1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article XI; replacing the 
1.3 	legacy amendment with funding for clean water, roads and bridges, outdoor 
1.4 	heritage, arts and cultural heritage, and parks and trails.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
 1.7 	An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment 
1.8 	is adopted, article XI, section 15, will be repealed, and a section shall be added to article 
1.9 	XI, to read:

1.10 	Sec. 16. Beginning July 1, 2019, until June 30, 2039, the sales and use tax rate is increased 
1.11 	by 3/8 of one percent on sales and uses taxable under the general state sales and use tax 
1.12 	law. Receipts from the increase, plus penalties and interest and reduced by any refunds, are 
1.13 	dedicated, for the benefit of Minnesotans, to the following funds: 33 percent of the receipts 
1.14 	must be deposited in the clean water fund and may be spent only to protect, enhance, and 
1.15 	restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from 
1.16 	degradation, and at least five percent of the clean water fund must be spent only to protect 
1.17 	drinking water sources; 30 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the highway user 
1.18 	tax distribution fund; 19 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the outdoor heritage 
1.19 	fund and may be spent only to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and 
1.20 	habitat for fish, game, and wildlife; ten percent of the receipts must be deposited in the arts 
1.21 	and cultural heritage fund and may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access 
1.22 	and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage; and eight percent of the receipts 
1.23 	must be deposited in the parks and trails fund and may be spent only to support parks and 
2.1 	trails of regional or statewide significance. An outdoor heritage fund, a parks and trails 
2.2 	fund, a clean water fund and a sustainable drinking water account, and an arts and cultural 
2.3 	heritage fund are created in the state treasury. The money dedicated under this section must 
2.4 	be appropriated by law. The dedicated money under this section must supplement traditional 
2.5 	sources of funding for these purposes and may not be used as a substitute. Land acquired 
2.6 	by fee with money deposited in the outdoor heritage fund under this section must be open 
2.7 	to public taking of fish and game during the open season unless otherwise provided by law. 
2.8 	If the base of the sales and use tax is changed, the sales and use tax rate in this section may 
2.9 	be proportionally adjusted by law to within 1/1000 of one percent to provide as close to the 
2.10 	same amount of revenue as practicable for each fund as existed before the change to the 
2.11 	sales and use tax.

2.12 	Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
 2.13 	The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2018 general election. 
2.14 	The question submitted must be:
2.15 	"Shall the existing legacy amendment of the Minnesota Constitution be replaced with 
2.16 	a new legacy amendment that provides dedicated funds for roads and bridges in addition 
2.17 	to outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage?

2.18		Yes ........
		
2.19		No ........
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