1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legacy; appropriating money from outdoor heritage, clean water, arts 
1.3 	and cultural heritage, and parks and trails funds; modifying previous appropriations; 
1.4 	modifying legislative oversight; modifying Clean Water Legacy Act and Water 
1.5 	Law; providing for compliance with constitutional requirements;amending 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 97A.056, subdivision 7; 103B.3369, subdivisions 
1.7 	5, 9; 103B.801, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 13, by adding 
1.8 	subdivisions; 114D.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 114D.26; 
1.9 	114D.30, by adding a subdivision; 114D.35, subdivisions 1, 3; Laws 2015, First 
1.10 	Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 
1.11 	2017, chapter 91, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law 
1.12 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 114D.
1.13 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.14 	ARTICLE 1
1.15 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.16	Section 1. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.17 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.18 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.19 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in 
1.20 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
1.21 	year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 
1.22 	2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. 
1.23 	These are onetime appropriations.

1.24				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.25				Available for the Year
	
1.26				Ending June 30
	
1.27					2020
		2021

2.1	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE

2.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	127,127,000
	$
	565,000
	
2.3 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
2.4 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.6 	subdivisions.

2.7	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		38,303,000
		-0-

2.8
2.92.10
	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
XI
					
2.11 	$2,519,000 the first year is to the 
2.12 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
2.13 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
2.14 	wildlife management under Minnesota 
2.15 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, and 
2.16 	to acquire lands in fee for scientific and natural 
2.17 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.18 	86A.05, subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation 
2.19 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
2.20 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
2.21 	are 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 Wildlife Management Area 
Program - Phase XI
					
2.28 	$6,060,000 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 and enhance lands for 
2.32 	wildlife management 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 
3.1 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
3.2 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.3 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
3.4 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
3.5 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
3.6 	required accomplishment plan.

3.7
3.8	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
IX
					
3.9 	$3,058,000 the first year is to the 
3.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.11 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
3.12 	acquire lands in fee and to restore and enhance 
3.13 	native prairies, grasslands, wetlands, and 
3.14 	savannas. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
3.15 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
3.16 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
3.17 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
3.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
3.19 	adjacent to protected native prairie. No later 
3.20 	than 180 days after The Nature Conservancy's 
3.21 	fiscal year ends, The Nature Conservancy must 
3.22 	submit to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage 
3.23 	Council annual income statements and balance 
3.24 	sheets for income and expenses from land 
3.25 	acquired with this appropriation. A list of 
3.26 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
3.27 	as part of the required accomplishment plan, 
3.28 	and the acquisitions must be consistent with 
3.29 	the priorities identified in Minnesota Prairie 
3.30 	Conservation Plan.

3.31
3.32	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase X
					
3.33 	$2,383,000 the first year is to the 
3.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.35 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
3.36 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
4.1 	Wildlife Service, to acquire lands in fee or 
4.2 	permanent conservation easements and to 
4.3 	restore and enhance lands in the Northern 
4.4 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
4.5 	western Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
4.6 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
4.7 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
4.8 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
4.9 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
4.10 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
4.11 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
4.12 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
4.13 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
4.14 	required accomplishment plan, and the 
4.15 	acquisitions must be consistent with the 
4.16 	priorities in Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
4.17 	Plan.

4.18
4.19	(e) Lower Wild Rice Corridor Habitat 
Restoration - Phase II
					
4.20 	$225,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
4.21 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
4.22 	Wild Rice Watershed District to acquire land 
4.23 	in permanent conservation easement and to 
4.24 	restore river and related habitat in the Wild 
4.25 	Rice River corridor. $2,750,000 the first year 
4.26 	is to the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
4.27 	to acquire lands in permanent conservation 
4.28 	easements and to restore river and related 
4.29 	habitat in the Wild Rice River corridor, of 
4.30 	which up to $111,000 is for establishing a 
4.31 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
4.32 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
4.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
4.34 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed acquisitions 
4.35 	must be included as part of the required 
4.36 	accomplishment plan.

5.1
5.2	(f) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition - 
Phase III
					
5.3 	$3,650,000 the first year is to the 
5.4 	commissioner of natural resources for 
5.5 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and restore 
5.6 	and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
5.7 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat in Martin 
5.8 	County for wildlife management under 
5.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
5.10 	subdivision 8. Of this amount, $3,002,000 is 
5.11 	to Fox Lake Conservation League Inc., 
5.12 	$554,000 is to Ducks Unlimited, and $94,000 
5.13 	is to The Conservation Fund. A list of 
5.14 	proposed acquisitions must be provided as part 
5.15 	of the required accomplishment plan.

5.16	(g) RIM Grasslands Reserve
					
5.17 	$2,276,000 the first year is to the Board of 
5.18 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
5.19 	permanent conservation easements and to 
5.20 	restore and enhance grassland habitat under 
5.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.501 to 
5.22 	103F.531. Of this amount, up to $39,000 is 
5.23 	for establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
5.24 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
5.25 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.26 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
5.27 	conservation easements must be provided as 
5.28 	part of the final report.

5.29
5.30	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase V
					
5.31 	$2,558,000 the first year is to the 
5.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.33 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
5.34 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
5.35 	Chicken Society, to acquire lands in fee and 
6.1 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
6.2 	River valley for wildlife management under 
6.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
6.4 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
6.5 	managed as waterfowl production areas in 
6.6 	Minnesota in cooperation with the United 
6.7 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
6.8 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
6.9 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
6.10 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
6.11 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
6.12 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
6.13 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
6.14 	provided as part of the required 
6.15 	accomplishment plan.

6.16	(i) DNR Grassland Enhancement - Phase XI
					
6.17 	$8,861,000 the first year is to the 
6.18 	commissioner of natural resources to 
6.19 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
6.20 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife 
6.21 	management areas, in scientific and natural 
6.22 	areas, in aquatic management areas, on lands 
6.23 	in the native prairie bank, in bluff prairies on 
6.24 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota, 
6.25 	and in waterfowl production areas and refuge 
6.26 	lands of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
6.27 	Service. A list of proposed land restorations 
6.28 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
6.29 	of the required accomplishment plan.

6.30
6.31	(j) Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase VI
					
6.32 	$2,573,000 the first year is to the 
6.33 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.34 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
6.35 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
7.1 	habitat on public lands and easements in the 
7.2 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
7.3 	minor watersheds as follows: $156,000 is to 
7.4 	the Anoka Conservation District; $699,000 is 
7.5 	to Great River Greening; $269,000 is to the 
7.6 	Sherburne Soil and Water Conservation 
7.7 	District; $182,000 is to the National Wild 
7.8 	Turkey Federation; and $1,267,000 is to 
7.9 	Minnesota Land Trust, of which up to 
7.10 	$144,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is for 
7.11 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
7.12 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
7.13 	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
7.20	(k) Fairmont Chain of Lakes Habitat 
Restoration Plan - Phase I
					
7.21 	$1,390,000 the first year is to the 
7.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.23 	agreement with the city of Fairmont to restore 
7.24 	and enhance grassland, wetland, and stream 
7.25 	habitats in the Dutch Creek watershed. A list 
7.26 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
7.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
7.28 	accomplishment plan.

7.29	Subd. 3.Forests
 		17,032,000
		-0-

7.30
7.31	(a) Protecting Strategic Forest Lands Near 
Camp Ripley Partnership - Phase VIII
					
7.32 	$3,348,000 the first year is to the 
7.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.34 	agreement with The Conservation Fund to 
7.35 	acquire in fee and restore and enhance forest 
8.1 	wildlife habitat in Cass, Crow Wing, and 
8.2 	Morrison Counties in proximity to the 
8.3 	Minnesota National Guard Camp Ripley 
8.4 	Sentinel Landscape. Land must be acquired 
8.5 	for state forests under Minnesota Statutes, 
8.6 	section 86A.05, subdivision 7; for wildlife 
8.7 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.8 	86A.05, subdivision 8; for scientific and 
8.9 	natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.10 	86A.05, subdivision 5; or as county forest land 
8.11 	or municipal forest land. A list of proposed 
8.12 	land acquisitions must be provided as part of 
8.13 	the required accomplishment plan.

8.14
8.15	(b) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration - Phase VII
					
8.16 	$5,741,000 the first year is to the 
8.17 	commissioner of natural resources for 
8.18 	agreements as follows:
8.19 	(1) $2,701,000 to The Nature Conservancy to 
8.20 	acquire lands in fee to be held by The Nature 
8.21 	Conservancy or acquire lands in fee for 
8.22 	wildlife management under Minnesota 
8.23 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8; for 
8.24 	scientific and natural areas under Minnesota 
8.25 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5; for 
8.26 	state forests under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.27 	86A.05, subdivision 7; and for aquatic 
8.28 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
8.29 	section 86A.05, subdivision 14;
8.30 	(2) $1,370,000 to The Trust for Public Land 
8.31 	to acquire lands in fee for wildlife 
8.32 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.33 	86A.05, subdivision 8; for scientific and 
8.34 	natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.35 	86A.05, subdivision 5; for state forests under 
9.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
9.2 	subdivision 7; and for aquatic management 
9.3 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.4 	86A.05, subdivision 14; and
9.5 	(3) $1,670,000 to Minnesota Land Trust to 
9.6 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
9.7 	and to restore and enhance wildlife habitat, of 
9.8 	which $192,000 is to establish a monitoring 
9.9 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
9.10 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
9.11 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.
9.12 	Annual income statements and balance sheets 
9.13 	for income and expenses from land acquired 
9.14 	in fee and held by The Nature Conservancy 
9.15 	with the appropriation in clause (1) must be 
9.16 	submitted to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
9.17 	Heritage Council no later than 180 days after 
9.18 	The Nature Conservancy's fiscal year closes. 
9.19 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
9.20 	provided as part of the required 
9.21 	accomplishment plan.

9.22	(c) Minnesota Forests for the Future - Phase VII
					
9.23 	$4,573,000 the first year is to the 
9.24 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
9.25 	lands in fee and easements and to restore and 
9.26 	enhance forests, wetlands, and shoreline 
9.27 	habitat through working forest permanent 
9.28 	conservation easements under the Minnesota 
9.29 	forests for the future program according to 
9.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A 
9.31 	conservation easement acquired with money 
9.32 	appropriated under this paragraph must 
9.33 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.34 	97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment 
9.35 	plan must include an easement monitoring and 
10.1 	enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to 
10.2 	$150,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
10.3 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
10.4 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
10.5 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
10.6 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
10.7 	provided as part of the required 
10.8 	accomplishment plan. A list of permanent 
10.9 	conservation easements must be provided as 
10.10 	part of the final report.

10.11
10.12	(d) Mississippi River Floodplain Forest 
Enhancement - Phase III
					
10.13 	$1,357,000 the first year is to the 
10.14 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.15 	agreement with the National Audubon Society 
10.16 	to restore and enhance floodplain forest habitat 
10.17 	for wildlife on public lands along the 
10.18 	Mississippi River. A list of restorations and 
10.19 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
10.20 	required accomplishment plan.

10.21
10.22	(e) Enhanced Public Land Open Landscapes - 
Phase I
					
10.23 	$955,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
10.24 	of natural resources for an agreement with 
10.25 	Pheasants Forever, in cooperation with the 
10.26 	Minnesota Sharp-Tailed Grouse Society, to 
10.27 	enhance and restore early successional open 
10.28 	landscape habitat on public lands. A list of 
10.29 	proposed restoration and enhancements must 
10.30 	be provided as part of the required 
10.31 	accomplishment plan.

10.32
10.33	(f) Minnesota Forest Recovery Project - Phase 
I
					
10.34 	$1,058,000 the first year is to the 
10.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.1 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
11.2 	enhance degraded forests in Beltrami, Cass, 
11.3 	Cook, Itasca, Lake, and St. Louis Counties. A 
11.4 	list of enhancements must be provided as part 
11.5 	of the required accomplishment plan.

11.6	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		20,753,000
		-0-

11.7
11.8	(a) Accelerating Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition - Phase XI
					
11.9 	$5,631,000 the first year is to the 
11.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.11 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
11.12 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
11.13 	Wildlife Service, to acquire lands in fee and 
11.14 	to restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
11.15 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
11.16 	production areas in Minnesota. A list of 
11.17 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
11.18 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

11.19
11.20	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
Program - Phase VIII
					
11.21 	$6,150,000 the first year is to the 
11.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.23 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
11.24 	lands in fee and to restore and enhance prairie 
11.25 	lands, wetlands, and land buffering shallow 
11.26 	lakes for wildlife management under 
11.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
11.28 	subdivision 8. A list of proposed acquisitions 
11.29 	must be provided as part of the required 
11.30 	accomplishment plan.

11.31
11.32	(c) Wetland Habitat Protection Program - Phase 
IV
					
11.33 	$2,129,000 the first year is to the 
11.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.35 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
12.1 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
12.2 	and to restore and enhance prairie, wetland, 
12.3 	and other habitat on permanently protected 
12.4 	conservation easements in high-priority 
12.5 	wetland habitat complexes in the prairie and 
12.6 	forest/prairie transition regions. Of this 
12.7 	amount, up to $240,000 is to establish a 
12.8 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
12.9 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
12.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
12.11 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed 
12.12 	conservation easement acquisitions and 
12.13 	restorations and enhancements must be 
12.14 	provided as part of the required 
12.15 	accomplishment plan.

12.16	(d) Wild Rice Shoreland Protection - Phase VI
					
12.17 	$937,000 the first year is to the Board of 
12.18 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
12.19 	permanent conservation easements on wild 
12.20 	rice lake shoreland habitat for native wild rice 
12.21 	bed protection. Of this amount, up to $72,000 
12.22 	is for establishing a monitoring and 
12.23 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.24 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.25 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
12.26 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
12.27 	be provided as part of the final report. 
12.28 	$250,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
12.29 	of natural resources to acquire lands in fee and 
12.30 	restore and enhance lands for wildlife 
12.31 	management under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.32 	86A.05, subdivision 8; for scientific and 
12.33 	natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.34 	86A.05, subdivision 5; for state forests under 
12.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
13.1 	subdivision 7; and for aquatic management 
13.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 86A.05, 
13.3 	subdivision 14, and 97C.02 to acquire lands 
13.4 	for wild rice lake shoreland habitat to protect 
13.5 	native wild rice beds. A list of proposed 
13.6 	acquisitions in fee must be provided as part 
13.7 	of the required accomplishment plan.

13.8
13.9	(e) Shallow Lakes and Wetlands Enhancement 
- Phase XI
					
13.10 	$3,541,000 the first year is to the 
13.11 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
13.12 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
13.13 	statewide. A list of proposed land restorations 
13.14 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
13.15 	of the required accomplishment plan.

13.16
13.17	(f) Restoring Wetlands Dominated by Nonnative 
Cattail in Border Waters
					
13.18 	$1,270,000 the first year is to the 
13.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
13.20 	agreement with the National Park Service to 
13.21 	restore and enhance wetland and lacustrine 
13.22 	habitat in Voyageurs National Park. A list of 
13.23 	proposed restorations and enhancements must 
13.24 	be provided as part of the accomplishment 
13.25 	plan.

13.26	(g) Big Rice Lake Wild Rice Enhancement
					
13.27 	$845,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
13.28 	of natural resources to enhance and restore 
13.29 	wild rice wetland habitat in Big Rice Lake in 
13.30 	St. Louis County.

13.31	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		50,119,000
		-0-

13.32
13.33	(a) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration - Phase I
					
14.1 	$3,751,000 the first year is to the 
14.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.3 	agreements as follows:
14.4 	(1) $2,209,000 to The Trust for Public Land 
14.5 	to acquire land in fee and to acquire permanent 
14.6 	conservation stream easements in the St. Croix 
14.7 	River watershed using the payment method 
14.8 	prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.9 	84.0272, subdivision 2;
14.10 	(2) $1,377,000 to Minnesota Land Trust to 
14.11 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
14.12 	and to restore and enhance natural habitat 
14.13 	systems in the St. Croix River watershed. Of 
14.14 	this amount, up to $168,000 to Minnesota 
14.15 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
14.16 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
14.17 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
14.18 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17; and
14.19 	(3) $165,000 to the St. Croix River 
14.20 	Association to coordinate and administer the 
14.21 	program under this paragraph.
14.22 	A list of proposed land acquisitions and 
14.23 	permanent conservation easements must be 
14.24 	provided as part of the required 
14.25 	accomplishment plan.

14.26	(b) Metro Big Rivers - Phase IX
					
14.27 	$4,163,000 the first year is to the 
14.28 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.29 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
14.30 	permanent conservation easements and to 
14.31 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
14.32 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
14.33 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries in 
14.34 	the metropolitan area. Of this amount, 
15.1 	$820,000 is to Minnesota Valley National 
15.2 	Wildlife Refuge Trust Inc., $532,000 is to 
15.3 	Friends of the Mississippi River, $1,061,000 
15.4 	is to Great River Greening, and $1,750,000 is 
15.5 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $144,000 to 
15.6 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
15.7 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
15.8 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
15.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
15.10 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed land 
15.11 	acquisitions and permanent conservation 
15.12 	easements must be provided as part of the 
15.13 	required accomplishment plan.

15.14
15.15	(c) Dakota County Habitat 
Protection/Restoration - Phase VII
					
15.16 	$3,516,000 the first year is to the 
15.17 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.18 	agreement with Dakota County to acquire 
15.19 	permanent conservation easements and land 
15.20 	in fee and to restore and enhance riparian and 
15.21 	other habitats in Dakota County. A list of 
15.22 	proposed land acquisitions and restorations 
15.23 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
15.24 	of the required accomplishment plan.

15.25
15.26	(d) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North Central Minnesota Lakes - Phase V
					
15.27 	$3,365,000 the first year is to the 
15.28 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.29 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
15.30 	permanent conservation easements and to 
15.31 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
15.32 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
15.33 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
15.34 	Counties. Of this amount, $841,000 is to 
15.35 	Northern Waters Land Trust and $2,524,000 
15.36 	is to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $192,000 
16.1 	to Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
16.2 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
16.3 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
16.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
16.5 	subdivision 17. A list of acquisitions must be 
16.6 	provided as part of the required 
16.7 	accomplishment plan.

16.8
16.9	(e) Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection 
and Restoration
					
16.10 	$2,946,000 the first year is to the 
16.11 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.12 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
16.13 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
16.14 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Sauk River 
16.15 	watershed as follows: $440,000 to Sauk River 
16.16 	Watershed District, $590,000 to Pheasants 
16.17 	Forever, and $1,916,000 to Minnesota Land 
16.18 	Trust. Up to $192,000 to Minnesota Land 
16.19 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
16.20 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
16.21 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
16.22 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
16.23 	list of acquisitions must be provided as part 
16.24 	of the required accomplishment plan.

16.25
16.26	(f) Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat 
Enhancement and Restoration - Phase XI
					
16.27 	$2,359,000 the first year is to the 
16.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.29 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to acquire 
16.30 	permanent conservation stream easements 
16.31 	using the payment method prescribed in 
16.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0272, 
16.33 	subdivision 2, and to restore and enhance 
16.34 	habitat for trout and other species in and along 
16.35 	coldwater rivers, lakes, and streams in 
16.36 	Minnesota. Up to $40,000 is to establish a 
17.1 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
17.2 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
17.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
17.4 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed land 
17.5 	acquisitions and restorations and 
17.6 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
17.7 	required accomplishment plan.

17.8
17.9	(g) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement - Phase II
					
17.10 	$3,208,000 the first year is to the 
17.11 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
17.12 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
17.13 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
17.14 	facilitate fish passage. A list of proposed land 
17.15 	restorations and enhancements must be 
17.16 	provided as part of the required 
17.17 	accomplishment plan.

17.18
17.19	(h) St. Louis River Restoration Initiative - Phase 
VI
					
17.20 	$3,777,000 the first year is to the 
17.21 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
17.22 	aquatic and riparian habitats in the St. Louis 
17.23 	River estuary. Of this appropriation, up to 
17.24 	$2,182,000 is for an agreement with 
17.25 	Minnesota Land Trust. A list of proposed 
17.26 	restorations must be provided as part of the 
17.27 	required accomplishment plan.

17.28
17.29	(i) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation - Phase 
IV
					
17.30 	$891,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
17.31 	of natural resources for an agreement with 
17.32 	Zeitgeist, in cooperation with the Lake 
17.33 	Superior Steelhead Association, to restore and 
17.34 	enhance trout habitat in the Knife River 
17.35 	watershed. A list of proposed enhancements 
18.1 	must be provided as part of the required 
18.2 	accomplishment plan.

18.3
18.4	(j) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program - Phase VIII
					
18.5 	$2,046,000 the first year is to the 
18.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.7 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
18.8 	Watershed District to acquire lands in fee and 
18.9 	to restore and enhance aquatic habitat in the 
18.10 	Shell Rock River watershed. A list of proposed 
18.11 	acquisitions, restorations, and enhancements 
18.12 	must be provided as part of the required 
18.13 	accomplishment plan.

18.14	(k) Pine River Fish Passage Project
					
18.15 	$1,246,000 the first year is to the 
18.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.17 	agreement with the Crow Wing Soil and Water 
18.18 	Conservation District to restore and enhance 
18.19 	riverine habitat in the Pine River and provide 
18.20 	fish passage by removing dams and modifying 
18.21 	and installing structures.

18.22	(l) Sauk River Dam Fish Passage
					
18.23 	$737,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
18.24 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
18.25 	Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation 
18.26 	District to restore and enhance riverine habitat 
18.27 	in the Sauk River and provide fish passage by 
18.28 	removing the dam and modifying and 
18.29 	installing structures at the Melrose dam site.

18.30
18.31	(m) Restoring Norway Brook Connectivity to 
the Pine River
					
18.32 	$2,267,000 the first year is to the 
18.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.34 	agreement with the city of Pine River to 
19.1 	restore and enhance riverine habitat in the Pine 
19.2 	River and provide fish passage by removing 
19.3 	the dam and modifying and installing 
19.4 	structures at the Norway Lake dam site.

19.5
19.6	(n) Pig's Eye Lake Islands Habitat Restoration 
and Enhancement
					
19.7 	$4,337,000 the first year is to the 
19.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.9 	agreement with Ramsey County to restore and 
19.10 	enhance wildlife habitat in Pig's Eye Lake, to 
19.11 	include constructing islands.

19.12
19.13	(o) Restoring Upper Mississippi River at Lake 
Pepin
					
19.14 	$750,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
19.15 	of natural resources for an agreement with the 
19.16 	Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance to restore and 
19.17 	enhance wildlife habitat on public lands in 
19.18 	Lake Pepin and the adjacent floodplain. A list 
19.19 	of proposed restorations and enhancements 
19.20 	must be provided as part of the required 
19.21 	accomplishment plan.

19.22
19.23
19.24	(p) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat - Phase 
XI
					
19.25 	$10,760,000 the first year is to the 
19.26 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
19.27 	program to provide competitive matching 
19.28 	grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, 
19.29 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
19.30 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
19.31 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
19.32 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, at least 
19.33 	$3,000,000 is for grants in the seven-county 
19.34 	metropolitan area and cities with a population 
19.35 	of 50,000 or greater. Grants must not be made 
19.36 	for activities required to fulfill the duties of 
20.1 	owners of lands subject to conservation 
20.2 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
20.3 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
20.4 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
20.5 	$575,000. Of the total appropriation, $445,000 
20.6 	may be spent for personnel costs and other 
20.7 	direct and necessary administrative costs. 
20.8 	Grantees may acquire land or interests in land. 
20.9 	Easements must be permanent. Grants may 
20.10 	not be used to establish easement stewardship 
20.11 	accounts. The program must require a match 
20.12 	of at least ten percent from nonstate sources 
20.13 	for all grants. The match may be cash or 
20.14 	in-kind resources. For grant applications of 
20.15 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
20.16 	provide a separate, simplified application 
20.17 	process. Subject to Minnesota statutes, the 
20.18 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
20.19 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
20.20 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
20.21 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
20.22 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
20.23 	projects. All restoration or enhancement 
20.24 	projects must be on land permanently 
20.25 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
20.26 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
20.27 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
20.28 	conservation easement or public ownership or 
20.29 	in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
20.30 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
20.31 	Priority must be given to restoration and 
20.32 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
20.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
20.34 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
20.35 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
20.36 	available until June 30, 2023. No less than five 
21.1 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
21.2 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
21.3 	recipient has completed a grant 
21.4 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
21.5 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
21.6 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
21.7 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
21.8 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
21.9 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.10 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

21.11	Subd. 6.Administration
 		920,000
		565,000

21.12	(a) Contract Management
					
21.13 	$210,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
21.14 	of natural resources for contract management 
21.15 	duties assigned in this section. The 
21.16 	commissioner must provide an 
21.17 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
21.18 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.19 	on expending this appropriation. The 
21.20 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
21.21 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
21.22 	manual. No money may be expended before 
21.23 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.24 	approves the accomplishment plan.

21.25	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
21.26 	$555,000 the first year and $560,000 the 
21.27 	second year are to the Legislative 
21.28 	Coordinating Commission for administrative 
21.29 	expenses of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
21.30 	Heritage Council and for compensating and 
21.31 	reimbursing expenses of council members. 
21.32 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
21.33 	2021. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281, 
21.34 	applies to this appropriation.

22.1	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
22.2 	$150,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
22.3 	of natural resources for a technical evaluation 
22.4 	panel to conduct up to 25 restoration and 
22.5 	enhancement evaluations under Minnesota 
22.6 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10.

22.7	(d) Legacy Website
					
22.8 	$5,000 the first year and $5,000 the second 
22.9 	year are to the Legislative Coordinating 
22.10 	Commission for the website required in 
22.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
22.12 	10.

22.13	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
22.14 	Money appropriated in this section may not 
22.15 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
22.16 	related to and necessary for a specific 
22.17 	appropriation and are specified in the 
22.18 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
22.19 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
22.20 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
22.21 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
22.22 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
22.23 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
22.24 	Unless otherwise provided, the amounts in 
22.25 	this section are available until June 30, 2022. 
22.26 	For acquisition of real property, the amounts 
22.27 	in this section are available until June 30, 
22.28 	2023, if a binding agreement with a landowner 
22.29 	or purchase agreement is entered into by June 
22.30 	30, 2022, and closed no later than June 30, 
22.31 	2023. Funds for restoration or enhancement 
22.32 	are available until June 30, 2024, or five years 
22.33 	after acquisition, whichever is later, in order 
22.34 	to complete initial restoration or enhancement 
22.35 	work. If a project receives at least 15 percent 
23.1 	of its funding from federal funds, the time of 
23.2 	the appropriation may be extended to equal 
23.3 	the availability of federal funding to a 
23.4 	maximum of six years if that federal funding 
23.5 	was confirmed and included in the original 
23.6 	draft accomplishment plan. Funds appropriated 
23.7 	for fee title acquisition of land may be used 
23.8 	to restore, enhance, and provide for public use 
23.9 	of the land acquired with the appropriation. 
23.10 	Public-use facilities must have a minimal 
23.11 	impact on habitat in acquired lands.

23.12
23.13	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
23.14 	All agreements referred to in this section must 
23.15 	be administered on a reimbursement basis 
23.16 	unless otherwise provided in this section. 
23.17 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.18 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
23.19 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
23.20 	1, 2019, or the date of accomplishment plan 
23.21 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
23.22 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
23.23 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
23.24 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
23.25 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
23.26 	fund, an expense must be considered 
23.27 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
23.28 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
23.29 	an invoice, or a binding agreement with the 
23.30 	landowner, and the recipient attests that the 
23.31 	goods have been received or the landowner 
23.32 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
23.33 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
23.34 	that the items articulated in the 
23.35 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
23.36 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
24.1 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
24.2 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
24.3 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
24.4 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
24.5 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs, 
24.6 	support future management of acquired lands, 
24.7 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
24.8 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
24.9 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
24.10 	specific items over $10,000 must be itemized 
24.11 	in and approved as part of the accomplishment 
24.12 	plan.

24.13	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
24.14 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
24.15 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
24.16 	grant awarded according to this section, must 
24.17 	provide geographic information to the 
24.18 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
24.19 	mapping of any lands acquired in fee with 
24.20 	funds appropriated in this section and open to 
24.21 	public taking of fish and game. The 
24.22 	commissioner of natural resources must 
24.23 	include the lands acquired in fee with money 
24.24 	appropriated in this section on maps showing 
24.25 	public recreational opportunities. Maps must 
24.26 	include information on and acknowledgment 
24.27 	of the outdoor heritage fund, including a 
24.28 	notation of any restrictions.

24.29	Subd. 10.Carryforwards
 					
24.30 	(a) The availability of the appropriation in 
24.31 	Laws 2014, chapter 256, article 1, section 2, 
24.32 	subdivision 5, paragraph (k), Evaluate 
24.33 	Effectiveness of Aquatic Invasive Species 
24.34 	Prevention Strategies, is extended to June 30, 
24.35 	2020.
25.1 	(b) The availability of the appropriation in 
25.2 	Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, 
25.3 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph 
25.4 	(f), Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water 
25.5 	- Phase V, is extended to June 30, 2024.
25.6 	(c) The availability of the appropriation in 
25.7 	Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 2, 
25.8 	subdivision 2, paragraph (g), Reinvest in 
25.9 	Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for Wildlife and 
25.10 	Water - Phase VI, is extended to June 30, 
25.11 	2025.
25.12 	(d) This subdivision is effective the day 
25.13 	following final enactment.

25.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.056, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
25.15 		Subd. 7.Legislative oversight.  The senate and house of representatives chairs of the 
25.16 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources 
25.17 	budget shall finance and the outdoor heritage fund must convene a joint hearing to review 
25.18 	the activities and evaluate the effectiveness of the council and to receive reports on the 
25.19 	council from the legislative auditor no later than June 30, 2014 2020.

25.20 	Sec. 4. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, as 
25.21 	amended by Laws 2016, chapter 172, article 1, section 5, and Laws 2017, chapter 91, article 
25.22 	1, section 7, is amended to read:

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

25.24
25.25
25.26	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
VII
					
25.27 	$4,570,000 in the first year is to the 
25.28 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
25.29 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
25.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
25.31 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
25.32 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
25.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
25.34 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
26.1 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
26.2 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
26.3 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
26.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
26.5 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
26.6 	proposed land and permanent conservation 
26.7 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
26.8 	part of the required accomplishment plan.

26.926.10
	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase VII
					
26.11 	$7,452,000 in the first year is to the 
26.12 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.13 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
26.14 	land in fee for wildlife management area 
26.15 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
26.16 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
26.17 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
26.18 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
26.19 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
26.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
26.21 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
26.22 	list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
26.23 	provided as part of the required 
26.24 	accomplishment plan.

26.25
26.26	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VI
					
26.27 	$4,032,000 in the first year is to the 
26.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
26.29 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
26.30 	acquire native prairie, wetlands, and savanna 
26.31 	and restore and enhance grasslands, wetlands, 
26.32 	and savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
26.33 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
26.34 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
26.35 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
26.36 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
27.1 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
27.2 	income statements and balance sheets for 
27.3 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
27.4 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
27.5 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
27.6 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
27.7 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
27.8 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
27.9 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
27.10 	and must be consistent with the priorities 
27.11 	identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
27.12 	Conservation Plan.

27.13
27.14	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase  VI
					
27.15 	$3,430,000 in the first year is to the 
27.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
27.17 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
27.18 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
27.19 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
27.20 	permanent conservation easements within the 
27.21 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation 
27.22 	Area in western Minnesota for addition to the 
27.23 	Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
27.24 	Refuge. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
27.25 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
27.26 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
27.27 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
27.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
27.29 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
27.30 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
27.31 	as part of the required accomplishment plan 
27.32 	and must be consistent with the priorities in 
27.33 	the Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

27.34
27.35	(e) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase IV
					
28.1 	$3,740,000 in the first year is to the 
28.2 	commissioner of natural resources to 
28.3 	implement the Minnesota Prairie Conservation 
28.4 	Plan through the acquisition of permanent 
28.5 	conservation easements to protect native 
28.6 	prairie and grasslands. Up to $165,000 is for 
28.7 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
28.8 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
28.9 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.10 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
28.11 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
28.12 	priority must be given to acquisition of lands 
28.13 	that are eligible for the native prairie bank 
28.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or 
28.15 	lands adjacent to protected native prairie. A 
28.16 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
28.17 	be provided as part of the final report.

28.18
28.19	(f) Minnesota Buffers for Wildlife and Water - 
Phase V
					
28.20 	$4,544,000 in the first year is to the Board of 
28.21 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
28.22 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
28.23 	and enhance habitat by expanding the clean 
28.24 	water fund riparian buffer program for at least 
28.25 	equal wildlife benefits from buffers on private 
28.26 	land. Up to $728,000 is for establishing a 
28.27 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
28.28 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
28.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
28.30 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
28.31 	conservation easements must be provided as 
28.32 	part of the final report.

28.33
28.34	(g) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase V
					
28.35 	$1,380,000 in the first year is to the 
28.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
29.1 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
29.2 	acquire and restore lands in the Cannon River 
29.3 	watershed for wildlife management purposes 
29.4 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
29.5 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
29.6 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
29.7 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
29.8 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
29.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
29.10 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
29.11 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
29.12 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

29.13
29.14	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley
					
29.15 	$1,800,000 in the first year is to the 
29.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
29.17 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
29.18 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
29.19 	Chicken Society to acquire and restore lands 
29.20 	in the southern Red River Valley for wildlife 
29.21 	management purposes under Minnesota 
29.22 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for 
29.23 	designation and management as waterfowl 
29.24 	production areas in Minnesota, in cooperation 
29.25 	with the United States Fish and Wildlife 
29.26 	Service. A list of proposed land acquisitions 
29.27 	must be provided as part of the required 
29.28 	accomplishment plan.

29.29
29.30	(i) Protecting and Restoring Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas
					
29.31 	$1,730,000 in the first year is to the 
29.32 	commissioner of natural resources for 
29.33 	agreements to acquire conservation easements 
29.34 	within and restore and enhance important bird 
29.35 	areas identified in the Minnesota Prairie 
29.36 	Conservation Plan, to be used as follows: 
30.1 	$408,000 is to Audubon Minnesota and 
30.2 	$1,322,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust, of 
30.3 	which up to $100,000 is for establishing 
30.4 	monitoring and enforcement funds as approved 
30.5 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
30.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
30.7 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
30.8 	conservation easements must be provided as 
30.9 	part of the final report. This appropriation is 
30.10 	available until June 30, 2021.

30.11
30.12	(j) Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration
					
30.13 	$2,270,000 in the first year is to the 
30.14 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
30.15 	agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
30.16 	District to acquire land in fee and permanent 
30.17 	conservation easement and to restore river and 
30.18 	related habitat in the Wild Rice River corridor. 
30.19 	A list of proposed acquisitions and restorations 
30.20 	must be provided as part of the required 
30.21 	accomplishment plan.

30.22
30.23	(k) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase VII
					
30.24 	$4,880,000 in the first year is to the 
30.25 	commissioner of natural resources to 
30.26 	accelerate the restoration and enhancement of 
30.27 	prairie communities on wildlife management 
30.28 	areas, scientific and natural areas, state forest 
30.29 	land, and land under native prairie bank 
30.30 	easements. A list of proposed land restorations 
30.31 	and enhancements must be provided as part 
30.32 	of the required accomplishment plan.

30.33
30.34	(l) Enhanced Public Land Grasslands - Phase 
II
					
30.35 	$1,120,000 in the first year is to the 
30.36 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.1 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
31.2 	and restore habitat on public lands. A list of 
31.3 	proposed land restorations and enhancements 
31.4 	must be provided as part of the final report.

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

31.6 	Sec. 5. Laws 2017, chapter 91, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

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

31.8
31.931.10
	(a) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition - Phase 
IX
					
31.11 	$3,064,000 the first year and $1,373,000 the 
31.12 	second year are to the commissioner of natural 
31.13 	resources to acquire in fee and restore lands 
31.14 	for wildlife management purposes under 
31.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
31.16 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
31.17 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
31.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
31.19 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
31.20 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
31.21 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
31.22 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
31.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
31.24 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
31.25 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
31.26 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

31.27
31.28	(b) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area 
Acquisition - Phase IX
					
31.29 	$5,603,000 the first year is to the 
31.30 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.31 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
31.32 	in fee and restore lands for wildlife 
31.33 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
31.34 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
31.35 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
32.1 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
32.2 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
32.3 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
32.4 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
32.5 	native prairie. A list of proposed land 
32.6 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
32.7 	required accomplishment plan.

32.8
32.9	(c) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project - Phase 
VII
					
32.10 	$1,901,000 the first year is to the 
32.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.12 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
32.13 	acquire land in fee for native prairie, wetland, 
32.14 	and savanna and to restore and enhance 
32.15 	grasslands, wetlands, and savanna. Subject to 
32.16 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
32.17 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
32.18 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
32.19 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
32.20 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
32.21 	No later than 180 days after The Nature 
32.22 	Conservancy's fiscal year ends, The Nature 
32.23 	Conservancy must submit to the Lessard-Sams 
32.24 	Outdoor Heritage Council annual income 
32.25 	statements and balance sheets for income and 
32.26 	expenses from land acquired with this 
32.27 	appropriation. A list of proposed land 
32.28 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
32.29 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
32.30 	consistent with the priorities identified in 
32.31 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

32.32
32.33	(d) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge Land Acquisition - Phase VIII
					
32.34 	$2,683,000 the first year is to the 
32.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
32.36 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
33.1 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
33.2 	Wildlife Service to acquire land in fee or 
33.3 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
33.4 	lands in the Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat 
33.5 	Preservation Area in western Minnesota for 
33.6 	addition to the Northern Tallgrass Prairie 
33.7 	National Wildlife Refuge. Subject to 
33.8 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
33.9 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
33.10 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
33.11 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
33.12 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
33.13 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
33.14 	provided as part of the required 
33.15 	accomplishment plan, and the acquisitions 
33.16 	must be consistent with the priorities in 
33.17 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

33.18
33.19	(e) Cannon River Headwaters Habitat Complex 
- Phase VII
					
33.20 	$1,436,000 the first year is to the 
33.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.22 	agreement with The Trust for Public Land to 
33.23 	acquire in fee and restore lands in the Cannon 
33.24 	River watershed for wildlife management 
33.25 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.26 	86A.05, subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation 
33.27 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
33.28 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
33.29 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
33.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
33.31 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
33.32 	proposed land acquisitions must be provided 
33.33 	as part of the required accomplishment plan.

33.34
33.35	(f) Accelerated Native Prairie Bank Protection 
- Phase VI
					
34.1 	$2,481,000 the first year is to the 
34.2 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
34.3 	permanent conservation easements to 
34.4 	implement the strategies in Minnesota Prairie 
34.5 	Conservation Plan to protect and restore native 
34.6 	prairie. Of this amount, up to $140,000 is for 
34.7 	establishing monitoring and enforcement funds 
34.8 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
34.9 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
34.10 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subject to evaluation 
34.11 	criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, 
34.12 	priority must be given to acquiring lands that 
34.13 	are eligible for the native prairie bank under 
34.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
34.15 	adjacent to protected native prairie. A list of 
34.16 	permanent conservation easements must be 
34.17 	provided as part of the final report.

34.18
34.19	(g) Reinvest In Minnesota (RIM) Buffers for 
Wildlife and Water - Phase VII
					
34.20 	$5,333,000 the first year is to the Board of 
34.21 	Water and Soil Resources to restore habitat 
34.22 	and acquire permanent conservation easements 
34.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, 
34.24 	to protect, restore, and enhance habitat by 
34.25 	expanding the riparian-buffer program of the 
34.26 	clean water fund for at least equal wildlife 
34.27 	benefits from buffers on private land. Of this 
34.28 	amount, up to $858,000 is for establishing a 
34.29 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
34.30 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
34.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
34.32 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
34.33 	conservation easements must be provided as 
34.34 	part of the final report.

34.35
34.36	(h) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley - Phase III
					
35.1 	$1,908,000 the first year is to the 
35.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.3 	agreement with Pheasants Forever in 
35.4 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
35.5 	Chicken Society to acquire land in fee and 
35.6 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
35.7 	River valley for wildlife management purposes 
35.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
35.9 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
35.10 	managed as waterfowl-production areas in 
35.11 	Minnesota in cooperation with the United 
35.12 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
35.13 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
35.14 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
35.15 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
35.16 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
35.17 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie. 
35.18 	A list of proposed land acquisitions must be 
35.19 	provided as part of the required 
35.20 	accomplishment plan.

35.21
35.22	(i) Accelerated Prairie Restoration and 
Enhancement on DNR Lands - Phase IX
					
35.23 	$3,950,000 the first year is to the 
35.24 	commissioner of natural resources to 
35.25 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
35.26 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas on wildlife 
35.27 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
35.28 	native prairie bank land, bluff prairies on state 
35.29 	forest land in southeastern Minnesota, and 
35.30 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service 
35.31 	waterfowl-production area and refuge lands. 
35.32 	A list of proposed land restorations and 
35.33 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
35.34 	required accomplishment plan.

35.35
35.36	(j) Anoka Sandplain Sand Plain Habitat 
Restoration and Enhancement - Phase V
					
36.1 	$1,130,000 the first year is to the 
36.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
36.3 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
36.4 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
36.5 	habitat on public lands in Anoka, Benton, 
36.6 	Isanti, Morrison, and Stearns Countiesthe 
36.7 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
36.8 	minor watersheds as follows: $41,000 is to the 
36.9 	Anoka Conservation District, $231,000 is to 
36.10 	the Isanti County Soil and Water Conservation 
36.11 	District, $345,000 is to Great River Greening, 
36.12 	$163,000 is to the Stearns County Soil and 
36.13 	Water Conservation District, and $350,000 is 
36.14 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $40,000 to 
36.15 	Minnesota Land Trust is for establishing 
36.16 	monitoring and enforcement funds as approved 
36.17 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
36.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
36.19 	subdivision 17. A list of proposed permanent 
36.20 	conservation easements, restorations, and 
36.21 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
36.22 	required accomplishment plan.

36.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2017.

36.24 	ARTICLE 2
36.25 	CLEAN WATER FUND

36.26	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
36.27 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
36.28 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
36.29 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
36.30 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this 
36.31 	article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year 
36.32 	ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2020. 
36.33 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The 
36.34 	appropriations in this article are onetime.

37.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
37.2				Available for the Year
	
37.3				Ending June 30
	
37.4					2020
		2021

37.5	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER

37.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	126,959,000
	$
	134,302,000
	
37.7 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
37.8 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

37.9	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
37.10 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
37.11 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
37.12 	related to and necessary for a specific 
37.13 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
37.14 	article must be spent in accordance with 
37.15 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
37.16 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
37.17 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
37.18 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
37.19 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2020 
37.20 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
37.21 	2021, and fiscal year 2021 appropriations are 
37.22 	available until June 30, 2022. If a project 
37.23 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
37.24 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
37.25 	availability of federal funding.

37.26	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
37.27 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
37.28 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
37.29 	on Disability and other appropriate 
37.30 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
37.31 	committees, and commissions, should make 
37.32 	progress toward providing people with 
37.33 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
37.34 	publications, and digital media related to the 
38.1 	programs the recipient funds using 
38.2 	appropriations made in this article.

38.3	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	12,445,000
	$
	12,445,000
	
38.4 	(a) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
38.5 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
38.6 	pesticides, pesticide degradates, microplastics, 
38.7 	and nanoplastics in surface water and 
38.8 	groundwater and to use data collected to assess 
38.9 	pesticide use practices. By January 15, 2021, 
38.10 	the commissioner must submit a report to the 
38.11 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
38.12 	house of representatives and senate 
38.13 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
38.14 	over agriculture, environment and natural 
38.15 	resources, and the clean water fund detailing 
38.16 	the results of the monitoring and assessment 
38.17 	conducted under this paragraph and 
38.18 	information on the pesticide monitoring 
38.19 	conducted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.20 	18B.064.
38.21 	(b) $2,585,000 the first year and $2,585,000 
38.22 	the second year are for monitoring and 
38.23 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
38.24 	nitrate in groundwater in areas vulnerable to 
38.25 	groundwater degradation; promoting, 
38.26 	developing, and evaluating regional and 
38.27 	crop-specific nutrient best management 
38.28 	practices; assessing best management practice 
38.29 	adoption; education and technical support from 
38.30 	University of Minnesota Extension; grants to 
38.31 	support agricultural demonstration and 
38.32 	implementation activities; Rosholt Farm; and 
38.33 	other actions to protect groundwater from 
38.34 	degradation from nitrate. This appropriation 
38.35 	is available until June 30, 2024.
39.1 	(c) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
39.2 	second year are for administering clean water 
39.3 	funds managed through the agriculture best 
39.4 	management practices loan program. Any 
39.5 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
39.6 	year must be added to the corpus of the loan 
39.7 	fund.
39.8 	(d) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
39.9 	second year are for a research inventory 
39.10 	database containing water-related research 
39.11 	activities. Costs for information technology 
39.12 	development or support for this research 
39.13 	inventory database may be paid to the Office 
39.14 	of MN.IT Services. This appropriation is 
39.15 	available until June 30, 2024.
39.16 	(e) $3,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 
39.17 	the second year are to implement the 
39.18 	Minnesota agricultural water quality 
39.19 	certification program statewide. By January 
39.20 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
39.21 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
39.22 	members of the house of representatives and 
39.23 	senate committees and divisions with 
39.24 	jurisdiction over agriculture, environment and 
39.25 	natural resources, and the clean water fund 
39.26 	detailing the outcomes achieved by the 
39.27 	program, including a comparison of state water 
39.28 	quality goals and the impact the program has 
39.29 	on meeting the goals. Funds appropriated in 
39.30 	this paragraph are available until June 30, 
39.31 	2024.
39.32 	(f) $385,000 the first year and $385,000 the 
39.33 	second year are for a regional irrigation water 
39.34 	quality specialist through University of 
39.35 	Minnesota Extension, development and 
40.1 	statewide expansion of the irrigation 
40.2 	management assistant tool, irrigation education 
40.3 	and outreach, and the Agricultural Weather 
40.4 	Station Network.
40.5 	(g) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 
40.6 	the second year are for grants for the Forever 
40.7 	Green Agriculture Initiative to protect the 
40.8 	state's natural resources while increasing the 
40.9 	efficiency, profitability, and productivity of 
40.10 	Minnesota farmers by reducing agricultural 
40.11 	contributions to impaired waters through the 
40.12 	incorporation of perennial and winter-annual 
40.13 	crops into existing agricultural practices to 
40.14 	protect and restore drinking water resources. 
40.15 	Of this amount, $2,500,000 each year is for 
40.16 	grants to implement Forever Green crops or 
40.17 	cropping systems. This appropriation is 
40.18 	available until June 30, 2024.
40.19 	(h) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
40.20 	the second year are for testing private wells 
40.21 	for pesticides, microplastics, and nanoplastics 
40.22 	where nitrate is detected as part of the 
40.23 	township testing program. This appropriation 
40.24 	is available until June 30, 2024.

40.25	Sec. 4. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	9,125,000
	$
	9,125,000
	
40.26 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
40.27 	the second year are for the point source 
40.28 	implementation grants program under 
40.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
40.30 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2024.
40.31 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
40.32 	second year are for small community 
40.33 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
41.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
41.2 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2024.
41.3 	(c) If there is any uncommitted money at the 
41.4 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
41.5 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
41.6 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
41.7 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
41.8 	this section according to a project's priority 
41.9 	rank on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
41.10 	priority list.

41.11	Sec. 5. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	24,823,000
	$
	22,623,000
	
41.12 	(a) $8,500,000 the first year and $6,300,000 
41.13 	the second year are for completing needed 
41.14 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
41.15 	and trends, including assessments for 
41.16 	microplastics and nanoplastics, according to 
41.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. By January 
41.18 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
41.19 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
41.20 	members of the house of representatives and 
41.21 	senate committees and divisions with 
41.22 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
41.23 	resources and the clean water fund detailing 
41.24 	the outcomes achieved under this paragraph.
41.25 	(b) $8,050,000 the first year and $8,050,000 
41.26 	the second year are to develop watershed 
41.27 	restoration and protection strategies (WRAPS), 
41.28 	which include total maximum daily load 
41.29 	(TMDL) studies and TMDL implementation 
41.30 	plans according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
41.31 	114D, for waters on the impaired waters list 
41.32 	approved by the United States Environmental 
41.33 	Protection Agency. The agency must complete 
41.34 	an average of ten percent of the TMDLs each 
41.35 	year over the biennium.
42.1 	(c) $1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
42.2 	the second year are for groundwater 
42.3 	assessment, including assessments for 
42.4 	microplastics and nanoplastics, enhancing the 
42.5 	ambient monitoring network, modeling, 
42.6 	evaluating trends, and reassessing groundwater 
42.7 	that was assessed ten to 15 years ago and 
42.8 	found to be contaminated.
42.9 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
42.10 	second year are for implementing the St. Louis 
42.11 	River System Area of Concern Remedial 
42.12 	Action Plan.
42.13 	(e) $900,000 the first year and $900,000 the 
42.14 	second year are for national pollutant 
42.15 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
42.16 	storm water TMDL implementation efforts.
42.17 	(f) $3,938,000 the first year and $3,938,000 
42.18 	the second year are for enhancing the 
42.19 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
42.20 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
42.21 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
42.22 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protecting 
42.23 	groundwater, including base grants for all 
42.24 	counties with SSTS programs and competitive 
42.25 	grants to counties with specific plans to 
42.26 	significantly reduce water pollution by 
42.27 	reducing the number of systems that are an 
42.28 	imminent threat to public health or safety or 
42.29 	are otherwise failing. Counties that receive 
42.30 	base grants must report the number of sewage 
42.31 	noncompliant properties upgraded through 
42.32 	SSTS replacement, connection to a centralized 
42.33 	sewer system, or other means, including 
42.34 	property abandonment or buy-out. Counties 
42.35 	also must report the number of existing SSTS 
43.1 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
43.2 	under county jurisdiction. These required 
43.3 	reports are to be part of established annual 
43.4 	reporting for SSTS programs. Counties that 
43.5 	conduct SSTS inventories or those with an 
43.6 	ordinance in place that requires an SSTS to 
43.7 	be inspected as a condition of transferring 
43.8 	property or as a condition of obtaining a local 
43.9 	permit must be given priority for competitive 
43.10 	grants under this paragraph. Of this amount, 
43.11 	$1,500,000 each year is available to counties 
43.12 	for grants to low-income landowners to 
43.13 	address systems that pose an imminent threat 
43.14 	to public health or safety or fail to protect 
43.15 	groundwater. A grant awarded under this 
43.16 	paragraph may not exceed $40,000 for the 
43.17 	biennium. A county receiving a grant under 
43.18 	this paragraph must submit a report to the 
43.19 	agency listing the projects funded, including 
43.20 	an account of the expenditures. By January 
43.21 	15, 2021, the commissioner must submit a 
43.22 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
43.23 	members of the house of representatives and 
43.24 	senate committees and divisions with 
43.25 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
43.26 	resources and the clean water fund detailing 
43.27 	the outcomes achieved under this paragraph 
43.28 	and past appropriations from the clean water 
43.29 	fund for this purpose.
43.30 	(g) $775,000 the first year and $775,000 the 
43.31 	second year are for a grant program for 
43.32 	sanitary sewer projects that are included in the 
43.33 	draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park 
43.34 	Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to 
43.35 	restore the water quality of waters in 
43.36 	Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be 
44.1 	awarded to local government units for projects 
44.2 	approved by the Voyageurs National Park 
44.3 	Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be 
44.4 	matched by at least 25 percent from sources 
44.5 	other than the clean water fund.
44.6 	(h) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
44.7 	second year are for activities, training, and 
44.8 	grants that reduce chloride pollution. Of this 
44.9 	amount, $100,000 each year is for grants for 
44.10 	upgrading or removing water-softening units 
44.11 	at public facilities. This appropriation is 
44.12 	available until June 30, 2023. Any 
44.13 	unencumbered grant balances in the first year 
44.14 	do not cancel but are available for grants in 
44.15 	the second year.
44.16 	(i) $110,000 the first year and $110,000 the 
44.17 	second year are to support activities of the 
44.18 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
44.19 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
44.20 	(j) The commissioner must develop protocols 
44.21 	for testing groundwater and surface water for 
44.22 	microplastics and nanoplastics to be used by 
44.23 	agencies and departments required to monitor 
44.24 	and test for plastics under this article. For the 
44.25 	purposes of this article, "microplastics" are 
44.26 	small pieces of plastic debris in the 
44.27 	environment resulting from the disposal and 
44.28 	breakdown of consumer products and 
44.29 	industrial waste that are less than five 
44.30 	millimeters in length and "nanoplastics" are 
44.31 	particles within a size ranging from 1 to 1000 
44.32 	nanometers that are unintentionally produced 
44.33 	from the manufacture or degradation of plastic 
44.34 	objects and that exhibit a colloidal behavior.
45.1 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
45.2 	section 16A.28, the appropriations in this 
45.3 	section are available until June 30, 2024.

45.4
45.5	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	11,076,000
	$
	11,076,000
	
45.6 	(a) $2,200,000 the first year and $2,200,000 
45.7 	the second year are for stream flow 
45.8 	monitoring.
45.9 	(b) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
45.10 	the second year are for lake Index of 
45.11 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments, 
45.12 	including assessments for microplastics and 
45.13 	nanoplastics. At least 50 percent of the 
45.14 	assessments must be conducted in the 
45.15 	seven-county metropolitan area and the cities 
45.16 	of Rochester and Duluth.
45.17 	(c) $135,000 the first year and $135,000 the 
45.18 	second year are for assessing mercury, 
45.19 	microplastics and nanoplastics, and other fish 
45.20 	contaminants, including monitoring to track 
45.21 	the status of impaired waters over time.
45.22 	(d) $2,016,000 the first year and $2,016,000 
45.23 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
45.24 	science-based watershed restoration and 
45.25 	protection strategies.
45.26 	(e) $2,325,000 the first year and $2,325,000 
45.27 	the second year are for water-supply planning, 
45.28 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities.
45.29 	(f) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 
45.30 	the second year are for technical assistance to 
45.31 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
45.32 	source restoration and protection activities.
45.33 	(g) $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the 
45.34 	second year are for applied research and tools, 
46.1 	including watershed hydrologic modeling; 
46.2 	maintaining and updating spatial data for 
46.3 	watershed boundaries, streams, and water 
46.4 	bodies and integrating high-resolution digital 
46.5 	elevation data; and assessing effectiveness of 
46.6 	forestry best management practices for water 
46.7 	quality.
46.8 	(h) $150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
46.9 	second year are for developing county 
46.10 	geologic atlases.
46.11 	(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
46.12 	second year are for maintenance and updates 
46.13 	to buffer maps and for technical guidance on 
46.14 	interpreting buffer maps for local units of 
46.15 	government implementing buffer 
46.16 	requirements. Maps must be provided to local 
46.17 	units of government and made available to 
46.18 	landowners on the Department of Natural 
46.19 	Resources' website.
46.20 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
46.21 	the second year are to acquire permanent 
46.22 	interests in lands in the Mississippi 
46.23 	Headwaters Watershed to protect, enhance, 
46.24 	and restore water quality, while preparing for 
46.25 	climate change through the Minnesota forests 
46.26 	for the future program under Minnesota 
46.27 	Statutes, section 84.66.

46.28
46.29	Sec. 7. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	56,269,000
	$
	63,269,000
	
46.30 	(a) $14,711,000 the first year and $14,711,000 
46.31 	the second year are for performance-based 
46.32 	grants with multiyear implementation plans 
46.33 	to local government units. The grants may be 
46.34 	used to implement projects that protect, 
46.35 	enhance, and restore surface water quality in 
47.1 	lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater 
47.2 	from degradation; and protect drinking water 
47.3 	sources. Projects must be identified in a 
47.4 	comprehensive watershed plan developed 
47.5 	under the One Watershed, One Plan or 
47.6 	metropolitan surface water management 
47.7 	frameworks or groundwater plans. Grant 
47.8 	recipients must identify a nonstate match and 
47.9 	may use other legacy funds to supplement 
47.10 	projects funded under this paragraph.
47.11 	(b) $16,300,000 the first year and $16,300,000 
47.12 	the second year are for grants to local 
47.13 	government units to protect and restore surface 
47.14 	water and drinking water; to keep water on 
47.15 	the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water 
47.16 	quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to 
47.17 	protect groundwater and drinking water, 
47.18 	including feedlot water quality and subsurface 
47.19 	sewage treatment system projects and stream 
47.20 	bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
47.21 	and ravine stabilization projects. The projects 
47.22 	must use practices demonstrated to be 
47.23 	effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, 
47.24 	include a match, and be consistent with total 
47.25 	maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation 
47.26 	plans, watershed restoration and protection 
47.27 	strategies (WRAPS), or local water 
47.28 	management plans or their equivalents. A 
47.29 	portion of this money may be used to seek 
47.30 	administrative efficiencies through shared 
47.31 	resources by multiple local governmental 
47.32 	units. Of this appropriation, at least 20 percent 
47.33 	is for land-conservation projects and practices 
47.34 	that benefit drinking water.
48.1 	(c) $6,050,000 the first year and $6,050,000 
48.2 	the second year are for accelerated 
48.3 	implementation, including local resource 
48.4 	protection, enhancement grants, and statewide 
48.5 	analytical targeting tools that fill an identified 
48.6 	gap, program enhancements for technical 
48.7 	assistance, citizen and community outreach, 
48.8 	compliance, and training and certification. By 
48.9 	January 15, 2021, the commissioner must 
48.10 	submit a report to the Clean Water Council 
48.11 	and the chairs and ranking minority members 
48.12 	of the house of representatives and senate 
48.13 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
48.14 	over environment and natural resources and 
48.15 	the clean water fund detailing the outcomes 
48.16 	achieved with this appropriation.
48.17 	(d) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
48.18 	the second year are to provide state oversight 
48.19 	and accountability, evaluate and communicate 
48.20 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
48.21 	measure the value of conservation program 
48.22 	implementation by local governments, 
48.23 	including submitting to the legislature by 
48.24 	March 1 each even-numbered year a biennial 
48.25 	report prepared by the board, in consultation 
48.26 	with the commissioners of natural resources, 
48.27 	health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control 
48.28 	Agency, detailing the recipients, the projects 
48.29 	funded under this section, and the amount of 
48.30 	pollution reduced.
48.31 	(e) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
48.32 	the second year are to provide assistance, 
48.33 	oversight, and grants for supporting local 
48.34 	governments in implementing and complying 
49.1 	with riparian protection and excessive soil loss 
49.2 	requirements.
49.3 	(f) $4,875,000 the first year and $4,875,000 
49.4 	the second year are to purchase, restore, or 
49.5 	preserve riparian land adjacent to lakes, rivers, 
49.6 	streams, and tributaries, by easements or 
49.7 	contracts, to keep water on the land to decrease 
49.8 	sediment, pollutant, and nutrient transport; 
49.9 	reduce hydrologic impacts to surface waters; 
49.10 	and increase infiltration for groundwater 
49.11 	recharge. Up to $507,000 is for deposit in a 
49.12 	monitoring and enforcement account.
49.13 	(g) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 
49.14 	the second year are for permanent 
49.15 	conservation easements on wellhead protection 
49.16 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
49.17 	103F.515, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), or for 
49.18 	grants to local units of government for fee title 
49.19 	acquisition to permanently protect 
49.20 	groundwater supply sources on wellhead 
49.21 	protection areas. Priority must be placed on 
49.22 	land that is located where the vulnerability of 
49.23 	the drinking water supply is designated as high 
49.24 	or very high by the commissioner of health, 
49.25 	where drinking water protection plans have 
49.26 	identified specific activities that will achieve 
49.27 	long-term protection, and on lands with 
49.28 	expiring Conservation Reserve Program 
49.29 	contracts. Up to $182,000 is for deposit in a 
49.30 	monitoring and enforcement account.
49.31 	(h) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
49.32 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
49.33 	panel to conduct at least ten restoration 
49.34 	evaluations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
49.35 	114D.50, subdivision 6.
50.1 	(i) $2,270,000 the first year and $2,270,000 
50.2 	the second year are for assistance, oversight, 
50.3 	and grants to local governments to transition 
50.4 	local water management plans to a watershed 
50.5 	approach as provided for in Minnesota 
50.6 	Statutes, chapters 103B, 103C, 103D, and 
50.7 	114D.
50.8 	(j) $7,500,000 the second year is to purchase 
50.9 	and restore permanent conservation sites via 
50.10 	easements or contracts to treat and store water 
50.11 	on the land for water quality improvement 
50.12 	purposes and related technical assistance. This 
50.13 	work may be done in cooperation with the 
50.14 	United States Department of Agriculture with 
50.15 	a first-priority use to accomplish a 
50.16 	conservation reserve enhancement program, 
50.17 	or equivalent, in the state. Up to $397,000 is 
50.18 	for deposit in a monitoring and enforcement 
50.19 	account.
50.20 	(k) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
50.21 	the second year are to purchase permanent 
50.22 	conservation easements to protect lands 
50.23 	adjacent to public waters with good water 
50.24 	quality but threatened with degradation. Up 
50.25 	to $338,000 is for deposit in a monitoring and 
50.26 	enforcement account.
50.27 	(l) $213,000 the first year and $213,000 the 
50.28 	second year are for a program including grants 
50.29 	and contracts to systematically collect data 
50.30 	and produce county, watershed, and statewide 
50.31 	estimates of soil erosion caused by water and 
50.32 	wind along with tracking adoption of 
50.33 	conservation measures, including cover crops, 
50.34 	to address erosion. Up to $175,000 each year 
50.35 	is available for grants to or contracts with the 
51.1 	University of Minnesota to complete this 
51.2 	work.
51.3 	(m) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
51.4 	the second year are for grants or contracts to 
51.5 	local, regional, or tribal government and 
51.6 	nongovernmental organizations to increase 
51.7 	citizen participation in implementing water 
51.8 	quality projects and programs to increase 
51.9 	long-term sustainability of water resources.
51.10 	(n) $500,000 the first year is for grants to 
51.11 	enhance landowner adoption of cover crops 
51.12 	in areas with direct benefits to public water 
51.13 	supplies.
51.14 	(o) The board must contract for delivery of 
51.15 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
51.16 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
51.17 	activities under this section for up to $500,000 
51.18 	the first year and up to $500,000 the second 
51.19 	year.
51.20 	(p) The board may shift grant, cost-share, or 
51.21 	easement funds in this section and may adjust 
51.22 	the technical and administrative assistance 
51.23 	portion of the funds to leverage federal or 
51.24 	other nonstate funds or to address oversight 
51.25 	responsibilities or high-priority drinking water 
51.26 	needs.
51.27 	(q) The board must require grantees to specify 
51.28 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
51.29 	grants before any grant awards.
51.30 	(r) The appropriations in this section are 
51.31 	available until June 30, 2024, except grant 
51.32 	funds are available for five years after the date 
51.33 	a grant is executed. Returned grant funds must 
52.1 	be regranted consistent with the purposes of 
52.2 	this section.

52.3	Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	8,822,000
	$
	12,764,000
	
52.4 	(a) $3,300,000 the first year and $7,242,000 
52.5 	the second year are for addressing public 
52.6 	health concerns related to contaminants found 
52.7 	in Minnesota drinking water for which no 
52.8 	health-based drinking water standards exist; 
52.9 	for developing and adopting at least eight 
52.10 	health risk limits consistent with Minnesota 
52.11 	Statutes, section 144.0751; for improving the 
52.12 	department's capacity to monitor the water 
52.13 	quality of drinking water sources, including 
52.14 	establishing and implementing water quality 
52.15 	monitoring protocols for surface waters used 
52.16 	as a drinking water source; to develop 
52.17 	interventions to improve water quality; and 
52.18 	for the department's laboratory to analyze 
52.19 	unregulated contaminants. By January 15, 
52.20 	2020, the commissioner of health must submit 
52.21 	a preliminary report to the chairs and ranking 
52.22 	minority members of the house of 
52.23 	representatives and senate committees and 
52.24 	divisions with jurisdiction over health policy 
52.25 	and environment and natural resources finance 
52.26 	and policy that identifies the health risk limits 
52.27 	to be developed, the water quality monitoring 
52.28 	protocols to be implemented, the surface 
52.29 	waters to be tested, and the list of 
52.30 	contaminants to be tested for. A final report 
52.31 	detailing the outcomes of this appropriation 
52.32 	and recommendations must be submitted by 
52.33 	the commissioner to the chairs and ranking 
52.34 	minority members by January 15, 2022.
53.1 	(b) $2,747,000 the first year and $2,747,000 
53.2 	the second year are for protecting drinking 
53.3 	water sources.
53.4 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
53.5 	second year are for cost-share assistance to 
53.6 	public and private well owners for up to 50 
53.7 	percent of the cost of sealing unused wells.
53.8 	(d) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 the 
53.9 	second year are to develop and deliver 
53.10 	groundwater restoration and protection 
53.11 	strategies on a watershed scale for use in local 
53.12 	comprehensive water planning efforts, to 
53.13 	provide resources to local governments for 
53.14 	activities that protect sources of drinking 
53.15 	water, and to enhance approaches that improve 
53.16 	the capacity of local governmental units to 
53.17 	protect and restore groundwater resources.
53.18 	(e) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
53.19 	the second year are for studying the occurrence 
53.20 	and magnitude of contaminants in private 
53.21 	wells, including microplastics and 
53.22 	nanoplastics, and developing guidance, 
53.23 	outreach, and interventions to reduce risks to 
53.24 	private-well owners.
53.25 	(f) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
53.26 	second year are for evaluating and addressing 
53.27 	the risks from viruses, bacteria, and protozoa 
53.28 	in groundwater supplies and for evaluating 
53.29 	land uses that may contribute to contamination 
53.30 	of public water systems with these pathogens.
53.31 	(g) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
53.32 	second year are to develop public health 
53.33 	policies and an action plan to address threats 
53.34 	to safe drinking water, including development 
54.1 	of a statewide plan for protecting drinking 
54.2 	water.
54.3 	(h) $275,000 the first year and $275,000 the 
54.4 	second year are to create a road map for water 
54.5 	reuse implementation in Minnesota and to 
54.6 	address research gaps by studying Minnesota 
54.7 	water reuse systems.
54.8 	(i) Unless otherwise specified, the 
54.9 	appropriations in this section are available 
54.10 	until June 30, 2023.

54.11	Sec. 9. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	2,890,000
	$
	1,500,000
	
54.12 	(a) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
54.13 	the second year are to implement projects that 
54.14 	address emerging threats to the drinking water 
54.15 	supply, provide cost-effective regional 
54.16 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
54.17 	coordination, support local implementation of 
54.18 	water supply reliability projects, and prevent 
54.19 	degradation of groundwater resources in the 
54.20 	metropolitan area. These projects will provide 
54.21 	communities with:
54.22 	(1) potential solutions to leverage regional 
54.23 	water use by using surface water, storm water, 
54.24 	wastewater, and groundwater;
54.25 	(2) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
54.26 	for different alternatives;
54.27 	(3) development of planning-level cost 
54.28 	estimates, including capital costs and operating 
54.29 	costs;
54.30 	(4) identification of funding mechanisms and 
54.31 	an equitable cost-sharing structure for 
54.32 	regionally beneficial water supply 
54.33 	development projects; and
55.1 	(5) development of subregional groundwater 
55.2 	models.
55.3 	(b) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
55.4 	second year are for the water demand 
55.5 	reduction grant program to encourage 
55.6 	municipalities in the metropolitan area to 
55.7 	implement measures to reduce water demand 
55.8 	to ensure the reliability and protection of 
55.9 	drinking water supplies.
55.10 	(c) $1,390,000 the first year is for grants or 
55.11 	loans for local inflow and infiltration reduction 
55.12 	programs addressing high-priority areas in the 
55.13 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
55.14 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.

55.15	Sec. 10. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	1,500,000
	$
	1,500,000
	
55.16 	(a) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
55.17 	second year are for developing county 
55.18 	geologic atlases. This appropriation is 
55.19 	available until June 30, 2026.
55.20 	(b) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
55.21 	second year are for a program to evaluate 
55.22 	performance and technology transfer for 
55.23 	municipal storm water best management 
55.24 	practices, to evaluate best management 
55.25 	performance and effectiveness to support 
55.26 	meeting total maximum daily loads, to develop 
55.27 	standards and incorporate state-of-the-art 
55.28 	guidance using minimal impact design 
55.29 	standards as the model, and to implement a 
55.30 	system to transfer knowledge and technology 
55.31 	across local government, industry, and 
55.32 	regulatory sectors. This appropriation is 
55.33 	available until June 30, 2026.
56.1 	(c) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
56.2 	second year are to increase the efficacy and 
56.3 	cost-effectiveness of nutrient reduction 
56.4 	strategies by developing comprehensive carp 
56.5 	management programs and documenting their 
56.6 	effectiveness.

56.7	Sec. 11. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	9,000
	$
	-0-
	
56.8 	$9,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
56.9 	Coordinating Commission for the website 
56.10 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
56.11 	3.303, subdivision 10.

56.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 
56.13 	to read:
56.14 		Subd. 8.Legislative oversight. The chairs of the house of representatives and senate 
56.15 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources 
56.16 	finance and the clean water fund must convene a joint hearing to review the activities and 
56.17 	evaluate the effectiveness of the Clean Water Council and to receive reports on the council 
56.18 	from the legislative auditor no later than June 30, 2020, and every four years thereafter.

56.19 	ARTICLE 3
56.20 	CLEAN WATER LEGACY ACT MODIFICATIONS

56.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
56.22 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that provides 
56.23 	a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water implementation 
56.24 	tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied at a rate sufficient 
56.25 	to generate a minimum amount determined by the board. The board may award 
56.26 	performance-based, watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance 
56.27 	to local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable 
56.28 	portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management 
56.29 	plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted and 
56.30 	approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government 
56.31 	unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of government to 
56.32 	carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL 
56.33 	implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan according 
57.1 	to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local 
57.2 	water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 
57.3 	103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review 
57.4 	process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based, 
57.5 	watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance on an advanced 
57.6 	basis and may prescribe the amount of local match required. The fee authorized in section 
57.7 	40A.152 may be used as a local match or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish 
57.8 	implementation of comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water 
57.9 	management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under this chapter and 
57.10 	chapter 103C or 103D Performance measures must be included in grant work plans. The 
57.11 	board may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide funding for water management 
57.12 	to local governments.

57.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
57.14 		Subd. 9.Performance-based Criteria. (a) The board shallmust develop and utilize use
57.15 	performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and management 
57.16 	programs and projects. The criteria may include but are not limited to science-based 
57.17 	assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community outreach and 
57.18 	support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program and project 
57.19 	delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
57.20 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board may develop and use eligibility criteria 
57.21 	for state grants or other financial assistance provided to local governments.

57.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
57.23 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management 
57.24 	plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
57.25 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under this chapter and chapters 
57.26 	103C and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, 
57.27 	science-based approach to watershed management;
57.28 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, 
57.29 	and local capacity;
57.30 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration 
57.31 	and protection strategies under section 114D.26, which may serve to fulfill all or some of 
57.32 	the requirements under chapter 114D;
58.1 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
58.2 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
58.3 	measurable progress; and
58.4 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
58.5 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to 
58.6 	this chapter or chapter 103C or 103D.; and
58.7 	(7) protect sensitive groundwater areas as defined in section 103F.511, subdivision 9, 
58.8 	and be considered and acknowledged by the commissioner of health as providing wellhead 
58.9 	protection measures and supporting wellhead protection planning where relevant.

58.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
58.11 		Subd. 4.Plan content. The board shall develop policies for required comprehensive 
58.12 	watershed management plan content consistent with comprehensive local water management 
58.13 	planning. To ensure effectiveness and accountability in meeting the purposes of subdivision 
58.14 	2, plan content must include, at a minimum:
58.15 	(1) an analysis and prioritization of issues and resource concerns;
58.16 	(2) measurable goals to address the issues and concerns, including but not limited to:
58.17 	(i) restoration, protection, and preservation of drinking water sources and natural surface 
58.18 	water and groundwater storage and retention systems;
58.19 	(ii) minimization of public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water 
58.20 	quality problems;
58.21 	(iii) restoration, protection, and improvement of surface water and groundwater quality;
58.22 	(iv) establishment of more uniform local policies and official controls for surface water 
58.23 	and groundwater management;
58.24 	(v) identification of priority areas for wetland enhancement, restoration, and 
58.25 	establishment;
58.26 	(vi) identification of priority areas for riparian zone management and buffers;
58.27 	(vii) prevention of erosion and soil transport into surface water systems;
58.28 	(viii) promotion of groundwater recharge;
58.29 	(ix) protection and enhancement of fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational 
58.30 	facilities; and
59.1 	(x) securing other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and 
59.2 	groundwater;
59.3 	(3) a targeted implementation schedule describing at a minimum the actions, locations, 
59.4 	timeline, estimated costs, method of measurement, and identification of roles and responsible 
59.5 	government units;
59.6 	(4) a description of implementation programs, including how the implementation schedule 
59.7 	will be achieved and how the plan will be administered and coordinated between local water 
59.8 	management responsibilities; and
59.9 	(5) a land and water resource inventory.

59.10 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
59.11 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 
59.12 	30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans 
59.13 	consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of completing 
59.14 	statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. The 
59.15 	metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan. The board may 
59.16 	amend the transition plan no more than once every two years.
59.17 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support 
59.18 	development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this 
59.19 	section.

59.20 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.21 	read:
59.22 		Subd. 3a.Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water 
59.23 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.

59.24 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.25 	read:
59.26 		Subd. 3b.Comprehensive watershed management plan. "Comprehensive watershed 
59.27 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a.

59.28 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
59.29 		Subd. 7.Restoration. "Restoration" means actions, including effectiveness monitoring, 
59.30 	that are taken to pursue, achieve, and maintain water quality standards for impaired waters 
60.1 	in accordance with a TMDL that has been approved by the United States Environmental 
60.2 	Protection Agency under federal TMDL requirements.

60.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
60.4 		Subd. 11.TMDL implementation plan. "TMDL implementation plan" means a 
60.5 	document detailing restoration strategies or activities needed to meet the approved TMDL's
60.6 	TMDL pollutant load allocations for point and nonpoint sources. This could include a 
60.7 	WRAPS, a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water 
60.8 	management plan, or another document or strategy that the commissioner of the Pollution 
60.9 	Control Agency determines to be, in whole or in part, sufficient to provide reasonable 
60.10 	assurance of achieving applicable water quality standards.

60.11 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
60.12 		Subd. 13.Watershed restoration and protection strategy or WRAPS. "Watershed 
60.13 	restoration and protection strategy" or "WRAPS" means a document summarizing scientific 
60.14 	studies of a major watershed no larger than at approximately a hydrologic unit code 8 
60.15 	including the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality of the 
60.16 	watershed; identification of impairments and water bodies in need of protection; identification 
60.17 	of biotic stressors and sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint; TMDLs for the 
60.18 	impairments; and an implementation table containingscale with strategies and actions
60.19 	designed to achieve and maintain water quality standards and goals.

60.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.21 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the implementation 
60.22 	of this chapter:
60.23 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements within 
60.24 	ten years after May 23, 2006, and thereafter to ensure continuing evaluation of surface 
60.25 	waters for impairments;
60.26 	(2) to submit TMDLs to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
60.27 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
60.28 	(3) to set a reasonable time inform and support strategies for implementing restoration 
60.29 	of each identified impaired water and protection activities with the goal that all waters will 
60.30 	have achieved the designated uses applicable to those waters by 2040;
61.1 	(4) to systematically evaluate waters, to provide assistance and incentives to prevent 
61.2 	waters from becoming impaired, and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as 
61.3 	impaired but do not have an approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
61.4 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
61.5 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
61.6 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
61.7 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater according 
61.8 	to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
61.9 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater.

61.10 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
61.11 		Subd. 3.Implementation policies. The following policies must guide the implementation 
61.12 	of this chapter:
61.13 	(1) develop regional and, multiple pollutant, or watershed TMDLs and TMDL 
61.14 	implementation plans, and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans for multiple pollutants
61.15 	or WRAPSs, where reasonable and feasible;
61.16 	(2) maximize use of available organizational, technical, and financial resources to perform 
61.17 	sampling, monitoring, and other activities to identify degraded groundwater and impaired 
61.18 	waters, including use of citizen monitoring and citizen monitoring data used by the Pollution 
61.19 	Control Agency in assessing water quality that meets the requirements in Appendix D of 
61.20 	the Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring Guide, Minnesotaestablished by the commissioner 
61.21 	of the Pollution Control Agency (2003);
61.22 	(3) maximize opportunities for restoration of degraded groundwater and impaired waters, 
61.23 	by prioritizing and targeting of available programmatic, financial, and technical resources 
61.24 	and by providing additional state resources to complement and leverage available resources;
61.25 	(4) use existing regulatory authorities to achieve restoration for point and nonpoint 
61.26 	sources of pollution where applicable, and promote the development and use of effective 
61.27 	nonregulatory measures to address pollution sources for which regulations are not applicable;
61.28 	(5) use restoration methods that have a demonstrated effectiveness in reducing 
61.29 	impairments and provide the greatest long-term positive impact on water quality protection 
61.30 	and improvement and related conservation benefits while incorporating innovative approaches 
61.31 	on a case-by-case basis;
62.1 	(6) identify for the legislature any innovative approaches that may strengthen or 
62.2 	complement existing programs;
62.3 	(7) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent surface waters from 
62.4 	becoming impaired and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but have 
62.5 	no approved TMDL addressing the impairment using the best available data and technology, 
62.6 	and establish and report outcome-based performance measures that monitor the progress 
62.7 	and effectiveness of protection and restoration measures;
62.8 	(8) monitor and enforce cost-sharing contracts and impose monetary damages in an 
62.9 	amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received for failure to comply; and
62.10 	(9) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent groundwater from 
62.11 	becoming degraded and measures that restore groundwater resources.

62.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
62.13 		Subd. 5.Priorities for scheduling and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs. The 
62.14 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must seek recommendations from the Clean 
62.15 	Water Council shall recommend, the commissioners of natural resources, health, and 
62.16 	agriculture, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources regarding priorities for scheduling 
62.17 	and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans, taking into account 
62.18 	the severity. Recommendations must consider the causes of the impairment impairments, 
62.19 	the designated uses of those the waters, and other applicable federal TMDL requirements. 
62.20 	In recommending priorities, the council shall also give consideration to, surface water and 
62.21 	groundwater interactions, protection of high-quality waters, waters and watersheds with 
62.22 	declining water quality trends, and waters used as drinking water sources. Furthermore, 
62.23 	consideration must be given to waters and watersheds:
62.24 	(1) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to human health;
62.25 	(2) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to threatened or endangered 
62.26 	species;
62.27 	(3) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to aquatic health;
62.28 	(4) where other public agencies and participating organizations and individuals, especially 
62.29 	local, basinwide basin-wide, watershed, or regional agencies or organizations, have 
62.30 	demonstrated readiness to assist in carrying out the responsibilities, including availability 
62.31 	and organization of human, technical, and financial resources necessary to undertake the 
62.32 	work; and
63.1 	(5) where there is demonstrated coordination and cooperation among cities, counties, 
63.2 	watershed districts, and soil and water conservation districts in planning and implementation 
63.3 	of activities that will assist in carrying out the responsibilities.

63.4 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
63.5 		Subd. 7.Priorities for funding prevention actions. The Clean Water Council shall 
63.6 	apply the priorities applicable under subdivision 6, as far as practicable, when recommending 
63.7 	priorities for funding actions to prevent groundwater and surface waters from becoming 
63.8 	degraded or impaired and to improve the quality of surface waters that are listed as impaired 
63.9 	but do not have an approved TMDL.

63.10 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
63.11 	to read:
63.12 		Subd. 8.Alternatives; TMDL, TMDL implementation plan, or WRAPS. (a) If the 
63.13 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines that a comprehensive watershed 
63.14 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan contains information that 
63.15 	is sufficient and consistent with guidance from the United States Environmental Protection 
63.16 	Agency under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the commissioner may submit 
63.17 	the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency according to federal TMDL requirements 
63.18 	as an alternative to developing a TMDL after consultation with affected national pollutant 
63.19 	discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit holders.
63.20 	(b) A TMDL implementation plan or a WRAPS, or portions thereof, are not needed for 
63.21 	waters or watersheds when the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines 
63.22 	that a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water management 
63.23 	plan, or a statewide or regional strategy published by the Pollution Control Agency meets 
63.24 	the definition in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13.
63.25 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request that the Board of 
63.26 	Water and Soil Resources conduct an evaluation of the implementation efforts under a 
63.27 	comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management 
63.28 	plan when the commissioner makes a determination under paragraph (b). The board must 
63.29 	conduct the evaluation in accordance with section 103B.102.
63.30 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may amend or revoke a 
63.31 	determination made under paragraph (a) or (b) after considering the evaluation conducted 
63.32 	under paragraph (c).

64.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
64.2 	to read:
64.3 		Subd. 9.Coordinating municipal and local water quality activities. A project, practice, 
64.4 	or program for water quality improvement or protection that is conducted by a watershed 
64.5 	management organization or a local government unit with a comprehensive watershed 
64.6 	management plan or other water management plan approved according to chapter 103B, 
64.7 	103C, or 103D may be considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
64.8 	as contributing to the requirements of a storm water pollution prevention program (SWPPP) 
64.9 	for a municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit unless the project, practice, or 
64.10 	program was previously documented as contributing to a different SWPPP for an MS4 
64.11 	permit. The commissioner of health may determine that a comprehensive watershed 
64.12 	management plan or a comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, is 
64.13 	sufficient to fulfill the requirements of wellhead protection plans.

64.14 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.26, is amended to read:
64.15 	114D.26 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES.
64.16 		Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
64.17 	develop watershed restoration and protection strategies. To ensure effectiveness and 
64.18 	accountability in meeting the goals of this chapter, for the purposes of:
64.19 	(1) summarizing the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality 
64.20 	of the watershed;
64.21 	(2) quantifying impairments and risks to water quality;
64.22 	(3) describing the causes of impairments and pollution sources;
64.23 	(4) consolidating TMDLs in a major watershed; and
64.24 	(5) informing comprehensive local water management plans and comprehensive 
64.25 	watershed management plans.
64.26 	(b) Each WRAPS shall must:
64.27 	(1) identify impaired waters and waters in need of protection;
64.28 	(2) identify biotic stressors causing impairments or threats to water quality;
64.29 	(3) summarize TMDLs, watershed modeling outputs, and resulting pollution load 
64.30 	allocations, wasteload allocations, and priority areas for targeting actions to improve water 
64.31 	quality identify areas with high pollutant-loading rates;
65.1 	(4) identify point sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge elimination 
65.2 	system permit is required under section 115.03;
65.3 	(5) identify nonpoint sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge 
65.4 	elimination system permit is not required under section 115.03, with sufficient specificity 
65.5 	to prioritize and geographically locate watershed restoration and protection actions;
65.6 	(6) describe the current pollution loading and load reduction needed for each source or 
65.7 	source category to meet water quality standards and goals, including wasteload and load 
65.8 	allocations from TMDLs;
65.9 	(7) contain a plan for ongoing (4) in consultation with local governments and other state 
65.10 	agencies, identify water quality monitoring needed to fill data gaps, determine changing 
65.11 	conditions, and or gauge implementation effectiveness; and
65.12 	(8) (5) contain an implementation table of strategies and actions that are capable of 
65.13 	cumulatively achieving needed pollution load reductions for point and nonpoint sources, 
65.14 	including identifying:
65.15 	(i) water quality parameters of concern;
65.16 	(ii) current water quality conditions;
65.17 	(iii) water quality goals, strategies, and targets by parameter of concern; and
65.18 	(iv) strategies and actions by parameter of concern and an example of the scale of 
65.19 	adoptions needed for each; with a timeline to meet the water quality restoration or protection 
65.20 	goals of this chapter.
65.21 	(v) a timeline for achievement of water quality targets;
65.22 	(vi) the governmental units with primary responsibility for implementing each watershed 
65.23 	restoration or protection strategy; and
65.24 	(vii) a timeline and interim milestones for achievement of watershed restoration or 
65.25 	protection implementation actions within ten years of strategy adoption.
65.26 		Subd. 1a.Coordination. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in 
65.27 	meeting the goals of this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in 
65.28 	consultation with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and local government units, must 
65.29 	coordinate the schedule, budget, scope, and use of a WRAPS and related documents and 
65.30 	processes.
65.31 		Subd. 2.Reporting. Beginning July 1, 2016, and every other year thereafter, the 
65.32 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report on its the agency's website the 
66.1 	progress toward implementation milestones and water quality goals for all adopted TMDLs 
66.2 	and, where available, WRAPSs.
66.3 		Subd. 3.Timelines; administration. Each year, (a) The commissioner of the Pollution 
66.4 	Control Agency must complete WRAPSs for at least ten percent of watershed restoration 
66.5 	and protection strategies for the state's major watersheds. WRAPS shall be by June 30, 
66.6 	2023, unless the commissioner determines that a comprehensive watershed management 
66.7 	plan or comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, meets the definition 
66.8 	in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13. As needed, the commissioner must update the 
66.9 	strategies, in whole or in part, after consulting with the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
66.10 	and local government units.
66.11 	(b) Watershed restoration and protection strategies are governed by the procedures for 
66.12 	approval and notice in section 114D.25, subdivisions 2 and 4, except that WRAPS the 
66.13 	strategies need not be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

66.14 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.15 		Subdivision 1.Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private 
66.16 	entities involved in the implementation of implementing this chapter shall must encourage 
66.17 	participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners and, land
66.18 	managers, and public and private organizations, in identifying impaired waters, in developing 
66.19 	TMDLs, in planning, priority setting, and implementing restoration of impaired waters, in 
66.20 	identifying degraded groundwater, and in protecting and restoring groundwater resources.
66.21 	(b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall must make 
66.22 	reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about 
66.23 	impaired waters that have been identified by the agency. The agency shall seek broad and 
66.24 	early public and stakeholder participation in scoping the activities necessary to develop a 
66.25 	TMDL, including the scientific models, methods, and approaches to be used in TMDL 
66.26 	development, and to implement restoration pursuant to section 114D.15, subdivision 7 and 
66.27 	to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL.
66.28 	(c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in 
66.29 	implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed 
66.30 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to 
66.31 	inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders.
66.32 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil 
66.33 	Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local 
67.1 	government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be 
67.2 	accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and 
67.3 	private-sector organizations.

67.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
67.5 		Subd. 3.Education. The Clean Water Council shall must develop strategies for 
67.6 	informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others 
67.7 	regarding the identification of impaired waters, development of TMDLs, development of 
67.8 	TMDL implementation plans, implementation of restoration for impaired waters, 
67.9 	identification of degraded groundwater, and protection and restoration of groundwater 
67.10 	resources this chapter. Public agencies shall be are responsible for implementing the 
67.11 	strategies.

67.12 	Sec. 20. [114D.47] NONPOINT FUNDING ALTERNATIVE.
67.13 	Notwithstanding section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
67.14 	may, by board order, establish alternative timelines or content for the priority funding plan 
67.15 	for nonpoint sources under section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, and may use information from 
67.16 	comprehensive watershed management plans or comprehensive local water management 
67.17 	plans to estimate or summarize costs.

67.18 	ARTICLE 4
67.19 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

67.20	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
67.21 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
67.22 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and 
67.23 	trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
67.24 	"2020" and "2021" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure 
67.25 	are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The 
67.26 	first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is 
67.27 	fiscal years 2020 and 2021. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

67.28				APPROPRIATIONS
	
67.29				Available for the Year
	
67.30				Ending June 30
	
67.31					2020
		2021

67.32	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS

68.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	50,053,000
	$
	51,204,000
	
68.2 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
68.3 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

68.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
68.5 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
68.6 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
68.7 	related to and necessary for a specific 
68.8 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
68.9 	article must be spent in accordance with 
68.10 	Minnesota Management and Budget's 
68.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
68.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
68.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
68.14 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2020 
68.15 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
68.16 	2022, and fiscal year 2021 appropriations are 
68.17 	available until June 30, 2023. If a project 
68.18 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
68.19 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
68.20 	availability of federal funding.

68.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
68.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
68.23 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
68.24 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
68.25 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
68.26 	committees, and commissions, should make 
68.27 	progress toward providing people with 
68.28 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
68.29 	publications, and digital media related to the 
68.30 	programs the recipient funds using 
68.31 	appropriations made in this article.

68.32
68.33	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	30,229,000
	$
	30,927,000
	
69.1 	(a) $19,820,000 the first year and $20,277,000 
69.2 	the second year are for state parks, recreation 
69.3 	areas, and trails to:
69.4 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
69.5 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
69.6 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
69.7 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
69.8 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
69.9 	parks and trails legacy plan.
69.10 	(b) $9,910,000 the first year and $10,139,000 
69.11 	the second year are for grants for parks and 
69.12 	trails of regional significance outside the 
69.13 	seven-county metropolitan area under 
69.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants 
69.15 	awarded under this paragraph must be based 
69.16 	on the lists of recommended projects 
69.17 	submitted to the legislative committees under 
69.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, 
69.19 	subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota 
69.20 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
69.21 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
69.22 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
69.23 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
69.24 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
69.25 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
69.26 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
69.27 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
69.28 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
69.29 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 
69.30 	2015. Grant recipients identified under this 
69.31 	paragraph must submit a grant application to 
69.32 	the commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
69.33 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
69.34 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
70.1 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
70.2 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
70.3 	$450,000 the first year and $450,000 the 
70.4 	second year are for the Greater Minnesota 
70.5 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
70.6 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
70.7 	section 85.536, including the continued 
70.8 	development of a statewide system plan for 
70.9 	regional parks and trails outside the 
70.10 	seven-county metropolitan area.
70.11 	(c) By January 15, 2020, the Greater 
70.12 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
70.13 	Commission must submit a list of projects that 
70.14 	contains the commission's recommendations 
70.15 	for funding from the parks and trails fund for 
70.16 	fiscal year 2021 to the chairs and ranking 
70.17 	minority members of the house of 
70.18 	representatives and senate committees and 
70.19 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
70.20 	environment and natural resources and the 
70.21 	parks and trails fund.
70.22 	(d) By January 15, 2020, the Greater 
70.23 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
70.24 	Commission must submit a report that contains 
70.25 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
70.26 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
70.27 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
70.28 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
70.29 	minority members of the house of 
70.30 	representatives and senate committees and 
70.31 	divisions with jurisdiction over the 
70.32 	environment and natural resources and the 
70.33 	parks and trails fund.
70.34 	(e) $499,000 the first year and $511,000 the 
70.35 	second year are for coordination and projects 
71.1 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
71.2 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
71.3 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
71.4 	web-based information for park and trail users; 
71.5 	and support of activities of the Parks and 
71.6 	Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
71.7 	(f) The commissioner must contract for 
71.8 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
71.9 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
71.10 	activities under this section for at least 
71.11 	$1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
71.12 	second year.
71.13 	(g) The implementing agencies receiving 
71.14 	appropriations under this section must give 
71.15 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
71.16 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
71.17 	and other activities.

71.18	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	19,820,000
	$
	20,277,000
	
71.19 	(a) $19,820,000 the first year and $20,277,000 
71.20 	the second year are for distribution according 
71.21 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, 
71.22 	subdivision 3.
71.23 	(b) Money appropriated under this section and 
71.24 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
71.25 	used only to fund the list of projects approved 
71.26 	by the elected representatives of each of the 
71.27 	metropolitan parks implementing agencies. 
71.28 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
71.29 	under this section must be substantially 
71.30 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
71.31 	dollar amounts approved by each elected body. 
71.32 	Any money remaining after completing the 
71.33 	listed projects may be spent by the 
72.1 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
72.2 	parks and trails.
72.3 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
72.4 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
72.5 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
72.6 	that the money is used to supplement and not 
72.7 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
72.8 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
72.9 	appropriations under this section must give 
72.10 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
72.11 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
72.12 	and other activities.

72.13	Sec. 5. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	4,000
	$
	-0-
	
72.14 	$4,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
72.15 	Coordinating Commission for the website 
72.16 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
72.17 	3.303, subdivision 10.

72.18 	Sec. 6. ST. LOUIS AND LAKE COUNTIES REGIONAL RAILROAD AUTHORITY; 
72.19 	GRANT EXTENSION.
 72.20 	The portion of the fiscal year 2017 appropriation from the parks and trails fund from 
72.21 	Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 3, paragraph (b), designated 
72.22 	for a grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority for a segment 
72.23 	of the Mesabi Trail is available until June 30, 2021.

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

72.25 	ARTICLE 5
72.26 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

72.27	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
72.28 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
72.29 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
72.30 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
72.31 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in 
72.32 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal 
73.1 	year ending June 30, 2020, and June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 
73.2 	2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. 
73.3 	All appropriations in this article are onetime.

73.4				APPROPRIATIONS
	
73.5				Available for the Year
	
73.6				Ending June 30
	
73.7					2020
		2021

73.8	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

73.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	69,254,000
	$
	70,518,000
	
73.10 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
73.11 	purpose are specified in the following 
73.12 	subdivisions.

73.13	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
73.14 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
73.15 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
73.16 	related to and necessary for a specific 
73.17 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
73.18 	article must not be spent on institutional 
73.19 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
73.20 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
73.21 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
73.22 	spent in accordance with Minnesota 
73.23 	Management and Budget's Guidance to 
73.24 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditures. 
73.25 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
73.26 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
73.27 	article, fiscal year 2020 appropriations are 
73.28 	available until June 30, 2021, and fiscal year 
73.29 	2021 appropriations are available until June 
73.30 	30, 2022. If a project receives federal funds, 
73.31 	the period of the appropriation is extended to 
73.32 	equal the availability of federal funding.

73.33	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		32,550,000
		33,143,000
	
74.1 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
74.2 	Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts 
74.3 	education, arts preservation, and arts access. 
74.4 	Grant agreements entered into by the 
74.5 	Minnesota State Arts Board and other 
74.6 	recipients of appropriations in this subdivision 
74.7 	must ensure that these funds are used to 
74.8 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
74.9 	sources of funding. Each grant program 
74.10 	established in this appropriation must be 
74.11 	separately administered from other state 
74.12 	appropriations for program planning and 
74.13 	outcome measurements, but may take into 
74.14 	consideration other state resources awarded 
74.15 	in the selection of applicants and grant award 
74.16 	size.

74.17	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
74.18 	$26,040,000 the first year and $26,514,000 
74.19 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
74.20 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
74.21 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
74.22 	activities; to preserve, maintain, and interpret 
74.23 	art forms and works of art so that they are 
74.24 	accessible to Minnesota audiences; to 
74.25 	overcome barriers to accessing high-quality 
74.26 	arts activities; and to instill the arts into the 
74.27 	community and public life in this state.

74.28	(c) Arts Education
					
74.29 	$4,883,000 the first year and $4,971,000 the 
74.30 	second year are for high-quality, 
74.31 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
74.32 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
74.33 	understanding of the arts.

74.34	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
75.1 	$1,627,000 the first year and $1,658,000 the 
75.2 	second year are for events and activities that 
75.3 	represent, preserve, and maintain the diverse 
75.4 	cultural arts traditions, including folk and 
75.5 	traditional artists and art organizations, 
75.6 	represented in this state.
75.7 	(e) Up to $2,960,000 of the funds appropriated 
75.8 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) may be used by the 
75.9 	board for administering grant programs, 
75.10 	delivering technical services, providing fiscal 
75.11 	oversight for the statewide system, and 
75.12 	ensuring accountability in fiscal year 2020 and 
75.13 	fiscal year 2021.
75.14 	(f) Up to 30 percent of the remaining total 
75.15 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
75.16 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
75.17 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
75.18 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
75.19 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
75.20 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
75.21 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
75.22 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
75.23 	regions of the state.
75.24 	(g) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
75.25 	under this subdivision the first year does not 
75.26 	cancel but is available the second year.

75.27	Subd. 4.Minnesota Historical Society
 		16,298,000
		17,650,000
	
75.28 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
75.29 	governing board of the Minnesota Historical 
75.30 	Society to preserve and enhance access to 
75.31 	Minnesota's history and its cultural and 
75.32 	historical resources. Grant agreements entered 
75.33 	into by the Minnesota Historical Society and 
75.34 	other recipients of appropriations in this 
76.1 	subdivision must ensure that these funds are 
76.2 	used to supplement and not substitute for 
76.3 	traditional sources of funding. Funds directly 
76.4 	appropriated to the Minnesota Historical 
76.5 	Society must be used to supplement and not 
76.6 	substitute for traditional sources of funding. 
76.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
76.8 	16A.28, for historic preservation projects that 
76.9 	improve historic structures, the amounts are 
76.10 	available until June 30, 2023. The Minnesota 
76.11 	Historical Society or grant recipients of the 
76.12 	Minnesota Historical Society using arts and 
76.13 	cultural heritage funds under this subdivision 
76.14 	must give consideration to Conservation Corps 
76.15 	Minnesota and Northern Bedrock Historic 
76.16 	Preservation Corps, or an organization 
76.17 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
76.18 	the potential to need historic preservation 
76.19 	services.

76.20	(b) Historical Grants and Programs

76.21	(1) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
76.22 	$6,564,000 the first year and $7,064,000 the 
76.23 	second year are for statewide historic and 
76.24 	cultural grants to local, county, regional, or 
76.25 	other historical or cultural organizations or for 
76.26 	activities to preserve significant historic and 
76.27 	cultural resources. Money must be distributed 
76.28 	through a competitive grant process. The 
76.29 	Minnesota Historical Society must administer 
76.30 	the money using established grant mechanisms 
76.31 	with assistance from the advisory committee 
76.32 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
76.33 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item 
76.34 	(ii).
77.1 	(i) Of this amount, $150,000 the first year is 
77.2 	for a grant to the commissioner of natural 
77.3 	resources to maintain the history of the 
77.4 	Grindstone River Dam at Hinckley.
77.5 	(ii) Up to $200,000 the first year may be used 
77.6 	by the Minnesota Historical Society to provide 
77.7 	education and programming or for grants to 
77.8 	local historical societies, libraries, and cities 
77.9 	to commemorate the 100th anniversary of 
77.10 	passage of the 19th Amendment, with a 
77.11 	portion of the grants highlighting the 
77.12 	experience of women of color and Native 
77.13 	American women in Minnesota.

77.14	(2) Statewide History Programs
					
77.15 	$6,339,000 the first year and $7,014,000 the 
77.16 	second year are for historic and cultural 
77.17 	programs and purposes related to the heritage 
77.18 	of the state.
77.19 	(i) Of this amount, $250,000 each year must 
77.20 	be used by the Board of Directors of the 
77.21 	Minnesota Historical Society to either produce 
77.22 	or purchase and to distribute a book to engage 
77.23 	and educate elementary school students on 
77.24 	Minnesota's natural resources, legacy, culture, 
77.25 	and history. The book should be made 
77.26 	available for free to educators and libraries 
77.27 	and through state historical society sites to 
77.28 	provide to a targeted grade of elementary 
77.29 	school students.
77.30 	(ii) Of this amount, $25,000 the first year must 
77.31 	be used by the Board of Directors of the 
77.32 	Minnesota Historical Society to work in 
77.33 	collaboration with programs and organizations 
77.34 	funded through the arts and cultural heritage 
78.1 	fund, including but not limited to the State 
78.2 	Arts Board, the Minnesota Humanities Center, 
78.3 	and other groups, to develop a second ten-year 
78.4 	plan for the arts and cultural heritage fund that 
78.5 	includes goals and measurable outcomes for 
78.6 	future funding. The ten-year plan must include 
78.7 	goals and measurable outcomes that guide the 
78.8 	legislature in awarding money and addressing 
78.9 	the needs of underserved communities.
78.10 	The governing board of the Minnesota 
78.11 	Historical Society, in collaboration with 
78.12 	recipients of arts and cultural heritage funding 
78.13 	including but not limited to the State Arts 
78.14 	Board, the Minnesota Humanities Center, and 
78.15 	other groups, must also review and amend the 
78.16 	25-year framework for the arts and cultural 
78.17 	heritage fund to include in the purposes of the 
78.18 	framework the importance of American Indian 
78.19 	history and culture to the state of Minnesota 
78.20 	and the continuing need to celebrate and 
78.21 	engage communities with American Indian 
78.22 	history, arts, and culture. The governing board 
78.23 	of the Minnesota Historical Society must 
78.24 	report to the legislative committees with 
78.25 	jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage 
78.26 	fund no later than March 1, 2020, with a 
78.27 	second ten-year plan and an amended 25-year 
78.28 	framework for the arts and cultural heritage 
78.29 	fund.

78.30	(3) History Partnerships
					
78.31 	$2,428,000 the first year and $2,632,000 the 
78.32 	second year are for history partnerships 
78.33 	involving multiple organizations, which may 
78.34 	include the Minnesota Historical Society, to 
78.35 	preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's 
79.1 	history and cultural heritage in all regions of 
79.2 	the state.

79.3
79.4	(4) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
79.5 	$520,000 the first year and $564,000 the 
79.6 	second year are for one or more contracts to 
79.7 	be competitively awarded to conduct statewide 
79.8 	surveys or investigations of Minnesota's sites 
79.9 	of historical, archeological, and cultural 
79.10 	significance. Results of the surveys or 
79.11 	investigations must be published in a 
79.12 	searchable form and available to the public 
79.13 	cost-free. The Minnesota Historical Society, 
79.14 	the Office of the State Archeologist, the Indian 
79.15 	Affairs Council, and the State Historic 
79.16 	Preservation Office must each appoint a 
79.17 	representative to an oversight board to select 
79.18 	contractors and direct the conduct of the 
79.19 	surveys or investigations. The oversight board 
79.20 	must consult with the Departments of 
79.21 	Transportation and Natural Resources.

79.22	(5) Digital Library
					
79.23 	$347,000 the first year and $376,000 the 
79.24 	second year are for a digital library project to 
79.25 	preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
79.26 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
79.27 	The Minnesota Historical Society must 
79.28 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan 
79.29 	system and must jointly share this 
79.30 	appropriation for these purposes.

79.31	(6) Grants
					
79.32 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
79.33 	Litchfield Opera House to restore and renovate 
79.34 	the historic Litchfield Opera House.
80.1 	(c) Any unencumbered balance remaining 
80.2 	under this subdivision the first year does not 
80.3 	cancel but is available the second year.

80.4	Subd. 5.Department of Education
 		2,550,000
		2,550,000
	
80.5 	(a) $2,500,000 each year is appropriated to 
80.6 	the commissioner of education for grants to 
80.7 	the 12 Minnesota regional library systems to 
80.8 	provide educational opportunities in the arts, 
80.9 	history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of 
80.10 	Minnesota. This money must be allocated 
80.11 	using the formulas in Minnesota Statutes, 
80.12 	section 134.355, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, with 
80.13 	the remaining 25 percent to be distributed to 
80.14 	all qualifying systems in an amount 
80.15 	proportionate to the number of qualifying 
80.16 	system entities in each system. For purposes 
80.17 	of this subdivision, "qualifying system entity" 
80.18 	means a public library, a regional library 
80.19 	system, a regional library system headquarters, 
80.20 	a county, or an outreach service program. This 
80.21 	money may be used to sponsor programs 
80.22 	provided by regional libraries or to provide 
80.23 	grants to local arts and cultural heritage 
80.24 	programs for programs in partnership with 
80.25 	regional libraries. This money must be 
80.26 	distributed in ten equal payments per year. 
80.27 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
80.28 	16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or 
80.29 	before June 30, 2021, as grants or contracts in 
80.30 	this subdivision are available until June 30, 
80.31 	2023.
80.32 	(b) $50,000 each year is appropriated to the 
80.33 	commissioner of education for a water safety 
80.34 	grant program. The commissioner of education 
80.35 	must determine the criteria for allocating 
81.1 	grants among eligible applicants. Grant awards 
81.2 	must be used for the following purposes:
81.3 	(1) to provide low-income and at-risk children 
81.4 	with scholarships for swimming lessons based 
81.5 	on nationally recognized water safety 
81.6 	curriculum;
81.7 	(2) to hire water safety instructors or 
81.8 	lifeguards; or
81.9 	(3) to train water safety instructors or 
81.10 	lifeguards in nationally recognized water 
81.11 	safety practices and instruction.

81.12	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		10,425,000
		9,775,000
	
81.13 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
81.14 	commissioner of administration for grants to 
81.15 	the named organizations for the purposes 
81.16 	specified in this subdivision. The 
81.17 	commissioner of administration may use a 
81.18 	portion of this appropriation for costs that are 
81.19 	directly related to and necessary to the 
81.20 	administration of grants in this subdivision.
81.21 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
81.22 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
81.23 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
81.24 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
81.25 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
81.26 	sources of funding.

81.27	(c) Minnesota Public Radio
					
81.28 	$1,700,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
81.29 	Radio to create programming and expand news 
81.30 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
81.31 	history.

81.32
81.33	(d) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
82.1 	$1,700,000 each year is to the Association of 
82.2 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
82.3 	for production and acquisition grants in 
82.4 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
82.5 	129D.19.

82.6	(e) Public Television
					
82.7 	$4,025,000 each year is to the Minnesota 
82.8 	Public Television Association for production 
82.9 	and acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
82.10 	Statutes, section 129D.18. Of this amount, 
82.11 	$250,000 each year is for a grant to Twin 
82.12 	Cities Public Television to produce Minnesota 
82.13 	Journeys: Capturing, Sharing, and 
82.14 	Undertaking Our Immigration History.

82.15	(f) Wilderness Inquiry
					
82.16 	$250,000 each year is to Wilderness Inquiry 
82.17 	to preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, 
82.18 	culture, and heritage by connecting Minnesota 
82.19 	youth to natural resources.

82.20	(g) Como Park Zoo
					
82.21 	$1,350,000 each year is to the Como Park Zoo 
82.22 	and Conservatory for program development 
82.23 	that features education programs and habitat 
82.24 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
82.25 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
82.26 	access and preservation.

82.27	(h) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
82.28 	$600,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
82.29 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
82.30 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
82.31 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
82.32 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
82.33 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
82.34 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

83.1	(i) Great Lakes Aquarium
					
83.2 	$250,000 the first year is to the Lake Superior 
83.3 	Center to prepare and construct an exhibit 
83.4 	demonstrating the role of water in Minnesota's 
83.5 	history and cultural heritage.

83.6	(j) Lake Superior Zoo
					
83.7 	$75,000 each year is to the Lake Superior Zoo 
83.8 	to develop educational exhibits and programs.

83.9	(k) Midwest Outdoors Unlimited
					
83.10 	$25,000 each year is to Midwest Outdoors 
83.11 	Unlimited to preserve Minnesota's outdoor 
83.12 	history, culture, and heritage by connecting 
83.13 	individuals and youth with disabilities to the 
83.14 	state's natural resources.

83.15	(l) Phalen Park China Garden
					
83.16 	$400,000 the first year is to the Minnesota 
83.17 	China Friendship Garden Society to develop 
83.18 	the Chinese garden in Phalen Park in 
83.19 	collaboration with local artists and members 
83.20 	of the local Hmong community.

83.21	(m) Green Giant Museum
					
83.22 	$50,000 each year is to the city of Blue Earth 
83.23 	for exhibits and programming for the Green 
83.24 	Giant Museum to preserve the culture and 
83.25 	agricultural history of Minnesota.

83.26	Subd. 7.Minnesota Zoo
 		1,750,000
		1,750,000
	
83.27 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
83.28 	Minnesota Zoological Board for programs at 
83.29 	and development of the Minnesota Zoological 
83.30 	Garden and to provide access and education 
83.31 	related to programs on the cultural heritage of 
83.32 	Minnesota.

84.1	Subd. 8.Minnesota Humanities Center
 		3,025,000
		3,000,000
	
84.2 	(a) These amounts are appropriated to the 
84.3 	Board of Directors of the Minnesota 
84.4 	Humanities Center for the purposes specified 
84.5 	in this subdivision. The Minnesota Humanities 
84.6 	Center may use up to 4.5 percent of the 
84.7 	following grants to cover the cost of 
84.8 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
84.9 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
84.10 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
84.11 	plan to issue the grants under this subdivision 
84.12 	and must submit the plan for review and 
84.13 	approval by the commissioner of 
84.14 	administration. The written plan must require 
84.15 	the Minnesota Humanities Center to create 
84.16 	and adhere to grant policies that are similar to 
84.17 	those established according to Minnesota 
84.18 	Statutes, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, 
84.19 	paragraph (a), clause (1).
84.20 	No grants awarded under this subdivision may 
84.21 	be used for travel outside the state of 
84.22 	Minnesota. The grant agreement must specify 
84.23 	the repercussions for failing to comply with 
84.24 	the grant agreement.

84.25	(b) Programs and Purposes
					
84.26 	$1,100,000 each year is for programs and 
84.27 	purposes of the Minnesota Humanities Center, 
84.28 	including the kindergarten through grade 12 
84.29 	education activities and professional 
84.30 	development events, the Veterans' Voices 
84.31 	program, and the "Why Treaties Matter" 
84.32 	exhibits and programming.

84.33	(c) Children's Museum Grants
					
85.1 	$1,150,000 the first year and $1,150,000 the 
85.2 	second year are for grants to children's 
85.3 	museums for arts and cultural exhibits and 
85.4 	related educational outreach programs.
85.5 	Of this amount:
85.6 	(1) $500,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
85.7 	Children's Museum for interactive exhibits 
85.8 	and outreach programs on arts and cultural 
85.9 	heritage, including the Minnesota Children's 
85.10 	Museum in Rochester;
85.11 	(2) $150,000 each year is for the Duluth 
85.12 	Children's Museum to develop new, regionally 
85.13 	significant, educational exhibits and programs;
85.14 	(3) $150,000 each year is for the Grand Rapids 
85.15 	Children's Museum to design and build 
85.16 	interactive exhibits and develop a hands-on 
85.17 	learning outreach program;
85.18 	(4) $150,000 each year is for the Southern 
85.19 	Minnesota Children's Museum to increase 
85.20 	access and engagement for diverse audiences 
85.21 	through museum programs and exhibits that 
85.22 	promote Minnesota arts, culture, and history;
85.23 	(5) $150,000 each year is to Great River 
85.24 	Children's Museum for regionally significant, 
85.25 	interactive exhibits and outreach programs on 
85.26 	arts and cultural heritage, including redesign 
85.27 	and development;
85.28 	(6) $50,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
85.29 	second year are for the Wheel and Cog 
85.30 	Children's Museum of Hutchinson for 
85.31 	interactive exhibits, education, and access 
85.32 	programs on arts and cultural heritage; and
86.1 	(7) $25,000 each year is for the Region 5 
86.2 	Children's Museum to develop programming 
86.3 	and new educational exhibits in arts and 
86.4 	cultural heritage.

86.5	(d) American Indian Legacy Grant Program
					
86.6 	$250,000 each year is for the American Indian 
86.7 	legacy grant program. The Minnesota 
86.8 	Humanities Center must evaluate, coordinate, 
86.9 	and administer a grant program to provide 
86.10 	funding to individuals and organizations in 
86.11 	the Minnesota American Indian community. 
86.12 	The grant program must work with members 
86.13 	of the American Indian community to develop 
86.14 	goals and criteria for evaluating projects and 
86.15 	awarding money. The grant program must 
86.16 	reach members of the American Indian 
86.17 	community in the seven-county metropolitan 
86.18 	area and throughout the state of Minnesota. 
86.19 	The American Indian legacy grant program 
86.20 	must:
86.21 	(1) issue grants to American Indian artists to 
86.22 	develop their work or to provide education 
86.23 	and opportunities to the public related to their 
86.24 	art or cultural heritage in Minnesota;
86.25 	(2) issue grants to American Indian 
86.26 	organizations to support artists or to provide 
86.27 	educational opportunities and public events 
86.28 	related to American Indian arts, heritage, and 
86.29 	culture; and
86.30 	(3) hold workshops and provide assistance to 
86.31 	American Indian artists and arts programs for 
86.32 	capacity building for projects and programs 
86.33 	related to Minnesota's arts, culture, and 
86.34 	heritage.

87.1
87.2	(e) Hmong Cultural Events and Programming 
Grants
					
87.3 	$250,000 each year is for grants to one or 
87.4 	more community organizations that provide 
87.5 	arts and cultural heritage programming 
87.6 	celebrating Hmong heritage. Museums, 
87.7 	nonprofit organizations, and arts and cultural 
87.8 	organizations are eligible to apply for 
87.9 	competitive grants under this grant program. 
87.10 	Preference must be given to organizations that 
87.11 	provide artist programming and artist and 
87.12 	crafting educational instruction to seniors and 
87.13 	youth and programs that have workshops, 
87.14 	mentoring programs, exhibits, or community 
87.15 	engagement events related to Hmong culture 
87.16 	and heritage in Minnesota.

87.17
87.18	(f) Somali Community and Museum Cultural 
Grants
					
87.19 	$250,000 each year is for a grant to one or 
87.20 	more community organizations that provide  
87.21 	Somali-based collaborative programs for arts 
87.22 	and cultural heritage. The Somali Museum of 
87.23 	Minnesota may apply for a grant under this 
87.24 	paragraph. The money must be used for 
87.25 	programs to provide arts and humanities 
87.26 	education and workshops, mentor programs, 
87.27 	classes, exhibits, presentations, community 
87.28 	engagement events, and outreach about the 
87.29 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

87.30	Subd. 9.Indian Affairs Council
 		2,150,000
		2,150,000
	
87.31 	$2,150,000 each year is appropriated to the 
87.32 	Indian Affairs Council for grants for 
87.33 	preserving Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
87.34 	languages and for protecting Indian graves. 
87.35 	The money must be distributed as follows:
88.1 	(1) $750,000 each year is to provide grants to 
88.2 	Minnesota Tribal Nations to preserve Dakota 
88.3 	and Ojibwe Indian languages and to foster 
88.4 	education programs and services for Dakota 
88.5 	and Ojibwe languages;
88.6 	(2) $500,000 each year is for grants to Dakota 
88.7 	and Ojibwe Indian language immersion 
88.8 	educational institutions;
88.9 	(3) $750,000 each year is to provide grants to 
88.10 	preserve the Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
88.11 	languages through support of projects and 
88.12 	services and to support educational programs 
88.13 	and immersion efforts in Dakota and Ojibwe 
88.14 	Indian languages;
88.15 	(4) $50,000 each year is to the Indian Affairs 
88.16 	Council for a Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
88.17 	language working group coordinated by the 
88.18 	Indian Affairs Council; and
88.19 	(5) $100,000 each year is to carry out 
88.20 	responsibilities under Minnesota Statutes, 
88.21 	section 307.08, to comply with Public Law 
88.22 	101-601, the Native American Graves 
88.23 	Protection and Repatriation Act.

88.24	Subd. 10.University of Minnesota
 		250,000
		250,000
	
88.25 	These amounts are appropriated to the Board 
88.26 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
88.27 	a grant to the Bell Museum, Minnesota's 
88.28 	museum of natural history, to increase access 
88.29 	to Minnesota's history and cultural heritage 
88.30 	by providing funding for access to people with 
88.31 	disabilities and to expand access to culturally 
88.32 	and linguistically diverse communities.

88.33	Subd. 11.Department of Agriculture
 		250,000
		250,000
	
89.1 	These amounts are appropriated to the 
89.2 	commissioner of agriculture for grants to 
89.3 	county agricultural societies to enhance arts 
89.4 	access and education and to preserve and 
89.5 	promote Minnesota's history and cultural 
89.6 	heritage as embodied in its county fairs. The 
89.7 	grants are in addition to the aid distribution to 
89.8 	county agricultural societies under Minnesota 
89.9 	Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of 
89.10 	agriculture must develop grant-making criteria 
89.11 	and guidance for expending money under this 
89.12 	subdivision to provide funding for projects 
89.13 	and events that provide access to the arts or 
89.14 	the state's agricultural, historical, and cultural 
89.15 	heritage. The commissioner must seek input 
89.16 	from all interested parties.

89.17	Subd. 12.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		6,000
		-0-
	
89.18 	This amount is appropriated to the Legislative 
89.19 	Coordinating Commission to maintain the 
89.20 	website required under Minnesota Statutes, 
89.21 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

89.22 	ARTICLE 6
89.23 	GENERAL PROVISIONS; ALL LEGACY FUNDS

89.24 	Section 1. [15.431] COMPLIANCE WITH CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT 
89.25 	FOR LEGACY FUNDS.
89.26 	To ensure compliance with the requirement in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
89.27 	section 15, that money dedicated under that section must supplement traditional sources of 
89.28 	funding and may not be used as a substitute, the legislature must not appropriate money nor 
89.29 	may an agency grant money to an individual or entity requesting money from the outdoor 
89.30 	heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, or arts and cultural heritage fund, 
89.31 	without written assurance from the individual or entity that the individual or entity will not 
89.32 	use the money to fund expenses for a purpose that the individual or entity previously funded 
89.33 	with a traditional source of funding. For the purposes of this section, "traditional source of 
89.34 	funding" means a source other than the outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and 
90.1 	trails fund, or arts and cultural heritage fund that the individual or entity used three out of 
90.2 	the past five years to pay for expenses related to the same purpose for which the individual 
90.3 	or entity has proposed to use money from the outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks 
90.4 	and trails fund, or arts and cultural heritage fund.