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 16A.127, subdivision 8; 85.53, by 
1.7 	adding subdivisions; 97A.056, subdivision 3, by adding subdivisions; 114D.50, 
1.8 	subdivision 4, by adding subdivisions; 129D.17, subdivision 4, by adding 
1.9 	subdivisions; Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as 
1.10 	amended; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, 
1.11 	subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, 
1.12 	subdivisions 2, 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.13 	477A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 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
 	$
	103,105,000
	$
	585,000
	
2.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.4 	97A.056, subdivision 24, this appropriation is 
2.5 	from the outdoor heritage fund. The amounts 
2.6 	that may be spent for each purpose are 
2.7 	specified in the following subdivisions.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7.22	Subd. 3.Forests
 		17,324,000
		-0-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10.33	(h) Forest Pest Response
					
10.34 	$500,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
10.35 	of agriculture to identify, prevent, and, in 
10.36 	consultation with the Forest Resources 
11.1 	Council, protect Minnesota forests by rapidly 
11.2 	and effectively responding to the threat or 
11.3 	presence of plant pests, including emerald ash 
11.4 	borer. The commissioner of agriculture may 
11.5 	transfer all or part of this appropriation to the 
11.6 	commissioner of natural resources and shall 
11.7 	award grants to local units of government or 
11.8 	other entities.

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

11.10
11.11	(a) Accelerating Waterfowl-Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
11.12 	$5,500,000 the first year is to the 
11.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.14 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
11.15 	land in fee and restore and enhance wetlands 
11.16 	and grasslands to be designated and managed 
11.17 	as waterfowl-production areas in Minnesota 
11.18 	in cooperation with the United States Fish and 
11.19 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
11.20 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
11.21 	required accomplishment plan.

11.22
11.23	(b) Shallow Lakes and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase VI
					
11.24 	$3,625,000 the first year is to the 
11.25 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.26 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
11.27 	land in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, 
11.28 	and land-buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
11.29 	management purposes under Minnesota 
11.30 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
11.31 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
11.32 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

11.33	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VIII
					
11.34 	$15,398,000 the first year is to the Board of 
11.35 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.36 	permanent conservation easements and to 
12.1 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
12.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
12.3 	Of this amount, up to $306,000 is for 
12.4 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
12.5 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
12.6 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
12.8 	conservation easements must be provided as 
12.9 	part of the final report.

12.10
12.11	(d) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase V
					
12.12 	$750,000 the first year is to the Board of 
12.13 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
12.14 	permanent conservation easements on 
12.15 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
12.16 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
12.17 	to $59,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
12.18 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.19 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.20 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
12.21 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
12.22 	be provided as part of the final report by the 
12.23 	Board of Water and Soil Resources.

12.24
12.25	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase IX
					
12.26 	$1,755,000 the first year is to the 
12.27 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
12.28 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
12.29 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
12.30 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
12.31 	of the required accomplishment plan.

12.32
12.33	(f) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetland Initiative 
- Phase VI
					
12.34 	$4,716,000 the first year is to the 
12.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.36 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
13.1 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
13.2 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
13.3 	conservation easement for wildlife 
13.4 	management purposes. A list of proposed 
13.5 	shallow-lake enhancements and wetland 
13.6 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
13.7 	required accomplishment plan.

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

13.913.10
	(a) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Partnership - Phase III
					
13.11 	$1,617,000 the first year is to the 
13.12 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
13.13 	lands in fee and restore wildlife habitat in the 
13.14 	Mississippi headwaters and for agreements as 
13.15 	follows: $60,000 to the Mississippi 
13.16 	Headwaters Board and $1,557,000 to The 
13.17 	Trust for Public Land. $779,000 the first year 
13.18 	is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
13.19 	to acquire lands in permanent conservation 
13.20 	easements and to restore wildlife habitat. Up 
13.21 	to $59,000 to the Board of Water and Soil 
13.22 	Resources is for establishing a monitoring and 
13.23 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.24 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.25 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
13.26 	list of proposed acquisitions must be included 
13.27 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.28
13.29	(b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North-Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase III
					
13.30 	$1,716,000 the first year is to the 
13.31 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
13.32 	land in permanent conservation easements to 
13.33 	sustain healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes 
13.34 	in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
13.35 	Counties for agreements as follows: $113,000 
13.36 	to the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation 
14.1 	and $1,603,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up 
14.2 	to $120,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
14.3 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
14.4 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
14.5 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.6 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
14.7 	conservation easements must be provided as 
14.8 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.9	(c) Goose Prairie
					
14.10 	$600,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
14.11 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
14.12 	Wild Rice Watershed District, in cooperation 
14.13 	with the Department of Natural Resources, to 
14.14 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat in and 
14.15 	adjacent to the Goose Prairie Marsh Wildlife 
14.16 	Management Area in Clay County. A list of 
14.17 	proposed land enhancements must be provided 
14.18 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.19
14.20
14.21	(d) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish 
Habitat Enhancement and Restoration - Phase 
IX
					
14.22 	$2,403,000 the first year is to the 
14.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.24 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
14.25 	to restore or enhance habitat for trout and other 
14.26 	species in and along coldwater rivers, lakes, 
14.27 	and streams in Minnesota. A list of proposed 
14.28 	restorations and enhancements must be 
14.29 	provided as part of the required 
14.30 	accomplishment plan.

14.31	(e) DNR Stream Habitat - Phase II
					
14.32 	$2,166,000 the first year is to the 
14.33 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
14.34 	and enhance habitat in degraded streams and 
14.35 	critical aquatic-species habitat and to facilitate 
14.36 	fish passage. A list of proposed land 
15.1 	restorations and enhancements must be 
15.2 	provided as part of the required 
15.3 	accomplishment plan.

15.4
15.5	(f) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase 
IV
					
15.6 	$3,392,000 the first year is to the 
15.7 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
15.8 	aquatic habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
15.9 	Of this appropriation, up to $226,000 is for an 
15.10 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A list 
15.11 	of proposed restorations must be provided as 
15.12 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

15.13
15.14	(g) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program - Phase VI
					
15.15 	$1,779,000 the first year is to the 
15.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.17 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
15.18 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
15.19 	restore and enhance aquatic habitat in the Shell 
15.20 	Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
15.21 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
15.22 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.23 	accomplishment plan.

15.24	(h) Lake Wakanda Enhancement Project
					
15.25 	$921,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
15.26 	of natural resources for an agreement with 
15.27 	Kandiyohi County to enhance aquatic habitat 
15.28 	in and adjacent to Lake Wakanda in Kandiyohi 
15.29 	County. A list of proposed land enhancements 
15.30 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.31 	accomplishment plan.

15.32	(i) Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration
					
15.33 	$1,877,000 the first year is to the 
15.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.35 	agreement with the Buffalo-Red River 
15.36 	Watershed District to acquire permanent 
16.1 	conservation easements and restore and 
16.2 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat associated 
16.3 	with Wolverton Creek in the Buffalo-Red 
16.4 	River watershed. A list of proposed 
16.5 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
16.6 	must be provided as part of the required 
16.7 	accomplishment plan.

16.8
16.916.10
	(j) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase 
IX
					
16.11 	$9,294,000 the first year is to the 
16.12 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
16.13 	program to provide competitive matching 
16.14 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
16.15 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
16.16 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
16.17 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
16.18 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, up to 
16.19 	$2,660,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
16.20 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
16.21 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made 
16.22 	for activities required to fulfill the duties of 
16.23 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
16.24 	easements. Grants must not be for projects 
16.25 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
16.26 	$575,000. Of the total appropriation, $634,000 
16.27 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
16.28 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
16.29 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in land. 
16.30 	Easements must be permanent. Grants may 
16.31 	not be used to establish easement stewardship 
16.32 	accounts. The program must require a match 
16.33 	of at least ten percent from nonstate sources 
16.34 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
16.35 	in-kind resources. For grant applications of 
16.36 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
17.1 	provide a separate, simplified application 
17.2 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
17.3 	commissioner must, when evaluating projects 
17.4 	of equal value, give priority to organizations 
17.5 	that have a history of receiving or a charter to 
17.6 	receive private contributions for local 
17.7 	conservation or habitat projects. If acquiring 
17.8 	land in fee or a conservation easement, priority 
17.9 	must be given to projects associated with or 
17.10 	within one mile of existing wildlife 
17.11 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.12 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8; scientific and 
17.13 	natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
17.14 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5; or 
17.15 	aquatic management areas under Minnesota 
17.16 	Statutes, sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 
17.17 	97C.02. All restoration or enhancement 
17.18 	projects must be on land permanently 
17.19 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
17.20 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
17.21 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
17.22 	conservation easement, or by public 
17.23 	ownership, or must be in public waters as 
17.24 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.25 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority must be 
17.26 	given to restoration and enhancement projects 
17.27 	on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.28 	97A.056, subdivision 13, applies to grants 
17.29 	awarded under this paragraph. This 
17.30 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021. 
17.31 	No less than five percent of the amount of each 
17.32 	grant must be held back from reimbursement 
17.33 	until the grant recipient has completed a grant 
17.34 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
17.35 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
17.36 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
18.1 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
18.2 	program in the game and fish law summary 
18.3 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.4 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

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

18.6	(a) Contract Management
					
18.7 	$150,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
18.8 	of natural resources for contract management 
18.9 	duties assigned in this section. The 
18.10 	commissioner must provide an 
18.11 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
18.12 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
18.13 	for expending this appropriation. The 
18.14 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
18.15 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
18.16 	manual. No money may be expended before 
18.17 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
18.18 	approves the accomplishment plan.

18.19	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
18.20 	$571,000 the first year and $578,000 the 
18.21 	second year is to the Legislative Coordinating 
18.22 	Commission for Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
18.23 	Heritage Council administrative expenses and 
18.24 	for compensating and reimbursing expenses 
18.25 	of council members. This appropriation is 
18.26 	available until June 30, 2019. Minnesota 
18.27 	Statutes, section 16A.281, applies to this 
18.28 	appropriation.

18.29	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
18.30 	$150,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
18.31 	of natural resources for a technical evaluation 
18.32 	panel to conduct up to 20 restoration and 
18.33 	enhancement evaluations under Minnesota 
18.34 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10.

18.35	(d) Legacy Web site
					
19.1 	$8,000 the first year and $7,000 the second 
19.2 	year is to the Legislative Coordinating 
19.3 	Commission for the Web site required in 
19.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
19.5 	10.

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

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

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

21.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.23 		Subd. 3.Council recommendations. (a) The council shall make recommendations to 
21.24 	the legislature on appropriations of money from the outdoor heritage fund that are consistent 
21.25 	with the Constitution and state law and that will achieve the outcomes of existing natural 
21.26 	resource plans, including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Statewide Conservation and 
21.27 	Preservation Plan, that directly relate to the restoration, protection, and enhancement of 
21.28 	wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, and that prevent forest 
21.29 	fragmentation, encourage forest consolidation, and expand restored native prairie. In making 
21.30 	recommendations, the council shall consider a range of options that would best restore, 
21.31 	protect, and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife. 
21.32 	The council's recommendations shall be submitted no later than January 15 each year. The 
21.33 	council shall present its recommendations to the senate and house of representatives 
21.34 	committees with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources budget by February 
21.35 	15 in odd-numbered years, and within the first four weeks of the legislative session in 
22.1 	even-numbered years. The council's budget recommendations to the legislature shall be 
22.2 	separate from the Department of Natural Resource's budget recommendations.
22.3 	(b) To encourage and support local conservation efforts, the council shall establish a 
22.4 	conservation partners program. Local, regional, state, or national organizations may apply 
22.5 	for matching grants for restoration, protection, and enhancement of wetlands, prairies, 
22.6 	forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, prevention of forest fragmentation, 
22.7 	encouragement of forest consolidation, and expansion of restored native prairie.
22.8 	(c) The council may work with the Clean Water Council to identify projects that are 
22.9 	consistent with both the purpose of the outdoor heritage fund and the purpose of the clean 
22.10 	water fund.
22.11 	(d) The council may make recommendations to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
22.12 	Minnesota Resources on scientific research that will assist in restoring, protecting, and 
22.13 	enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife, preventing 
22.14 	forest fragmentation, encouraging forest consolidation, and expanding restored native prairie.
22.15 	(e) Recommendations of the council, including approval of recommendations for the 
22.16 	outdoor heritage fund, require an affirmative vote of at least nine members of the council.
22.17 	(f) The council may work with the Clean Water Council, the Legislative-Citizen 
22.18 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, the Board of Water and Soil Resources, soil and 
22.19 	water conservation districts, and experts from Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
22.20 	and the University of Minnesota in developing the council's recommendations.
22.21 	(g) The council shall develop and implement a process that ensures that citizens and 
22.22 	potential recipients of funds are included throughout the process, including the development 
22.23 	and finalization of the council's recommendations. The process must include a fair, equitable, 
22.24 	and thorough process for reviewing requests for funding and a clear and easily understood 
22.25 	process for ranking projects.
22.26 	(h) The council shall use the regions of the state based upon the ecological sections and 
22.27 	subsections developed by the Department of Natural Resources and establish objectives for 
22.28 	each region and subregion to achieve the purposes of the fund outlined in the state 
22.29 	constitution.
22.30 	(i) The council shall develop and submit to the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
22.31 	plans for the first ten years of funding, and a framework for 25 years of funding, consistent 
22.32 	with statutory and constitutional requirements. The council may use existing plans from 
22.33 	other legislative, state, and federal sources, as applicable.
23.1 	(j) When making recommendations, the council must prioritize projects that restore and 
23.2 	enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife over projects 
23.3 	that acquire land.

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

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

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

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

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

24.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.15 	read:
24.16 		Subd. 26.Overhead costs. Notwithstanding any law, policy, or guidance to the contrary, 
24.17 	a recipient of money from the outdoor heritage fund must not use the money to pay for rent, 
24.18 	lease payments, insurance, utilities, custodial services, building maintenance, or another 
24.19 	overhead cost unless the recipient has documented the amount that specific overhead costs 
24.20 	increased as a direct and necessary result of the recipient's responsibility to administer a 
24.21 	program, project, or activity paid for with money from the outdoor heritage fund. The amount 
24.22 	of money from the fund the recipient may use to pay for that specific overhead cost must 
24.23 	not exceed the amount the recipient documented as the increase in the cost.

24.24 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.25 	read:
24.26 		Subd. 27.No net gain; counties. (a) A county may file a no net gain of state lands 
24.27 	policy, adopted by the county board, with the commissioner of natural resources. The policy 
24.28 	must express the county's policy against the acquisition of additional land by the state within 
24.29 	the county.
24.30 	(b) When the commissioner of natural resources acquires private land within a county 
24.31 	that has filed a no net gain of state lands policy under this subdivision, and the land was 
24.32 	acquired in fee with money appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund, the commissioner 
25.1 	of natural resources must sell to a private individual or entity an equal number of acres of 
25.2 	land within the county. The value of the land sold must be of at least substantially equal 
25.3 	value of the lands acquired. Notwithstanding section 94.10, subdivision 2, if lands being 
25.4 	offered for sale to comply with this subdivision remain unsold after a public sale offering, 
25.5 	the lands may be sold for less than the appraised value. Land sold under this paragraph must 
25.6 	not be sold for less than 75 percent of the appraised value.
25.7 	(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "substantially equal value" has the meaning 
25.8 	given under section 94.343, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).

25.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment.

25.10 	Sec. 10. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
25.11 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 7, is amended to read:

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

25.13	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV
					
25.14 	$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 
25.15 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
25.16 	interests in land in fee or permanent 
25.17 	conservation easements for aquatic 
25.18 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
25.19 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02, 
25.20 	and to restore and enhance aquatic habitat. A 
25.21 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
25.22 	provided as part of the required 
25.23 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
25.24 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
25.25 	plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing a 
25.26 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
25.27 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
25.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
25.29 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
25.30 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
25.31 	fund established, including expenditures from 
25.32 	the fund and a description of annual 
25.33 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

25.34	(b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III
					
26.1 	$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 
26.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
26.3 	agreements to acquire interests in land in fee 
26.4 	or permanent conservation easements and to 
26.5 	restore and enhance natural systems associated 
26.6 	with the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix 
26.7 	Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 to the 
26.8 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
26.9 	Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends of the 
26.10 	Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 
26.11 	Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota Land 
26.12 	Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust for Public 
26.13 	Land. A list of proposed acquisitions, 
26.14 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
26.15 	provided as part of the required 
26.16 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
26.17 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
26.18 	plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing a 
26.19 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
26.20 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
26.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
26.22 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
26.23 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
26.24 	fund established, including expenditures from 
26.25 	the fund and a description of annual 
26.26 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

26.27
26.28	(c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Management - Phase III
					
26.29 	$480,000 in the second year is to the 
26.30 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.31 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
26.32 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
26.33 	and enhance habitats along the Mississippi, 
26.34 	Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. A list of 
26.35 	proposed acquisitions, restorations, and 
26.36 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
27.1 	required accomplishment plan. The 
27.2 	accomplishment plan must include an 
27.3 	easement stewardship plan. Up to $20,000 is 
27.4 	for establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
27.5 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
27.6 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
27.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
27.8 	report is required for any monitoring and 
27.9 	enforcement fund established, including 
27.10 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
27.11 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
27.12 	activities.

27.13	(d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration
					
27.14 	$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 
27.15 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
27.16 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
27.17 	A list of proposed projects must be provided 
27.18 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

27.19
27.20	(e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - Phase 
IV
					
27.21 	$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 
27.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.23 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
27.24 	to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 
27.25 	river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 
27.26 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
27.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
27.28 	accomplishment plan.

27.29	(f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration
					
27.30 	$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 
27.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.32 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
27.33 	District to restore and enhance stream and 
27.34 	related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 
27.35 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
28.1 	must be provided as part of the required 
28.2 	accomplishment plan.

28.3	(g) Knife River Habitat Restoration
					
28.4 	$380,000 in the second year is to the 
28.5 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
28.6 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
28.7 	Association to restore trout habitat in the 
28.8 	Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 
28.9 	proposed restorations must be provided as part 
28.10 	of the required accomplishment plan. 
28.11 	Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of 
28.12 	natural resources, restorations conducted 
28.13 	pursuant to this paragraph may be 
28.14 	accomplished by excavation.

28.15	(h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Invasive Carp
					
28.16 	$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 
28.17 	commissioner of natural resources for design 
28.18 	construction, including acquisition, operation, 
28.19 	and evaluation of structural deterrents for 
28.20 	invasive carp to protect Minnesota's aquatic 
28.21 	habitat. Use of this money requires a 
28.22 	one-to-one match for projects on state 
28.23 	boundary waters. A match is not required for 
28.24 	design or feasibility studies. This appropriation 
28.25 	is available until June 30, 2019.

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

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

30.21 	Sec. 11. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
30.22 	amended by Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:

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

30.24
30.25
30.26	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VII
					
30.27 	$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 
30.28 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
30.29 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
30.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
30.31 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
30.32 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
30.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
30.34 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
30.35 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
31.1 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
31.2 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
31.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
31.4 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
31.5 	proposed land and permanent conservation 
31.6 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
31.7 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

31.8
31.9	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VII
					
31.10 	$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 
31.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.12 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
31.13 	land in fee for wildlife management area 
31.14 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.15 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
31.16 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
31.17 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
31.18 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
31.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
31.20 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
31.21 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
31.22 	provided as part of the required 
31.23 	accomplishment plan.

31.24
31.25	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VI
					
31.26 	$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 
31.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.28 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
31.29 	acquire native prairie, wetlands, and savanna 
31.30 	and restore and enhance grasslands, wetlands, 
31.31 	and savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
31.32 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
31.33 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
31.34 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
31.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
31.36 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
32.1 	income statements and balance sheets for 
32.2 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
32.3 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
32.4 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
32.5 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
32.6 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
32.7 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
32.8 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
32.9 	and must be consistent with the priorities 
32.10 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
32.11 	Conservation Plan.

32.12
32.13	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase  VI
					
32.14 	$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 
32.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.16 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
32.17 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
32.18 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
32.19 	permanent conservation easements within the 
32.20 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation 
32.21 	Area in western Minnesota for addition to the 
32.22 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
32.23 	Refuge. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
32.24 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
32.25 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
32.26 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
32.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
32.28 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
32.29 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
32.30 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
32.31 	and must be consistent with the priorities in 
32.32 	the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

32.33
32.34	(e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase IV
					
32.35 	$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 
32.36 	commissioner of natural resources to 
33.1 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
33.2 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
33.3 	conservation easements to protect native 
33.4 	prairie and grasslands. Up to $165,000 is for 
33.5 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
33.6 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
33.7 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.8 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
33.9 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
33.10 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
33.11 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
33.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
33.13 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
33.14 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
33.15 	be provided as part of the final report.

33.16
33.17	(f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water - 
Phase V
					
33.18 	$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board of 
33.19 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
33.20 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
33.21 	and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 
33.22 	water fund riparian buffer program for at least 
33.23 	equal wildlife benefits from buffers on private 
33.24 	land. Up to $72,500 $728,000 is for 
33.25 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
33.26 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
33.27 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.28 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
33.29 	conservation easements must be provided as 
33.30 	part of the final report.

33.31
33.32	(g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase V
					
33.33 	$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 
33.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.35 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
33.36 	acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 
34.1 	watershed for wildlife management purposes 
34.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
34.3 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
34.4 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
34.5 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
34.6 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
34.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
34.8 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
34.9 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
34.10 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

34.11
34.12	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley
					
34.13 	$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 
34.14 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.15 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
34.16 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
34.17 	Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 
34.18 	in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 
34.19 	management purposes under Minnesota 
34.20 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for 
34.21 	designation and management as waterfowl 
34.22 	production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 
34.23 	with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
34.24 	Service. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
34.25 	must be provided as part of the required 
34.26 	accomplishment plan.

34.27
34.28	(i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas
					
34.29 	$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 
34.30 	commissioner of natural resources for 
34.31 	agreements to acquire conservation easements 
34.32 	within important bird areas identified in the 
34.33 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, to be 
34.34 	used as follows: $408,000 is to Audubon 
34.35 	Minnesota and $1,322,000 is to Minnesota 
34.36 	Land Trust, of which up to $100,000 is for 
35.1 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
35.2 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
35.3 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.4 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
35.5 	conservation easements must be provided as 
35.6 	part of the final report.

35.7
35.8	(j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration
					
35.9 	$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 
35.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.11 	agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
35.12 	District to acquire land in fee and permanent 
35.13 	conservation easement and to `restore river 
35.14 	and related habitat in the Wild Rice River 
35.15 	corridor. A list of proposed acquisitions and 
35.16 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
35.17 	required accomplishment plan.

35.18
35.19	(k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII
					
35.20 	$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 
35.21 	commissioner of natural resources to 
35.22 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 
35.23 	prairie communities on wildlife management 
35.24 	areas, scientific and natural areas, state forest 
35.25 	land, and land under native prairie bank 
35.26 	easements. A list of proposed land restorations 
35.27 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
35.28 	of the required accomplishment plan.

35.29
35.30	(l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase 
II
					
35.31 	$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 
35.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.33 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
35.34 	and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 
35.35 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
35.36 	must be provided as part of the final report.

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

36.2 	Sec. 12. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

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

36.4
36.5
36.6	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VIII
					
36.7 	$3,250,000 the second year is to the 
36.8 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
36.9 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
36.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
36.11 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
36.12 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
36.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
36.14 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
36.15 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
36.16 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
36.17 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
36.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
36.19 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
36.20 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
36.21 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

36.22
36.23	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
36.24 	$5,229,000 the second year is to the 
36.25 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.26 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
36.27 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
36.28 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
36.29 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
36.30 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
36.31 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
36.32 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
36.33 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
36.34 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
36.35 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
37.1 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
37.2 	required accomplishment plan.

37.3
37.4	(c) Martin County/Fox Lake Wildlife 
Management Area Acquisition
					
37.5 	$1,000,000 the second year is to the 
37.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.7 	agreement with Fox Lake Conservation 
37.8 	League, Inc. to acquire land in fee and restore 
37.9 	strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other 
37.10 	wildlife habitat for wildlife management area 
37.11 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.12 	86A.05, subdivision 8. A list of proposed 
37.13 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
37.14 	required accomplishment plan.

37.15
37.16	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VII
					
37.17 	$2,754,000 the second year is to the 
37.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.19 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
37.20 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
37.21 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
37.22 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
37.23 	lands within the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
37.24 	Habitat Preservation Area in western 
37.25 	Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
37.26 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
37.27 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
37.28 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
37.29 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
37.30 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.31 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
37.32 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
37.33 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
37.34 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
37.35 	consistent with the priorities in the Minnesota 
37.36 	Prairie Conservation Plan.

38.1
38.2	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VI
					
38.3 	$583,000 the second year is to the 
38.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
38.5 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
38.6 	acquire land in fee and restore lands in the 
38.7 	Cannon River watershed for wildlife 
38.8 	management purposes under Minnesota 
38.9 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
38.10 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
38.11 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
38.12 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
38.13 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
38.14 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
38.15 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
38.16 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
38.17 	required accomplishment plan.

38.18
38.19	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase V
					
38.20 	$2,541,000 the second year is to the 
38.21 	commissioner of natural resources to 
38.22 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
38.23 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
38.24 	conservation easements to protect and restore 
38.25 	native prairie. Of this amount, up to $120,000 
38.26 	is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 
38.27 	funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 
38.28 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
38.30 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
38.31 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
38.32 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
38.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
38.34 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
38.35 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
38.36 	be provided as part of the final report.

39.1
39.2	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VI
					
39.3 	$6,708,000 the second year is to the Board of 
39.4 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
39.5 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
39.6 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.7 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
39.8 	habitat by expanding the clean water fund 
39.9 	riparian buffer program for at least equal 
39.10 	wildlife benefits from buffers on private land. 
39.11 	Of this amount, up to $130,000 $1,079,000 is 
39.12 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
39.13 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
39.14 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.15 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
39.16 	conservation easements must be provided as 
39.17 	part of the final report.

39.18
39.19	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase II
					
39.20 	$2,269,000 the second year is to the 
39.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
39.22 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
39.23 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
39.24 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
39.25 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
39.26 	River Valley for wildlife management 
39.27 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.28 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or for designation and 
39.29 	management as waterfowl production areas 
39.30 	in Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
39.31 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
39.32 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
39.33 	6136.0900, priority must be given to 
39.34 	acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
39.35 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.36 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
40.1 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
40.2 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
40.3 	required accomplishment plan.

40.4
40.5	(i) Grassland Conservation Partnership - Phase 
II
					
40.6 	$1,475,000 the second year is to the 
40.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
40.8 	agreement with The Conservation Fund, in 
40.9 	cooperation with Minnesota Land Trust, to 
40.10 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
40.11 	and restore high priority grassland, prairie, 
40.12 	and wetland habitats as follows: $64,000 to 
40.13 	The Conservation Fund; and $1,411,000 to 
40.14 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
40.15 	$100,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
40.16 	enforcement fund, as approved in the 
40.17 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
40.18 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
40.19 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
40.20 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
40.21 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
40.22 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
40.23 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
40.24 	native prairie. A list of proposed acquisitions 
40.25 	must be provided as part of the required 
40.26 	accomplishment plan and must be consistent 
40.27 	with the priorities in the Minnesota Prairie 
40.28 	Conservation Plan.

40.29
40.30	(j) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VIII
					
40.31 	$3,983,000 the second year is to the 
40.32 	commissioner of natural resources to 
40.33 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
40.34 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
40.35 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
40.36 	native prairie bank land, and bluff prairies on 
41.1 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota. A 
41.2 	list of proposed land restorations and 
41.3 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
41.4 	required accomplishment plan.

41.5
41.6	(k) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase IV
					
41.7 	$1,208,000 the second year is to the 
41.8 	commissioner of natural resources for 
41.9 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
41.10 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Isanti, 
41.11 	Morrison, Sherburne, and Todd Counties as 
41.12 	follows: $93,000 to Anoka Conservation 
41.13 	District; $25,000 to Isanti County Parks and 
41.14 	Recreation Department; $813,000 to Great 
41.15 	River Greening; and $277,000 to the National 
41.16 	Wild Turkey Federation. A list of proposed 
41.17 	land restorations and enhancements must be 
41.18 	provided as part of the required 
41.19 	accomplishment plan.

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

41.21 	Sec. 13. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

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

41.23
41.24	(a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
41.25 	$5,650,000 the second year is to the 
41.26 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
41.27 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
41.28 	in fee and restore and enhance wetlands and 
41.29 	grasslands to be designated and managed as 
41.30 	waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, in 
41.31 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
41.32 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
41.33 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
41.34 	required accomplishment plan.

42.1
42.2	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase V
					
42.3 	$5,801,000 the second year is to the 
42.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
42.5 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
42.6 	in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, and 
42.7 	land buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
42.8 	management purposes under Minnesota 
42.9 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
42.10 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
42.11 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

42.12	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VII
					
42.13 	$13,808,000 the second year is to the Board 
42.14 	of Water and Soil Resources to acquire lands 
42.15 	in permanent conservation easements and to 
42.16 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
42.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
42.18 	Of this amount, up to $195,000 $410,000 is 
42.19 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
42.20 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
42.21 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
42.22 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
42.23 	conservation easements must be provided as 
42.24 	part of the final report.

42.25
42.26	(d) Wetland Habitat Protection Program - Phase 
II
					
42.27 	$1,629,000 the second year is to the 
42.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
42.29 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
42.30 	acquire permanent conservation easements in 
42.31 	high-priority wetland habitat complexes in the 
42.32 	prairie and forest/prairie transition regions. Of 
42.33 	this amount, up to $180,000 is to establish a 
42.34 	monitoring and enforcement fund, as approved 
42.35 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
42.36 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
43.1 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed easement 
43.2 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
43.3 	final report.

43.4
43.5	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase VIII
					
43.6 	$2,167,000 the second year is to the 
43.7 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
43.8 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
43.9 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
43.10 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
43.11 	of the required accomplishment plan.

43.12	(f) Marsh Lake - Phase II
					
43.13 	$2,000,000 the second year is to the 
43.14 	commissioner of natural resources to modify 
43.15 	the dam at Marsh Lake for improved habitat 
43.16 	management and to return the historic outlet 
43.17 	of the Pomme de Terre River to Lac Qui Parle.

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

43.19 	Sec. 14.  REPEALER.
 43.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, is repealed.

43.21 	ARTICLE 2
43.22 	CLEAN WATER FUND

43.23	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
43.24 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
43.25 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
43.26 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
43.27 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this 
43.28 	article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
43.29 	June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The 
43.30 	second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The 
43.31 	appropriations in this article are onetime.

43.32				APPROPRIATIONS
	
44.1				Available for the Year
	
44.2				Ending June 30
	
44.3					2018
		2019

44.4	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

44.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	101,254,000
	$
	111,114,000
	
44.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
44.7 	114D.50, subdivision 7, this appropriation is 
44.8 	from the clean water fund. The amounts that 
44.9 	may be spent for each purpose are specified 
44.10 	in the following sections.

44.11	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
44.12 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
44.13 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
44.14 	related to and necessary for a specific 
44.15 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
44.16 	article must be spent in accordance with 
44.17 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
44.18 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
44.19 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
44.20 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
44.21 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
44.22 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
44.23 	2019, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
44.24 	available until June 30, 2020. If a project 
44.25 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
44.26 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
44.27 	availability of federal funding.

44.28	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
44.29 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
44.30 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
44.31 	on Disability and other appropriate 
44.32 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
44.33 	committees, and commissions, should make 
44.34 	progress toward providing greater access to 
45.1 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
45.2 	for people with disabilities related to the 
45.3 	programs the recipient funds using 
45.4 	appropriations made in this article.

45.5	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	7,482,000
	$
	7,484,000
	
45.6 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
45.7 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
45.8 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
45.9 	water and groundwater and to use data 
45.10 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
45.11 	(b) $2,085,000 the first year and $2,086,000 
45.12 	the second year are for monitoring and 
45.13 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
45.14 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to 
45.15 	groundwater degradation; promoting, 
45.16 	developing, and evaluating regional and 
45.17 	crop-specific nutrient best management 
45.18 	practices; assessing best management practice 
45.19 	adoption; education and technical support from 
45.20 	University of Minnesota Extension; grants to 
45.21 	support agricultural demonstration and 
45.22 	implementation activities; and other actions 
45.23 	to protect groundwater from degradation from 
45.24 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
45.25 	June 30, 2022.
45.26 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
45.27 	second year are for administering clean water 
45.28 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
45.29 	management practices loan program. Any 
45.30 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
45.31 	year shall be added to the corpus of the loan 
45.32 	fund.
45.33 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
45.34 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
46.1 	research, and demonstration projects on proper 
46.2 	implementation of best management practices 
46.3 	and more precise information on nonpoint 
46.4 	contributions to impaired waters and for grants 
46.5 	to support on-farm demonstration of 
46.6 	agricultural practices. This appropriation is 
46.7 	available until June 30, 2022.
46.8 	(e) $662,000 the first year and $663,000 the 
46.9 	second year are for research to quantify and 
46.10 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
46.11 	waters and for development and evaluation of 
46.12 	best management practices to protect and 
46.13 	restore water resources. This appropriation is 
46.14 	available until June 30, 2022.
46.15 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
46.16 	second year are for a research inventory 
46.17 	database containing water-related research 
46.18 	activities. Costs for information technology 
46.19 	development or support for this research 
46.20 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
46.21 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
46.22 	available until June 30, 2022.
46.23 	(g) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
46.24 	the second year are to implement the 
46.25 	Minnesota agricultural water-quality 
46.26 	certification program statewide. Funds 
46.27 	appropriated in this paragraph are available 
46.28 	until June 30, 2021.
46.29 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
46.30 	second year are to provide funding for a 
46.31 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
46.32 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
46.33 	(i) $450,000 the first year and $450,000 the 
46.34 	second year are for grants to the Board of 
47.1 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
47.2 	fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative 
47.3 	and to protect the state's natural resources 
47.4 	while increasing the efficiency, profitability, 
47.5 	and productivity of Minnesota farmers by 
47.6 	incorporating perennial and winter-annual 
47.7 	crops into existing agricultural practices. This 
47.8 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
47.9 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
47.10 	the second year are for pesticide testing of 
47.11 	private wells where nitrate is detected, as part 
47.12 	of the Township Testing Program. This 
47.13 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
47.14 	(k) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
47.15 	second year are to evaluate market 
47.16 	opportunities and develop markets for crops 
47.17 	that can be profitable for farmers and 
47.18 	beneficial for water quality and soil health.
47.19 	(l) A portion of the funds in this section may 
47.20 	be used for programs to train state and local 
47.21 	outreach staff in the intersection between 
47.22 	agricultural economics and agricultural 
47.23 	conservation.

47.24	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	6,300,000
	$
	10,100,000
	
47.25 	(a) $6,175,000 the first year and $9,975,000 
47.26 	the second year are for the point source 
47.27 	implementation grants program under 
47.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
47.29 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
47.30 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
47.31 	second year are for small community 
47.32 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
47.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
47.34 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
48.1 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at the 
48.2 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
48.3 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
48.4 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
48.5 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
48.6 	this section based on their priority rank on the 
48.7 	Pollution Control Agency's project priority 
48.8 	list.

48.9	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	25,286,000
	$
	25,514,000
	
48.10 	(a) $8,275,000 the first year and $8,275,000 
48.11 	the second year are for completion of needed 
48.12 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
48.13 	and trends according to Minnesota Statutes, 
48.14 	chapter 114D. Of this amount, $150,000 the 
48.15 	first year and $150,000 the second year are 
48.16 	for grants to the Red River Watershed 
48.17 	Management Board to enhance and expand 
48.18 	the existing water quality and watershed 
48.19 	monitoring river watch activities in the schools 
48.20 	in the Red River of the North. The Red River 
48.21 	Watershed Management Board shall provide 
48.22 	a report to the commissioner of the Pollution 
48.23 	Control Agency and the legislative committees 
48.24 	and divisions with jurisdiction over 
48.25 	environment and natural resources finance and 
48.26 	policy and the clean water fund by February 
48.27 	15, 2019, on the expenditure of these funds.
48.28 	(b) $9,409,000 the first year and $9,638,000 
48.29 	the second year are to develop watershed 
48.30 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
48.31 	which include total maximum daily load 
48.32 	(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation 
48.33 	plans for waters listed on the United States 
48.34 	Environmental Protection Agency approved 
48.35 	impaired waters list in accordance with 
49.1 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. The agency 
49.2 	shall complete an average of ten percent of 
49.3 	the TMDLs each year over the biennium.
49.4 	(c) $1,181,000 the first year and $1,182,000 
49.5 	the second year are for groundwater 
49.6 	assessment, including enhancing the ambient 
49.7 	monitoring network, modeling, and evaluating 
49.8 	trends, including the reassessment of 
49.9 	groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 years 
49.10 	ago and found to be contaminated.
49.11 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
49.12 	second year are for implementation of the St. 
49.13 	Louis River System Area of Concern 
49.14 	Remedial Action Plan. This appropriation 
49.15 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
49.16 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
49.17 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
49.18 	the second year are for TMDL research and 
49.19 	database development.
49.20 	(f) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
49.21 	second year are for national pollutant 
49.22 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
49.23 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
49.24 	(g) $3,442,000 the first year and $3,441,000 
49.25 	the second year are for enhancing the 
49.26 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
49.27 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
49.28 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
49.29 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection of 
49.30 	groundwater, including base grants for all 
49.31 	counties with SSTS programs and competitive 
49.32 	grants to counties with specific plans to 
49.33 	significantly reduce water pollution by 
49.34 	reducing the number of systems that are an 
50.1 	imminent threat to public health or safety or 
50.2 	are otherwise failing. Counties that receive 
50.3 	base grants must report the number of sewage 
50.4 	noncompliant properties upgraded through 
50.5 	SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized 
50.6 	sewer system, or other means, including 
50.7 	property abandonment or buy-out. Counties 
50.8 	also must report the number of existing SSTS 
50.9 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
50.10 	under county jurisdiction. These required 
50.11 	reports are to be part of established annual 
50.12 	reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that 
50.13 	conduct SSTS inventories or those with an 
50.14 	ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to 
50.15 	be inspected as a condition of transferring 
50.16 	property or as a condition of obtaining a local 
50.17 	permit must be given priority for competitive 
50.18 	grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, 
50.19 	$1,000,000 each year is available to counties 
50.20 	for grants to low-income landowners to 
50.21 	address systems that pose an imminent threat 
50.22 	to public health or safety or fail to protect 
50.23 	groundwater. A grant awarded under this 
50.24 	paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the 
50.25 	biennium. A county receiving a grant under 
50.26 	this paragraph must submit a report to the 
50.27 	agency listing the projects funded, including 
50.28 	an account of the expenditures.
50.29 	(h) $279,000 the first year and $278,000 the 
50.30 	second year are for accelerated implementation 
50.31 	of MS4 permit requirements including 
50.32 	additional technical assistance to 
50.33 	municipalities experiencing difficulties 
50.34 	understanding and implementing the basic 
50.35 	requirements of the municipal storm water 
50.36 	program.
51.1 	(i) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
51.2 	second year are to support activities of the 
51.3 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
51.4 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
51.5 	(j) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
51.6 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
51.7 	section are available until June 30, 2022.

51.8
51.9	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	8,671,000
	$
	8,871,000
	
51.10 	(a) $1,900,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
51.11 	the second year are for stream flow 
51.12 	monitoring.
51.13 	(b) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,300,000 
51.14 	the second year are for lake Index of 
51.15 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
51.16 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
51.17 	second year are for assessing mercury and 
51.18 	other contaminants of fish, including 
51.19 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
51.20 	waters over time.
51.21 	(d) $1,886,000 the first year and $1,886,000 
51.22 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
51.23 	science-based watershed restoration and 
51.24 	protection strategies.
51.25 	(e) $1,700,000 the first year and $1,700,000 
51.26 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
51.27 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
51.28 	(f) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
51.29 	second year are for technical assistance to 
51.30 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
51.31 	source restoration and protection activities.
51.32 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
51.33 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
52.1 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
52.2 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
52.3 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
52.4 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
52.5 	elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of 
52.6 	forestry best management practices for water 
52.7 	quality.
52.8 	(h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
52.9 	second year are for developing county 
52.10 	geologic atlases.
52.11 	(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
52.12 	second year are for maintenance and updates 
52.13 	to buffer maps and for technical guidance on 
52.14 	buffer map interpretation to local units of 
52.15 	government for implementation of buffer 
52.16 	requirements. Maps must be provided to local 
52.17 	units of government and made available to 
52.18 	landowners on the Department of Natural 
52.19 	Resources' Web site.

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

56.27	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	5,115,000
	$
	4,857,000
	
56.28 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
56.29 	the second year are for addressing public 
56.30 	health concerns related to contaminants found 
56.31 	in Minnesota drinking water for which no 
56.32 	health-based drinking water standards exist, 
56.33 	including accelerating the development of 
56.34 	health risk limits and improving the capacity 
57.1 	of the department's laboratory to analyze 
57.2 	unregulated contaminants.
57.3 	(b) $2,915,000 the first year and $2,657,000 
57.4 	the second year are for protecting drinking 
57.5 	water sources.
57.6 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
57.7 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
57.8 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
57.9 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
57.10 	(d) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
57.11 	second year are to develop and deliver 
57.12 	groundwater restoration and protection 
57.13 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
57.14 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
57.15 	resources to local governments for drinking 
57.16 	water source protection activities.
57.17 	(e) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
57.18 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
57.19 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
57.20 	wells and developing guidance and outreach 
57.21 	to reduce risks to private-well owners.
57.22 	(f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
57.23 	second year are for evaluating and addressing 
57.24 	the risks from viruses in water supplies.
57.25 	(g) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
57.26 	second year are to develop public health 
57.27 	policies and an action plan to address threats 
57.28 	to safe drinking water and to conduct an 
57.29 	analysis to determine the scope of the lead 
57.30 	problem in Minnesota's water and the cost to 
57.31 	eliminate lead exposure in drinking water.
57.32 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
57.33 	appropriations in this section are available 
57.34 	until June 30, 2021.

58.1	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	1,700,000
	$
	1,200,000
	
58.2 	(a) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
58.3 	second year are to implement projects that 
58.4 	address emerging drinking-water supply 
58.5 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
58.6 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
58.7 	coordination, support local implementation of 
58.8 	water supply reliability projects, and prevent 
58.9 	degradation of groundwater resources in the 
58.10 	metropolitan area. These projects will provide 
58.11 	to communities:
58.12 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
58.13 	water use through use of surface water, storm 
58.14 	water, wastewater, and groundwater;
58.15 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
58.16 	for different alternatives;
58.17 	(3) development of planning level cost 
58.18 	estimates, including capital cost and operation 
58.19 	cost;
58.20 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms and 
58.21 	an equitable cost-sharing structure for 
58.22 	regionally beneficial water supply 
58.23 	development projects; and
58.24 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
58.25 	models.
58.26 	(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
58.27 	second year are for the water demand 
58.28 	reduction grant program to encourage 
58.29 	implementation of water demand reduction 
58.30 	measures by municipalities in the metropolitan 
58.31 	area to ensure the reliability and protection of 
58.32 	drinking water supplies.
59.1 	(c) $500,000 the first year is to provide grants 
59.2 	or loans for local inflow and infiltration 
59.3 	reduction programs in regions with high 
59.4 	susceptibility to groundwater contamination. 
59.5 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
59.6 	2021.

59.7	Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	1,008,000
	$
	1,007,000
	
59.8 	(a) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
59.9 	second year are for developing county 
59.10 	geologic atlases. This appropriation is 
59.11 	available until June 30, 2022.
59.12 	(b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
59.13 	second year are for a performance evaluation 
59.14 	and technology transfer program for storm 
59.15 	water best management practices to enhance 
59.16 	data and information management of storm 
59.17 	water best management practices; evaluate 
59.18 	best management performance and 
59.19 	effectiveness to support meeting total 
59.20 	maximum daily loads; develop standards and 
59.21 	incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using 
59.22 	minimal impact design standards as the model; 
59.23 	and implement a knowledge and technology 
59.24 	transfer system across local government, 
59.25 	industry, and regulatory sectors. This 
59.26 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.
59.27 	(c) $133,000 the first year and $132,000 the 
59.28 	second year are to provide guidance 
59.29 	documents and tools evaluating the clean 
59.30 	water fund's return on investment to measure 
59.31 	impacts on water quality and human 
59.32 	well-being as well as assist in future funding 
59.33 	decisions.

60.1	Sec. 11. REVENUE
 	$
	2,000,000
	$
	2,000,000
	
60.2 	$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the 
60.3 	second year are for riparian protection aid 
60.4 	payments under Minnesota Statutes, section 
60.5 	477A.21.

60.6	Sec. 12. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	15,000
			
60.7 	$15,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
60.8 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
60.9 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
60.10 	subdivision 10.

60.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
60.12 		Subd. 4.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the clean 
60.13 	water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, and 
60.14 	restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking 
60.15 	water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than one of these 
60.16 	requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall include measurable 
60.17 	outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and 
60.18 	evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science and incorporate 
60.19 	state-of-the-art technology.
60.20 	(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits across 
60.21 	all regions and residents of the state.
60.22 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean water fund 
60.23 	must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects or programs, 
60.24 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
60.25 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
60.26 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
60.27 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required under 
60.28 	section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information classified as not 
60.29 	public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required to be placed on 
60.30 	the Web site.
60.31 	(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 
60.32 	16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 
61.1 	regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 
61.2 	grants that will be competitively awarded.
61.3 	(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit Minnesota 
61.4 	waters.
61.5 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 
61.6 	shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 
61.7 	under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 
61.8 	361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 
61.9 	When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to a 
61.10 	Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 
61.11 	additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 
61.12 	site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
61.13 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a state 
61.14 	agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as well as 
61.15 	any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of the 
61.16 	Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a recipient 
61.17 	of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or regulations 
61.18 	in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be listed in an 
61.19 	annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy funds. The list 
61.20 	must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient from the list 
61.21 	upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list is not eligible 
61.22 	for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates compliance 
61.23 	to the legislative auditor.
61.24 	(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 
61.25 	execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 
61.26 	respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements.
61.27 	(i) Any state agency or organization requesting a direct appropriation from the clean 
61.28 	water fund must inform the Clean Water Council and the house of representatives and senate 
61.29 	committees having jurisdiction over the clean water fund, at the time the request for funding 
61.30 	is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous funding that 
61.31 	was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose.

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

62.6 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.7 	to read:
62.8 		Subd. 8.Overhead costs. Notwithstanding any law, policy, or guidance to the contrary, 
62.9 	a recipient of money from the clean water fund must not use the money to pay for rent, lease 
62.10 	payments, insurance, utilities, custodial services, building maintenance, or another overhead 
62.11 	cost unless the recipient has documented the amount that specific overhead costs increased 
62.12 	as a direct and necessary result of the recipient's responsibility to administer a program, 
62.13 	project, or activity paid for with money from the clean water fund. The amount of money 
62.14 	from the fund the recipient may use to pay for that specific overhead cost must not exceed 
62.15 	the amount the recipient documented as the increase in the cost.

62.16 	Sec. 16. [477A.21] RIPARIAN PROTECTION AID.
62.17 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
62.18 	meanings given:
62.19 	(1) "buffer protection map" has the meaning given under section 103F.48, subdivision 
62.20 	1; and
62.21 	(2) "public watercourses" means public waters and public drainage systems subject to 
62.22 	riparian protection requirements under section 103F.48.
62.23 		Subd. 2.Certifications to commissioner. (a) The Board of Water and Soil Resources 
62.24 	must certify to the commissioner of revenue, on or before July 1 each year, which counties 
62.25 	and watershed districts have affirmed their jurisdiction under section 103F.48 and the 
62.26 	proportion of centerline miles of public watercourses, and miles of public drainage system 
62.27 	ditches on the buffer protection map, within each county and each watershed district within 
62.28 	the county with affirmed jurisdiction.
62.29 	(b) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner of natural resources shall certify to 
62.30 	the commissioner of revenue the statewide and countywide number of centerline miles of 
62.31 	public watercourses and miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection 
62.32 	map.
63.1 		Subd. 3.Distribution. (a) A county that is certified under subdivision 2, or that portion 
63.2 	of a county containing a watershed district certified under subdivision 2, is eligible to receive 
63.3 	aid under this section to enforce and implement the riparian protection and water quality 
63.4 	practices under section 103F.48. Each county's preliminary aid amount is equal to the 
63.5 	proportion calculated under paragraph (b) multiplied by the appropriation received each 
63.6 	year by the commissioner for purposes of payments under this section.
63.7 	(b) The commissioner must compute each county's proportion. A county's proportion is 
63.8 	equal to the ratio of the sum in clause (1) to the sum in clause (2):
63.9 	(1) the sum of the total number of acres in the county classified as class 2a under section 
63.10 	273.13, subdivision 23, the countywide number of centerline miles of public watercourses 
63.11 	on the buffer protection map, and the countywide number of miles of public drainage system 
63.12 	ditches on the buffer protection map; and
63.13 	(2) the sum of the statewide total number of acres classified as class 2a under section 
63.14 	273.13, subdivision 23, the statewide total number of centerline miles of public watercourses 
63.15 	on the buffer protection map, and the statewide total number of public drainage system 
63.16 	miles on the buffer protection map.
63.17 	(c) Aid to a county must not be greater than $200,000 or less than $50,000. If the sum 
63.18 	of the preliminary aids payable to counties under paragraph (a) is greater or less than the 
63.19 	appropriation received by the commissioner, the commissioner of revenue must calculate 
63.20 	the percentage of adjustment necessary so that the total of the aid under paragraph (a) equals 
63.21 	the total amount received by the commissioner, subject to the minimum and maximum 
63.22 	amounts specified in this paragraph. The minimum and maximum amounts under this 
63.23 	paragraph must be adjusted by the ratio of the actual amount appropriated to $10,000,000.
63.24 	(d) If only a portion of a county is certified as eligible to receive aid under subdivision 
63.25 	2, the aid otherwise payable to that county under this section must be multiplied by a fraction, 
63.26 	the numerator of which is the buffer protection map miles of the certified watershed districts 
63.27 	contained within the county and the denominator of which is the total buffer protection map 
63.28 	miles of the county.
63.29 	(e) Any aid that would otherwise be paid to a county or portion of a county that is not 
63.30 	certified under subdivision 2 shall be paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
63.31 	enforcing and implementing the riparian protection and water quality practices under section 
63.32 	103F.48.
63.33 		Subd. 4.Payments. The commissioner of revenue must compute the amount of riparian 
63.34 	protection aid payable to each eligible county and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
64.1 	under this section. On or before August 1 each year, the commissioner must certify the 
64.2 	amount to be paid to each county and the Board of Water and Soil Resources in the following 
64.3 	year, except that the payments for 2017 must be certified by July 15, 2017. The commissioner 
64.4 	must pay riparian protection aid to counties and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
64.5 	in the same manner and at the same time as aid payments under section 477A.015.

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

64.8 	ARTICLE 3
64.9 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

64.10	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
64.11 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
64.12 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and 
64.13 	trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
64.14 	"2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are 
64.15 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first 
64.16 	year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal 
64.17 	years 2018 and 2019. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

64.18				APPROPRIATIONS
	
64.19				Available for the Year
	
64.20				Ending June 30
	
64.21					2018
		2019

64.22	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

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

64.26	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
64.27 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
64.28 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
64.29 	related to and necessary for a specific 
64.30 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
64.31 	article must be spent in accordance with 
64.32 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
65.1 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
65.2 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
65.3 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
65.4 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
65.5 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
65.6 	2020, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
65.7 	available until June 30, 2021. If a project 
65.8 	receives federal funds, the time period of the 
65.9 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
65.10 	availability of federal funding.

65.11	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
65.12 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
65.13 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
65.14 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
65.15 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
65.16 	committees, and commissions, should make 
65.17 	progress toward providing greater access to 
65.18 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
65.19 	for people with disabilities related to the 
65.20 	programs the recipient funds using 
65.21 	appropriations made in this article.

65.22
65.23	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	25,397,000
	$
	28,884,000
	
65.24 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
65.25 	the second year are for state parks, recreation 
65.26 	areas, and trails to:
65.27 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
65.28 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
65.29 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
65.30 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
65.31 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
65.32 	parks and trails legacy plan.
66.1 	(b) $8,292,000 the first year and $9,445,000 
66.2 	the second year are for grants for parks and 
66.3 	trails of regional significance outside the 
66.4 	seven-county metropolitan area under 
66.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants 
66.6 	must be based on the recommendations to the 
66.7 	commissioner from the Greater Minnesota 
66.8 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
66.9 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
66.10 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
66.11 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
66.12 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
66.13 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
66.14 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
66.15 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
66.16 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
66.17 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 
66.18 	2015. Grant recipients identified under this 
66.19 	paragraph must submit a grant application to 
66.20 	the commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
66.21 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
66.22 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
66.23 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
66.24 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
66.25 	$424,000 the first year and $399,000 the 
66.26 	second year are for the Greater Minnesota 
66.27 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
66.28 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
66.29 	section 85.536, including the continued 
66.30 	development of a statewide system plan for 
66.31 	regional parks and trails outside the 
66.32 	seven-county metropolitan area.
66.33 	(c) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
66.34 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
66.35 	Commission shall submit a list of projects, 
66.36 	ranked in priority order, that contains the 
67.1 	commission's recommendations for funding 
67.2 	from the parks and trails fund for fiscal year 
67.3 	2019 to the chairs and ranking minority 
67.4 	members of the house of representatives and 
67.5 	senate committees and divisions with 
67.6 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
67.7 	resources and the parks and trails fund.
67.8 	(d) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
67.9 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
67.10 	Commission shall submit a report that contains 
67.11 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
67.12 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
67.13 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
67.14 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
67.15 	minority members of the house of 
67.16 	representatives and senate committees and 
67.17 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
67.18 	environment and natural resources and the 
67.19 	parks and trails fund.
67.20 	(e) $521,000 the first year and $548,000 the 
67.21 	second year are for coordination and projects 
67.22 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
67.23 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
67.24 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
67.25 	Web-based information for park and trail 
67.26 	users; and support of activities of the Parks 
67.27 	and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
67.28 	(f) The commissioner shall contract for 
67.29 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
67.30 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
67.31 	activities under this section for at least 
67.32 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
67.33 	second year.
67.34 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
67.35 	appropriations under this section shall give 
68.1 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
68.2 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
68.3 	and other activities.

68.4	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	16,584,000
	$
	18,891,000
	
68.5 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
68.6 	the second year are for distribution according 
68.7 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, 
68.8 	subdivision 3.
68.9 	(b) Money appropriated under this section and 
68.10 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
68.11 	used to fund the list of recommended projects 
68.12 	in the report submitted pursuant to Laws 2013, 
68.13 	chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o). 
68.14 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
68.15 	under this section must be substantially 
68.16 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
68.17 	dollar amounts in the report. Any funds 
68.18 	remaining after completion of the listed 
68.19 	projects may be spent by the implementing 
68.20 	agencies on projects to support parks and 
68.21 	trails.
68.22 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
68.23 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
68.24 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
68.25 	that the funds are used to supplement and not 
68.26 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
68.27 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
68.28 	appropriations under this section shall give 
68.29 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
68.30 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
68.31 	and other activities.

68.32	Sec. 5. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	7,000
			
69.1 	$7,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
69.2 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
69.3 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
69.4 	subdivision 10.

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

69.10 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.53, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
69.11 	read:
69.12 		Subd. 7.Overhead costs. Notwithstanding any law, policy, or guidance to the contrary, 
69.13 	a recipient of money from the parks and trails fund must not use the money to pay for rent, 
69.14 	lease payments, insurance, utilities, custodial services, building maintenance, or another 
69.15 	overhead cost unless the recipient has documented the amount that specific overhead costs 
69.16 	increased as a direct and necessary result of the recipient's responsibility to administer a 
69.17 	program, project, or activity paid for with money from the parks and trails fund. The amount 
69.18 	of money from the fund the recipient may use to pay for that specific overhead cost must 
69.19 	not exceed the amount the recipient documented as the increase in the cost.

69.20 	Sec. 8. SAUK RIVER REGIONAL PARK GRANT EXTENSION.
 69.21 	The appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), clause 
69.22 	(9), from the parks and trails fund for trail enhancement, land acquisition, and other 
69.23 	improvements at Sauk River Regional Park is available until June 30, 2022.

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

69.25 	Sec. 9. HYLAND-BUSH-ANDERSON LAKES PARK RESERVE GRANT 
69.26 	EXTENSION.
 69.27 	The appropriations for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 in Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, 
69.28 	section 4, paragraph (c), from the parks and trails fund for grants to the city of Bloomington 
69.29 	to reconstruct parking lots at the Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve are available 
69.30 	until June 30, 2018.

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

70.1 	Sec. 10. ANOKA COUNTY AND DAKOTA COUNTY REALLOCATIONS.
 70.2 	Notwithstanding Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o), and Laws 
70.3 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 4, paragraph (b):
70.4 	(1) Anoka County may allocate $438,000 of its share of the distribution for fiscal year 
70.5 	2017 funds under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, to Bunker Hills Regional 
70.6 	Park in accordance with the most recent priority rankings that Anoka County has submitted 
70.7 	to the Metropolitan Council; and
70.8 	(2) Dakota County may allocate $180,000 of its share of the distribution under Minnesota 
70.9 	Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, designated for the Vermillion River Regional 
70.10 	Greenway to the phase 2 improvement to Whitetail Woods Regional Park in Dakota County.

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

70.12 	ARTICLE 4
70.13 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

70.14	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
70.15 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
70.16 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
70.17 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
70.18 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in 
70.19 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
70.20 	year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 
70.21 	2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
70.22 	All appropriations in this article are onetime.

70.23				APPROPRIATIONS
	
70.24				Available for the Year
	
70.25				Ending June 30
	
70.26					2018
		2019

70.27	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

70.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	57,331,000
	$
	66,033,000
	
70.29 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
70.30 	purpose are specified in the following 
70.31 	subdivisions.

71.1	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
71.2 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
71.3 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
71.4 	related to and necessary for a specific 
71.5 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
71.6 	article must not be spent on institutional 
71.7 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
71.8 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
71.9 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
71.10 	spent in accordance with the Minnesota 
71.11 	Management and Budget's Guidance to 
71.12 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditures. 
71.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
71.14 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
71.15 	article, fiscal year 2018 appropriations are 
71.16 	available until June 30, 2019, and fiscal year 
71.17 	2019 appropriations are available until June 
71.18 	30, 2020. If a project receives federal funds, 
71.19 	the period of the appropriation is extended to 
71.20 	equal the availability of federal funding.

71.21	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		25,855,000
		32,112,000
	
71.22 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
71.23 	Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts 
71.24 	education, arts preservation, and arts access. 
71.25 	Grant agreements entered into by the 
71.26 	Minnesota State Arts Board and other 
71.27 	recipients of appropriations in this subdivision 
71.28 	must ensure that these funds are used to 
71.29 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
71.30 	sources of funding. Each grant program 
71.31 	established in this appropriation must be 
71.32 	separately administered from other state 
71.33 	appropriations for program planning and 
71.34 	outcome measurements, but may take into 
71.35 	consideration other state resources awarded 
72.1 	in the selection of applicants and grant award 
72.2 	size.

72.3	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
72.4 	$19,000,000 the first year and $25,342,000 
72.5 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
72.6 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
72.7 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
72.8 	activities; to overcome barriers to accessing 
72.9 	high-quality arts activities; and to instill the 
72.10 	arts into the community and public life in this 
72.11 	state.

72.12	(c) Arts Education
					
72.13 	$4,500,000 the first year and $4,500,000 the 
72.14 	second year are for high-quality, 
72.15 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
72.16 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
72.17 	understanding of the arts.

72.18	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
72.19 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
72.20 	second year are for events and activities that 
72.21 	represent the diverse cultural arts traditions, 
72.22 	including folk and traditional artists and art 
72.23 	organizations, represented in this state.

72.24	(e) Grants
					
72.25 	$30,000 the first year and $20,000 the second 
72.26 	year are for grants to an organization for 
72.27 	designing, consulting, creating, and 
72.28 	administering a statewide arts software 
72.29 	application to be used on electronic and mobile 
72.30 	electronic devices to locate and access artists, 
72.31 	arts organizations, and art education programs 
72.32 	throughout Minnesota. The grantee must work 
72.33 	in consultation with the Minnesota State Arts 
72.34 	Board, regional arts councils, private and 
73.1 	nonprofit arts organizations, and the regional 
73.2 	library system to develop criteria for content 
73.3 	to import to the software application and must  
73.4 	make the application free to download. A 
73.5 	portion of the funding may be used to pay the 
73.6 	ongoing costs associated with developing 
73.7 	content and updating the software or with 
73.8 	contracting to develop and update the software 
73.9 	and expand electronic content in fiscal years 
73.10 	2018 and 2019.
73.11 	$250,000 each year is for a grant to the 
73.12 	Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society 
73.13 	for the Chinese garden in Phalen Park in St. 
73.14 	Paul to recognize the rich cultural heritage of 
73.15 	the Chinese and Hmong in Minnesota. Grant 
73.16 	recipients must provide a funding match of at 
73.17 	least 25 percent of the total eligible project 
73.18 	costs.
73.19 	$375,000 each year is for a grant to the State 
73.20 	Agricultural Society and the city of Savage to 
73.21 	design and construct up to two statues of Dan 
73.22 	Patch to be placed at the Minnesota State 
73.23 	Fairgrounds and the city of Savage. Grant 
73.24 	recipients must provide a funding match of at 
73.25 	least 25 percent of the total eligible project 
73.26 	costs.
73.27 	$125,000 each year is for a Fanka arts grant 
73.28 	program to one or more community 
73.29 	organizations that participate in statewide 
73.30 	Somali arts and cultural programs that provide 
73.31 	arts education, workshops, mentor programs, 
73.32 	or community presentations and community 
73.33 	engagement events.
74.1 	$75,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
74.2 	Hmong Cultural Center for an interactive 
74.3 	Hmong Folk Art in Minnesota exhibit.
74.4 	(f) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
74.5 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
74.6 	board for administering grant programs, 
74.7 	delivering technical services, providing fiscal 
74.8 	oversight for the statewide system, and 
74.9 	ensuring accountability.
74.10 	(g) Up to 30 percent of the remaining total 
74.11 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
74.12 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
74.13 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
74.14 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
74.15 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
74.16 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
74.17 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
74.18 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
74.19 	regions of the state.
74.20 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
74.21 	under this subdivision the first year does not 
74.22 	cancel but is available the second year.

74.23	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		12,242,500
		14,750,000
	
74.24 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
74.25 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
74.26 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
74.27 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
74.28 	historical resources. Grant agreements entered 
74.29 	into by the Minnesota Historical Society and 
74.30 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
74.31 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
74.32 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
74.33 	traditional sources of funding. Funds directly 
74.34 	appropriated to the Minnesota Historical 
74.35 	Society must be used to supplement and not 
75.1 	substitute for traditional sources of funding. 
75.2 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
75.3 	16A.28, for historic preservation projects that 
75.4 	improve historic structures, the amounts are 
75.5 	available until June 30, 2020. The Minnesota 
75.6 	Historical Society or grant recipients of the 
75.7 	Minnesota Historical Society using arts and 
75.8 	cultural heritage funds under this subdivision 
75.9 	must give consideration to Conservation Corps 
75.10 	Minnesota and Northern Bedrock Historic 
75.11 	Preservation Corps, or an organization 
75.12 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
75.13 	the potential to need historic preservation 
75.14 	services.

75.15	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

75.16	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
75.17 	$4,500,000 the first year and $5,500,000 the 
75.18 	second year are for history programs and 
75.19 	projects operated or conducted by or through 
75.20 	local, county, regional, or other historical or 
75.21 	cultural organizations or for activities to 
75.22 	preserve significant historic and cultural 
75.23 	resources. Funds are to be distributed through 
75.24 	a competitive grant process. The Minnesota 
75.25 	Historical Society must administer these funds 
75.26 	using established grant mechanisms, with 
75.27 	assistance from the advisory committee 
75.28 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
75.29 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item 
75.30 	(ii).
75.31 	Of this amount, $300,000 the first year is for 
75.32 	a grant to the Fairmont Opera House for 
75.33 	restoration and renovation of historic Fairmont 
75.34 	Opera House.

75.35	(2) Statewide History Programs
					
76.1 	$4,517,500 the first year and $6,125,000 the 
76.2 	second year are for programs and purposes 
76.3 	related to the historical and cultural heritage 
76.4 	of the state of Minnesota conducted by the 
76.5 	Minnesota Historical Society.

76.6	(3) History Partnerships
					
76.7 	$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 the 
76.8 	second year are for partnerships involving 
76.9 	multiple organizations, which may include the 
76.10 	Minnesota Historical Society, to preserve and 
76.11 	enhance access to Minnesota's history and 
76.12 	cultural heritage in all regions of the state.

76.13
76.14	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
76.15 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
76.16 	second year are for a contract or contracts to 
76.17 	be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct 
76.18 	statewide surveys of Minnesota's sites of 
76.19 	historical, archaeological, and cultural 
76.20 	significance. Results of the surveys must be 
76.21 	published in a searchable form and available 
76.22 	to the public free of cost. The Minnesota 
76.23 	Historical Society, the Office of the State 
76.24 	Archaeologist, and the Indian Affairs Council 
76.25 	must each appoint a representative to an 
76.26 	oversight board to select contractors and direct 
76.27 	the conduct of the surveys. The oversight 
76.28 	board must consult with the Departments of 
76.29 	Transportation and Natural Resources.

76.30	(5) Digital Library
					
76.31 	$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the 
76.32 	second year are for a digital library project to 
76.33 	preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
76.34 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
76.35 	The Minnesota Historical Society must 
77.1 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan 
77.2 	system and must jointly share this 
77.3 	appropriation for these purposes.

77.4	(6) Grants
					
77.5 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to the board 
77.6 	of directors of the Carver County Historical 
77.7 	Society to restore the historic Andrew Peterson 
77.8 	farm in Waconia.
77.9 	$125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
77.10 	Woodbury Barn Heritage Commission to 
77.11 	restore the Miller Barn and historical 
77.12 	programming at the Miller Barn in Woodbury.
77.13 	$100,000 the first year is to restore the stained 
77.14 	glass in the historic Fort Snelling Memorial 
77.15 	Chapel in Bloomington. The historical society 
77.16 	may work in collaboration with the Fort 
77.17 	Snelling Memorial Chapel Foundation.

77.18	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		2,750,000
		2,500,000
	
77.19 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
77.20 	commissioner of education for grants to the 
77.21 	12 Minnesota regional library systems to 
77.22 	provide educational opportunities in the arts, 
77.23 	history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of 
77.24 	Minnesota. These funds must be allocated 
77.25 	using the formulas in Minnesota Statutes, 
77.26 	section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, with 
77.27 	the remaining 25 percent to be distributed to 
77.28 	all qualifying systems in an amount 
77.29 	proportionate to the number of qualifying 
77.30 	system entities in each system. For purposes 
77.31 	of this subdivision, "qualifying system entity" 
77.32 	means a public library, a regional library 
77.33 	system, a regional library system headquarters, 
77.34 	a county, or an outreach service program. 
78.1 	These funds may be used to sponsor programs 
78.2 	provided by regional libraries or to provide 
78.3 	grants to local arts and cultural heritage 
78.4 	programs for programs in partnership with 
78.5 	regional libraries. These funds must be 
78.6 	distributed in ten equal payments per year. 
78.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
78.8 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
78.9 	before June 30, 2019, as grants or contracts in 
78.10 	this subdivision are available until June 30, 
78.11 	2020.

78.12	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		10,349,500
		10,341,000
	
78.13 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
78.14 	commissioner of administration for grants to 
78.15 	the named organizations for the purposes 
78.16 	specified in this subdivision. The 
78.17 	commissioner of administration may use a 
78.18 	portion of this appropriation for costs that are 
78.19 	directly related to and necessary to the 
78.20 	administration of grants in this subdivision.
78.21 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
78.22 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
78.23 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
78.24 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
78.25 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
78.26 	sources of funding.

78.27	(c) Veterans Rest Camp
					
78.28 	$278,000 the second year is for the Disabled 
78.29 	Veterans Rest Camp Association for a 
78.30 	welcome center for the veterans rest camp on 
78.31 	Big Marine Lake.

78.32	(d) Minnesota Public Radio
					
78.33 	$1,650,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
78.34 	Radio to create programming and expand news 
79.1 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
79.2 	history.

79.3
79.4	(e) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
79.5 	$1,600,000 each year is to the Association of 
79.6 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
79.7 	for production and acquisition grants in 
79.8 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.9 	129D.19.

79.10	(f) Public Television
					
79.11 	$4,000,000 the first year and $4,000,000 the 
79.12 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
79.13 	Television Association for production and 
79.14 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
79.15 	Statutes, section 129D.18.
79.16 	Of this amount, $650,000 the first year is for 
79.17 	Twin Cities Public Television to produce the 
79.18 	Vietnam: Minnesota Remembers project. Any 
79.19 	production costs associated with the project 
79.20 	incurred on or after February 1, 2017, are 
79.21 	eligible for reimbursement under this section.

79.22	(g) Wilderness Inquiry
					
79.23 	$300,000 each year is to Wilderness Inquiry 
79.24 	to preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, 
79.25 	culture, and heritage by connecting Minnesota 
79.26 	youth to natural resources.

79.27	(h) Como Park Zoo
					
79.28 	$1,400,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
79.29 	second year are for the Como Park Zoo for 
79.30 	program development that features education 
79.31 	programs and habitat enhancement, special 
79.32 	exhibits, music appreciation programs, and 
79.33 	historical garden access and preservation.

79.34	(i) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
80.1 	$600,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
80.2 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
80.3 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
80.4 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
80.5 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
80.6 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
80.7 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

80.8	(j) Lake Superior Center Authority
					
80.9 	$150,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
80.10 	Center Authority to develop, prepare, and 
80.11 	construct an exhibit on river systems.

80.12	(k) Green Giant Museum
					
80.13 	$300,000 the first year is to the city of Blue 
80.14 	Earth to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
80.15 	and equip the Green Giant Museum to 
80.16 	preserve the culture and history of Minnesota.

80.17	(l) Lake Superior Zoo
					
80.18 	$75,000 each year is to the Lake Superior Zoo 
80.19 	to develop educational exhibits and programs.

80.20	(m) Minnesota State Band
					
80.21 	$25,000 each year is to the Minnesota State 
80.22 	Band to promote and increase public 
80.23 	performances across Minnesota.

80.24	(n) Rice County Veterans Memorial
					
80.25 	$30,000 the first year is to Rice County to 
80.26 	complete the Rice County Veterans Memorial 
80.27 	in Faribault.

80.28	(o) Minnesota Square Park Pavilion
					
80.29 	$112,000 the first year and $113,000 the 
80.30 	second year are to the city of St. Peter to 
80.31 	reconstruct the Minnesota Square Park 
80.32 	pavilion in St. Peter.

80.33	(p) Waseca County Veterans Memorial
					
81.1 	$50,000 the second year is to Waseca County 
81.2 	to complete the Waseca County Veterans 
81.3 	Memorial.

81.4	(q) Office of State Archaeologist
					
81.5 	$107,500 the first year is for the Office of the 
81.6 	State Archaeologist non-Indian remains 
81.7 	analysis and reburial project.

81.8	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,775,000
		1,850,000
	
81.9 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
81.10 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs and 
81.11 	development of the Minnesota Zoological 
81.12 	Garden and to provide access and education 
81.13 	related to programs on the cultural heritage of 
81.14 	Minnesota.

81.15	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center
 		2,575,000
		2,705,000
	
81.16 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
81.17 	Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
81.18 	Humanities Center for the purposes specified 
81.19 	in this subdivision. The Minnesota Humanities 
81.20 	Center may use up to 4.5 percent of the 
81.21 	following grants to cover the cost of 
81.22 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
81.23 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
81.24 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
81.25 	plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and 
81.26 	must submit the plan for review and approval 
81.27 	by the Department of Administration. The 
81.28 	written plan must require the Minnesota 
81.29 	Humanities Center to create and adhere to 
81.30 	grant policies that are similar to those 
81.31 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
81.32 	section 16B.97, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
81.33 	clause (1).
82.1 	No grants awarded in this subdivision may be 
82.2 	used for travel outside the state of Minnesota. 
82.3 	The grant agreement must specify the 
82.4 	repercussions for failing to comply with the 
82.5 	grant agreement.

82.6	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
82.7 	$1,125,000 each year is for programs and 
82.8 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. 
82.9 	Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be 
82.10 	used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit.
82.11 	The Minnesota Humanities Center may 
82.12 	consider museums and organizations 
82.13 	celebrating the identities of Minnesotans for 
82.14 	grants from these funds.
82.15 	Of this amount, $55,000 the first year is for a 
82.16 	grant to the Governor's Council on 
82.17 	Developmental Disabilities to enhance and 
82.18 	enlarge the historical digital archives 
82.19 	collection "With An Eye to the Past" for oral 
82.20 	history interviews and document collection, 
82.21 	production, consultation, transcription, closed 
82.22 	captioning, Web site administration, and 
82.23 	evaluation.

82.24
82.25	(c) Community Identity and Heritage Grant 
Program
					
82.26 	$100,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
82.27 	second year are for a competitive grants 
82.28 	program to provide grants to preserve and 
82.29 	promote the cultural heritage of Minnesota.
82.30 	Of this amount, up to $150,000 the second 
82.31 	year is for a grant to the city of St. Paul or 
82.32 	Ramsey County to develop and install activity 
82.33 	facilities in parks for Tawkaw Courts that are 
82.34 	reflective of the current demographics in 
83.1 	Ramsey County. This grant is available if the 
83.2 	recipient provides at least a 25 percent match 
83.3 	for funding.
83.4 	The Minnesota Humanities Center must 
83.5 	operate a competitive grants program to 
83.6 	provide grants to programs, including but not 
83.7 	limited to music, film, television, radio, 
83.8 	recreation, and design and use of public spaces 
83.9 	that preserve and honor the cultural heritage 
83.10 	of Minnesota or that provide education and 
83.11 	student outreach on cultural diversity or to 
83.12 	programs that empower communities to build 
83.13 	their identity and culture. Grants made under 
83.14 	this paragraph must not be used for travel costs 
83.15 	inside or outside the state.

83.16	(d) Children's Museum Grants
					
83.17 	$950,000 the first year and $1,030,000 the 
83.18 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
83.19 	grants to children's museums for arts and 
83.20 	cultural exhibits and related educational 
83.21 	outreach programs.
83.22 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the 
83.23 	Minnesota Children's Museum for interactive 
83.24 	exhibits and outreach programs on arts and 
83.25 	cultural heritage, including the Minnesota 
83.26 	Children's Museum in Rochester; $150,000 
83.27 	each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum 
83.28 	for interactive exhibits and outreach programs 
83.29 	on arts and cultural heritage; $150,000 each 
83.30 	year is for the Grand Rapids Children's 
83.31 	Museum for interactive exhibits and outreach 
83.32 	programs on arts and cultural heritage; 
83.33 	$150,000 each year is for the Southern 
83.34 	Minnesota Children's Museum for the Mni 
83.35 	Wiconi and other arts and cultural exhibits; 
84.1 	and $80,000 the second year is for the Wheel 
84.2 	and Cog Children's Museum of Hutchinson 
84.3 	for interactive exhibits and outreach programs 
84.4 	on arts and cultural heritage.

84.5	(e) Civics Programs
					
84.6 	$200,000 each year is for grants to the 
84.7 	Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: 
84.8 	Minnesota Civic Youth, the Learning Law and 
84.9 	Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in 
84.10 	Government to conduct civics education 
84.11 	programs for the civic and cultural 
84.12 	development of Minnesota youth. Civics 
84.13 	education is the study of constitutional 
84.14 	principles and the democratic foundation of 
84.15 	our national, state, and local institutions and 
84.16 	the study of political processes and structures 
84.17 	of government, grounded in the understanding 
84.18 	of constitutional government under the rule 
84.19 	of law.

84.20	(f) Somali Museum of Minnesota
					
84.21 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to the Somali 
84.22 	Museum of Minnesota for the Heritage Arts 
84.23 	and Cultural Vitality programs for classes, 
84.24 	exhibits, presentations, and outreach about the 
84.25 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

84.26	(g) Rondo Commemorative Plaza
					
84.27 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to Rondo 
84.28 	Avenue, Inc. for the Rondo Commemorative 
84.29 	Plaza to celebrate the historic Rondo 
84.30 	neighborhood.

84.31	Subd. 9.Indian Affairs Council
 		1,275,000
		1,275,000
	
84.32 	(a) $900,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs 
84.33 	Council to provide grants to preserve Dakota 
84.34 	and Ojibwe Indian language and to foster 
85.1 	education programs and immersion programs 
85.2 	in Dakota and Ojibwe language.
85.3 	(b) $125,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
85.4 	Council for a grant to the Niiganne Ojibwe 
85.5 	Immersion School.
85.6 	(c) $250,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
85.7 	Council for a grant to the Wicoie 
85.8 	Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project and 
85.9 	potentially Baby's Space and other partners at 
85.10 	the Neighborhood Early Learning Center. 
85.11 	Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion 
85.12 	Project shall work in coordination with the 
85.13 	Indian Affairs Council to develop capacity 
85.14 	and implement a language immersion program 
85.15 	with Baby's Space and other partners.

85.16	Subd. 10.Department of Agriculture
 		500,000
		500,000
	
85.17 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
85.18 	commissioner of agriculture for grants to 
85.19 	county agricultural societies to enhance arts 
85.20 	access and education and to preserve and 
85.21 	promote Minnesota's history and cultural 
85.22 	heritage as embodied in its county fairs. The 
85.23 	grants are in addition to the aid distribution to 
85.24 	county agricultural societies under Minnesota 
85.25 	Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of 
85.26 	agriculture shall develop grant-making criteria 
85.27 	and guidance for expending funds under this 
85.28 	subdivision. The commissioner shall seek 
85.29 	input from all interested parties.
85.30 	Of this amount, $200,000 each year is 
85.31 	distributed in equal amounts to each of the 95 
85.32 	county fairs to enhance arts access and 
85.33 	education and to preserve and promote 
85.34 	Minnesota's history and  cultural heritage.
86.1 	Of this amount, $200,000 each year is 
86.2 	distributed as competitive grants for 
86.3 	developing or enhancing facilities that provide 
86.4 	access to arts, arts education, and agriculture 
86.5 	or historical and cultural  heritage programs.
86.6 	Of this amount, $100,000 each year is 
86.7 	distributed as competitive grants for specific 
86.8 	projects and events that provide access to the 
86.9 	arts or the state's agricultural, historical, and 
86.10 	cultural heritage.

86.11	Subd. 11.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		9,000
		-0-
	
86.12 	This amount is for the Legislative 
86.13 	Coordinating Commission to maintain the 
86.14 	Web site required under Minnesota Statutes, 
86.15 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

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

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

86.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 129D.17, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
86.27 	read:
86.28 		Subd. 6.Overhead costs. Notwithstanding any law, policy, or guidance to the contrary, 
86.29 	a recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must not use the money to pay 
86.30 	for rent, lease payments, insurance, utilities, custodial services, building maintenance, or 
86.31 	another overhead cost unless the recipient has documented the amount that specific overhead 
86.32 	costs increased as a direct and necessary result of the recipient's responsibility to administer 
87.1 	a program, project, or activity paid for with money from the arts and cultural heritage fund. 
87.2 	The amount of money from the fund the recipient may use to pay for that specific overhead 
87.3 	cost must not exceed the amount the recipient documented as the increase in the cost.

87.4 	Sec. 6. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND RECIPIENT DEDICATED 
87.5 	DISPARITIES ASSISTANCE.
 87.6 	(a) Entities receiving $1,000,000 or more in arts and cultural heritage funds for 
87.7 	programming or projects in this article must provide a portion of funding, through their own 
87.8 	operating budget or using the percentage of arts and cultural heritage funds necessary, to 
87.9 	create measurable goals and outcomes to increase access to programs and reduce disparities 
87.10 	for access to programs funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund. Each entity required 
87.11 	to comply with this section shall designate an employee to be responsible for the requirements 
87.12 	of this section. Measurable goals may include:
87.13 	(1) providing outreach or programming in different languages;
87.14 	(2) improving access for individuals with disabilities and improving compliance with 
87.15 	the Americans with Disabilities Act;
87.16 	(3) improving access to programs in different regions of the state or assisting community 
87.17 	members in regions of the state that are traditionally underserved in accessing programs;
87.18 	(4) increasing access to individuals of different ages or from different races or cultures 
87.19 	than have traditionally accessed the programs provided by the entity receiving funds; and
87.20 	(5) improving access to low-income individuals and families, including providing free 
87.21 	and reduced-cost programming to those individuals and families and to schools with a high 
87.22 	percentage of students who receive free or reduced-price lunch.
87.23 	(b) The funding must be used to create measurable goals and outcomes, to measure those 
87.24 	goals, and to provide a written report to the house of representatives and senate committees 
87.25 	with jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage fund by December 15, 2018.

87.26 	ARTICLE 5
87.27 	GENERAL PROVISIONS; ALL LEGACY FUNDS

87.28 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.127, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
87.29 		Subd. 8.Exemptions. (a) No statewide or agency indirect cost liability shall be accrued 
87.30 	to any program, appropriation, or account that is specifically exempted from the liability in 
87.31 	federal or state law, or if the commissioner determines the funds to be held in trust, or to 
88.1 	be a pass-through, workshop, or seminar account. Accounts receiving proceeds from bond 
88.2 	issues and general fund accounts are also exempt from this section.
88.3 	(b) Except for the costs of the legislative auditor to conduct financial audits of federal 
88.4 	funds, this section does not apply to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges 
88.5 	and Universities. Receipts attributable to financial audits conducted by the legislative auditor 
88.6 	of federal funds administered by the board shall be deposited in the general fund.
88.7 	(c) The commissioner must not use this section to obtain money appropriated from the 
88.8 	outdoor heritage, clean water, parks and trails, or arts and cultural heritage fund to pay for 
88.9 	statewide or agency indirect costs.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H0707-3 

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.