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 fund; 
1.4 	establishing policy on milkweed; providing for rehearsal and storage space for 
1.5 	state band; modifying provisions of Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
1.6 	and the Clean Water Council; modifying Water Law; modifying requirements 
1.7 	for use of and eligibility for legacy funds; modifying previous appropriations; 
1.8 	requiring a report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 16B.24, by 
1.9 	adding a subdivision; 85.53, subdivision 2; 97A.056, subdivisions 8, 11, by 
1.10 	adding subdivisions; 103A.206; 103B.101, by adding a subdivision; 103C.101, 
1.11 	by adding a subdivision; 103C.401, subdivision 1; 103C.501, subdivision 5; 
1.12 	114D.30, subdivision 2; 114D.50, subdivision 4; 129D.17, subdivision 2; Laws 
1.13 	2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5; Laws 2013, chapter 137, 
1.14 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 10; article 2, section 6; article 3, section 4; Laws 
1.15 	2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5; Laws 2014, chapter 295, 
1.16 	sections 10, subdivision 12; 12; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 14, section 7; 
1.17 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 103B.
1.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.19 	ARTICLE 1
1.20 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.21	Section 1. OUTDOOR HERITAGE APPROPRIATION.
 	
1.22 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
1.23 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
1.24 	outdoor heritage fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2016" 
1.25 	and "2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are 
1.26 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, respectively. The 
1.27 	"first year" is fiscal year 2016. The "second year" is fiscal year 2017. The "biennium" is 
1.28 	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
 	$
	97,198,000
	$
	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
 		20,390,000
		-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) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase IV
					
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 	$2,130,000 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 
21.23 	the outdoor heritage fund, in consultation 
21.24 	with the Council on Disability and 
21.25 	other appropriate governor-appointed 
21.26 	disability councils, boards, committees, and 
21.27 	commissions, should make progress toward 
21.28 	providing greater access to programs, print 
21.29 	publications, and digital media for people 
21.30 	with disabilities related to the programs the 
21.31 	recipient funds using appropriations made 
21.32 	in this article.

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

22.8 	Sec. 3. [84.974] MILKWEED.
22.9 	When feasible, the commissioner of natural resources is encouraged to plant 
22.10 	milkweed.

22.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
22.12 		Subd. 8.Revenues. (a) When a parcel of land that was previously purchased with 
22.13 	money from the outdoor heritage funds fund is transferred to the state, the owner of the 
22.14 	land shall disclose to the council and commissioner of natural resources:
22.15 	(1) all revenues generated from activities on the land from the time the land was 
22.16 	purchased with money from the outdoor heritage funds fund until the land was transferred 
22.17 	to the state;
22.18 	(2) all holding costs associated with managing the land between the time of purchase 
22.19 	with money from the outdoor heritage funds fund and the time the land was transferred to 
22.20 	the state; and
22.21 	(3) the total net revenues as determined by subtracting the costs described in clause 
22.22 	(2) from the revenues described in clause (1).
22.23 	(b) The owner of the land shall submit the total net revenues determined under 
22.24 	paragraph (a), clause (3), to the state no later than 60 days after the land is transferred to 
22.25 	the state.

22.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision 
22.27 	to read:
22.28 		Subd. 20.Donations. A recipient shall not accept a monetary donation or payment 
22.29 	from an owner of land that is acquired in fee in whole or in part with an appropriation from 
22.30 	the outdoor heritage fund that exceeds the documented expenses that are directly related 
22.31 	to and necessary for activities specified in the accomplishment plan approved by the 
22.32 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, unless expressly approved by the Lessard-Sams 
22.33 	Outdoor Heritage Council in the accomplishment plan. This subdivision does not apply to 
23.1 	donations that are not connected with the acquisition transaction or bargain sales, as defined 
23.2 	by Code of Federal Regulations, title 26, section 1.1011-2, provided that the purchase 
23.3 	price reimbursed by the state does not exceed the purchase price paid by the recipient.

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

23.6 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision 
23.7 	to read:
23.8 		Subd. 21.Haying and grazing. Lands acquired with money appropriated from the 
23.9 	outdoor heritage fund may not be used for emergency haying and grazing in response to 
23.10 	federal or state disaster declarations. Conservation grazing under a management plan that 
23.11 	is being implemented prior to the emergency declaration may continue.

23.12 	Sec. 7. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

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

23.14	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV
					
23.15 	$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 
23.16 	commissioner of natural resources to 
23.17 	acquire interests in land in fee or permanent 
23.18 	conservation easements for aquatic 
23.19 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.20 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 
23.21 	97C.02, and to restore and enhance aquatic 
23.22 	habitat. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
23.23 	must be provided as part of the required 
23.24 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
23.25 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
23.26 	plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing 
23.27 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
23.28 	approved in the accomplishment plan 
23.29 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.30 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
23.31 	report is required for any monitoring and 
23.32 	enforcement fund established, including 
23.33 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
24.1 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
24.2 	activities.

24.3	(b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III
					
24.4 	$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 
24.5 	commissioner of natural resources for 
24.6 	agreements to acquire interests in land in 
24.7 	fee or permanent conservation easements 
24.8 	and to restore and enhance natural systems 
24.9 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
24.10 	and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 
24.11 	to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife 
24.12 	Refuge Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends 
24.13 	of the Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 
24.14 	Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota 
24.15 	Land Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust 
24.16 	for Public Land. A list of proposed 
24.17 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
24.18 	must be provided as part of the required 
24.19 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
24.20 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
24.21 	plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing 
24.22 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
24.23 	approved in the accomplishment plan 
24.24 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.25 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
24.26 	report is required for any monitoring and 
24.27 	enforcement fund established, including 
24.28 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
24.29 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
24.30 	activities.

24.31
24.32	(c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Management - Phase III
					
24.33 	$480,000 in the second year is to the 
24.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
24.35 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
25.1 	permanent conservation easements and 
25.2 	restore and enhance habitats along the 
25.3 	Mississippi, Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. 
25.4 	A list of proposed acquisitions, restorations, 
25.5 	and enhancements must be provided as 
25.6 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
25.7 	The accomplishment plan must include 
25.8 	an easement stewardship plan. Up to 
25.9 	$20,000 is for establishing a monitoring 
25.10 	and enforcement fund as approved in 
25.11 	the accomplishment plan and subject to 
25.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
25.13 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
25.14 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
25.15 	fund established, including expenditures 
25.16 	from the fund and a description of annual 
25.17 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

25.18	(d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration
					
25.19 	$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 
25.20 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
25.21 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
25.22 	A list of proposed projects must be provided 
25.23 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

25.24
25.25	(e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - 
Phase IV
					
25.26 	$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 
25.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
25.28 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
25.29 	to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 
25.30 	river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 
25.31 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
25.32 	must be provided as part of the required 
25.33 	accomplishment plan.

25.34	(f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration
					
26.1 	$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 
26.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.3 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
26.4 	District to restore and enhance stream and 
26.5 	related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 
26.6 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
26.7 	must be provided as part of the required 
26.8 	accomplishment plan.

26.9	(g) Knife River Habitat Restoration
					
26.10 	$380,000 in the second year is to the 
26.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.12 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
26.13 	Association to restore trout habitat in the 
26.14 	Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 
26.15 	proposed restorations must be provided as 
26.16 	part of the required accomplishment plan. 
26.17 	Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner 
26.18 	of natural resources, restorations conducted 
26.19 	pursuant to this paragraph may be 
26.20 	accomplished by excavation.

26.21
26.22	(h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Asian 
Invasive Carp
					
26.23 	$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 
26.24 	commissioner of natural resources to for 
26.25 	design, construct, operate, and evaluate 
26.26 	construction, including acquisition, 
26.27 	operation, and evaluation of structural 
26.28 	deterrents for Asian invasive carp to protect 
26.29 	Minnesota's aquatic habitat. Use of this 
26.30 	money requires a one-to-one match for 
26.31 	projects on state boundary waters.

26.32
26.33	(i) Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners 
Grant Program - Phase IV
					
26.34 	$4,990,000 in the second year is to the 
26.35 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
27.1 	program to provide competitive, matching 
27.2 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
27.3 	state, and national organizations for 
27.4 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
27.5 	wetlands, prairies, and habitat for fish, game, 
27.6 	or wildlife in Minnesota. Grants shall not be 
27.7 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
27.8 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
27.9 	easements. Grants shall not be made from 
27.10 	appropriations in this paragraph for projects 
27.11 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
27.12 	$575,000. $366,000 of this appropriation 
27.13 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
27.14 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
27.15 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in 
27.16 	land. Easements must be permanent. Land 
27.17 	acquired in fee must be open to hunting 
27.18 	and fishing during the open season unless 
27.19 	otherwise provided by state law. The 
27.20 	program shall require a match of at least ten 
27.21 	percent from nonstate sources for all grants. 
27.22 	The match may be cash or in-kind resources. 
27.23 	For grant applications of $25,000 or less, 
27.24 	the commissioner shall provide a separate, 
27.25 	simplified application process. Subject to 
27.26 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 
27.27 	natural resources shall, when evaluating 
27.28 	projects of equal value, give priority to 
27.29 	organizations that have a history of receiving 
27.30 	or charter to receive private contributions 
27.31 	for local conservation or habitat projects. If 
27.32 	acquiring land or a conservation easement, 
27.33 	priority shall be given to projects associated 
27.34 	with existing wildlife management areas 
27.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
27.36 	subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas 
28.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033
28.2 	and 86A.05, subdivision 5; and aquatic 
28.3 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
28.4 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
28.5 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
28.6 	must be on land permanently protected by a 
28.7 	conservation easement or public ownership 
28.8 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
28.9 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 
28.10 	15. Priority shall be given to restoration 
28.11 	and enhancement projects on public lands. 
28.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
28.13 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
28.14 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
28.15 	available until June 30, 2016. No less than 
28.16 	five percent of the amount of each grant 
28.17 	must be held back from reimbursement until 
28.18 	the grant recipient has completed a grant 
28.19 	accomplishment report by the deadline and 
28.20 	in the form prescribed by and satisfactory to 
28.21 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
28.22 	The commissioner shall provide notice of 
28.23 	the grant program in the game and fish law 
28.24 	summaries that are prepared under Minnesota 
28.25 	Statutes, section 97A.051, subdivision 2.

28.26 	Sec. 8. Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 10, is amended to read:

28.27
28.28	Subd. 10.Appropriations Carryforward; Fee 
Title Acquisition
 					
28.29 	The availability of the appropriation for 
28.30 	the following project is extended to July 
28.31 	September 1, 2015: Laws 2010, chapter 
28.32 	361, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, 
28.33 	paragraph (h), Washington County St. Croix 
28.34 	River Land Protection, and the appropriation 
28.35 	may be spent on acquisition of land in fee 
29.1 	title to protect habitat associated with the 
29.2 	St. Croix River Valley. A list of proposed 
29.3 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
29.4 	accomplishment plan.

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

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

29.7	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		30,890,000
	
29.8 	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase VI
29.9 	$2,560,000 in the second year is to the 
29.10 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
29.11 	interests in land in fee and permanent 
29.12 	conservation easements for aquatic 
29.13 	management purposes under Minnesota 
29.14 	Statutes, sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, 
29.15 	and 97C.02, and to restore and enhance 
29.16 	aquatic habitat. Up to $32,500 is for 
29.17 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
29.18 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
29.19 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
29.20 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of 
29.21 	proposed land acquisitions and restorations 
29.22 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
29.23 	of the required accomplishment plan.
29.24 	(b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on 
29.25 	Strategic North Central Minnesota Lakes
29.26 	$2,130,000 in the second year is to the 
29.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
29.28 	agreements with the Leech Lake Area 
29.29 	Watershed Foundation and Minnesota Land 
29.30 	Trust to acquire land in fee and permanent 
29.31 	conservation easements to sustain healthy 
29.32 	fish habitat on lakes in Aitkin, Cass, Crow 
29.33 	Wing, and Hubbard Counties as follows: 
30.1 	$1,150,300 to Leech Lake Area Watershed 
30.2 	Foundation; and $979,700 to Minnesota 
30.3 	Land Trust, of which up to $120,000 to 
30.4 	Minnesota Land Trust is for establishing 
30.5 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
30.6 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
30.7 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.8 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
30.9 	land acquisitions must be provided as part of 
30.10 	the required accomplishment plan.
30.11 	(c) Habitat Protection in Dakota County 
30.12 	- Phase V
30.13 	$1,190,000 in the second year is to the 
30.14 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
30.15 	contract with Dakota County to acquire 
30.16 	permanent conservation easements and land 
30.17 	in fee and to restore and enhance habitats in 
30.18 	rivers and lake watersheds in Dakota County. 
30.19 	Up to $15,000 to Dakota County is for 
30.20 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
30.21 	fund as approved in the accomplishment 
30.22 	plan and subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
30.23 	section 97A.056, subdivision 17. Lands 
30.24 	acquired or lands with easements acquired 
30.25 	with this appropriation may not be used for 
30.26 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
30.27 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
30.28 	Conservation grazing under a management 
30.29 	plan that is already being implemented may 
30.30 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
30.31 	and restorations and enhancements must 
30.32 	be provided as part of the required 
30.33 	accomplishment plan.
30.34 	(d) Metro Big Rivers - Phase V
31.1 	$2,650,000 in the second year is to the 
31.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
31.3 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
31.4 	permanent conservation easements and 
31.5 	to restore and enhance natural systems 
31.6 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
31.7 	and St. Croix Rivers as follows: $600,000 
31.8 	to Minnesota Valley National Wildlife 
31.9 	Refuge Trust, Inc.; $160,000 to Friends of 
31.10 	the Mississippi River; $400,000 to Great 
31.11 	River Greening; $590,000 to Minnesota 
31.12 	Land Trust, of which up to $77,000 is for 
31.13 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
31.14 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
31.15 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.16 	97A.056, subdivision 17; and $900,000 to 
31.17 	The Trust for Public Land. Lands acquired 
31.18 	or lands with easements acquired with 
31.19 	this appropriation may not be used for 
31.20 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
31.21 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
31.22 	Conservation grazing under a management 
31.23 	plan that is already being implemented may 
31.24 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
31.25 	and permanent conservation easements 
31.26 	must be provided as part of the required 
31.27 	accomplishment plan.
31.28 	(e) Mustinka River Fish and Wildlife 
31.29 	Habitat Corridor Rehabilitation
31.30 	$2,440,000 in the second year is to the 
31.31 	commissioner of natural resources for 
31.32 	an agreement with the Bois de Sioux 
31.33 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee 
31.34 	and to restore natural systems associated 
31.35 	with the Mustinka River located within the 
31.36 	Bois de Sioux Watershed. Lands acquired 
32.1 	with this appropriation may not be used for 
32.2 	emergency haying and grazing in response 
32.3 	to federal or state disaster declarations. 
32.4 	Conservation grazing under a management 
32.5 	plan that is already being implemented may 
32.6 	continue. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
32.7 	must be provided as part of the required 
32.8 	accomplishment plan.
32.9 	(f) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater 
32.10 	Fish Habitat Enhancement and 
32.11 	Restoration - Phase VI
32.12 	$1,900,000 in the second year is to the 
32.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.14 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
32.15 	to restore and enhance habitat for trout 
32.16 	and other species in and along coldwater 
32.17 	rivers and streams in Minnesota. A list of 
32.18 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
32.19 	must be provided as part of the required 
32.20 	accomplishment plan.
32.21 	(g) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - 
32.22 	Phase II
32.23 	$2,290,000 in the second year is to the 
32.24 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
32.25 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
32.26 	Of this appropriation, up to $500,000 is for 
32.27 	an agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A 
32.28 	list of proposed restorations must be provided 
32.29 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.
32.30 	(h) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - 
32.31 	Phase II
32.32 	$1,410,000 in the second year is to the 
32.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.34 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
32.35 	Association to enhance trout habitat in the 
33.1 	Knife River watershed. A list of proposed 
33.2 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
33.3 	the required accomplishment plan.
33.4 	(i) Restoration and Enhancement of 
33.5 	Washington County Public Lands
33.6 	$430,000 in the second year is to the 
33.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.8 	agreement with Washington County to 
33.9 	restore and enhance habitat on public lands 
33.10 	in Washington County. A restoration and 
33.11 	enhancement plan and a list of proposed 
33.12 	land restorations and enhancements 
33.13 	must be provided as part of the required 
33.14 	accomplishment plan.
33.15 	(j) Wirth Park Enhancements
33.16 	$600,000 in the second year is to the 
33.17 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.18 	agreement with the Minneapolis Park Board 
33.19 	to enhance riparian and upland habitat 
33.20 	within Wirth Park in Hennepin County. 
33.21 	A restoration and enhancement plan and 
33.22 	a list of proposed land restorations and 
33.23 	enhancements must be provided as part of 
33.24 	the required accomplishment plan.
33.25 	(k) Evaluate Effectiveness of Aquatic 
33.26 	Invasive Species Prevention Strategies
33.27 	$4,040,000 in the second year is to the 
33.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.29 	agreement with the Central Minnesota 
33.30 	Initiative Fund to develop a series of pilot 
33.31 	projects to enhance aquatic habitat by 
33.32 	preventing the spread of aquatic invasive 
33.33 	species, including pilot projects conducting 
33.34 	education and outreach, inspection and 
33.35 	decontamination, enforcement, and other 
34.1 	activities. All pilot projects must be 
34.2 	conducted on a reimbursement basis and 
34.3 	require a match of nonoutdoor heritage fund 
34.4 	dollars. A required evaluation of results 
34.5 	must be funded with nonoutdoor heritage 
34.6 	fund dollars. The required evaluation must 
34.7 	evaluate the efficacy of inspection and 
34.8 	decontamination activities utilized in any of 
34.9 	the pilot projects in preventing the spread 
34.10 	of aquatic invasive species. A list of pilot 
34.11 	projects must be included in the required final 
34.12 	report. This appropriation is available until 
34.13 	June 30, 2019. The accomplishment plan 
34.14 	must accelerate the start of the pilot project.
34.15 	(l) Albert Lea Lake Management and 
34.16 	Invasive Species Control Structure - 
34.17 	Supplement
34.18 	$700,000 in the second year is added to 
34.19 	the appropriation contained in Laws 2013, 
34.20 	chapter 137, article 1, section 2, subdivision 
34.21 	5, paragraph (h), to the commissioner of 
34.22 	natural resources for an agreement with 
34.23 	the Shell Rock River Watershed District to 
34.24 	construct structural deterrents and lake level 
34.25 	controls.
34.26 	(m) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
34.27 	Program - Phase VI
34.28 	$4,550,000 in the second year is to the 
34.29 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
34.30 	program to provide competitive, matching 
34.31 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
34.32 	state, and national organizations for 
34.33 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
34.34 	wetlands, prairies, or habitat for fish, game, 
34.35 	or wildlife in Minnesota. Grants shall not 
35.1 	be made for activities required to fulfill 
35.2 	the duties of owners of lands subject to 
35.3 	conservation easements. Grants shall not 
35.4 	be made from the appropriation in this 
35.5 	paragraph for projects that have a total 
35.6 	project cost exceeding $575,000. Of this 
35.7 	appropriation, $460,000 $265,000 may be 
35.8 	spent for personnel costs and other direct and 
35.9 	necessary administrative costs. Grantees may 
35.10 	acquire land or interests in land. Easements 
35.11 	must be permanent. Grants may not be used 
35.12 	to establish easement stewardship accounts. 
35.13 	Land acquired in fee must be open to hunting 
35.14 	and fishing during the open season unless 
35.15 	otherwise provided by law. Lands acquired 
35.16 	or lands with easements acquired with this 
35.17 	appropriation may not be used for emergency 
35.18 	haying and grazing in response to federal 
35.19 	or state disaster declarations. Conservation 
35.20 	grazing under a management plan that is 
35.21 	already being implemented may continue. 
35.22 	The program shall require a match of at 
35.23 	least ten percent from nonstate sources 
35.24 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
35.25 	in-kind resources. For grant applications 
35.26 	of $25,000 or less, the commissioner shall 
35.27 	provide a separate, simplified application 
35.28 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
35.29 	commissioner of natural resources shall, 
35.30 	when evaluating projects of equal value, 
35.31 	give priority to organizations that have a 
35.32 	history of receiving or charter to receive 
35.33 	private contributions for local conservation 
35.34 	or habitat projects. If acquiring land or a 
35.35 	conservation easement, priority shall be 
35.36 	given to projects associated with or within 
36.1 	one mile of existing wildlife management 
36.2 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.3 	86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific and natural 
36.4 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
36.5 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; or aquatic 
36.6 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
36.7 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
36.8 	All restoration or enhancement projects 
36.9 	must be on land permanently protected by 
36.10 	a permanent covenant ensuring perpetual 
36.11 	maintenance and protection of restored 
36.12 	and enhanced habitat, by a conservation 
36.13 	easement, or by public ownership or in public 
36.14 	waters as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
36.15 	section 103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority 
36.16 	shall be given to restoration and enhancement 
36.17 	projects on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, 
36.18 	section 97A.056, subdivision 13, applies 
36.19 	to grants awarded under this paragraph. 
36.20 	This appropriation is available until June 
36.21 	30, 2018. No less than five percent of the 
36.22 	amount of each grant must be held back from 
36.23 	reimbursement until the grant recipient has 
36.24 	completed a grant accomplishment report by 
36.25 	the deadline and in the form prescribed by 
36.26 	and satisfactory to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
36.27 	Heritage Council. The commissioner shall 
36.28 	provide notice of the grant program in 
36.29 	the game and fish law summary prepared 
36.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.051, 
36.31 	subdivision 2.
36.32 	(n) Conservation Partners Legacy Metro 
36.33 	Grant Program
36.34 	$4,000,000 in the second year is to the 
36.35 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
36.36 	program to provide competitive, matching 
37.1 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
37.2 	state, and national organizations for 
37.3 	enhancing, restoring, or protecting forests, 
37.4 	wetlands, prairies, or habitat for fish, game, 
37.5 	or wildlife in the seven-county metropolitan 
37.6 	area and cities with a population of 50,000 
37.7 	or greater. Grants shall not be made for 
37.8 	activities required to fulfill the duties of 
37.9 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
37.10 	easements. Grants shall not be made from the 
37.11 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
37.12 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
37.13 	$575,000. Of this appropriation, $70,000 
37.14 	$250,000 may be spent for personnel costs 
37.15 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
37.16 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
37.17 	in land. Easements must be permanent. 
37.18 	Grants may not be used to establish easement 
37.19 	stewardship accounts. Land acquired in fee 
37.20 	must be open to hunting and fishing during 
37.21 	the open season unless otherwise provided 
37.22 	by law. Lands acquired or lands with 
37.23 	easements acquired with this appropriation 
37.24 	may not be used for emergency haying and 
37.25 	grazing in response to federal or state disaster 
37.26 	declarations. Conservation grazing under 
37.27 	a management plan that is already being 
37.28 	implemented may continue. The program 
37.29 	shall require a match of at least ten percent 
37.30 	from nonstate sources for all grants. The 
37.31 	match may be cash or in-kind resources. 
37.32 	For grant applications of $25,000 or less, 
37.33 	the commissioner shall provide a separate, 
37.34 	simplified application process. Subject to 
37.35 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 
37.36 	natural resources shall, when evaluating 
38.1 	projects of equal value, give priority to 
38.2 	organizations that have a history of receiving 
38.3 	or charter to receive private contributions 
38.4 	for local conservation or habitat projects. If 
38.5 	acquiring land or a conservation easement, 
38.6 	priority shall be given to projects associated 
38.7 	with or within one mile of existing wildlife 
38.8 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
38.9 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific 
38.10 	and natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
38.11 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
38.12 	5; or aquatic management areas under 
38.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 86A.05, 
38.14 	subdivision 14, and 97C.02. All restoration 
38.15 	or enhancement projects must be on land 
38.16 	permanently protected by a permanent 
38.17 	covenant ensuring perpetual maintenance 
38.18 	and protection of restored and enhanced 
38.19 	habitat, by a conservation easement, or 
38.20 	by public ownership or in public waters 
38.21 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.22 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority shall 
38.23 	be given to restoration and enhancement 
38.24 	projects on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, 
38.25 	section 97A.056, subdivision 13, applies 
38.26 	to grants awarded under this paragraph. 
38.27 	This appropriation is available until June 
38.28 	30, 2018. No less than five percent of the 
38.29 	amount of each grant must be held back from 
38.30 	reimbursement until the grant recipient has 
38.31 	completed a grant accomplishment report by 
38.32 	the deadline and in the form prescribed by 
38.33 	and satisfactory to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
38.34 	Heritage Council. The commissioner shall 
38.35 	provide notice of the grant program in 
38.36 	the game and fish law summary prepared 
39.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.051, 
39.2 	subdivision 2.

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

39.4 	Sec. 10. PAYMENT-IN-LIEU OF TAX ALTERNATIVES; 
39.5 	RECOMMENDATIONS.
 39.6 	The commissioner of management and budget, in consultation with the 
39.7 	commissioners of natural resources and revenue, the Association of Minnesota 
39.8 	Counties, and the Minnesota Association of Townships, shall examine alternatives to 
39.9 	payment-in-lieu of tax payments under Minnesota Statutes, sections 477A.10 to 477A.14, 
39.10 	including a trust fund approach, that would apply to land acquired with money from the 
39.11 	outdoor heritage fund and other dedicated funds. The examination must take into account 
39.12 	the ongoing costs to the state and local units of government associated with the acquisition 
39.13 	of the land and any constitutional constraints. The commissioner of management and 
39.14 	budget shall submit recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
39.15 	house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the 
39.16 	environment and natural resources, legacy funds, and taxes no later than January 15, 2016.

39.17 	ARTICLE 2
39.18 	CLEAN WATER FUND

39.19	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
39.20 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
39.21 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
39.22 	clean water fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities 
39.23 	under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2016" and "2017" 
39.24 	used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the 
39.25 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal 
39.26 	year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2016 
39.27 	and 2017. The appropriations in this article are onetime.

39.28				APPROPRIATIONS
	
39.29				Available for the Year
	
39.30				Ending June 30
	
39.31					2016
		2017

39.32	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

39.33	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	116,263,000
	$
	112,039,000
	
40.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
40.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
40.3 	sections.

40.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
40.5 	Money appropriated in this article may 
40.6 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
40.7 	directly related to and necessary for a 
40.8 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
40.9 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
40.10 	with Minnesota Management and Budget's 
40.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
40.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
40.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless 
40.14 	otherwise specified in this article, fiscal year 
40.15 	2016 appropriations are available until June 
40.16 	30, 2017, and fiscal year 2017 appropriations 
40.17 	are available until June 30, 2018. If a project 
40.18 	receives federal funds, the time period of 
40.19 	the appropriation is extended to equal the 
40.20 	availability of federal funding.

40.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
40.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of 
40.23 	clean water funds, in consultation with the 
40.24 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
40.25 	governor-appointed disability councils, 
40.26 	boards, committees, and commissions , 
40.27 	should make progress toward providing 
40.28 	greater access to programs, print publications, 
40.29 	and digital media for people with disabilities 
40.30 	related to the programs the recipient funds 
40.31 	using appropriations made in this article.

40.32	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	8,584,000
	$
	5,082,000
	
40.33 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
40.34 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
41.1 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
41.2 	water and groundwater and to use data 
41.3 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
41.4 	(b) $2,586,000 the first year and $2,585,000 
41.5 	the second year are for monitoring and 
41.6 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
41.7 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable 
41.8 	to groundwater degradation; monitoring 
41.9 	for pesticides when nitrate is detected; 
41.10 	promoting, developing, and evaluating 
41.11 	regional and crop-specific nutrient best 
41.12 	management practices; assessing best 
41.13 	management practice adoption; education 
41.14 	and technical support from University of 
41.15 	Minnesota Extension; and other actions to 
41.16 	protect groundwater from degradation from 
41.17 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
41.18 	June 30, 2018.
41.19 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
41.20 	second year are for administering clean water 
41.21 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
41.22 	management practices loan program. Any 
41.23 	unencumbered balance at the end of the 
41.24 	second year shall be added to the corpus of 
41.25 	the loan fund.
41.26 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
41.27 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
41.28 	research, and demonstration projects on 
41.29 	proper implementation of best management 
41.30 	practices and more precise information on 
41.31 	nonpoint contributions to impaired waters. 
41.32 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
41.33 	2020.
41.34 	(e) $788,000 the first year and $787,000 the 
41.35 	second year are for research to quantify and 
42.1 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
42.2 	waters and for development and evaluation 
42.3 	of best management practices to protect and 
42.4 	restore water resources. This appropriation 
42.5 	is available until June 30, 2020.
42.6 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
42.7 	second year are for a research inventory 
42.8 	database containing water-related research 
42.9 	activities. Costs for information technology 
42.10 	development or support for this research 
42.11 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
42.12 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
42.13 	available until June 30, 2018.
42.14 	(g) $2,500,000 the first year is to implement 
42.15 	the Minnesota agricultural water quality 
42.16 	certification program statewide. The 
42.17 	commissioner of agriculture shall consult 
42.18 	with the United States Department of 
42.19 	Agriculture to determine whether other 
42.20 	state spending would qualify as a match for 
42.21 	the agricultural water quality certification 
42.22 	program funds available from the federal 
42.23 	government. By January 1, 2016, the 
42.24 	commissioner shall submit a report on 
42.25 	funding recommendations to the Clean Water 
42.26 	Council and the chairs and ranking minority 
42.27 	members of the house of representatives 
42.28 	and senate committees and divisions with 
42.29 	jurisdiction over agriculture, the environment 
42.30 	and natural resources, and the clean water 
42.31 	fund. Funds appropriated in this paragraph 
42.32 	are available until June 30, 2016, and 
42.33 	the commissioner may request additional 
42.34 	funding for this program for fiscal year 2017.
43.1 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
43.2 	second year are to provide funding for a 
43.3 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
43.4 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
43.5 	(i) $1,000,000 the first year is for grants 
43.6 	to the Board of Regents of the University 
43.7 	of Minnesota to fund the Forever Green 
43.8 	Agriculture Initiative and to protect the 
43.9 	state's natural resources while increasing 
43.10 	the efficiency, profitability, and productivity 
43.11 	of Minnesota farmers by incorporating 
43.12 	perennial and winter-annual crops into 
43.13 	existing agricultural practices.
43.14 	(j) A portion of the funds in this section may 
43.15 	be used for programs to train state and local 
43.16 	outreach staff in the intersection between 
43.17 	agricultural economics and agricultural 
43.18 	conservation.

43.19	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	9,250,000
	$
	9,250,000
	
43.20 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
43.21 	the second year are for the point source 
43.22 	implementation grants program under 
43.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
43.24 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
43.25 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
43.26 	the second year are for small community 
43.27 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
43.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
43.29 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
43.30 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at 
43.31 	the end of each fiscal year under paragraph 
43.32 	(a) or (b), the Public Facilities Authority 
43.33 	may transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
43.34 	projects under any of the programs listed 
44.1 	in this section based on their priority rank 
44.2 	on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
44.3 	priority list.

44.4	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	27,350,000
	$
	27,348,000
	
44.5 	(a) $8,350,000 the first year and $8,350,000 
44.6 	the second year are for completion of 20 
44.7 	percent of the needed statewide assessments 
44.8 	of surface water quality and trends. Of this 
44.9 	amount, $100,000 each year is for grants 
44.10 	to the Red River Watershed Management 
44.11 	Board to enhance and expand the existing 
44.12 	water quality and watershed monitoring river 
44.13 	watch activities in the schools along the Red 
44.14 	River of the North. The Red River Watershed 
44.15 	Management Board shall provide a report to 
44.16 	the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
44.17 	Agency and the legislative committees and 
44.18 	divisions with jurisdiction over environment 
44.19 	and natural resources finance and policy and 
44.20 	the clean water fund by February 15, 2017, 
44.21 	on the expenditure of this appropriation. If 
44.22 	the amount in the first year is insufficient, the 
44.23 	amount in the second year is available in the 
44.24 	first year.
44.25 	(b) $9,795,000 the first year and $9,795,000 
44.26 	the second year are to develop watershed 
44.27 	restoration and protection strategies 
44.28 	(WRAPS), which include total maximum 
44.29 	daily load (TMDL) studies and TMDL 
44.30 	implementation plans for waters listed on 
44.31 	the Unites States Environmental Protection 
44.32 	Agency approved impaired waters list in 
44.33 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
44.34 	114D. The agency shall complete an average 
45.1 	of ten percent of the TMDLs each year over 
45.2 	the biennium.
45.3 	(c) $1,182,000 the first year and $1,181,000 
45.4 	the second year are for groundwater 
45.5 	assessment, including enhancing the 
45.6 	ambient monitoring network, modeling, and 
45.7 	evaluating trends, including the reassessment 
45.8 	of groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 
45.9 	years ago and found to be contaminated.
45.10 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
45.11 	second year are for implementation of the 
45.12 	St. Louis River System Area of Concern 
45.13 	Remedial Action Plan. This appropriation 
45.14 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
45.15 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
45.16 	(e) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
45.17 	second year are for storm water research and 
45.18 	guidance.
45.19 	(f) $1,150,000 the first year and $1,150,000 
45.20 	the second year are for TMDL research and 
45.21 	database development.
45.22 	(g) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 
45.23 	the second year are for national pollutant 
45.24 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
45.25 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
45.26 	(h) $3,623,000 the first year and $3,622,000 
45.27 	the second year are for enhancing the 
45.28 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
45.29 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
45.30 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
45.31 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection 
45.32 	of groundwater, including base grants 
45.33 	for all counties with SSTS programs and 
45.34 	competitive grants to counties with specific 
45.35 	plans to significantly reduce water pollution 
46.1 	by reducing the number of systems that 
46.2 	are an imminent threat to public health or 
46.3 	safety or are otherwise failing. Counties that 
46.4 	receive base grants must report the number 
46.5 	of sewage noncompliant properties upgraded 
46.6 	through SSTS replacement, connection 
46.7 	to a centralized sewer system, or other 
46.8 	means, including property abandonment 
46.9 	or buy-out. Counties also must report 
46.10 	the number of existing SSTS compliance 
46.11 	inspections conducted in areas under county 
46.12 	jurisdiction. These required reports are to 
46.13 	be part of established annual reporting for 
46.14 	SSTS programs. Counties that conduct SSTS 
46.15 	inventories or those with an ordinance in 
46.16 	place that requires an SSTS to be inspected 
46.17 	as a condition of transferring property or as a 
46.18 	condition of obtaining a local permit must be 
46.19 	given priority for competitive grants under 
46.20 	this paragraph. Of this amount, $750,000 
46.21 	each year is available to counties for grants to 
46.22 	low-income landowners to address systems 
46.23 	that pose an imminent threat to public health 
46.24 	or safety or fail to protect groundwater. A 
46.25 	grant awarded under this paragraph may not 
46.26 	exceed $500,000 for the biennium. A county 
46.27 	receiving a grant under this paragraph must 
46.28 	submit a report to the agency listing the 
46.29 	projects funded, including an account of the 
46.30 	expenditures.
46.31 	(i) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
46.32 	the second year are for a storm water 
46.33 	best management practice performance 
46.34 	evaluation and technology transfer program 
46.35 	to enhance data and information management 
46.36 	of storm water best management practices; 
47.1 	evaluate best management performance 
47.2 	and effectiveness to support meeting total 
47.3 	maximum daily loads; develop standards 
47.4 	and incorporate state of the art guidance 
47.5 	using minimal impact design standards as 
47.6 	the model; and implement a knowledge 
47.7 	and technology transfer system across 
47.8 	local government, industry, and regulatory 
47.9 	sectors for pass-through to the University of 
47.10 	Minnesota. This appropriation is available 
47.11 	until June 30, 2018.
47.12 	(j) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
47.13 	second year are to support activities of the 
47.14 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
47.15 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
47.16 	(k) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
47.17 	the second year are for a grant program for 
47.18 	sanitary sewer projects that are included in 
47.19 	the draft or any updated Voyageurs National 
47.20 	Park Clean Water Project Comprehensive 
47.21 	Plan to restore the water quality of waters 
47.22 	within Voyageurs National Park. Grants must 
47.23 	be awarded to local government units for 
47.24 	projects approved by the Voyageurs National 
47.25 	Park Clean Water Joint Powers Board and 
47.26 	must be matched by at least 25 percent from 
47.27 	sources other than the clean water fund.
47.28 	(l) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
47.29 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
47.30 	section encumbered on or before June 30, 
47.31 	2017, as grants or contracts are available 
47.32 	until June 30, 2020.

47.33
47.34	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$ 
	9,000,000
	$ 
	9,000,000
	
48.1 	(a) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
48.2 	the second year are for stream flow 
48.3 	monitoring.
48.4 	(b) $1,300,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
48.5 	the second year are for lake Index of 
48.6 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
48.7 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 
48.8 	the second year are for assessing mercury 
48.9 	and other contaminants of fish, including 
48.10 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
48.11 	waters over time.
48.12 	(d) $1,940,000 the first year and $1,940,000 
48.13 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
48.14 	science-based watershed restoration and 
48.15 	protection strategies. 
48.16 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
48.17 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
48.18 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
48.19 	(f) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
48.20 	the second year are for technical assistance 
48.21 	to support local implementation of nonpoint 
48.22 	source restoration and protection activities. 
48.23 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
48.24 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
48.25 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
48.26 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
48.27 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
48.28 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
48.29 	elevation data; assessing effectiveness of 
48.30 	forestry best management practices for water 
48.31 	quality; and developing a biomonitoring 
48.32 	database. 
49.1 	(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
49.2 	the second year are for developing county 
49.3 	geologic atlases. 
49.4 	(i) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
49.5 	second year are for analysis and mapping 
49.6 	in each county related to compliance 
49.7 	with riparian buffer or alternate practice 
49.8 	requirements and to provide statewide 
49.9 	coordination and guidance to local units of 
49.10 	government for implementation of buffer 
49.11 	requirements. Maps must be provided to 
49.12 	local units of government and made available 
49.13 	to landowners on the Department of Natural 
49.14 	Resources' Web site.

49.15
49.16	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	56,841,000
	$
	56,322,000
	
49.17 	(a) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 
49.18 	the second year are for grants to local 
49.19 	government units organized for the 
49.20 	management of water in a watershed or 
49.21 	subwatershed that have multiyear plans 
49.22 	that will result in a significant reduction in 
49.23 	water pollution in a selected subwatershed. 
49.24 	The grants may be used for establishment 
49.25 	of riparian buffers; practices to store 
49.26 	water for natural treatment and infiltration, 
49.27 	including rain gardens; capturing storm 
49.28 	water for reuse; stream bank, shoreland, and 
49.29 	ravine stabilization; enforcement activities; 
49.30 	and implementation of best management 
49.31 	practices for feedlots within riparian areas 
49.32 	and other practices demonstrated to be 
49.33 	most effective in protecting, enhancing, and 
49.34 	restoring water quality in lakes, rivers, and 
49.35 	streams and protecting groundwater from 
50.1 	degradation. Grant recipients must identify 
50.2 	a nonstate match and may use other legacy 
50.3 	funds to supplement projects funded under 
50.4 	this paragraph. Grants awarded under this 
50.5 	paragraph are available for four years and 
50.6 	priority must be given to the best designed 
50.7 	plans each year.
50.8 	(b) $10,187,000 the first year and 
50.9 	$10,188,000 the second year are for grants 
50.10 	to protect and restore surface water and 
50.11 	drinking water; to keep water on the land; to 
50.12 	protect, enhance, and restore water quality 
50.13 	in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to protect 
50.14 	groundwater and drinking water, including 
50.15 	feedlot water quality and subsurface sewage 
50.16 	treatment system projects and stream bank, 
50.17 	stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
50.18 	and ravine stabilization projects. The 
50.19 	projects must use practices demonstrated 
50.20 	to be effective, be of long-lasting public 
50.21 	benefit, include a match, and be consistent 
50.22 	with total maximum daily load (TMDL) 
50.23 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
50.24 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
50.25 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
50.26 	A portion of these funds may be used to seek 
50.27 	administrative efficiencies through shared 
50.28 	resources by multiple local governmental 
50.29 	units.
50.30 	(c) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
50.31 	the second year are for targeted local 
50.32 	resource protection and enhancement grants 
50.33 	and statewide program enhancements for 
50.34 	technical assistance, citizen and community 
50.35 	outreach, and training and certification, as 
50.36 	well as projects, practices, and programs that 
51.1 	supplement or otherwise exceed current state 
51.2 	standards for protection, enhancement, and 
51.3 	restoration of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
51.4 	and streams or that protect groundwater from 
51.5 	degradation, including compliance.
51.6 	(d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 
51.7 	the second year are to provide state 
51.8 	oversight and accountability, evaluate 
51.9 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
51.10 	measure the value of conservation program 
51.11 	implementation by local governments, 
51.12 	including submission to the legislature by 
51.13 	March 1 each even-numbered year a biennial 
51.14 	report prepared by the board, in consultation 
51.15 	with the commissioners of natural resources, 
51.16 	health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control 
51.17 	Agency, detailing the recipients, the projects 
51.18 	funded under this section, and the amount of 
51.19 	pollution reduced.
51.20 	(e) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
51.21 	the second year are for grants to local units 
51.22 	of government to enhance compliance 
51.23 	with riparian buffer or alternate practice 
51.24 	requirements.
51.25 	(f) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 
51.26 	the second year are to restore or preserve 
51.27 	permanent conservation on riparian buffers 
51.28 	adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and 
51.29 	tributaries, to keep water on the land in order 
51.30 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
51.31 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to 
51.32 	surface waters; and increase infiltration for 
51.33 	groundwater recharge. This appropriation 
51.34 	may be used for restoration of riparian 
51.35 	buffers permanently protected by easements 
52.1 	purchased with this appropriation or contracts 
52.2 	to achieve permanent protection for riparian 
52.3 	buffers or stream bank restorations when the 
52.4 	riparian buffers have been restored. Up to 
52.5 	$344,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
52.6 	enforcement account.
52.7 	(g) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
52.8 	the second year are for permanent 
52.9 	conservation easements on wellhead 
52.10 	protection areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
52.11 	section 103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph 
52.12 	(d), or for grants to local units of government 
52.13 	for fee title acquisition to permanently 
52.14 	protect groundwater supply sources on 
52.15 	wellhead protection areas or for otherwise 
52.16 	assuring long-term protection of groundwater 
52.17 	supply sources as described under alternative 
52.18 	management tools in the Department 
52.19 	of Agriculture's Nitrogen Fertilizer 
52.20 	Management Plan, including low nitrogen 
52.21 	cropping systems or implementing nitrogen 
52.22 	fertilizer best management practices. Priority 
52.23 	must be placed on land that is located where 
52.24 	the vulnerability of the drinking water supply 
52.25 	is designated as high or very high by the 
52.26 	commissioner of health, where drinking 
52.27 	water protection plans have identified 
52.28 	specific activities that will achieve long-term 
52.29 	protection, and on lands with expiring 
52.30 	Conservation Reserve Program contracts. 
52.31 	Up to $52,500 is for deposit in a monitoring 
52.32 	and enforcement account.
52.33 	(h) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
52.34 	the second year are for community partner 
52.35 	grants to local units of government for: 
52.36 	(1) structural or vegetative management 
53.1 	practices that reduce storm water runoff 
53.2 	from developed or disturbed lands to reduce 
53.3 	the movement of sediment, nutrients, and 
53.4 	pollutants for restoration, protection, or 
53.5 	enhancement of water quality in lakes, rivers, 
53.6 	and streams and to protect groundwater 
53.7 	and drinking water; and (2) installation 
53.8 	of proven and effective water retention 
53.9 	practices including, but not limited to, rain 
53.10 	gardens and other vegetated infiltration 
53.11 	basins and sediment control basins in order 
53.12 	to keep water on the land. The projects must 
53.13 	be of long-lasting public benefit, include a 
53.14 	local match, and be consistent with TMDL 
53.15 	implementation plans, watershed restoration 
53.16 	and protection strategies (WRAPS), or local 
53.17 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
53.18 	Local government unit costs may be used as 
53.19 	a match.
53.20 	(i) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the 
53.21 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
53.22 	panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations 
53.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
53.24 	subdivision 6.
53.25 	(j) $2,100,000 the first year and $2,100,000 
53.26 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
53.27 	and grants to local governments to transition 
53.28 	local water management plans to a watershed 
53.29 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
53.30 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
53.31 	114D.
53.32 	(k) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
53.33 	the second year are for technical assistance 
53.34 	and grants for the conservation drainage 
53.35 	program in consultation with the Drainage 
54.1 	Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota 
54.2 	Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 
54.3 	13, that includes projects to improve 
54.4 	multipurpose water management under 
54.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.015.
54.6 	(l) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
54.7 	the second year are to purchase and restore 
54.8 	permanent conservation sites via easements 
54.9 	or contracts to treat and store water on the 
54.10 	land for water quality improvement purposes 
54.11 	and related technical assistance. This work 
54.12 	may be done in cooperation with the United 
54.13 	States Department of Agriculture with a first 
54.14 	priority use to accomplish a conservation 
54.15 	reserve enhancement program, or equivalent, 
54.16 	in the state. Up to $1,285,000 is for deposit 
54.17 	in a monitoring and enforcement account.
54.18 	(m) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
54.19 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
54.20 	conservation easements to protect lands 
54.21 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
54.22 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
54.23 	to $190,000 is for deposit in a monitoring 
54.24 	and enforcement account.
54.25 	(n) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
54.26 	the second year are for a program to 
54.27 	systematically collect data and produce 
54.28 	county, watershed, and statewide estimates 
54.29 	of soil erosion caused by water and wind 
54.30 	along with tracking adoption of conservation 
54.31 	measures to address erosion.
54.32 	(o) $11,000,000 the first year and 
54.33 	$11,000,000 the second year are for 
54.34 	payments to soil and water conservation 
54.35 	districts for the purposes of Minnesota 
55.1 	Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 103C.331. 
55.2 	From this appropriation, each soil and water 
55.3 	conservation district shall receive an increase 
55.4 	in its base funding of $100,000 per year. 
55.5 	Money remaining after the base increase 
55.6 	is available for matching grants to soil and 
55.7 	water conservation districts based on county 
55.8 	allocations to soil and water conservation 
55.9 	districts. The board and other agencies may 
55.10 	reduce the amount of grants to a county by an 
55.11 	amount equal to any reduction in the county's 
55.12 	allocation to a soil and water conservation 
55.13 	district from the county's previous-year 
55.14 	allocation when the board determines that 
55.15 	the reduction was disproportionate. The 
55.16 	second-year appropriation cancels if new 
55.17 	buffer requirements are not enacted in 2015.
55.18 	(p) $520,000 the first year is for a grant 
55.19 	to Washington County for a water quality 
55.20 	improvement project that will improve water 
55.21 	quality and restore an essential backwater 
55.22 	aquatic area by reconnecting Grey Cloud 
55.23 	Slough to the main channel of the Mississippi 
55.24 	River Area. This appropriation is not 
55.25 	available until at least an equal amount is 
55.26 	committed from nonstate sources.
55.27 	(q) The Board of Water and Soil 
55.28 	Resources must consider the inclusion 
55.29 	of environmentally suitable annuals the 
55.30 	next time the board establishes or revises 
55.31 	vegetation establishment and enhancement 
55.32 	guidelines for the purposes of riparian 
55.33 	buffers.
55.34 	(r) The board shall contract for delivery of 
55.35 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
56.1 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
56.2 	activities under this section for up to 
56.3 	$500,000 the first year and up to $500,000 
56.4 	the second year.
56.5 	(s) The board may shift grant or cost-share 
56.6 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
56.7 	technical and administrative assistance 
56.8 	portion of the funds to leverage federal or 
56.9 	other nonstate funds or to address oversight 
56.10 	responsibilities or high-priority needs 
56.11 	identified in local water management plans.
56.12 	(t) The board shall require grantees to specify 
56.13 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
56.14 	grants prior to any grant awards.
56.15 	(u) The appropriations in this section are 
56.16 	available until June 30, 2020. Returned grant 
56.17 	funds are available until expended and shall 
56.18 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
56.19 	this section.

56.20	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	4,013,000
	$
	3,812,000
	
56.21 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
56.22 	the second year are for addressing public 
56.23 	health concerns related to contaminants 
56.24 	found in Minnesota drinking water for which 
56.25 	no health-based drinking water standards 
56.26 	exist, including accelerating the development 
56.27 	of health risk limits and improving the 
56.28 	capacity of the department's laboratory to 
56.29 	analyze unregulated contaminants. The 
56.30 	commissioner shall contract with the Board 
56.31 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota 
56.32 	to provide an independent review of the 
56.33 	department's drinking water contaminants 
56.34 	of emerging concern program. The review 
57.1 	must include an assessment of the process 
57.2 	used by the department to rank contaminants 
57.3 	that are threats to drinking water supplies 
57.4 	and include a comparison of efforts at the 
57.5 	department with efforts by other states and 
57.6 	the United States Environmental Protection 
57.7 	Agency. The review must be submitted to 
57.8 	the Clean Water Council and the chairs and 
57.9 	ranking minority members of the house of 
57.10 	representatives and senate committees and 
57.11 	divisions with jurisdiction over environment 
57.12 	and natural resources by June 1, 2016.
57.13 	(b) $1,900,000 the first year and $1,900,000 
57.14 	the second year are for protection of drinking 
57.15 	water sources.
57.16 	(c) $113,000 the first year and $112,000 the 
57.17 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
57.18 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
57.19 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
57.20 	(d) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
57.21 	the second year are to develop and deliver 
57.22 	groundwater restoration and protection 
57.23 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
57.24 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
57.25 	resources to local governments for drinking 
57.26 	water source protection activities.
57.27 	(e) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
57.28 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
57.29 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
57.30 	wells and developing guidance to ensure 
57.31 	that new well placement minimizes the 
57.32 	potential for risks, in cooperation with the 
57.33 	commissioner of agriculture.
57.34 	(f) $275,000 the first year and $75,000 
57.35 	the second year are for development 
58.1 	and implementation of a groundwater 
58.2 	virus monitoring plan, including an 
58.3 	epidemiological study to determine the 
58.4 	association between groundwater virus 
58.5 	concentration and community illness rates. 
58.6 	(g) $175,000 the first year and $175,000 the 
58.7 	second year are to prepare a comprehensive 
58.8 	study of and recommendations for regulatory 
58.9 	and nonregulatory approaches to water reuse 
58.10 	for use in the development of state policy for 
58.11 	water reuse in Minnesota.
58.12 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
58.13 	appropriations in this section are available 
58.14 	until June 30, 2019.

58.15	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	1,225,000
	$
	1,225,000
	
58.16 	(a) $975,000 the first year and $975,000 
58.17 	the second year are to implement projects 
58.18 	that address emerging drinking water supply 
58.19 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
58.20 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
58.21 	coordination, support local implementation 
58.22 	of water supply reliability projects, and 
58.23 	prevent degradation of groundwater 
58.24 	resources in the metropolitan area. These 
58.25 	projects will provide to communities:
58.26 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
58.27 	water use through utilization of surface water, 
58.28 	storm water, wastewater, and groundwater;
58.29 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
58.30 	for different alternatives;
58.31 	(3) development of planning level cost 
58.32 	estimates, including capital cost and 
58.33 	operation cost;
59.1 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms 
59.2 	and an equitable cost-sharing structure 
59.3 	for regionally beneficial water supply 
59.4 	development projects; and
59.5 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
59.6 	models.
59.7 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
59.8 	the second year are for the water demand 
59.9 	reduction grant program to encourage 
59.10 	implementation of water demand reduction 
59.11 	measures by municipalities in the 
59.12 	metropolitan area to ensure the reliability and 
59.13 	protection of drinking water supplies.

59.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103A.206, is amended to read:
59.15 	103A.206 SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION POLICY.
59.16 	Maintaining and enhancing the quality of soil and water for the environmental and 
59.17 	economic benefits they produce, preventing degradation, and restoring degraded soil and 
59.18 	water resources of this state contribute greatly to the health, safety, economic well-being, 
59.19 	and general welfare of this state and its citizens. Land occupiers have the responsibility to 
59.20 	implement practices that conserve the soil and water resources of the state. Soil and water 
59.21 	conservation measures implemented on private lands in this state provide benefits to the 
59.22 	general public by reducing erosion, sedimentation, siltation, water pollution, and damages 
59.23 	caused by floods. The soil and water conservation policy of the state is to encourage land 
59.24 	occupiers to conserve soil, water, and the natural resources they support through the 
59.25 	implementation of practices that:
59.26 	(1) control or prevent erosion, sedimentation, siltation, and related pollution in 
59.27 	order to preserve natural resources;
59.28 	(2) ensure continued soil health, as defined under section 103C.101, subdivision 
59.29 	10a, and soil productivity;
59.30 	(3) protect water quality;
59.31 	(4) prevent impairment of dams and reservoirs;
59.32 	(5) reduce damages caused by floods;
59.33 	(6) preserve wildlife;
59.34 	(7) protect the tax base; and
60.1 	(8) protect public lands and waters.

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

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

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

63.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.401, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.2 		Subdivision 1.Powers and duties. In addition to the powers and duties of the state 
63.3 	board provided by other law, the state board shall:
63.4 	(1) offer to assist the district boards to implement their programs;
63.5 	(2) keep the district boards of the state informed of the activities and experience of 
63.6 	other districts and facilitate cooperation and an interchange of advice and experience 
63.7 	among the districts;
63.8 	(3) coordinate the programs and activities of the districts with appropriate agencies 
63.9 	by advice and consultation;
63.10 	(4) approve or disapprove the plans or programs of districts relating to the use of 
63.11 	state funds administered by the state board;
63.12 	(5) secure the cooperation and assistance of agencies in the work of the districts 
63.13 	and develop a program to advise and assist appropriate agencies in obtaining state and 
63.14 	federal funds for erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution 
63.15 	control programs;
63.16 	(6) develop and implement a public information program concerning the districts' 
63.17 	activities and programs, the problems and preventive practices relating to erosion control, 
63.18 	sedimentation, agriculturally related pollution, flood prevention, and the advantages of 
63.19 	formation of districts in areas where their organization is desirable;
63.20 	(7) consolidate districts without a hearing or a referendum;
63.21 	(8) assist the statewide program to inventory and classify the types of soils in the 
63.22 	state as determined by the Minnesota Cooperative Soil Survey;
63.23 	(9) identify research needs and cooperate with other public agencies in research 
63.24 	concerning the nature and extent of erosion, sedimentation, flooding and agriculturally 
63.25 	related pollution, the amounts and sources of sediment and pollutants delivered to the 
63.26 	waters of the state, and long-term soil productivity;
63.27 	(10) develop structural, land use management practice, and other programs to reduce 
63.28 	or prevent soil erosion, sedimentation, flooding, and agriculturally related pollution;
63.29 	(11) develop a system of priorities to identify the erosion, flooding, sediment, and 
63.30 	agriculturally related pollution problem areas that most need control systems;
63.31 	(12) ensure compliance with statewide programs and policies established by the state 
63.32 	board by advice, consultation, and approval of grant agreements with the districts; and
63.33 	(13) service requests from districts to consolidate districts across county boundaries 
63.34 	and facilitate other agreed-to reorganizations of districts with other districts or other 
63.35 	local units of government, including making grants, within the limits of available funds, 
63.36 	to offset the cost of consolidation or reorganization; and
64.1 	(14) develop and implement a state-led technical training and certification program.

64.2 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 103C.501, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
64.3 		Subd. 5.Contracts by districts. (a) A district board may contract on a cost-share 
64.4 	basis to furnish financial aid to a land occupier or to a state agency for permanent systems 
64.5 	for erosion or sedimentation control or water quality or water quantity improvements that 
64.6 	are consistent with the district's comprehensive and annual work plans.
64.7 	(b) A district board, with approval from the state board and consistent with state 
64.8 	board rules and policies, may contract on a cost-share basis to furnish financial aid to a 
64.9 	land occupier for nonstructural land management practices that are part of a planned 
64.10 	erosion control or water quality improvement plan.
64.11 	(b) (c) The duration of the contract must, at a minimum, be the time required to 
64.12 	complete the planned systems. A contract must specify that the land occupier is liable for 
64.13 	monetary damages and penalties in an amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance 
64.14 	received from the district, for failure to complete the systems or practices in a timely 
64.15 	manner or maintain the systems or practices as specified in the contract.
64.16 	(c) (d) A contract may provide for cooperation or funding with federal agencies. 
64.17 	A land occupier or state agency may provide the cost-sharing portion of the contract 
64.18 	through services in kind.
64.19 	(d) (e) The state board or the district board may not furnish any financial aid for 
64.20 	practices designed only to increase land productivity.
64.21 	(e) (f) When a district board determines that long-term maintenance of a system or 
64.22 	practice is desirable, the board may require that maintenance be made a covenant upon 
64.23 	the land for the effective life of the practice. A covenant under this subdivision shall be 
64.24 	construed in the same manner as a conservation restriction under section 84.65.

64.25 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.26 		Subd. 2.Membership; appointment. (a) The commissioners of natural resources, 
64.27 	agriculture, health, and the Pollution Control Agency, and the executive director of the 
64.28 	Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, 
64.29 	and the Metropolitan Council shall each appoint one person from their respective agency 
64.30 	entity to serve as a nonvoting member of the council. Two members of the house of 
64.31 	representatives, including one member from the majority party and one member from the 
64.32 	minority party, appointed by the speaker and two senators, including one member from 
64.33 	the majority party and one member from the minority party, appointed according to the 
64.34 	rules of the senate shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority as nonvoting 
65.1 	members of the council. Agency and legislative Members appointed under this paragraph 
65.2 	serve as nonvoting members of the council.
65.3 	(b) Nineteen Seventeen voting members of the council shall be appointed by the 
65.4 	governor as follows:
65.5 	(1) two members representing statewide farm organizations;
65.6 	(2) two members representing business organizations;
65.7 	(3) two members representing environmental organizations;
65.8 	(4) one member representing soil and water conservation districts;
65.9 	(5) one member representing watershed districts;
65.10 	(6) one member representing nonprofit organizations focused on improvement of 
65.11 	Minnesota lakes or streams;
65.12 	(7) two members representing organizations of county governments, one member 
65.13 	representing the interests of rural counties and one member representing the interests of 
65.14 	counties in the seven-county metropolitan area;
65.15 	(8) two members representing organizations of city governments;
65.16 	(9) one member representing the Metropolitan Council established under section 
65.17 	473.123;
65.18 	(10) (9) one member representing township officers;
65.19 	(11) (10) one member representing the interests of tribal governments;
65.20 	(12) (11) one member representing statewide hunting organizations; and
65.21 	(13) one member representing the University of Minnesota or a Minnesota state 
65.22 	university; and
65.23 	(14) (12) one member representing statewide fishing organizations.
65.24 	Members appointed under this paragraph must not be registered lobbyists or legislators. 
65.25 	In making appointments, the governor must attempt to provide for geographic balance. 
65.26 	The members of the council appointed by the governor are subject to the advice and 
65.27 	consent of the senate.

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

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

69.30 	Sec. 18. Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 14, section 7, is amended to read:
69.31 	Sec. 7. REPURPOSE OF 2011 APPROPRIATION.
 69.32 	The remaining balance of the appropriation in Laws 2011, First Special Session 
69.33 	chapter 6, article 2, section 6, paragraph (g), to the commissioner of natural resources 
69.34 	for shoreland stewardship, TMDL implementation coordination, providing technical 
70.1 	assistance, and maintaining and updating data may be used for stream flow and 
70.2 	groundwater monitoring, including the installation of additional monitoring gauges, and 
70.3 	monitoring necessary to determine the relationship between stream flow and groundwater, 
70.4 	and is available until June 30, 2015 2016.

70.5 	Sec. 19. CANCELLATION OF PRIOR APPROPRIATIONS.
 70.6 	(a) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for 
70.7 	the clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes 
70.8 	2012, section 446A.074, in Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 2, section 3, paragraph (b), is 
70.9 	canceled.
70.10 	(b) The unspent balance of the appropriation to the Public Facilities Authority for 
70.11 	the clean water legacy phosphorus reduction grant program under Minnesota Statutes 
70.12 	2012, section 446A.074, in Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 2, section 4, 
70.13 	paragraph (b), is canceled.
70.14 	(c) $1,000,000 of the appropriation to the Board of Water and Soil Resources in 
70.15 	Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 2, section 7, paragraph (e), is canceled.

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

70.17 	ARTICLE 3
70.18 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

70.19	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
70.20 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
70.21 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
70.22 	parks and trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The 
70.23 	figures "2016" and "2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
70.24 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, or June 30, 2017, respectively. 
70.25 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" 
70.26 	is fiscal years 2016 and 2017. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

70.27				APPROPRIATIONS
	
70.28				Available for the Year
	
70.29				Ending June 30
	
70.30					2016
		2017

70.31	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

70.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	43,628,000
	$
	45,722,000
	
71.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
71.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
71.3 	sections.

71.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
71.5 	Money appropriated in this article may 
71.6 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
71.7 	directly related to and necessary for a 
71.8 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
71.9 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
71.10 	with Minnesota Management and Budget's 
71.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
71.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
71.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless 
71.14 	otherwise specified in this article, fiscal year 
71.15 	2016 appropriations are available until June 
71.16 	30, 2018, and fiscal year 2017 appropriations 
71.17 	are available until June 30, 2019. If a project 
71.18 	receives federal funds, the time period of 
71.19 	the appropriation is extended to equal the 
71.20 	availability of federal funding.

71.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
71.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
71.23 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
71.24 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
71.25 	governor-appointed disability councils, 
71.26 	boards, committees, and commissions, 
71.27 	should make progress toward providing 
71.28 	greater access to programs, print publications, 
71.29 	and digital media for people with disabilities 
71.30 	related to the programs the recipient funds 
71.31 	using appropriations made in this article.

71.32
71.33	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	26,391,000
	$
	27,655,000
	
72.1 	(a) $17,237,000 the first year and 
72.2 	$18,067,000 the second year are for state 
72.3 	parks, recreation areas, and trails to:
72.4 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
72.5 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
72.6 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
72.7 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating 
72.8 	with partners to implement the 25-year 
72.9 	long-range parks and trails legacy plan.
72.10 	(b) $8,618,000 the first year and $9,033,000 
72.11 	the second year are for grants for parks 
72.12 	and trails of regional significance outside 
72.13 	the seven-county metropolitan area under 
72.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The 
72.15 	grants must be based on the recommendations 
72.16 	to the commissioner from the Greater 
72.17 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
72.18 	Commission established under Minnesota 
72.19 	Statutes, section 85.536. The second year 
72.20 	appropriation in this paragraph includes 
72.21 	money for: a grant to the St. Louis and 
72.22 	Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority 
72.23 	to design, engineer, acquire right-of-way, 
72.24 	and construct a segment of the Mesabi Trail 
72.25 	from Embarrass to near the intersection 
72.26 	of County Road 26, Whalston Road, and 
72.27 	Trunk Highway 135 toward Tower; and 
72.28 	up to $400,000 for a grant to the city of 
72.29 	La Crescent to design, engineer, acquire 
72.30 	right-of-way, and construct a segment of the 
72.31 	Wagon Wheel Trail. Grants funded under 
72.32 	this paragraph must support parks and trails 
72.33 	of regional or statewide significance that 
72.34 	meet the applicable definitions and criteria 
72.35 	for regional parks and trails contained 
73.1 	in the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks 
73.2 	and Trails Strategic Plan adopted by the 
73.3 	Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and 
73.4 	Trails Commission on April 22, 2015. Grant 
73.5 	recipients identified under this paragraph 
73.6 	must submit a grant application to the 
73.7 	commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
73.8 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
73.9 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
73.10 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
73.11 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
73.12 	$356,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $362,000 in 
73.13 	fiscal year 2017 are for the Greater Minnesota 
73.14 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
73.15 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
73.16 	section 85.536, including the continued 
73.17 	development of a statewide system plan 
73.18 	for regional parks and trails outside the 
73.19 	seven-county metropolitan area.
73.20 	(c) By January 15, 2016, the Greater 
73.21 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
73.22 	Commission shall submit a list of projects, 
73.23 	ranked in priority order, that contains the 
73.24 	commission's recommendations for funding 
73.25 	from the parks and trails fund for fiscal year 
73.26 	2017 to the chairs and ranking minority 
73.27 	members of the house of representatives 
73.28 	and senate committees and divisions with 
73.29 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
73.30 	resources and the parks and trails fund.
73.31 	(d) By January 15, 2016, the Greater 
73.32 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
73.33 	Commission shall submit a report that 
73.34 	contains the commission's criteria for 
73.35 	funding from the parks and trails fund, 
73.36 	including the criteria used to determine if a 
74.1 	park or trail is of regional significance, to 
74.2 	the chairs and ranking minority members 
74.3 	of the house of representatives and senate 
74.4 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
74.5 	over the environment and natural resources 
74.6 	and the parks and trails fund.
74.7 	(e) $536,000 the first year and $555,000 the 
74.8 	second year are for coordination and projects 
74.9 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
74.10 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
74.11 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
74.12 	Web-based information for park and trail 
74.13 	users; and support of activities of the Parks 
74.14 	and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee. Of 
74.15 	this amount, $260,000 the first year shall 
74.16 	be used for a grant to the University of 
74.17 	Minnesota Center for Changing Landscapes 
74.18 	to complete a legacy tracking project and 
74.19 	to implement a survey on use patterns, user 
74.20 	needs, and perceptions related to parks and 
74.21 	trails in Minnesota. The tracking project and 
74.22 	survey work must be done in collaboration 
74.23 	with the Department of Natural Resources, 
74.24 	Metropolitan Council, and Greater Minnesota 
74.25 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission.
74.26 	(f) The commissioner shall contract for 
74.27 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
74.28 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
74.29 	activities under this section for at least 
74.30 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
74.31 	second year.
74.32 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
74.33 	appropriations under this section shall 
74.34 	give consideration to contracting with 
75.1 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for 
75.2 	restoration, maintenance, and other activities.

75.3	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	17,237,000
	$
	18,067,000
	
75.4 	(a) $17,237,000 the first year and 
75.5 	$18,067,000 the second year are for 
75.6 	distribution according to Minnesota Statutes, 
75.7 	section 85.53, subdivision 3.
75.8 	(b) Money appropriated under this section 
75.9 	and distributed to implementing agencies 
75.10 	must be used to fund the list of recommended 
75.11 	projects in the report submitted pursuant to 
75.12 	Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 
75.13 	4, paragraph (o). Projects funded by the 
75.14 	money appropriated under this section must 
75.15 	be substantially consistent with the project 
75.16 	descriptions and dollar amounts in the report. 
75.17 	Any funds remaining after completion of 
75.18 	the listed projects may be spent by the 
75.19 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
75.20 	parks and trails.
75.21 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
75.22 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of 
75.23 	money appropriated under this section must 
75.24 	ensure that the funds are used to supplement 
75.25 	and not substitute for traditional sources of 
75.26 	funding.
75.27 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
75.28 	appropriations under this section shall 
75.29 	give consideration to contracting with 
75.30 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for 
75.31 	restoration, maintenance, and other activities.

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

75.33	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	16,821,000
	$
	16,953,000
	
76.1 	(a) $16,821,000 the first year and $16,953,000 
76.2 	the second year are for parks and trails of 
76.3 	regional or statewide significance in the 
76.4 	metropolitan area, distributed according to 
76.5 	paragraphs (b) to (1). Any funds remaining 
76.6 	after completion of the listed project may be 
76.7 	spent on projects to support parks and trails 
76.8 	by the implementing agency.
76.9 	(b) $1,443,000 the first year and $1,455,000 
76.10 	the second year are for grants to Anoka 
76.11 	County for:
76.12 	(1) a trail connection for Bunker Hills 
76.13 	Regional Park from Avocet Street;
76.14 	(2) restoration, including erosion repair, 
76.15 	along Pleasure Creek and the Mississippi 
76.16 	River Regional Trail at the Coon Rapids 
76.17 	Dam Regional Park;
76.18 	(3) a new playground and surfacing at Lake 
76.19 	George Regional Park;
76.20 	(4) land acquisition for the Rice Creek Chain 
76.21 	of Lakes Park Reserve;
76.22 	(5) improvements at the Rice Creek Chain of 
76.23 	Lakes Park Reserve, including maintenance 
76.24 	shop rehabilitation, road and parking 
76.25 	construction, fencing, beach improvements, 
76.26 	and roof repairs;
76.27 	(6) trail reconstruction under East River 
76.28 	Road on the Rice Creek West Regional Trail;
76.29 	(7) contracts with Conservation Corps 
76.30 	Minnesota;
76.31 	(8) a volunteer or resource coordinator 
76.32 	position;
76.33 	(9) a landscape designer or architect;
77.1 	(10) design, engineering, and construction of 
77.2 	the Central Anoka County Regional Trail;
77.3 	(11) road rehabilitation at Lake George 
77.4 	Regional Park;
77.5 	(12) reconstruction of a retaining wall on the 
77.6 	Mississippi River Regional Trail;
77.7 	(13) a trail connection on the Mississippi 
77.8 	River Regional Trail to connect Mississippi 
77.9 	West Regional Park to the city of Ramsey;
77.10 	(14) improvements of the Heritage 
77.11 	Laboratory/Day Camp at the Rice Creek 
77.12 	Chain of Lakes Park Reserve; and
77.13 	(15) trail reconstruction on the Rice Creek 
77.14 	North Regional Trail from Lexington Avenue 
77.15 	to Golden Lake Elementary School.
77.16 	(c) $289,000 the first year and $292,000 
77.17 	the second year are for grants to the city of 
77.18 	Bloomington to reconstruct parking lots at the 
77.19 	Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve.
77.20 	(d) $294,000 the first year and $297,000 the 
77.21 	second year are for grants to Carver County 
77.22 	to connect the Minnesota River Bluffs 
77.23 	Regional Trail and Southwest Regional Trail 
77.24 	and for trail and bridge construction on the 
77.25 	Minnesota River Bluff Regional Trail.
77.26 	(e) $1,174,000 the first year and $1,183,000 
77.27 	the second year are for grants to Dakota 
77.28 	County for:
77.29 	(1) engineering to extend the Mississippi 
77.30 	River Regional Trail and Big Rivers Regional 
77.31 	Trails, including extensions to St. Paul, and 
77.32 	to provide a connection to Lilydale Regional 
77.33 	Trail;
78.1 	(2) a trail connection for the Mississippi 
78.2 	River Regional Trail to connect St. Paul and 
78.3 	to construct a bridge over railroad tracks;
78.4 	(3) engineering and construction of regional 
78.5 	trail segments throughout the county;
78.6 	(4) engineering and construction of a bridge 
78.7 	and trails through the Minnesota Zoological 
78.8 	Garden on the North Creek Regional 
78.9 	Greenway; and
78.10 	(5) resource management of the county's 
78.11 	parks and trails system.
78.12 	(f) $3,221,000 the first year and $3,246,000 
78.13 	the second are for grants to the Minneapolis 
78.14 	Park and Recreation Board for:
78.15 	(1) design and construction of trail loops, 
78.16 	river access areas, landscapes, and storm 
78.17 	water management improvements at Above 
78.18 	the Falls Regional Park;
78.19 	(2) land acquisition at Above the Falls 
78.20 	Regional Park;
78.21 	(3) a master plan and trail design for Central 
78.22 	Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park;
78.23 	(4) planning and design for the Central 
78.24 	Riverfront including the water works and the 
78.25 	Mississippi Whitewater Park sites;
78.26 	(5) trail, path, and shoreline improvements 
78.27 	and play area rehabilitation at 
78.28 	Nokomis-Hiawatha Regional Park;
78.29 	(6) trail, shoreline, water access, 
78.30 	picnic, sailboat facility, and concession 
78.31 	improvements at Minneapolis Chain of 
78.32 	Lakes Regional Park;
79.1 	(7) a bird sanctuary, trail stabilization, habitat 
79.2 	restoration, accessibility improvements, and 
79.3 	construction of new entrances at Minneapolis 
79.4 	Chain of Lakes Regional Park;
79.5 	(8) a trail connection for the Minnehaha 
79.6 	Parkway Regional Trail below Lyndale 
79.7 	Avenue; and
79.8 	(9) trail work at Theodore Wirth Regional 
79.9 	Park.
79.10 	(g) $1,299,000 the first year and $1,309,000 
79.11 	the second year are for grants to Ramsey 
79.12 	County for:
79.13 	(1) wayfinding for cross-country ski trails 
79.14 	at Battle Creek Regional Park, Tamarack 
79.15 	Nature Center, and Grass-Vadnais-Snail 
79.16 	Lakes Regional Park;
79.17 	(2) contracts with Conservation Corps 
79.18 	Minnesota;
79.19 	(3) design and construction of an early 
79.20 	learning center at Tamarack Nature Center 
79.21 	and pedestrian connections, landscape 
79.22 	restoration, signage, and other site amenities 
79.23 	at Bald Eagle-Otter Lakes Regional Park;
79.24 	(4) improvements to Tamarack Nature 
79.25 	Center;
79.26 	(5) building and supporting a volunteer corps 
79.27 	for Tamarack Nature Center and Discovery 
79.28 	Hollow;
79.29 	(6) trail development to connect Tamarack 
79.30 	Nature Center to the Otter Lake boat launch;
79.31 	(7) a trail on Vadnais Lake, storm water 
79.32 	management improvements, and site 
79.33 	amenities at Grass-Vadnais-Snail Lakes 
79.34 	Regional Park;
80.1 	(8) trail development and connection, storm 
80.2 	water management improvements, and site 
80.3 	amenities at Rice Creek North Regional 
80.4 	Trail; and
80.5 	(9) the Bruce Vento Regional Trail.
80.6 	(h) $2,378,000 the first year and $2,397,000 
80.7 	the second year are for grants to the city of 
80.8 	Saint Paul for:
80.9 	(1) an education coordinator;
80.10 	(2) a volunteer coordinator;
80.11 	(3) Como Regional Park shuttle operation;
80.12 	(4) a trail connection to connect Harriet 
80.13 	Island to the Mississippi Regional Trail;
80.14 	(5) Estabrook Road reconstruction and 
80.15 	lighting upgrades at Como Regional Park; 
80.16 	and
80.17 	(6) a trail connection and railroad bridge 
80.18 	reconstruction at Lilydale Regional Park.
80.19 	(i) $550,000 the first year and $554,000 the 
80.20 	second year are for grants to Scott County for 
80.21 	construction at Cedar Lake Farm Regional 
80.22 	Park.
80.23 	(j) $3,669,000 the first year and $3,697,000 
80.24 	the second year are for grants to Three Rivers 
80.25 	Park District for:
80.26 	(1) a trail connection to connect Grand 
80.27 	Rounds to Nine Mile Creek Trail;
80.28 	(2) a trail bridge over safe trail crossing of 
80.29 	County State-Aid Highway 19 for the Lake 
80.30 	Minnetonka LRT Regional Trail;
80.31 	(3) trail construction on the Crystal Lake 
80.32 	Regional Trail;
81.1 	(4) trail construction on the Bassett Creek 
81.2 	Regional Trail;
81.3 	(5) trail construction on the Twin Lakes 
81.4 	Regional Trail; and
81.5 	(6) trail construction on the Nine Mile Creek 
81.6 	Regional Trail.
81.7 	(k) $821,000 the first year and $827,000 the 
81.8 	second year are for grants to Washington 
81.9 	County for:
81.10 	(1) parking, buildings, and other 
81.11 	improvements at the Swim Pond in Lake 
81.12 	Elmo Park Reserve;
81.13 	(2) design and construction of the Point 
81.14 	Douglas Regional Trail, which connects to 
81.15 	Wisconsin; and
81.16 	(3) paving improvements to Hardwood Creek 
81.17 	Regional Trail, which may include new trail 
81.18 	sections toward Bald Eagle Regional Park.
81.19 	(l) $1,682,000 the first year and $1,695,000 
81.20 	the second year are for grants to implementing 
81.21 	agencies for land acquisition within 
81.22 	Metropolitan Council approved regional 
81.23 	parks and trails master plan boundaries as 
81.24 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
81.25 	85.53, subdivision 3, clause (4).
81.26 	(m) A recipient of a grant awarded under 
81.27 	this section must give consideration to 
81.28 	Conservation Corps Minnesota for possible 
81.29 	use of corps services to contract for 
81.30 	restoration and enhancement services.
81.31 	(n) For projects with the potential to need 
81.32 	historic preservation services, a recipient 
81.33 	of a grant awarded under this section must 
81.34 	give consideration to the Northern Bedrock 
82.1 	Conservation Corps for possible use of the 
82.2 	corps' services.
82.3 	(o) By January 15, 2015, the council 
82.4 	shall submit a list of projects, ranked in 
82.5 	priority order, that contains the council's 
82.6 	recommendations for funding from the 
82.7 	parks and trails fund for the 2016 and 
82.8 	2017 biennium to the chairs and ranking 
82.9 	minority members of the senate and house 
82.10 	of representatives committees and divisions 
82.11 	with jurisdiction over the environment and 
82.12 	natural resources and the parks and trails 
82.13 	fund.

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

82.15 	Sec. 6. MESABI TRAIL GRANT EXTENSION.
 82.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, or other law to the contrary, 
82.17 	$512,000 of the money appropriated in fiscal year 2013 under Laws 2011, First Special 
82.18 	Session chapter 6, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), clause (1), for grants under Minnesota 
82.19 	Statutes, section 85.535, is available until June 30, 2017. The commissioner of natural 
82.20 	resources shall extend the $512,000 grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional 
82.21 	Railroad Authority for extension of the Mesabi Trail to June 30, 2017.

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

82.23 	ARTICLE 4
82.24 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

82.25	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
82.26 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
82.27 	entities and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts 
82.28 	and cultural heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable 
82.29 	activities under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2016" and 
82.30 	"2017" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available 
82.31 	for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, respectively. "The first year" 
82.32 	is fiscal year 2016. "The second year" is fiscal year 2017. "The biennium" is fiscal years 
82.33 	2016 and 2017. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

83.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
83.2				Available for the Year
	
83.3				Ending June 30
	
83.4					2016
		2017

83.5	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

83.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$ 
	61,542,000
	$ 
	63,262,000
	
83.7 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
83.8 	purpose are specified in the following 
83.9 	subdivisions.

83.10	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
83.11 	Money appropriated in this article may not 
83.12 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
83.13 	related to and necessary for a specific 
83.14 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
83.15 	article must not be spent on indirect costs or 
83.16 	other institutional overhead charges that are 
83.17 	not directly related to and necessary for a 
83.18 	specific appropriation. Money appropriated 
83.19 	in this article must be spent in accordance 
83.20 	with the Minnesota Management and 
83.21 	Budget's Guidance to Agencies on Legacy 
83.22 	Fund Expenditures. Notwithstanding 
83.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, and 
83.24 	unless otherwise specified in this article, 
83.25 	fiscal year 2016 appropriations are available 
83.26 	until June 30, 2017, and fiscal year 2017 
83.27 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
83.28 	2018. If a project receives federal funds, the 
83.29 	time period of the appropriation is extended 
83.30 	to equal the availability of federal funding.

83.31	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		26,819,000
		31,312,000
	
83.32 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
83.33 	the Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, 
83.34 	arts education, arts preservation, and arts 
84.1 	access. Grant agreements entered into 
84.2 	by the Minnesota State Arts Board and 
84.3 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
84.4 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
84.5 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
84.6 	traditional sources of funding. Each grant 
84.7 	program established within this appropriation 
84.8 	must be separately administered from other 
84.9 	state appropriations for program planning 
84.10 	and outcome measurements, but may take 
84.11 	into consideration other state resources 
84.12 	awarded in the selection of applicants and 
84.13 	grant award size.

84.14	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
84.15 	$21,155,000 the first year and $25,350,000 
84.16 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
84.17 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
84.18 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
84.19 	activities; to overcome barriers to accessing 
84.20 	high-quality arts activities; and to instill the 
84.21 	arts into the community and public life in 
84.22 	this state.

84.23	(c) Arts Education
					
84.24 	$4,248,000 the first year and $4,472,000 
84.25 	the second year are for high-quality, 
84.26 	age-appropriate arts education for 
84.27 	Minnesotans of all ages to develop 
84.28 	knowledge, skills, and understanding of the 
84.29 	arts.

84.30	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
84.31 	$1,416,000 the first year and $1,490,000 the 
84.32 	second year are for events and activities that 
84.33 	represent the diverse cultural arts traditions, 
85.1 	including folk and traditional artists and art 
85.2 	organizations, represented in this state.
85.3 	(e) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
85.4 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
85.5 	board for administering grant programs, 
85.6 	delivering technical services, providing 
85.7 	fiscal oversight for the statewide system, and 
85.8 	ensuring accountability.
85.9 	(f) Up to thirty percent of the remaining total 
85.10 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
85.11 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
85.12 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
85.13 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
85.14 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
85.15 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
85.16 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
85.17 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
85.18 	regions of the state.
85.19 	(g) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
85.20 	under this section in the first year does not 
85.21 	cancel, but is available for the second year 
85.22 	of the biennium.

85.23	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		13,985,000
		15,015,000
	
85.24 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
85.25 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
85.26 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
85.27 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
85.28 	historical resources. Grant agreements 
85.29 	entered into by the Minnesota Historical 
85.30 	Society and other recipients of appropriations 
85.31 	in this subdivision must ensure that 
85.32 	these funds are used to supplement and 
85.33 	not substitute for traditional sources of 
85.34 	funding. Funds directly appropriated to the 
85.35 	Minnesota Historical Society must be used to 
86.1 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
86.2 	sources of funding. Notwithstanding 
86.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, for 
86.4 	historic preservation projects that improve 
86.5 	historic structures, the amounts are available 
86.6 	until June 30, 2019. The Minnesota 
86.7 	Historical Society or grant recipients of 
86.8 	the Minnesota Historical Society using 
86.9 	arts and cultural heritage funds under this 
86.10 	subdivision must give consideration to 
86.11 	Conservation Corps Minnesota and Northern 
86.12 	Bedrock Historic Preservation Corps, or an 
86.13 	organization carrying out similar work, for 
86.14 	projects with the potential to need historic 
86.15 	preservation services.

86.16	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

86.17	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
86.18 	$5,525,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the 
86.19 	second year are for history programs and 
86.20 	projects operated or conducted by or through 
86.21 	local, county, regional, or other historical 
86.22 	or cultural organizations or for activities 
86.23 	to preserve significant historic and cultural 
86.24 	resources. Funds are to be distributed through 
86.25 	a competitive grant process. The Minnesota 
86.26 	Historical Society shall administer these 
86.27 	funds using established grant mechanisms, 
86.28 	with assistance from the advisory committee 
86.29 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
86.30 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), 
86.31 	item (ii).

86.32	(2) Statewide History Programs
					
86.33 	$5,525,000 the first year and $6,000,000 the 
86.34 	second year are for programs and purposes 
86.35 	related to the historical and cultural heritage 
87.1 	of the state of Minnesota conducted by the 
87.2 	Minnesota Historical Society.

87.3	(3) History Partnerships
					
87.4 	$2,060,000 the first year and $2,140,000 the 
87.5 	second year are for partnerships involving 
87.6 	multiple organizations, which may include 
87.7 	the Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve 
87.8 	and enhance access to Minnesota's history 
87.9 	and cultural heritage in all regions of the state.

87.10
87.11	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
87.12 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
87.13 	second year are for a contract or contracts 
87.14 	to be awarded on a competitive basis to 
87.15 	conduct statewide surveys of Minnesota's 
87.16 	sites of historical, archaeological, and 
87.17 	cultural significance. Results of the surveys 
87.18 	must be published in a searchable form 
87.19 	and available to the public on a cost-free 
87.20 	basis. The Minnesota Historical Society, the 
87.21 	Office of the State Archaeologist, and the 
87.22 	Indian Affairs Council shall each appoint a 
87.23 	representative to an oversight board to select 
87.24 	contractors and direct the conduct of the 
87.25 	surveys. The oversight board shall consult 
87.26 	with the Departments of Transportation and 
87.27 	Natural Resources.

87.28	(5) Digital Library
					
87.29 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
87.30 	second year are for a digital library project 
87.31 	to preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
87.32 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
87.33 	The Minnesota Historical Society shall 
87.34 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary 
88.1 	loan system and shall jointly share this 
88.2 	appropriation for these purposes.

88.3	(6) Historic Recognition Grants Program
					
88.4 	$275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
88.5 	second year are for a competitive grants 
88.6 	program to provide grants for projects carried 
88.7 	out by nonprofit organizations or public 
88.8 	entities that preserve, recognize, and promote 
88.9 	the historic legacy of Minnesota, with a 
88.10 	focus on commemoration of Minnesota's 
88.11 	role in the American Civil War. The 
88.12 	Minnesota Historical Society shall work 
88.13 	collaboratively with the Governor's Civil War 
88.14 	Commemorative Task Force to determine 
88.15 	project priorities. Funds may be used for 
88.16 	projects administered or delivered by the 
88.17 	Minnesota Historical Society in cooperation 
88.18 	with the task force.

88.19	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		2,200,000
		2,200,000
	
88.20 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
88.21 	commissioner of education for grants to 
88.22 	the 12 Minnesota regional library systems 
88.23 	to provide educational opportunities in 
88.24 	the arts, history, literary arts, and cultural 
88.25 	heritage of Minnesota. These funds must be 
88.26 	allocated using the formulas in Minnesota 
88.27 	Statutes, section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 
88.28 	4, and 5, with the remaining 25 percent to 
88.29 	be distributed to all qualifying systems in 
88.30 	an amount proportionate to the number of 
88.31 	qualifying system entities in each system. 
88.32 	For purposes of this subdivision, "qualifying 
88.33 	system entity" means a public library, a 
88.34 	regional library system, a regional library 
88.35 	system headquarters, a county, or an outreach 
89.1 	service program. These funds may be used 
89.2 	to sponsor programs provided by regional 
89.3 	libraries or to provide grants to local arts 
89.4 	and cultural heritage programs for programs 
89.5 	in partnership with regional libraries. 
89.6 	These funds must be distributed in ten 
89.7 	equal payments per year. Notwithstanding 
89.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
89.9 	appropriations encumbered on or before 
89.10 	June 30, 2017, as grants or contracts in this 
89.11 	subdivision are available until June 30, 2019.

89.12	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		12,398,000
		8,785,000
	
89.13 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
89.14 	the commissioner of administration for 
89.15 	grants to the named organizations for the 
89.16 	purposes specified in this subdivision. The 
89.17 	commissioner of administration may use a 
89.18 	portion of this appropriation for costs that 
89.19 	are directly related to and necessary to the 
89.20 	administration of grants in this section.
89.21 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by 
89.22 	the commissioner and recipients of 
89.23 	appropriations under this subdivision must 
89.24 	ensure that money appropriated in this 
89.25 	subdivision is used to supplement and not 
89.26 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.

89.27	(c) Veterans Rest Camp
					
89.28 	$113,000 the first year is for the Disabled 
89.29 	Veterans Rest Camp Association for the 
89.30 	veterans rest camp on Big Marine Lake for 
89.31 	parks, trails, and recreation areas.

89.32	(d) Minnesota Public Radio
					
89.33 	$1,600,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
89.34 	Radio to create programming and expand 
90.1 	news service on Minnesota's cultural heritage 
90.2 	and history.

90.3
90.4	(e) Association of Minnesota Public 
Educational Radio Stations
					
90.5 	$1,600,000 each year is appropriated for a 
90.6 	grant to the Association of Minnesota Public 
90.7 	Educational Radio Stations for production 
90.8 	and acquisition grants in accordance with 
90.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.19.

90.10	(f) Public Television
					
90.11 	$3,700,000 the first year and $3,700,000 
90.12 	the second year are for grants to the 
90.13 	Minnesota Public Television Association for 
90.14 	production and acquisition grants according 
90.15 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.18. 

90.16	(g) Wilderness Inquiry
					
90.17 	$200,000 each year is for grants to Wilderness 
90.18 	Inquiry to preserve Minnesota's outdoor 
90.19 	history, culture, and heritage by connecting 
90.20 	Minnesota youth to natural resources.

90.21	(h) Como Park Zoo
					
90.22 	$1,000,000 each year is for the Como 
90.23 	Park Zoo for program development that 
90.24 	features education programs and habitat 
90.25 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
90.26 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
90.27 	access and preservation. 

90.28	(i) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
90.29 	$600,000 each year is for arts, arts education, 
90.30 	and arts access and to preserve Minnesota's 
90.31 	history and cultural heritage, including 
90.32 	student and teacher outreach and expansion 
90.33 	of the museum's American Indian initiatives 
90.34 	programs.

91.1	(j) Lake Superior Center Authority
					
91.2 	$250,000 the first year is for development, 
91.3 	preparation, and construction of an exhibit 
91.4 	on the unsalted seas to preserve Minnesota's 
91.5 	history and cultural heritage related to fresh 
91.6 	water lakes.

91.7	(k) Capitol Art Preservation
					
91.8 	$3,250,000 the first year is for restoration 
91.9 	and preservation of the fine art located in the 
91.10 	State Capitol complex.

91.11	(l) Lake Superior Zoo
					
91.12 	$75,000 each year is for development of 
91.13 	educational exhibits using animals and the 
91.14 	environment.

91.15	(m) Minnesota State Band
					
91.16 	$10,000 each year is for a grant to the 
91.17 	Minnesota State Band to promote and 
91.18 	increase public performances across 
91.19 	Minnesota.

91.20	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,750,000
		1,750,000
	
91.21 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
91.22 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs 
91.23 	and development of the Minnesota 
91.24 	Zoological Garden and to provide access and 
91.25 	education related to programs on the cultural 
91.26 	heritage of Minnesota.

91.27	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center  
 		2,465,000 
		2,075,000
	
91.28 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to 
91.29 	the Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
91.30 	Humanities Center for the purposes 
91.31 	specified in this subdivision. The Minnesota 
91.32 	Humanities Center may use up to 4.5 percent 
91.33 	of the following grants to cover the cost 
92.1 	of administering, planning, evaluating, 
92.2 	and reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
92.3 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
92.4 	plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and 
92.5 	shall submit the plan for review and approval 
92.6 	by the Department of Administration. The 
92.7 	written plan must require the Humanities 
92.8 	Center to create and adhere to grant policies 
92.9 	that are similar to those established pursuant 
92.10 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.97, 
92.11 	subdivision (4), paragraph (a), clause (1).
92.12 	No grants awarded in this subdivision may be 
92.13 	used for travel outside the state of Minnesota. 
92.14 	The grant agreement must specify the 
92.15 	repercussions for failing to comply with the 
92.16 	grant agreement.

92.17	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
92.18 	$850,000 each year is for programs and 
92.19 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities 
92.20 	Center. Of this amount, $100,000 each year 
92.21 	may be used for the veterans' voices program.
92.22 	The Minnesota Humanities Center may 
92.23 	consider museums and organizations 
92.24 	celebrating the identities of Minnesotans for 
92.25 	grants from these funds.

92.26	(c) Heritage Grants Program
					
92.27 	$300,000 the first year is for a competitive 
92.28 	grants program to provide grants to preserve 
92.29 	and promote the cultural heritage of 
92.30 	Minnesota.
92.31 	Of this amount, $50,000 in the first year 
92.32 	is for a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
92.33 	plan and design a garden to commemorate 
92.34 	unrepresented cultural gardens in Phalen 
93.1 	Park in the city of St. Paul and $150,000 in 
93.2 	the first year is for a grant to Ramsey County 
93.3 	to develop and install activity facilities in 
93.4 	Ramsey County parks for culturally relevant 
93.5 	games that are reflective of the current 
93.6 	demographics in Ramsey County.
93.7 	The Minnesota Humanities Center shall 
93.8 	operate a competitive grants program to 
93.9 	provide grants for programs, including but 
93.10 	not limited to: music, film, television, radio, 
93.11 	recreation, or the design and use of public 
93.12 	spaces that preserves and honors the cultural 
93.13 	heritage of Minnesota. Grants made under 
93.14 	this paragraph must not be used for travel 
93.15 	costs inside or outside of the state.

93.16	(d) Children's Museum Grants
					
93.17 	$950,000 each year is for arts and cultural 
93.18 	heritage grants to children's museums.
93.19 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the 
93.20 	Minnesota Children's Museum, including the 
93.21 	Minnesota Children's Museum in Rochester; 
93.22 	$150,000 each year is for the Duluth 
93.23 	Children's Museum; $150,000 each year is 
93.24 	for the Grand Rapids Children's Museum; 
93.25 	and $150,000 each year is for the Southern 
93.26 	Minnesota Children's Museum.

93.27	(e) Civics Programs
					
93.28 	$150,000 each year is for grants to the 
93.29 	Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: 
93.30 	Kids Voting St. Paul, the Learning Law 
93.31 	and Democracy Foundation, and YMCA 
93.32 	Youth in Government to conduct civics 
93.33 	education programs for the civic and cultural 
93.34 	development of Minnesota youth. Civics 
93.35 	education is the study of constitutional 
94.1 	principles and the democratic foundation 
94.2 	of our national, state, and local institutions 
94.3 	and the study of political processes and 
94.4 	structures of government, grounded in the 
94.5 	understanding of constitutional government 
94.6 	under the rule of law.

94.7	(f) Ka Joog Fanka Program
					
94.8 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to Ka 
94.9 	Joog for the Fanka Program to provide 
94.10 	arts education and workshops, mentor 
94.11 	programs, and community engagement 
94.12 	events throughout Minnesota.

94.13	(g) Council on Disability
					
94.14 	$90,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
94.15 	Minnesota State Council on Disability to 
94.16 	produce and broadcast programs to preserve 
94.17 	Minnesota's disability history and culture. 
94.18 	These funds are available until June 30, 2018.

94.19	Subd. 9.Perpich Center for Arts Education
 		600,000
		800,000
	
94.20 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
94.21 	Board of Directors of the Perpich Center 
94.22 	for Arts Education for the program under 
94.23 	paragraph (c).
94.24 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
94.25 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
94.26 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2017, are 
94.27 	available until June 30, 2019.

94.28	(c) Turnaround Arts Program
					
94.29 	$600,000 the first year and $800,000 the 
94.30 	second year are for the Turnaround Arts 
94.31 	program to assist schools and programs 
94.32 	throughout the state.

94.33	Subd. 10.Indian Affairs Council
 		1,325,000
		1,325,000
	
95.1 	(a) $990,000 each year is for the Indian 
95.2 	Affairs Council to provide grants to preserve 
95.3 	Dakota and Ojibwe Indian language and to 
95.4 	foster education programs and immersion 
95.5 	programs in Dakota and Ojibwe language.
95.6 	(b) $125,000 each year is to the Indian 
95.7 	Affairs Council for a grant to the Niiganne 
95.8 	Ojibwe Immersion School.
95.9 	(c) $125,000 each year is to the Indian 
95.10 	Affairs Council for a grant to the Wicoie 
95.11 	Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project.
95.12 	(d) $10,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
95.13 	Council for a Dakota and Ojibwe language 
95.14 	working group coordinated by the Indian 
95.15 	Affairs Council.
95.16 	(e) $75,000 each year is for the Indian 
95.17 	Affairs Council to carry out responsibilities 
95.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to 
95.19 	comply with Public Law 101-601, the Native 
95.20 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
95.21 	Act, and to develop an osteology laboratory 
95.22 	and repository for American Indian human 
95.23 	remains.

95.24	Subd. 11.Disability Access
 					
95.25 	Where appropriate, grant recipients 
95.26 	of arts and cultural heritage funds, in 
95.27 	consultation with the Council on Disability 
95.28 	and other appropriate governor-appointed 
95.29 	disability councils, boards, committees, and 
95.30 	commissions, should make progress toward 
95.31 	providing greater access to programs, print 
95.32 	publications, and digital media for people 
95.33 	with disabilities related to the programs the 
95.34 	recipient funds using appropriations made in 
95.35 	this section.

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

96.2
96.3	Subd. 12.St. Paul - Minnesota Children's 
Museum
 				7,485,000
	
96.4 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
96.5 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
96.6 	expansion and renovation of the Minnesota 
96.7 	Children's Museum. The expansion and 
96.8 	exhibit upgrades should incorporate the 
96.9 	latest research on early learning, allow for 
96.10 	new state-of-the art education facilities, and 
96.11 	increase the capacity of visitors to galleries 
96.12 	and programming areas. This appropriation 
96.13 	is not available until the commissioner of 
96.14 	management and budget has determined that 
96.15 	at least an equal amount $4,000,000 has been 
96.16 	committed from nonstate sources. Amounts 
96.17 	expended for this project by nonstate sources 
96.18 	since October 1, 2010, shall count toward the 
96.19 	nonstate match.

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

96.21 	Sec. 4. Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 12, is amended to read:

96.22
96.23	Sec. 12. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY
 			$
	1,400,000
	
96.24 	To the Minnesota Historical Society to be 
96.25 	allocated to county and local jurisdictions 
96.26 	as matching money for historic preservation 
96.27 	projects of a capital nature, as provided 
96.28 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 138.0525. 
96.29 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
96.30 	138.0525, of this amount: (1) $50,000 is for a 
96.31 	grant to the Fulda Heritage Society to expand 
96.32 	the display areas for historic materials; 
96.33 	(2) $250,000 is for a grant to the Gunflint 
96.34 	Trail Historical Society to complete phase 
97.1 	two of the Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature 
97.2 	Center. Work within the National Register of 
97.3 	Historic Places property shall be approved 
97.4 	by the Minnesota Historical Society; and (3) 
97.5 	up to $250,000 is for a grant to the Hibbing 
97.6 	School District to plan, design, and engineer 
97.7 	the preservation and reconstruction of the 
97.8 	historic Hibbing High School Auditorium.

97.9 	ARTICLE 5
97.10 	GENERAL PROVISIONS; ALL LEGACY FUNDS

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

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

97.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 85.53, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
97.19 		Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project or program receiving funding 
97.20 	from the parks and trails fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirement to 
97.21 	support parks and trails of regional or statewide significance. A project or program 
97.22 	receiving funding from the parks and trails fund must include measurable outcomes, as 
97.23 	defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and evaluating the 
97.24 	results. A project or program must be consistent with current science and incorporate 
97.25 	state-of-the-art technology, except when the project or program is a portrayal or restoration 
97.26 	of historical significance.
97.27 	(b) Money from the parks and trails fund shall be expended to balance the benefits 
97.28 	across all regions and residents of the state.
97.29 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the parks and 
97.30 	trails fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or programs, 
97.31 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
97.32 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
97.33 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
98.1 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required 
98.2 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
98.3 	(d) Grants funded by the parks and trails fund must be implemented according to 
98.4 	section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process 
98.5 	for any regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals 
98.6 	involving grants that will be competitively awarded.
98.7 	(e) Money from the parks and trails fund may only be spent on projects located 
98.8 	in Minnesota.
98.9 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the parks and 
98.10 	trails fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
98.11 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
98.12 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
98.13 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
98.14 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
98.15 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
98.16 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
98.17 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the parks and trails fund is contingent upon a 
98.18 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
98.19 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
98.20 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
98.21 	recipient of money from the parks and trails fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or 
98.22 	regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
98.23 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
98.24 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
98.25 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the 
98.26 	list is not eligible for future funding from the parks and trails fund until the recipient 
98.27 	demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.

98.28 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97A.056, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
98.29 		Subd. 11.Recipient requirements. (a) A state agency or other recipient of a direct 
98.30 	appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund must compile and submit all information 
98.31 	for funded projects or programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all 
98.32 	other items required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating 
98.33 	Commission as soon as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever 
98.34 	comes first. The Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on 
98.35 	the Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
99.1 	(b) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the outdoor 
99.2 	heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
99.3 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
99.4 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
99.5 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
99.6 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
99.7 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
99.8 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
99.9 	(c) Future eligibility for money from the outdoor heritage fund is contingent upon a 
99.10 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
99.11 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
99.12 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
99.13 	recipient of money from the outdoor heritage fund has not complied with the laws, rules, 
99.14 	or regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
99.15 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
99.16 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
99.17 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the 
99.18 	list is not eligible for future funding from the outdoor heritage fund until the recipient 
99.19 	demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.

99.20 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
99.21 		Subd. 4.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the 
99.22 	clean water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, 
99.23 	and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and 
99.24 	drinking water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than 
99.25 	one of these requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall 
99.26 	include measurable outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for 
99.27 	measuring and evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science 
99.28 	and incorporate state-of-the-art technology.
99.29 	(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits 
99.30 	across all regions and residents of the state.
99.31 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean 
99.32 	water fund must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects 
99.33 	or programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required 
99.34 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon 
99.35 	as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The 
100.1 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site 
100.2 	required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information 
100.3 	classified as not public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required 
100.4 	to be placed on the Web site.
100.5 	(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 
100.6 	16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 
100.7 	regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 
100.8 	grants that will be competitively awarded.
100.9 	(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit 
100.10 	Minnesota waters.
100.11 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 
100.12 	shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 
100.13 	under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 
100.14 	361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 
100.15 	When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to 
100.16 	a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 
100.17 	additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 
100.18 	site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
100.19 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a 
100.20 	state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as 
100.21 	well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
100.22 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
100.23 	recipient of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or 
100.24 	regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be 
100.25 	listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy 
100.26 	funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient 
100.27 	from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list 
100.28 	is not eligible for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates 
100.29 	compliance to the legislative auditor.
100.30 	(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 
100.31 	execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 
100.32 	respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements.

100.33 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 129D.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
100.34 		Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a) Funding from the arts and cultural 
100.35 	heritage fund may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve 
101.1 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage. A project or program receiving funding from 
101.2 	the arts and cultural heritage fund must include measurable outcomes, and a plan for 
101.3 	measuring and evaluating the results. A project or program must be consistent with current 
101.4 	scholarship, or best practices, when appropriate and must incorporate state-of-the-art 
101.5 	technology when appropriate.
101.6 	(b) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund may be granted for an entire 
101.7 	project or for part of a project so long as the recipient provides a description and cost for 
101.8 	the entire project and can demonstrate that it has adequate resources to ensure that the 
101.9 	entire project will be completed.
101.10 	(c) Money from the arts and cultural heritage fund shall be expended for benefits 
101.11 	across all regions and residents of the state.
101.12 	(d) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the arts and 
101.13 	cultural heritage fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or 
101.14 	programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required 
101.15 	under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon 
101.16 	as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The 
101.17 	Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site 
101.18 	required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
101.19 	(e) Grants funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund must be implemented 
101.20 	according to section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures of funds. Priority for 
101.21 	grant proposals must be given to proposals involving grants that will be competitively 
101.22 	awarded.
101.23 	(f) All money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must be for projects located 
101.24 	in Minnesota.
101.25 	(g) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the arts and cultural 
101.26 	heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy 
101.27 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
101.28 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
101.29 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct 
101.30 	the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may 
101.31 	use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating 
101.32 	Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
101.33 	(h) Future eligibility for money from the arts and cultural heritage fund is contingent 
101.34 	upon a state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, 
101.35 	as well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
101.36 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
102.1 	recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund has not complied with the laws, 
102.2 	rules, or regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient 
102.3 	must be listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the 
102.4 	legacy funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a 
102.5 	recipient from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient 
102.6 	on the list is not eligible for future funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund until 
102.7 	the recipient demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.