1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from outdoor heritage fund, 
1.3 	clean water fund, parks and trails fund, and arts and cultural heritage fund; providing 
1.4 	for riparian protection aid; modifying requirements for expending money from 
1.5 	legacy funds; modifying and extending prior appropriations; requiring reports;
1.6 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 85.53, by adding a subdivision; 
1.7 	97A.056, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 114D.50, subdivision 4, by adding 
1.8 	a subdivision; 129D.17, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2012, chapter 
1.9 	264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2015, First Special 
1.10 	Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2016, 
1.11 	chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law 
1.12 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 
1.13 	97A.056, subdivision 8.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15 	ARTICLE 1
1.16 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.17	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.18 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.19 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.20 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in 
1.21 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
1.22 	year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. The "first year" is fiscal year 
1.23 	2018. The "second year" is fiscal year 2019. The "biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019, 
1.24 	respectively. The appropriations in this article are onetime appropriations.

1.25				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.26				Available for the Year
	
1.27				Ending June 30
	
1.28					2018
		2019

2.1	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

2.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	102,605,000
	$
	585,000
	
2.3 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
2.4 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.6 	subdivisions.

2.7	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		26,614,000
		-0-

2.8
2.92.10
	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
IX
					
2.11 	$2,313,000 the first year is to the 
2.12 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
2.13 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
2.14 	management purposes under Minnesota 
2.15 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, and 
2.16 	to acquire land in fee for scientific and natural 
2.17 	area purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.18 	section 86A.05, subdivision 5. Subject to 
2.19 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
2.20 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
2.21 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
2.22 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
2.23 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
2.24 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
2.25 	provided as part of the required 
2.26 	accomplishment plan.

2.27
2.28	(b) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
2.29 	$3,479,000 the first year is to the 
2.30 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.31 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.32 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
2.33 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
2.34 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
2.35 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
2.36 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
3.1 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
3.2 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.3 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
3.4 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
3.5 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
3.6 	required accomplishment plan.

3.7
3.8	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VII
					
3.9 	$1,901,000 the first year is to the 
3.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.11 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
3.12 	acquire land in fee for native prairie, wetland, 
3.13 	and savanna and to restore and enhance 
3.14 	grasslands, wetlands, and savanna. Subject to 
3.15 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
3.16 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
3.17 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
3.18 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
3.19 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
3.20 	No later than 180 days after The Nature 
3.21 	Conservancy's fiscal year ends, The Nature 
3.22 	Conservancy must submit to the Lessard-Sams 
3.23 	Outdoor Heritage Council annual income 
3.24 	statements and balance sheets for income and 
3.25 	expenses from land acquired with this 
3.26 	appropriation. A list of proposed land 
3.27 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
3.28 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
3.29 	consistent with the priorities identified in 
3.30 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

3.31
3.32	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
3.33 	$2,683,000 the first year is to the 
3.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.35 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
3.36 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
4.1 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
4.2 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
4.3 	lands in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat 
4.4 	Preservation Area in western Minnesota for 
4.5 	addition to the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
4.6 	National Wildlife Refuge. Subject to 
4.7 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
4.8 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
4.9 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
4.10 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
4.11 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
4.12 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
4.13 	provided as part of the required 
4.14 	accomplishment plan, and the acquisitions 
4.15 	must be consistent with the priorities in 
4.16 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

4.17
4.18	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VII
					
4.19 	$1,436,000 the first year is to the 
4.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.21 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
4.22 	acquire in fee and restore lands in the Cannon 
4.23 	River watershed for wildlife management 
4.24 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.25 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
4.26 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
4.27 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
4.28 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
4.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
4.30 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
4.31 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
4.32 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

4.33
4.34	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase VI
					
4.35 	$2,481,000 the first year is to the 
4.36 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
5.1 	permanent conservation easements to 
5.2 	implement the strategies in Minnesota Prairie 
5.3 	Conservation Plan to protect and restore native 
5.4 	prairie. Of this amount, up to $140,000 is for 
5.5 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
5.6 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.7 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.8 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
5.9 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
5.10 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
5.11 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
5.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
5.13 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
5.14 	permanent conservation easements must be 
5.15 	provided as part of the final report.

5.16
5.17	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VII
					
5.18 	$5,333,000 the first year is to the Board of 
5.19 	Water and Soil Resources to restore habitat 
5.20 	and acquire permanent conservation easements 
5.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, 
5.22 	to protect, restore, and enhance habitat by 
5.23 	expanding the riparian-buffer program of the 
5.24 	clean water fund for at least equal wildlife 
5.25 	benefits from buffers on private land. Of this 
5.26 	amount, up to $858,000 is for establishing a 
5.27 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
5.28 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
5.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
5.30 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
5.31 	conservation easements must be provided as 
5.32 	part of the final report.

5.33
5.34	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase III
					
5.35 	$1,908,000 the first year is to the 
5.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.1 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
6.2 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
6.3 	Chicken Society to acquire land in fee and 
6.4 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
6.5 	River valley for wildlife management purposes 
6.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
6.7 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
6.8 	managed as waterfowl-production areas in 
6.9 	Minnesota in cooperation with the United 
6.10 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
6.11 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
6.12 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
6.13 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
6.14 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
6.15 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
6.16 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
6.17 	provided as part of the required 
6.18 	accomplishment plan.

6.19
6.20	(i) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase IX
					
6.21 	$3,950,000 the first year is to the 
6.22 	commissioner of natural resources to 
6.23 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
6.24 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
6.25 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
6.26 	native prairie bank land, bluff prairies on state 
6.27 	forest land in southeastern Minnesota, and 
6.28 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
6.29 	waterfowl-production area and refuge lands. 
6.30 	A list of proposed land restorations and 
6.31 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
6.32 	required accomplishment plan.

6.33
6.34	(j) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase V
					
6.35 	$1,130,000 the first year is to the 
6.36 	commissioner of natural resources for 
7.1 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
7.2 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
7.3 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Benton, 
7.4 	Isanti, Morrison, and Stearns Counties as 
7.5 	follows: $41,000 is to the Anoka Conservation 
7.6 	District, $231,000 is to the Isanti County Soil 
7.7 	and Water Conservation District, $345,000 is 
7.8 	to Great River Greening, $163,000 is to the 
7.9 	Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation 
7.10 	District, and $350,000 is to Minnesota Land 
7.11 	Trust. Up to $40,000 to Minnesota Land Trust 
7.12 	is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 
7.13 	funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 
7.14 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.15 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
7.16 	permanent conservation easements, 
7.17 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
7.18 	provided as part of the required 
7.19 	accomplishment plan.

7.20	Subd. 3.Forests
 		16,824,000
		-0-

7.21	(a) Carnelian Creek Conservation Corridor
					
7.22 	$2,458,000 the first year is to the 
7.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.24 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
7.25 	acquire permanent conservation easements in 
7.26 	Washington County. Of this amount, up to 
7.27 	$30,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
7.28 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
7.29 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
7.30 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
7.31 	list of proposed permanent conservation 
7.32 	easements  must be provided as part of the 
7.33 	required accomplishment plan.

7.34
7.35	(b) Laurentian Forest - St. Louis County Habitat 
Project
					
8.1 	$2,400,000 the first year is to the 
8.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
8.3 	agreements with the Minnesota Deer Hunters 
8.4 	Association in cooperation with The 
8.5 	Conservation Fund and St. Louis County to 
8.6 	acquire land in fee to be transferred to St. 
8.7 	Louis County for wildlife habitat purposes. 
8.8 	The amount is for agreements as follows: 
8.9 	$2,292,000 to the Minnesota Deer Hunter 
8.10 	Association and $108,000 to The Conservation 
8.11 	Fund. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
8.12 	must be provided as part of the required 
8.13 	accomplishment plan.

8.14
8.15	(c) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration - Phase V
					
8.16 	$2,375,000 the first year is to the 
8.17 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
8.18 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
8.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.20 	subdivision 8; to acquire land in fee for 
8.21 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
8.22 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; to 
8.23 	acquire land in fee for state forest purposes 
8.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.25 	subdivision 7; to acquire permanent 
8.26 	conservation easements; and to restore and 
8.27 	enhance prairie, grassland, forest, and savanna. 
8.28 	The amount is for agreements as follows: 
8.29 	$1,000,000 to The Nature Conservancy, 
8.30 	$675,000 to The Trust for Public Land, and 
8.31 	$700,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
8.32 	$80,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
8.33 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
8.34 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
8.35 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.36 	97A.056, subdivision 17. No later than 180 
9.1 	days after the The Nature Conservancy's fiscal 
9.2 	year ends, The Nature Conservancy must 
9.3 	submit to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
9.4 	Council annual income statements and balance 
9.5 	sheets for income and expenses from land 
9.6 	acquired in fee with this appropriation and not 
9.7 	transferred to the state or a local governmental 
9.8 	unit. A list of proposed land acquisitions must 
9.9 	be provided as part of the required 
9.10 	accomplishment plan.

9.11	(d) Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase V
					
9.12 	$2,291,000 the first year is to the 
9.13 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
9.14 	easements for forest, wetland, and shoreline 
9.15 	habitat through working forest permanent 
9.16 	conservation easements under the Minnesota 
9.17 	forests for the future program pursuant to 
9.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A 
9.19 	conservation easement acquired with money 
9.20 	appropriated under this paragraph must 
9.21 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.22 	97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment 
9.23 	plan must include an easement monitoring and 
9.24 	enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to 
9.25 	$72,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
9.26 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
9.27 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
9.28 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
9.29 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
9.30 	be provided as part of the final report.

9.31	(e) State Forest Acquisitions - Phase IV
					
9.32 	$1,000,000 the first year is to the 
9.33 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
9.34 	lands in fee for wildlife habitat purposes in 
9.35 	the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood 
10.1 	State Forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.2 	86A.05, subdivision 7. A list of proposed land 
10.3 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
10.4 	required accomplishment plan.

10.5
10.6	(f) Critical Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase IV
					
10.7 	$1,700,000 the first year is to the 
10.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.9 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
10.10 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
10.11 	along rivers and lakes in the northern forest 
10.12 	region. Of this amount, up to $120,000 is for 
10.13 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
10.14 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
10.15 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.16 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
10.17 	permanent conservation easements must be 
10.18 	provided as part of the required 
10.19 	accomplishment plan.

10.20	(g) Bushmen Lake
					
10.21 	$4,600,000 the first year is to the 
10.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.23 	agreement with The Conservation Fund in 
10.24 	cooperation with the United States Forest 
10.25 	Service to acquire lands in fee adjacent to 
10.26 	Bushmen Lake in St. Louis County to be 
10.27 	managed for wildlife habitat purposes. A list 
10.28 	of proposed land acquisitions must be 
10.29 	provided as part of the required 
10.30 	accomplishment plan.

10.31	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		31,744,000
		-0-

10.32
10.33	(a) Accelerating Waterfowl-Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
10.34 	$5,500,000 the first year is to the 
10.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.36 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
11.1 	land in fee and restore and enhance wetlands 
11.2 	and grasslands to be designated and managed 
11.3 	as waterfowl-production areas in Minnesota 
11.4 	in cooperation with the United States Fish and 
11.5 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
11.6 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
11.7 	required accomplishment plan.

11.8
11.9	(b) Shallow Lakes and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase VI
					
11.10 	$3,625,000 the first year is to the 
11.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.12 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
11.13 	land in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, 
11.14 	and land-buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
11.15 	management purposes under Minnesota 
11.16 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
11.17 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
11.18 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

11.19	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VIII
					
11.20 	$15,398,000 the first year is to the Board of 
11.21 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.22 	permanent conservation easements and to 
11.23 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
11.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
11.25 	Of this amount, up to $306,000 is for 
11.26 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
11.27 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
11.28 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
11.30 	conservation easements must be provided as 
11.31 	part of the final report.

11.32
11.33	(d) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase V
					
11.34 	$750,000 the first year is to the Board of 
11.35 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.36 	permanent conservation easements on 
12.1 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
12.2 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
12.3 	to $59,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
12.4 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.5 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.6 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
12.7 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
12.8 	be provided as part of the final report by the 
12.9 	Board of Water and Soil Resources.

12.10
12.11	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase IX
					
12.12 	$1,755,000 the first year is to the 
12.13 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
12.14 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
12.15 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
12.16 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
12.17 	of the required accomplishment plan.

12.18
12.19	(f) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetland Initiative 
- Phase VI
					
12.20 	$4,716,000 the first year is to the 
12.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.22 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
12.23 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
12.24 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
12.25 	conservation easement for wildlife 
12.26 	management purposes. A list of proposed 
12.27 	shallow-lake enhancements and wetland 
12.28 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
12.29 	required accomplishment plan.

12.30	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		26,544,000
		-0-

12.31
12.32	(a) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Partnership - Phase III
					
12.33 	$1,617,000 the first year is to the 
12.34 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
12.35 	lands in fee and restore wildlife habitat in the 
12.36 	Mississippi headwaters and for agreements as 
13.1 	follows: $60,000 to the Mississippi 
13.2 	Headwaters Board and $1,557,000 to The 
13.3 	Trust for Public Land. $779,000 the first year 
13.4 	is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
13.5 	to acquire lands in permanent conservation 
13.6 	easements and to restore wildlife habitat. Up 
13.7 	to $59,000 to the Board of Water and Soil 
13.8 	Resources is for establishing a monitoring and 
13.9 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.10 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.11 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
13.12 	list of proposed acquisitions must be included 
13.13 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.14
13.15	(b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North-Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase III
					
13.16 	$1,716,000 the first year is to the 
13.17 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
13.18 	land in permanent conservation easements to 
13.19 	sustain healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes 
13.20 	in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
13.21 	Counties for agreements as follows: $113,000 
13.22 	to the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation 
13.23 	and $1,603,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up 
13.24 	to $120,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
13.25 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
13.26 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.27 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.28 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
13.29 	conservation easements must be provided as 
13.30 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.31	(c) Goose Prairie
					
13.32 	$600,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
13.33 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
13.34 	Wild Rice Watershed District, in cooperation 
13.35 	with the Department of Natural Resources, to 
13.36 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat in and 
14.1 	adjacent to the Goose Prairie Marsh Wildlife 
14.2 	Management Area in Clay County. A list of 
14.3 	proposed land enhancements must be provided 
14.4 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.5
14.6
14.7	(d) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish 
Habitat Enhancement and Restoration - Phase 
IX
					
14.8 	$2,403,000 the first year is to the 
14.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.10 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
14.11 	to restore or enhance habitat for trout and other 
14.12 	species in and along coldwater rivers, lakes, 
14.13 	and streams in Minnesota. A list of proposed 
14.14 	restorations and enhancements must be 
14.15 	provided as part of the required 
14.16 	accomplishment plan.

14.17	(e) DNR Stream Habitat - Phase II
					
14.18 	$2,166,000 the first year is to the 
14.19 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
14.20 	and enhance habitat in degraded streams and 
14.21 	critical aquatic-species habitat and to facilitate 
14.22 	fish passage. A list of proposed land 
14.23 	restorations and enhancements must be 
14.24 	provided as part of the required 
14.25 	accomplishment plan.

14.26
14.27	(f) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase 
IV
					
14.28 	$3,392,000 the first year is to the 
14.29 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
14.30 	aquatic habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
14.31 	Of this appropriation, up to $226,000 is for an 
14.32 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A list 
14.33 	of proposed restorations must be provided as 
14.34 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.35
14.36	(g) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program - Phase VI
					
15.1 	$1,779,000 the first year is to the 
15.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.3 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
15.4 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
15.5 	restore and enhance aquatic habitat in the Shell 
15.6 	Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
15.7 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
15.8 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.9 	accomplishment plan.

15.10	(h) Lake Wakanda Enhancement Project
					
15.11 	$921,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
15.12 	of natural resources for an agreement with 
15.13 	Kandiyohi County to enhance aquatic habitat 
15.14 	in and adjacent to Lake Wakanda in Kandiyohi 
15.15 	County. A list of proposed land enhancements 
15.16 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.17 	accomplishment plan.

15.18	(i) Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration
					
15.19 	$1,877,000 the first year is to the 
15.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.21 	agreement with the Buffalo-Red River 
15.22 	Watershed District to acquire permanent 
15.23 	conservation easements and restore and 
15.24 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat associated 
15.25 	with Wolverton Creek in the Buffalo-Red 
15.26 	River watershed. A list of proposed 
15.27 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
15.28 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.29 	accomplishment plan.

15.30
15.31
15.32	(j) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase 
IX
					
15.33 	$9,294,000 the first year is to the 
15.34 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
15.35 	program to provide competitive matching 
15.36 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
16.1 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
16.2 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
16.3 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
16.4 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, up to 
16.5 	$2,660,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
16.6 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
16.7 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made 
16.8 	for activities required to fulfill the duties of 
16.9 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
16.10 	easements. Grants must not be for projects 
16.11 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
16.12 	$575,000. Of the total appropriation, $634,000 
16.13 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
16.14 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
16.15 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in land. 
16.16 	Easements must be permanent. Grants may 
16.17 	not be used to establish easement stewardship 
16.18 	accounts. The program must require a match 
16.19 	of at least ten percent from nonstate sources 
16.20 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
16.21 	in-kind resources. For grant applications of 
16.22 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
16.23 	provide a separate, simplified application 
16.24 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
16.25 	commissioner must, when evaluating projects 
16.26 	of equal value, give priority to organizations 
16.27 	that have a history of receiving or a charter to 
16.28 	receive private contributions for local 
16.29 	conservation or habitat projects. If acquiring 
16.30 	land in fee or a conservation easement, priority 
16.31 	must be given to projects associated with or 
16.32 	within one mile of existing wildlife 
16.33 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.34 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific and 
16.35 	natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
16.36 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; or 
17.1 	aquatic management areas under Minnesota 
17.2 	Statutes, sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 
17.3 	97C.02. All restoration or enhancement 
17.4 	projects must be on land permanently 
17.5 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
17.6 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
17.7 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
17.8 	conservation easement, or by public 
17.9 	ownership, or must be in public waters as 
17.10 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.11 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority must be 
17.12 	given to restoration and enhancement projects 
17.13 	on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.14 	97A.056, subdivision 13, applies to grants 
17.15 	awarded under this paragraph. This 
17.16 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021. 
17.17 	No less than five percent of the amount of each 
17.18 	grant must be held back from reimbursement 
17.19 	until the grant recipient has completed a grant 
17.20 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
17.21 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
17.22 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
17.23 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
17.24 	program in the game and fish law summary 
17.25 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.26 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

17.27	Subd. 6.Administration
 		879,000
		585,000

17.28	(a) Contract Management
					
17.29 	$150,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
17.30 	of natural resources for contract management 
17.31 	duties assigned in this section. The 
17.32 	commissioner must provide an 
17.33 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
17.34 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
17.35 	for expending this appropriation. The 
17.36 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
18.1 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
18.2 	manual. No money may be expended before 
18.3 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
18.4 	approves the accomplishment plan.

18.5	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
18.6 	$571,000 the first year and $578,000 the 
18.7 	second year is to the Legislative Coordinating 
18.8 	Commission for Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
18.9 	Heritage Council administrative expenses and 
18.10 	for compensating and reimbursing expenses 
18.11 	of council members. This appropriation is 
18.12 	available until June 30, 2019. Minnesota 
18.13 	Statutes, section 16A.281, applies to this 
18.14 	appropriation.

18.15	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
18.16 	$150,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
18.17 	of natural resources for a technical evaluation 
18.18 	panel to conduct up to 20 restoration and 
18.19 	enhancement evaluations under Minnesota 
18.20 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10.

18.21	(d) Legacy Web site
					
18.22 	$8,000 the first year and $7,000 the second 
18.23 	year is to the Legislative Coordinating 
18.24 	Commission for the Web site required in 
18.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
18.26 	10.

18.27	Subd. 7.Appropriation Availability
 					
18.28 	Money appropriated in this section may not 
18.29 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
18.30 	related to and necessary for a specific 
18.31 	appropriation and are specified in the 
18.32 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
18.33 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
18.34 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
18.35 	be spent on institutional overhead charges that 
19.1 	are not directly related to and necessary for a 
19.2 	specific appropriation. Unless otherwise 
19.3 	provided, the amounts in this section are 
19.4 	available until June 30, 2020. For acquiring 
19.5 	real property, the amounts in this section are 
19.6 	available until June 30, 2021, if a binding 
19.7 	agreement with a landowner or purchase 
19.8 	agreement is entered into by June 30, 2020, 
19.9 	and closed no later than June 30, 2021. 
19.10 	Appropriations for restoration or enhancement 
19.11 	are available until June 30, 2022, or five years 
19.12 	after acquisition, whichever is later, so that 
19.13 	initial restoration or enhancement work can 
19.14 	be completed. If a project receives at least 15 
19.15 	percent of its funding from federal funds, the 
19.16 	appropriation period may be extended to equal 
19.17 	the availability of federal funding to a 
19.18 	maximum of six years, provided the federal 
19.19 	funding was confirmed and included in the 
19.20 	first draft accomplishment plan. Money 
19.21 	appropriated for fee title acquisition of land 
19.22 	may be used to restore, enhance, and provide 
19.23 	for public use of the land acquired with the 
19.24 	appropriation. Public use facilities must have 
19.25 	no more than a minimal impact on habitat in 
19.26 	acquired lands.

19.27
19.28	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
19.29 	All agreements referred to in this section must 
19.30 	be administered on a reimbursement basis 
19.31 	unless otherwise provided in this section. 
19.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.33 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
19.34 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
19.35 	1, 2017, or the date of accomplishment plan 
19.36 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
20.1 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
20.2 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
20.3 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
20.4 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
20.5 	fund, an expense must be considered 
20.6 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
20.7 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
20.8 	an invoice or binding agreement with the 
20.9 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
20.10 	goods have been received or the landowner 
20.11 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
20.12 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
20.13 	that the items articulated in the 
20.14 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
20.15 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
20.16 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
20.17 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
20.18 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
20.19 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
20.20 	projects to accommodate cash-flow needs, 
20.21 	support future management of acquired lands, 
20.22 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
20.23 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
20.24 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
20.25 	specific items over $10,000 must be itemized 
20.26 	in and approved as part of the accomplishment 
20.27 	plan.

20.28	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
20.29 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
20.30 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
20.31 	grant awarded pursuant to this section, must 
20.32 	provide geographic information to the 
20.33 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
20.34 	mapping any lands acquired in fee with money 
20.35 	appropriated in this section and open to public 
20.36 	taking of fish and game. The commissioner 
21.1 	of natural resources must include the lands 
21.2 	acquired in fee with money appropriated in 
21.3 	this section on maps showing public recreation 
21.4 	opportunities. Maps must include information 
21.5 	on and acknowledgment of the outdoor 
21.6 	heritage fund, including a notation of any 
21.7 	restrictions.

21.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.9 		Subd. 3.Council recommendations. (a) The council shall make recommendations to 
21.10 	the legislature on appropriations of money from the outdoor heritage fund that are consistent 
21.11 	with the Constitution and state law and that will achieve the outcomes of existing natural 
21.12 	resource plans, including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Statewide Conservation and 
21.13 	Preservation Plan, that directly relate to the restoration, protection, and enhancement of 
21.14 	wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest 
21.15 	fragmentation, encourage forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie. In making 
21.16 	recommendations, the council shall consider a range of options that would best restore, 
21.17 	protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. 
21.18 	The council's recommendations shall be submitted no later than January 15 each year. The 
21.19 	council shall present its recommendations to the senate and house of representatives 
21.20 	committees with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources budget by February 
21.21 	15 in odd-numbered years, and within the first four weeks of the legislative session in 
21.22 	even-numbered years. The council's budget recommendations to the legislature shall be 
21.23 	separate from the Department of Natural Resource's budget recommendations.
21.24 	(b) To encourage and support local conservation efforts, the council shall establish a 
21.25 	conservation partners program. Local, regional, state, or national organizations may apply 
21.26 	for matching grants for restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, 
21.27 	forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, prevention of forest fragmentation, 
21.28 	encouragement of forest consolidation, and expansion of restored native prairie.
21.29 	(c) The council may work with the Clean Water Council to identify projects that are 
21.30 	consistent with both the purpose of the outdoor heritage fund and the purpose of the clean 
21.31 	water fund.
21.32 	(d) The council may make recommendations to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
21.33 	Minnesota Resources on scientific research that will assist in restoring, protecting, and 
22.1 	enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, preventing 
22.2 	forest fragmentation, encouraging forest consolidation, and expanding restored native prairie.
22.3 	(e) Recommendations of the council, including approval of recommendations for the 
22.4 	outdoor heritage fund, require an affirmative vote of at least nine members of the council.
22.5 	(f) The council may work with the Clean Water Council, the Legislative-Citizen 
22.6 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, soil and 
22.7 	water conservation districts, and experts from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
22.8 	and the University of Minnesota in developing the council's recommendations.
22.9 	(g) The council shall develop and implement a process that ensures that citizens and 
22.10 	potential recipients of funds are included throughout the process, including the development 
22.11 	and finalization of the council's recommendations. The process must include a fair, equitable, 
22.12 	and thorough process for reviewing requests for funding and a clear and easily understood 
22.13 	process for ranking projects.
22.14 	(h) The council shall use the regions of the state based upon the ecological sections and 
22.15 	subsections developed by the Department of Natural Resources and establish objectives for 
22.16 	each region and subregion to achieve the purposes of the fund outlined in the state 
22.17 	constitution.
22.18 	(i) The council shall develop and submit to the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
22.19 	plans for the first ten years of funding, and a framework for 25 years of funding, consistent 
22.20 	with statutory and constitutional requirements. The council may use existing plans from 
22.21 	other legislative, state, and federal sources, as applicable.
22.22 	(j) When making recommendations, the council must prioritize projects that restore and 
22.23 	enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife over projects 
22.24 	that acquire land.

22.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
22.26 	read:
22.27 		Subd. 22.Revenues. (a) A recipient must disclose to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
22.28 	Council and the commissioner all revenues that are received by the recipient before the 
22.29 	availability of the appropriation ends and that are generated from activities on land acquired 
22.30 	in fee title or easement, restored, or enhanced with money from the outdoor heritage fund. 
22.31 	The revenues must be disclosed to the council and commissioner no later than 60 days after 
22.32 	the availability of the appropriation ends.
22.33 	(b) For all revenues disclosed under paragraph (a), a recipient must:
23.1 	(1) use the revenues to protect, restore, or enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, or habitat 
23.2 	for fish, game, or wildlife according to the appropriation purposes and the approved 
23.3 	accomplishment plan;
23.4 	(2) use the revenues for other purposes as approved in the accomplishment plan by the 
23.5 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council; or
23.6 	(3) transfer the revenues to the outdoor heritage fund no later than 60 days after the 
23.7 	availability of the appropriation ends, unless otherwise approved by the council.
23.8 	(c) Paragraph (b), clause (3), does not apply to the state and its departments and agencies.

23.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
23.10 	read:
23.11 		Subd. 23.Trails. Forest lands acquired with money from the outdoor heritage fund must 
23.12 	be open to all recreational trail uses unless the land does not support the recreational trail 
23.13 	use or the constitutional requirements as determined by the commissioner of natural 
23.14 	resources. A recipient of an appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund establishing or 
23.15 	maintaining trails on forest lands acquired with that appropriation must provide equal 
23.16 	opportunities for motorized and nonmotorized users on lands acquired in accordance with 
23.17 	the Department of Natural Resources and county forest best management practices.

23.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2017, and applies to forest lands 
23.19 	acquired with an appropriation enacted on or after that date.

23.20 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
23.21 	read:
23.22 		Subd. 24.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
23.23 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the outdoor heritage fund 
23.24 	must not be appropriated.

23.25 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
23.26 	read:
23.27 		Subd. 25.Previous funding notification requirement. Any state agency or organization 
23.28 	requesting a direct appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund must inform the 
23.29 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the house of representatives and senate 
23.30 	committees having jurisdiction over the outdoor heritage fund, at the time the request for 
24.1 	funding is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous 
24.2 	funding that was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose.

24.3 	Sec. 8. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
24.4 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 7, is amended to read:

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

24.6	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV
					
24.7 	$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 
24.8 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
24.9 	interests in land in fee or permanent 
24.10 	conservation easements for aquatic 
24.11 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
24.12 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02, 
24.13 	and to restore and enhance aquatic habitat. A 
24.14 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
24.15 	provided as part of the required 
24.16 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
24.17 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
24.18 	plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing a 
24.19 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
24.20 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
24.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
24.22 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
24.23 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
24.24 	fund established, including expenditures from 
24.25 	the fund and a description of annual 
24.26 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

24.27	(b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III
					
24.28 	$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 
24.29 	commissioner of natural resources for 
24.30 	agreements to acquire interests in land in fee 
24.31 	or permanent conservation easements and to 
24.32 	restore and enhance natural systems associated 
24.33 	with the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix 
24.34 	Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 to the 
25.1 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
25.2 	Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends of the 
25.3 	Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 
25.4 	Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota Land 
25.5 	Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust for Public 
25.6 	Land. A list of proposed acquisitions, 
25.7 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
25.8 	provided as part of the required 
25.9 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
25.10 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
25.11 	plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing a 
25.12 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
25.13 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
25.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
25.15 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
25.16 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
25.17 	fund established, including expenditures from 
25.18 	the fund and a description of annual 
25.19 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

25.20
25.21	(c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Management - Phase III
					
25.22 	$480,000 in the second year is to the 
25.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
25.24 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
25.25 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
25.26 	and enhance habitats along the Mississippi, 
25.27 	Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. A list of 
25.28 	proposed acquisitions, restorations, and 
25.29 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
25.30 	required accomplishment plan. The 
25.31 	accomplishment plan must include an 
25.32 	easement stewardship plan. Up to $20,000 is 
25.33 	for establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
25.34 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
25.35 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.36 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
26.1 	report is required for any monitoring and 
26.2 	enforcement fund established, including 
26.3 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
26.4 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
26.5 	activities.

26.6	(d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration
					
26.7 	$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 
26.8 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
26.9 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
26.10 	A list of proposed projects must be provided 
26.11 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

26.12
26.13	(e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - Phase 
IV
					
26.14 	$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 
26.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.16 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
26.17 	to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 
26.18 	river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 
26.19 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
26.20 	must be provided as part of the required 
26.21 	accomplishment plan.

26.22	(f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration
					
26.23 	$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 
26.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.25 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
26.26 	District to restore and enhance stream and 
26.27 	related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 
26.28 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
26.29 	must be provided as part of the required 
26.30 	accomplishment plan.

26.31	(g) Knife River Habitat Restoration
					
26.32 	$380,000 in the second year is to the 
26.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.34 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
26.35 	Association to restore trout habitat in the 
27.1 	Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 
27.2 	proposed restorations must be provided as part 
27.3 	of the required accomplishment plan. 
27.4 	Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of 
27.5 	natural resources, restorations conducted 
27.6 	pursuant to this paragraph may be 
27.7 	accomplished by excavation.

27.8	(h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Invasive Carp
					
27.9 	$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 
27.10 	commissioner of natural resources for design 
27.11 	construction, including acquisition, operation, 
27.12 	and evaluation of structural deterrents for 
27.13 	invasive carp to protect Minnesota's aquatic 
27.14 	habitat. Use of this money requires a 
27.15 	one-to-one match for projects on state 
27.16 	boundary waters. A match is not required for 
27.17 	design or feasibility studies. This appropriation 
27.18 	is available until June 30, 2019.

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

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

29.14 	Sec. 9. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
29.15 	amended by Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:

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

29.17
29.18
29.19	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VII
					
29.20 	$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 
29.21 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
29.22 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
29.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
29.24 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
29.25 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
29.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
29.27 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
29.28 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
29.29 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
29.30 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
29.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
29.32 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
29.33 	proposed land and permanent conservation 
29.34 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
29.35 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

30.1
30.2	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VII
					
30.3 	$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 
30.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
30.5 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
30.6 	land in fee for wildlife management area 
30.7 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.8 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
30.9 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
30.10 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
30.11 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
30.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
30.13 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
30.14 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
30.15 	provided as part of the required 
30.16 	accomplishment plan.

30.17
30.18	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VI
					
30.19 	$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 
30.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
30.21 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
30.22 	acquire native prairie, wetlands, and savanna 
30.23 	and restore and enhance grasslands, wetlands, 
30.24 	and savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
30.25 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
30.26 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
30.27 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
30.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
30.29 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
30.30 	income statements and balance sheets for 
30.31 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
30.32 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
30.33 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
30.34 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
30.35 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
30.36 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
31.1 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
31.2 	and must be consistent with the priorities 
31.3 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
31.4 	Conservation Plan.

31.5
31.6	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase  VI
					
31.7 	$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 
31.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.9 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
31.10 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
31.11 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
31.12 	permanent conservation easements within the 
31.13 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation 
31.14 	Area in western Minnesota for addition to the 
31.15 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
31.16 	Refuge. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
31.17 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
31.18 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
31.19 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
31.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
31.21 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
31.22 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
31.23 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
31.24 	and must be consistent with the priorities in 
31.25 	the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

31.26
31.27	(e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase IV
					
31.28 	$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 
31.29 	commissioner of natural resources to 
31.30 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
31.31 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
31.32 	conservation easements to protect native 
31.33 	prairie and grasslands. Up to $165,000 is for 
31.34 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
31.35 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
31.36 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.1 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
32.2 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
32.3 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
32.4 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
32.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
32.6 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
32.7 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
32.8 	be provided as part of the final report.

32.932.10
	(f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water - 
Phase V
					
32.11 	$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board of 
32.12 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
32.13 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
32.14 	and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 
32.15 	water fund riparian buffer program for at least 
32.16 	equal wildlife benefits from buffers on private 
32.17 	land. Up to $72,500 $728,000 is for 
32.18 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
32.19 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
32.20 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.21 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
32.22 	conservation easements must be provided as 
32.23 	part of the final report.

32.24
32.25	(g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase V
					
32.26 	$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 
32.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.28 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
32.29 	acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 
32.30 	watershed for wildlife management purposes 
32.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
32.32 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
32.33 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
32.34 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
32.35 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
32.36 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
33.1 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
33.2 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
33.3 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

33.4
33.5	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley
					
33.6 	$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 
33.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.8 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
33.9 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
33.10 	Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 
33.11 	in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 
33.12 	management purposes under Minnesota 
33.13 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for 
33.14 	designation and management as waterfowl 
33.15 	production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 
33.16 	with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
33.17 	Service. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
33.18 	must be provided as part of the required 
33.19 	accomplishment plan.

33.20
33.21	(i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas
					
33.22 	$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 
33.23 	commissioner of natural resources for 
33.24 	agreements to acquire conservation easements 
33.25 	within important bird areas identified in the 
33.26 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, to be 
33.27 	used as follows: $408,000 is to Audubon 
33.28 	Minnesota and $1,322,000 is to Minnesota 
33.29 	Land Trust, of which up to $100,000 is for 
33.30 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
33.31 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
33.32 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.33 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
33.34 	conservation easements must be provided as 
33.35 	part of the final report.

33.36
33.37	(j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration
					
34.1 	$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 
34.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.3 	agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
34.4 	District to acquire land in fee and permanent 
34.5 	conservation easement and to `restore river 
34.6 	and related habitat in the Wild Rice River 
34.7 	corridor. A list of proposed acquisitions and 
34.8 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
34.9 	required accomplishment plan.

34.10
34.11	(k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII
					
34.12 	$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 
34.13 	commissioner of natural resources to 
34.14 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 
34.15 	prairie communities on wildlife management 
34.16 	areas, scientific and natural areas, state forest 
34.17 	land, and land under native prairie bank 
34.18 	easements. A list of proposed land restorations 
34.19 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
34.20 	of the required accomplishment plan.

34.21
34.22	(l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase 
II
					
34.23 	$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 
34.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.25 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
34.26 	and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 
34.27 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
34.28 	must be provided as part of the final report.

34.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2015.

34.30 	Sec. 10. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

34.31	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		-0-
		31,000,000

34.32
34.33
34.34	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VIII
					
35.1 	$3,250,000 the second year is to the 
35.2 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
35.3 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
35.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
35.5 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
35.6 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
35.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
35.8 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
35.9 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
35.10 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
35.11 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
35.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
35.13 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
35.14 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
35.15 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

35.16
35.17	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
35.18 	$5,229,000 the second year is to the 
35.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.20 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
35.21 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
35.22 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
35.23 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
35.24 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
35.25 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
35.26 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
35.27 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
35.28 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
35.29 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
35.30 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
35.31 	required accomplishment plan.

35.32
35.33	(c) Martin County/Fox Lake Wildlife 
Management Area Acquisition
					
35.34 	$1,000,000 the second year is to the 
35.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.36 	agreement with Fox Lake Conservation 
36.1 	League, Inc. to acquire land in fee and restore 
36.2 	strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other 
36.3 	wildlife habitat for wildlife management area 
36.4 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.5 	86A.05, subdivision 8. A list of proposed 
36.6 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
36.7 	required accomplishment plan.

36.8
36.9	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VII
					
36.10 	$2,754,000 the second year is to the 
36.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.12 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
36.13 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
36.14 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
36.15 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
36.16 	lands within the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
36.17 	Habitat Preservation Area in western 
36.18 	Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
36.19 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
36.20 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
36.21 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
36.22 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
36.23 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
36.24 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
36.25 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
36.26 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
36.27 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
36.28 	consistent with the priorities in the Minnesota 
36.29 	Prairie Conservation Plan.

36.30
36.31	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VI
					
36.32 	$583,000 the second year is to the 
36.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.34 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
36.35 	acquire land in fee and restore lands in the 
36.36 	Cannon River watershed for wildlife 
37.1 	management purposes under Minnesota 
37.2 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
37.3 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
37.4 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
37.5 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
37.6 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.7 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
37.8 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
37.9 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
37.10 	required accomplishment plan.

37.11
37.12	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase V
					
37.13 	$2,541,000 the second year is to the 
37.14 	commissioner of natural resources to 
37.15 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
37.16 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
37.17 	conservation easements to protect and restore 
37.18 	native prairie. Of this amount, up to $120,000 
37.19 	is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 
37.20 	funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 
37.21 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.22 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
37.23 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
37.24 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
37.25 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
37.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
37.27 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
37.28 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
37.29 	be provided as part of the final report.

37.30
37.31	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VI
					
37.32 	$6,708,000 the second year is to the Board of 
37.33 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
37.34 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
37.35 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.36 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
38.1 	habitat by expanding the clean water fund 
38.2 	riparian buffer program for at least equal 
38.3 	wildlife benefits from buffers on private land. 
38.4 	Of this amount, up to $130,000 $1,079,000 is 
38.5 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
38.6 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
38.7 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.8 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
38.9 	conservation easements must be provided as 
38.10 	part of the final report.

38.11
38.12	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase II
					
38.13 	$2,269,000 the second year is to the 
38.14 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
38.15 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
38.16 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
38.17 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
38.18 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
38.19 	River Valley for wildlife management 
38.20 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.21 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or for designation and 
38.22 	management as waterfowl production areas 
38.23 	in Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
38.24 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
38.25 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
38.26 	6136.0900, priority must be given to 
38.27 	acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
38.28 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
38.29 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
38.30 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
38.31 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
38.32 	required accomplishment plan.

38.33
38.34	(i) Grassland Conservation Partnership - Phase 
II
					
38.35 	$1,475,000 the second year is to the 
38.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
39.1 	agreement with The Conservation Fund, in 
39.2 	cooperation with Minnesota Land Trust, to 
39.3 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
39.4 	and restore high priority grassland, prairie, 
39.5 	and wetland habitats as follows: $64,000 to 
39.6 	The Conservation Fund; and $1,411,000 to 
39.7 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
39.8 	$100,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
39.9 	enforcement fund, as approved in the 
39.10 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
39.11 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
39.12 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
39.13 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
39.14 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
39.15 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.16 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
39.17 	native prairie. A list of proposed acquisitions 
39.18 	must be provided as part of the required 
39.19 	accomplishment plan and must be consistent 
39.20 	with the priorities in the Minnesota Prairie 
39.21 	Conservation Plan.

39.22
39.23	(j) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VIII
					
39.24 	$3,983,000 the second year is to the 
39.25 	commissioner of natural resources to 
39.26 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
39.27 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
39.28 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
39.29 	native prairie bank land, and bluff prairies on 
39.30 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota. A 
39.31 	list of proposed land restorations and 
39.32 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
39.33 	required accomplishment plan.

39.34
39.35	(k) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase IV
					
40.1 	$1,208,000 the second year is to the 
40.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
40.3 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
40.4 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Isanti, 
40.5 	Morrison, Sherburne, and Todd Counties as 
40.6 	follows: $93,000 to Anoka Conservation 
40.7 	District; $25,000 to Isanti County Parks and 
40.8 	Recreation Department; $813,000 to Great 
40.9 	River Greening; and $277,000 to the National 
40.10 	Wild Turkey Federation. A list of proposed 
40.11 	land restorations and enhancements must be 
40.12 	provided as part of the required 
40.13 	accomplishment plan.

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

40.15 	Sec. 11. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

40.16	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		-0-
		31,055,000

40.17
40.18	(a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
40.19 	$5,650,000 the second year is to the 
40.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
40.21 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
40.22 	in fee and restore and enhance wetlands and 
40.23 	grasslands to be designated and managed as 
40.24 	waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, in 
40.25 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
40.26 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
40.27 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
40.28 	required accomplishment plan.

40.29
40.30	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase V
					
40.31 	$5,801,000 the second year is to the 
40.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
40.33 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
40.34 	in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, and 
40.35 	land buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
41.1 	management purposes under Minnesota 
41.2 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
41.3 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
41.4 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

41.5	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VII
					
41.6 	$13,808,000 the second year is to the Board 
41.7 	of Water and Soil Resources to acquire lands 
41.8 	in permanent conservation easements and to 
41.9 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
41.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
41.11 	Of this amount, up to $195,000 $410,000 is 
41.12 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
41.13 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
41.14 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
41.15 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
41.16 	conservation easements must be provided as 
41.17 	part of the final report.

41.18
41.19	(d) Wetland Habitat Protection Program - Phase 
II
					
41.20 	$1,629,000 the second year is to the 
41.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
41.22 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
41.23 	acquire permanent conservation easements in 
41.24 	high-priority wetland habitat complexes in the 
41.25 	prairie and forest/prairie transition regions. Of 
41.26 	this amount, up to $180,000 is to establish a 
41.27 	monitoring and enforcement fund, as approved 
41.28 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
41.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
41.30 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed easement 
41.31 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
41.32 	final report.

41.33
41.34	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase VIII
					
41.35 	$2,167,000 the second year is to the 
41.36 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
42.1 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
42.2 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
42.3 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
42.4 	of the required accomplishment plan.

42.5	(f) Marsh Lake - Phase II
					
42.6 	$2,000,000 the second year is to the 
42.7 	commissioner of natural resources to modify 
42.8 	the dam at Marsh Lake for improved habitat 
42.9 	management and to return the historic outlet 
42.10 	of the Pomme de Terre River to Lac Qui Parle.

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

42.12 	Sec. 12.  REPEALER.
 42.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, is repealed.

42.14 	ARTICLE 2
42.15 	CLEAN WATER FUND

42.16	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
42.17 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
42.18 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
42.19 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
42.20 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this 
42.21 	article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
42.22 	June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The 
42.23 	second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The 
42.24 	appropriations in this article are onetime.

42.25				APPROPRIATIONS
	
42.26				Available for the Year
	
42.27				Ending June 30
	
42.28					2018
		2019

42.29	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

42.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	100,497,000
	$
	111,114,000
	
43.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
43.2 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

43.3	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
43.4 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
43.5 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
43.6 	related to and necessary for a specific 
43.7 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
43.8 	article must be spent in accordance with 
43.9 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
43.10 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
43.11 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
43.12 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
43.13 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
43.14 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
43.15 	2019, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
43.16 	available until June 30, 2020. If a project 
43.17 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
43.18 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
43.19 	availability of federal funding.

43.20	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
43.21 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
43.22 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
43.23 	on Disability and other appropriate 
43.24 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
43.25 	committees, and commissions, should make 
43.26 	progress toward providing greater access to 
43.27 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
43.28 	for people with disabilities related to the 
43.29 	programs the recipient funds using 
43.30 	appropriations made in this article.

43.31	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	7,482,000
	$
	7,484,000
	
43.32 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
43.33 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
43.34 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
44.1 	water and groundwater and to use data 
44.2 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
44.3 	(b) $2,085,000 the first year and $2,086,000 
44.4 	the second year are for monitoring and 
44.5 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
44.6 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to 
44.7 	groundwater degradation; promoting, 
44.8 	developing, and evaluating regional and 
44.9 	crop-specific nutrient best management 
44.10 	practices; assessing best management practice 
44.11 	adoption; education and technical support from 
44.12 	University of Minnesota Extension; grants to 
44.13 	support agricultural demonstration and 
44.14 	implementation activities; and other actions 
44.15 	to protect groundwater from degradation from 
44.16 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
44.17 	June 30, 2022.
44.18 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
44.19 	second year are for administering clean water 
44.20 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
44.21 	management practices loan program. Any 
44.22 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
44.23 	year shall be added to the corpus of the loan 
44.24 	fund.
44.25 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
44.26 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
44.27 	research, and demonstration projects on proper 
44.28 	implementation of best management practices 
44.29 	and more precise information on nonpoint 
44.30 	contributions to impaired waters and for grants 
44.31 	to support on-farm demonstration of 
44.32 	agricultural practices. This appropriation is 
44.33 	available until June 30, 2022.
44.34 	(e) $662,000 the first year and $663,000 the 
44.35 	second year are for research to quantify and 
45.1 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
45.2 	waters and for development and evaluation of 
45.3 	best management practices to protect and 
45.4 	restore water resources. This appropriation is 
45.5 	available until June 30, 2022.
45.6 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
45.7 	second year are for a research inventory 
45.8 	database containing water-related research 
45.9 	activities. Costs for information technology 
45.10 	development or support for this research 
45.11 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
45.12 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
45.13 	available until June 30, 2022.
45.14 	(g) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
45.15 	the second year are to implement the 
45.16 	Minnesota agricultural water-quality 
45.17 	certification program statewide. Funds 
45.18 	appropriated in this paragraph are available 
45.19 	until June 30, 2021.
45.20 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
45.21 	second year are to provide funding for a 
45.22 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
45.23 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
45.24 	(i) $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the 
45.25 	second year are for grants to the Board of 
45.26 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
45.27 	fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative 
45.28 	and to protect the state's natural resources 
45.29 	while increasing the efficiency, profitability, 
45.30 	and productivity of Minnesota farmers by 
45.31 	incorporating perennial and winter-annual 
45.32 	crops into existing agricultural practices. This 
45.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
46.1 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
46.2 	the second year are for pesticide testing of 
46.3 	private wells where nitrate is detected, as part 
46.4 	of the Township Testing Program. This 
46.5 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
46.6 	(k) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
46.7 	second year are to evaluate market 
46.8 	opportunities and develop markets for crops 
46.9 	that can be profitable for farmers and 
46.10 	beneficial for water quality and soil health.
46.11 	(l) A portion of the funds in this section may 
46.12 	be used for programs to train state and local 
46.13 	outreach staff in the intersection between 
46.14 	agricultural economics and agricultural 
46.15 	conservation.

46.16	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	6,300,000
	$
	10,100,000
	
46.17 	(a) $6,175,000 the first year and $9,975,000 
46.18 	the second year are for the point source 
46.19 	implementation grants program under 
46.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
46.21 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
46.22 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
46.23 	second year are for small community 
46.24 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
46.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
46.26 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
46.27 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at the 
46.28 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
46.29 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
46.30 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
46.31 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
46.32 	this section based on their priority rank on the 
46.33 	Pollution Control Agency's project priority 
46.34 	list.

47.1	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	25,286,000
	$
	25,514,000
	
47.2 	(a) $8,275,000 the first year and $8,275,000 
47.3 	the second year are for completion of needed 
47.4 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
47.5 	and trends according to Minnesota Statutes, 
47.6 	chapter 114D. Of this amount, $150,000 the 
47.7 	first year and $150,000 the second year are 
47.8 	for grants to the Red River Watershed 
47.9 	Management Board to enhance and expand 
47.10 	the existing water quality and watershed 
47.11 	monitoring river watch activities in the schools 
47.12 	in the Red River of the North. The Red River 
47.13 	Watershed Management Board shall provide 
47.14 	a report to the commissioner of the Pollution 
47.15 	Control Agency and the legislative committees 
47.16 	and divisions with jurisdiction over 
47.17 	environment and natural resources finance and 
47.18 	policy and the clean water fund by February 
47.19 	15, 2019, on the expenditure of these funds.
47.20 	(b) $9,409,000 the first year and $9,638,000 
47.21 	the second year are to develop watershed 
47.22 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
47.23 	which include total maximum daily load 
47.24 	(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation 
47.25 	plans for waters listed on the United States 
47.26 	Environmental Protection Agency approved 
47.27 	impaired waters list in accordance with 
47.28 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. The agency 
47.29 	shall complete an average of ten percent of 
47.30 	the TMDLs each year over the biennium.
47.31 	(c) $1,181,000 the first year and $1,182,000 
47.32 	the second year are for groundwater 
47.33 	assessment, including enhancing the ambient 
47.34 	monitoring network, modeling, and evaluating 
47.35 	trends, including the reassessment of 
48.1 	groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 years 
48.2 	ago and found to be contaminated.
48.3 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
48.4 	second year are for implementation of the St. 
48.5 	Louis River System Area of Concern 
48.6 	Remedial Action Plan. This appropriation 
48.7 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
48.8 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
48.9 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
48.10 	the second year are for TMDL research and 
48.11 	database development.
48.12 	(f) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
48.13 	second year are for national pollutant 
48.14 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
48.15 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
48.16 	(g) $3,442,000 the first year and $3,441,000 
48.17 	the second year are for enhancing the 
48.18 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
48.19 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
48.20 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
48.21 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection of 
48.22 	groundwater, including base grants for all 
48.23 	counties with SSTS programs and competitive 
48.24 	grants to counties with specific plans to 
48.25 	significantly reduce water pollution by 
48.26 	reducing the number of systems that are an 
48.27 	imminent threat to public health or safety or 
48.28 	are otherwise failing. Counties that receive 
48.29 	base grants must report the number of sewage 
48.30 	noncompliant properties upgraded through 
48.31 	SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized 
48.32 	sewer system, or other means, including 
48.33 	property abandonment or buy-out. Counties 
48.34 	also must report the number of existing SSTS 
48.35 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
49.1 	under county jurisdiction. These required 
49.2 	reports are to be part of established annual 
49.3 	reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that 
49.4 	conduct SSTS inventories or those with an 
49.5 	ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to 
49.6 	be inspected as a condition of transferring 
49.7 	property or as a condition of obtaining a local 
49.8 	permit must be given priority for competitive 
49.9 	grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, 
49.10 	$1,000,000 each year is available to counties 
49.11 	for grants to low-income landowners to 
49.12 	address systems that pose an imminent threat 
49.13 	to public health or safety or fail to protect 
49.14 	groundwater. A grant awarded under this 
49.15 	paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the 
49.16 	biennium. A county receiving a grant under 
49.17 	this paragraph must submit a report to the 
49.18 	agency listing the projects funded, including 
49.19 	an account of the expenditures.
49.20 	(h) $279,000 the first year and $278,000 the 
49.21 	second year are for accelerated implementation 
49.22 	of MS4 permit requirements including 
49.23 	additional technical assistance to 
49.24 	municipalities experiencing difficulties 
49.25 	understanding and implementing the basic 
49.26 	requirements of the municipal storm water 
49.27 	program.
49.28 	(i) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
49.29 	second year are to support activities of the 
49.30 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
49.31 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
49.32 	(j) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
49.33 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
49.34 	section are available until June 30, 2022.

50.1
50.2	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	8,671,000
	$
	8,871,000
	
50.3 	(a) $1,900,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
50.4 	the second year are for stream flow 
50.5 	monitoring.
50.6 	(b) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
50.7 	the second year are for lake Index of 
50.8 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
50.9 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
50.10 	second year are for assessing mercury and 
50.11 	other contaminants of fish, including 
50.12 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
50.13 	waters over time.
50.14 	(d) $1,886,000 the first year and $1,886,000 
50.15 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
50.16 	science-based watershed restoration and 
50.17 	protection strategies.
50.18 	(e) $1,700,000 the first year and $1,700,000 
50.19 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
50.20 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
50.21 	(f) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
50.22 	second year are for technical assistance to 
50.23 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
50.24 	source restoration and protection activities.
50.25 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
50.26 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
50.27 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
50.28 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
50.29 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
50.30 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
50.31 	elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of 
50.32 	forestry best management practices for water 
50.33 	quality.
51.1 	(h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
51.2 	second year are for developing county 
51.3 	geologic atlases.
51.4 	(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
51.5 	second year are for maintenance and updates 
51.6 	to buffer maps and for technical guidance on 
51.7 	buffer map interpretation to local units of 
51.8 	government for implementation of buffer 
51.9 	requirements. Maps must be provided to local 
51.10 	units of government and made available to 
51.11 	landowners on the Department of Natural 
51.12 	Resources' Web site.

51.13
51.14	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	43,677,000
	$
	50,081,000
	
51.15 	(a) $2,925,000 the first year and $7,525,000 
51.16 	the second year are for a pilot program to 
51.17 	provide performance-based grants to local 
51.18 	government units. The grants may be used to 
51.19 	implement projects that protect, enhance, and 
51.20 	restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, 
51.21 	and streams; protect groundwater from 
51.22 	degradation; and protect drinking water 
51.23 	sources. Projects must be identified in a 
51.24 	comprehensive watershed plan developed 
51.25 	under the One Watershed, One Plan or 
51.26 	metropolitan surface water management 
51.27 	frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant 
51.28 	recipients must identify a nonstate match and 
51.29 	may use other legacy funds to supplement 
51.30 	projects funded under this paragraph.
51.31 	(b) $11,923,000 the first year and $12,577,000 
51.32 	the second year are for grants to protect and 
51.33 	restore surface water and drinking water; to 
51.34 	keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, 
51.35 	and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and 
52.1 	streams; and to protect groundwater and 
52.2 	drinking water, including feedlot water quality 
52.3 	and subsurface sewage treatment system 
52.4 	projects and stream bank, stream channel, 
52.5 	shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization 
52.6 	projects. The projects must use practices 
52.7 	demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting 
52.8 	public benefit, include a match, and be 
52.9 	consistent with total maximum daily load 
52.10 	(TMDL) implementation plans, watershed 
52.11 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
52.12 	or local water management plans or their 
52.13 	equivalents. A portion of these funds may be 
52.14 	used to seek administrative efficiencies 
52.15 	through shared resources by multiple local 
52.16 	governmental units.
52.17 	(c) $3,325,000 the first year and $4,275,000 
52.18 	the second year are for accelerated 
52.19 	implementation, including local resource 
52.20 	protection and enhancement grants and 
52.21 	statewide program enhancements of 
52.22 	supplements for technical assistance, citizen 
52.23 	and community outreach, compliance, and 
52.24 	training and certification.
52.25 	(d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
52.26 	second year are to provide state oversight and 
52.27 	accountability, evaluate results, provide 
52.28 	implementation tools, and measure the value 
52.29 	of conservation program implementation by 
52.30 	local governments, including submission to 
52.31 	the legislature by March 1 each 
52.32 	even-numbered year a biennial report prepared 
52.33 	by the board, in consultation with the 
52.34 	commissioners of natural resources, health, 
52.35 	agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency, 
53.1 	detailing the recipients, the projects funded 
53.2 	under this section, and the amount of pollution 
53.3 	reduced.
53.4 	(e) $3,400,000 the first year and $3,400,000 
53.5 	the second year are to provide assistance, 
53.6 	oversight, and grants for supporting local 
53.7 	governments in implementing and complying 
53.8 	with riparian protection and excessive soil loss 
53.9 	requirements.
53.10 	(f) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 
53.11 	the second year are to restore or preserve 
53.12 	permanent conservation on riparian buffers 
53.13 	adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and 
53.14 	tributaries, to keep water on the land in order 
53.15 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
53.16 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to surface 
53.17 	waters; and increase infiltration for 
53.18 	groundwater recharge. This appropriation may 
53.19 	be used for restoration of riparian buffers 
53.20 	permanently protected by easements purchased 
53.21 	with this appropriation or contracts to achieve 
53.22 	permanent protection for riparian buffers or 
53.23 	stream bank restorations when the riparian 
53.24 	buffers have been restored. Up to $1,920,000 
53.25 	is for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement 
53.26 	account.
53.27 	(g) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the 
53.28 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
53.29 	panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations 
53.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
53.31 	subdivision 6.
53.32 	(h) $1,995,000 the first year and $1,995,000 
53.33 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
53.34 	and grants to local governments to transition 
53.35 	local water management plans to a watershed 
54.1 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
54.2 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
54.3 	114D.
54.4 	(i) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
54.5 	second year are for technical assistance and 
54.6 	grants for the conservation drainage program 
54.7 	in consultation with the Drainage Work Group, 
54.8 	coordinated under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.9 	103B.101, subdivision 13, that includes 
54.10 	projects to improve multipurpose water 
54.11 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.12 	103E.015.
54.13 	(j) $900,000 the first year and $1,100,000 the 
54.14 	second year are to purchase permanent 
54.15 	conservation easements to protect lands 
54.16 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
54.17 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
54.18 	to $60,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
54.19 	enforcement account.
54.20 	(k) $425,000 the first year and $425,000 the 
54.21 	second year are for a program to 
54.22 	systematically collect data and produce 
54.23 	county, watershed, and statewide estimates of 
54.24 	soil erosion caused by water and wind along 
54.25 	with tracking adoption of conservation 
54.26 	measures, including cover crops, to address 
54.27 	erosion.
54.28 	(l) $11,000,000 the first year and $11,000,000 
54.29 	the second year are for grants to soil and water 
54.30 	conservation districts to implement riparian 
54.31 	protection requirements under Minnesota 
54.32 	Statutes, section 103F.48.
54.33 	(m) The board shall contract for delivery of 
54.34 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
55.1 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
55.2 	activities under this section for up to $500,000 
55.3 	the first year and up to $500,000 the second 
55.4 	year.
55.5 	(n) The board may shift grant or cost-share 
55.6 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
55.7 	technical and administrative assistance portion 
55.8 	of the funds to leverage federal or other 
55.9 	nonstate funds or to address oversight 
55.10 	responsibilities or high-priority needs 
55.11 	identified in local water management plans.
55.12 	(o) The board shall require grantees to specify 
55.13 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
55.14 	grants prior to any grant awards.
55.15 	(p) The appropriations in this section are 
55.16 	available until June 30, 2022. Returned grant 
55.17 	funds are available until expended and shall 
55.18 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
55.19 	this section.

55.20	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	4,858,000
	$
	4,857,000
	
55.21 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
55.22 	the second year are for addressing public 
55.23 	health concerns related to contaminants found 
55.24 	in Minnesota drinking water for which no 
55.25 	health-based drinking water standards exist, 
55.26 	including accelerating the development of 
55.27 	health risk limits and improving the capacity 
55.28 	of the department's laboratory to analyze 
55.29 	unregulated contaminants.
55.30 	(b) $2,658,000 the first year and $2,657,000 
55.31 	the second year are for protecting drinking 
55.32 	water sources.
56.1 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
56.2 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
56.3 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
56.4 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
56.5 	(d) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
56.6 	second year are to develop and deliver 
56.7 	groundwater restoration and protection 
56.8 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
56.9 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
56.10 	resources to local governments for drinking 
56.11 	water source protection activities.
56.12 	(e) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
56.13 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
56.14 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
56.15 	wells and developing guidance and outreach 
56.16 	to reduce risks to private-well owners.
56.17 	(f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
56.18 	second year are for evaluating and addressing 
56.19 	the risks from viruses in water supplies.
56.20 	(g) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
56.21 	second year are to develop public health 
56.22 	policies and an action plan to address threats 
56.23 	to safe drinking water and to conduct an 
56.24 	analysis to determine the scope of the lead 
56.25 	problem in Minnesota's water and the cost to 
56.26 	eliminate lead exposure in drinking water.
56.27 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
56.28 	appropriations in this section are available 
56.29 	until June 30, 2021.

56.30	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	1,200,000
	$
	1,200,000
	
56.31 	(a) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
56.32 	second year are to implement projects that 
56.33 	address emerging drinking-water supply 
57.1 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
57.2 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
57.3 	coordination, support local implementation of 
57.4 	water supply reliability projects, and prevent 
57.5 	degradation of groundwater resources in the 
57.6 	metropolitan area. These projects will provide 
57.7 	to communities:
57.8 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
57.9 	water use through use of surface water, storm 
57.10 	water, wastewater, and groundwater;
57.11 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
57.12 	for different alternatives;
57.13 	(3) development of planning level cost 
57.14 	estimates, including capital cost and operation 
57.15 	cost;
57.16 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms and 
57.17 	an equitable cost-sharing structure for 
57.18 	regionally beneficial water supply 
57.19 	development projects; and
57.20 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
57.21 	models.
57.22 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
57.23 	second year are for the water demand 
57.24 	reduction grant program to encourage 
57.25 	implementation of water demand reduction 
57.26 	measures by municipalities in the metropolitan 
57.27 	area to ensure the reliability and protection of 
57.28 	drinking water supplies.

57.29	Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	1,008,000
	$
	1,007,000
	
57.30 	(a) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
57.31 	second year are for developing county 
57.32 	geologic atlases. This appropriation is 
57.33 	available until June 30, 2022.
58.1 	(b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
58.2 	second year are for a performance evaluation 
58.3 	and technology transfer program for storm 
58.4 	water best management practices to enhance 
58.5 	data and information management of storm 
58.6 	water best management practices; evaluate 
58.7 	best management performance and 
58.8 	effectiveness to support meeting total 
58.9 	maximum daily loads; develop standards and 
58.10 	incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using 
58.11 	minimal impact design standards as the model; 
58.12 	and implement a knowledge and technology 
58.13 	transfer system across local government, 
58.14 	industry, and regulatory sectors. This 
58.15 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
58.16 	(c) $133,000 the first year and $132,000 the 
58.17 	second year are to provide guidance 
58.18 	documents and tools evaluating the clean 
58.19 	water fund's return on investment to measure 
58.20 	impacts on water quality and human 
58.21 	well-being as well as assist in future funding 
58.22 	decisions.

58.23	Sec. 11. REVENUE
 	$
	2,000,000
	$
	2,000,000
	
58.24 	$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the 
58.25 	second year are for riparian protection aid 
58.26 	payments under Minnesota Statutes, section 
58.27 	477A.21.

58.28	Sec. 12. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	15,000
			
58.29 	$15,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
58.30 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
58.31 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
58.32 	subdivision 10.

59.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
59.2 		Subd. 4.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the clean 
59.3 	water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, and 
59.4 	restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking 
59.5 	water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than one of these 
59.6 	requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall include measurable 
59.7 	outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and 
59.8 	evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science and incorporate 
59.9 	state-of-the-art technology.
59.10 	(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits across 
59.11 	all regions and residents of the state.
59.12 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean water fund 
59.13 	must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects or programs, 
59.14 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
59.15 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
59.16 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
59.17 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required under 
59.18 	section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information classified as not 
59.19 	public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required to be placed on 
59.20 	the Web site.
59.21 	(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 
59.22 	16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 
59.23 	regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 
59.24 	grants that will be competitively awarded.
59.25 	(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit Minnesota 
59.26 	waters.
59.27 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 
59.28 	shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 
59.29 	under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 
59.30 	361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 
59.31 	When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to a 
59.32 	Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 
59.33 	additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 
59.34 	site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
60.1 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a state 
60.2 	agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as well as 
60.3 	any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of the 
60.4 	Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a recipient 
60.5 	of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or regulations 
60.6 	in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be listed in an 
60.7 	annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy funds. The list 
60.8 	must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient from the list 
60.9 	upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list is not eligible 
60.10 	for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates compliance 
60.11 	to the legislative auditor.
60.12 	(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 
60.13 	execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 
60.14 	respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements.
60.15 	(i) Any state agency or organization requesting a direct appropriation from the clean 
60.16 	water fund must inform the Clean Water Council and the house of representatives and senate 
60.17 	committees having jurisdiction over the clean water fund, at the time the request for funding 
60.18 	is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous funding that 
60.19 	was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose.

60.20 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision 
60.21 	to read:
60.22 		Subd. 7.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
60.23 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the clean water fund must 
60.24 	not be appropriated.

60.25 	Sec. 15. [477A.21] RIPARIAN PROTECTION AID.
60.26 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
60.27 	meanings given:
60.28 	(1) "buffer protection map" has the meaning given under section 103F.48, subdivision 
60.29 	1; and
60.30 	(2) "public watercourses" means public waters and public drainage systems subject to 
60.31 	riparian protection requirements under section 103F.48.
61.1 		Subd. 2.Certifications to commissioner. (a) The Board of Water and Soil Resources 
61.2 	must certify to the commissioner of revenue, on or before July 1 each year, which counties 
61.3 	and watershed districts have affirmed their jurisdiction under section 103F.48 and the 
61.4 	proportion of centerline miles of public watercourses, and miles of public drainage system 
61.5 	ditches on the buffer protection map, within each county and each watershed district within 
61.6 	the county with affirmed jurisdiction.
61.7 	(b) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner of natural resources shall certify to 
61.8 	the commissioner of revenue the statewide and countywide number of centerline miles of 
61.9 	public watercourses and miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection 
61.10 	map.
61.11 		Subd. 3.Distribution. (a) A county that is certified under subdivision 2, or that portion 
61.12 	of a county containing a watershed district certified under subdivision 2, is eligible to receive 
61.13 	aid under this section to enforce and implement the riparian protection and water quality 
61.14 	practices under section 103F.48. Each county's preliminary aid amount is equal to the 
61.15 	proportion calculated under paragraph (b) multiplied by the appropriation received each 
61.16 	year by the commissioner for purposes of payments under this section.
61.17 	(b) The commissioner must compute each county's proportion. A county's proportion is 
61.18 	equal to the ratio of the sum in clause (1) to the sum in clause (2):
61.19 	(1) the sum of the total number of acres in the county classified as class 2a under section 
61.20 	273.13, subdivision 23, the countywide number of centerline miles of public watercourses 
61.21 	on the buffer protection map, and the countywide number of miles of public drainage system 
61.22 	ditches on the buffer protection map; and
61.23 	(2) the sum of the statewide total number of acres classified as class 2a under section 
61.24 	273.13, subdivision 23, the statewide total number of centerline miles of public watercourses 
61.25 	on the buffer protection map, and the statewide total number of public drainage system 
61.26 	miles on the buffer protection map.
61.27 	(c) Aid to a county must not be greater than $200,000 or less than $50,000. If the sum 
61.28 	of the preliminary aids payable to counties under paragraph (a) is greater or less than the 
61.29 	appropriation under subdivision 5, the commissioner of revenue must calculate the percentage 
61.30 	of adjustment necessary so that the total of the aid under paragraph (a) equals the total 
61.31 	amount available for aid under subdivision 5, subject to the minimum and maximum amounts 
61.32 	specified in this paragraph. The minimum and maximum amounts under this paragraph 
61.33 	must be adjusted by the ratio of the actual amount appropriated to $10,000,000.
62.1 	(d) If only a portion of a county is certified as eligible to receive aid under subdivision 
62.2 	2, the aid otherwise payable to that county under this section must be multiplied by a fraction, 
62.3 	the numerator of which is the buffer protection map miles of the certified watershed districts 
62.4 	contained within the county and the denominator of which is the total buffer protection map 
62.5 	miles of the county.
62.6 	(e) Any aid that would otherwise be paid to a county or portion of a county that is not 
62.7 	certified under subdivision 2 shall be paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
62.8 	enforcing and implementing the riparian protection and water quality practices under section 
62.9 	103F.48.
62.10 		Subd. 4.Payments. The commissioner of revenue must compute the amount of riparian 
62.11 	protection aid payable to each eligible county and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
62.12 	under this section. On or before August 1 each year, the commissioner must certify the 
62.13 	amount to be paid to each county and the Board of Water and Soil Resources in the following 
62.14 	year, except that the payments for 2017 must be certified by July 15, 2017. The commissioner 
62.15 	must pay riparian protection aid to counties and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
62.16 	in the same manner and at the same time as aid payments under section 477A.015.

62.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
62.18 	applies to aids payable in 2017 and thereafter.

62.19 	ARTICLE 3
62.20 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

62.21	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
62.22 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
62.23 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and 
62.24 	trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
62.25 	"2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are 
62.26 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first 
62.27 	year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal 
62.28 	years 2018 and 2019. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

62.29				APPROPRIATIONS
	
62.30				Available for the Year
	
62.31				Ending June 30
	
62.32					2018
		2019

63.1	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

63.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	41,988,000
	$
	47,775,000
	
63.3 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
63.4 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

63.5	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
63.6 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
63.7 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
63.8 	related to and necessary for a specific 
63.9 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
63.10 	article must be spent in accordance with 
63.11 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
63.12 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
63.13 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
63.14 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
63.15 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
63.16 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
63.17 	2020, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
63.18 	available until June 30, 2021. If a project 
63.19 	receives federal funds, the time period of the 
63.20 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
63.21 	availability of federal funding.

63.22	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
63.23 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
63.24 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
63.25 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
63.26 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
63.27 	committees, and commissions, should make 
63.28 	progress toward providing greater access to 
63.29 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
63.30 	for people with disabilities related to the 
63.31 	programs the recipient funds using 
63.32 	appropriations made in this article.

63.33
63.34	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	25,397,000
	$
	28,884,000
	
64.1 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
64.2 	the second year are for state parks, recreation 
64.3 	areas, and trails to:
64.4 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
64.5 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
64.6 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
64.7 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
64.8 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
64.9 	parks and trails legacy plan.
64.10 	(b) $8,292,000 the first year and $9,445,000 
64.11 	the second year are for grants for parks and 
64.12 	trails of regional significance outside the 
64.13 	seven-county metropolitan area under 
64.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants 
64.15 	must be based on the recommendations to the 
64.16 	commissioner from the Greater Minnesota 
64.17 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
64.18 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
64.19 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
64.20 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
64.21 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
64.22 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
64.23 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
64.24 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
64.25 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
64.26 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 
64.27 	2015. Grant recipients identified under this 
64.28 	paragraph must submit a grant application to 
64.29 	the commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
64.30 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
64.31 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
64.32 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
64.33 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
64.34 	$424,000 the first year and $399,000 the 
65.1 	second year are for the Greater Minnesota 
65.2 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
65.3 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
65.4 	section 85.536, including the continued 
65.5 	development of a statewide system plan for 
65.6 	regional parks and trails outside the 
65.7 	seven-county metropolitan area.
65.8 	(c) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
65.9 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
65.10 	Commission shall submit a list of projects, 
65.11 	ranked in priority order, that contains the 
65.12 	commission's recommendations for funding 
65.13 	from the parks and trails fund for fiscal year 
65.14 	2019 to the chairs and ranking minority 
65.15 	members of the house of representatives and 
65.16 	senate committees and divisions with 
65.17 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
65.18 	resources and the parks and trails fund.
65.19 	(d) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
65.20 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
65.21 	Commission shall submit a report that contains 
65.22 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
65.23 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
65.24 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
65.25 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
65.26 	minority members of the house of 
65.27 	representatives and senate committees and 
65.28 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
65.29 	environment and natural resources and the 
65.30 	parks and trails fund.
65.31 	(e) $521,000 the first year and $548,000 the 
65.32 	second year are for coordination and projects 
65.33 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
65.34 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
65.35 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
66.1 	Web-based information for park and trail 
66.2 	users; and support of activities of the Parks 
66.3 	and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
66.4 	(f) The commissioner shall contract for 
66.5 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
66.6 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
66.7 	activities under this section for at least 
66.8 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
66.9 	second year.
66.10 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
66.11 	appropriations under this section shall give 
66.12 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
66.13 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
66.14 	and other activities.

66.15	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	16,584,000
	$
	18,891,000
	
66.16 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
66.17 	the second year are for distribution according 
66.18 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, 
66.19 	subdivision 3.
66.20 	(b) Money appropriated under this section and 
66.21 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
66.22 	used to fund the list of recommended projects 
66.23 	in the report submitted pursuant to Laws 2013, 
66.24 	chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o). 
66.25 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
66.26 	under this section must be substantially 
66.27 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
66.28 	dollar amounts in the report. Any funds 
66.29 	remaining after completion of the listed 
66.30 	projects may be spent by the implementing 
66.31 	agencies on projects to support parks and 
66.32 	trails.
66.33 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
66.34 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
67.1 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
67.2 	that the funds are used to supplement and not 
67.3 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
67.4 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
67.5 	appropriations under this section shall give 
67.6 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
67.7 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
67.8 	and other activities.

67.9	Sec. 5. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	7,000
			
67.10 	$7,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
67.11 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
67.12 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
67.13 	subdivision 10.

67.14 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.53, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
67.15 	read:
67.16 		Subd. 6.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
67.17 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the parks and trails fund 
67.18 	must not be appropriated.

67.19 	Sec. 7. SAUK RIVER REGIONAL PARK GRANT EXTENSION.
 67.20 	The appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), clause 
67.21 	(9), from the parks and trails fund for trail enhancement, land acquisition, and other 
67.22 	improvements at Sauk River Regional Park is available until June 30, 2022.

67.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2016.

67.24 	Sec. 8. HYLAND-BUSH-ANDERSON LAKES PARK RESERVE GRANT 
67.25 	EXTENSION.
 67.26 	The appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, 
67.27 	section 4, paragraph (c), from the parks and trails fund for grants to the city of Bloomington 
67.28 	to reconstruct parking lots at the Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve are available 
67.29 	until June 30, 2018.

67.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from June 30, 2016.

68.1 	Sec. 9. ANOKA COUNTY AND DAKOTA COUNTY REALLOCATIONS.
 68.2 	Notwithstanding Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o), and Laws 
68.3 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 4, paragraph (b):
68.4 	(1) Anoka County may allocate $438,000 of its share of the distribution for fiscal year 
68.5 	2017 funds under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, to Bunker Hills Regional 
68.6 	Park in accordance with the most recent priority rankings that Anoka County has submitted 
68.7 	to the Metropolitan Council; and
68.8 	(2) Dakota County may allocate $180,000 of its share of the distribution under Minnesota 
68.9 	Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, designated for the Vermillion River Regional 
68.10 	Greenway to the phase 2 improvement to Whitetail Woods Regional Park in Dakota County.

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

68.12 	ARTICLE 4
68.13 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

68.14	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
68.15 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
68.16 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
68.17 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
68.18 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in 
68.19 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
68.20 	year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 
68.21 	2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
68.22 	All appropriations in this article are onetime.

68.23				APPROPRIATIONS
	
68.24				Available for the Year
	
68.25				Ending June 30
	
68.26					2018
		2019

68.27	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

68.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	57,331,000
	$
	66,033,000
	
68.29 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
68.30 	purpose are specified in the following 
68.31 	subdivisions.

69.1	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
69.2 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
69.3 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
69.4 	related to and necessary for a specific 
69.5 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
69.6 	article must not be spent on institutional 
69.7 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
69.8 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
69.9 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
69.10 	spent in accordance with the Minnesota 
69.11 	Management and Budget's Guidance to 
69.12 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditures. 
69.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
69.14 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
69.15 	article, fiscal year 2018 appropriations are 
69.16 	available until June 30, 2019, and fiscal year 
69.17 	2019 appropriations are available until June 
69.18 	30, 2020. If a project receives federal funds, 
69.19 	the period of the appropriation is extended to 
69.20 	equal the availability of federal funding.

69.21	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		25,855,000
		32,112,000
	
69.22 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
69.23 	Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts 
69.24 	education, arts preservation, and arts access. 
69.25 	Grant agreements entered into by the 
69.26 	Minnesota State Arts Board and other 
69.27 	recipients of appropriations in this subdivision 
69.28 	must ensure that these funds are used to 
69.29 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
69.30 	sources of funding. Each grant program 
69.31 	established in this appropriation must be 
69.32 	separately administered from other state 
69.33 	appropriations for program planning and 
69.34 	outcome measurements, but may take into 
69.35 	consideration other state resources awarded 
70.1 	in the selection of applicants and grant award 
70.2 	size.

70.3	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
70.4 	$19,000,000 the first year and $25,342,000 
70.5 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
70.6 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
70.7 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
70.8 	activities; to overcome barriers to accessing 
70.9 	high-quality arts activities; and to instill the 
70.10 	arts into the community and public life in this 
70.11 	state.

70.12	(c) Arts Education
					
70.13 	$4,500,000 the first year and $4,500,000 the 
70.14 	second year are for high-quality, 
70.15 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
70.16 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
70.17 	understanding of the arts.

70.18	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
70.19 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
70.20 	second year are for events and activities that 
70.21 	represent the diverse cultural arts traditions, 
70.22 	including folk and traditional artists and art 
70.23 	organizations, represented in this state.

70.24	(e) Grants
					
70.25 	$30,000 the first year and $20,000 the second 
70.26 	year are for grants to an organization for 
70.27 	designing, consulting, creating, and 
70.28 	administering a statewide arts software 
70.29 	application to be used on electronic and mobile 
70.30 	electronic devices to locate and access artists, 
70.31 	arts organizations, and art education programs 
70.32 	throughout Minnesota. The grantee must work 
70.33 	in consultation with the Minnesota State Arts 
70.34 	Board, regional arts councils, private and 
71.1 	nonprofit arts organizations, and the regional 
71.2 	library system to develop criteria for content 
71.3 	to import to the software application and must  
71.4 	make the application free to download. A 
71.5 	portion of the funding may be used to pay the 
71.6 	ongoing costs associated with developing 
71.7 	content and updating the software or with 
71.8 	contracting to develop and update the software 
71.9 	and expand electronic content in fiscal years 
71.10 	2018 and 2019.
71.11 	$250,000 each year is for a grant to the 
71.12 	Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society 
71.13 	for the Chinese garden in Phalen Park in St. 
71.14 	Paul to recognize the rich cultural heritage of 
71.15 	the Chinese and Hmong in Minnesota. Grant 
71.16 	recipients must provide a funding match of at 
71.17 	least 25 percent of the total eligible project 
71.18 	costs.
71.19 	$375,000 each year is for a grant to 
71.20 	Springboard for the Arts to design and 
71.21 	construct up to two statues of Dan Patch to be 
71.22 	placed at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds and 
71.23 	the city of Savage. Grant recipients must 
71.24 	provide a funding match of at least 25 percent 
71.25 	of the total eligible project costs.
71.26 	$125,000 each year is for a Fanka arts grant 
71.27 	program to one or more community 
71.28 	organizations that participate in statewide 
71.29 	Somali arts and cultural programs that provide 
71.30 	arts education, workshops, mentor programs, 
71.31 	or community presentations and community 
71.32 	engagement events.
71.33 	$75,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
71.34 	Hmong Cultural Center for an interactive 
71.35 	Hmong Folk Art in Minnesota exhibit.
72.1 	(f) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
72.2 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
72.3 	board for administering grant programs, 
72.4 	delivering technical services, providing fiscal 
72.5 	oversight for the statewide system, and 
72.6 	ensuring accountability.
72.7 	(g) Up to 30 percent of the remaining total 
72.8 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
72.9 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
72.10 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
72.11 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
72.12 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
72.13 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
72.14 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
72.15 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
72.16 	regions of the state.
72.17 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
72.18 	under this subdivision the first year does not 
72.19 	cancel but is available the second year.

72.20	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		12,350,000
		14,750,000
	
72.21 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
72.22 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
72.23 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
72.24 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
72.25 	historical resources. Grant agreements entered 
72.26 	into by the Minnesota Historical Society and 
72.27 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
72.28 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
72.29 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
72.30 	traditional sources of funding. Funds directly 
72.31 	appropriated to the Minnesota Historical 
72.32 	Society must be used to supplement and not 
72.33 	substitute for traditional sources of funding. 
72.34 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
72.35 	16A.28, for historic preservation projects that 
73.1 	improve historic structures, the amounts are 
73.2 	available until June 30, 2020. The Minnesota 
73.3 	Historical Society or grant recipients of the 
73.4 	Minnesota Historical Society using arts and 
73.5 	cultural heritage funds under this subdivision 
73.6 	must give consideration to Conservation Corps 
73.7 	Minnesota and Northern Bedrock Historic 
73.8 	Preservation Corps, or an organization 
73.9 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
73.10 	the potential to need historic preservation 
73.11 	services.

73.12	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

73.13	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
73.14 	$4,500,000 the first year and $5,500,000 the 
73.15 	second year are for history programs and 
73.16 	projects operated or conducted by or through 
73.17 	local, county, regional, or other historical or 
73.18 	cultural organizations or for activities to 
73.19 	preserve significant historic and cultural 
73.20 	resources. Funds are to be distributed through 
73.21 	a competitive grant process. The Minnesota 
73.22 	Historical Society must administer these funds 
73.23 	using established grant mechanisms, with 
73.24 	assistance from the advisory committee 
73.25 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
73.26 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item 
73.27 	(ii).
73.28 	Of this amount, $300,000 the first year is for 
73.29 	a grant to the Fairmont Opera House for 
73.30 	restoration and renovation of historic Fairmont 
73.31 	Opera House.

73.32	(2) Statewide History Programs
					
73.33 	$4,625,000 the first year and $6,125,000 the 
73.34 	second year are for programs and purposes 
73.35 	related to the historical and cultural heritage 
74.1 	of the state of Minnesota conducted by the 
74.2 	Minnesota Historical Society.

74.3	(3) History Partnerships
					
74.4 	$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the 
74.5 	second year are for partnerships involving 
74.6 	multiple organizations, which may include the 
74.7 	Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve and 
74.8 	enhance access to Minnesota's history and 
74.9 	cultural heritage in all regions of the state.

74.10
74.11	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
74.12 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
74.13 	second year are for a contract or contracts to 
74.14 	be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct 
74.15 	statewide surveys of Minnesota's sites of 
74.16 	historical, archaeological, and cultural 
74.17 	significance. Results of the surveys must be 
74.18 	published in a searchable form and available 
74.19 	to the public free of cost. The Minnesota 
74.20 	Historical Society, the Office of the State 
74.21 	Archaeologist, and the Indian Affairs Council 
74.22 	must each appoint a representative to an 
74.23 	oversight board to select contractors and direct 
74.24 	the conduct of the surveys. The oversight 
74.25 	board must consult with the Departments of 
74.26 	Transportation and Natural Resources.

74.27	(5) Digital Library
					
74.28 	$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the 
74.29 	second year are for a digital library project to 
74.30 	preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
74.31 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
74.32 	The Minnesota Historical Society must 
74.33 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan 
74.34 	system and must jointly share this 
74.35 	appropriation for these purposes.

75.1	(6) Grants
					
75.2 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to the board 
75.3 	of directors of the Carver County Historical 
75.4 	Society to restore the historic Andrew Peterson 
75.5 	farm in Waconia.
75.6 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
75.7 	Woodbury Barn Heritage Commission to 
75.8 	restore the Miller Barn and historical 
75.9 	programming at the Miller Barn in Woodbury.
75.10 	$100,000 the first year is to restore the stained 
75.11 	glass in the historic Fort Snelling Memorial 
75.12 	Chapel in Bloomington. The historical society 
75.13 	may work in collaboration with the Fort 
75.14 	Snelling Memorial Chapel Foundation.

75.15	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		2,750,000
		2,500,000
	
75.16 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
75.17 	commissioner of education for grants to the 
75.18 	12 Minnesota regional library systems to 
75.19 	provide educational opportunities in the arts, 
75.20 	history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of 
75.21 	Minnesota. These funds must be allocated 
75.22 	using the formulas in Minnesota Statutes, 
75.23 	section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, with 
75.24 	the remaining 25 percent to be distributed to 
75.25 	all qualifying systems in an amount 
75.26 	proportionate to the number of qualifying 
75.27 	system entities in each system. For purposes 
75.28 	of this subdivision, "qualifying system entity" 
75.29 	means a public library, a regional library 
75.30 	system, a regional library system headquarters, 
75.31 	a county, or an outreach service program. 
75.32 	These funds may be used to sponsor programs 
75.33 	provided by regional libraries or to provide 
75.34 	grants to local arts and cultural heritage 
75.35 	programs for programs in partnership with 
76.1 	regional libraries. These funds must be 
76.2 	distributed in ten equal payments per year. 
76.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
76.4 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
76.5 	before June 30, 2019, as grants or contracts in 
76.6 	this subdivision are available until June 30, 
76.7 	2020.

76.8	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		10,242,000
		10,341,000
	
76.9 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
76.10 	commissioner of administration for grants to 
76.11 	the named organizations for the purposes 
76.12 	specified in this subdivision. The 
76.13 	commissioner of administration may use a 
76.14 	portion of this appropriation for costs that are 
76.15 	directly related to and necessary to the 
76.16 	administration of grants in this subdivision.
76.17 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
76.18 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
76.19 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
76.20 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
76.21 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
76.22 	sources of funding.

76.23	(c) Veterans Rest Camp
					
76.24 	$278,000 the second year is for the Disabled 
76.25 	Veterans Rest Camp Association for a 
76.26 	welcome center for the veterans rest camp on 
76.27 	Big Marine Lake.

76.28	(d) Minnesota Public Radio
					
76.29 	$1,650,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
76.30 	Radio to create programming and expand news 
76.31 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
76.32 	history.

76.33
76.34	(e) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
77.1 	$1,600,000 each year is to the Association of 
77.2 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
77.3 	for production and acquisition grants in 
77.4 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
77.5 	129D.19.

77.6	(f) Public Television
					
77.7 	$4,000,000 the first year and $4,000,000 the 
77.8 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
77.9 	Television Association for production and 
77.10 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
77.11 	Statutes, section 129D.18.
77.12 	Of this amount, $650,000 the first year is for 
77.13 	Twin Cities Public Television to produce the 
77.14 	Vietnam: Minnesota Remembers project. Any 
77.15 	production costs associated with the project 
77.16 	incurred on or after February 1, 2017, are 
77.17 	eligible for reimbursement under this section.

77.18	(g) Wilderness Inquiry
					
77.19 	$300,000 each year is to Wilderness Inquiry 
77.20 	to preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, 
77.21 	culture, and heritage by connecting Minnesota 
77.22 	youth to natural resources.

77.23	(h) Como Park Zoo
					
77.24 	$1,400,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
77.25 	second year are for the Como Park Zoo for 
77.26 	program development that features education 
77.27 	programs and habitat enhancement, special 
77.28 	exhibits, music appreciation programs, and 
77.29 	historical garden access and preservation.

77.30	(i) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
77.31 	$600,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
77.32 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
77.33 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
77.34 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
78.1 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
78.2 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
78.3 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

78.4	(j) Lake Superior Center Authority
					
78.5 	$150,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
78.6 	Center Authority to develop, prepare, and 
78.7 	construct an exhibit on river systems.

78.8	(k) Green Giant Museum
					
78.9 	$300,000 the first year is to the city of Blue 
78.10 	Earth to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
78.11 	and equip the Green Giant Museum to 
78.12 	preserve the culture and history of Minnesota.

78.13	(l) Lake Superior Zoo
					
78.14 	$75,000 each year is to the Lake Superior Zoo 
78.15 	to develop educational exhibits and programs.

78.16	(m) Minnesota State Band
					
78.17 	$25,000 each year is to the Minnesota State 
78.18 	Band to promote and increase public 
78.19 	performances across Minnesota.

78.20	(n) Rice County Veterans Memorial
					
78.21 	$30,000 the first year is to Rice County to 
78.22 	complete the Rice County Veterans Memorial 
78.23 	in Faribault.

78.24	(o) Minnesota Square Park Pavilion
					
78.25 	$112,000 the first year and $113,000 the 
78.26 	second year are to the city of St. Peter to 
78.27 	reconstruct the Minnesota Square Park 
78.28 	pavilion in St. Peter.

78.29	(p) Waseca County Veterans Memorial
					
78.30 	$50,000 the second year is to Waseca County 
78.31 	to complete the Waseca County Veterans 
78.32 	Memorial.

78.33	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,775,000
		1,850,000
	
79.1 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
79.2 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs and 
79.3 	development of the Minnesota Zoological 
79.4 	Garden and to provide access and education 
79.5 	related to programs on the cultural heritage of 
79.6 	Minnesota.

79.7	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center
 		2,575,000
		2,705,000
	
79.8 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
79.9 	Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
79.10 	Humanities Center for the purposes specified 
79.11 	in this subdivision. The Minnesota Humanities 
79.12 	Center may use up to 4.5 percent of the 
79.13 	following grants to cover the cost of 
79.14 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
79.15 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
79.16 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
79.17 	plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and 
79.18 	must submit the plan for review and approval 
79.19 	by the Department of Administration. The 
79.20 	written plan must require the Minnesota 
79.21 	Humanities Center to create and adhere to 
79.22 	grant policies that are similar to those 
79.23 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
79.24 	section 16B.97, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
79.25 	clause (1).
79.26 	No grants awarded in this subdivision may be 
79.27 	used for travel outside the state of Minnesota. 
79.28 	The grant agreement must specify the 
79.29 	repercussions for failing to comply with the 
79.30 	grant agreement.

79.31	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
79.32 	$1,125,000 each year is for programs and 
79.33 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. 
79.34 	Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be 
79.35 	used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit.
80.1 	The Minnesota Humanities Center may 
80.2 	consider museums and organizations 
80.3 	celebrating the identities of Minnesotans for 
80.4 	grants from these funds.
80.5 	Of this amount, $55,000 the first year is for a 
80.6 	grant to the Minnesota Council on Disability 
80.7 	to enhance and enlarge the historical digital 
80.8 	archives collection "With An Eye to the Past" 
80.9 	for oral history interviews and document 
80.10 	collection, production, consultation, 
80.11 	transcription, closed captioning, Web site 
80.12 	administration, and evaluation.

80.13
80.14	(c) Community Identity and Heritage Grant 
Program
					
80.15 	$100,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
80.16 	second year are for a competitive grants 
80.17 	program to provide grants to preserve and 
80.18 	promote the cultural heritage of Minnesota.
80.19 	Of this amount, up to $150,000 the second 
80.20 	year is for a grant to the city of St. Paul or 
80.21 	Ramsey County to develop and install activity 
80.22 	facilities in parks for Tawkaw Courts that are 
80.23 	reflective of the current demographics in 
80.24 	Ramsey County. This grant is available if the 
80.25 	recipient provides at least a 25 percent match 
80.26 	for funding.
80.27 	The Minnesota Humanities Center must 
80.28 	operate a competitive grants program to 
80.29 	provide grants to programs, including but not 
80.30 	limited to music, film, television, radio, 
80.31 	recreation, and design and use of public spaces 
80.32 	that preserve and honor the cultural heritage 
80.33 	of Minnesota or that provide education and 
80.34 	student outreach on cultural diversity or to 
80.35 	programs that empower communities to build 
81.1 	their identity and culture. Grants made under 
81.2 	this paragraph must not be used for travel costs 
81.3 	inside or outside the state.

81.4	(d) Children's Museum Grants
					
81.5 	$1,030,000 the first year and $1,110,000 the 
81.6 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
81.7 	grants to children's museums for arts and 
81.8 	cultural exhibits and related educational 
81.9 	outreach programs.
81.10 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the 
81.11 	Minnesota Children's Museum for interactive 
81.12 	exhibits and outreach programs on arts and 
81.13 	cultural heritage, including the Minnesota 
81.14 	Children's Museum in Rochester; $150,000 
81.15 	each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum 
81.16 	for interactive exhibits and outreach programs 
81.17 	on arts and cultural heritage; $150,000 each 
81.18 	year is for the Grand Rapids Children's 
81.19 	Museum for interactive exhibits and outreach 
81.20 	programs on arts and cultural heritage; 
81.21 	$150,000 each year is for the Southern 
81.22 	Minnesota Children's Museum for the Mni 
81.23 	Wiconi and other arts and cultural exhibits; 
81.24 	and $80,000 the second year is for the Wheel 
81.25 	and Cog Children's Museum of Hutchinson 
81.26 	for interactive exhibits and outreach programs 
81.27 	on arts and cultural heritage.

81.28	(e) Civics Programs
					
81.29 	$200,000 each year is for grants to the 
81.30 	Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: 
81.31 	Minnesota Civic Youth, the Learning Law and 
81.32 	Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in 
81.33 	Government to conduct civics education 
81.34 	programs for the civic and cultural 
81.35 	development of Minnesota youth. Civics 
82.1 	education is the study of constitutional 
82.2 	principles and the democratic foundation of 
82.3 	our national, state, and local institutions and 
82.4 	the study of political processes and structures 
82.5 	of government, grounded in the understanding 
82.6 	of constitutional government under the rule 
82.7 	of law.

82.8	(f) Somali Museum of Minnesota
					
82.9 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to the Somali 
82.10 	Museum of Minnesota for the Heritage Arts 
82.11 	and Cultural Vitality programs for classes, 
82.12 	exhibits, presentations, and outreach about the 
82.13 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

82.14	(g) Rondo Commemorative Plaza
					
82.15 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to Rondo 
82.16 	Avenue, Inc. for the Rondo Commemorative 
82.17 	Plaza to celebrate the historic Rondo 
82.18 	neighborhood.

82.19	Subd. 9.Indian Affairs Council
 		1,275,000
		1,275,000
	
82.20 	(a) $900,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs 
82.21 	Council to provide grants to preserve Dakota 
82.22 	and Ojibwe Indian language and to foster 
82.23 	education programs and immersion programs 
82.24 	in Dakota and Ojibwe language.
82.25 	(b) $125,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
82.26 	Council for a grant to the Niiganne Ojibwe 
82.27 	Immersion School.
82.28 	(c) $250,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
82.29 	Council for a grant to the Wicoie 
82.30 	Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project and 
82.31 	potentially Baby's Space and other partners at 
82.32 	the Neighborhood Early Learning Center. 
82.33 	Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion 
82.34 	Project shall work in coordination with the 
83.1 	Indian Affairs Council to develop capacity 
83.2 	and implement a language immersion program 
83.3 	with Baby's Space and other partners.

83.4	Subd. 10.Department of Agriculture
 		500,000
		500,000
	
83.5 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
83.6 	commissioner of agriculture for grants to 
83.7 	county agricultural societies to enhance arts 
83.8 	access and education and to preserve and 
83.9 	promote Minnesota's history and cultural 
83.10 	heritage as embodied in its county fairs. The 
83.11 	grants are in addition to the aid distribution to 
83.12 	county agricultural societies under Minnesota 
83.13 	Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of 
83.14 	agriculture shall develop grant-making criteria 
83.15 	and guidance for expending funds under this 
83.16 	subdivision. The commissioner shall seek 
83.17 	input from all interested parties.
83.18 	Of this amount, $200,000 each year is 
83.19 	distributed in equal amounts to each of the 95 
83.20 	county fairs to enhance arts access and 
83.21 	education and to preserve and promote 
83.22 	Minnesota's history and  cultural heritage.
83.23 	Of this amount, $200,000 each year is 
83.24 	distributed as competitive grants for 
83.25 	developing or enhancing facilities that provide 
83.26 	access to arts, arts education, and agriculture 
83.27 	or historical and cultural  heritage programs.
83.28 	Of this amount, $100,000 each year is 
83.29 	distributed as competitive grants for specific 
83.30 	projects and events that provide access to the 
83.31 	arts or the state's agricultural, historical, and 
83.32 	cultural heritage.

83.33	Subd. 11.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		9,000
		-0-
	
84.1 	This amount is for the Legislative 
84.2 	Coordinating Commission to maintain the 
84.3 	Web site required under Minnesota Statutes, 
84.4 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

84.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129D.17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
84.6 		Subd. 4.Minnesota State Arts Board allocation. At least 47 percent of the money 
84.7 	deposited in the total appropriations from the arts and cultural heritage fund in a fiscal 
84.8 	biennium must be for grants and services awarded through the Minnesota State Arts Board, 
84.9 	or regional arts councils subject to appropriation.

84.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129D.17, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
84.11 	read:
84.12 		Subd. 5.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
84.13 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the arts and cultural heritage 
84.14 	fund must not be appropriated.

84.15 	Sec. 5. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND RECIPIENT DEDICATED 
84.16 	DISPARITIES ASSISTANCE.
 84.17 	(a) Entities receiving $1,000,000 or more in arts and cultural heritage funds for 
84.18 	programming or projects in this article must provide a portion of funding, through their own 
84.19 	operating budget or using the percentage of arts and cultural heritage funds necessary, to 
84.20 	create measurable goals and outcomes to increase access to programs and reduce disparities 
84.21 	for access to programs funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund. Each entity required 
84.22 	to comply with this section shall designate an employee to be responsible for the requirements 
84.23 	of this section. Measurable goals may include:
84.24 	(1) providing outreach or programming in different languages;
84.25 	(2) improving access for individuals with disabilities and improving compliance with 
84.26 	the Americans with Disabilities Act;
84.27 	(3) improving access to programs in different regions of the state or assisting community 
84.28 	members in regions of the state that are traditionally underserved in accessing programs;
84.29 	(4) increasing access to individuals of different ages or from different races or cultures 
84.30 	than have traditionally accessed the programs provided by the entity receiving funds; and
85.1 	(5) improving access to low-income individuals and families, including providing free 
85.2 	and reduced-cost programming to those individuals and families and to schools with a high 
85.3 	percentage of students who receive free or reduced-price lunch.
85.4 	(b) The funding must be used to create measurable goals and outcomes, to measure those 
85.5 	goals, and to provide a written report to the house of representatives and senate committees 
85.6 	with jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage fund by December 15, 2018.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0707-1 

97A.056 OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD-SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL.Subd. 8.Revenues. 
(a) When a parcel of land that was previously purchased with money from the outdoor heritage fund is transferred to the state, the owner of the land shall disclose to the council and commissioner of natural resources: 

(1) all revenues generated from activities on the land from the time the land was purchased with money from the outdoor heritage fund until the land was transferred to the state; 

(2) all holding costs associated with managing the land between the time of purchase with money from the outdoor heritage fund and the time the land was transferred to the state; and 

(3) the total net revenues as determined by subtracting the costs described in clause (2) from the revenues described in clause (1). 

(b) The owner of the land shall submit the total net revenues determined under paragraph (a), clause (3), to the state no later than 60 days after the land is transferred to the state.