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

1.13 	ARTICLE 1
1.14 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

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

1.23				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.24				Available for the Year
	
1.25				Ending June 30
	
1.26					2018
		2019

1.27	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

2.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	102,605,000
	$
	1,958,000
	
2.2 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
2.3 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.4 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.5 	subdivisions.

2.6	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		29,489,000
		1,373,000

2.7
2.8
2.9	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
IX
					
2.10 	$3,064,000 the first year and $1,373,000 the 
2.11 	second year are to the commissioner of natural 
2.12 	resources to acquire in fee and restore lands 
2.13 	for wildlife management purposes under 
2.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.15 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
2.16 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
2.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.18 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
2.19 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
2.20 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
2.21 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
2.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
2.23 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
2.24 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
2.25 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

2.26
2.27	(b) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
2.28 	$5,603,000 the first year is to the 
2.29 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.30 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.31 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
2.32 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
2.33 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
2.34 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
2.35 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
2.36 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
3.1 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.2 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
3.3 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
3.4 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
3.5 	required accomplishment plan.

3.6
3.7	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VII
					
3.8 	$1,901,000 the first year is to the 
3.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.10 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
3.11 	acquire land in fee for native prairie, wetland, 
3.12 	and savanna and to restore and enhance 
3.13 	grasslands, wetlands, and savanna. Subject to 
3.14 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
3.15 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
3.16 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
3.17 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
3.18 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
3.19 	No later than 180 days after The Nature 
3.20 	Conservancy's fiscal year ends, The Nature 
3.21 	Conservancy must submit to the Lessard-Sams 
3.22 	Outdoor Heritage Council annual income 
3.23 	statements and balance sheets for income and 
3.24 	expenses from land acquired with this 
3.25 	appropriation. A list of proposed land 
3.26 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
3.27 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
3.28 	consistent with the priorities identified in 
3.29 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

3.30
3.31	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
3.32 	$2,683,000 the first year is to the 
3.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.34 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
3.35 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
3.36 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
4.1 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
4.2 	lands in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat 
4.3 	Preservation Area in western Minnesota for 
4.4 	addition to the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
4.5 	National Wildlife Refuge. Subject to 
4.6 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
4.7 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
4.8 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
4.9 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
4.10 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
4.11 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
4.12 	provided as part of the required 
4.13 	accomplishment plan, and the acquisitions 
4.14 	must be consistent with the priorities in 
4.15 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

4.16
4.17	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VII
					
4.18 	$1,436,000 the first year is to the 
4.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.20 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
4.21 	acquire in fee and restore lands in the Cannon 
4.22 	River watershed for wildlife management 
4.23 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.24 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
4.25 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
4.26 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
4.27 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
4.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
4.29 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
4.30 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
4.31 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

4.32
4.33	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase VI
					
4.34 	$2,481,000 the first year is to the 
4.35 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
4.36 	permanent conservation easements to 
5.1 	implement the strategies in Minnesota Prairie 
5.2 	Conservation Plan to protect and restore native 
5.3 	prairie. Of this amount, up to $140,000 is for 
5.4 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
5.5 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.7 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
5.8 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
5.9 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
5.10 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
5.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
5.12 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
5.13 	permanent conservation easements must be 
5.14 	provided as part of the final report.

5.15
5.16	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VII
					
5.17 	$5,333,000 the first year is to the Board of 
5.18 	Water and Soil Resources to restore habitat 
5.19 	and acquire permanent conservation easements 
5.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, 
5.21 	to protect, restore, and enhance habitat by 
5.22 	expanding the riparian-buffer program of the 
5.23 	clean water fund for at least equal wildlife 
5.24 	benefits from buffers on private land. Of this 
5.25 	amount, up to $858,000 is for establishing a 
5.26 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
5.27 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
5.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
5.29 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
5.30 	conservation easements must be provided as 
5.31 	part of the final report.

5.32
5.33	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase III
					
5.34 	$1,908,000 the first year is to the 
5.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.36 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
6.1 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
6.2 	Chicken Society to acquire land in fee and 
6.3 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
6.4 	River valley for wildlife management purposes 
6.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
6.6 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
6.7 	managed as waterfowl-production areas in 
6.8 	Minnesota in cooperation with the United 
6.9 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
6.10 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
6.11 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
6.12 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
6.13 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
6.14 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
6.15 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
6.16 	provided as part of the required 
6.17 	accomplishment plan.

6.18
6.19	(i) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase IX
					
6.20 	$3,950,000 the first year is to the 
6.21 	commissioner of natural resources to 
6.22 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
6.23 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
6.24 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
6.25 	native prairie bank land, bluff prairies on state 
6.26 	forest land in southeastern Minnesota, and 
6.27 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
6.28 	waterfowl-production area and refuge lands. 
6.29 	A list of proposed land restorations and 
6.30 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
6.31 	required accomplishment plan.

6.32
6.33	(j) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase V
					
6.34 	$1,130,000 the first year is to the 
6.35 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.36 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
7.1 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
7.2 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Benton, 
7.3 	Isanti, Morrison, and Stearns Counties as 
7.4 	follows: $41,000 is to the Anoka Conservation 
7.5 	District, $231,000 is to the Isanti County Soil 
7.6 	and Water Conservation District, $345,000 is 
7.7 	to Great River Greening, $163,000 is to the 
7.8 	Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation 
7.9 	District, and $350,000 is to Minnesota Land 
7.10 	Trust. Up to $40,000 to Minnesota Land Trust 
7.11 	is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 
7.12 	funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 
7.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
7.15 	permanent conservation easements, 
7.16 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
7.17 	provided as part of the required 
7.18 	accomplishment plan.

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

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

7.33
7.34	(b) Laurentian Forest - St. Louis County Habitat 
Project
					
7.35 	$2,400,000 the first year is to the 
7.36 	commissioner of natural resources for 
8.1 	agreements with the Minnesota Deer Hunters 
8.2 	Association in cooperation with The 
8.3 	Conservation Fund and St. Louis County to 
8.4 	acquire land in fee to be transferred to St. 
8.5 	Louis County for wildlife habitat purposes. 
8.6 	The amount is for agreements as follows: 
8.7 	$2,292,000 to the Minnesota Deer Hunter 
8.8 	Association and $108,000 to The Conservation 
8.9 	Fund. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
8.10 	must be provided as part of the required 
8.11 	accomplishment plan.

8.12
8.13	(c) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration - Phase V
					
8.14 	$2,375,000 the first year is to the 
8.15 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
8.16 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
8.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.18 	subdivision 8; to acquire land in fee for 
8.19 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
8.20 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; to 
8.21 	acquire land in fee for state forest purposes 
8.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
8.23 	subdivision 7; to acquire permanent 
8.24 	conservation easements; and to restore and 
8.25 	enhance prairie, grassland, forest, and savanna. 
8.26 	The amount is for agreements as follows: 
8.27 	$1,000,000 to The Nature Conservancy, 
8.28 	$675,000 to The Trust for Public Land, and 
8.29 	$700,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
8.30 	$80,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
8.31 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
8.32 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
8.33 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.34 	97A.056, subdivision 17. No later than 180 
8.35 	days after the The Nature Conservancy's fiscal 
8.36 	year ends, The Nature Conservancy must 
9.1 	submit to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
9.2 	Council annual income statements and balance 
9.3 	sheets for income and expenses from land 
9.4 	acquired in fee with this appropriation and not 
9.5 	transferred to the state or a local governmental 
9.6 	unit. A list of proposed land acquisitions must 
9.7 	be provided as part of the required 
9.8 	accomplishment plan.

9.9	(d) Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase V
					
9.10 	$2,291,000 the first year is to the 
9.11 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
9.12 	easements for forest, wetland, and shoreline 
9.13 	habitat through working forest permanent 
9.14 	conservation easements under the Minnesota 
9.15 	forests for the future program pursuant to 
9.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A 
9.17 	conservation easement acquired with money 
9.18 	appropriated under this paragraph must 
9.19 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.20 	97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment 
9.21 	plan must include an easement monitoring and 
9.22 	enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to 
9.23 	$72,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
9.24 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
9.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
9.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
9.27 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
9.28 	be provided as part of the final report.

9.29	(e) State Forest Acquisitions - Phase IV
					
9.30 	$1,000,000 the first year is to the 
9.31 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
9.32 	lands in fee for wildlife habitat purposes in 
9.33 	the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood 
9.34 	State Forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.35 	86A.05, subdivision 7. A list of proposed land 
10.1 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
10.2 	required accomplishment plan.

10.3
10.4	(f) Critical Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase IV
					
10.5 	$1,700,000 the first year is to the 
10.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.7 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
10.8 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
10.9 	along rivers and lakes in the northern forest 
10.10 	region. Of this amount, up to $120,000 is for 
10.11 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
10.12 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
10.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
10.15 	permanent conservation easements must be 
10.16 	provided as part of the required 
10.17 	accomplishment plan.

10.18	(g) Bushmen Lake
					
10.19 	$4,600,000 the first year is to the 
10.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.21 	agreement with The Conservation Fund in 
10.22 	cooperation with the United States Forest 
10.23 	Service to acquire lands in fee adjacent to 
10.24 	Bushmen Lake in St. Louis County to be 
10.25 	managed for wildlife habitat purposes. A list 
10.26 	of proposed land acquisitions must be 
10.27 	provided as part of the required 
10.28 	accomplishment plan.

10.29	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		28,869,000
		-0-

10.30
10.31	(a) Accelerating Waterfowl-Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
10.32 	$5,500,000 the first year is to the 
10.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.34 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
10.35 	land in fee and restore and enhance wetlands 
10.36 	and grasslands to be designated and managed 
11.1 	as waterfowl-production areas in Minnesota 
11.2 	in cooperation with the United States Fish and 
11.3 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
11.4 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
11.5 	required accomplishment plan.

11.6
11.7	(b) Shallow Lakes and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase VI
					
11.8 	$5,750,000 the first year is to the 
11.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.10 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
11.11 	land in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, 
11.12 	and land-buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
11.13 	management purposes under Minnesota 
11.14 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
11.15 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
11.16 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

11.17	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VIII
					
11.18 	$10,398,000 the first year is to the Board of 
11.19 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.20 	permanent conservation easements and to 
11.21 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
11.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
11.23 	Of this amount, up to $306,000 is for 
11.24 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
11.25 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
11.26 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.27 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
11.28 	conservation easements must be provided as 
11.29 	part of the final report.

11.30
11.31	(d) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection Program - 
Phase V
					
11.32 	$750,000 the first year is to the Board of 
11.33 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
11.34 	permanent conservation easements on 
11.35 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
11.36 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
12.1 	to $59,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
12.2 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.3 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.4 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
12.5 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
12.6 	be provided as part of the final report by the 
12.7 	Board of Water and Soil Resources.

12.8
12.9	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase IX
					
12.10 	$1,755,000 the first year is to the 
12.11 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
12.12 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
12.13 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
12.14 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
12.15 	of the required accomplishment plan.

12.16
12.17	(f) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetland Initiative 
- Phase VI
					
12.18 	$4,716,000 the first year is to the 
12.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.20 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
12.21 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
12.22 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
12.23 	conservation easement for wildlife 
12.24 	management purposes. A list of proposed 
12.25 	shallow-lake enhancements and wetland 
12.26 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
12.27 	required accomplishment plan.

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

12.29
12.30	(a) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Partnership - Phase III
					
12.31 	$1,617,000 the first year is to the 
12.32 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
12.33 	lands in fee and restore wildlife habitat in the 
12.34 	Mississippi headwaters and for agreements as 
12.35 	follows: $60,000 to the Mississippi 
12.36 	Headwaters Board and $1,557,000 to The 
13.1 	Trust for Public Land. $779,000 the first year 
13.2 	is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
13.3 	to acquire lands in permanent conservation 
13.4 	easements and to restore wildlife habitat. Up 
13.5 	to $59,000 to the Board of Water and Soil 
13.6 	Resources is for establishing a monitoring and 
13.7 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.8 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.9 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
13.10 	list of proposed acquisitions must be included 
13.11 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.12
13.13	(b) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North-Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase III
					
13.14 	$1,716,000 the first year is to the 
13.15 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
13.16 	land in permanent conservation easements to 
13.17 	sustain healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes 
13.18 	in Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
13.19 	Counties for agreements as follows: $113,000 
13.20 	to the Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation 
13.21 	and $1,603,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up 
13.22 	to $120,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
13.23 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
13.24 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.25 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.26 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
13.27 	conservation easements must be provided as 
13.28 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

13.29	(c) Goose Prairie
					
13.30 	$600,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
13.31 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
13.32 	Wild Rice Watershed District, in cooperation 
13.33 	with the Department of Natural Resources, to 
13.34 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat in and 
13.35 	adjacent to the Goose Prairie Marsh Wildlife 
13.36 	Management Area in Clay County. A list of 
14.1 	proposed land enhancements must be provided 
14.2 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.3
14.4
14.5	(d) Minnesota Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish 
Habitat Enhancement and Restoration - Phase 
IX
					
14.6 	$2,403,000 the first year is to the 
14.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.8 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
14.9 	to restore or enhance habitat for trout and other 
14.10 	species in and along coldwater rivers, lakes, 
14.11 	and streams in Minnesota. A list of proposed 
14.12 	restorations and enhancements must be 
14.13 	provided as part of the required 
14.14 	accomplishment plan.

14.15	(e) DNR Stream Habitat - Phase II
					
14.16 	$2,166,000 the first year is to the 
14.17 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
14.18 	and enhance habitat in degraded streams and 
14.19 	critical aquatic-species habitat and to facilitate 
14.20 	fish passage. A list of proposed land 
14.21 	restorations and enhancements must be 
14.22 	provided as part of the required 
14.23 	accomplishment plan.

14.24
14.25	(f) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase 
IV
					
14.26 	$3,392,000 the first year is to the 
14.27 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
14.28 	aquatic habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
14.29 	Of this appropriation, up to $226,000 is for an 
14.30 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust. A list 
14.31 	of proposed restorations must be provided as 
14.32 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

14.33
14.34	(g) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program - Phase VI
					
14.35 	$1,779,000 the first year is to the 
14.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.1 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
15.2 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
15.3 	restore and enhance aquatic habitat in the Shell 
15.4 	Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
15.5 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
15.6 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.7 	accomplishment plan.

15.8	(h) Lake Wakanda Enhancement Project
					
15.9 	$921,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
15.10 	of natural resources for an agreement with 
15.11 	Kandiyohi County to enhance aquatic habitat 
15.12 	in and adjacent to Lake Wakanda in Kandiyohi 
15.13 	County. A list of proposed land enhancements 
15.14 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.15 	accomplishment plan.

15.16	(i) Wolverton Creek Habitat Restoration
					
15.17 	$1,877,000 the first year is to the 
15.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.19 	agreement with the Buffalo-Red River 
15.20 	Watershed District to acquire permanent 
15.21 	conservation easements and restore and 
15.22 	enhance aquatic and upland habitat associated 
15.23 	with Wolverton Creek in the Buffalo-Red 
15.24 	River watershed. A list of proposed 
15.25 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
15.26 	must be provided as part of the required 
15.27 	accomplishment plan.

15.28
15.29
15.30	(j) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase 
IX
					
15.31 	$9,294,000 the first year is to the 
15.32 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
15.33 	program to provide competitive matching 
15.34 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
15.35 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
15.36 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
16.1 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
16.2 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, up to 
16.3 	$2,660,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
16.4 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
16.5 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made 
16.6 	for activities required to fulfill the duties of 
16.7 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
16.8 	easements. Grants must not be for projects 
16.9 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
16.10 	$575,000. Of the total appropriation, $634,000 
16.11 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
16.12 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
16.13 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in land. 
16.14 	Easements must be permanent. Grants may 
16.15 	not be used to establish easement stewardship 
16.16 	accounts. Land acquired in fee must be open 
16.17 	to hunting and fishing during the open season 
16.18 	unless otherwise provided by law. The 
16.19 	program must require a match of at least ten 
16.20 	percent from nonstate sources for all grants. 
16.21 	The match may be cash or in-kind resources. 
16.22 	For grant applications of $25,000 or less, the 
16.23 	commissioner must provide a separate, 
16.24 	simplified application process. Subject to 
16.25 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner must, 
16.26 	when evaluating projects of equal value, give 
16.27 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
16.28 	receiving or a charter to receive private 
16.29 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
16.30 	projects. If acquiring land in fee or a 
16.31 	conservation easement, priority must be given 
16.32 	to projects associated with or within one mile 
16.33 	of existing wildlife management areas under 
16.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
16.35 	subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas 
16.36 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 
17.1 	86A.05, subdivision 5; or aquatic management 
17.2 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
17.3 	86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. All 
17.4 	restoration or enhancement projects must be 
17.5 	on land permanently protected by a permanent 
17.6 	covenant ensuring perpetual maintenance and 
17.7 	protection of restored and enhanced habitat, 
17.8 	by a conservation easement, or by public 
17.9 	ownership, or must be in public waters as 
17.10 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.11 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority must be 
17.12 	given to restoration and enhancement projects 
17.13 	on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.14 	97A.056, subdivision 13, applies to grants 
17.15 	awarded under this paragraph. This 
17.16 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021. 
17.17 	No less than five percent of the amount of each 
17.18 	grant must be held back from reimbursement 
17.19 	until the grant recipient has completed a grant 
17.20 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
17.21 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
17.22 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
17.23 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
17.24 	program in the game and fish law summary 
17.25 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.26 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21.8	Subd. 10.Fiscal Year 2019 Recommendations
 					
21.9 	The Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.10 	must consider recommending up to 
21.11 	$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 
21.12 	appropriations from the outdoor heritage fund 
21.13 	for conservation easements and restoration as 
21.14 	provided in subdivision 4, paragraph (c).

21.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
21.16 	read:
21.17 		Subd. 22.Revenues. (a) A recipient must disclose to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
21.18 	Council and the commissioner all revenues that are received by the recipient before the 
21.19 	availability of the appropriation ends and that are generated from activities on land acquired 
21.20 	in fee title or easement, restored, or enhanced with money from the outdoor heritage fund. 
21.21 	The revenues must be disclosed to the council and commissioner no later than 60 days after 
21.22 	the availability of the appropriation ends.
21.23 	(b) For all revenues disclosed under paragraph (a), a recipient must:
21.24 	(1) use the revenues to protect, restore, or enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, or habitat 
21.25 	for fish, game, or wildlife according to the appropriation purposes and the approved 
21.26 	accomplishment plan;
21.27 	(2) use the revenues for other purposes as approved in the accomplishment plan by the 
21.28 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council; or
21.29 	(3) transfer the revenues to the outdoor heritage fund no later than 60 days after the 
21.30 	availability of the appropriation ends, unless otherwise approved by the council.
21.31 	(c) Paragraph (b), clause (3), does not apply to the state and its departments and agencies.

22.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
22.2 	read:
22.3 		Subd. 23.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
22.4 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the outdoor heritage fund 
22.5 	must not be appropriated.

22.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
22.7 	read:
22.8 		Subd. 24.Previous funding notification requirement. Any state agency or organization 
22.9 	requesting a direct appropriation from the outdoor heritage fund must inform the 
22.10 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the house of representatives and senate 
22.11 	committees having jurisdiction over the outdoor heritage fund, at the time the request for 
22.12 	funding is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous 
22.13 	funding that was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose.

22.14 	Sec. 6. Laws 2012, chapter 264, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
22.15 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 7, is amended to read:

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

22.17	(a) DNR Aquatic Habitat - Phase IV
					
22.18 	$3,480,000 in the second year is to the 
22.19 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
22.20 	interests in land in fee or permanent 
22.21 	conservation easements for aquatic 
22.22 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.23 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02, 
22.24 	and to restore and enhance aquatic habitat. A 
22.25 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
22.26 	provided as part of the required 
22.27 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
22.28 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
22.29 	plan. Up to $25,000 is for establishing a 
22.30 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
22.31 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
22.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
22.33 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
23.1 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
23.2 	fund established, including expenditures from 
23.3 	the fund and a description of annual 
23.4 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

23.5	(b) Metro Big Rivers Habitat - Phase III
					
23.6 	$3,680,000 in the second year is to the 
23.7 	commissioner of natural resources for 
23.8 	agreements to acquire interests in land in fee 
23.9 	or permanent conservation easements and to 
23.10 	restore and enhance natural systems associated 
23.11 	with the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix 
23.12 	Rivers as follows: $1,000,000 to the 
23.13 	Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
23.14 	Trust, Inc.; $375,000 to the Friends of the 
23.15 	Mississippi; $375,000 to Great River 
23.16 	Greening; $930,000 to The Minnesota Land 
23.17 	Trust; and $1,000,000 to The Trust for Public 
23.18 	Land. A list of proposed acquisitions, 
23.19 	restorations, and enhancements must be 
23.20 	provided as part of the required 
23.21 	accomplishment plan. The accomplishment 
23.22 	plan must include an easement stewardship 
23.23 	plan. Up to $51,000 is for establishing a 
23.24 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
23.25 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
23.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
23.27 	subdivision 17. An annual financial report is 
23.28 	required for any monitoring and enforcement 
23.29 	fund established, including expenditures from 
23.30 	the fund and a description of annual 
23.31 	monitoring and enforcement activities.

23.32
23.33	(c) Dakota County Riparian and Lakeshore 
Protection and Management - Phase III
					
23.34 	$480,000 in the second year is to the 
23.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
24.1 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
24.2 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
24.3 	and enhance habitats along the Mississippi, 
24.4 	Cannon, and Vermillion Rivers. A list of 
24.5 	proposed acquisitions, restorations, and 
24.6 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
24.7 	required accomplishment plan. The 
24.8 	accomplishment plan must include an 
24.9 	easement stewardship plan. Up to $20,000 is 
24.10 	for establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
24.11 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
24.12 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.13 	97A.056, subdivision 17. An annual financial 
24.14 	report is required for any monitoring and 
24.15 	enforcement fund established, including 
24.16 	expenditures from the fund and a description 
24.17 	of annual monitoring and enforcement 
24.18 	activities.

24.19	(d) Lower St. Louis River Habitat Restoration
					
24.20 	$3,670,000 in the second year is to the 
24.21 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
24.22 	habitat in the lower St. Louis River estuary. 
24.23 	A list of proposed projects must be provided 
24.24 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

24.25
24.26	(e) Coldwater Fish Habitat Enhancement - Phase 
IV
					
24.27 	$2,120,000 in the second year is to the 
24.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
24.29 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
24.30 	to restore and enhance coldwater fish lake, 
24.31 	river, and stream habitats in Minnesota. A list 
24.32 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
24.33 	must be provided as part of the required 
24.34 	accomplishment plan.

24.35	(f) Grand Marais Creek Outlet Restoration
					
25.1 	$2,320,000 in the second year is to the 
25.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
25.3 	agreement with the Red Lake Watershed 
25.4 	District to restore and enhance stream and 
25.5 	related habitat in Grand Marais Creek. A list 
25.6 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
25.7 	must be provided as part of the required 
25.8 	accomplishment plan.

25.9	(g) Knife River Habitat Restoration
					
25.10 	$380,000 in the second year is to the 
25.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
25.12 	agreement with the Lake Superior Steelhead 
25.13 	Association to restore trout habitat in the 
25.14 	Upper Knife River Watershed. A list of 
25.15 	proposed restorations must be provided as part 
25.16 	of the required accomplishment plan. 
25.17 	Notwithstanding rules of the commissioner of 
25.18 	natural resources, restorations conducted 
25.19 	pursuant to this paragraph may be 
25.20 	accomplished by excavation.

25.21	(h) Protect Aquatic Habitat from Invasive Carp
					
25.22 	$7,500,000 in the second year is to the 
25.23 	commissioner of natural resources for design 
25.24 	construction, including acquisition, operation, 
25.25 	and evaluation of structural deterrents for 
25.26 	invasive carp to protect Minnesota's aquatic 
25.27 	habitat. Use of this money requires a 
25.28 	one-to-one match for projects on state 
25.29 	boundary waters. A match is not required for 
25.30 	design or feasibility studies. This appropriation 
25.31 	is available until June 30, 2019.

25.32
25.33	(i) Outdoor Heritage Conservation Partners 
Grant Program - Phase IV
					
25.34 	$4,990,000 in the second year is to the 
25.35 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
26.1 	program to provide competitive, matching 
26.2 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
26.3 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
26.4 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
26.5 	prairies, and habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
26.6 	in Minnesota. Grants shall not be made for 
26.7 	activities required to fulfill the duties of 
26.8 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
26.9 	easements. Grants shall not be made from 
26.10 	appropriations in this paragraph for projects 
26.11 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
26.12 	$575,000. $366,000 of this appropriation may 
26.13 	be spent for personnel costs and other direct 
26.14 	and necessary administrative costs. Grantees 
26.15 	may acquire land or interests in land. 
26.16 	Easements must be permanent. Land acquired 
26.17 	in fee must be open to hunting and fishing 
26.18 	during the open season unless otherwise 
26.19 	provided by state law. The program shall 
26.20 	require a match of at least ten percent from 
26.21 	nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 
26.22 	be cash or in-kind resources. For grant 
26.23 	applications of $25,000 or less, the 
26.24 	commissioner shall provide a separate, 
26.25 	simplified application process. Subject to 
26.26 	Minnesota Statutes, the commissioner of 
26.27 	natural resources shall, when evaluating 
26.28 	projects of equal value, give priority to 
26.29 	organizations that have a history of receiving 
26.30 	or charter to receive private contributions for 
26.31 	local conservation or habitat projects. If 
26.32 	acquiring land or a conservation easement, 
26.33 	priority shall be given to projects associated 
26.34 	with existing wildlife management areas under 
26.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
26.36 	subdivision 8; scientific and natural areas 
27.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 and 
27.2 	86A.05, subdivision 5; and aquatic 
27.3 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
27.4 	sections 86A.05, subdivision 14, and 97C.02. 
27.5 	All restoration or enhancement projects must 
27.6 	be on land permanently protected by a 
27.7 	conservation easement or public ownership or 
27.8 	in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
27.9 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
27.10 	Priority shall be given to restoration and 
27.11 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
27.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
27.13 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
27.14 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
27.15 	available until June 30, 2016. No less than five 
27.16 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
27.17 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
27.18 	recipient has completed a grant 
27.19 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
27.20 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
27.21 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
27.22 	commissioner shall provide notice of the grant 
27.23 	program in the game and fish law summaries 
27.24 	that are prepared under Minnesota Statutes, 
27.25 	section 97A.051, subdivision 2.

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

27.27 	Sec. 7. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
27.28 	amended by Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 5, is amended to read:

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

27.30
27.31
27.32	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VII
					
27.33 	$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 
27.34 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
27.35 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
28.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
28.2 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
28.3 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
28.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
28.5 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
28.6 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
28.7 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
28.8 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
28.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
28.10 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
28.11 	proposed land and permanent conservation 
28.12 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
28.13 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

28.14
28.15	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VII
					
28.16 	$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 
28.17 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
28.18 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
28.19 	land in fee for wildlife management area 
28.20 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.21 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
28.22 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
28.23 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
28.24 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
28.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
28.26 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
28.27 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
28.28 	provided as part of the required 
28.29 	accomplishment plan.

28.30
28.31	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VI
					
28.32 	$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 
28.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
28.34 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
28.35 	acquire native prairie, wetlands, and savanna 
28.36 	and restore and enhance grasslands, wetlands, 
29.1 	and savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
29.2 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
29.3 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
29.4 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
29.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
29.6 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
29.7 	income statements and balance sheets for 
29.8 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
29.9 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
29.10 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
29.11 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
29.12 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
29.13 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
29.14 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
29.15 	and must be consistent with the priorities 
29.16 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
29.17 	Conservation Plan.

29.18
29.19	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase  VI
					
29.20 	$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 
29.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
29.22 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
29.23 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
29.24 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
29.25 	permanent conservation easements within the 
29.26 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation 
29.27 	Area in western Minnesota for addition to the 
29.28 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
29.29 	Refuge. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
29.30 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
29.31 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
29.32 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
29.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
29.34 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
29.35 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
29.36 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
30.1 	and must be consistent with the priorities in 
30.2 	the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

30.3
30.4	(e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase IV
					
30.5 	$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 
30.6 	commissioner of natural resources to 
30.7 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
30.8 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
30.9 	conservation easements to protect native 
30.10 	prairie and grasslands. Up to $165,000 is for 
30.11 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
30.12 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
30.13 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
30.15 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
30.16 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
30.17 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
30.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
30.19 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
30.20 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
30.21 	be provided as part of the final report.

30.22
30.23	(f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water - 
Phase V
					
30.24 	$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board of 
30.25 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
30.26 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
30.27 	and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 
30.28 	water fund riparian buffer program for at least 
30.29 	equal wildlife benefits from buffers on private 
30.30 	land. Up to $72,500 $728,000 is for 
30.31 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
30.32 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
30.33 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.34 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
30.35 	conservation easements must be provided as 
30.36 	part of the final report.

31.1
31.2	(g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase V
					
31.3 	$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 
31.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.5 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
31.6 	acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 
31.7 	watershed for wildlife management purposes 
31.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
31.9 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
31.10 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
31.11 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
31.12 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
31.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
31.14 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
31.15 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
31.16 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

31.17
31.18	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley
					
31.19 	$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 
31.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.21 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
31.22 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
31.23 	Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 
31.24 	in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 
31.25 	management purposes under Minnesota 
31.26 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for 
31.27 	designation and management as waterfowl 
31.28 	production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 
31.29 	with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
31.30 	Service. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
31.31 	must be provided as part of the required 
31.32 	accomplishment plan.

31.33
31.34	(i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas
					
31.35 	$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 
31.36 	commissioner of natural resources for 
32.1 	agreements to acquire conservation easements 
32.2 	within important bird areas identified in the 
32.3 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan, to be 
32.4 	used as follows: $408,000 is to Audubon 
32.5 	Minnesota and $1,322,000 is to Minnesota 
32.6 	Land Trust, of which up to $100,000 is for 
32.7 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
32.8 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
32.9 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.10 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
32.11 	conservation easements must be provided as 
32.12 	part of the final report.

32.13
32.14	(j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration
					
32.15 	$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 
32.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.17 	agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
32.18 	District to acquire land in fee and permanent 
32.19 	conservation easement and to `restore river 
32.20 	and related habitat in the Wild Rice River 
32.21 	corridor. A list of proposed acquisitions and 
32.22 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
32.23 	required accomplishment plan.

32.24
32.25	(k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII
					
32.26 	$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 
32.27 	commissioner of natural resources to 
32.28 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 
32.29 	prairie communities on wildlife management 
32.30 	areas, scientific and natural areas, state forest 
32.31 	land, and land under native prairie bank 
32.32 	easements. A list of proposed land restorations 
32.33 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
32.34 	of the required accomplishment plan.

32.35
32.36	(l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase 
II
					
33.1 	$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 
33.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.3 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
33.4 	and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 
33.5 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
33.6 	must be provided as part of the final report.

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

33.8 	Sec. 8. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

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

33.10
33.11
33.12	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VIII
					
33.13 	$3,250,000 the second year is to the 
33.14 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
33.15 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
33.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
33.17 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
33.18 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
33.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
33.20 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
33.21 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
33.22 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
33.23 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
33.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
33.25 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
33.26 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
33.27 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

33.28
33.29	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
33.30 	$5,229,000 the second year is to the 
33.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.32 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
33.33 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
33.34 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
33.35 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
34.1 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
34.2 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
34.3 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
34.4 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
34.5 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
34.6 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
34.7 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
34.8 	required accomplishment plan.

34.934.10
	(c) Martin County/Fox Lake Wildlife 
Management Area Acquisition
					
34.11 	$1,000,000 the second year is to the 
34.12 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.13 	agreement with Fox Lake Conservation 
34.14 	League, Inc. to acquire land in fee and restore 
34.15 	strategic prairie grassland, wetland, and other 
34.16 	wildlife habitat for wildlife management area 
34.17 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
34.18 	86A.05, subdivision 8. A list of proposed 
34.19 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
34.20 	required accomplishment plan.

34.21
34.22	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VII
					
34.23 	$2,754,000 the second year is to the 
34.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
34.25 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
34.26 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
34.27 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
34.28 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
34.29 	lands within the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
34.30 	Habitat Preservation Area in western 
34.31 	Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
34.32 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
34.33 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
34.34 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
34.35 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
34.36 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
35.1 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
35.2 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
35.3 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
35.4 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
35.5 	consistent with the priorities in the Minnesota 
35.6 	Prairie Conservation Plan.

35.7
35.8	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VI
					
35.9 	$583,000 the second year is to the 
35.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.11 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
35.12 	acquire land in fee and restore lands in the 
35.13 	Cannon River watershed for wildlife 
35.14 	management purposes under Minnesota 
35.15 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
35.16 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
35.17 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
35.18 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
35.19 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
35.20 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
35.21 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
35.22 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
35.23 	required accomplishment plan.

35.24
35.25	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase V
					
35.26 	$2,541,000 the second year is to the 
35.27 	commissioner of natural resources to 
35.28 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
35.29 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
35.30 	conservation easements to protect and restore 
35.31 	native prairie. Of this amount, up to $120,000 
35.32 	is for establishing monitoring and enforcement 
35.33 	funds as approved in the accomplishment plan 
35.34 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.35 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
35.36 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
36.1 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
36.2 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
36.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
36.4 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
36.5 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
36.6 	be provided as part of the final report.

36.7
36.8	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VI
					
36.9 	$6,708,000 the second year is to the Board of 
36.10 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
36.11 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
36.12 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.13 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
36.14 	habitat by expanding the clean water fund 
36.15 	riparian buffer program for at least equal 
36.16 	wildlife benefits from buffers on private land. 
36.17 	Of this amount, up to $130,000 $1,079,000 is 
36.18 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
36.19 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
36.20 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.21 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
36.22 	conservation easements must be provided as 
36.23 	part of the final report.

36.24
36.25	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase II
					
36.26 	$2,269,000 the second year is to the 
36.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.28 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
36.29 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
36.30 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
36.31 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
36.32 	River Valley for wildlife management 
36.33 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.34 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or for designation and 
36.35 	management as waterfowl production areas 
36.36 	in Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
37.1 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
37.2 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
37.3 	6136.0900, priority must be given to 
37.4 	acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
37.5 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.6 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
37.7 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
37.8 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
37.9 	required accomplishment plan.

37.10
37.11	(i) Grassland Conservation Partnership - Phase 
II
					
37.12 	$1,475,000 the second year is to the 
37.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.14 	agreement with The Conservation Fund, in 
37.15 	cooperation with Minnesota Land Trust, to 
37.16 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
37.17 	and restore high priority grassland, prairie, 
37.18 	and wetland habitats as follows: $64,000 to 
37.19 	The Conservation Fund; and $1,411,000 to 
37.20 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
37.21 	$100,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
37.22 	enforcement fund, as approved in the 
37.23 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
37.24 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
37.25 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
37.26 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
37.27 	to acquisition of lands that are eligible for the 
37.28 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.29 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
37.30 	native prairie. A list of proposed acquisitions 
37.31 	must be provided as part of the required 
37.32 	accomplishment plan and must be consistent 
37.33 	with the priorities in the Minnesota Prairie 
37.34 	Conservation Plan.

37.35
37.36	(j) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VIII
					
38.1 	$3,983,000 the second year is to the 
38.2 	commissioner of natural resources to 
38.3 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
38.4 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
38.5 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
38.6 	native prairie bank land, and bluff prairies on 
38.7 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota. A 
38.8 	list of proposed land restorations and 
38.9 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
38.10 	required accomplishment plan.

38.11
38.12	(k) Anoka Sandplain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase IV
					
38.13 	$1,208,000 the second year is to the 
38.14 	commissioner of natural resources for 
38.15 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
38.16 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Isanti, 
38.17 	Morrison, Sherburne, and Todd Counties as 
38.18 	follows: $93,000 to Anoka Conservation 
38.19 	District; $25,000 to Isanti County Parks and 
38.20 	Recreation Department; $813,000 to Great 
38.21 	River Greening; and $277,000 to the National 
38.22 	Wild Turkey Federation. A list of proposed 
38.23 	land restorations and enhancements must be 
38.24 	provided as part of the required 
38.25 	accomplishment plan.

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

38.27 	Sec. 9. Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

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

38.29
38.30	(a) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
38.31 	$5,650,000 the second year is to the 
38.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
38.33 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
38.34 	in fee and restore and enhance wetlands and 
38.35 	grasslands to be designated and managed as 
39.1 	waterfowl production areas in Minnesota, in 
39.2 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
39.3 	Wildlife Service. A list of proposed land 
39.4 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
39.5 	required accomplishment plan.

39.6
39.7	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase V
					
39.8 	$5,801,000 the second year is to the 
39.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
39.10 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
39.11 	in fee and restore prairie lands, wetlands, and 
39.12 	land buffering shallow lakes for wildlife 
39.13 	management purposes under Minnesota 
39.14 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. A list 
39.15 	of proposed acquisitions must be provided as 
39.16 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

39.17	(c) RIM Wetlands Partnership - Phase VII
					
39.18 	$13,808,000 the second year is to the Board 
39.19 	of Water and Soil Resources to acquire lands 
39.20 	in permanent conservation easements and to 
39.21 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
39.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
39.23 	Of this amount, up to $195,000 $410,000 is 
39.24 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
39.25 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
39.26 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.27 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
39.28 	conservation easements must be provided as 
39.29 	part of the final report.

39.30
39.31	(d) Wetland Habitat Protection Program - Phase 
II
					
39.32 	$1,629,000 the second year is to the 
39.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
39.34 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
39.35 	acquire permanent conservation easements in 
39.36 	high-priority wetland habitat complexes in the 
40.1 	prairie and forest/prairie transition regions. Of 
40.2 	this amount, up to $180,000 is to establish a 
40.3 	monitoring and enforcement fund, as approved 
40.4 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
40.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
40.6 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed easement 
40.7 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
40.8 	final report.

40.940.10
	(e) Accelerated Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement - Phase VIII
					
40.11 	$2,167,000 the second year is to the 
40.12 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
40.13 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
40.14 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
40.15 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
40.16 	of the required accomplishment plan.

40.17	(f) Marsh Lake - Phase II
					
40.18 	$2,000,000 the second year is to the 
40.19 	commissioner of natural resources to modify 
40.20 	the dam at Marsh Lake for improved habitat 
40.21 	management and to return the historic outlet 
40.22 	of the Pomme de Terre River to Lac Qui Parle.

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

40.24 	Sec. 10. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT.
 40.25 	By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the 
40.26 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
40.27 	jurisdiction over the outdoor heritage fund a report of the amount from the outdoor heritage 
40.28 	fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
40.29 	16A.127. The report must include:
40.30 	(1) information for all years that outdoor heritage fund appropriations have been made 
40.31 	through fiscal year 2017;
40.32 	(2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were 
40.33 	funded; and
41.1 	(3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the outdoor heritage 
41.2 	fund contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to restore, protect, 
41.3 	and enhance wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.

41.4 	Sec. 11.  REPEALER.
 41.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.056, subdivision 8, is repealed.

41.6 	ARTICLE 2
41.7 	CLEAN WATER FUND

41.8	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
41.9 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
41.10 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
41.11 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
41.12 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this 
41.13 	article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
41.14 	June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The 
41.15 	second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The 
41.16 	appropriations in this article are onetime.

41.17				APPROPRIATIONS
	
41.18				Available for the Year
	
41.19				Ending June 30
	
41.20					2018
		2019

41.21	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

41.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	100,497,000
	$
	111,373,000
	
41.23 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
41.24 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

41.25	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
41.26 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
41.27 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
41.28 	related to and necessary for a specific 
41.29 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
41.30 	article must be spent in accordance with 
41.31 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
42.1 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
42.2 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
42.3 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
42.4 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
42.5 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
42.6 	2019, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
42.7 	available until June 30, 2020. If a project 
42.8 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
42.9 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
42.10 	availability of federal funding.

42.11	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
42.12 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
42.13 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
42.14 	on Disability and other appropriate 
42.15 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
42.16 	committees, and commissions, should make 
42.17 	progress toward providing greater access to 
42.18 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
42.19 	for people with disabilities related to the 
42.20 	programs the recipient funds using 
42.21 	appropriations made in this article.

42.22	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	8,283,000
	$
	9,283,000
	
42.23 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
42.24 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
42.25 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
42.26 	water and groundwater and to use data 
42.27 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
42.28 	(b) $2,085,000 the first year and $2,086,000 
42.29 	the second year are for monitoring and 
42.30 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
42.31 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to 
42.32 	groundwater degradation; promoting, 
42.33 	developing, and evaluating regional and 
42.34 	crop-specific nutrient best management 
43.1 	practices; assessing best management practice 
43.2 	adoption; education and technical support from 
43.3 	University of Minnesota Extension; grants to 
43.4 	support agricultural demonstration and 
43.5 	implementation activities; and other actions 
43.6 	to protect groundwater from degradation from 
43.7 	nitrate. This appropriation is available until 
43.8 	June 30, 2022.
43.9 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
43.10 	second year are for administering clean water 
43.11 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
43.12 	management practices loan program. Any 
43.13 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
43.14 	year shall be added to the corpus of the loan 
43.15 	fund.
43.16 	(d) $1,125,000 the first year and $1,125,000 
43.17 	the second year are for technical assistance, 
43.18 	research, and demonstration projects on proper 
43.19 	implementation of best management practices 
43.20 	and more precise information on nonpoint 
43.21 	contributions to impaired waters and for grants 
43.22 	to support on-farm demonstration of 
43.23 	agricultural practices. This appropriation is 
43.24 	available until June 30, 2022.
43.25 	(e) $663,000 the first year and $662,000 the 
43.26 	second year are for research to quantify and 
43.27 	reduce agricultural contributions to impaired 
43.28 	waters and for development and evaluation of 
43.29 	best management practices to protect and 
43.30 	restore water resources. This appropriation is 
43.31 	available until June 30, 2022.
43.32 	(f) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
43.33 	second year are for a research inventory 
43.34 	database containing water-related research 
43.35 	activities. Costs for information technology 
44.1 	development or support for this research 
44.2 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
44.3 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
44.4 	available until June 30, 2022.
44.5 	(g) $2,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 
44.6 	the second year are to implement the 
44.7 	Minnesota agricultural water quality 
44.8 	certification program statewide. Funds 
44.9 	appropriated in this paragraph are available 
44.10 	until June 30, 2021.
44.11 	(h) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
44.12 	second year are to provide funding for a 
44.13 	regional irrigation water quality specialist 
44.14 	through University of Minnesota Extension.
44.15 	(i) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
44.16 	second year are for grants to the Board of 
44.17 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
44.18 	fund the Forever Green Agriculture Initiative 
44.19 	and to protect the state's natural resources 
44.20 	while increasing the efficiency, profitability, 
44.21 	and productivity of Minnesota farmers by 
44.22 	incorporating perennial and winter-annual 
44.23 	crops into existing agricultural practices. This 
44.24 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
44.25 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
44.26 	the second year are for pesticide testing of 
44.27 	private wells where nitrate is detected, as part 
44.28 	of the Township Testing Program. This 
44.29 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
44.30 	(k) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
44.31 	second year are to evaluate market 
44.32 	opportunities and develop markets for crops 
44.33 	that can be profitable for farmers and 
44.34 	beneficial for water quality and soil health.
45.1 	(l) A portion of the funds in this section may 
45.2 	be used for programs to train state and local 
45.3 	outreach staff in the intersection between 
45.4 	agricultural economics and agricultural 
45.5 	conservation.

45.6	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	5,307,000
	$
	10,693,000
	
45.7 	(a) $5,182,000 the first year and $10,568,000 
45.8 	the second year are for the point source 
45.9 	implementation grants program under 
45.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
45.11 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
45.12 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
45.13 	second year are for small community 
45.14 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
45.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
45.16 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
45.17 	(c) If there are any uncommitted funds at the 
45.18 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
45.19 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
45.20 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
45.21 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
45.22 	this section based on their priority rank on the 
45.23 	Pollution Control Agency's project priority 
45.24 	list.

45.25	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	25,790,000
	$
	26,290,000
	
45.26 	(a) $8,275,000 the first year and $8,275,000 
45.27 	the second year are for completion of needed 
45.28 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
45.29 	and trends according to Minnesota Statutes, 
45.30 	chapter 114D. Of this amount, $125,000 the 
45.31 	first year and $125,000 the second year are 
45.32 	for grants to the Red River Watershed 
45.33 	Management Board to enhance and expand 
46.1 	the existing water quality and watershed 
46.2 	monitoring river watch activities in the schools 
46.3 	in the Red River of the North. The Red River 
46.4 	Watershed Management Board shall provide 
46.5 	a report to the commissioner of the Pollution 
46.6 	Control Agency and the legislative committees 
46.7 	and divisions with jurisdiction over 
46.8 	environment and natural resources finance and 
46.9 	policy and the clean water fund by February 
46.10 	15, 2019, on the expenditure of this 
46.11 	appropriation.
46.12 	(b) $9,409,000 the first year and $9,638,000 
46.13 	the second year are to develop watershed 
46.14 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
46.15 	which include total maximum daily load 
46.16 	(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation 
46.17 	plans for waters listed on the United States 
46.18 	Environmental Protection Agency approved 
46.19 	impaired waters list in accordance with 
46.20 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. The agency 
46.21 	shall complete an average of ten percent of 
46.22 	the TMDLs each year over the biennium.
46.23 	(c) $1,181,000 the first year and $1,182,000 
46.24 	the second year are for groundwater 
46.25 	assessment, including enhancing the ambient 
46.26 	monitoring network, modeling, and evaluating 
46.27 	trends, including the reassessment of 
46.28 	groundwater that was assessed ten to 15 years 
46.29 	ago and found to be contaminated.
46.30 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
46.31 	second year are for implementation of the St. 
46.32 	Louis River System Area of Concern 
46.33 	Remedial Action Plan. This appropriation 
46.34 	must be matched at a rate of 65 percent 
46.35 	nonstate money to 35 percent state money.
47.1 	(e) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
47.2 	second year are for TMDL research and 
47.3 	database development.
47.4 	(f) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
47.5 	second year are for national pollutant 
47.6 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
47.7 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
47.8 	(g) $3,500,000 the first year and $3,370,000 
47.9 	the second year are for enhancing the 
47.10 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
47.11 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
47.12 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
47.13 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protection of 
47.14 	groundwater, including base grants for all 
47.15 	counties with SSTS programs and competitive 
47.16 	grants to counties with specific plans to 
47.17 	significantly reduce water pollution by 
47.18 	reducing the number of systems that are an 
47.19 	imminent threat to public health or safety or 
47.20 	are otherwise failing. Counties that receive 
47.21 	base grants must report the number of sewage 
47.22 	noncompliant properties upgraded through 
47.23 	SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized 
47.24 	sewer system, or other means, including 
47.25 	property abandonment or buy-out. Counties 
47.26 	also must report the number of existing SSTS 
47.27 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
47.28 	under county jurisdiction. These required 
47.29 	reports are to be part of established annual 
47.30 	reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that 
47.31 	conduct SSTS inventories or those with an 
47.32 	ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to 
47.33 	be inspected as a condition of transferring 
47.34 	property or as a condition of obtaining a local 
47.35 	permit must be given priority for competitive 
48.1 	grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, 
48.2 	$1,000,000 each year is available to counties 
48.3 	for grants to low-income landowners to 
48.4 	address systems that pose an imminent threat 
48.5 	to public health or safety or fail to protect 
48.6 	groundwater. A grant awarded under this 
48.7 	paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the 
48.8 	biennium. A county receiving a grant under 
48.9 	this paragraph must submit a report to the 
48.10 	agency listing the projects funded, including 
48.11 	an account of the expenditures.
48.12 	(h) $225,000 the first year and $225,000 the 
48.13 	second year are for accelerated implementation 
48.14 	of MS4 permit requirements including 
48.15 	additional technical assistance to 
48.16 	municipalities experiencing difficulties 
48.17 	understanding and implementing the basic 
48.18 	requirements of the municipal storm water 
48.19 	program.
48.20 	(i) $800,000 the first year and $1,200,000 the 
48.21 	second year are for a grant program for 
48.22 	sanitary sewer projects that are included in the 
48.23 	draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park 
48.24 	Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to 
48.25 	restore the water quality of waters in 
48.26 	Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be 
48.27 	awarded to local government units for projects 
48.28 	approved by the Voyageurs National Park 
48.29 	Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be 
48.30 	matched by at least 25 percent from sources 
48.31 	other than the clean water fund.
48.32 	(j) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
48.33 	second year are for coordination with the state 
48.34 	of Wisconsin and the National Park Service 
48.35 	on comprehensive phosphorous reduction 
49.1 	activities in the Minnesota portion of Lake St. 
49.2 	Croix on the St. Croix River. The 
49.3 	commissioner must work with the St. Croix 
49.4 	Basin Water Resources Planning Team and 
49.5 	the St. Croix River Association to implement 
49.6 	the water monitoring and phosphorous 
49.7 	reduction activities.
49.8 	(k) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
49.9 	second year are to support activities of the 
49.10 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
49.11 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
49.12 	(l) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
49.13 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
49.14 	section are available until June 30, 2022.

49.15
49.16	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	8,446,000
	$
	8,446,000
	
49.17 	(a) $1,950,000 the first year and $1,950,000 
49.18 	the second year are for stream flow 
49.19 	monitoring.
49.20 	(b) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
49.21 	the second year are for lake Index of 
49.22 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
49.23 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
49.24 	second year are for assessing mercury and 
49.25 	other contaminants of fish, including 
49.26 	monitoring to track the status of impaired 
49.27 	waters over time.
49.28 	(d) $1,886,000 the first year and $1,886,000 
49.29 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
49.30 	science-based watershed restoration and 
49.31 	protection strategies.
50.1 	(e) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
50.2 	the second year are for water supply planning, 
50.3 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
50.4 	(f) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
50.5 	second year are for technical assistance to 
50.6 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
50.7 	source restoration and protection activities.
50.8 	(g) $675,000 the first year and $675,000 the 
50.9 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
50.10 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
50.11 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
50.12 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
50.13 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
50.14 	elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of 
50.15 	forestry best management practices for water 
50.16 	quality.
50.17 	(h) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
50.18 	second year are for developing county 
50.19 	geologic atlases.
50.20 	(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
50.21 	second year are for maintenance and updates 
50.22 	to buffer maps and for technical guidance on 
50.23 	buffer map interpretation to local units of 
50.24 	government for implementation of buffer 
50.25 	requirements. Maps must be provided to local 
50.26 	units of government and made available to 
50.27 	landowners on the Department of Natural 
50.28 	Resources' Web site.

50.29
50.30	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	45,911,000
	$
	49,597,000
	
50.31 	(a) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 
50.32 	the second year are for a pilot program to 
50.33 	provide performance-based grants to local 
50.34 	government units. The grants may be used to 
51.1 	implement projects that protect, enhance, and 
51.2 	restore surface water quality in lakes, rivers, 
51.3 	and streams; protect groundwater from 
51.4 	degradation; and protect drinking water 
51.5 	sources. Projects must be identified in a 
51.6 	comprehensive watershed plan developed 
51.7 	under the One Watershed, One Plan or 
51.8 	metropolitan surface water management 
51.9 	frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant 
51.10 	recipients must identify a nonstate match and 
51.11 	may use other legacy funds to supplement 
51.12 	projects funded under this paragraph.
51.13 	(b) $6,882,000 the first year and $12,618,000 
51.14 	the second year are for grants to protect and 
51.15 	restore surface water and drinking water; to 
51.16 	keep water on the land; to protect, enhance, 
51.17 	and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and 
51.18 	streams; and to protect groundwater and 
51.19 	drinking water, including feedlot water quality 
51.20 	and subsurface sewage treatment system 
51.21 	projects and stream bank, stream channel, 
51.22 	shoreline restoration, and ravine stabilization 
51.23 	projects. The projects must use practices 
51.24 	demonstrated to be effective, be of long-lasting 
51.25 	public benefit, include a match, and be 
51.26 	consistent with total maximum daily load 
51.27 	(TMDL) implementation plans, watershed 
51.28 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
51.29 	or local water management plans or their 
51.30 	equivalents. A portion of these funds may be 
51.31 	used to seek administrative efficiencies 
51.32 	through shared resources by multiple local 
51.33 	governmental units.
51.34 	(c) $3,325,000 the first year and $4,275,000 
51.35 	the second year are for accelerated 
52.1 	implementation, including local resource 
52.2 	protection and enhancement grants and 
52.3 	statewide program enhancements of 
52.4 	supplements for technical assistance, citizen 
52.5 	and community outreach, compliance, and 
52.6 	training and certification.
52.7 	(d) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
52.8 	second year are to provide state oversight and 
52.9 	accountability, evaluate results, provide 
52.10 	implementation tools, and measure the value 
52.11 	of conservation program implementation by 
52.12 	local governments, including submission to 
52.13 	the legislature by March 1 each 
52.14 	even-numbered year a biennial report prepared 
52.15 	by the board, in consultation with the 
52.16 	commissioners of natural resources, health, 
52.17 	agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency, 
52.18 	detailing the recipients, the projects funded 
52.19 	under this section, and the amount of pollution 
52.20 	reduced.
52.21 	(e) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
52.22 	the second year are to provide assistance, 
52.23 	oversight, and grants for supporting local 
52.24 	governments in implementing and complying 
52.25 	with riparian protection and excessive soil loss 
52.26 	requirements.
52.27 	(f) $3,875,000 the first year and $5,875,000 
52.28 	the second year are to restore or preserve 
52.29 	permanent conservation on riparian buffers 
52.30 	adjacent to lakes, rivers, streams, and 
52.31 	tributaries, to keep water on the land in order 
52.32 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
52.33 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to surface 
52.34 	waters; and increase infiltration for 
52.35 	groundwater recharge. This appropriation may 
53.1 	be used for restoration of riparian buffers 
53.2 	permanently protected by easements purchased 
53.3 	with this appropriation or contracts to achieve 
53.4 	permanent protection for riparian buffers or 
53.5 	stream bank restorations when the riparian 
53.6 	buffers have been restored. Up to $1,920,000 
53.7 	is for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement 
53.8 	account.
53.9 	(g) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
53.10 	the second year are for permanent 
53.11 	conservation easements on wellhead protection 
53.12 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
53.13 	103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for 
53.14 	grants to local units of government for fee title 
53.15 	acquisition to permanently protect 
53.16 	groundwater supply sources on wellhead 
53.17 	protection areas or for otherwise ensuring 
53.18 	long-term protection of groundwater supply 
53.19 	sources as described under alternative 
53.20 	management tools in the Department of 
53.21 	Agriculture's Nitrogen Fertilizer Management 
53.22 	Plan, including low nitrogen cropping systems 
53.23 	or implementing nitrogen fertilizer best 
53.24 	management practices. Priority must be placed 
53.25 	on land that is located where the vulnerability 
53.26 	of the drinking water supply is designated as 
53.27 	high or very high by the commissioner of 
53.28 	health, where drinking water protection plans 
53.29 	have identified specific activities that will 
53.30 	achieve long-term protection, and on lands 
53.31 	with expiring Conservation Reserve Program 
53.32 	contracts. Up to $105,000 is for deposit in a 
53.33 	monitoring and enforcement account.
53.34 	(h) $84,000 the first year and $84,000 the 
53.35 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
54.1 	panel to conduct ten restoration evaluations 
54.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
54.3 	subdivision 6.
54.4 	(i) $1,995,000 the first year and $1,995,000 
54.5 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
54.6 	and grants to local governments to transition 
54.7 	local water management plans to a watershed 
54.8 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
54.9 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
54.10 	114D.
54.11 	(j) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
54.12 	second year are for technical assistance and 
54.13 	grants for the conservation drainage program 
54.14 	in consultation with the Drainage Work Group, 
54.15 	coordinated under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.16 	103B.101, subdivision 13, that includes 
54.17 	projects to improve multipurpose water 
54.18 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.19 	103E.015.
54.20 	(k) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
54.21 	the second year are to purchase and restore 
54.22 	permanent conservation sites via easements 
54.23 	or contracts to treat and store water on the land 
54.24 	for water quality improvement purposes and 
54.25 	related technical assistance. This work may 
54.26 	be done in cooperation with the United States 
54.27 	Department of Agriculture with a first priority 
54.28 	use to accomplish a conservation reserve 
54.29 	enhancement program, or equivalent, in the 
54.30 	state. Up to $2,880,000 is for deposit in a 
54.31 	monitoring and enforcement account.
54.32 	(l) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
54.33 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
54.34 	conservation easements to protect lands 
54.35 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
55.1 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
55.2 	to $60,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
55.3 	enforcement account.
55.4 	(m) $425,000 the first year and $425,000 the 
55.5 	second year are for a program to 
55.6 	systematically collect data and produce 
55.7 	county, watershed, and statewide estimates of 
55.8 	soil erosion caused by water and wind along 
55.9 	with tracking adoption of conservation 
55.10 	measures, including cover crops, to address 
55.11 	erosion.
55.12 	(n) $11,000,000 the first year and $11,000,000 
55.13 	the second year are for payments to soil and 
55.14 	water conservation districts for the purposes 
55.15 	of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 
55.16 	103C.331. From this appropriation, each soil 
55.17 	and water conservation district shall receive 
55.18 	an increase in its base funding of $100,000 
55.19 	per year. Money remaining after the base 
55.20 	increase is available for matching grants to 
55.21 	soil and water conservation districts based on 
55.22 	county allocations to soil and water 
55.23 	conservation districts. The board and other 
55.24 	agencies may reduce the amount of grants to 
55.25 	a county by an amount equal to any reduction 
55.26 	in the county's allocation to a soil and water 
55.27 	conservation district from the county's 
55.28 	previous year allocation when the board 
55.29 	determines that the reduction was 
55.30 	disproportionate.
55.31 	(o) $5,000,000 the first year is for soil and 
55.32 	water conservation districts for cost-sharing 
55.33 	contracts with landowners or authorized agents 
55.34 	to implement riparian buffers or alternative 
55.35 	practices on public waters or public ditches 
56.1 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
56.2 	103F.48. Of this amount, up to $2,500,000 
56.3 	may be targeted outside the 54-county 
56.4 	Conservation Reserve Enhancement Area.
56.5 	(p) The board shall contract for delivery of 
56.6 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
56.7 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
56.8 	activities under this section for up to $500,000 
56.9 	the first year and up to $500,000 the second 
56.10 	year.
56.11 	(q) The board may shift grant or cost-share 
56.12 	funds in this section and may adjust the 
56.13 	technical and administrative assistance portion 
56.14 	of the funds to leverage federal or other 
56.15 	nonstate funds or to address oversight 
56.16 	responsibilities or high-priority needs 
56.17 	identified in local water management plans.
56.18 	(r) The board shall require grantees to specify 
56.19 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
56.20 	grants prior to any grant awards.
56.21 	(s) The appropriations in this section are 
56.22 	available until June 30, 2022. Returned grant 
56.23 	funds shall be regranted consistent with the 
56.24 	purposes of this section.

56.25	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	4,787,000
	$
	5,107,000
	
56.26 	(a) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 
56.27 	the second year are for addressing public 
56.28 	health concerns related to contaminants found 
56.29 	in Minnesota drinking water for which no 
56.30 	health-based drinking water standards exist, 
56.31 	including accelerating the development of 
56.32 	health risk limits and improving the capacity 
56.33 	of the department's laboratory to analyze 
56.34 	unregulated contaminants.
57.1 	(b) $2,587,000 the first year and $2,907,000 
57.2 	the second year are for protection of drinking 
57.3 	water sources.
57.4 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
57.5 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
57.6 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
57.7 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
57.8 	(d) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
57.9 	second year are to develop and deliver 
57.10 	groundwater restoration and protection 
57.11 	strategies for use on a watershed scale for use 
57.12 	in local water planning efforts and to provide 
57.13 	resources to local governments for drinking 
57.14 	water source protection activities.
57.15 	(e) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
57.16 	second year are for studying the occurrence 
57.17 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
57.18 	wells and developing guidance and outreach 
57.19 	to reduce risks to private-well owners.
57.20 	(f) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
57.21 	second year are for evaluating and addressing 
57.22 	the risks from viruses in water supplies.
57.23 	(g) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
57.24 	second year are to develop public health 
57.25 	policies and an action plan to address threats 
57.26 	to safe drinking water and to conduct an 
57.27 	analysis to determine the scope of the lead 
57.28 	problem in Minnesota's water and the cost to 
57.29 	eliminate lead exposure in drinking water.
57.30 	(h) Unless otherwise specified, the 
57.31 	appropriations in this section are available 
57.32 	until June 30, 2021.

57.33	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	950,000
	$
	950,000
	
58.1 	$950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
58.2 	second year are to implement projects that 
58.3 	address emerging drinking-water supply 
58.4 	threats, provide cost-effective regional 
58.5 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
58.6 	coordination, support local implementation of 
58.7 	water supply reliability projects, and prevent 
58.8 	degradation of groundwater resources in the 
58.9 	metropolitan area. These projects will provide 
58.10 	to communities:
58.11 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
58.12 	water use through use of surface water, storm 
58.13 	water, wastewater, and groundwater;
58.14 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
58.15 	for different alternatives;
58.16 	(3) development of planning level cost 
58.17 	estimates, including capital cost and operation 
58.18 	cost;
58.19 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms and 
58.20 	an equitable cost-sharing structure for 
58.21 	regionally beneficial water supply 
58.22 	development projects; and
58.23 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
58.24 	models.

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

59.19	Sec. 11. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	15,000
			
59.20 	$15,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
59.21 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
59.22 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
59.23 	subdivision 10.

59.24 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
59.25 		Subd. 4.Expenditures; accountability. (a) A project receiving funding from the clean 
59.26 	water fund must meet or exceed the constitutional requirements to protect, enhance, and 
59.27 	restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking 
59.28 	water from degradation. Priority may be given to projects that meet more than one of these 
59.29 	requirements. A project receiving funding from the clean water fund shall include measurable 
59.30 	outcomes, as defined in section 3.303, subdivision 10, and a plan for measuring and 
59.31 	evaluating the results. A project must be consistent with current science and incorporate 
59.32 	state-of-the-art technology.
60.1 	(b) Money from the clean water fund shall be expended to balance the benefits across 
60.2 	all regions and residents of the state.
60.3 	(c) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the clean water fund 
60.4 	must compile and submit all information for proposed and funded projects or programs, 
60.5 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
60.6 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
60.7 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
60.8 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site required under 
60.9 	section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available. Information classified as not 
60.10 	public under section 13D.05, subdivision 3, paragraph (d), is not required to be placed on 
60.11 	the Web site.
60.12 	(d) Grants funded by the clean water fund must be implemented according to section 
60.13 	16B.98 and must account for all expenditures. Proposals must specify a process for any 
60.14 	regranting envisioned. Priority for grant proposals must be given to proposals involving 
60.15 	grants that will be competitively awarded.
60.16 	(e) Money from the clean water fund may only be spent on projects that benefit Minnesota 
60.17 	waters.
60.18 	(f) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the clean water fund 
60.19 	shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy logo required 
60.20 	under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 2010, chapter 
60.21 	361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more information." 
60.22 	When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct the person to a 
60.23 	Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to obtain 
60.24 	additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission Web 
60.25 	site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
60.26 	(g) Future eligibility for money from the clean water fund is contingent upon a state 
60.27 	agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, as well as 
60.28 	any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of the 
60.29 	Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a recipient 
60.30 	of money from the clean water fund has not complied with the laws, rules, or regulations 
60.31 	in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient must be listed in an 
60.32 	annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy funds. The list 
60.33 	must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a recipient from the list 
60.34 	upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient on the list is not eligible 
61.1 	for future funding from the clean water fund until the recipient demonstrates compliance 
61.2 	to the legislative auditor.
61.3 	(h) Money from the clean water fund may be used to leverage federal funds through 
61.4 	execution of formal project partnership agreements with federal agencies consistent with 
61.5 	respective federal agency partnership agreement requirements.
61.6 	(i) Any state agency or organization requesting a direct appropriation from the clean 
61.7 	water fund must inform the Clean Water Council and the house of representatives and senate 
61.8 	committees having jurisdiction over the clean water fund, at the time the request for funding 
61.9 	is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous funding that 
61.10 	was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose.

61.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.50, is amended by adding a subdivision 
61.12 	to read:
61.13 		Subd. 7.Reserve requirement. In any fiscal year, at least five percent of that year's 
61.14 	projected tax receipts determined by the most recent forecast for the clean water fund must 
61.15 	not be appropriated.

61.16 	Sec. 14. CLEAN WATER FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT.
 61.17 	By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the 
61.18 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
61.19 	jurisdiction over the clean water fund a report of the amount from the clean water fund used 
61.20 	to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.127. 
61.21 	The report must include:
61.22 	(1) information for all years that clean water fund appropriations have been made through 
61.23 	fiscal year 2017;
61.24 	(2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were 
61.25 	funded; and
61.26 	(3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the clean water fund 
61.27 	contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to protect, enhance, 
61.28 	and restore water quality in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect groundwater from 
61.29 	degradation.

62.1 	ARTICLE 3
62.2 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

62.3	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
62.4 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
62.5 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and 
62.6 	trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
62.7 	"2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are 
62.8 	available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first 
62.9 	year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal 
62.10 	years 2018 and 2019. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

62.11				APPROPRIATIONS
	
62.12				Available for the Year
	
62.13				Ending June 30
	
62.14					2018
		2019

62.15	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

62.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	41,989,000
	$
	47,775,000
	
62.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
62.18 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

62.19	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
62.20 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
62.21 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
62.22 	related to and necessary for a specific 
62.23 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
62.24 	article must be spent in accordance with 
62.25 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
62.26 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
62.27 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
62.28 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
62.29 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2018 
62.30 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
62.31 	2020, and fiscal year 2019 appropriations are 
62.32 	available until June 30, 2021. If a project 
62.33 	receives federal funds, the time period of the 
63.1 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
63.2 	availability of federal funding.

63.3	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
63.4 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
63.5 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
63.6 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
63.7 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
63.8 	committees, and commissions, should make 
63.9 	progress toward providing greater access to 
63.10 	programs, print publications, and digital media 
63.11 	for people with disabilities related to the 
63.12 	programs the recipient funds using 
63.13 	appropriations made in this article.

63.14
63.15	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	25,398,000
	$
	28,884,000
	
63.16 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
63.17 	the second year are for state parks, recreation 
63.18 	areas, and trails to:
63.19 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
63.20 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
63.21 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
63.22 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
63.23 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
63.24 	parks and trails legacy plan.
63.25 	(b) $8,293,000 the first year and $9,445,000 
63.26 	the second year are for grants for parks and 
63.27 	trails of regional significance outside the 
63.28 	seven-county metropolitan area under 
63.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants 
63.30 	awarded under this paragraph shall be based 
63.31 	on the lists of recommended projects 
63.32 	submitted to the legislative committees under 
63.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, 
64.1 	subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota 
64.2 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
64.3 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
64.4 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
64.5 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
64.6 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
64.7 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
64.8 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
64.9 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
64.10 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
64.11 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 
64.12 	2015. Grant recipients identified under this 
64.13 	paragraph must submit a grant application to 
64.14 	the commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
64.15 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
64.16 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
64.17 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
64.18 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
64.19 	$424,000 the first year and $399,000 the 
64.20 	second year are for the Greater Minnesota 
64.21 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
64.22 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
64.23 	section 85.536, including the continued 
64.24 	development of a statewide system plan for 
64.25 	regional parks and trails outside the 
64.26 	seven-county metropolitan area.
64.27 	(c) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
64.28 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
64.29 	Commission shall submit a list of projects that 
64.30 	contains the commission's recommendations 
64.31 	for funding from the parks and trails fund for 
64.32 	fiscal year 2019 to the chairs and ranking 
64.33 	minority members of the house of 
64.34 	representatives and senate committees and 
64.35 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
65.1 	environment and natural resources and the 
65.2 	parks and trails fund.
65.3 	(d) By January 15, 2018, the Greater 
65.4 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
65.5 	Commission shall submit a report that contains 
65.6 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
65.7 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
65.8 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
65.9 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
65.10 	minority members of the house of 
65.11 	representatives and senate committees and 
65.12 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
65.13 	environment and natural resources and the 
65.14 	parks and trails fund.
65.15 	(e) $521,000 the first year and $548,000 the 
65.16 	second year are for coordination and projects 
65.17 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
65.18 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
65.19 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
65.20 	Web-based information for park and trail 
65.21 	users; and support of activities of the Parks 
65.22 	and Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
65.23 	(f) The commissioner shall contract for 
65.24 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
65.25 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
65.26 	activities under this section for at least 
65.27 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
65.28 	second year.
65.29 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
65.30 	appropriations under this section shall give 
65.31 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
65.32 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
65.33 	and other activities.

65.34	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	16,584,000
	$
	18,891,000
	
66.1 	(a) $16,584,000 the first year and $18,891,000 
66.2 	the second year are for distribution according 
66.3 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, 
66.4 	subdivision 3.
66.5 	(b) Money appropriated under this section and 
66.6 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
66.7 	used only to fund the list of projects approved 
66.8 	by the elected representatives of each of the 
66.9 	metropolitan parks implementing agencies. 
66.10 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
66.11 	under this section must be substantially 
66.12 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
66.13 	dollar amounts approved by each elected body. 
66.14 	Any funds remaining after completion of the 
66.15 	listed projects may be spent by the 
66.16 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
66.17 	parks and trails.
66.18 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
66.19 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
66.20 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
66.21 	that the funds are used to supplement and not 
66.22 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
66.23 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
66.24 	appropriations under this section shall give 
66.25 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
66.26 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
66.27 	and other activities.

66.28	Sec. 5. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	7,000
			
66.29 	$7,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
66.30 	Coordinating Commission for the Web site 
66.31 	required in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, 
66.32 	subdivision 10.

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

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

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

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

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

67.18 	Sec. 9. ANOKA COUNTY AND DAKOTA COUNTY REALLOCATIONS.
 67.19 	Notwithstanding Laws 2013, chapter 137, article 3, section 4, paragraph (o), and Laws 
67.20 	2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 4, paragraph (b):
67.21 	(1) Anoka County may allocate $438,000 of its share of the distribution for fiscal year 
67.22 	2017 funds under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, to Bunker Hills Regional 
67.23 	Park in accordance with the most recent priority rankings that Anoka County has submitted 
67.24 	to the Metropolitan Council; and
67.25 	(2) Dakota County may allocate $180,000 of its share of the distribution under Minnesota 
67.26 	Statutes, section 85.53, subdivision 3, designated for the Vermillion River Regional 
67.27 	Greenway to the phase 2 improvement to Whitetail Woods Regional Park in Dakota County.

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

68.1 	Sec. 10. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT.
 68.2 	By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the 
68.3 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
68.4 	jurisdiction over the parks and trails fund a report of the amount from the parks and trails 
68.5 	fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
68.6 	16A.127. The report must include:
68.7 	(1) information for all years that parks and trails fund appropriations have been made 
68.8 	through fiscal year 2017;
68.9 	(2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were 
68.10 	funded; and
68.11 	(3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the parks and trails fund 
68.12 	contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only to support parks and 
68.13 	trails of regional or statewide significance.

68.14 	ARTICLE 4
68.15 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

68.16	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
68.17 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
68.18 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
68.19 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
68.20 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2018" and "2019" used in 
68.21 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
68.22 	year ending June 30, 2018, and June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 
68.23 	2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. 
68.24 	All appropriations in this article are onetime.

68.25				APPROPRIATIONS
	
68.26				Available for the Year
	
68.27				Ending June 30
	
68.28					2018
		2019

68.29	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

68.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	57,328,000
	$
	66,036,000
	
69.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
69.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
69.3 	subdivisions.

69.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
69.5 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
69.6 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
69.7 	related to and necessary for a specific 
69.8 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
69.9 	article must not be spent on institutional 
69.10 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
69.11 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
69.12 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
69.13 	spent in accordance with the Minnesota 
69.14 	Management and Budget's Guidance to 
69.15 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditures. 
69.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
69.17 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
69.18 	article, fiscal year 2018 appropriations are 
69.19 	available until June 30, 2019, and fiscal year 
69.20 	2019 appropriations are available until June 
69.21 	30, 2020. If a project receives federal funds, 
69.22 	the period of the appropriation is extended to 
69.23 	equal the availability of federal funding.

69.24	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		26,370,000
		31,736,000
	
69.25 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
69.26 	Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts 
69.27 	education, arts preservation, and arts access. 
69.28 	Grant agreements entered into by the 
69.29 	Minnesota State Arts Board and other 
69.30 	recipients of appropriations in this subdivision 
69.31 	must ensure that these funds are used to 
69.32 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
69.33 	sources of funding. Each grant program 
69.34 	established in this appropriation must be 
69.35 	separately administered from other state 
70.1 	appropriations for program planning and 
70.2 	outcome measurements, but may take into 
70.3 	consideration other state resources awarded 
70.4 	in the selection of applicants and grant award 
70.5 	size.

70.6	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
70.7 	$20,700,000 the first year and $25,589,000 
70.8 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
70.9 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
70.10 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
70.11 	activities; to preserve, maintain, and interpret 
70.12 	art forms and works of art so that they are 
70.13 	accessible to Minnesota audiences; to 
70.14 	overcome barriers to accessing high-quality 
70.15 	arts activities; and to instill the arts into the 
70.16 	community and public life in this state.

70.17	(c) Arts Education
					
70.18 	$4,115,000 the first year and $4,610,000 the 
70.19 	second year are for high-quality, 
70.20 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
70.21 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
70.22 	understanding of the arts.

70.23	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
70.24 	$1,430,000 the first year and $1,537,000 the 
70.25 	second year are for events and activities that 
70.26 	represent, preserve, and maintain the diverse 
70.27 	cultural arts traditions, including folk and 
70.28 	traditional artists and art organizations, 
70.29 	represented in this state.

70.30	(e) Grants
					
70.31 	$50,000 the first year is for a grant or contract 
70.32 	to an organization for designing, consulting, 
70.33 	creating, and administering a statewide arts 
70.34 	software application to be used on electronic 
71.1 	and mobile electronic devices to locate and 
71.2 	access artists, arts organizations, and art 
71.3 	education programs throughout Minnesota. 
71.4 	The grantee must work in consultation with 
71.5 	the Minnesota State Arts Board, regional arts 
71.6 	councils, private and nonprofit arts 
71.7 	organizations, and the regional library system 
71.8 	to develop criteria for content to import to the 
71.9 	software application and must  make the 
71.10 	application free to download. A portion of the 
71.11 	funding may be used to pay the ongoing costs 
71.12 	associated with developing content and 
71.13 	updating the software or with contracting to 
71.14 	develop and update the software and expand 
71.15 	electronic content in fiscal years 2018 and 
71.16 	2019.
71.17 	$75,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
71.18 	of Savage to design and construct a statue of 
71.19 	Dan Patch to be placed in the city of Savage. 
71.20 	Grant recipients must provide a funding match 
71.21 	of at least 25 percent of the total eligible 
71.22 	project costs.
71.23 	(f) Up to 4.5 percent of the funds appropriated 
71.24 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
71.25 	board for administering grant programs, 
71.26 	delivering technical services, providing fiscal 
71.27 	oversight for the statewide system, and 
71.28 	ensuring accountability.
71.29 	(g) Up to 30 percent of the remaining total 
71.30 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
71.31 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
71.32 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
71.33 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
71.34 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
71.35 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
72.1 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
72.2 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
72.3 	regions of the state.
72.4 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
72.5 	under this subdivision the first year does not 
72.6 	cancel but is available the second year.

72.7	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		11,815,000
		16,305,000
	
72.8 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
72.9 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
72.10 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
72.11 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
72.12 	historical resources. Grant agreements entered 
72.13 	into by the Minnesota Historical Society and 
72.14 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
72.15 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
72.16 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
72.17 	traditional sources of funding. Funds directly 
72.18 	appropriated to the Minnesota Historical 
72.19 	Society must be used to supplement and not 
72.20 	substitute for traditional sources of funding. 
72.21 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
72.22 	16A.28, for historic preservation projects that 
72.23 	improve historic structures, the amounts are 
72.24 	available until June 30, 2021. The Minnesota 
72.25 	Historical Society or grant recipients of the 
72.26 	Minnesota Historical Society using arts and 
72.27 	cultural heritage funds under this subdivision 
72.28 	must give consideration to Conservation Corps 
72.29 	Minnesota and Northern Bedrock Historic 
72.30 	Preservation Corps, or an organization 
72.31 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
72.32 	the potential to need historic preservation 
72.33 	services.

72.34	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

72.35	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
73.1 	$4,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 the 
73.2 	second year are for history programs and 
73.3 	projects operated or conducted by or through 
73.4 	local, county, regional, or other historical or 
73.5 	cultural organizations or for activities to 
73.6 	preserve significant historic and cultural 
73.7 	resources. Funds are to be distributed through 
73.8 	a competitive grant process. The Minnesota 
73.9 	Historical Society must administer these funds 
73.10 	using established grant mechanisms, with 
73.11 	assistance from the advisory committee 
73.12 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
73.13 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item 
73.14 	(ii).

73.15	(2) Statewide History Programs
					
73.16 	$4,055,000 the first year and $6,945,000 the 
73.17 	second year are for programs and purposes 
73.18 	related to the historical and cultural heritage 
73.19 	of the state of Minnesota conducted by the 
73.20 	Minnesota Historical Society.

73.21	(3) History Partnerships
					
73.22 	$2,000,000 each year is for partnerships 
73.23 	involving multiple organizations, which may 
73.24 	include the Minnesota Historical Society, to 
73.25 	preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's 
73.26 	history and cultural heritage in all regions of 
73.27 	the state.

73.28
73.29	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
73.30 	$400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
73.31 	second year are for a contract or contracts to 
73.32 	be awarded on a competitive basis to conduct 
73.33 	statewide surveys of Minnesota's sites of 
73.34 	historical, archaeological, and cultural 
73.35 	significance. Results of the surveys must be 
74.1 	published in a searchable form and available 
74.2 	to the public free of cost. The Minnesota 
74.3 	Historical Society, the Office of the State 
74.4 	Archaeologist, and the Indian Affairs Council 
74.5 	must each appoint a representative to an 
74.6 	oversight board to select contractors and direct 
74.7 	the conduct of the surveys. The oversight 
74.8 	board must consult with the Departments of 
74.9 	Transportation and Natural Resources.

74.10	(5) Digital Library
					
74.11 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
74.12 	second year are for a digital library project to 
74.13 	preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
74.14 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
74.15 	The Minnesota Historical Society must 
74.16 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan 
74.17 	system and must jointly share this 
74.18 	appropriation for these purposes.

74.19	(6) Grants
					
74.20 	$80,000 each year is for a grant to the board 
74.21 	of directors of the Carver County Historical 
74.22 	Society to restore the historic Andrew Peterson 
74.23 	farm in Waconia.
74.24 	$80,000 each year is for a grant to the city of 
74.25 	Woodbury to work in collaboration with the 
74.26 	Woodbury Barn Heritage Commission to 
74.27 	restore the Miller Barn and historical 
74.28 	programming at the Miller Barn in Woodbury.
74.29 	$100,000 the first year is to restore the stained 
74.30 	glass in the historic Fort Snelling Memorial 
74.31 	Chapel in collaboration with the Department 
74.32 	of Natural Resources. The historical society 
74.33 	may work in collaboration with the Fort 
74.34 	Snelling Memorial Chapel Foundation.
75.1 	$250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
75.2 	Fairmont Opera House to restore and renovate 
75.3 	the historic Fairmont Opera House.
75.4 	$50,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
75.5 	Litchfield Opera House to restore and renovate 
75.6 	the historic Litchfield Opera House.
75.7 	Any unencumbered balance remaining under 
75.8 	this subdivision the first year does not cancel 
75.9 	but is available the second year.

75.10	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		2,500,000
		2,500,000
	
75.11 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
75.12 	commissioner of education for grants to the 
75.13 	12 Minnesota regional library systems to 
75.14 	provide educational opportunities in the arts, 
75.15 	history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of 
75.16 	Minnesota. These funds must be allocated 
75.17 	using the formulas in Minnesota Statutes, 
75.18 	section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, with 
75.19 	the remaining 25 percent to be distributed to 
75.20 	all qualifying systems in an amount 
75.21 	proportionate to the number of qualifying 
75.22 	system entities in each system. For purposes 
75.23 	of this subdivision, "qualifying system entity" 
75.24 	means a public library, a regional library 
75.25 	system, a regional library system headquarters, 
75.26 	a county, or an outreach service program. 
75.27 	These funds may be used to sponsor programs 
75.28 	provided by regional libraries or to provide 
75.29 	grants to local arts and cultural heritage 
75.30 	programs for programs in partnership with 
75.31 	regional libraries. These funds must be 
75.32 	distributed in ten equal payments per year. 
75.33 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
75.34 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
75.35 	before June 30, 2019, as grants or contracts in 
76.1 	this subdivision are available until June 30, 
76.2 	2021.

76.3	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		10,937,000
		9,600,000
	
76.4 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
76.5 	commissioner of administration for grants to 
76.6 	the named organizations for the purposes 
76.7 	specified in this subdivision. The 
76.8 	commissioner of administration may use a 
76.9 	portion of this appropriation for costs that are 
76.10 	directly related to and necessary to the 
76.11 	administration of grants in this subdivision.
76.12 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
76.13 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
76.14 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
76.15 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
76.16 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
76.17 	sources of funding.

76.18	(c) Minnesota Public Radio
					
76.19 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,700,000 the 
76.20 	second year are for Minnesota Public Radio 
76.21 	to create programming and expand news 
76.22 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
76.23 	history.

76.24
76.25	(d) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
76.26 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,700,000 the 
76.27 	second year are to the Association of 
76.28 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
76.29 	for production and acquisition grants in 
76.30 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
76.31 	129D.19.

76.32	(e) Public Television
					
76.33 	$4,150,000 the first year and $3,900,000 the 
76.34 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
77.1 	Television Association for production and 
77.2 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
77.3 	Statutes, section 129D.18. Of this amount, 
77.4 	$650,000 the first year is for a grant to Twin 
77.5 	Cities Public Television to produce the 
77.6 	Vietnam: Minnesota Remembers project. Any 
77.7 	production costs associated with this project 
77.8 	incurred on or after February 1, 2017, are 
77.9 	eligible for reimbursement under this section 
77.10 	as long as these funds are available under 
77.11 	subdivision 2.

77.12	(f) Wilderness Inquiry
					
77.13 	$250,000 each year is to Wilderness Inquiry 
77.14 	to preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, 
77.15 	culture, and heritage by connecting Minnesota 
77.16 	youth to natural resources.

77.17	(g) Como Park Zoo
					
77.18 	$1,350,000 the first year and $1,350,000 the 
77.19 	second year are for a grant to the Como Park 
77.20 	Zoo and Conservatory for program 
77.21 	development that features education programs 
77.22 	and habitat enhancement, special exhibits, 
77.23 	music appreciation programs, and historical 
77.24 	garden access and preservation.

77.25	(h) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
77.26 	$600,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
77.27 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
77.28 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
77.29 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
77.30 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
77.31 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
77.32 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

77.33	(i) Green Giant Museum
					
78.1 	$300,000 the first year is to the city of Blue 
78.2 	Earth to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
78.3 	and equip the Green Giant Museum to 
78.4 	preserve the culture and history of Minnesota.

78.5	(j) Lake Superior Zoo
					
78.6 	$75,000 each year is to the Lake Superior Zoo 
78.7 	to develop educational exhibits and programs.

78.8	(k) Minnesota State Band
					
78.9 	$50,000 the first year is to the Minnesota State 
78.10 	Band to promote and increase public 
78.11 	performances across Minnesota.

78.12	(l) Rice County Veterans Memorial
					
78.13 	$30,000 the first year is to Rice County to 
78.14 	complete the Rice County Veterans Memorial 
78.15 	in Faribault.

78.16	(m) Waseca County Veterans Memorial
					
78.17 	$50,000 the first year is to Waseca County to 
78.18 	complete the Waseca County Veterans 
78.19 	Memorial.

78.20	(n) Minnesota Square Park Pavilion
					
78.21 	$200,000 the first year is to the city of St. 
78.22 	Peter to reconstruct the Minnesota Square Park 
78.23 	pavilion in St. Peter.

78.24	(o) Office of State Archaeologist
					
78.25 	$107,000 the first year is for the Office of the 
78.26 	State Archaeologist non-Indian remains 
78.27 	analysis and reburial project.

78.28	(p) Medal of Honor Commemorative Memorial
					
78.29 	$250,000 the first year is to complete design 
78.30 	and construction of a memorial in the Capitol 
78.31 	area to honor all Minnesota Medal of Honor 
78.32 	recipients. This appropriation is not available 
78.33 	until the commissioner determines that at least 
79.1 	$250,000 is committed to the project from 
79.2 	nonstate sources, and there are sufficient 
79.3 	resources to complete the project, as required 
79.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502, and 
79.5 	Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 13, section 
79.6 	64.

79.7	(q) Camp Legionville
					
79.8 	$222,000 the first year is for a grant to Camp 
79.9 	Legionville for programs for youth, veterans, 
79.10 	and the public related to Minnesota's cultural, 
79.11 	historical, and recreational activities.

79.12	(r) Big Marine Lake Veterans Rest Camp
					
79.13 	$278,000 the first year is for a grant to the Big 
79.14 	Marine Lake Veterans Rest Camp to develop 
79.15 	and build a welcome center that supports the 
79.16 	mission, programs, and safety of the Veterans 
79.17 	Rest Camp to provide Minnesota's cultural, 
79.18 	historical, and recreational activities to 
79.19 	veterans, their families, and their guests.

79.20	(s) Midwest Outdoors Unlimited
					
79.21 	$25,000 each year is for a grant to Midwest 
79.22 	Outdoors Unlimited to preserve Minnesota's 
79.23 	outdoor history, culture, and heritage by 
79.24 	connecting individuals and youth with 
79.25 	disabilities to natural resources.

79.26	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,550,000
		1,950,000
	
79.27 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
79.28 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs and 
79.29 	development of the Minnesota Zoological 
79.30 	Garden and to provide access and education 
79.31 	related to programs on the cultural heritage of 
79.32 	Minnesota.

79.33	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center
 		2,677,000
		2,475,000
	
80.1 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
80.2 	Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
80.3 	Humanities Center for the purposes specified 
80.4 	in this subdivision. The Minnesota Humanities 
80.5 	Center may use up to 4.5 percent of the 
80.6 	following grants to cover the cost of 
80.7 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
80.8 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
80.9 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
80.10 	plan to issue the grants in this subdivision and 
80.11 	must submit the plan for review and approval 
80.12 	by the Department of Administration. The 
80.13 	written plan must require the Minnesota 
80.14 	Humanities Center to create and adhere to 
80.15 	grant policies that are similar to those 
80.16 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
80.17 	section 16B.97, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
80.18 	clause (1).
80.19 	No grants awarded in this subdivision may be 
80.20 	used for travel outside the state of Minnesota. 
80.21 	The grant agreement must specify the 
80.22 	repercussions for failing to comply with the 
80.23 	grant agreement.

80.24	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
80.25 	$1,125,000 each year is for programs and 
80.26 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center. 
80.27 	Of this amount, $125,000 each year may be 
80.28 	used for the Why Treaties Matter exhibit and 
80.29 	$100,000 each year may be used for the 
80.30 	veterans' voices program. Of this amount, 
80.31 	$55,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
80.32 	Governor's Council on Developmental 
80.33 	Disabilities to enhance and enlarge the 
80.34 	historical digital archives collection "With An 
80.35 	Eye to the Past" for oral history interviews 
81.1 	and document collection, production, 
81.2 	consultation, transcription, closed captioning, 
81.3 	Web site administration, and evaluation.
81.4 	The Minnesota Humanities Center may 
81.5 	consider museums and organizations 
81.6 	celebrating the identities of Minnesotans and 
81.7 	the Lake Superior Center Authority for grants 
81.8 	from these funds.

81.9	(c) Cultural Athletic Courts
					
81.10 	$75,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
81.11 	of St. Paul or Ramsey County to develop and 
81.12 	install activity facilities in parks for Tawkaw 
81.13 	courts that are reflective of the current 
81.14 	demographics in Ramsey County. This grant 
81.15 	is available if the recipient provides at least a 
81.16 	25 percent match for funding.

81.17	(d) Children's Museum Grants
					
81.18 	$1,030,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
81.19 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
81.20 	grants to children's museums for arts and 
81.21 	cultural exhibits and related educational 
81.22 	outreach programs.
81.23 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for the 
81.24 	Minnesota Children's Museum for interactive 
81.25 	exhibits and outreach programs on arts and 
81.26 	cultural heritage, including the Minnesota 
81.27 	Children's Museum in Rochester; $150,000 
81.28 	each year is for the Duluth Children's 
81.29 	Museum; $150,000 each year is for the Grand 
81.30 	Rapids Children's Museum; $150,000 each 
81.31 	year is for the Southern Minnesota Children's 
81.32 	Museum for the Mni Wiconi and other arts 
81.33 	and cultural exhibits; and $80,000 the first 
81.34 	year is for the Wheel and Cog Children's 
82.1 	Museum of Hutchinson for interactive exhibits 
82.2 	and outreach programs on arts and cultural 
82.3 	heritage.

82.4	(e) Civics Programs
					
82.5 	$200,000 each year is for grants to the 
82.6 	Minnesota Civic Education Coalition: 
82.7 	Minnesota Civic Youth, the Learning Law and 
82.8 	Democracy Foundation, and YMCA Youth in 
82.9 	Government to conduct civics education 
82.10 	programs for the civic and cultural 
82.11 	development of Minnesota youth. Civics 
82.12 	education is the study of constitutional 
82.13 	principles and the democratic foundation of 
82.14 	our national, state, and local institutions and 
82.15 	the study of political processes and structures 
82.16 	of government, grounded in the understanding 
82.17 	of constitutional government under the rule 
82.18 	of law.

82.19	(f) Rondo Commemorative Plaza
					
82.20 	$47,000 the first year is for a grant to Rondo 
82.21 	Avenue, Inc. for the Rondo Commemorative 
82.22 	Plaza to celebrate the historic Rondo 
82.23 	neighborhood.

82.24	(g) Somali Community and Museum Grants
					
82.25 	$200,000 each year is for a grant to one or 
82.26 	more community organizations that provide  
82.27 	Somali-based collaborative programs for arts 
82.28 	and cultural heritage. The Somali Museum of 
82.29 	Minnesota may apply for a grant under this 
82.30 	paragraph. The funding must be used for 
82.31 	programs to provide arts and humanities 
82.32 	education and workshops, mentor programs, 
82.33 	classes, exhibits, presentations, community 
82.34 	engagement events, and outreach about the 
82.35 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

83.1	Subd. 9.Indian Affairs Council
 		1,320,000
		1,320,000
	
83.2 	(a) $845,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs 
83.3 	Council to provide grants to preserve Dakota 
83.4 	and Ojibwe Indian language and to foster 
83.5 	education programs and immersion programs 
83.6 	in Dakota and Ojibwe language.
83.7 	(b) $125,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
83.8 	Council for a grant to the Niiganne Ojibwe 
83.9 	Immersion School.
83.10 	(c) $250,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
83.11 	Council for a grant to the Wicoie 
83.12 	Nandagikendan Urban Immersion Project and 
83.13 	potentially Baby's Space and other partners at 
83.14 	the Neighborhood Early Learning Center. 
83.15 	Wicoie Nandagikendan Urban Immersion 
83.16 	Project shall work in coordination with the 
83.17 	Indian Affairs Council to develop capacity 
83.18 	and implement a language immersion program 
83.19 	with Baby's Space and other partners.

83.20	(d) Graves Protection
					
83.21 	$100,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs 
83.22 	Council to carry out responsibilities under 
83.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to comply 
83.24 	with Public Law 101-601, the Native 
83.25 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
83.26 	Act.

83.27	Subd. 10.Department of Agriculture
 		150,000
		150,000
	
83.28 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
83.29 	commissioner of agriculture for grants to 
83.30 	county agricultural societies to enhance arts 
83.31 	access and education and to preserve and 
83.32 	promote Minnesota's history and cultural 
83.33 	heritage as embodied in its county fairs. The 
83.34 	grants are in addition to the aid distribution to 
84.1 	county agricultural societies under Minnesota 
84.2 	Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of 
84.3 	agriculture shall develop grant-making criteria 
84.4 	and guidance for expending funds under this 
84.5 	subdivision to provide funding for projects 
84.6 	and events that provide access to the arts or 
84.7 	the state's agricultural, historical, and cultural 
84.8 	heritage. The commissioner shall seek input 
84.9 	from all interested parties.

84.10	Subd. 11.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		9,000
		-0-
	
84.11 	This amount is for the Legislative 
84.12 	Coordinating Commission to maintain the 
84.13 	Web site required under Minnesota Statutes, 
84.14 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

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

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

84.25 	Sec. 5. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND INDIRECT COSTS; REPORT.
 84.26 	By October 1, 2017, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the 
84.27 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
84.28 	jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage fund a report of the amount from the arts and 
84.29 	cultural heritage fund used to reimburse the general fund for indirect costs under Minnesota 
84.30 	Statutes, section 16A.127. The report must include:
84.31 	(1) information for all years that arts and cultural heritage fund appropriations have been 
84.32 	made through fiscal year 2017;
85.1 	(2) the legal authority of the specific appropriations from which indirect costs were 
85.2 	funded; and
85.3 	(3) information on how statewide indirect cost allocations from the arts and cultural 
85.4 	heritage fund contribute to the constitutional requirement that funds be spent only for arts, 
85.5 	arts education, and arts access and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: HF0707-4 

97A.056 OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND; LESSARD-SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL.No active language found for: 97A.056.8