the 
66.24 	commissioners of the Pollution Control 
66.25 	Agency, health, and agriculture, shall 
66.26 	establish a uniform statewide hydrogeologic 
66.27 	mapping system that will include designated 
66.28 	groundwater management areas. The 
66.29 	mapping system must include wellhead 
66.30 	protection areas, special well construction 
66.31 	areas, groundwater provinces, groundwater 
66.32 	recharge areas, and other designated or 
66.33 	geographical areas related to groundwater. 
66.34 	This mapping system shall be used to 
66.35 	implement all groundwater-related laws 
67.1 	and for reporting and evaluations. This 
67.2 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2017.
67.3 	(k) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
67.4 	second year are for grants to counties and 
67.5 	other local units of government to adopt and 
67.6 	implement advanced shoreland protection 
67.7 	measures. The grants awarded under this 
67.8 	paragraph shall be for up to $100,000 and 
67.9 	must be used to restore and enhance riparian 
67.10 	areas to protect, enhance, and restore water 
67.11 	quality in lakes, rivers, and streams. Grant 
67.12 	recipients must submit a report to the 
67.13 	commissioner on the outcomes achieved 
67.14 	with the grant. To be eligible for a grant 
67.15 	under this paragraph, a county or other local 
67.16 	unit of government must be adopting or have 
67.17 	adopted an ordinance for the subdivision, 
67.18 	use, redevelopment, and development of 
67.19 	shoreland that has been approved by the 
67.20 	commissioner of natural resources as having 
67.21 	advanced shoreland protection measures. An 
67.22 	ordinance must meet or exceed the following 
67.23 	standards:
67.24 	(1) requires new sewage treatment systems 
67.25 	to be set back at least 100 feet from the 
67.26 	ordinary high water level for recreational 
67.27 	development shorelands and 75 feet for 
67.28 	general development lake shorelands;
67.29 	(2) requires redevelopment and new 
67.30 	development on shoreland to have at least 
67.31 	a 50-foot vegetative buffer. An access path 
67.32 	and recreational use area may be allowed;
67.33 	(3) requires mitigation when any variance to 
67.34 	standards designed to protect lakes, rivers, 
67.35 	and streams is granted;
68.1 	(4) requires best management practices to be 
68.2 	used to control storm water and sediment as 
68.3 	part of a land alteration;
68.4 	(5) includes other criteria developed by the 
68.5 	commissioner; and
68.6 	(6) has been adopted by July 1, 2015.
68.7 	An ordinance that does not exceed all the 
68.8 	standards in clauses (1) to (5) is considered 
68.9 	to meet the requirement if the commissioner 
68.10 	determines that the ordinance provides 
68.11 	significantly greater protection for both 
68.12 	waters and shoreland than those standards.
68.13 	The commissioner of natural resources 
68.14 	may develop additional criteria for the 
68.15 	grants awarded under this paragraph. In 
68.16 	developing the criteria, the commissioner 
68.17 	shall consider the proposed changes to 
68.18 	the department's shoreland rules discussed 
68.19 	during the rulemaking process authorized 
68.20 	under Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, 
68.21 	section 4, subdivision 3. This appropriation 
68.22 	is available until spent.
68.23 	(l) (k) $100,000 the first year is for the 
68.24 	commissioner of natural resources for 
68.25 	rulemaking under Minnesota Statutes, 
68.26 	section 116G.15, subdivision 7.

68.27 	Sec. 18. CANCELLATION OF PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS.
 68.28 	(a) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for the 
68.29 	clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
68.30 	446A.074, in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 3, paragraph (b), is canceled.
68.31 	(b) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for 
68.32 	the clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
68.33 	section 446A.074, in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 2, section 4, 
68.34 	paragraph (b), is canceled.

69.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

69.2 	ARTICLE 3
69.3 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

69.4	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
69.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
69.6 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
69.7 	parks and trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The 
69.8 	figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
69.9 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. 
69.10 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" 
69.11 	is fiscal years 2016 and 2017. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

69.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
69.13				Available for the Year
	
69.14				Ending June 30
	
69.15					2016
		2017

69.16	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

69.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	43,628,000
	$
	45,722,000
	
69.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
69.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
69.20 	sections.

69.21	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
69.22 	Money appropriated in this article may 
69.23 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
69.24 	directly related to and necessary for a 
69.25 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
69.26 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
69.27 	with Minnesota Management and Budget's 
69.28 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
69.29 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
69.30 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless 
69.31 	otherwise specified in this article, fiscal year 
69.32 	2016 appropriations are available until June 
69.33 	30, 2018, and fiscal year 2017 appropriations 
69.34 	are available until June 30, 2019. If a project 
70.1 	receives federal funds, the time period of 
70.2 	the appropriation is extended to equal the 
70.3 	availability of federal funding.

70.4	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
70.5 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of 
70.6 	parks and trails funds, in consultation with 
70.7 	the Council on Disability, should make 
70.8 	progress toward providing greater access 
70.9 	to programs, print publications, and digital 
70.10 	media for people with disabilities related 
70.11 	to the programs the recipient funds using 
70.12 	appropriations made in this article.

70.13
70.14	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	26,391,000
	$
	27,655,000
	
70.15 	(a) $17,237,000 the first year and 
70.16 	$18,067,000 the second year are for state 
70.17 	parks, recreation areas, and trails to:
70.18 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
70.19 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
70.20 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
70.21 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating 
70.22 	with partners to implement the 25-year 
70.23 	long-range parks and trails legacy plan.
70.24 	(b) $8,618,000 the first year and $9,033,000 
70.25 	the second year are for grants in accordance 
70.26 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535, 
70.27 	for parks and trails of regional or statewide 
70.28 	significance outside of the metropolitan area, 
70.29 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
70.30 	473.121, subdivision 2. The grants must 
70.31 	be based on the recommendations to the 
70.32 	commissioner from the Greater Minnesota 
70.33 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
70.34 	established under Minnesota Statutes, 
71.1 	section 85.536. Up to 2.5 percent of the total 
71.2 	appropriation may be used by the department 
71.3 	for administering the grants. Of the total 
71.4 	appropriation, $356,000 the first year and 
71.5 	$362,000 the second year are for grants to 
71.6 	the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and 
71.7 	Trails Commission for operating costs.
71.8 	(c) By January 15, 2016, the Greater 
71.9 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
71.10 	Commission shall submit a list of projects, 
71.11 	ranked in priority order, that contains the 
71.12 	commission's recommendations for funding 
71.13 	from the parks and trails fund for fiscal year 
71.14 	2017 to the chairs and ranking minority 
71.15 	members of the house of representatives 
71.16 	and senate committees and divisions with 
71.17 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
71.18 	resources and the parks and trails fund.
71.19 	(d) By January 15, 2016, the Greater 
71.20 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
71.21 	Commission shall submit a report that 
71.22 	contains the commission's criteria for 
71.23 	funding from the parks and trails fund, 
71.24 	including the criteria used to determine if a 
71.25 	park or trail is of regional significance, to 
71.26 	the chairs and ranking minority members 
71.27 	of the house of representatives and senate 
71.28 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
71.29 	over the environment and natural resources 
71.30 	and the parks and trails fund.
71.31 	(e) $536,000 the first year and $555,000 the 
71.32 	second year are for coordination and projects 
71.33 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
71.34 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
71.35 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
72.1 	Web-based information for park and trail 
72.2 	users; and support of activities of the Parks 
72.3 	and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
72.4 	(f) The commissioner shall contract for 
72.5 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
72.6 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
72.7 	activities under this section for at least 
72.8 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
72.9 	second year.
72.10 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
72.11 	appropriations under this section shall 
72.12 	give consideration to contracting with 
72.13 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for 
72.14 	restoration, maintenance, and other activities.

72.15	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	17,237,000
	$
	18,067,000
	
72.16 	(a) $17,237,000 the first year and 
72.17 	$18,067,000 the second year are for 
72.18 	distribution according to Minnesota Statutes, 
72.19 	section 85.53, subdivision 3.
72.20 	(b) Money appropriated under this section 
72.21 	and distributed to implementing agencies 
72.22 	must be used to fund the list of recommended 
72.23 	projects in the report submitted pursuant to 
72.24 	Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 
72.25 	4, paragraph (o). Projects funded by the 
72.26 	money appropriated under this section must 
72.27 	be substantially consistent with the project 
72.28 	descriptions and dollar amounts in the report. 
72.29 	Any funds remaining after completion of 
72.30 	the listed projects may be spent by the 
72.31 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
72.32 	parks and trails.
72.33 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
72.34 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of 
73.1 	money appropriated under this section must 
73.2 	ensure that the funds are used to supplement 
73.3 	and not substitute for traditional sources of 
73.4 	funding.
73.5 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
73.6 	appropriations under this section shall 
73.7 	give consideration to contracting with 
73.8 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for 
73.9 	restoration, maintenance, and other activities.

73.10 	Sec. 5. Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 4, is amended to read:

73.11	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	16,821,000
	$
	16,953,000
	
73.12 	(a) $16,821,000 the first year and $16,953,000 
73.13 	the second year are for parks and trails of 
73.14 	regional or statewide significance in the 
73.15 	metropolitan area, distributed according to 
73.16 	paragraphs (b) to (1). Any funds remaining 
73.17 	after completion of the listed project may be 
73.18 	spent on projects to support parks and trails 
73.19 	by the implementing agency.
73.20 	(b) $1,443,000 the first year and $1,455,000 
73.21 	the second year are for grants to Anoka 
73.22 	County for:
73.23 	(1) a trail connection for Bunker Hills 
73.24 	Regional Park from Avocet Street;
73.25 	(2) restoration, including erosion repair, 
73.26 	along Pleasure Creek and the Mississippi 
73.27 	River Regional Trail at the Coon Rapids 
73.28 	Dam Regional Park;
73.29 	(3) a new playground and surfacing at Lake 
73.30 	George Regional Park;
73.31 	(4) land acquisition for the Rice Creek Chain 
73.32 	of Lakes Park Reserve;
74.1 	(5) improvements at the Rice Creek Chain of 
74.2 	Lakes Park Reserve, including maintenance 
74.3 	shop rehabilitation, road and parking 
74.4 	construction, fencing, beach improvements, 
74.5 	and roof repairs;
74.6 	(6) trail reconstruction under East River 
74.7 	Road on the Rice Creek West Regional Trail;
74.8 	(7) contracts with Conservation Corps 
74.9 	Minnesota;
74.10 	(8) a volunteer or resource coordinator 
74.11 	position;
74.12 	(9) a landscape designer or architect;
74.13 	(10) design, engineering, and construction of 
74.14 	the Central Anoka County Regional Trail;
74.15 	(11) road rehabilitation at Lake George 
74.16 	Regional Park;
74.17 	(12) reconstruction of a retaining wall on the 
74.18 	Mississippi River Regional Trail;
74.19 	(13) a trail connection on the Mississippi 
74.20 	River Regional Trail to connect Mississippi 
74.21 	West Regional Park to the city of Ramsey;
74.22 	(14) improvements of the Heritage 
74.23 	Laboratory/Day Camp at the Rice Creek 
74.24 	Chain of Lakes Park Reserve; and
74.25 	(15) trail reconstruction on the Rice Creek 
74.26 	North Regional Trail from Lexington Avenue 
74.27 	to Golden Lake Elementary School.
74.28 	(c) $289,000 the first year and $292,000 
74.29 	the second year are for grants to the city of 
74.30 	Bloomington to reconstruct parking lots at the 
74.31 	Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve.
74.32 	(d) $294,000 the first year and $297,000 the 
74.33 	second year are for grants to Carver County 
75.1 	to connect the Minnesota River Bluffs 
75.2 	Regional Trail and Southwest Regional Trail 
75.3 	and for trail and bridge construction on the 
75.4 	Minnesota River Bluff Regional Trail.
75.5 	(e) $1,174,000 the first year and $1,183,000 
75.6 	the second year are for grants to Dakota 
75.7 	County for:
75.8 	(1) engineering to extend the Mississippi 
75.9 	River Regional Trail and Big Rivers Regional 
75.10 	Trails, including extensions to St. Paul, and 
75.11 	to provide a connection to Lilydale Regional 
75.12 	Trail;
75.13 	(2) a trail connection for the Mississippi 
75.14 	River Regional Trail to connect St. Paul and 
75.15 	to construct a bridge over railroad tracks;
75.16 	(3) engineering and construction of regional 
75.17 	trail segments throughout the county;
75.18 	(4) engineering and construction of a bridge 
75.19 	and trails through the Minnesota Zoological 
75.20 	Garden on the North Creek Regional 
75.21 	Greenway; and
75.22 	(5) resource management of the county's 
75.23 	parks and trails system.
75.24 	(f) $3,221,000 the first year and $3,246,000 
75.25 	the second are for grants to the Minneapolis 
75.26 	Park and Recreation Board for:
75.27 	(1) design and construction of trail loops, 
75.28 	river access areas, landscapes, and storm 
75.29 	water management improvements at Above 
75.30 	the Falls Regional Park;
75.31 	(2) land acquisition at Above the Falls 
75.32 	Regional Park;
75.33 	(3) a master plan and trail design for Central 
75.34 	Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park;
76.1 	(4) planning and design for the Central 
76.2 	Riverfront including the water works and the 
76.3 	Mississippi Whitewater Park sites;
76.4 	(5) trail, path, and shoreline improvements 
76.5 	and play area rehabilitation at 
76.6 	Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park;
76.7 	(6) trail, shoreline, water access, 
76.8 	picnic, sailboat facility, and concession 
76.9 	improvements at Minneapolis Chain of 
76.10 	Lakes Regional Park;
76.11 	(7) a bird sanctuary, trail stabilization, habitat 
76.12 	restoration, accessibility improvements, and 
76.13 	construction of new entrances at Minneapolis 
76.14 	Chain of Lakes Regional Park;
76.15 	(8) a trail connection for the Minnehaha 
76.16 	Parkway Regional Trail below Lyndale 
76.17 	Avenue; and
76.18 	(9) trail work at Theodore Wirth Regional 
76.19 	Park.
76.20 	(g) $1,299,000 the first year and $1,309,000 
76.21 	the second year are for grants to Ramsey 
76.22 	County for:
76.23 	(1) wayfinding for cross-country ski trails 
76.24 	at Battle Creek Regional Park, Tamarack 
76.25 	Nature Center, and Grass-Vadnais-Snail 
76.26 	Lakes Regional Park;
76.27 	(2) contracts with Conservation Corps 
76.28 	Minnesota;
76.29 	(3) design and construction of an early 
76.30 	learning center at Tamarack Nature Center 
76.31 	and pedestrian connections, landscape 
76.32 	restoration, signage, and other site amenities 
76.33 	at Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park;
77.1 	(4) improvements to Tamarack Nature 
77.2 	Center;
77.3 	(5) building and supporting a volunteer corps 
77.4 	for Tamarack Nature Center and Discovery 
77.5 	Hollow;
77.6 	(6) trail development to connect Tamarack 
77.7 	Nature Center to the Otter Lake boat launch;
77.8 	(7) a trail on Vadnais Lake, storm water 
77.9 	management improvements, and site 
77.10 	amenities at Grass-Vadnais-Snail Lakes 
77.11 	Regional Park;
77.12 	(8) trail development and connection, storm 
77.13 	water management improvements, and site 
77.14 	amenities at Rice Creek North Regional 
77.15 	Trail; and
77.16 	(9) the Bruce Vento Regional Trail.
77.17 	(h) $2,378,000 the first year and $2,397,000 
77.18 	the second year are for grants to the city of 
77.19 	Saint Paul for:
77.20 	(1) an education coordinator;
77.21 	(2) a volunteer coordinator;
77.22 	(3) Como Regional Park shuttle operation;
77.23 	(4) a trail connection to connect Harriet 
77.24 	Island to the Mississippi Regional Trail;
77.25 	(5) Estabrook Road reconstruction and 
77.26 	lighting upgrades at Como Regional Park; 
77.27 	and
77.28 	(6) a trail connection and railroad bridge 
77.29 	reconstruction at Lilydale Regional Park.
77.30 	(i) $550,000 the first year and $554,000 the 
77.31 	second year are for grants to Scott County for 
77.32 	construction at Cedar Lake Farm Regional 
77.33 	Park.
78.1 	(j) $3,669,000 the first year and $3,697,000 
78.2 	the second year are for grants to Three Rivers 
78.3 	Park District for:
78.4 	(1) a trail connection to connect Grand 
78.5 	Rounds to Nine Mile Creek Trail;
78.6 	(2) a trail bridge over safe trail crossing of 
78.7 	County State-Aid Highway 19 for the Lake 
78.8 	Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail;
78.9 	(3) trail construction on the Crystal Lake 
78.10 	Regional Trail;
78.11 	(4) trail construction on the Bassett Creek 
78.12 	Regional Trail;
78.13 	(5) trail construction on the Twin Lakes 
78.14 	Regional Trail; and
78.15 	(6) trail construction on the Nine Mile Creek 
78.16 	Regional Trail.
78.17 	(k) $821,000 the first year and $827,000 the 
78.18 	second year are for grants to Washington 
78.19 	County for:
78.20 	(1) parking, buildings, and other 
78.21 	improvements at the Swim Pond in Lake 
78.22 	Elmo Park Reserve;
78.23 	(2) design and construction of the Point 
78.24 	Douglas Regional Trail, which connects to 
78.25 	Wisconsin; and
78.26 	(3) paving improvements to Hardwood Creek 
78.27 	Regional Trail, which may include new trail 
78.28 	sections toward Bald Eagle Regional Park.
78.29 	(l) $1,682,000 the first year and $1,695,000 
78.30 	the second year are for grants to implementing 
78.31 	agencies for land acquisition within 
78.32 	Metropolitan Council approved regional 
78.33 	parks and trails master plan boundaries as 
79.1 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.2 	85.53, subdivision 3, clause (4).
79.3 	(m) A recipient of a grant awarded under 
79.4 	this section must give consideration to 
79.5 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for possible 
79.6 	use of corps services to contract for 
79.7 	restoration and enhancement services.
79.8 	(n) For projects with the potential to need 
79.9 	historic preservation services, a recipient 
79.10 	of a grant awarded under this section must 
79.11 	give consideration to the Northern Bedrock 
79.12 	Conservation Corps for possible use of the 
79.13 	corps' services.
79.14 	(o) By January 15, 2015, the council 
79.15 	shall submit a list of projects, ranked in 
79.16 	priority order, that contains the council's 
79.17 	recommendations for funding from the 
79.18 	parks and trails fund for the 2016 and 
79.19 	2017 biennium to the chairs and ranking 
79.20 	minority members of the senate and house 
79.21 	of representatives committees and divisions 
79.22 	with jurisdiction over the environment and 
79.23 	natural resources and the parks and trails 
79.24 	fund.

79.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

79.26 	Sec. 6. MESABI TRAIL GRANT EXTENSION.
 79.27 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, or other law to the contrary, 
79.28 	$512,000 of the money appropriated in fiscal year 2013 under Laws 2011, First Special 
79.29 	Session chapter 6, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), clause (1), for grants under Minnesota 
79.30 	Statutes, section 85.535, is available until June 30, 2017. The commissioner of natural 
79.31 	resources shall extend the $512,000 grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional 
79.32 	Railroad Authority for extension of the Mesabi Trail to June 30, 2017.

79.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

80.1 	ARTICLE 4
80.2 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

80.3	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
80.4 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
80.5 	entities and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts 
80.6 	and cultural heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable 
80.7 	activities under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2016" and 
80.8 	"2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available 
80.9 	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" 
80.10 	is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 
80.11 	2016 and 2017. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

80.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
80.13				Available for the Year
	
80.14				Ending June 30
	
80.15					2016
		2017

80.16	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

80.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$ 
	61,292,000
	$ 
	62,923,000
	
80.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
80.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
80.20 	subdivisions.

80.21	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
80.22 	Money appropriated in this article may not 
80.23 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
80.24 	related to and necessary for a specific 
80.25 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
80.26 	article must not be spent on indirect costs 
80.27 	or other institutional overhead charges that 
80.28 	are not directly related to and necessary for 
80.29 	a specific appropriation. Notwithstanding 
80.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, and 
80.31 	unless otherwise specified in this article, 
80.32 	fiscal year 2016 appropriations are available 
80.33 	until June 30, 2017, and fiscal year 2017 
80.34 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
81.1 	2018. If a project receives federal funds, the 
81.2 	time period of the appropriation is extended 
81.3 	to equal the availability of federal funding.

81.4	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		28,300,000
		29,040,000
	
81.5 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
81.6 	the Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, 
81.7 	arts education, arts preservation, and arts 
81.8 	access. Grant agreements entered into 
81.9 	by the Minnesota State Arts Board and 
81.10 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
81.11 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
81.12 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
81.13 	traditional sources of funding. Each grant 
81.14 	program established within this appropriation 
81.15 	must be separately administered from other 
81.16 	state appropriations for program planning 
81.17 	and outcome measurements, but may take 
81.18 	into consideration other state resources 
81.19 	awarded in the selection of applicants and 
81.20 	grant award size.

81.21	(b) Arts Preservation
					
81.22 	$2,200,000 the first year is for transfer to 
81.23 	the commissioner of administration for 
81.24 	restoration and preservation of the fine art 
81.25 	located in the State Capitol complex.

81.26	(c) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
81.27 	$20,300,00 the first year and $23,240,000 the 
81.28 	second year are to support Minnesota artists 
81.29 	and arts organizations in creating, producing, 
81.30 	and presenting high-quality arts activities; to 
81.31 	overcome barriers to accessing high-quality 
81.32 	arts activities; and to instill the arts into the 
81.33 	community and public life in this state.

81.34	(d) Arts Education
					
82.1 	$4,050,000 the first year and $4,050,000 
82.2 	the second year are for high-quality, 
82.3 	age-appropriate arts education for 
82.4 	Minnesotans of all ages to develop 
82.5 	knowledge, skills, and understanding of the 
82.6 	arts.

82.7	(e) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
82.8 	$1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 the 
82.9 	second year are for events and activities that 
82.10 	represent the diverse cultural arts traditions, 
82.11 	including folk and traditional artists and art 
82.12 	organizations, represented in this state.
82.13 	(f) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
82.14 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
82.15 	board for administering grant programs, 
82.16 	delivering technical services, providing 
82.17 	fiscal oversight for the statewide system, and 
82.18 	ensuring accountability.
82.19 	(g) Thirty percent of the remaining total 
82.20 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
82.21 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
82.22 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
82.23 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
82.24 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
82.25 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
82.26 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
82.27 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
82.28 	regions of the state.
82.29 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
82.30 	under this section in the first year does not 
82.31 	cancel, but is available for the second year 
82.32 	of the biennium.

82.33	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		15,995,000
		16,415,000
	
83.1 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
83.2 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
83.3 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
83.4 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
83.5 	historical resources. Grant agreements 
83.6 	entered into by the Minnesota Historical 
83.7 	Society and other recipients of appropriations 
83.8 	in this subdivision must ensure that 
83.9 	these funds are used to supplement and 
83.10 	not substitute for traditional sources of 
83.11 	funding. Funds directly appropriated to the 
83.12 	Minnesota Historical Society must be used to 
83.13 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
83.14 	sources of funding. Notwithstanding 
83.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, for 
83.16 	historic preservation projects that improve 
83.17 	historic structures, the amounts are available 
83.18 	until June 30, 2019. The Minnesota 
83.19 	Historical Society or grant recipients of the 
83.20 	Minnesota Historical Society using arts and 
83.21 	cultural heritage funds under this subdivision 
83.22 	must give consideration to Conservation 
83.23 	Corps Minnesota and Northern Bedrock 
83.24 	Conservation Corps, or an organization 
83.25 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
83.26 	the potential to need historic preservation 
83.27 	services.

83.28	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

83.29	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
83.30 	$5,600,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the 
83.31 	second year are for history programs and 
83.32 	projects operated or conducted by or through 
83.33 	local, county, regional, or other historical 
83.34 	or cultural organizations or for activities 
83.35 	to preserve significant historic and cultural 
84.1 	resources. Funds are to be distributed through 
84.2 	a competitive grant process. The Minnesota 
84.3 	Historical Society shall administer these 
84.4 	funds using established grant mechanisms, 
84.5 	with assistance from the advisory committee 
84.6 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
84.7 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), 
84.8 	item (ii). Notwithstanding these guidelines, 
84.9 	the historical society and the advisory 
84.10 	committee may consider a grant to the 
84.11 	Gunflint Trail Historical Society for the 
84.12 	Chik-Wauk Museum.

84.13	(2) Programs
					
84.14 	$5,660,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the 
84.15 	second year are for programs and purposes 
84.16 	related to the historical and cultural heritage 
84.17 	of the state of Minnesota, conducted by the 
84.18 	Minnesota Historical Society. Of the amount 
84.19 	in this paragraph, $60,000 the first year is for 
84.20 	the Minnesota Historical Society to develop a 
84.21 	museum installation celebrating the legacy of 
84.22 	Minnesota disability culture. The Minnesota 
84.23 	Historical Society shall collaborate with 
84.24 	the Minnesota State Council on Disability 
84.25 	to create the museum installation and may 
84.26 	use the funding to promote the exhibit and 
84.27 	increase access to the exhibit.

84.28	(3) History Partnerships
					
84.29 	$2,300,000 the first year and $2,340,000 the 
84.30 	second year are for partnerships involving 
84.31 	multiple organizations, which may include 
84.32 	the Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve 
84.33 	and enhance access to Minnesota's history 
84.34 	and cultural heritage in all regions of the state.

85.1
85.2	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
85.3 	$280,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
85.4 	second year are for a contract or contracts 
85.5 	to be awarded on a competitive basis to 
85.6 	conduct statewide surveys of Minnesota's 
85.7 	sites of historical, archaeological, and 
85.8 	cultural significance. Results of the surveys 
85.9 	must be published in a searchable form 
85.10 	and available to the public on a cost-free 
85.11 	basis. The Minnesota Historical Society, the 
85.12 	Office of the State Archaeologist, and the 
85.13 	Indian Affairs Council shall each appoint a 
85.14 	representative to an oversight board to select 
85.15 	contractors and direct the conduct of the 
85.16 	surveys. The oversight board shall consult 
85.17 	with the Departments of Transportation and 
85.18 	Natural Resources.

85.19	(5) Digital Library
					
85.20 	$280,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
85.21 	second year are for a digital library project 
85.22 	to preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
85.23 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
85.24 	The Minnesota Historical Society shall 
85.25 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary 
85.26 	loan system and shall jointly share this 
85.27 	appropriation for these purposes.

85.28	(6) Historic Recognition Grants Program
					
85.29 	$1,875,000 the first year and $1,475,000 
85.30 	the second year are for a competitive grants 
85.31 	program to provide grants for projects 
85.32 	that preserve, recognize, and promote the 
85.33 	historic legacy of Minnesota. Grants may be 
85.34 	awarded to projects that honor the history 
85.35 	of Minnesota, including but not limited to: 
86.1 	projects to build or design exhibits; artistic 
86.2 	productions including film, television, 
86.3 	and music; education presentations; and 
86.4 	commemorative events.

86.5	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		1,500,000
		2,500,000
	
86.6 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
86.7 	commissioner of education for grants to 
86.8 	the 12 Minnesota regional library systems 
86.9 	to provide educational opportunities in 
86.10 	the arts, history, literary arts, and cultural 
86.11 	heritage of Minnesota. These funds must be 
86.12 	allocated using the formulas in Minnesota 
86.13 	Statutes, section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 
86.14 	4, and 5, with the remaining 25 percent to 
86.15 	be distributed to all qualifying systems in 
86.16 	an amount proportionate to the number of 
86.17 	qualifying system entities in each system. 
86.18 	For purposes of this subdivision, "qualifying 
86.19 	system entity" means a public library, a 
86.20 	regional library system, a regional library 
86.21 	system headquarters, a county, or an outreach 
86.22 	service program. These funds may be used 
86.23 	to sponsor programs provided by regional 
86.24 	libraries or to provide grants to local arts 
86.25 	and cultural heritage programs for programs 
86.26 	in partnership with regional libraries. 
86.27 	These funds must be distributed in ten 
86.28 	equal payments per year. Notwithstanding 
86.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
86.30 	appropriations encumbered on or before 
86.31 	June 30, 2017, as grants or contracts in this 
86.32 	subdivision are available until June 30, 2019.

86.33	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		9,172,000
		8,643,000
	
86.34 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
86.35 	the commissioner of administration for 
87.1 	grants to the named organizations for the 
87.2 	purposes specified in this subdivision. Up 
87.3 	to one percent of funds may be used by the 
87.4 	commissioner for grants administration.
87.5 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by 
87.6 	the commissioner and recipients of 
87.7 	appropriations under this subdivision must 
87.8 	ensure that money appropriated in this 
87.9 	subdivision is used to supplement and not 
87.10 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.

87.11	(c) Veterans Rest Camp
					
87.12 	$113,000 the first year is for the Disabled 
87.13 	Veterans Rest Camp Association for the 
87.14 	veterans rest camp on Big Marine Lake for 
87.15 	parks, trails, and recreation areas.

87.16	(d) Minnesota Public Radio
					
87.17 	$1,417,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
87.18 	Radio to create programming and expand 
87.19 	news service on Minnesota's cultural heritage 
87.20 	and history.

87.21
87.22	(e) Association of Minnesota Public 
Educational Radio Stations
					
87.23 	$1,417,000 each year is appropriated for a 
87.24 	grant to the Association of Minnesota Public 
87.25 	Educational Radio Stations for production 
87.26 	and acquisition grants in accordance with 
87.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.19.

87.28	(f) Public Television
					
87.29 	$3,000,000 the first year and $3,834,000 
87.30 	the second year are for grants to the 
87.31 	Minnesota Public Television Association for 
87.32 	production and acquisition grants according 
87.33 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.18. 

87.34	(g) Wilderness Inquiry
					
88.1 	$250,000 each year is for grants to Wilderness 
88.2 	Inquiry to preserve Minnesota's outdoor 
88.3 	history, culture, and heritage by connecting 
88.4 	Minnesota youth to natural resources.

88.5	(h) Como Park Zoo
					
88.6 	$1,125,000 each year is for the Como 
88.7 	Park Zoo for program development that 
88.8 	features education programs and habitat 
88.9 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
88.10 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
88.11 	access and preservation. 

88.12	(i) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
88.13 	$600,000 each year is for arts, arts education, 
88.14 	and arts access and to preserve Minnesota's 
88.15 	history and cultural heritage, including 
88.16 	student and teacher outreach and expansion 
88.17 	of the museum's American Indian initiatives 
88.18 	programs.

88.19	(j) Lake Superior Center Authority
					
88.20 	$250,000 the first year is for development, 
88.21 	preparation, and construction of an exhibit 
88.22 	on the unsalted seas to preserve Minnesota's 
88.23 	history and cultural heritage related to fresh 
88.24 	water lakes.

88.25	(k) Capitol Art Preservation
					
88.26 	$1,000,000 the first year is for restoration 
88.27 	and preservation of the fine art located in the 
88.28 	State Capitol complex.

88.29	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,125,000
		1,125,000
	
88.30 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
88.31 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs 
88.32 	and development of the Minnesota 
88.33 	Zoological Garden and to provide access and 
89.1 	education related to programs on the cultural 
89.2 	heritage of Minnesota.

89.3	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center  
 		2,850,000 
		2,850,000
	
89.4 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
89.5 	the Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
89.6 	Humanities Center for the purposes 
89.7 	specified in this subdivision. The Minnesota 
89.8 	Humanities Center may use a portion of 
89.9 	the following grants to cover the cost of 
89.10 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
89.11 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
89.12 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
89.13 	plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and 
89.14 	shall submit the plan for review and approval 
89.15 	by the Department of Administration.
89.16 	The grant agreements must specify the direct 
89.17 	administrative costs that the grant funds may 
89.18 	be used for and require a final report and 
89.19 	accounting to the Minnesota Humanities 
89.20 	Center due 30 days after the completion of 
89.21 	the grant program that verifies compliance 
89.22 	with the grant agreement. No grants awarded 
89.23 	in this subdivision may be used for travel 
89.24 	outside the state of Minnesota. The grant 
89.25 	agreement must specify the repercussions for 
89.26 	failing to comply with the grant agreement.

89.27	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
89.28 	$825,000 each year is for programs and 
89.29 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities 
89.30 	Center. Of this amount, $100,000 each year 
89.31 	may be used for the veterans' voices program.
89.32 	The Minnesota Humanities Center may 
89.33 	consider museums and organizations 
89.34 	celebrating the identities of Minnesotans for 
89.35 	grants from these funds.

90.1	(c) Heritage Grants Program
					
90.2 	$900,000 each year is for a competitive grants 
90.3 	program to provide grants to preserve and 
90.4 	promote the cultural heritage of Minnesota.
90.5 	The Minnesota Humanities Center shall 
90.6 	operate a competitive grants program to 
90.7 	provide grants for programs, including but 
90.8 	not limited to: music, film, television, radio, 
90.9 	recreation, or the design and use of public 
90.10 	spaces that preserves and honors the cultural 
90.11 	heritage of Minnesota. Grants made under 
90.12 	this paragraph must not be used for travel 
90.13 	costs inside or outside of the state.

90.14	(d) Children's Museum Grants
					
90.15 	$875,000 each year is for arts and cultural 
90.16 	heritage grants to children's museums.
90.17 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the 
90.18 	Minnesota Children's Museum, including the 
90.19 	Minnesota Children's Museum in Rochester; 
90.20 	$125,000 each year is for the Duluth 
90.21 	Children's Museum; $125,000 each year is 
90.22 	for the Grand Rapids Children's Museum; 
90.23 	and $125,000 each year is for the Southern 
90.24 	Minnesota Children's Museum.

90.25	(e) Civics Programs
					
90.26 	$150,000 each year is for grants to Kids 
90.27 	Voting St. Paul, the Learning Law and 
90.28 	Democracy Foundation, and YMCA 
90.29 	Youth in Government to conduct civics 
90.30 	education programs for the civic and cultural 
90.31 	development of Minnesota youth. Civics 
90.32 	education is the study of constitutional 
90.33 	principles and the democratic foundation 
90.34 	of our national, state, and local institutions 
91.1 	and the study of political processes and 
91.2 	structures of government, grounded in the 
91.3 	understanding of constitutional government 
91.4 	under the rule of law.

91.5	(f) Ka Joog Fanka Program
					
91.6 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to Ka 
91.7 	Joog for the Fanka Program to provide 
91.8 	arts education and workshops, mentor 
91.9 	programs, and community engagement 
91.10 	events throughout Minnesota.

91.11	Subd. 9.Perpich Center for Arts Education
 		500,000
		500,000
	
91.12 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
91.13 	Board of Directors of the Perpich Center 
91.14 	for Arts Education for the programs under 
91.15 	paragraph (c).
91.16 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
91.17 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
91.18 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2017, are 
91.19 	available until June 30, 2019.

91.20
91.21	(c) Arts Integration and Turnaround Arts 
Programs
					
91.22 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
91.23 	second year are for the arts integration 
91.24 	program and Turnaround Arts programs to 
91.25 	assist schools and programs throughout the 
91.26 	state.

91.27	Subd. 10.Indian Affairs Council
 		1,325,000
		1,325,000
	
91.28 	(a) $1,250,000 each year is for the Indian 
91.29 	Affairs Council to provide grants to preserve 
91.30 	Dakota and Ojibwe Indian language and to 
91.31 	foster education programs and immersion 
91.32 	programs in Dakota and Ojibwe language.
91.33 	(b) $75,000 each year is for the Indian 
91.34 	Affairs Council to carry out responsibilities 
92.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to 
92.2 	comply with Public Law 101-601, the Native 
92.3 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
92.4 	Act, and to develop an osteology laboratory 
92.5 	and repository for American Indian human 
92.6 	remains.

92.7	Subd. 11.Board of Regents
 		125,000
		125,000
	
92.8 	This amount is appropriated to the Board of 
92.9 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for a 
92.10 	grant to the Bell Museum of Natural History 
92.11 	for the planetarium network and portable 
92.12 	planetarium program. This appropriation 
92.13 	must not be used for the purchase of motor 
92.14 	vehicles.

92.15	Subd. 12.Legislature
 		400,000
		400,000
	
92.16 	This amount is appropriated to the Legislative 
92.17 	Coordinating Commission to operate the 
92.18 	Web site for dedicated funds required 
92.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
92.20 	subdivision 10.

92.21	Subd. 13.Disability Access
 					
92.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of arts 
92.23 	and cultural heritage funds, in consultation 
92.24 	with the Council on Disability, should make 
92.25 	progress toward providing greater access 
92.26 	to programs, print publications, and digital 
92.27 	media for people with disabilities related 
92.28 	to the programs the recipient funds using 
92.29 	appropriations made in this section.

92.30 	Sec. 3. Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 10, subdivision 12, is amended to read:

92.31
92.32	Subd. 12.St. Paul - Minnesota Children's 
Museum
 				7,485,000
	
93.1 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
93.2 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
93.3 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
93.4 	Children's Museum. The expansion and 
93.5 	exhibit upgrades should incorporate the 
93.6 	latest research on early learning, allow for 
93.7 	new state-of-the art education facilities, and 
93.8 	increase the capacity of visitors to galleries 
93.9 	and programming areas. This appropriation 
93.10 	is not available until the commissioner of 
93.11 	management and budget has determined that 
93.12 	at least an equal amount $4,000,000 has been 
93.13 	committed from nonstate sources. Amounts 
93.14 	expended for this project by nonstate sources 
93.15 	since October 1, 2010, shall count toward the 
93.16 	nonstate match.

93.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

93.18 	ARTICLE 5
93.19 	GENERAL PROVISIONS; ALL LEGACY FUNDS

93.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 16B.24, is amended by adding a 
93.21 	subdivision to read:
93.22 		Subd. 12.State band. The commissioner must provide free rehearsal and storage 
93.23 	space in the same building in the Capitol Area to an entity known as the Minnesota 
93.24 	State Band, which is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
93.25 	Revenue Code.

93.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

93.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85.53, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.28 		Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project or program receiving funding 
93.29 	from the parks and trails fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirement to 
93.30 	support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance. A project or program 
93.31 	receiving funding from the parks and trails fund must include measurable outcomes, as 
93.32 	defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and evaluating the 
93.33 	results. A project or program must be consistent with current science and incorporate 
94.1 	state-of-the-art technology, except when the project or program is a portrayal or restoration 
94.2 	of historical significance.
94.3 	(b) Money from the parks and trails fund shall be expended to balance the benefits 
94.4 	across all regions and residents of the state.
94.5 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the parks and 
94.6 	trails fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or programs, 
94.7 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
94.8 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
94.9 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
94.10 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required 
94.11 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
94.12 	(d) Grants funded by the parks and trails fund must be implemented according to 
94.13 	section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process 
94.14 	for any regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals 
94.15 	involving grants that will be competitively awarded.
94.16 	(e) Money from the parks and trails fund may only be spent on projects located 
94.17 	in Minnesota.
94.18 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the parks and 
94.19 	trails fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
94.20 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
94.21 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
94.22 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
94.23 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
94.24 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
94.25 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
94.26 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the parks and trails fund is contingent upon a 
94.27 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
94.28 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
94.29 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
94.30 	recipient of money from the parks and trails fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or 
94.31 	regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
94.32 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
94.33 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
94.34 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the 
94.35 	list is not eligible for future funding from the parks and trails fund until the recipient 
94.36 	demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.

95.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
95.2 		Subd. 11.Recipient requirements. (a) A state agency or other recipient of a direct 
95.3 	appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund must compile and submit all information 
95.4 	for funded projects or programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all 
95.5 	other items required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating 
95.6 	Commission as soon as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever 
95.7 	comes first. The Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on 
95.8 	the Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
95.9 	(b) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the outdoor 
95.10 	heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
95.11 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
95.12 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
95.13 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
95.14 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
95.15 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
95.16 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
95.17 	(c) Future eligibility for money from the outdoor heritage fund is contingent upon a 
95.18 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
95.19 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
95.20 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
95.21 	recipient of money from the outdoor heritage fund has not complied with the laws, rules, 
95.22 	or regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
95.23 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
95.24 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
95.25 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the 
95.26 	list is not eligible for future funding from the outdoor heritage fund until the recipient 
95.27 	demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.

95.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
95.29 		Subd. 4.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the 
95.30 	clean water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, 
95.31 	and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and 
95.32 	drinking water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than 
95.33 	one of these requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall 
95.34 	include measurable outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for 
96.1 	measuring and evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science 
96.2 	and incorporate state-of-the-art technology.
96.3 	(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits 
96.4 	across all regions and residents of the state.
96.5 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean 
96.6 	water fund must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects 
96.7 	or programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required 
96.8 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon 
96.9 	as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The 
96.10 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site 
96.11 	required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information 
96.12 	classified as not public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required 
96.13 	to be placed on the Web site.
96.14 	(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 
96.15 	16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 
96.16 	regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 
96.17 	grants that will be competitively awarded.
96.18 	(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit 
96.19 	Minnesota waters.
96.20 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 
96.21 	shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 
96.22 	under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 
96.23 	361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 
96.24 	When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to 
96.25 	a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 
96.26 	additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 
96.27 	site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
96.28 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a 
96.29 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
96.30 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
96.31 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
96.32 	recipient of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or 
96.33 	regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
96.34 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
96.35 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
96.36 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list 
97.1 	is not eligible for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates 
97.2 	compliance to the legislative auditor.
97.3 	(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 
97.4 	execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 
97.5 	respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements.

97.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 129D.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
97.7 		Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a) Funding from the arts and cultural 
97.8 	heritage fund may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve 
97.9 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. A project or program receiving funding from 
97.10 	the arts and cultural heritage fund must include measurable outcomes, and a plan for 
97.11 	measuring and evaluating the results. A project or program must be consistent with current 
97.12 	scholarship, or best practices, when appropriate and must incorporate state-of-the-art 
97.13 	technology when appropriate.
97.14 	(b) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund may be granted for an entire 
97.15 	project or for part of a project so long as the recipient provides a description and cost for 
97.16 	the entire project and can demonstrate that it has adequate resources to ensure that the 
97.17 	entire project will be completed.
97.18 	(c) Money from the arts and cultural heritage fund shall be expended for benefits 
97.19 	across all regions and residents of the state.
97.20 	(d) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the arts and 
97.21 	cultural heritage fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or 
97.22 	programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required 
97.23 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon 
97.24 	as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The 
97.25 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site 
97.26 	required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
97.27 	(e) Grants funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund must be implemented 
97.28 	according to section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures of funds. Priority for 
97.29 	grant proposals must be given to proposals involving grants that will be competitively 
97.30 	awarded.
97.31 	(f) All money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must be for projects located 
97.32 	in Minnesota.
97.33 	(g) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the arts and cultural 
97.34 	heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
97.35 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
98.1 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
98.2 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
98.3 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
98.4 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
98.5 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
98.6 	(h) Future eligibility for money from the arts and cultural heritage fund is contingent 
98.7 	upon a state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, 
98.8 	as well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
98.9 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
98.10 	recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund has not complied with the laws, 
98.11 	rules, or regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient 
98.12 	must be listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the 
98.13 	legacy funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a 
98.14 	recipient from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient 
98.15 	on the list is not eligible for future funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund until 
98.16 	the recipient demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.