1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for environment and natural 
1.3 	resources and tourism; modifying programs; creating accounts and providing for 
1.4 	disposition of certain receipts; modifying certain natural resources fee and permit 
1.5 	conditions; authorizing sales of certain state land; establishing the Wild Rice 
1.6 	Stewardship Council; creating the Reinvest in Fish Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative 
1.7 	Advisory Group; providing appointments; requiring reports; making technical 
1.8 	corrections;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 17.035, subdivision 1; 
1.9 	35.153, by adding subdivisions; 35.155, subdivisions 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11; 84.026, by 
1.10 	adding a subdivision; 84.027, subdivision 18, by adding a subdivision; 84.0273; 
1.11 	84.0895, subdivision 2; 84.775, subdivision 1; 84.788, subdivision 2; 84.794, 
1.12 	subdivision 2; 84.83, subdivision 3; 84.86, subdivision 1; 84.925, subdivision 1; 
1.13 	84.9256, subdivision 1; 84.928, subdivision 2; 84D.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 84D.108, 
1.14 	subdivisions 2b, 2c; 85.054, subdivision 1; 85.44; 85.47; 85A.02, subdivision 17; 
1.15 	86B.005, subdivision 18; 86B.415, subdivision 1a; 89.71, by adding a subdivision; 
1.16 	92.115, subdivision 1; 92.50, subdivision 1; 93.25; 94.09, subdivision 3; 94.10; 
1.17 	97A.015, subdivisions 25, 43; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 
1.18 	97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.126; 97A.433, subdivisions 4, 5; 97A.475, subdivision 
1.19 	4; 97A.505, subdivision 8; 97B.086; 97B.106, subdivision 2; 97B.426; 97B.516; 
1.20 	97B.722; 97B.731, subdivision 3; 97C.315, subdivision 1; 97C.345, by adding a 
1.21 	subdivision; 97C.391, subdivision 1; 97C.395, subdivision 2; 97C.605, subdivision 
1.22 	2; 97C.815, subdivision 2; 103B.3369, subdivisions 5, 9; 103B.611, subdivision 
1.23 	3; 103B.801, subdivisions 2, 5; 103D.315, subdivision 8; 103F.361, subdivision 
1.24 	2; 103F.363, subdivision 1; 103F.365, by adding a subdivision; 103F.371; 
1.25 	103F.373, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 103G.2242, subdivision 14; 103G.241, subdivisions 
1.26 	1, 3; 103G.271, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 103G.287, subdivisions 
1.27 	1, 4, 5; 103G.289; 103G.311, subdivisions 2, 5; 103G.315, subdivision 8; 103G.408; 
1.28 	103G.615, subdivision 3a; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 13, by adding subdivisions; 
1.29 	114D.20, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 114D.26; 114D.35, 
1.30 	subdivisions 1, 3; 115.03, subdivisions 1, 5, by adding a subdivision; 115.035; 
1.31 	115.44, subdivision 6; 115.455; 115.77, subdivision 1; 115.84, subdivisions 2, 3; 
1.32 	115A.51; 115B.421; 116.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 116.07, 
1.33 	subdivisions 2, 4d, by adding a subdivision; 116.0714; 116.993, subdivisions 2, 
1.34 	6; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; 216G.01, subdivision 3; 282.01, subdivision 4; Laws 
1.35 	2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivisions 2, as amended, 9, as amended; Laws 
1.36 	2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, as amended; Laws 2015, chapter 76, 
1.37 	section 2, subdivision 9, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, sections 
1.38 	2, subdivision 2; 6, as amended; Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 1, section 9; article 
2.1 	2, section 155, as amended; Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9; 
2.2 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 92; 103C; 114D; 
2.3 	115B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.121; Minnesota Rules, part 
2.4 	6232.0350.
2.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.6 	ARTICLE 1
2.7 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS

2.8	Section 1. ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.9 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
2.10 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
2.11 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.12 	The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
2.13 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. 
2.14 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" 
2.15 	is fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, are 
2.16 	effective the day following final enactment.

2.17				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.18				Available for the Year
	
2.19				Ending June 30
	
2.20					2020
		2021

2.21	Sec. 2. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

2.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	98,352,000
	$
	96,984,000

2.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.24		2020
	2021
	
2.25	General
	1,000,000
	1,000,000
	
2.26
2.27	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
2.28	Environmental
	83,472,000
	82,404,000
	
2.29	Remediation
	13,505,000
	13,505,000

2.30
2.31	Closed Landfill 
Investment fund
	300,000
	-0-
	
2.32 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.33 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.34 	subdivisions.
3.1 	The commissioner must present the agency's 
3.2 	biennial budget for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 
3.3 	to the legislature in a transparent way by 
3.4 	agency division, including the proposed 
3.5 	budget bill and presentations of the budget to 
3.6 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
3.7 	over the agency's budget.

3.8	Subd. 2.Environmental Analysis and Outcomes
 		12,961,000
		13,051,000

3.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.10		2020
	2021
	
3.11	Environmental
	12,760,000
	12,850,000
	
3.12	Remediation
	201,000
	201,000
	
3.13 	(a) $89,000 the first year and $89,000 the 
3.14 	second  year are from the environmental fund 
3.15 	for:
3.16 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
3.17 	in implementing and participating in the 
3.18 	water-quality standards rulemaking process 
3.19 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
3.20 	process;
3.21 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
3.22 	water-quality standards rulemaking process, 
3.23 	including more-specific analysis and 
3.24 	identification of cost-effective permitting;
3.25 	(3) developing statewide economic analyses 
3.26 	and templates to reduce the amount of 
3.27 	information and time required for 
3.28 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
3.29 	water-quality standards; and
3.30 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
3.31 	Authority to identify and advocate for the  
3.32 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
3.33 	permit requirements.
4.1 	(b) $205,000 the first year and $205,000 the 
4.2 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.3 	for a monitoring program under Minnesota 
4.4 	Statutes, section 116.454.
4.5 	(c) $347,000 the first year and $347,000 the 
4.6 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.7 	for monitoring ambient air for hazardous 
4.8 	pollutants.
4.9 	(d) $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the 
4.10 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.11 	for duties related to harmful chemicals in 
4.12 	children's products under Minnesota Statutes, 
4.13 	sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this 
4.14 	amount, $57,000 each year is transferred to 
4.15 	the commissioner of health.
4.16 	(e) $109,000 the first year and $109,000 the 
4.17 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.18 	for registration of wastewater laboratories.
4.19 	(f) $926,000 the first year and $926,000 the 
4.20 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.21 	to continue perfluorochemical biomonitoring 
4.22 	in eastern-metropolitan communities, as 
4.23 	recommended by the Environmental Health 
4.24 	Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel, 
4.25 	and address other environmental health risks, 
4.26 	including air quality. The communities must 
4.27 	include Hmong and other immigrant farming 
4.28 	communities. Of this amount, up to $689,000 
4.29 	the first year and $689,000 the second year 
4.30 	are for transfer to the Department of Health.
4.31 	(g) $51,000 the first year and $51,000 the 
4.32 	second year are from the environmental fund 
4.33 	for impaired waters listing procedures required 
4.34 	under this act.

5.1	Subd. 3.Industrial
 		15,473,000
		15,213,000

5.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.3		2020
	2021
	
5.4	Environmental
	14,472,000
	14,212,000
	
5.5	Remediation
	1,001,000
	1,001,000
	
5.6 	(a) $1,001,000 the first year and $1,001,000 
5.7 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
5.8 	for the leaking underground storage tank 
5.9 	program to investigate, clean up, and  prevent 
5.10 	future releases from underground petroleum 
5.11 	storage tanks and to the petroleum remediation 
5.12 	program for vapor assessment and 
5.13 	remediation. These same annual amounts are 
5.14 	transferred from the  petroleum tank fund to 
5.15 	the remediation fund.
5.16 	(b) $393,000 the first year is from the TCE 
5.17 	emission response account in the 
5.18 	environmental fund to further evaluate the use 
5.19 	and reduction of trichloroethylene around 
5.20 	Minnesota and identify its potential health 
5.21 	effects on communities. Of this amount, up to 
5.22 	$121,000 may be transferred to the 
5.23 	commissioner of health. This is a onetime 
5.24 	appropriation.

5.25	Subd. 4.Municipal
 		7,859,000
		7,859,000
	
5.26 	(a) $164,000 the first year and $164,000 the 
5.27 	second  year are from the environmental fund 
5.28 	for:
5.29 	(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities 
5.30 	in implementing and participating in the 
5.31 	water-quality standards rulemaking process 
5.32 	and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting 
5.33 	process;
6.1 	(2) enhanced economic analysis in the 
6.2 	water-quality standards rulemaking process, 
6.3 	including more specific analysis and 
6.4 	identification of cost-effective permitting;
6.5 	(3) development of statewide economic 
6.6 	analyses and templates to reduce the amount 
6.7 	of information and time required for 
6.8 	municipalities to apply for variances from 
6.9 	water quality standards; and
6.10 	(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities 
6.11 	Authority to identify and advocate for the 
6.12 	resources needed for municipalities to achieve 
6.13 	permit requirements.
6.14 	(b) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
6.15 	second year are from the environmental fund 
6.16 	for transfer to the Office of Administrative 
6.17 	Hearings to establish sanitary districts.
6.18 	(c) $671,000 the first year and $671,000 the 
6.19 	second year are from the environmental fund 
6.20 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
6.21 	(SSTS) program administration and 
6.22 	community technical assistance and education, 
6.23 	including grants and technical assistance to 
6.24 	communities for water-quality protection. Of 
6.25 	this amount, $129,000 each year is for 
6.26 	assistance to counties through grants for SSTS 
6.27 	program administration. A county receiving 
6.28 	a grant from this appropriation must submit 
6.29 	the results achieved with the grant to the 
6.30 	commissioner as part of its annual SSTS 
6.31 	report. Any unexpended balance in the first 
6.32 	year does not cancel but is available in the 
6.33 	second year.
7.1 	(d) $784,000 the first year and $784,000 the 
7.2 	second year are from the environmental fund 
7.3 	to address the need for continued increased 
7.4 	activity in the areas of new technology review, 
7.5 	technical assistance for local governments, 
7.6 	and enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.7 	sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the 
7.8 	requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, 
7.9 	article 1, section 165.
7.10 	(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
7.11 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
7.12 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2021, as 
7.13 	grants or contracts for subsurface sewage 
7.14 	treatment systems, surface water and 
7.15 	groundwater assessments, storm water, and 
7.16 	water-quality protection in this subdivision 
7.17 	are available until June 30, 2024.

7.18	Subd. 5.Operations
 		5,036,000
		5,047,000

7.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.20		2020
	2021
	
7.21	Environmental
	4,208,000
	4,219,000
	
7.22	Remediation
	828,000
	828,000
	
7.23 	$180,000 the first year and $180,000 the 
7.24 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
7.25 	purposes of the leaking underground storage 
7.26 	tank program to investigate, clean up, and 
7.27 	prevent future releases from underground 
7.28 	petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum 
7.29 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
7.30 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
7.31 	are transferred from the  petroleum tank fund 
7.32 	to the remediation fund.

7.33	Subd. 6.Remediation
 		12,289,000
		11,856,000

8.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.2		2020
	2021
	
8.3	Environmental
	1,048,000
	615,000
	
8.4	Remediation
	11,241,000
	11,241,000
	
8.5 	(a) All money for environmental response, 
8.6 	compensation, and compliance in the 
8.7 	remediation fund not otherwise appropriated 
8.8 	is appropriated to the commissioners of the 
8.9 	Pollution Control Agency and agriculture for 
8.10 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.11 	115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), (3), 
8.12 	(6), and (7). At the beginning of each fiscal 
8.13 	year, the two commissioners shall jointly 
8.14 	submit an annual spending plan to the 
8.15 	commissioner of management and budget that 
8.16 	maximizes the use of resources and 
8.17 	appropriately allocates the money between the 
8.18 	two departments. This appropriation is 
8.19 	available until June 30, 2021.
8.20 	(b) $433,000 the first year is from the 
8.21 	environmental fund to manage contaminated 
8.22 	sediment projects at multiple sites identified 
8.23 	in the St. Louis River remedial action plan to 
8.24 	restore water quality in the St. Louis River 
8.25 	area of concern. This is a onetime 
8.26 	appropriation.
8.27 	(c) $3,961,000 the first year and $3,961,000 
8.28 	the second year are from the remediation fund 
8.29 	for purposes of the leaking underground 
8.30 	storage tank program to investigate, clean up, 
8.31 	and prevent future releases from underground 
8.32 	petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum 
8.33 	remediation program for purposes of vapor 
8.34 	assessment and remediation. These same 
9.1 	annual amounts are transferred from the 
9.2 	petroleum tank fund to the remediation fund.
9.3 	(d) $257,000 the first year and $257,000 the 
9.4 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
9.5 	transfer to the commissioner of health for 
9.6 	private water-supply monitoring and health 
9.7 	assessment costs in areas contaminated by 
9.8 	unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste 
9.9 	disposal facilities and drinking water 
9.10 	advisories and public information activities 
9.11 	for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.

9.12	Subd. 7.Resource Management and Assistance
 		33,325,000
		33,349,000

9.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
9.14		2020
	2021
	
9.15
9.16	State Government 
Special Revenue
	75,000
	75,000
	
9.17	Environmental
	33,250,000
	33,274,000
	
9.18 	(a) Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
9.19 	the second year may be transferred from the  
9.20 	environmental fund to the small business 
9.21 	environmental improvement loan account 
9.22 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.23 	116.993.
9.24 	(b) $694,000 the first year and $694,000 the 
9.25 	second year are from the environmental fund 
9.26 	for emission reduction activities and grants to 
9.27 	small businesses and other nonpoint emission 
9.28 	reduction efforts. Of this amount, $100,000 
9.29 	the first year and $100,000 the second year 
9.30 	are to continue work with Clean Air 
9.31 	Minnesota, and the commissioner may enter 
9.32 	into an agreement with Environmental 
9.33 	Initiative to support this effort. Any 
9.34 	unencumbered grant and loan balances in the 
10.1 	first year do not cancel but are available for 
10.2 	grants and loans in the second year.
10.3 	(c) $17,550,000 the first year and $17,550,000 
10.4 	the second year are from the environmental 
10.5 	fund for SCORE block grants to counties 
10.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.557.
10.7 	(d) $119,000 the first year and $119,000 the 
10.8 	second year are from the environmental fund 
10.9 	for environmental assistance grants or loans 
10.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716. 
10.11 	Any unencumbered grant and loan balances 
10.12 	in the first year do not cancel but are available 
10.13 	for grants and loans in the second year.
10.14 	(e) $112,000 the first year and $112,000 the 
10.15 	second year are from the environmental fund 
10.16 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
10.17 	(SSTS) program administration and 
10.18 	community technical assistance and education, 
10.19 	including grants and technical assistance to 
10.20 	communities for water-quality protection.
10.21 	(f) $169,000 the first year and $169,000 the 
10.22 	second year are from the environmental fund 
10.23 	to address the need for continued increased 
10.24 	activity in the areas of new technology review, 
10.25 	technical assistance for local governments, 
10.26 	and enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, 
10.27 	sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the 
10.28 	requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, 
10.29 	article 1, section 165.
10.30 	(g) All money deposited in the environmental 
10.31 	fund for the metropolitan solid waste landfill 
10.32 	fee in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
10.33 	section 473.843, and not otherwise 
11.1 	appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes 
11.2 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.
11.3 	(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
11.4 	section 16A.28, the appropriations 
11.5 	encumbered on or before June 30, 2021, as 
11.6 	contracts or grants for environmental 
11.7 	assistance awarded under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.8 	section 115A.0716; technical and research 
11.9 	assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.10 	115A.152; technical assistance under 
11.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.52; and 
11.12 	pollution prevention assistance under 
11.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115D.04, are 
11.14 	available until June 30, 2023.

11.15	Subd. 8.Watershed
 		9,635,000
		9,335,000

11.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.17		2020
	2021
	
11.18	Environmental
	8,401,000
	8,101,000
	
11.19	Remediation
	234,000
	234,000
	
11.20	General
	1,000,000
	1,000,000
	
11.21 	(a) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
11.22 	the second year are from the general fund and 
11.23 	$959,000 the first year and $959,000 the 
11.24 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.25 	for grants to delegated counties to administer 
11.26 	the county feedlot program under Minnesota 
11.27 	Statutes, section 116.0711, subdivisions 2 and 
11.28 	3. Money remaining after the first year is 
11.29 	available for the second year.
11.30 	(b) $208,000 the first year and $208,000 the 
11.31 	second year are from the environmental fund 
11.32 	for the costs of implementing general 
11.33 	operating permits for feedlots over 1,000 
11.34 	animal units.
12.1 	(c) $122,000 the first year and $122,000 the 
12.2 	second year are from the remediation fund for 
12.3 	purposes of the leaking underground storage 
12.4 	tank program to investigate, clean up, and 
12.5 	prevent future releases from underground  
12.6 	petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum 
12.7 	remediation program for vapor assessment 
12.8 	and remediation. These same annual amounts 
12.9 	are transferred from the petroleum tank fund 
12.10 	to the remediation fund.
12.11 	(d) $300,000 the first year is from the 
12.12 	environmental fund for a grant to the 
12.13 	Minnesota Association of County Feedlot 
12.14 	Officers to develop, in coordination with the 
12.15 	Pollution Control Agency and the University 
12.16 	of Minnesota Extension program, an online 
12.17 	training curriculum related to animal feedlot 
12.18 	requirements under Minnesota Rules, chapter 
12.19 	7020. This is a onetime appropriation. The 
12.20 	curriculum must be developed to:
12.21 	(1) provide base-level knowledge to new and 
12.22 	existing county feedlot pollution control 
12.23 	officers on feedlot registration, permitting, 
12.24 	compliance, enforcement, and program 
12.25 	administration;
12.26 	(2) provide assistance to new and existing 
12.27 	county feedlot pollution control officers for 
12.28 	working efficiently and effectively with 
12.29 	producers; and
12.30 	(3) reduce the incidence of manure or nutrients 
12.31 	entering surface water or groundwater.

12.32	Subd. 9.Environmental Quality Board
 		1,774,000
		1,274,000

12.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.34		2020
	2021
	
13.1	Environmental
	1,474,000
	1,274,000
	
13.2
13.3	Closed Landfill 
Investment Fund
	300,000
	-0-
	
13.4 	(a) $200,000 the first year is from the 
13.5 	environmental fund to begin to develop and 
13.6 	assemble the material required under Code of 
13.7 	Federal Regulations, title 40, section 233.10, 
13.8 	to have the state of Minnesota assume the 
13.9 	section 404 permitting program of the Federal 
13.10 	Clean Water Act. The Board may execute 
13.11 	contracts or interagency agreements to 
13.12 	facilitate developing the required agreements 
13.13 	and materials. By February 1, 2021, the board 
13.14 	must submit a report on the additional funding 
13.15 	necessary to secure section 404 assumption 
13.16 	and the additional funding needed to fully 
13.17 	implement the state-assumed program to the 
13.18 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
13.19 	legislative committees and divisions with 
13.20 	jurisdiction over the environment and natural 
13.21 	resources. This is a onetime appropriation.
13.22 	(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
13.23 	section 115B.421, $300,000 the first year is 
13.24 	from the closed landfill investment fund to 
13.25 	conduct the study on deploying solar 
13.26 	photovoltaic devices on closed landfill 
13.27 	program sites. This is a onetime appropriation.

13.28	Subd. 10.Transfers
 					
13.29 	(a) The commissioner shall transfer up to 
13.30 	$40,000,000 from the environmental fund to 
13.31 	the remediation fund for the purposes of the 
13.32 	remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.33 	section 116.155, subdivision 2.
13.34 	(b) $1,500,000 the first year is transferred 
13.35 	from the remediation fund to the dry cleaner 
14.1 	environmental response and reimbursement 
14.2 	account for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
14.3 	section 115B.49. By January 15, 2020, the 
14.4 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
14.5 	must submit a report to the chairs and ranking 
14.6 	minority members of the legislative 
14.7 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
14.8 	over environment and natural resources 
14.9 	finance that includes an assessment of the 
14.10 	possibility of recovering environmental 
14.11 	response costs from insurance held by dry 
14.12 	cleaning facilities.

14.13	Sec. 3. NATURAL RESOURCES

14.14	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	278,323,000
	$
	277,662,000

14.15	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.16		2020
	2021
	
14.17	General
	68,796,000
	68,919,000
	
14.18	Natural Resources
	101,059,000
	100,264,000
	
14.19	Game and Fish
	108,151,000
	108,161,000
	
14.20	Remediation
	105,000
	106,000
	
14.21	Permanent School
	212,000
	212,000
	
14.22 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.23 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.24 	subdivisions.

14.25
14.26	Subd. 2.Land and Mineral Resources 
Management
 		5,886,000
		5,886,000

14.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
14.28		2020
	2021
	
14.29	General
	1,450,000
	1,450,000
	
14.30	Natural Resources
	3,880,000
	3,880,000
	
14.31	Game and Fish
	344,000
	344,000
	
14.32	Permanent School
	212,000
	212,000
	
14.33 	(a) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
14.34 	second year are from the minerals 
15.1 	management account for environmental 
15.2 	research relating to mine permitting.
15.3 	(b) $2,978,000 the first year and $2,978,000 
15.4 	the second year are from the minerals 
15.5 	management account in the natural resources 
15.6 	fund for use as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
15.7 	section 93.2236, paragraph (c), for mineral 
15.8 	resource management, projects to enhance 
15.9 	future mineral income, and projects to promote 
15.10 	new mineral resource opportunities.
15.11 	(c) $212,000 the first year and $212,000 the 
15.12 	second year are from the state forest suspense 
15.13 	account in the permanent school fund to secure 
15.14 	maximum long-term economic return from 
15.15 	the school trust lands consistent with fiduciary 
15.16 	responsibilities and sound natural resources 
15.17 	conservation and management principles.
15.18 	(d) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the 
15.19 	second year are from the water management 
15.20 	account in the natural resources fund for 
15.21 	mining hydrology.

15.22	Subd. 3.Ecological and Water Resources
 		27,695,000
		27,495,000

15.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.24		2020
	2021
	
15.25	General
	11,654,000
	11,454,000
	
15.26	Natural Resources
	10,672,000
	10,672,000
	
15.27	Game and Fish
	5,369,000
	5,369,000
	
15.28 	(a) $3,242,000 the first year and $3,242,000 
15.29 	the second year are from the invasive species 
15.30 	account in the natural resources fund and 
15.31 	$2,206,000 the first year and $2,206,000 the 
15.32 	second year are from the general fund for 
15.33 	management, public awareness, assessment 
15.34 	and monitoring research, and water access 
16.1 	inspection to prevent the spread of invasive 
16.2 	species; management of invasive plants in 
16.3 	public waters; and management of terrestrial 
16.4 	invasive species on state-administered lands.
16.5 	(b) $5,031,000 the first year and $5,031,000 
16.6 	the second year are from the water 
16.7 	management account in the natural resources 
16.8 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
16.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.27, 
16.10 	subdivision 2.
16.11 	(c) $124,000 the first year and $124,000 the 
16.12 	second year are for a grant to the Mississippi 
16.13 	Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of the 
16.14 	cost of implementing the comprehensive plan 
16.15 	for the upper Mississippi within areas under 
16.16 	the board's jurisdiction.
16.17 	(d) $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the 
16.18 	second year are for payment to the Leech Lake 
16.19 	Band of Chippewa Indians to implement the 
16.20 	band's portion of the comprehensive plan for 
16.21 	the upper Mississippi.
16.22 	(e) $264,000 the first year and $264,000 the 
16.23 	second year are for grants for up to 50 percent 
16.24 	of the cost of implementation of the Red River 
16.25 	mediation agreement.
16.26 	(f) $2,224,000 the first year and $2,224,000 
16.27 	the second year are from the heritage 
16.28 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
16.29 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
16.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
16.31 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
16.32 	(g) $956,000 the first year and $956,000 the 
16.33 	second year are from the nongame wildlife 
16.34 	management account in the natural resources 
17.1 	fund for the purpose of nongame wildlife 
17.2 	management. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
17.3 	Statutes, section 290.431, $100,000 the first 
17.4 	year and $100,000 the second year may be 
17.5 	used for nongame wildlife information, 
17.6 	education, and promotion.
17.7 	(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
17.8 	section 84.943, $13,000 the first year and 
17.9 	$13,000 the second year from the critical 
17.10 	habitat private sector matching account may 
17.11 	be used to publicize the critical habitat license 
17.12 	plate match program.
17.13 	(i) $3,800,000 the first year and $3,800,000 
17.14 	the second year are from the general fund for 
17.15 	the following activities:
17.16 	(1) financial reimbursement and technical 
17.17 	support to soil and water conservation districts 
17.18 	or other local units of government for 
17.19 	groundwater level monitoring;
17.20 	(2) surface water monitoring and analysis, 
17.21 	including installation of monitoring gauges;
17.22 	(3) groundwater analysis to assist with water 
17.23 	appropriation permitting decisions;
17.24 	(4) permit application review incorporating 
17.25 	surface water and groundwater technical 
17.26 	analysis;
17.27 	(5) precipitation data and analysis to improve 
17.28 	the use of irrigation;
17.29 	(6) information technology, including 
17.30 	electronic permitting and integrated data 
17.31 	systems; and
17.32 	(7) compliance and monitoring.
18.1 	(j) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the 
18.2 	second year are from the heritage enhancement 
18.3 	account in the game and fish fund for grants 
18.4 	to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species 
18.5 	Research Center at the University of 
18.6 	Minnesota to prioritize, support, and develop 
18.7 	research-based solutions that can reduce the 
18.8 	effects of aquatic invasive species in 
18.9 	Minnesota by preventing spread, controlling 
18.10 	populations, and managing ecosystems and to 
18.11 	advance knowledge to inspire action by others. 
18.12 	Of the first year amount, $100,000 is to 
18.13 	develop, in conjunction with the commissioner 
18.14 	of natural resources, the commissioner of the 
18.15 	Pollution Control Agency, counties, and other 
18.16 	stakeholders, recommendations for 
18.17 	establishing a statewide surveillance and early 
18.18 	detection system for aquatic invasive species. 
18.19 	By March 1, 2020, the Minnesota Aquatic 
18.20 	Invasive Species Research Center must submit 
18.21 	a report and recommendations to the chairs 
18.22 	and ranking minority members of the 
18.23 	legislative committees and divisions with 
18.24 	jurisdiction over environment and natural 
18.25 	resources policy and finance. The report must 
18.26 	include recommendations on all of the 
18.27 	following:
18.28 	(1) the most effective structure for a statewide 
18.29 	surveillance and early detection system for 
18.30 	aquatic invasive species;
18.31 	(2) whether to employ eco-epidemiological 
18.32 	models, optimized decision models, or related 
18.33 	tools as a mechanism for determining how 
18.34 	best to deploy limited resources;
19.1 	(3) how the statewide system should be funded 
19.2 	and at what levels; and
19.3 	(4) regulatory, policy, and statutory changes 
19.4 	that would be needed to fully implement the 
19.5 	statewide system.
19.6 	(k) $50,000 the first year is for dredging and 
19.7 	removing sediment from the boat launch area 
19.8 	of the Minneiska boat landing. This is a 
19.9 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
19.10 	June 30, 2021.
19.11 	(l) $100,000 the first year is from the general 
19.12 	fund for a grant to Rice County for the 
19.13 	removal of storm debris from Roberds Lake. 
19.14 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
19.15 	available until June 30, 2021.
19.16 	(m) $50,000 the first year is from the general 
19.17 	fund for a grant to Waseca County for the 
19.18 	removal of debris and trees from land adjacent 
19.19 	to Lake Elysian and Iosco Creek. This is a 
19.20 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
19.21 	June 30, 2021.

19.22	Subd. 4.Forest Management
 		45,022,000
		45,286,000

19.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
19.24		2020
	2021
	
19.25	General
	27,820,000
	28,084,000
	
19.26	Natural Resources
	15,832,000
	15,832,000
	
19.27	Game and Fish
	1,370,000
	1,370,000
	
19.28 	(a) $7,521,000 the first year and $7,521,000 
19.29 	the second year are for prevention, 
19.30 	presuppression, and suppression costs of 
19.31 	emergency firefighting and other costs 
19.32 	incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.33 	88.12. The amount necessary to pay for 
19.34 	presuppression and suppression costs during 
20.1 	the biennium is appropriated from the general 
20.2 	fund. By January 15 of each year, the 
20.3 	commissioner of natural resources shall submit 
20.4 	a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
20.5 	members of the house and senate committees 
20.6 	and divisions having jurisdiction over 
20.7 	environment and natural resources finance, 
20.8 	identifying all firefighting costs incurred and 
20.9 	reimbursements received in the prior fiscal 
20.10 	year. These appropriations may not be 
20.11 	transferred. Any reimbursement of firefighting 
20.12 	expenditures made to the commissioner from 
20.13 	any source other than federal mobilizations 
20.14 	must be deposited into the general fund.
20.15 	(b) $13,082,000 the first year and $13,082,000 
20.16 	the second year are from the forest 
20.17 	management investment account in the natural 
20.18 	resources fund for only the purposes specified 
20.19 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.039, 
20.20 	subdivision 2.
20.21 	(c) $1,370,000 the first year and $1,370,000 
20.22 	the second year are from the heritage 
20.23 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
20.24 	fund to advance ecological classification 
20.25 	systems (ECS) scientific management tools 
20.26 	for forest and invasive species management.
20.27 	(d) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
20.28 	second year are for the Forest Resources 
20.29 	Council to implement the Sustainable Forest 
20.30 	Resources Act.
20.31 	(e) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
20.32 	the second year are from the forest 
20.33 	management investment account in the natural 
20.34 	resources fund for state forest reforestation.
21.1 	(f) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
21.2 	the second year are from the forest 
21.3 	management investment account in the natural 
21.4 	resources fund for the Next Generation Core 
21.5 	Forestry data system. The appropriation is 
21.6 	available until June 30, 2023.
21.7 	(g) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
21.8 	second year are from the forest management 
21.9 	investment account in the natural resources 
21.10 	fund for forest road maintenance on state 
21.11 	forest roads.
21.12 	(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
21.13 	second year are from the general fund for 
21.14 	additional private forest management.
21.15 	(i) $312,000 the first year and $312,000 the 
21.16 	second year are from the general fund for 
21.17 	administering the Sustainable Forest Incentive 
21.18 	Act.

21.19	Subd. 5.Parks and Trails Management
 		81,196,000
		80,371,000

21.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
21.21		2020
	2021
	
21.22	General
	21,235,000
	21,235,000
	
21.23	Natural Resources
	57,684,000
	56,859,000
	
21.24	Game and Fish
	2,277,000
	2,277,000
	
21.25 	(a) $1,075,000 the first year and $1,075,000 
21.26 	the second year are from the water recreation 
21.27 	account in the natural resources fund for 
21.28 	enhancing and maintaining public 
21.29 	water-access facilities.
21.30 	(b) $6,396,000 the first year and $6,396,000 
21.31 	the second year are from the natural resources 
21.32 	fund for state trail, park, and recreation area 
21.33 	operations. This appropriation is from the 
21.34 	revenue deposited in the natural resources fund 
22.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
22.2 	paragraph (h), clause (2).
22.3 	(c) $18,251,000 the first year and $18,251,000 
22.4 	the second year are from the state parks 
22.5 	account in the natural resources fund for state 
22.6 	park and state recreation area operation and 
22.7 	maintenance.
22.8 	(d) $1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 
22.9 	the second year are from the natural resources 
22.10 	fund for park and trail grants to local units of 
22.11 	government on land to be maintained for at 
22.12 	least 20 years for the purposes of the grants. 
22.13 	This appropriation is from the revenue 
22.14 	deposited in the natural resources fund under 
22.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
22.16 	paragraph (e), clause (4). Any unencumbered 
22.17 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
22.18 	year and is available for the second year.
22.19 	(e) $9,624,000 the first year and $9,624,000 
22.20 	the second year are from the snowmobile trails 
22.21 	and enforcement account in the natural 
22.22 	resources fund for the snowmobile 
22.23 	grants-in-aid program. Any unencumbered 
22.24 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
22.25 	year and is available for the second year.
22.26 	(f) $1,835,000 the first year and $1,835,000 
22.27 	the second year are from the natural resources 
22.28 	fund for the off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid 
22.29 	program. Of this amount, $1,360,000 each 
22.30 	year is from the all-terrain vehicle account; 
22.31 	$150,000 each year is from the off-highway 
22.32 	motorcycle account; and $325,000 each year 
22.33 	is from the off-road vehicle account. Any 
22.34 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
23.1 	end of the first year and is available for the 
23.2 	second year.
23.3 	(g) $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
23.4 	second year are from the cross-country ski 
23.5 	account in the natural resources fund for 
23.6 	grooming and maintaining cross-country ski 
23.7 	trails in state parks, trails, and recreation areas.
23.8 	(h) $262,000 the first year and $262,000 the 
23.9 	second year are from the state land and water 
23.10 	conservation account in the natural resources 
23.11 	fund for priorities established by the 
23.12 	commissioner for eligible state projects and 
23.13 	administrative and planning activities 
23.14 	consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.15 	84.0264, and the federal Land and Water 
23.16 	Conservation Fund Act. Any unencumbered 
23.17 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
23.18 	year and is available for the second year.
23.19 	(i) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
23.20 	second year are from the general fund for 
23.21 	matching grants for local parks and outdoor 
23.22 	recreation areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.23 	section 85.019, subdivision 2.
23.24 	(j) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
23.25 	second year are from the general fund for 
23.26 	matching grants for local trail connections 
23.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
23.28 	subdivision 4c.
23.29 	(k) $600,000 the first year is from the off-road 
23.30 	vehicle account for off-road vehicle touring 
23.31 	routes and trails. Of this amount:
23.32 	(1) $200,000 is for a contract with a project 
23.33 	administrator to assist the commissioner in 
23.34 	planning, designing, and providing a system 
24.1 	of state touring routes and trails for off-road 
24.2 	vehicles by identifying sustainable, legal 
24.3 	routes suitable for licensed four-wheel drive 
24.4 	vehicles and a system of recreational trails for 
24.5 	registered off-road vehicles. Any portion of 
24.6 	this appropriation not used for the project 
24.7 	administrator is available for signage or 
24.8 	promotion and implementation of the system. 
24.9 	This is a onetime appropriation.
24.10 	(2) $200,000 is for a contract and related work 
24.11 	to prepare a comprehensive, statewide, 
24.12 	strategic master plan for off-road vehicle 
24.13 	touring routes and trails. This is a onetime 
24.14 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
24.15 	2022. Any portion of this appropriation not 
24.16 	used for the master plan is returned to the 
24.17 	off-road vehicle account. At a minimum, the 
24.18 	plan must: identify opportunities to develop 
24.19 	or enhance new, high-quality, comprehensive 
24.20 	touring routes and trails for off-road vehicles 
24.21 	in a system that serves regional and tourist 
24.22 	destinations; enhance connectivity with 
24.23 	touring routes and trails for off-road vehicles; 
24.24 	provide opportunities for promoting economic 
24.25 	development in greater Minnesota; help people 
24.26 	connect with the outdoors in a safe and 
24.27 	environmentally sustainable manner; create 
24.28 	new and support existing opportunities for 
24.29 	social, economic, and cultural benefits and 
24.30 	meaningful and mutually beneficial 
24.31 	relationships for users of off-road vehicles and 
24.32 	the communities that host trails for off-road 
24.33 	vehicles; and promote cooperation with local, 
24.34 	state, tribal, and federal governments; 
24.35 	organizations; and other interested partners.
25.1 	(3) $200,000 is to share the cost by 
25.2 	reimbursing federal, tribal, state, county, and 
25.3 	township entities for additional needs on  roads 
25.4 	under their jurisdiction when the needs are a 
25.5 	result of increased use by off-road vehicles 
25.6 	and are attributable to a border-to-border 
25.7 	touring route established by the commissioner. 
25.8 	This paragraph applies to roads that are 
25.9 	operated by a public road authority as defined 
25.10 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 160.02, 
25.11 	subdivision 25. This is a onetime appropriation 
25.12 	and is available until June 30, 2023. To be 
25.13 	eligible for reimbursement under this 
25.14 	paragraph, the claimant must demonstrate that: 
25.15 	the needs result from additional traffic 
25.16 	generated by the border-to-border touring 
25.17 	route; and increased use attributable to a 
25.18 	border-to-border touring route has caused at 
25.19 	least a 50 percent increase in maintenance 
25.20 	costs for roads under the claimant's 
25.21 	jurisdiction, based on a ten-year maintenance 
25.22 	average. The commissioner may accept an 
25.23 	alternative to the ten-year maintenance average 
25.24 	if a jurisdiction does not have sufficient 
25.25 	maintenance records. The commissioner has 
25.26 	discretion to accept an alternative based on a 
25.27 	good-faith effort by the jurisdiction. Any 
25.28 	alternative should include baseline 
25.29 	maintenance costs for at least two years before 
25.30 	the year the route begins operating. The 
25.31 	ten-year maintenance average or any 
25.32 	alternative must be calculated from the years 
25.33 	immediately preceding the year the route 
25.34 	begins operating. Before reimbursing a claim 
25.35 	under this paragraph, the commissioner must 
25.36 	consider whether the claim is consistent with 
26.1 	claims made by other entities that administer 
26.2 	roads on the touring route, in terms of the 
26.3 	amount requested for reimbursement and the 
26.4 	frequency of claims made.
26.5 	(l) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the 
26.6 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
26.7 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
26.8 	to St. Louis County for the Quad Cities ATV 
26.9 	Club trail construction program for planning, 
26.10 	design, environmental permitting, right-of-way 
26.11 	acquisition, and construction of up to 24 miles 
26.12 	of trail connecting the cities of Mountain Iron, 
26.13 	Virginia, Eveleth, and Gilbert to the 
26.14 	Laurentian Divide, County Road 303, the 
26.15 	Taconite State Trail, and Biwabik and from 
26.16 	Pfeiffer Lake Forest Road to County Road 
26.17 	361. This is a onetime appropriation.
26.18 	(m) $150,000 the first year is from the 
26.19 	all-terrain vehicle account in the natural 
26.20 	resources fund for a grant to Crow Wing 
26.21 	County to plan and design a multipurpose 
26.22 	bridge on the Mississippi River Northwoods 
26.23 	Trail across Sand Creek located five miles 
26.24 	northeast of Brainerd along the Mississippi 
26.25 	River.
26.26 	(n) $75,000 the first year is from the 
26.27 	off-highway motorcycle account in the natural 
26.28 	resources fund to complete a master plan for 
26.29 	off-highway motorcycle trail planning and 
26.30 	development.

26.31	Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management
 		74,761,000
		74,511,000

26.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
26.33		2020
	2021
	
26.34	Natural Resources
	1,924,000
	1,924,000
	
26.35	Game and Fish
	72,837,000
	72,587,000
	
27.1 	(a) $8,411,000 the first year and $8,411,000 
27.2 	the second year are from the heritage 
27.3 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
27.4 	fund only for activities specified in Minnesota 
27.5 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
27.6 	clause (1). Notwithstanding Minnesota 
27.7 	Statutes, section 297A.94, five percent of this 
27.8 	appropriation may be used for expanding 
27.9 	hunter and angler recruitment and retention.
27.10 	(b) $50,000 in the first year is from the wild 
27.11 	cervidae health management account in the 
27.12 	game and fish fund to establish a chronic 
27.13 	wasting disease adopt-a-dumpster program to 
27.14 	provide dumpsters dedicated to disposing of 
27.15 	deer carcasses in areas where chronic wasting 
27.16 	disease  has been detected. The commissioner 
27.17 	must work with solid waste haulers and other 
27.18 	interested  parties and encourage volunteer 
27.19 	support to ensure the dumpsters are located at 
27.20 	convenient locations with appropriate signage, 
27.21 	lined, and maintained. The commissioner must 
27.22 	ensure the carcasses collected are properly 
27.23 	disposed of to minimize the spread of chronic 
27.24 	wasting disease. The commissioner of natural 
27.25 	resources, in consultation with the 
27.26 	commissioners of health and the Pollution 
27.27 	Control Agency, to develop guidelines:
27.28 	(1) for hunters for handling deer in the field 
27.29 	and transporting and disposing of carcasses to 
27.30 	prevent the spread of chronic wasting disease 
27.31 	and protect public health; and
27.32 	(2) for solid waste facilities and solid waste 
27.33 	haulers for proper handling, transportation, 
27.34 	and disposal of deer carcasses to prevent the 
28.1 	spread of chronic wasting disease and protect 
28.2 	public health.
28.3 	By January 15, 2020, the commissioner of 
28.4 	natural resources must submit a report to the 
28.5 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
28.6 	house of representatives and senate 
28.7 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
28.8 	over environment and natural resources with 
28.9 	the results of the program developed under 
28.10 	paragraph (a) and the guidelines developed 
28.11 	under paragraph (b).
28.12 	(c) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
28.13 	second year are from the game and fish fund 
28.14 	to implement the Firearms Safety, Archery, 
28.15 	Hunting, Trapshooting, and Angling in School 
28.16 	Physical Education Courses program. This is 
28.17 	a onetime appropriation.
28.18 	(d) $200,000 the first year is from the heritage 
28.19 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
28.20 	fund to establish and administer a program for 
28.21 	awarding grants for high school fishing 
28.22 	leagues and basic angling curriculum. This is 
28.23 	a onetime appropriation.
28.24 	(e) $8,546,000 the first year and $8,546,000 
28.25 	the second year are from the deer habitat 
28.26 	improvement account in the game and fish 
28.27 	fund for deer management programs and deer 
28.28 	habitat improvement.

28.29	Subd. 7.Enforcement
 		42,845,000
		43,180,000

28.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
28.31		2020
	2021
	
28.32	General
	6,142,000
	6,185,000
	
28.33	Natural Resources
	10,747,000
	10,777,000
	
29.1	Game and Fish
	25,851,000
	26,112,000
	
29.2	Remediation
	105,000
	106,000
	
29.3 	(a) $1,218,000 the first year and $1,218,000 
29.4 	the second year are from the general fund for 
29.5 	enforcement efforts to prevent the spread of 
29.6 	aquatic invasive species.
29.7 	(b) $1,580,000 the first year and $1,580,000 
29.8 	the second year are from the heritage 
29.9 	enhancement account in the game and fish 
29.10 	fund for only the purposes specified in 
29.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
29.12 	paragraph (h), clause (1).
29.13 	(c) $1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 
29.14 	the second year are from the water recreation 
29.15 	account in the natural resources fund for grants 
29.16 	to counties for boat and water safety. Any 
29.17 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
29.18 	end of the first year and is available for the 
29.19 	second year.
29.20 	(d) $315,000 the first year and $315,000 the 
29.21 	second year are from the snowmobile trails 
29.22 	and enforcement account in the natural 
29.23 	resources fund for grants to local law 
29.24 	enforcement agencies for snowmobile 
29.25 	enforcement activities. Any unencumbered 
29.26 	balance does not cancel at the end of the first 
29.27 	year and is available for the second year.
29.28 	(e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
29.29 	second year are from the all-terrain vehicle 
29.30 	account for grants to qualifying organizations 
29.31 	to assist in safety and environmental education 
29.32 	and monitoring trails on public lands under 
29.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.9011. Grants 
29.34 	issued under this paragraph must be issued 
30.1 	through a formal agreement with the 
30.2 	organization. By December 15 each year, an 
30.3 	organization receiving a grant under this 
30.4 	paragraph shall report to the commissioner 
30.5 	with details on expenditures and outcomes 
30.6 	from the grant. Of this appropriation, $25,000 
30.7 	each year is for administration of these grants. 
30.8 	Any unencumbered balance does not cancel 
30.9 	at the end of the first year and is available for 
30.10 	the second year.
30.11 	(f) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the 
30.12 	second year are from the natural resources 
30.13 	fund for grants to county law enforcement 
30.14 	agencies for off-highway vehicle enforcement 
30.15 	and public education activities based on 
30.16 	off-highway vehicle use in the county. Of this 
30.17 	amount, $498,000 each year is from the 
30.18 	all-terrain vehicle account; $11,000 each year 
30.19 	is from the off-highway motorcycle account; 
30.20 	and $1,000 each year is from the off-road 
30.21 	vehicle account. The county enforcement 
30.22 	agencies may use money received under this 
30.23 	appropriation to make grants to other local 
30.24 	enforcement agencies within the county that 
30.25 	have a high concentration of off-highway 
30.26 	vehicle use. Of this appropriation, $25,000 
30.27 	each year is for administration of these grants. 
30.28 	Any unencumbered balance does not cancel 
30.29 	at the end of the first year and is available for 
30.30 	the second year.
30.31 	(g) $600,000 each year is for recruiting, 
30.32 	training, and maintaining additional 
30.33 	conservation officers.
31.1 	(h) $176,000 the first year and $176,000 the 
31.2 	second year are from the game and fish fund 
31.3 	for an ice safety program.
31.4 	(i) The base budget for the enforcement 
31.5 	division for fiscal year 2022 and thereafter is: 
31.6 	$6,227,000 from the general fund; 
31.7 	$26,369,000 from the game and fish fund; 
31.8 	$10,809,000 from the natural resources fund; 
31.9 	and $107,000 from the remediation fund. 
31.10 	These base level adjustments include pension 
31.11 	costs as provided in Laws 2018, chapter 211, 
31.12 	article 21, section 1, paragraph (a).

31.13	Subd. 8.Operations Support
 		111,000
		106,000

31.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
31.15		2020
	2021
	
31.16	General Fund
	8,000
	24,000
	
31.17	Game and Fish Fund
	103,000
	102,000
	
31.18 	(a) $8,000 the first year and $24,000 the 
31.19 	second year are from the general fund and 
31.20 	$3,000 the first year and $2,000 the second 
31.21 	year are from the game and fish fund for the 
31.22 	costs associated with the Reinvest in Fish 
31.23 	Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative Advisory 
31.24 	Group. This is a onetime appropriation.
31.25 	(b) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
31.26 	second year are from the heritage enhancement 
31.27 	account in the game and fish fund for costs 
31.28 	associated with the Wild Rice Stewardship 
31.29 	Council.

31.30	Subd. 9.Pass Through Funds
 		807,000
		807,000

31.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
31.32		2020
	2021
	
31.33	General
	487,000
	487,000
	
31.34	Natural Resources
	320,000
	320,000
	
32.1 	(a) $320,000 the first year and $320,000 the 
32.2 	second year are from the natural resources 
32.3 	fund for grants to be divided equally between 
32.4 	the city of St. Paul for the Como Park Zoo and 
32.5 	Conservatory and the city of Duluth for the 
32.6 	Duluth Zoo. This appropriation is from the 
32.7 	revenue deposited to the natural resources fund 
32.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
32.9 	paragraph (h), clause (5).
32.10 	(b) $487,000 the first year and $487,000 the 
32.11 	second year are for the Office of School Trust 
32.12 	Lands. Notwithstanding the timing of transfers 
32.13 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.14 	16A.125, subdivision 5, paragraph (d), the 
32.15 	transfers to the general fund from the forest 
32.16 	suspense account must be completed within 
32.17 	the fiscal year of the appropriations in this 
32.18 	paragraph.

32.19
32.20	Sec. 4. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	9,874,000
	$
	9,874,000
	
32.21 	(a) $3,023,000 the first year and $3,023,000 
32.22 	the second year are for natural resources block 
32.23 	grants to local governments. Grants must be 
32.24 	matched with a combination of local cash or 
32.25 	in-kind contributions. The base grant portion 
32.26 	related to water planning must be matched by 
32.27 	an amount as specified by Minnesota Statutes, 
32.28 	section 103B.3369. The board may reduce the 
32.29 	amount of the natural resources block grant 
32.30 	to a county by an amount equal to any 
32.31 	reduction in the county's general services 
32.32 	allocation to a soil and water conservation 
32.33 	district from the county's previous year 
32.34 	allocation when the board determines that the 
32.35 	reduction was disproportionate.
33.1 	(b) $2,116,000 the first year and $2,116,000 
33.2 	the second year are for grants to soil and water 
33.3 	conservation districts for the purposes of 
33.4 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and 
33.5 	103C.331, and for general purposes, nonpoint 
33.6 	engineering, and implementation and 
33.7 	stewardship of the reinvest in Minnesota 
33.8 	reserve program. Expenditures may be made 
33.9 	from these appropriations for supplies and 
33.10 	services benefiting soil and water conservation 
33.11 	districts. Any district receiving a payment 
33.12 	under this paragraph shall maintain a Web 
33.13 	page that publishes, at a minimum, its annual 
33.14 	report, annual audit, annual budget, and 
33.15 	meeting notices.
33.16 	(c) $260,000 the first year and $260,000 the 
33.17 	second year are for feedlot water quality cost 
33.18 	share grants for feedlots under 300 animal 
33.19 	units and nutrient and manure management 
33.20 	projects in watersheds where there are 
33.21 	impaired waters.
33.22 	(d) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
33.23 	the second year are for soil and water 
33.24 	conservation district cost-sharing contracts for 
33.25 	perennially vegetated riparian buffers, erosion 
33.26 	control, water retention and treatment, and 
33.27 	other high-priority conservation practices.
33.28 	(e) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
33.29 	second year are for a grant to the Red River 
33.30 	Basin Commission for water quality and 
33.31 	floodplain management, including 
33.32 	administration of programs. This appropriation 
33.33 	must be matched by nonstate funds. If the 
33.34 	appropriation in either year is insufficient, the 
34.1 	appropriation in the other year is available for 
34.2 	it.
34.3 	(f) $140,000 the first year and $140,000 the 
34.4 	second year are for grants to Area II 
34.5 	Minnesota River Basin Projects for floodplain 
34.6 	management.
34.7 	(g) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
34.8 	second year are for a grant to the Lower 
34.9 	Minnesota River Watershed District to defray 
34.10 	the annual cost of operating and maintaining 
34.11 	sites for dredge spoil to sustain the state, 
34.12 	national, and international commercial and 
34.13 	recreational navigation on the lower Minnesota 
34.14 	River. This is a onetime appropriation.
34.15 	(h) $3,110,000 the first year and $3,110,000 
34.16 	the second year are for Board of Water and 
34.17 	Soil Resources agency administration and 
34.18 	operations.
34.19 	(i) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
34.20 	section 103C.501, the board may shift 
34.21 	cost-share funds in this section and may adjust 
34.22 	the technical and administrative assistance 
34.23 	portion of the grant funds to leverage federal 
34.24 	or other nonstate funds or to address 
34.25 	high-priority needs identified in local water 
34.26 	management plans or comprehensive water 
34.27 	management plans.
34.28 	(j) The appropriations for grants in this section 
34.29 	are available until June 30, 2023, except 
34.30 	returned grants are available for two years 
34.31 	after they are returned. If an appropriation for 
34.32 	grants in either year is insufficient, the 
34.33 	appropriation in the other year is available for 
34.34 	it.
35.1 	(k) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
35.2 	section 16B.97, the appropriations for grants 
35.3 	in this section are exempt from Department 
35.4 	of Administration, Office of Grants 
35.5 	Management Policy 08-08 Grant Payments 
35.6 	and 08-10 Grant Monitoring.

35.7	Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	8,540,000
	$
	8,540,000

35.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
35.9		2020
	2021
	
35.10	General
	2,040,000
	2,040,000
	
35.11	Natural Resources
	6,500,000
	6,500,000
	
35.12 	(a) $2,040,000 the first year and $2,040,000 
35.13 	the second year are for metropolitan area 
35.14 	regional parks operation and maintenance 
35.15 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.16 	473.351.
35.17 	(b) $6,500,000 the first year and $6,500,000 
35.18 	the second year are from the natural resources 
35.19 	fund for metropolitan area regional parks and 
35.20 	trails maintenance and operations. This 
35.21 	appropriation is from the revenue deposited 
35.22 	in the natural resources fund under Minnesota 
35.23 	Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (h), 
35.24 	clause (3).

35.25
35.26	Sec. 6. CONSERVATION CORPS 
MINNESOTA
 	$
	945,000
	$
	945,000

35.27	Appropriations by Fund
	
35.28		2020
	2021
	
35.29	General
	455,000
	455,000
	
35.30	Natural Resources
	490,000
	490,000
	
35.31 	Conservation Corps Minnesota may receive 
35.32 	money appropriated from the natural resources 
35.33 	fund under this section only as provided in an 
35.34 	agreement with the commissioner of natural 
35.35 	resources.

36.1	Sec. 7. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD
 	$
	8,360,000
	$
	8,360,000

36.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
36.3		2020
	2021
	
36.4	General
	8,200,000
	8,200,000
	
36.5	Natural Resources
	160,000
	160,000
	
36.6 	$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the 
36.7 	second year are from the natural resources 
36.8 	fund from the revenue deposited under 
36.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, 
36.10 	paragraph (e), clause (5).

36.11	Sec. 8. SCIENCE MUSEUM
 	$
	1,079,000
	$
	1,079,000

36.12	Sec. 9. EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM
 	$
	14,344,000
	$
	14,344,000
	
36.13 	(a) To develop maximum private sector 
36.14 	involvement in tourism, $500,000 the first 
36.15 	year and $500,000 the second year must be 
36.16 	matched by Explore Minnesota Tourism from 
36.17 	nonstate sources. Each $1 of state incentive 
36.18 	must be matched with $6 of private sector 
36.19 	funding. Cash match is defined as revenue to 
36.20 	the state or documented cash expenditures 
36.21 	directly expended to support Explore 
36.22 	Minnesota Tourism programs. Up to one-half 
36.23 	of the private sector contribution may be 
36.24 	in-kind or soft match. The incentive in fiscal 
36.25 	year 2020 shall be based on fiscal year 2019 
36.26 	private sector contributions. The incentive in 
36.27 	fiscal year 2021 shall be based on fiscal year 
36.28 	2020 private sector contributions. This 
36.29 	incentive is ongoing.
36.30 	(b) Funding for the marketing grants is 
36.31 	available either year of the biennium. 
36.32 	Unexpended grant funds from the first year 
36.33 	are available in the second year.
37.1 	(c) $100,000 each year is for a grant to the 
37.2 	Northern Lights International Music Festival.
37.3 	(d) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
37.4 	the second year are to assist in funding and 
37.5 	securing new events benefiting communities 
37.6 	in the state.

37.7 	Sec. 10. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

37.8	Subd. 2.Water
 		-0-
		1,038,000
	
37.9 	$437,000 the second year is from the general 
37.10 	fund and $486,000 the second year is from the 
37.11 	environmental fund to meet the increased 
37.12 	demand for technical assistance and review 
37.13 	of municipal water infrastructure projects that 
37.14 	will be generated by increased grant funding 
37.15 	through the Public Facilities Authority. This 
37.16 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
37.17 	until June 30, 2019 2021.
37.18 	$115,000 the second year is for the working 
37.19 	lands program feasibility study and program 
37.20 	plan. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
37.21 	available until June 30, 2018.

37.22 	Sec. 11. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 6, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 
37.23 	93, article 1, section 12, is amended to read:

37.24	Sec. 6. ADMINISTRATION
 	$
	250,000
	$
	-0-
	
37.25 	$250,000 the first year is from the state forest 
37.26 	suspense account in the permanent school fund 
37.27 	for the school trust lands director to initiate 
37.28 	real estate development projects on and 
37.29 	complete a 25-year framework for managing 
37.30 	school trust lands as determined by the school 
37.31 	trust lands director described in Minnesota 
37.32 	Statutes, section 127A.353, subdivision 4, 
38.1 	paragraph (a), clause (11). This is a onetime 
38.2 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
38.3 	2019 2021.

38.4 	Sec. 12. Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 1, section 9, is amended to read:

38.5	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATION
 	$
	800,000
	$
	300,000
	
38.6 	(a) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
38.7 	second year are from the state forest suspense 
38.8 	account in the permanent school fund for the 
38.9 	school trust lands director. This appropriation 
38.10 	is to be used for securing long-term economic 
38.11 	return from the school trust lands consistent 
38.12 	with fiduciary responsibilities and sound 
38.13 	natural resources conservation and 
38.14 	management principles.
38.15 	(b) $500,000 the first year is from the state 
38.16 	forest suspense account in the permanent 
38.17 	school fund for the school trust lands director 
38.18 	to initiate the private sale of surplus school 
38.19 	trust lands identified according to Minnesota 
38.20 	Statutes, section 92.82, paragraph (d)
38.21 	Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness 
38.22 	private forest land alternative with the United 
38.23 	States Department of Agriculture Forest 
38.24 	Service and a nonprofit partner. The school 
38.25 	trust lands director may use these funds for 
38.26 	project costs, including but not limited to 
38.27 	environmental assessments, valuation 
38.28 	expenses, legal fees, closing costs, and 
38.29 	transactional staff costs. This is a onetime 
38.30 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
38.31 	2019 2021.

38.32 	ARTICLE 2
38.33 	ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND

38.34	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
39.1 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
39.2 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the environment 
39.3 	and natural resources trust fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal 
39.4 	years indicated for each purpose. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this article mean 
39.5 	that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
39.6 	2020, or June 30, 2021, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" 
39.7 	is fiscal year 2021. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

39.8				APPROPRIATIONS
	
39.9				Available for the Year
	
39.10				Ending June 30
	
39.11					2020
		2021

39.12	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA RESOURCES

39.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	61,387,000
	$
	-0-
	
39.14 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
39.15 	purpose are specified in the following 
39.16 	subdivisions. Appropriations are available for 
39.17 	three years beginning July 1, 2019, unless 
39.18 	otherwise stated in the appropriation. Any 
39.19 	unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
39.20 	year does not cancel and is available for the 
39.21 	second year or until the end of the 
39.22 	appropriation.

39.23	Subd. 2.Definition
 					
39.24 	"Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
39.25 	environment and natural resources trust fund 
39.26 	established under the Minnesota Constitution, 
39.27 	article XI, section 14.

39.28
39.29	Subd. 3.Foundational Natural Resource Data 
and Information
 		10,704,000
		-0-

39.30	(a) Minnesota Biological Survey
					
39.31 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
39.32 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
39.33 	the Minnesota biological survey to complete 
39.34 	the statewide field surveys begun in 1987 to 
39.35 	provide a foundation for conserving biological 
40.1 	diversity by systematically collecting, 
40.2 	interpreting, and delivering data on native and 
40.3 	rare species, pollinators, and native plant 
40.4 	communities throughout Minnesota. Any 
40.5 	revenues generated through the publication of 
40.6 	books or other resources created through this 
40.7 	appropriation may be reinvested as described 
40.8 	in the work plan approved by the 
40.9 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
40.10 	Resources according to Minnesota Statutes, 
40.11 	section 116P.10.

40.12
40.13	(b) Restoring Native Mussels in Streams and 
Lakes
					
40.14 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
40.15 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
40.16 	restore native freshwater mussel assemblages, 
40.17 	and the ecosystem services they provide, in 
40.18 	the Mississippi, Cedar, and Cannon Rivers 
40.19 	and to inform the public on mussels and 
40.20 	mussel conservation. This appropriation is 
40.21 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
40.22 	the project must be completed and final 
40.23 	products delivered.

40.24
40.25	(c) Minnesota Trumpeter Swan Migration 
Ecology and Conservation
					
40.26 	$300,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
40.27 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
40.28 	Minnesota to document the movement and 
40.29 	habitat use of Minnesota trumpeter swans to 
40.30 	provide foundational information necessary 
40.31 	for trumpeter swan management and 
40.32 	conservation. This appropriation is available 
40.33 	until June 30, 2023, by which time the project 
40.34 	must be completed and final products 
40.35 	delivered.

41.1
41.2	(d) Understanding Brainworm Transmission to 
Find Solutions for Minnesota Moose Decline
					
41.3 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
41.4 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
41.5 	Minnesota to identify key habitats and vectors 
41.6 	of brainworm transmission between deer and 
41.7 	moose that may be targeted by resource 
41.8 	management to mitigate moose exposure to 
41.9 	this deadly condition.

41.10	(e) Accelerated Aggregate Resource Mapping
					
41.11 	$700,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
41.12 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
41.13 	map the aggregate resource potential for four 
41.14 	counties and make this information available 
41.15 	in print and electronic format to local units of 
41.16 	government for use in planning and zoning.

41.17
41.18	(f) Red-Headed Woodpeckers as Indicators of 
Oak Savanna Health
					
41.19 	$171,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
41.20 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
41.21 	Minnesota to evaluate red-headed woodpecker 
41.22 	survival and habitat needs and to use this data 
41.23 	to develop and disseminate a long-term oak 
41.24 	savanna management plan that supports 
41.25 	red-headed woodpeckers and other oak 
41.26 	savanna habitat-dependent species.

41.27	(g) Mapping Aquatic Habitats for Moose
					
41.28 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
41.29 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
41.30 	Minnesota to determine key water habitats 
41.31 	used by moose in northern forested regions of 
41.32 	Minnesota, measure the effects of moose 
41.33 	foraging on aquatic plant and fish diversity, 
41.34 	and provide educational programming 
41.35 	materials for the public.

42.1
42.2	(h) Improving Statewide GIS Data by Restoring 
the Public Land Survey
					
42.3 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
42.4 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
42.5 	an agreement with the Minnesota Association 
42.6 	of County Surveyors to conduct a pilot project 
42.7 	with Grant County to remonument and certify 
42.8 	the public land survey corners in Lawrence 
42.9 	Township. This appropriation is available until 
42.10 	June 30, 2021, by which time the project must 
42.11 	be completed and final products delivered.

42.12
42.13	(i) County Geologic Atlases - Part A, Mapping 
Geology
					
42.14 	$2,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
42.15 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
42.16 	Minnesota, Minnesota Geological Survey, to 
42.17 	continue producing county geologic atlases to 
42.18 	inform management of surface water and 
42.19 	groundwater resources. This appropriation is 
42.20 	to complete Part A, which focuses on the 
42.21 	properties and distribution of earth materials 
42.22 	to define aquifer boundaries and the 
42.23 	connection of aquifers to the land surface and 
42.24 	surface water resources.

42.25
42.26	(j) Unlocking Science of Minnesota's Moose 
Decline
					
42.27 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
42.28 	to the Minnesota Zoological Garden to 
42.29 	develop educational displays, interactive 
42.30 	exhibits, and engaging online programs that 
42.31 	summarize and share scientific findings about 
42.32 	moose decline in Minnesota. This 
42.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
42.34 	by which time the project must be completed 
42.35 	and final products delivered.

43.1	(k) Forest and Bioeconomy Research
					
43.2 	$2,200,000 the first year is to the Board of 
43.3 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
43.4 	academic and applied research through 
43.5 	MnDRIVE at the Natural Resources Research 
43.6 	Institute to develop and demonstrate 
43.7 	technologies that enhance the long-term health 
43.8 	of Minnesota's forests, extend the viability of 
43.9 	current forest-based industries, and accelerate 
43.10 	emerging industry opportunities. Of this 
43.11 	amount, $500,000 is to support development 
43.12 	of a forest optimization tool for Minnesota 
43.13 	forest resources, $800,000 is for maintenance 
43.14 	and expansion of the Natural Resource Atlas 
43.15 	to statewide coverage, $400,000 is to the 
43.16 	Minnesota Forest Resource Council for 
43.17 	continued advancement of biochar 
43.18 	development and application to forest health, 
43.19 	and $500,000 is to advance emerging 
43.20 	Minnesota technologies to produce clean 
43.21 	syngas to drive high-value markets for forest 
43.22 	biomass feedstocks.

43.23	(l) Minerals and Water Research
					
43.24 	$2,400,000 the first year is to the Board of 
43.25 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
43.26 	academic and applied research through 
43.27 	MnDRIVE at the Natural Resources Research 
43.28 	Institute to develop and demonstrate 
43.29 	technologies that enhance long-term 
43.30 	Minnesota mineral opportunities. Of this 
43.31 	amount:
43.32 	(1) $800,000 is to support continued applied 
43.33 	research to advance new technologies to 
43.34 	improve water quality;
44.1 	(2) $700,000 is to initiate the characterization 
44.2 	of western Mesabi iron resources and 
44.3 	development of next-generation Minnesota 
44.4 	iron products;
44.5 	(3) $500,000 is to develop emerging 
44.6 	hydrometallurgy technology to support 
44.7 	high-value mineral product development in 
44.8 	Minnesota; and
44.9 	(4) $400,000 is to support efforts of the 
44.10 	Natural Resources Research Institute to 
44.11 	accelerate demonstration of high-capacity, 
44.12 	cost-effective energy storage using 
44.13 	Minnesota's historical auxiliary mine lands.
44.14 	This research must be conducted in 
44.15 	consultation with the Minerals Coordinating 
44.16 	Committee established under Minnesota 
44.17 	Statutes, section 93.0015.

44.18	Subd. 4.Water Resources
 		4,469,000
		-0-

44.19
44.20	(a) Determining Influence of Insecticides on 
Algal Blooms
					
44.21 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
44.22 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
44.23 	Minnesota to quantify the occurrence of 
44.24 	neonicotinoid insecticides in Minnesota's 
44.25 	surface waters and groundwaters and assess 
44.26 	if the insecticides are contributing to the 
44.27 	formation of algal blooms.

44.28
44.29	(b) Benign Design: Environmental Studies 
Leading to Sustainable Pharmaceuticals
					
44.30 	$415,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
44.31 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
44.32 	Minnesota to determine how to best remove 
44.33 	harmful fluorinated pharmaceuticals during 
44.34 	wastewater treatment and to develop alternate 
45.1 	versions of these compounds that are 
45.2 	medically useful but environmentally 
45.3 	harmless. This appropriation is subject to 
45.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

45.5
45.6	(c) Wastewater Nutrient Reduction through 
Industrial Source Reduction Assistance
					
45.7 	$200,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
45.8 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
45.9 	Minnesota to provide technical assistance for 
45.10 	industrial facilities to optimize their processes, 
45.11 	reduce nutrient loads to wastewater treatment 
45.12 	facilities, and improve water quality. The 
45.13 	economic savings and water quality 
45.14 	improvements achieved through this work 
45.15 	must be documented.

45.16
45.17	(d) Improving Nitrogen Removal in Greater 
Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Ponds
					
45.18 	$325,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
45.19 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
45.20 	Minnesota to assess cold weather nitrogen 
45.21 	cycling and different aeration methods to 
45.22 	improve the efficacy of Minnesota's 
45.23 	underperforming wastewater treatment ponds.

45.24
45.25	(e) Improving Drinking Water for Minnesotans 
through Pollution Prevention
					
45.26 	$345,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
45.27 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
45.28 	Minnesota to reduce exposure of Minnesotans 
45.29 	to a toxic, cancer-causing chemical by 
45.30 	identifying key pollutant precursor sources in 
45.31 	the upper Mississippi River watershed and 
45.32 	assessing options to reduce the formation of 
45.33 	this chemical during drinking water treatment.

45.34
45.35	(f) Protecting Minnesota Waters by Removing 
Contaminants from Wastewater
					
46.1 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
46.2 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
46.3 	Minnesota to develop methods for treatment 
46.4 	plants to remove harmful polyfluoroalkyl 
46.5 	substances and microplastics from wastewater 
46.6 	before the wastewater is released to the 
46.7 	environment. This appropriation is subject to 
46.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

46.946.10
	(g) Reducing Municipal Wastewater Mercury 
Pollution to Lake Superior
					
46.11 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
46.12 	to the commissioner of the Minnesota 
46.13 	Pollution Control Agency to evaluate and 
46.14 	summarize current technologies to help 
46.15 	municipal wastewater plants in the Lake 
46.16 	Superior basin save money and reduce 
46.17 	mercury pollution to Lake Superior and other 
46.18 	Minnesota waters.

46.19
46.20	(h) Accelerating Perennial Crop Production to 
Prevent Nitrate Leaching
					
46.21 	$440,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
46.22 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
46.23 	an agreement with the Stearns County Soil 
46.24 	and Water Conservation District to reduce 
46.25 	nitrate leaching on sandy soils of central 
46.26 	Minnesota by developing water-efficient 
46.27 	production methods, supply chains, and 
46.28 	end-use markets for three perennial crops: 
46.29 	Kernza, prairie species, and alfalfa. Net 
46.30 	income from the sale of products or assets 
46.31 	developed or acquired through this project 
46.32 	may be reinvested as described in the work 
46.33 	plan approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
46.34 	Commission on Minnesota Resources 
46.35 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.36 	116P.10.

47.1
47.2	(i) Farm-Ready Cover Crops for Protecting 
Water Quality
					
47.3 	$741,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.4 	to the Minnesota State Colleges and 
47.5 	Universities System for Central Lakes College 
47.6 	to demonstrate conservation benefits of using 
47.7 	camelina and kura clover as continuous living 
47.8 	cover with corn-soybean rotations and to 
47.9 	develop secondary markets to increase farmer 
47.10 	adoption of this practice for protecting water 
47.11 	quality in vulnerable wellhead protection 
47.12 	areas. This appropriation is subject to 
47.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

47.14
47.15	(j) Setting Realistic Nitrate Reduction Goals in 
Southeast Minnesota
					
47.16 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.17 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
47.18 	Minnesota to develop advanced water-flow 
47.19 	and age-dating tools to improve the ability of 
47.20 	state agencies to assess how well nitrate 
47.21 	reduction best management practices are 
47.22 	working in southeastern Minnesota.

47.23
47.24	(k) Mapping Unprofitable Cropland for Water 
and Wildlife
					
47.25 	$100,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
47.26 	to the Science Museum of Minnesota for the 
47.27 	St. Croix Watershed Research Station to 
47.28 	conduct the first statewide analysis that maps 
47.29 	the extent of Minnesota's unprofitable 
47.30 	cropland and estimates both the water-quality 
47.31 	and habitat benefits of converting these lands 
47.32 	to perennial crops and vegetation. This 
47.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
47.34 	by which time the project must be completed 
47.35 	and final products delivered.

48.1	(l) Minnesota Spring Inventory Final Phase
					
48.2 	$71,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
48.3 	the commissioner of natural resources to 
48.4 	complete the Minnesota Spring Inventory that 
48.5 	identifies, catalogs, and assists resource 
48.6 	managers in monitoring, assessing, and 
48.7 	protecting important and threatened statewide 
48.8 	water springs. This appropriation is available 
48.9 	until June 30, 2021, by which time the project 
48.10 	must be completed and final products 
48.11 	delivered.

48.12
48.13	(m) Restoring Impaired Lakes Through 
Citizen-Aided Carp Management
					
48.14 	$106,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
48.15 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
48.16 	an agreement with the Carver County Water 
48.17 	Management Organization to quantify water 
48.18 	quality improvements and the 
48.19 	cost-effectiveness of a new citizen-aided carp 
48.20 	management method for restoring impaired 
48.21 	lakes in Minnesota.

48.22
48.23	(n) Spring Biological Nitrate Removal to Protect 
Drinking Water
					
48.24 	$175,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
48.25 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
48.26 	an agreement with the city of Fairmont to 
48.27 	build and demonstrate the effectiveness of an 
48.28 	experimental passive biological treatment 
48.29 	system to reduce nitrates that enter the city's 
48.30 	springtime water supply source.

48.31
48.32	(o) Degrading Chlorinated Industrial 
Contaminants with Bacteria
					
48.33 	$1,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
48.34 	the Board of Regents of the University of 
48.35 	Minnesota to determine the best way to 
49.1 	stimulate bacteria to more quickly and 
49.2 	completely remove industrial chlorinated 
49.3 	pollutants from contaminated sites. On the day 
49.4 	following final enactment, the following 
49.5 	amounts from unobligated appropriations to 
49.6 	the Board of Regents of the University of 
49.7 	Minnesota are transferred and added to this 
49.8 	appropriation: $75,000 in Laws 2016, chapter 
49.9 	186, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (l), 
49.10 	and $74,000 in Laws 2016, chapter 186, 
49.11 	section 2, subdivision 6, paragraph (b).

49.12	(p) Managed Aquifer Recharge
					
49.13 	$350,000 the first year is to the Board of 
49.14 	Regents of the University of Minnesota, Water 
49.15 	Resources Center, for a comprehensive study 
49.16 	of the economic benefits of managed aquifer 
49.17 	recharge and to make recommendations to 
49.18 	enhance and replenish Minnesota's 
49.19 	groundwater resources. The study must 
49.20 	include, but is not limited to:
49.21 	(1) examining the potential benefits of 
49.22 	enhancing groundwater recharge in 
49.23 	water-stressed areas;
49.24 	(2) assessing the relationship to changing 
49.25 	seasonality and intensity of precipitation on 
49.26 	groundwater recharge rates;
49.27 	(3) reviewing the approaches to manage 
49.28 	recharge in geologically appropriate areas;
49.29 	(4) identifying policy options, costs, and 
49.30 	barriers to recharging groundwater; and
49.31 	(5) assessing the economic returns of options 
49.32 	for groundwater recharge.
50.1 	In conducting the study, the Water Resources 
50.2 	Center must convene a stakeholder group and 
50.3 	provide for public participation.

50.4
50.5	Subd. 5.Technical Assistance, Outreach, and 
Environmental Education
 		436,000
		-0-

50.6
50.7	(a) Expanding Camp Sunrise Environmental 
Program
					
50.8 	$237,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.9 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
50.10 	an agreement with YouthCare Minnesota to 
50.11 	expand camp opportunities to more school 
50.12 	districts and implement improved hands-on 
50.13 	environmental education programs for 
50.14 	economically disadvantaged youth.

50.15
50.16	(b) Mississippi National River and Recreation 
Area Forest Restoration
					
50.17 	$199,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.18 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
50.19 	an agreement with the Mississippi Park 
50.20 	Connection to work with Conservation Corps 
50.21 	Minnesota, local communities, and volunteers 
50.22 	to address the loss of ash trees to emerald ash 
50.23 	borer by planting approximately 15,000 native 
50.24 	trees and plants in affected areas in the 
50.25 	Mississippi National River and Recreation 
50.26 	Area.

50.27
50.28	Subd. 6.Aquatic and Terrestrial Invasive 
Species
 		3,100,000
		-0-

50.29
50.30	(a) Building Knowledge and Capacity to Solve 
AIS Problems
					
50.31 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
50.32 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
50.33 	Minnesota to support the Minnesota Aquatic 
50.34 	Invasive Species Research Center in 
50.35 	developing solutions to Minnesota's aquatic 
51.1 	invasive species problems through research, 
51.2 	control, prevention, outreach, and early 
51.3 	detection of existing and emerging aquatic 
51.4 	invasive species threats. This appropriation is 
51.5 	available until June 30, 2023, by which time 
51.6 	the project must be completed and final 
51.7 	products delivered.

51.8	(b) Oak Wilt Suppression at its Northern Edge
					
51.9 	$100,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.10 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
51.11 	an agreement with Morrison Soil and Water 
51.12 	Conservation District to eradicate the 
51.13 	northern-most occurrences of oak wilt in the 
51.14 	state through mechanical means on select 
51.15 	private properties to prevent oak wilt's spread 
51.16 	to healthy state forest habitats.

51.17	Subd. 7.Air Quality and Renewable Energy
 		985,000
		-0-

51.18
51.19	(a) Development of Clean Energy Storage 
Systems for Farms
					
51.20 	$650,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.21 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
51.22 	Minnesota for the West Central Research and 
51.23 	Outreach Center at Morris to develop and test 
51.24 	novel clean energy storage systems for farms 
51.25 	using wind-generated ammonia to displace 
51.26 	fossil fuels and reduce greenhouse gas 
51.27 	emissions. This appropriation is subject to 
51.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.10.

51.29
51.30	(b) Sustainable Solar Energy from Agricultural 
Plant By-Products
					
51.31 	$185,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
51.32 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
51.33 	Minnesota, Morris, to use regional plant-based 
51.34 	agricultural by-products to fabricate solar cells 
51.35 	for creating renewable and affordable energy.

52.1
52.2	(c) Morris Energy and Environment Community 
Resilience Plan
					
52.3 	$150,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
52.4 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
52.5 	an agreement with the city of Morris to 
52.6 	develop and begin implementing community 
52.7 	resilience plans for energy and the 
52.8 	environment and to create a model guide for 
52.9 	other Minnesota communities to create and 
52.10 	implement their own plans.

52.11
52.12	Subd. 8.Methods to Protect or Restore Land, 
Water, and Habitat
 		3,518,000
		-0-

52.13
52.14	(a) Promoting and Restoring Oak Savanna Using 
Silvopasture
					
52.15 	$750,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
52.16 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
52.17 	Minnesota to demonstrate, evaluate, and 
52.18 	increase adoption of the combined use of 
52.19 	intensive tree, forage, and livestock 
52.20 	management as a method to restore threatened 
52.21 	oak savanna habitats.

52.22
52.23	(b) Sauk River Dam Removal and Rock Rapids 
Replacement
					
52.24 	$2,768,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
52.25 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
52.26 	an agreement with the city of Melrose to 
52.27 	remove an existing fixed-elevation dam, 
52.28 	construct a rock arch rapids, and conduct 
52.29 	in-stream and shoreline habitat restoration to 
52.30 	improve water quality and native fish passage 
52.31 	in the Sauk River. This project requires a 
52.32 	match of at least $1,400,000 that must be 
52.33 	secured before trust fund money is spent. At 
52.34 	least $700,000 of this match must come from 
52.35 	the city of Melrose. City of Melrose expenses 
52.36 	for the Sauk River dam removal and rock 
53.1 	rapids replacement incurred before July 1, 
53.2 	2019, may be counted toward the match.

53.3
53.4	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition, Habitat, and 
Recreation
 		26,797,000
		-0-

53.5
53.6	(a) Grants for Local Parks, Trails, and Natural 
Areas
					
53.7 	$4,096,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
53.8 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
53.9 	solicit, rank, and fund competitive matching 
53.10 	grants for local parks, trail connections, and 
53.11 	natural and scenic areas under Minnesota 
53.12 	Statutes, section 85.019. The appropriation is 
53.13 	for local nature-based recreation, connections 
53.14 	to regional and state natural areas, and 
53.15 	recreation facilities and not for athletic 
53.16 	facilities such as sport fields, courts, and 
53.17 	playgrounds.

53.18	(b) Minnesota State Trails Development
					
53.19 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
53.20 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
53.21 	expand high-priority recreational opportunities 
53.22 	on Minnesota's state trails by developing new 
53.23 	trail segments and rehabilitating, improving, 
53.24 	and enhancing existing state trails. 
53.25 	High-priority trail bridges to rehabilitate or 
53.26 	replace include, but are not limited to, those 
53.27 	on the Arrowhead, Central Lakes, 
53.28 	Harmony-Preston Valley, Matthew Lourey, 
53.29 	and North Shore State Trails. High-priority 
53.30 	trail segments to develop and enhance include 
53.31 	the Paul Bunyan, Gateway, Heartland, and 
53.32 	Gitchi Gami state trails. A proposed list of 
53.33 	trail projects on legislatively authorized state 
53.34 	trails is required in the work plan. This 
53.35 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
54.1 	by which time the project must be completed 
54.2 	and final products delivered.

54.3	(c) National Loon Center
					
54.4 	$4,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
54.5 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
54.6 	an agreement with the National Loon Center 
54.7 	Foundation, in partnership with a fiscal agent 
54.8 	to be approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
54.9 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, to 
54.10 	construct an approximately 15,000-square-foot 
54.11 	National Loon Center in Cross Lake dedicated 
54.12 	to loon survival, loon habitat protection and 
54.13 	research, and recreation. Of this amount, up 
54.14 	to $1,449,000 is for planning, design, and 
54.15 	construction of approximately six outdoor 
54.16 	demonstration learning kiosks, interpretive 
54.17 	trails, boardwalks and boat docks, a fishing 
54.18 	dock, and native landscaping along 
54.19 	approximately 3,100 feet of shoreline. Any 
54.20 	remaining funds are for planning, engineering, 
54.21 	and constructing the building and indoor 
54.22 	exhibits. A land lease commitment of at least 
54.23 	25 years and fiscal sponsorship must be 
54.24 	secured before any trust fund money is spent. 
54.25 	This project requires a match of at least 
54.26 	$6,000,000. At least $2,000,000 of this match 
54.27 	must come from nonstate sources. If naming 
54.28 	rights will be conveyed, the National Loon 
54.29 	Center Foundation must include a plan for this 
54.30 	in the work plan. All matching funds must be 
54.31 	legally committed before any trust fund money 
54.32 	may be spent on planning activities for or 
54.33 	construction of the building and indoor 
54.34 	exhibits. Net income generated from 
54.35 	admissions, naming rights, and memberships 
55.1 	to the National Loon Center as a result of trust 
55.2 	fund contributions may be reinvested in the 
55.3 	center's long-term loon conservation efforts 
55.4 	as described in the work plan approved by the 
55.5 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
55.6 	Resources according to Minnesota Statutes, 
55.7 	section 116P.10.

55.8	(d) Accessible Fishing Piers
					
55.9 	$320,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.10 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
55.11 	provide accessible fishing piers in locations 
55.12 	that have a high potential to serve new angling 
55.13 	communities, underserved populations, and 
55.14 	anglers with physical disabilities. This 
55.15 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
55.16 	by which time the project must be completed 
55.17 	and final products delivered.

55.18	(e) Mesabi Trail Extensions
					
55.19 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
55.20 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
55.21 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
55.22 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for 
55.23 	environmental assessment, permitting, 
55.24 	right-of-way easements or other acquisition 
55.25 	as needed, and engineering for and 
55.26 	construction of four trail segments beginning 
55.27 	and ending at the following approximate 
55.28 	locations: Darwin Meyers Wildlife 
55.29 	Management Area to County Road 21, 
55.30 	Embarrass to Kugler, County Road 128 to the 
55.31 	Eagles Nest Town Hall, and Wolf Creek to 
55.32 	the Highway 169 underpass.

55.33	(f) Birch Lake Recreation Area Campground
					
56.1 	$350,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
56.3 	an agreement with the city of Babbitt to 
56.4 	expand Birch Lake Recreation Area by adding 
56.5 	a new campground for recreational vehicles 
56.6 	and tent campers. This project requires a 
56.7 	match of at least $2,800,000 that must be 
56.8 	secured before trust fund money is spent. At 
56.9 	least $800,000 of this match must come from 
56.10 	the city of Babbitt. Net income generated from 
56.11 	admissions to the campground created as a 
56.12 	result of trust fund contributions may be 
56.13 	reinvested into the campground's long-term 
56.14 	operations as described in the work plan 
56.15 	approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
56.16 	Commission on Minnesota Resources 
56.17 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
56.18 	116P.10.

56.19	(g) Bailey Lake Trail and Fishing Pier
					
56.20 	$550,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.21 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
56.22 	an agreement with the city of Virginia to 
56.23 	reconstruct the existing Bailey Lake Trail and 
56.24 	construct a new fishing pier on Bailey Lake 
56.25 	that is accessible from the trail.

56.26	(h) Vergas Long Lake Trail
					
56.27 	$290,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
56.28 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
56.29 	an agreement with the city of Vergas to 
56.30 	construct a bicycle and pedestrian bridge, trail, 
56.31 	and floating boardwalk along Long Lake 
56.32 	including shoreline restoration and 
56.33 	stabilization with native plants. This 
56.34 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
57.1 	by which time the project must be completed 
57.2 	and final products delivered.

57.3
57.4	(i) Glacial Edge Trail and Downtown Pedestrian 
Bridge
					
57.5 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
57.7 	an agreement with the city of Fergus Falls to 
57.8 	acquire easements for and construct a trail 
57.9 	along the Otter Tail River in downtown Fergus 
57.10 	Falls and a bicycle and pedestrian bridge 
57.11 	crossing the river. This appropriation is 
57.12 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
57.13 	the project must be completed and final 
57.14 	products delivered.

57.15	(j) Crane Lake to Vermilion Falls Trail
					
57.16 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.17 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
57.18 	an agreement with St. Louis County in 
57.19 	cooperation with Voyageur Country ATV 
57.20 	Club to designate and improve a wooded trail 
57.21 	from Crane Lake to Vermilion Falls to 
57.22 	accommodate all-terrain vehicle and 
57.23 	snowmobile users. This appropriation is 
57.24 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
57.25 	the project must be completed and final 
57.26 	products delivered.

57.27
57.28	(k) Restoring Five Sections of Superior Hiking 
Trail
					
57.29 	$191,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
57.30 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
57.31 	an agreement with the Superior Hiking Trail 
57.32 	Association to restore and repair the most 
57.33 	damaged parts of five sections of the Superior 
57.34 	Hiking Trail and restore an abandoned route 
57.35 	to a natural footpath for hikers.

58.1
58.2	(l) State Park and Recreation Area Operations 
and Improvements
					
58.3 	$10,000,000 the first year is from the trust 
58.4 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources 
58.5 	for state park and recreation area operations 
58.6 	and improvements, including activities directly 
58.7 	related to and necessary for this appropriation. 
58.8 	This appropriation is not subject to Minnesota 
58.9 	Statutes, sections 116P.05, subdivision 2, 
58.10 	paragraph (b), and 116P.09, subdivision 4.

58.11
58.12	Subd. 10.Administration and Contract 
Agreement Reimbursement
 		1,538,000
		-0-

58.13	(a) Contract Agreement Reimbursement
					
58.14 	$135,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
58.15 	to the commissioner of natural resources, at 
58.16 	the direction of the Legislative-Citizen 
58.17 	Commission on Minnesota Resources, for 
58.18 	expenses incurred for preparing and 
58.19 	administering contracts for the agreements 
58.20 	specified in this section. The commissioner 
58.21 	must provide documentation to the 
58.22 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
58.23 	Resources on the expenditure of these funds. 
58.24 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
58.25 	2021, by which time the project must be 
58.26 	completed and final products delivered.

58.27
58.28	(b) Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
Minnesota Resources (LCCMR) Administration
					
58.29 	$1,400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
58.30 	to the Legislative-Citizen Commission on 
58.31 	Minnesota Resources for administration in 
58.32 	fiscal years 2020 and 2021 as provided in 
58.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.09, 
58.34 	subdivision 5.

59.1
59.2	(c) Legislative Coordinating Commission (LCC) 
Administration
					
59.3 	$3,000 the first year is from the trust fund to 
59.4 	the Legislative Coordinating Commission for 
59.5 	the website required in Minnesota Statutes, 
59.6 	section 3.303, subdivision 10.

59.7
59.8	Subd. 11.Wastewater Treatment 
Recommendations
 		9,840,000
		-0-

59.9	(a) Water Infrastructure Funding Program
					
59.10 	$9,340,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
59.11 	to the Public Facilities Authority for grants 
59.12 	for wastewater projects under the water 
59.13 	infrastructure funding program under 
59.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072, to 
59.15 	home rule and statutory cities and towns with 
59.16 	a population under 5,000. The commissioner 
59.17 	of the Pollution Control Agency must work 
59.18 	with communities that receive grants under 
59.19 	this paragraph to identify pollutant reduction 
59.20 	opportunities related to wastewater projects 
59.21 	funded under this paragraph. This 
59.22 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023, 
59.23 	by which time projects must be completed and 
59.24 	final products delivered.

59.25
59.26	(b) Optimizing Local Mechanical and Pond 
Wastewater-Treatment Plants
					
59.27 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
59.28 	to the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
59.29 	Agency for the pilot program created under 
59.30 	Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 4, section 2, 
59.31 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a). This 
59.32 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
59.33 	by which time projects must be completed and 
59.34 	final products delivered.

60.1	Subd. 12.Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations

60.2	(a) Diagnostic Test for Chronic Wasting Disease
					
60.3 	$1,804,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the trust 
60.4 	fund to the Board of Regents of the University 
60.5 	of Minnesota to develop a diagnostic test for 
60.6 	chronic wasting disease that: (1) uses samples 
60.7 	from living deer; and (2) uses samples in the 
60.8 	field from hunter-harvested deer. This 
60.9 	appropriation is subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
60.10 	section 116P.10. This appropriation is 
60.11 	available until June 30, 2021, by which time 
60.12 	projects must be completed and final products 
60.13 	delivered.

60.14	(b) Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
					
60.15 	$1,136,000 in fiscal year 2019 is appropriated 
60.16 	from the trust fund to the Public Facilities 
60.17 	Authority for grants for wastewater projects 
60.18 	under the water infrastructure funding program 
60.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072, 
60.20 	to home rule and statutory cities and towns 
60.21 	with a population under 5,000. The 
60.22 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
60.23 	must work with communities that receive 
60.24 	grants under this paragraph to identify 
60.25 	pollutant reduction opportunities related to 
60.26 	wastewater projects funded under this 
60.27 	paragraph. This is a onetime appropriation and 
60.28 	is available until June 30, 2023, by which time 
60.29 	projects must be completed and final products 
60.30 	delivered.

60.31	(c) Effective Date
					
60.32 	This subdivision is effective the day following 
60.33 	final enactment.

61.1	Subd. 13.Availability of Appropriations
 					
61.2 	Money appropriated in this section may not 
61.3 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
61.4 	related to and necessary for a specific 
61.5 	appropriation and are specified in the work 
61.6 	plan approved by the Legislative-Citizen 
61.7 	Commission on Minnesota Resources. Money 
61.8 	appropriated in this section must not be spent 
61.9 	on indirect costs or other institutional overhead 
61.10 	charges that are not directly related to and 
61.11 	necessary for a specific appropriation. Costs 
61.12 	that are directly related to and necessary for 
61.13 	an appropriation, including financial services, 
61.14 	human resources, information services, rent, 
61.15 	and utilities, are eligible only if the costs can 
61.16 	be clearly justified and individually 
61.17 	documented specific to the appropriation's 
61.18 	purpose and would not be generated by the 
61.19 	recipient but for receipt of the appropriation. 
61.20 	No broad allocations for costs in either dollars 
61.21 	or percentages are allowed. Unless otherwise 
61.22 	provided, the amounts in this section are 
61.23 	available until June 30, 2022, when projects 
61.24 	must be completed and final products 
61.25 	delivered. For acquisition of real property, the 
61.26 	appropriations in this section are available for 
61.27 	an additional fiscal year if a binding contract 
61.28 	for acquisition of the real property is entered 
61.29 	into before the expiration date of the 
61.30 	appropriation. If a project receives a federal 
61.31 	grant, the time period of the appropriation is 
61.32 	extended to equal the federal grant period.

61.33	Subd. 14.Data Availability Requirements
 					
61.34 	Data collected by the projects funded under 
61.35 	this section must conform to guidelines and 
62.1 	standards adopted by MN.IT Services. Spatial 
62.2 	data must also conform to additional 
62.3 	guidelines and standards designed to support 
62.4 	data coordination and distribution that have 
62.5 	been published by the Minnesota Geospatial 
62.6 	Information Office. Descriptions of spatial 
62.7 	data must be prepared as specified in the state's 
62.8 	geographic metadata guideline and must be 
62.9 	submitted to the Minnesota Geospatial 
62.10 	Information Office. All data must be 
62.11 	accessible and free to the public unless made 
62.12 	private under the Data Practices Act, 
62.13 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13. To the extent 
62.14 	practicable, summary data and results of 
62.15 	projects funded under this section should be 
62.16 	readily accessible on the Internet and 
62.17 	identified as having received funding from the 
62.18 	environment and natural resources trust fund.

62.19	Subd. 15.Project Requirements
 					
62.20 	(a) As a condition of accepting an 
62.21 	appropriation under this section, an agency or 
62.22 	entity receiving an appropriation or a party to 
62.23 	an agreement from an appropriation must 
62.24 	comply with paragraphs (b) to (l) and 
62.25 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P, and must 
62.26 	submit a work plan and annual or semiannual 
62.27 	progress reports in the form determined by the 
62.28 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
62.29 	Resources for any project funded in whole or 
62.30 	in part with funds from the appropriation. 
62.31 	Modifications to the approved work plan and 
62.32 	budget expenditures must be made through 
62.33 	the amendment process established by the 
62.34 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
62.35 	Resources.
63.1 	(b) A recipient of money appropriated in this 
63.2 	section that conducts a restoration using funds 
63.3 	appropriated in this section must use native 
63.4 	plant species according to the Board of Water 
63.5 	and Soil Resources' native vegetation 
63.6 	establishment and enhancement guidelines 
63.7 	and include an appropriate diversity of native 
63.8 	species selected to provide habitat for 
63.9 	pollinators throughout the growing season as 
63.10 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
63.11 	84.973.
63.12 	(c) For all restorations conducted with money 
63.13 	appropriated under this section, a recipient 
63.14 	must prepare an ecological restoration and 
63.15 	management plan that, to the degree 
63.16 	practicable, is consistent with the 
63.17 	highest-quality conservation and ecological 
63.18 	goals for the restoration site. Consideration 
63.19 	should be given to soil, geology, topography, 
63.20 	and other relevant factors that would provide 
63.21 	the best chance for long-term success and 
63.22 	durability of the restoration project. The plan 
63.23 	must include the proposed timetable for 
63.24 	implementing the restoration, including site 
63.25 	preparation, establishment of diverse plant 
63.26 	species, maintenance, and additional 
63.27 	enhancement to establish the restoration; 
63.28 	identify long-term maintenance and 
63.29 	management needs of the restoration and how 
63.30 	the maintenance, management, and 
63.31 	enhancement will be financed; and take 
63.32 	advantage of the best-available science and 
63.33 	include innovative techniques to achieve the 
63.34 	best restoration.
64.1 	(d) An entity receiving an appropriation in this 
64.2 	section for restoration activities must provide 
64.3 	an initial restoration evaluation at the 
64.4 	completion of the appropriation and an 
64.5 	evaluation three years after the completion of 
64.6 	the expenditure. Restorations must be 
64.7 	evaluated relative to the stated goals and 
64.8 	standards in the restoration plan, current 
64.9 	science, and, when applicable, the Board of 
64.10 	Water and Soil Resources' native vegetation 
64.11 	establishment and enhancement guidelines. 
64.12 	The evaluation must determine whether the 
64.13 	restorations are meeting planned goals, 
64.14 	identify any problems with implementing the 
64.15 	restorations, and, if necessary, give 
64.16 	recommendations on improving restorations. 
64.17 	The evaluation must be focused on improving 
64.18 	future restorations.
64.19 	(e) All restoration and enhancement projects 
64.20 	funded with money appropriated in this section 
64.21 	must be on land permanently protected by a 
64.22 	conservation easement or public ownership.
64.23 	(f) A recipient of money from an appropriation 
64.24 	under this section must give consideration to 
64.25 	contracting with Conservation Corps 
64.26 	Minnesota for contract restoration and 
64.27 	enhancement services.
64.28 	(g) All conservation easements acquired with 
64.29 	money appropriated under this section must:
64.30 	(1) be permanent;
64.31 	(2) specify the parties to an easement in the 
64.32 	easement;
64.33 	(3) specify all of the provisions of an 
64.34 	agreement that are permanent;
65.1 	(4) be sent to the Legislative-Citizen 
65.2 	Commission on Minnesota Resources in an 
65.3 	electronic format at least ten business days 
65.4 	before closing;
65.5 	(5) include a long-term monitoring and 
65.6 	enforcement plan and funding for monitoring 
65.7 	and enforcing the easement agreement; and
65.8 	(6) include requirements in the easement 
65.9 	document to protect the quantity and quality 
65.10 	of groundwater and surface water through 
65.11 	specific activities such as keeping water on 
65.12 	the landscape, reducing nutrient and 
65.13 	contaminant loading, and not permitting 
65.14 	artificial hydrological modifications.
65.15 	(h) For any acquisition of lands or interest in 
65.16 	lands, a recipient of money appropriated under 
65.17 	this section must not agree to pay more than 
65.18 	100 percent of the appraised value for a parcel 
65.19 	of land using this money to complete the 
65.20 	purchase, in part or in whole, except that up 
65.21 	to ten percent above the appraised value may 
65.22 	be allowed to complete the purchase, in part 
65.23 	or in whole, using this money if permission is 
65.24 	received in advance of the purchase from the 
65.25 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
65.26 	Resources.
65.27 	(i) For any acquisition of land or interest in 
65.28 	land, a recipient of money appropriated under 
65.29 	this section must give priority to high-quality 
65.30 	natural resources or conservation lands that 
65.31 	provide natural buffers to water resources.
65.32 	(j) For new lands acquired with money 
65.33 	appropriated under this section, a recipient 
65.34 	must prepare an ecological restoration and 
66.1 	management plan in compliance with 
66.2 	paragraph (c), including sufficient funding for 
66.3 	implementation unless the work plan addresses 
66.4 	why a portion of the money is not necessary 
66.5 	to achieve a high-quality restoration.
66.6 	(k) To ensure public accountability for using 
66.7 	public funds, a recipient of money 
66.8 	appropriated under this section must, within 
66.9 	60 days of the transaction, provide to the 
66.10 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
66.11 	Resources documentation of the selection 
66.12 	process used to identify parcels acquired and 
66.13 	provide documentation of all related 
66.14 	transaction costs, including but not limited to 
66.15 	appraisals, legal fees, recording fees, 
66.16 	commissions, other similar costs, and 
66.17 	donations. This information must be provided 
66.18 	for all parties involved in the transaction. The 
66.19 	recipient must also report to the 
66.20 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
66.21 	Resources any difference between the 
66.22 	acquisition amount paid to the seller and the 
66.23 	state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal, if 
66.24 	a state-certified or state-reviewed appraisal 
66.25 	was conducted.
66.26 	(l) A recipient of an appropriation from the 
66.27 	trust fund under this section must acknowledge 
66.28 	financial support from the environment and 
66.29 	natural resources trust fund in project 
66.30 	publications, signage, and other public 
66.31 	communications and outreach related to work 
66.32 	completed using the appropriation. 
66.33 	Acknowledgment may occur, as appropriate, 
66.34 	through use of the trust fund logo or inclusion 
66.35 	of language attributing support from the trust 
67.1 	fund. Each direct recipient of money 
67.2 	appropriated in this section, as well as each 
67.3 	recipient of a grant awarded pursuant to this 
67.4 	section, must satisfy all reporting and other 
67.5 	requirements incumbent upon constitutionally 
67.6 	dedicated funding recipients as provided in 
67.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
67.8 	10, and chapter 116P.

67.967.10
	Subd. 16.Payment Conditions and 
Capital-Equipment Expenditures
 					
67.11 	(a) All agreements, grants, or contracts 
67.12 	referred to in this section must be administered 
67.13 	on a reimbursement basis unless otherwise 
67.14 	provided in this section. Notwithstanding 
67.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.41, 
67.16 	expenditures made on or after July 1, 2019, 
67.17 	or the date the work plan is approved, 
67.18 	whichever is later, are eligible for 
67.19 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
67.20 	this section. Periodic payments must be made 
67.21 	upon receiving documentation that the 
67.22 	deliverable items articulated in the approved 
67.23 	work plan have been achieved, including 
67.24 	partial achievements as evidenced by approved 
67.25 	progress reports. Reasonable amounts may be 
67.26 	advanced to projects to accommodate 
67.27 	cash-flow needs or match federal money. The 
67.28 	advances must be approved as part of the work 
67.29 	plan. No expenditures for capital equipment 
67.30 	are allowed unless expressly authorized in the 
67.31 	project work plan.
67.32 	(b) Single-source contracts as specified in the 
67.33 	approved work plan are allowed.

68.1
68.2	Subd. 17.Purchase of Recycled and Recyclable 
Materials
 					
68.3 	A political subdivision, public or private 
68.4 	corporation, or other entity that receives an 
68.5 	appropriation under this section must use the 
68.6 	appropriation in compliance with Minnesota 
68.7 	Statutes, section 16C.0725, regarding 
68.8 	purchasing recycled, repairable, and durable 
68.9 	materials and Minnesota Statutes, section 
68.10 	16C.073, regarding purchasing and using 
68.11 	paper stock and printing.

68.12
68.13	Subd. 18.Energy Conservation and Sustainable 
Building Guidelines
 					
68.14 	A recipient to whom an appropriation is made 
68.15 	under this section for a capital improvement 
68.16 	project must ensure that the project complies 
68.17 	with the applicable energy conservation and 
68.18 	sustainable building guidelines and standards 
68.19 	contained in law, including Minnesota 
68.20 	Statutes, sections 16B.325, 216C.19, and 
68.21 	216C.20, and rules adopted under those 
68.22 	sections. The recipient may use the energy 
68.23 	planning, advocacy, and State Energy Office 
68.24 	units of the Department of Commerce to 
68.25 	obtain information and technical assistance 
68.26 	on energy conservation and alternative-energy 
68.27 	development relating to planning and 
68.28 	constructing the capital improvement project.

68.29	Subd. 19.Accessibility
 					
68.30 	Structural and nonstructural facilities must 
68.31 	meet the design standards in the Americans 
68.32 	with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility 
68.33 	guidelines.

69.1	Subd. 20.Carryforward; Extension
 					
69.2 	(a) The availability of the appropriations for 
69.3 	the following projects is extended to June 30, 
69.4 	2020:
69.5 	(1) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, 
69.6 	subdivision 3, paragraph (g), Minnesota 
69.7 	Native Bee Atlas;
69.8 	(2) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2,  
69.9 	subdivision 4, paragraph (f), Southeast 
69.10 	Minnesota Subsurface Drainage Impacts on 
69.11 	Groundwater Recharge;
69.12 	(3) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, 
69.13 	subdivision 10, Emerging Issues Account;
69.14 	(4) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
69.15 	subdivision 3, paragraph (a), Data-Driven 
69.16 	Pollinator Conservation Strategies;
69.17 	(5) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
69.18 	subdivision 3, paragraph (c), Prairie Butterfly 
69.19 	Conservation, Research, and Breeding - Phase 
69.20 	II;
69.21 	(6) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2,  
69.22 	subdivision 4, paragraph (h), Protection of 
69.23 	State's Confined Drinking Water Aquifers - 
69.24 	Phase II;
69.25 	(7) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
69.26 	subdivision 4, paragraph (r), Morrison County 
69.27 	Performance Drainage and Hydrology 
69.28 	Management;
69.29 	(8) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
69.30 	subdivision 6, paragraph (c), Advancing 
69.31 	Microbial Invasive Species Monitoring from 
69.32 	Ballast Discharge;
70.1 	(9) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
70.2 	subdivision 6, paragraph (e), Elimination of 
70.3 	Target Invasive Plant Species - Phase II;
70.4 	(10) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
70.5 	subdivision 8, paragraph (a), Bee Pollinator 
70.6 	Habitat Enhancement - Phase II;
70.7 	(11) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
70.8 	subdivision 8, paragraph (b), Measuring Pollen 
70.9 	and Seed Dispersal for Prairie Fragment 
70.10 	Connectivity;
70.11 	(12) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
70.12 	subdivision 8, paragraph (f), Forest 
70.13 	Management for Mississippi River Drinking 
70.14 	Water Protection;
70.15 	(13) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
70.16 	subdivision 9, paragraph (b), Minnesota Point 
70.17 	Pine Forest Scientific and Natural Area 
70.18 	Acquisition; and
70.19 	(14) Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, 
70.20 	subdivision 4, paragraph (a), Assessment of 
70.21 	Household Chemicals and Herbicides in 
70.22 	Rivers and Lakes.
70.23 	(b) The availability of the appropriation under 
70.24 	Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 
70.25 	7, paragraph (b), Assessment of Urban Air 
70.26 	Quality, is extended to June 30, 2021.

70.27 	Sec. 3. Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2018, chapter 
70.28 	214, article 4, section 5, is amended to read:

70.29
70.30	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition for Habitat and 
Recreation
 		14,190,000
		-0-
	
70.31 	(a) State Parks and Trails Land 
70.32 	Acquisitions
71.1 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
71.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
71.3 	acquire at least 335 acres for authorized state 
71.4 	trails and critical parcels within the statutory 
71.5 	boundaries of state parks. State park land 
71.6 	acquired with this appropriation must be 
71.7 	sufficiently improved to meet at least 
71.8 	minimum management standards, as 
71.9 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
71.10 	resources. A list of proposed acquisitions must 
71.11 	be provided as part of the required work plan. 
71.12 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
71.13 	2018, by which time the project must be 
71.14 	completed and final products delivered.
71.15 	(b) Metropolitan Regional Park System 
71.16 	Land Acquisition - Phase IV
71.17 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
71.18 	to the Metropolitan Council for grants to 
71.19 	acquire at least 133approximately 90 acres of 
71.20 	lands within the approved park unit boundaries 
71.21 	of the metropolitan regional park system. This 
71.22 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
71.23 	habitable residential structures. A list of 
71.24 	proposed fee title and easement acquisitions 
71.25 	must be provided as part of the required work 
71.26 	plan. This appropriation must be matched by 
71.27 	at least 40 percent of nonstate money that must 
71.28 	be committed by December 31, 2015, or the 
71.29 	appropriation cancels. This appropriation is 
71.30 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
71.31 	the project must be completed and final 
71.32 	products delivered.
71.33 	(c) SNA Acquisition, Restoration, 
71.34 	Enhancement, and Public Engagement
72.1 	$4,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
72.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
72.3 	acquire at least 350 acres of lands with 
72.4 	high-quality native plant communities and rare 
72.5 	features to be established as scientific and 
72.6 	natural areas as provided in Minnesota 
72.7 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5, restore 
72.8 	and improve at least 550 acres of scientific 
72.9 	and natural areas, and provide technical 
72.10 	assistance and outreach. A list of proposed 
72.11 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
72.12 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
72.13 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
72.14 	to meet at least minimum management 
72.15 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
72.16 	of natural resources. This appropriation is 
72.17 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
72.18 	the project must be completed and final 
72.19 	products delivered.
72.20 	(d) Native Prairie Stewardship and Prairie 
72.21 	Bank Easement Acquisition
72.22 	$3,325,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
72.23 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
72.24 	acquire native prairie bank easements on at 
72.25 	least 675 acres, prepare baseline property 
72.26 	assessments, restore and enhance at least 1,000 
72.27 	acres of native prairie sites, and provide 
72.28 	technical assistance to landowners. Of this 
72.29 	amount, up to $195,000 must be deposited in 
72.30 	a conservation easement stewardship account. 
72.31 	Deposits into the conservation easement 
72.32 	stewardship account must be made upon 
72.33 	closing on conservation easements or at a time 
72.34 	otherwise approved in the work plan. A list of 
72.35 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
73.1 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
73.2 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
73.3 	2018, by which time the project must be 
73.4 	completed and final products delivered.
73.5 	(e) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
73.6 	VIII Coordination, Mapping, and 
73.7 	Conservation Easements
73.8 	$515,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
73.9 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
73.10 	an agreement with the Minnesota Land Trust 
73.11 	for Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
73.12 	Corridors partnership to provide coordination 
73.13 	and mapping for the partnership and to acquire 
73.14 	permanent conservation easements on at least 
73.15 	120 acres of strategic ecological landscapes 
73.16 	to protect priority natural areas in the 
73.17 	metropolitan area, as defined under Minnesota 
73.18 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, and 
73.19 	portions of the surrounding counties. A list of 
73.20 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
73.21 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
73.22 	Land acquired with this appropriation must 
73.23 	be sufficiently improved to meet at least 
73.24 	minimum management standards, as 
73.25 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
73.26 	resources. Expenditures are limited to the 
73.27 	identified project corridor areas as defined in 
73.28 	the work plan. Up to $40,000 may be used for 
73.29 	coordination and mapping for the Metro 
73.30 	Conservation Corridors. All conservation 
73.31 	easements must be perpetual and have a 
73.32 	natural resource management plan. A list of 
73.33 	proposed easement acquisitions must be 
73.34 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
73.35 	This appropriation is available June 30, 2018, 
74.1 	by which time the project must be completed 
74.2 	and final products delivered.
74.3 	(f) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
74.4 	VIII Strategic Lands Protection
74.5 	$750,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
74.6 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
74.7 	an agreement with The Trust for Public Land 
74.8 	for Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
74.9 	Corridors partnership to acquire in fee at least 
74.10 	35 acres of high-quality priority state and local 
74.11 	natural areas in the metropolitan area, as 
74.12 	defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
74.13 	473.121, subdivision 2, and portions of the 
74.14 	surrounding counties. A list of proposed 
74.15 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
74.16 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
74.17 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
74.18 	to meet at least minimum management 
74.19 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
74.20 	of natural resources. Expenditures are limited 
74.21 	to the identified project corridor areas as 
74.22 	defined in the work plan. This appropriation 
74.23 	may not be used to purchase habitable 
74.24 	residential structures, unless expressly 
74.25 	approved in the work plan. A list of fee title 
74.26 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
74.27 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
74.28 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
74.29 	the project must be completed and final 
74.30 	products delivered.
74.31 	(g) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
74.32 	VIII Priority Expansion of Minnesota 
74.33 	Valley National Wildlife Refuge
74.34 	$500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
74.35 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
75.1 	an agreement with the Minnesota Valley 
75.2 	National Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc. for Phase 
75.3 	VIII of the Metro Conservation Corridors 
75.4 	partnership to acquire in fee at least 100 acres 
75.5 	of priority habitat for the Minnesota Valley 
75.6 	National Wildlife Refuge in the metropolitan 
75.7 	area, as defined under Minnesota Statutes, 
75.8 	section 473.121, subdivision 2, and portions 
75.9 	of the surrounding counties. A list of proposed 
75.10 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
75.11 	required work plan. Land acquired with this 
75.12 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
75.13 	to meet at least minimum management 
75.14 	standards. Expenditures are limited to the 
75.15 	identified project corridor areas as defined in 
75.16 	the work plan. This appropriation may not be 
75.17 	used to purchase habitable residential 
75.18 	structures, unless expressly approved in the 
75.19 	work plan. This appropriation is available until 
75.20 	June 30, 2018, by which time the project must 
75.21 	be completed and final products delivered.
75.22 	(h) Metro Conservation Corridors - Phase 
75.23 	VIII Wildlife Management Area 
75.24 	Acquisition
75.25 	$400,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
75.26 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
75.27 	Phase VIII of the Metro Conservation 
75.28 	Corridors partnership to acquire in fee at least 
75.29 	82 acres along the lower reaches of the 
75.30 	Vermillion River in Dakota County within the 
75.31 	Gores Pool Wildlife Management Area. Land 
75.32 	acquired with this appropriation must be 
75.33 	sufficiently improved to meet at least 
75.34 	minimum management standards. This 
75.35 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
76.1 	habitable residential structures, unless 
76.2 	expressly approved in the work plan. This 
76.3 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018, 
76.4 	by which time the project must be completed 
76.5 	and final products delivered.
76.6 	(i) Mesabi Trail Development Soudan to 
76.7 	Ely - Phase II
76.8 	$1,000,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
76.9 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
76.10 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
76.11 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for the 
76.12 	right-of-way acquisition, design, and 
76.13 	construction of segments of the Mesabi Trail, 
76.14 	totaling approximately seven miles between 
76.15 	Soudan and Ely. This appropriation is 
76.16 	available until June 30, 2018, by which time 
76.17 	the project must be completed and final 
76.18 	products delivered.
76.19 	(j) Multi-benefit Watershed Scale 
76.20 	Conservation on North Central Lakes
76.21 	$950,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
76.22 	to the Board of Water and Soil Resources to 
76.23 	secure permanent conservation easements on 
76.24 	at least 480 acres of high-quality habitat in 
76.25 	Crow Wing and Cass Counties. Of this 
76.26 	amount, up to $65,000 must be deposited in a 
76.27 	conservation easement stewardship account; 
76.28 	and $54,000 is for an agreement with the 
76.29 	Leech Lake Area Watershed Foundation in 
76.30 	cooperation with Crow Wing County Soil and 
76.31 	Water Conservation District and Cass County 
76.32 	Soil and Water Conservation District. Deposits 
76.33 	into the conservation easement stewardship 
76.34 	account must be made upon closing on 
76.35 	conservation easements or at a time otherwise 
77.1 	approved in the work plan. A list of proposed 
77.2 	easement acquisitions must be provided as 
77.3 	part of the required work plan. This 
77.4 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2018, 
77.5 	by which time the project must be completed 
77.6 	and final products delivered.
77.7 	(k) Conservation Easement Assessment and 
77.8 	Valuation System Development
77.9 	$250,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
77.10 	to the Board of Regents of the University of 
77.11 	Minnesota to assess the effectiveness of 
77.12 	existing conservation easements acquired 
77.13 	through state expenditures at achieving their 
77.14 	intended outcomes of public value and 
77.15 	ecological benefits and to develop a 
77.16 	standardized, objective conservation easement 
77.17 	valuation system for guiding future state 
77.18 	investments in conservation easements to 
77.19 	ensure the proposed environmental benefits 
77.20 	are being achieved in a cost-effective manner. 
77.21 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
77.22 	2018, by which time the project must be 
77.23 	completed and final products delivered.

77.24 	Sec. 4. Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

77.25
77.26	Subd. 9.Land Acquisition, 
Habitat, and Recreation
 		999,000
		13,533,000
		-0-

77.27
77.28	(a) Metropolitan Regional Parks System Land 
Acquisition
					
77.29 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
77.30 	to the Metropolitan Council for grants to 
77.31 	acquire approximately 19770 acres of land 
77.32 	within the approved park boundaries of the 
77.33 	metropolitan regional park system. This 
77.34 	appropriation may not be used to purchase 
77.35 	habitable residential structures. A list of 
78.1 	proposed fee title acquisitions must be 
78.2 	provided as part of the required work plan. 
78.3 	This appropriation must be matched by at least 
78.4 	40 percent of nonstate money that must be 
78.5 	committed by December 31, 2017. This 
78.6 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2020, 
78.7 	by which time the project must be completed 
78.8 	and final products delivered.

78.978.10
	(b) Scientific and Natural Areas Acquisition and 
Restoration, Citizen Science, and Engagement
					
78.11 	$2,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
78.12 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
78.13 	acquire at least 250 acres of land with 
78.14 	high-quality native plant communities and rare 
78.15 	features to be established as scientific and 
78.16 	natural areas as provided in Minnesota 
78.17 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 5, restore 
78.18 	and improve at least 1,000 acres of scientific 
78.19 	and natural areas, and provide technical 
78.20 	assistance and outreach, including site steward 
78.21 	events. At least one-third of the appropriation 
78.22 	must be spent on restoration activities. A list 
78.23 	of proposed acquisitions and restorations must 
78.24 	be provided as part of the required work plan. 
78.25 	Land acquired with this appropriation must 
78.26 	be sufficiently improved to meet at least 
78.27 	minimum management standards, as 
78.28 	determined by the commissioner of natural 
78.29 	resources. When feasible, consideration must 
78.30 	be given to accommodate trails on lands 
78.31 	acquired. This appropriation is available until 
78.32 	June 30, 2020, by which time the project must 
78.33 	be completed and final products delivered.

78.34
78.35	(c) Minnesota State Parks and State Trails Land 
Acquisition
					
79.1 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
79.2 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
79.3 	acquire approximately 373 acres from willing 
79.4 	sellers for authorized state trails and critical 
79.5 	parcels within the statutory boundaries of state 
79.6 	parks. State park land acquired with this 
79.7 	appropriation must be sufficiently improved 
79.8 	to meet at least minimum management 
79.9 	standards, as determined by the commissioner 
79.10 	of natural resources. A list of proposed 
79.11 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
79.12 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
79.13 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
79.14 	the project must be completed and final 
79.15 	products delivered.

79.16
79.17	(d) Minnesota State Trails Acquisition, 
Development, and Enhancement
					
79.18 	$999,000 in fiscal year 2017 and $39,000 the 
79.19 	first year are from the trust fund to the 
79.20 	commissioner of natural resources for state 
79.21 	trail acquisition, development, and 
79.22 	enhancement in southern Minnesota. A 
79.23 	proposed list of trail projects on authorized 
79.24 	state trails must be provided as part of the 
79.25 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
79.26 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
79.27 	the project must be completed and final 
79.28 	products delivered.

79.29
79.30	(e) Native Prairie Stewardship and Prairie Bank 
Easement Acquisition
					
79.31 	$2,675,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
79.32 	to the commissioner of natural resources to 
79.33 	acquire native prairie bank easements in 
79.34 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
79.35 	84.96, on approximately 335 250 acres, 
79.36 	prepare baseline property assessments, restore 
80.1 	and enhance at least 570 acres of native prairie 
80.2 	sites, and provide technical assistance to 
80.3 	landowners. Of this amount, up to $132,000 
80.4 	may be deposited in a conservation easement 
80.5 	stewardship account. Deposits into the 
80.6 	conservation easement stewardship account 
80.7 	must be made upon closing on conservation 
80.8 	easements or at a time otherwise approved in 
80.9 	the work plan. A list of proposed easement 
80.10 	acquisitions must be provided as part of the 
80.11 	required work plan. This appropriation is 
80.12 	available until June 30, 2020, by which time 
80.13 	the project must be completed and final 
80.14 	products delivered.

80.15	(f) Leech Lake Acquisition
					
80.16 	$1,500,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
80.17 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
80.18 	an agreement with the Leech Lake Band of 
80.19 	Ojibwe to acquire approximately 45 acres, 
80.20 	including 0.67 miles of shoreline of 
80.21 	high-quality aquatic and wildlife habitat at the 
80.22 	historic meeting place between Henry 
80.23 	Schoolcraft and the Anishinabe people. The 
80.24 	land must be open to public use including 
80.25 	hunting and fishing. The band must provide a 
80.26 	commitment that land will not be put in a 
80.27 	federal trust through the Bureau of Indian 
80.28 	Affairs.

80.29	(g) Mesabi Trail Development
					
80.30 	$2,269,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
80.31 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
80.32 	an agreement with the St. Louis and Lake 
80.33 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for 
80.34 	engineering and constructing segments of the 
80.35 	Mesabi Trail. This appropriation is available 
81.1 	until June 30, 2020, by which time the project 
81.2 	must be completed and final products 
81.3 	delivered.

81.4
81.5	(h) Tower Trailhead Boat Landing and Habitat 
Improvement - Phase II
					
81.6 	$600,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
81.7 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
81.8 	an agreement with the city of Tower to 
81.9 	construct a trailhead and boat landing and 
81.10 	restore vegetative habitat on city-owned 
81.11 	property. Plant and seed materials must follow 
81.12 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources' native 
81.13 	vegetation establishment and enhancement 
81.14 	guidelines. This appropriation is available until 
81.15 	June 30, 2020, by which time the project must 
81.16 	be completed and final products delivered.

81.17
81.18	(i) Land Acquisition for Voyageurs National 
Park Crane Lake Visitors Center
					
81.19 	$950,000 the first year is from the trust fund 
81.20 	to the commissioner of natural resources for 
81.21 	an agreement with the town of Crane Lake, in 
81.22 	partnership with Voyageurs National Park and 
81.23 	the Department of Natural Resources, to 
81.24 	acquire approximately 30 acres to be used for 
81.25 	a visitor center and campground. Income 
81.26 	generated by the campground may be used to 
81.27 	support the facility.

81.28 	Sec. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS; EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF 
81.29 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 81.30 		Subdivision 1.Transfer of unencumbered funds. On June 30, 2019, up to $300,000 
81.31 	of any unencumbered money from the following appropriations may be transferred to the 
81.32 	appropriation for the grants management system under Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, 
81.33 	subdivision 10, paragraph (b):
81.34 	(1) Laws 2014, chapter 226, section 2, subdivision 10, paragraph (c);
82.1 	(2) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (c);
82.2 	(3) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (d);
82.3 	(4) Laws 2015, chapter 76, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (f);
82.4 	(5) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (a);
82.5 	(6) Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (c); and
82.6 	(7) Laws 2017, chapter 96, section 2, subdivision 10, paragraph (b).
82.7 		Subd. 2.Extension of availability of appropriations. The availability of the 
82.8 	appropriations for the grants management system under Laws 2016, chapter 186, section 
82.9 	2, subdivision 10, paragraph (b), and the funds transferred to that project under subdivision 
82.10 	1 are extended to June 30, 2022.

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

82.12 	ARTICLE 3
82.13 	STATUTORY CHANGES

82.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 17.035, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.15 		Subdivision 1.Reimbursement. A meat processor holding a license under chapter 28A 
82.16 	may apply to the commissioner of agriculture for reimbursement of $70 $150 towards the 
82.17 	processor's reasonable and documented cost of processing donated deer, as determined by 
82.18 	the commissioner within the limits of available funding. The meat processor shall deliver 
82.19 	the deer, processed into cuts or ground meat, to a charitable organization that is registered 
82.20 	under chapter 309 and with the commissioner of agriculture and that operates a food 
82.21 	assistance program. To request reimbursement, the processor shall submit an application, 
82.22 	on a form prescribed by the commissioner of agriculture, the tag number under which the 
82.23 	deer was taken, and a receipt for the deer from the charitable organization.

82.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.153, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
82.25 	read:
82.26 		Subd. 2a.Commercial herd. "Commercial herd" means a herd for which the owner 
82.27 	manages the herd for profit or monetary gain and engages in transactions or exchanges for 
82.28 	consideration, including sale, barter, the offer to sell, or possession with the intent to sell.

83.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.153, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
83.2 	read:
83.3 		Subd. 7.Noncommercial herd. "Noncommercial herd" means a herd that is managed 
83.4 	solely for personal enjoyment and use, as determined by the board.

83.5 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
83.6 		Subd. 4.Fencing. Farmed Cervidae must be confined in a manner designed to prevent 
83.7 	escape. All perimeter fences for farmed Cervidae must be at least 96 inches in height and 
83.8 	be constructed and maintained in a way that prevents the escape of farmed Cervidae or entry 
83.9 	into the premises by free-roaming Cervidae. All new fencing installed after the effective 
83.10 	date of this section shall be high tensile. By December 1, 2019, all entry areas for farmed 
83.11 	Cervidae enclosure areas must have two redundant gates, which must be maintained to 
83.12 	prevent the escape of animals through an open gate. If a fence deficiency allows entry or 
83.13 	exit by farmed or wild Cervidae, the deficiency must be repaired by the owner within 48 
83.14 	hours of discovery of the deficiency. If a fence deficiency is detected during an inspection, 
83.15 	the facility must be reinspected at least once in the subsequent three months. The farmed 
83.16 	Cervidae owner must pay a reinspection fee of $950 plus mileage for each reinspection 
83.17 	related to a fence violation.

83.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
83.19 		Subd. 6.Identification. (a) Farmed Cervidae must be identified by means approved by 
83.20 	the Board of Animal Health. The identification must include a distinct number that has not 
83.21 	been used during the previous year and must be visible to the naked eye during daylight 
83.22 	under normal conditions at a distance of 50 yards. Newborn animals must be identified 
83.23 	before December 31 of the year in which the animal is born or before movement from the 
83.24 	premises, whichever occurs first. As coordinated by the board, an animal that is not identified 
83.25 	as required under this subdivision may be destroyed by the commissioner of natural resources.
83.26 	(b) The Board of Animal Health shall register farmed Cervidae. The owner must submit 
83.27 	the registration request on forms provided by the board. The forms must include sales 
83.28 	receipts or other documentation of the origin of the Cervidae. The board shall must provide 
83.29 	copies of the registration information to the commissioner of natural resources upon request. 
83.30 	The owner must keep written records of the acquisition and disposition of registered farmed 
83.31 	Cervidae.

84.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
84.2 		Subd. 7.Inspection.  As coordinated by the board, the commissioner of agriculture, an 
84.3 	enforcement officer, as defined in section 97A.015, subdivision 18, and the Board of Animal 
84.4 	Health may inspect farmed Cervidae, farmed Cervidae facilities, and farmed Cervidae 
84.5 	records. For each commercial herd, the owner or owners must, on or before January 1, pay 
84.6 	an annual inspection fee equal to $10 for each cervid in the herd as reflected in the most 
84.7 	recent inventory submitted to the Board of Animal Health, up to a maximum fee of $100
84.8 	$250. For each noncommercial herd, the owner or owners must, on or before January 1, 
84.9 	pay an annual inspection fee of $100. The commissioner of natural resources may inspect 
84.10 	farmed Cervidae, farmed Cervidae facilities, and farmed Cervidae records with reasonable 
84.11 	suspicion that laws protecting native wild animals have been violated and must notify the 
84.12 	owner in writing at the time of the inspection of the reason for the inspection and must 
84.13 	inform the owner in writing after the inspection of whether (1) the cause of the inspection 
84.14 	was unfounded; or (2) there will be an ongoing investigation or continuing evaluation. The 
84.15 	board shall ensure that each farmed Cervidae facility is inspected within 12 months of a 
84.16 	previous inspection. The inspection by the agency authorized under this paragraph must 
84.17 	include a physical inspection of the entire perimeter fence around the facility, and a 
84.18 	verification that farmed Cervidae are tagged. The owner or owners of the herd must present 
84.19 	an accurate inventory for review.

84.20 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
84.21 		Subd. 9.Contested case hearing. (a) A person raising farmed Cervidae that is aggrieved 
84.22 	with any decision regarding the farmed Cervidae may request a contested case hearing under 
84.23 	chapter 14.
84.24 	(b) A person requesting a contested case hearing regarding a registration revocation 
84.25 	under subdivision 10, paragraph (b), must make the request within 30 days of the revocation 
84.26 	notice.

84.27 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
84.28 		Subd. 10.Mandatory registration. (a) A person may not possess live Cervidae in 
84.29 	Minnesota unless the person is registered with the Board of Animal Health and meets all 
84.30 	the requirements for farmed Cervidae under this section. Cervidae possessed in violation 
84.31 	of this subdivision may be seized and destroyed by the commissioner of natural resources.
84.32 	(b) If the facility experiences more than two escape incidents in any 12-month period, 
84.33 	the board may revoke the facility's registration and the animals may be seized by the 
85.1 	commissioner of natural resources. After investigation and review of fence deficiencies, 
85.2 	escapes, and other program requirements, the board may revoke the registration of a person 
85.3 	who owns farmed Cervidae, and the animals may be seized by the commissioner of natural 
85.4 	resources. Unless it would prohibit the operator from receiving federal indemnification 
85.5 	payments, an enforcement officer, as defined in section 97A.015, subdivision 18, may 
85.6 	destroy seized Cervidae 30 days after the registration revocation notice or following a final 
85.7 	decision of a contested case hearing, whichever is later.

85.8 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 35.155, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
85.9 		Subd. 11.Mandatory surveillance for chronic wasting disease. (a) An inventory for 
85.10 	each farmed Cervidae herd must be verified by an accredited veterinarian and filed with 
85.11 	the Board of Animal Health every 12 months.
85.12 	(b) Movement of farmed Cervidae from any premises to another location must be reported 
85.13 	to the Board of Animal Health within 14 days of the movement on forms approved by the 
85.14 	Board of Animal Health.
85.15 	(c) All animals from farmed Cervidae herds that are over 16 12 months of age that die 
85.16 	or are slaughtered must be tested for chronic wasting disease.
85.17 	(d) Except for a closed terminal facility in which live Cervidae are not transported out 
85.18 	of the facility, the owner of a premises where chronic wasting disease is detected must:
85.19 	(1) depopulate the premises of Cervidae after the indemnification process has been 
85.20 	completed and federal or state funding is available for indemnification;
85.21 	(2) maintain exclusionary fencing on the premises for five years after the date of detection; 
85.22 	and
85.23 	(3) not stock Cervidae species on the premises after the date of detection.

85.24 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.026, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
85.25 	read:
85.26 		Subd. 4.Paying grant-eligible expenditures. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the 
85.27 	commissioner may make payments for otherwise eligible grant-program expenditures that 
85.28 	are made on or after the effective date of the appropriation that funds the payments for:
85.29 	(1) grants-in-aid under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 84.927, and 85.44;
85.30 	(2) local recreation grants under section 85.019; and
86.1 	(3) enforcement and public education grants under sections 84.794, 84.803, 84.83, 
86.2 	84.927, 86B.701, 86B.705, and 87A.10.

86.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.027, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
86.4 	read:
86.5 		Subd. 14c.Unadopted rules. (a) The commissioner of natural resources must not enforce 
86.6 	or attempt to enforce an unadopted rule. For purposes of this subdivision, "unadopted rule" 
86.7 	means a guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar 
86.8 	pronouncement if the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement, 
86.9 	or similar pronouncement meets the definition of a rule as defined under section 14.02, 
86.10 	subdivision 4, but has not been adopted according to the rulemaking process provided under 
86.11 	chapter 14. If an unadopted rule is challenged under section 14.381, the commissioner must 
86.12 	overcome a presumption against the unadopted rule.
86.13 	(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin, criterion, 
86.14 	manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute, rule, or 
86.15 	standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter 14 
86.16 	to amend or revise any such guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
86.17 	statement, or similar pronouncement.

86.18 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.027, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
86.19 		Subd. 18.Permanent school fund authority; reporting. (a) The commissioner of 
86.20 	natural resources has the authority and responsibility for the administration of to administer
86.21 	school trust lands under sections 92.12192.122 and 127A.31. The commissioner shall 
86.22 	biannually report to the Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission and the legislature 
86.23 	on the management of the school trust lands that shows how the commissioner has and will 
86.24 	continue to achieve the following goals:
86.25 	(1) manage the school trust lands efficiently and in a manner that reflects the undivided 
86.26 	loyalty to the beneficiaries consistent with the commissioner's fiduciary duties;
86.27 	(2) reduce the management expenditures of school trust lands and maximize the revenues 
86.28 	deposited in the permanent school trust fund;
86.29 	(3) manage the sale, exchange, and commercial leasing of school trust lands, requiring 
86.30 	returns of not less than fair market value, to maximize the revenues deposited in the 
86.31 	permanent school trust fund and retain the value from the long-term appreciation of the 
86.32 	school trust lands;
87.1 	(4) manage the school trust lands to maximize the long-term economic return for the 
87.2 	permanent school trust fund while maintaining sound natural resource conservation and 
87.3 	management principles;
87.4 	(5) optimize school trust land revenues and maximize the value of the trust consistent 
87.5 	with the balancing of short-term and long-term interests, so that long-term benefits are not 
87.6 	lost in an effort to maximize short-term gains; and
87.7 	(6) maintain the integrity of the trust and prevent the misapplication of its lands and its 
87.8 	revenues.
87.9 	(b) When the commissioner finds an irresolvable conflict between maximizing the 
87.10 	long-term economic return and protecting natural resources and recreational values on 
87.11 	school trust lands, the commissioner shall give precedence to the long-term economic return 
87.12 	in managing school trust lands. By July 1, 2018, the permanent school fund shall must be 
87.13 	compensated for all school trust lands included under a designation or policy provision that 
87.14 	prohibits long-term economic return. The commissioner shall submit recommendations to 
87.15 	the appropriate legislative committees and divisions on methods of funding for the 
87.16 	compensation required under this paragraph, including recommendations for appropriations 
87.17 	from the general fund, nongeneral funds, and the state bond fund. Any uncompensated 
87.18 	designation or policy provision restrictions on the long-term economic return on school 
87.19 	trust lands remaining after July 1, 2018, shall must be compiled and submitted to the 
87.20 	Legislative Permanent School Fund Commission for review.
87.21 	(c) By December 31, 2013, the report required under paragraph (a) shall must provide 
87.22 	an inventory and identification of all school trust lands that are included under a designation 
87.23 	or policy provision that prohibits long-term economic return. The report shall must include 
87.24 	a plan to compensate the permanent school fund through the purchase or exchange of the 
87.25 	lands or a plan to manage the school trust land to generate long-term economic return to 
87.26 	the permanent school fund. Subsequent reports under paragraph (a) shall must include a 
87.27 	status report of the commissioner's progress in maximizing the long-term economic return 
87.28 	on lands identified in the 2013 report.
87.29 	(d) When future management practices, policies, or designations or policies by the 
87.30 	commissioner diminish or prohibit the long-term economic return on school trust land, the 
87.31 	conflict shall must be resolved by compensating the permanent school fund through an 
87.32 	exchange or purchase of the lands before designation or application of the policy as provided 
87.33 	in section 92.122.

88.1 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0273, is amended to read:
88.2 	84.0273 ESTABLISHING BOUNDARY LINES RELATING TO CERTAIN STATE 
88.3 	LANDHOLDINGS.
88.4 	(a) In order To resolve boundary line issues affecting the ownership interests of the state 
88.5 	and adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the name of the 
88.6 	state upon terms the commissioner deems appropriate, convey, by a boundary line agreement, 
88.7 	quitclaim deed, or management agreement in such form as the attorney general approves, 
88.8 	such rights, titles, and interests of the state in state lands for such rights, titles, and interests 
88.9 	in adjacent lands as are necessary for the purpose of establishing to establish boundaries.
88.10 	The commissioner must publish a notice of the proposed conveyance and a brief statement 
88.11 	of the reason therefor shall be published for the conveyance once in the State Register by 
88.12 	the commissioner between 15 and at least 30 days prior to before the conveyance. The 
88.13 	provisions of This paragraph are is not intended to replace or supersede laws relating to 
88.14 	land exchange or disposal of surplus state property.
88.15 	(b) In order To resolve trespass issues affecting the ownership interests of the state and 
88.16 	adjacent landowners, the commissioner of natural resources, in the name of the state, may 
88.17 	sell surplus lands not needed for natural resource purposes at private sale to adjoining 
88.18 	property owners and leaseholders. The conveyance must be by quitclaim in a form approved 
88.19 	by the attorney general for a consideration not less than the value determined according to 
88.20 	section 94.10, subdivision 1.
88.21 	(c) Paragraph (b) applies to all state-owned lands managed by the commissioner of 
88.22 	natural resources, except school trust land as defined in section 92.025. For acquired lands, 
88.23 	the commissioner may sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding 
88.24 	the offering to public entities, public sale, and related notice and publication requirements 
88.25 	of sections 94.09 to 94.165. For consolidated conservation lands, the commissioner may 
88.26 	sell the surplus lands as provided in paragraph (b) notwithstanding the classification and 
88.27 	public sale provisions of chapters 84A and 282.

88.28 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.0895, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
88.29 		Subd. 2.Application. (a) Subdivision 1 does not apply to:
88.30 	(1) plants on land classified for property tax purposes as class 2a or 2c agricultural land 
88.31 	under section 273.13, or on ditches and roadways a ditch, or on an existing public road 
88.32 	right-of-way as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 6a, except for ground not previously 
88.33 	disturbed by construction or maintenance; and
89.1 	(2) noxious weeds designated pursuant to sections 18.76 to 18.88 or to weeds otherwise 
89.2 	designated as troublesome by the Department of Agriculture.
89.3 	(b) If control of noxious weeds is necessary, it takes priority over the protection of 
89.4 	endangered plant species, as long as a reasonable effort is taken to preserve the endangered 
89.5 	plant species first.
89.6 	(c) The taking or killing of an endangered plant species on land adjacent to class 3 or 
89.7 	3b agricultural land as a result of the application of pesticides or other agricultural chemical 
89.8 	on the class 3 or 3b land is not a violation of subdivision 1, if reasonable care is taken in 
89.9 	the application of the pesticide or other chemical to avoid impact on adjacent lands. For the 
89.10 	purpose of this paragraph, class 3 or 3b agricultural land does not include timber land, waste 
89.11 	land, or other land for which the owner receives a state paid wetlands or native prairie tax 
89.12 	credit.
89.13 	(d) The accidental taking of an endangered plant, where the existence of the plant is not 
89.14 	known at the time of the taking, is not a violation of subdivision 1.

89.15 	Sec. 15. [84.1511] WILD RICE STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL.
89.16 		Subdivision 1.Council created. (a) The Wild Rice Stewardship Council is established 
89.17 	to foster leadership, collaboration, coordination, and communication among state and tribal 
89.18 	government bodies and wild rice stakeholders. Members of the council must represent a 
89.19 	wide range of interests and perspectives and be able to make interdisciplinary 
89.20 	recommendations on managing, monitoring, providing outreach for, researching, and 
89.21 	regulating wild rice.
89.22 	(b) The governor must appoint 13 members to the council. The initial appointments to 
89.23 	the council shall include the members of the Governor's Task Force on Wild Rice established 
89.24 	by Executive Orders 18-08 and 18-09 unless those individuals decline to be appointed. The 
89.25 	council membership must include the following individuals:
89.26 	(1) one representative nominated by the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe;
89.27 	(2) one representative nominated by the four Minnesota Dakota Tribes, which include 
89.28 	the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux community, Prairie Island Indian community, Lower 
89.29 	Sioux Indian community, and Upper Sioux community;
89.30 	(3) one representative nominated by Red Lake Nation;
89.31 	(4) two independent scientists with expertise in wild rice research and plant-based aquatic 
89.32 	toxicity;
90.1 	(5) one nonnative wild rice harvester;
90.2 	(6) one representative from the ferrous mining industry;
90.3 	(7) one representative from the nonferrous mining industry;
90.4 	(8) one representative from a municipal wastewater discharger;
90.5 	(9) one representative of an electric utility;
90.6 	(10) one representative of a statewide labor organization;
90.7 	(11) two representatives from an environmental nongovernmental organization; and
90.8 	(12) one representative each from the Department of Natural Resources and the Minnesota 
90.9 	Pollution Control Agency appointed by the commissioner of each entity to serve as an ex 
90.10 	officio member.
90.11 	(c) The speaker of the house shall appoint one member of the house of representatives 
90.12 	to the council and the minority leader of the house shall appoint one member of the house 
90.13 	of representatives to the council.
90.14 	(d) The senate majority leader shall appoint one member of the senate to the council and 
90.15 	the senate minority leader shall appoint one member of the senate to the council.
90.16 	(e) The council shall review and consider the recommendations of the Governor's Task 
90.17 	Force on Wild Rice and the 2018 Tribal Wild Rice Task Force report, including the 
90.18 	recommendation to utilize a committee structure that includes council members and 
90.19 	nonmembers with relevant subject matter expertise for technical work related to management 
90.20 	plans, monitoring, and research.
90.21 	(f) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide staff support for the council to 
90.22 	enable the council to carry out its functions.
90.23 	(g) Terms, compensation, nomination, appointment, and removal of public members of 
90.24 	the council are governed by section 15.059.
90.25 		Subd. 2.Council responsibilities. (a) The council must provide the governor, chief 
90.26 	executives of Minnesota's 11 Indian tribes, and the legislature a biennial report on the health 
90.27 	of wild rice and policy and funding recommendations to ensure that wild rice thrives in 
90.28 	Minnesota.
90.29 	(b) The council must recommend to the commissioners of natural resources and the 
90.30 	Pollution Control Agency a shared monitoring protocol that includes biological, chemical, 
90.31 	and hydrological factors affecting wild rice to assess the health of wild rice populations 
91.1 	over time. The protocol must draw on existing resources such as the monitoring protocol 
91.2 	for wild rice developed by Minnesota Sea Grant, the lake survey and vegetation mapping 
91.3 	methodologies of the Department of Natural Resources, and the monitoring methodologies 
91.4 	of the 1854 Treaty Authority. The council must include recommendations on implementing 
91.5 	the protocol and must regularly prepare a report on protocol implementation.
91.6 	(c) The council must recommend to the commissioner of natural resources a 
91.7 	comprehensive, statewide management plan for wild rice. The plan must include clear goals 
91.8 	and indicators, activities, time frames, organizational responsibilities, and performance 
91.9 	measures. Indicators of wild rice health must have the ability to be tracked over time to 
91.10 	facilitate a better understanding of the impact of various stressors versus the natural variability 
91.11 	of wild rice. The council must work with tribes to develop an understanding of natural wild 
91.12 	rice variability through traditional ecological knowledge and lake histories. Biological, 
91.13 	chemical, and hydrological factors must be considered.
91.14 	(d) The council must identify and recommend research priorities and required funding 
91.15 	levels. Prioritization should be given to needs identified through the monitoring protocol 
91.16 	and management plans recommended by the council. Topics of research may include:
91.17 	(1) assessment of diverse factors impacting wild rice health and interaction among these 
91.18 	factors;
91.19 	(2) criteria and methodology for restoring wild rice within its historic range;
91.20 	(3) seed development;
91.21 	(4) effective methods of controlling waterfowl predation; and
91.22 	(5) roles of root plaques, hydrology, landscape context, and other related factors.
91.23 	(e) The council must provide a forum for scientists and managers to convene and explore 
91.24 	research needs, approaches, and outcomes for building a shared understanding of the threats 
91.25 	to and opportunities for fostering wild rice health and to fill data gaps.
91.26 		Subd. 3.Outreach and education. (a) The council must advise state agencies and the 
91.27 	legislature on statewide outreach and education on wild rice. Activities may include:
91.28 	(1) developing a statewide education and promotion campaign to raise awareness about 
91.29 	the ecological, nutritional, and cultural value of wild rice;
91.30 	(2) coordinating an annual Wild Rice Week in which tribal chief executives and the 
91.31 	governor declare the first week of September Wild Rice Week; and
92.1 	(3) recommending actions to raise awareness and increase enforcement of natural wild 
92.2 	rice labeling laws, including those that require specified labeling for natural wild rice.
92.3 	(b) The council must develop and recommend to the commissioner of the Pollution 
92.4 	Control Agency a road map for protecting wild rice from harmful levels of pollutants and 
92.5 	other stressors through a holistic approach that addresses the water quality standard for 
92.6 	sulfate in conjunction with enhanced monitoring, management, and education efforts and 
92.7 	that leads to protecting wild rice and strategically using state and community resources.
92.8 	(c) The council must develop and recommend to the commissioner of the Pollution 
92.9 	Control Agency a structured approach to listing wild-rice waters and potential implementation 
92.10 	of a water quality standard for sulfate to maximize protection of wild rice while limiting 
92.11 	the scope and extent of burdens to Minnesota communities caused by the difficulty of 
92.12 	treating sulfate.
92.13 		Subd. 4.Expiration. This section expires January 1, 2029.

92.14 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.775, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.15 		Subdivision 1.Civil citation; authority to issue. (a) A conservation officer or other 
92.16 	licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a person who operates:
92.17 	(1) an off-highway motorcycle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause 
92.18 	(1); 84.777; 84.788 to 84.795; or 84.90;
92.19 	(2) an off-road vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
92.20 	84.777; 84.798 to 84.804; or 84.90; or
92.21 	(3) an all-terrain vehicle in violation of sections 84.773, subdivision 1 or 2, clause (1); 
92.22 	84.777; 84.90; or 84.922 to 84.928.
92.23 	(b) A civil citation under paragraph (a) shall require restitution for public and private 
92.24 	property damage and impose a penalty of:
92.25 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
92.26 	(2) $200 for the second offense; and
92.27 	(3) $500 for third and subsequent offenses.
92.28 	(c) A conservation officer or other licensed peace officer may issue a civil citation to a 
92.29 	person who operates an off-highway motorcycle, off-road vehicle, or all-terrain vehicle in 
92.30 	violation of section 84.773, subdivision 2, clause (2) or (3). A civil citation under this 
92.31 	paragraph shall require restitution for damage to wetlands and impose a penalty of:
93.1 	(1) $100 for the first offense;
93.2 	(2) $500 for the second offense; and
93.3 	(3) $1,000 for third and subsequent offenses.
93.4 	(d) If the peace officer determines that there is damage to property requiring restitution, 
93.5 	the commissioner must send a written explanation of the extent of the damage and the cost 
93.6 	of the repair by first class mail to the address provided by the person receiving the citation 
93.7 	within 15 days of the date of the citation.
93.8 	(e) An off-road vehicle or all-terrain vehicle that is equipped with a snorkel device and 
93.9 	receives a civil citation under this section is subject to twice the penalty amounts in 
93.10 	paragraphs (b) and (c).

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

93.12 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.788, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.13 		Subd. 2.Exemptions. Registration is not required for off-highway motorcycles:
93.14 	(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, another 
93.15 	state, or a political subdivision;
93.16 	(2) registered in another state or country that have not been within this state for more 
93.17 	than 30 consecutive days;
93.18 	(3) registered under chapter 168, when operated on forest roads to gain access to a state 
93.19 	forest campground;
93.20 	(4) used exclusively in organized track-racing events;
93.21 	(5) (4) operated on state or grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a nonresident 
93.22 	off-highway motorcycle state trail pass;
93.23 	(6) (5) operated by a person participating in an event for which the commissioner has 
93.24 	issued a special use permit; or
93.25 	(7) (6) operated on boundary trails and registered in another state or country providing 
93.26 	equal reciprocal registration or licensing exemptions for registrants of this state.

93.27 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.794, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
93.28 		Subd. 2.Purposes. (a) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the 
93.29 	off-highway motorcycle account may only be spent for:
94.1 	(1) administration, enforcement, and implementation of sections 84.787 to 84.795;
94.2 	(2) acquisition, maintenance, and development of off-highway motorcycle trails and use 
94.3 	areas; and
94.4 	(3) grants-in-aid to counties and municipalities to construct and maintain off-highway 
94.5 	motorcycle trails and use areas; and
94.6 	(4) grants for enforcement and public education to local law enforcement agencies.
94.7 	(b) The distribution of funds made available for grants-in-aid must be guided by the 
94.8 	statewide comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.

94.9 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.83, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
94.10 		Subd. 3.Purposes for the account; allocation. (a) The money deposited in the account 
94.11 	and interest earned on that money may be expended only as appropriated by law for the 
94.12 	following purposes:
94.13 	(1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and municipalities for construction and 
94.14 	maintenance of snowmobile trails that are determined by the commissioner to be part of 
94.15 	the state's grant-in-aid system, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
94.16 	Voyageurs National Park; on Lake of the Woods; on Rainy Lake; on the following lakes in 
94.17 	St. Louis County: Burntside, Crane, Little Long, Mud, Pelican, Shagawa, and Vermilion; 
94.18 	and on the following lakes in Cook County: Devil Track and Hungry Jack;. The commissioner 
94.19 	may establish a performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures 
94.20 	and criteria for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and 
94.21 	section 14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
94.22 	commissioner must:
94.23 	(i) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes consideration 
94.24 	of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
94.25 	(ii) make grant payments based on:
94.26 	(A) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
94.27 	(B) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
94.28 	(C) a combination of subitems (A) and (B); and
94.29 	(iii) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
94.30 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
94.31 	grant-in-aid funding.
95.1 	(2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, develop, and maintain
95.2 	state recreational snowmobile trails;
95.3 	(3) for snowmobile safety programs; and
95.4 	(4) for the administration and enforcement of to administer and enforce sections 84.81
95.5 	to 84.91 and appropriated grants to local law enforcement agencies.
95.6 	(b) No less than 60 percent of revenue collected from snowmobile registration and 
95.7 	snowmobile state trail sticker fees must be expended for grants-in-aid to develop, maintain, 
95.8 	and groom trails and acquire easements.

95.9 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.86, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
95.10 		Subdivision 1.Required rules. With a view of achieving maximum use of snowmobiles 
95.11 	consistent with protection of the environment the commissioner of natural resources shall 
95.12 	adopt rules in the manner provided by chapter 14, for the following purposes:
95.13 	(1) Registration of snowmobiles and display of registration numbers.
95.14 	(2) Use of snowmobiles insofar as game and fish resources are affected.
95.15 	(3) Use of snowmobiles on public lands and waters, or on grant-in-aid trails.
95.16 	(4) Uniform signs to be used by the state, counties, and cities, which are necessary or 
95.17 	desirable to control, direct, or regulate the operation and use of snowmobiles.
95.18 	(5) Specifications relating to snowmobile mufflers.
95.19 	(6) A comprehensive snowmobile information and safety education and training program, 
95.20 	including but not limited to the preparation and dissemination of snowmobile information 
95.21 	and safety advice to the public, the training of snowmobile operators, and the issuance of 
95.22 	snowmobile safety certificates to snowmobile operators who successfully complete the 
95.23 	snowmobile safety education and training course. For the purpose of administering such 
95.24 	program and to defray expenses of training and certifying snowmobile operators, the 
95.25 	commissioner shall collect a fee from each person who receives the youth or adult training. 
95.26 	The commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for 
95.27 	issuing a duplicate snowmobile safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both 
95.28 	fees in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
95.29 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
95.30 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
95.31 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. The fees, except for the issuing 
95.32 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the snowmobile trails 
96.1 	and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for 
96.2 	the electronic licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 
96.3 	84.027, subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated 
96.4 	annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the 
96.5 	administration of such programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, 
96.6 	instructors may charge each person any fee paid by the instructor for the person's online 
96.7 	training course and up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses. The 
96.8 	commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, private and public 
96.9 	corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program established under 
96.10 	this clause. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner and volunteer instructors 
96.11 	to provide space for the classroom portion of the training. The commissioner shall consult 
96.12 	with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training program subject matter and 
96.13 	performance testing that leads to the certification of snowmobile operators.
96.14 	(7) The operator of any snowmobile involved in an accident resulting in injury requiring 
96.15 	medical attention or hospitalization to or death of any person or total damage to an extent 
96.16 	of $500 or more, shall forward a written report of the accident to the commissioner on such 
96.17 	form as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the operator is killed or is unable to file a report 
96.18 	due to incapacitation, any peace officer investigating the accident shall file the accident 
96.19 	report within ten business days.

96.20 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
96.21 		Subdivision 1.Program Training and certification programs established. (a) The 
96.22 	commissioner shall establish:
96.23 	(1) a comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
96.24 	certification program, including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information 
96.25 	and safety advice to the public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance 
96.26 	of all-terrain vehicle safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who 
96.27 	successfully complete the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training 
96.28 	course.; and
96.29 	(2) a voluntary all-terrain vehicle online training program for youth and a parent or 
96.30 	guardian, offered at no charge for operators at least six years of age but younger than ten 
96.31 	years of age.
96.32 	(b) A parent or guardian must be present at the hands-on a training portion of the program 
96.33 	for when the youth who are six through is under ten years of age.
97.1 	(b) (c) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray the expenses of 
97.2 	training and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee from each 
97.3 	person who receives the training for certification under paragraph (a), clause (1). The 
97.4 	commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing fee for licensing agents, for issuing 
97.5 	a duplicate all-terrain vehicle safety certificate. The commissioner shall establish both fees 
97.6 	in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers nor underrecovers costs, including 
97.7 	overhead costs, involved in providing the services. The fees are not subject to the rulemaking 
97.8 	provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply. The fees may be established 
97.9 	by the commissioner notwithstanding section 16A.1283. Fee proceeds, except for the issuing 
97.10 	fee for licensing agents under this subdivision, shall be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle 
97.11 	account in the natural resources fund and the amount thereof, except for the electronic 
97.12 	licensing system commission established by the commissioner under section 84.027, 
97.13 	subdivision 15, and issuing fees collected by the commissioner, is appropriated annually to 
97.14 	the Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources for the administration 
97.15 	of the programs. In addition to the fee established by the commissioner, instructors may 
97.16 	charge each person up to the established fee amount for class materials and expenses.
97.17 	(c) (d) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations, 
97.18 	private and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program
97.19 	programs established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the 
97.20 	commissioner and volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the 
97.21 	training. The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard 
97.22 	to training program the subject matter of the training programs and performance testing that 
97.23 	leads to the certification of vehicle operators. The commissioner shall incorporate a riding 
97.24 	component in the safety education and training program. certification programs established 
97.25 	under this section and may incorporate a riding component in the training program established 
97.26 	in paragraph (a), clause (2).

97.27 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
97.28 		Subdivision 1.Prohibitions on youthful operators. (a) Except for operation on public 
97.29 	road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 84.928 and as provided under paragraph 
97.30 	(j), a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate an all-terrain 
97.31 	vehicle along or on a public road right-of-way.
97.32 	(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:
97.33 	(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;
97.34 	(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or
98.1 	(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in 
98.2 	paragraph (f).
98.3 	(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years of age 
98.4 	but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, 
98.5 	county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters or state or 
98.6 	grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate 
98.7 	issued by the commissioner and is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who 
98.8 	holds a valid driver's license.
98.9 	(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years old, 
98.10 	but less than 16 years old, must:
98.11 	(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section 84.925, 
98.12 	subdivision 1, including a riding component; and
98.13 	(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while 
98.14 	sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.
98.15 	(e) A person at least six ten years of age may take the safety education and training 
98.16 	program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph (d), but 
98.17 	the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.
98.18 	(f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
98.19 	vehicle with an engine capacity up to 110cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
98.20 	straddle-style seating or up to 170cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
98.21 	side-by-side-style seating on public lands or waters if accompanied by a parent or legal 
98.22 	guardian.
98.23 	(g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.
98.24 	(h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands 
98.25 	or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and control:
98.26 	(1) the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the 
98.27 	all-terrain vehicle with straddle-style seating; or
98.28 	(2) the steering wheel and foot controls of a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with 
98.29 	side-by-side-style seating while sitting upright in the seat with the seat belt fully engaged.
98.30 	(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than 16 
98.31 	years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county 
99.1 	state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands and waters or 
99.2 	state or grant-in-aid trails if:
99.3 	(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain safety 
99.4 	course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section 84.925, 
99.5 	subdivision 3; and
99.6 	(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds 
99.7 	a valid driver's license.
99.8 	(j) A person 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age may operate an all-terrain 
99.9 	vehicle on the roadway, bank, slope, or ditch of a public road right-of-way as permitted 
99.10 	under section 84.928 if the person:
99.11 	(1) possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner; 
99.12 	and
99.13 	(2) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian on a separate all-terrain vehicle.

99.14 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84.928, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
99.15 		Subd. 2.Operation generally. A person may not drive or operate an all-terrain vehicle:
99.16 	(1) at a rate of speed greater than reasonable or proper under the surrounding 
99.17 	circumstances;
99.18 	(2) in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner so as to endanger or to cause injury or 
99.19 	damage to the person or property of another;
99.20 	(3) without headlight and taillight lighted at all times if the vehicle is equipped with 
99.21 	headlight and taillight;
99.22 	(4) without a functioning stoplight if so equipped;
99.23 	(5) in a tree nursery or planting in a manner that damages or destroys growing stock;
99.24 	(6) without a brake operational by either hand or foot;
99.25 	(7) with more than one person on the vehicle, except as allowed under section 84.9257;
99.26 	(8) at a speed exceeding ten miles per hour on the frozen surface of public waters within 
99.27 	100 feet of a person not on an all-terrain vehicle or within 100 feet of a fishing shelter; or
99.28 	(9) with a snorkel device that has a raised air intake six inches or more above the vehicle 
99.29 	manufacturer's original air intake, except within the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle 
100.1 	Recreation Area as described in section 85.013, subdivision 12a, or other public off-highway 
100.2 	vehicle recreation areas; or
100.3 	(10) (9) in a manner that violates operation rules adopted by the commissioner.

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

100.5 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
100.6 		Subd. 3.Bait harvest from infested waters. (a) Taking wild animals from infested 
100.7 	waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited except as provided in paragraph (b) 
100.8 	or (c) and section 97C.341.
100.9 	(b) In waters that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested with 
100.10 	prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 
100.11 	17.4982, subdivision 6, taking wild animals may be permitted for:
100.12 	(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes as provided 
100.13 	in a permit issued under section 84D.11, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and
100.14 	(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian 
100.15 	watermilfoil, when the infested waters are listed solely because they contain Eurasian 
100.16 	watermilfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow traps not 
100.17 	exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.
100.18 	(c) In streams or rivers that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested 
100.19 	with certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 17.4982, subdivision 6, the harvest 
100.20 	of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and suckers for bait by 
100.21 	hook and line for noncommercial personal use is allowed as follows:
100.22 	(1) fish taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water where caught 
100.23 	and while still on that water body. Where the river or stream is divided by barriers such as 
100.24 	dams, the fish must be caught and used on the same section of the river or stream;
100.25 	(2) fish taken under this paragraph may not be transported live from or off the water 
100.26 	body;
100.27 	(3) fish harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with this section;
100.28 	(4) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;
100.29 	(5) fish taken under this paragraph must meet all other size restrictions and requirements 
100.30 	as established in rules; and
101.1 	(6) all species listed under this paragraph shall be included in the person's daily limit as 
101.2 	established in rules, if applicable.
101.3 	(d) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a listed infested water by permit issued 
101.4 	under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other than waters 
101.5 	specified in the permit.
101.6 	(e) Bait intended for sale may not be held in infested water after taking and before sale 
101.7 	unless authorized under a license or permit according to Minnesota Rules, part 6216.0500.
101.8 	(f) In the Minnesota River downstream of Granite Falls, the Mississippi River downstream 
101.9 	of St. Anthony Falls, and the St. Croix River downstream of the dam at Taylors Falls, 
101.10 	including portions described as Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota Rules, 
101.11 	part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items A and B, harvesting gizzard shad by cast net for 
101.12 	noncommercial personal use as bait for angling, as provided in a permit issued under section 
101.13 	84D.11, is allowed as follows:
101.14 	(1) nontarget species must immediately be returned to the water;
101.15 	(2) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water 
101.16 	where caught and while still on that water body. Where the river is divided by barriers such 
101.17 	as dams, the gizzard shad must be caught and used on the same section of the river;
101.18 	(3) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph may not be transported off the water body; 
101.19 	and
101.20 	(4) gizzard shad harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with 
101.21 	this section.

101.22 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
101.23 		Subd. 4.Restrictions in infested and noninfested waters; commercial fishing and 
101.24 	turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting. (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines 
101.25 	used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that 
101.26 	is listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, aquatic plants or aquatic macrophytes 
101.27 	other than Eurasian watermilfoil, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 17.4982, must 
101.28 	be tagged with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's 
101.29 	license or permit. Tagged gear must not be used in water bodies other than those specified 
101.30 	in the license or permit. The license or permit may authorize department staff to remove 
101.31 	tags after the from gear is that has been decontaminated according to a protocol specified 
101.32 	by the commissioner if use of the decontaminated gear in other water bodies does not pose 
101.33 	an unreasonable risk of harm to natural resources or the use of natural resources in the state. 
102.1 	This tagging requirement does not apply to commercial fishing equipment used in Lake 
102.2 	Superior.
102.3 	(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing or turtle, 
102.4 	frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed solely because it contains 
102.5 	Eurasian watermilfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum 
102.6 	of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this paragraph. 
102.7 	Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries office or a 
102.8 	conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water listed solely 
102.9 	because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil and before resetting those nets or equipment in 
102.10 	any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize a commercial licensee 
102.11 	to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or drying, if that water is listed 
102.12 	as infested solely because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil.
102.13 	(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other 
102.14 	equipment before placing the equipment into waters of the state.
102.15 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of listed 
102.16 	infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.

102.17 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
102.18 		Subd. 2b.Gull Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
102.19 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
102.20 	Gull Narrows State Water Access Site, Government Point State Water Access Site, and 
102.21 	Gull East State Water Access Site water access sites on Gull Lake (DNR Division of Waters 
102.22 	number 11-0305) in Cass and Crow Wing Counties using the same authorities, general 
102.23 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
102.24 	2a. Lake service providers participating in the Gull Lake targeted pilot study place of business 
102.25 	must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
102.26 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Gull Lake is implemented under this section, 
102.27 	the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
102.28 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
102.29 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Gull Lake targeted pilot study 
102.30 	recommendations and assessments.
102.31 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

103.1 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 84D.108, subdivision 2c, is amended to read:
103.2 		Subd. 2c.Cross Lake pilot study. (a) The commissioner may include an additional 
103.3 	targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached for the 
103.4 	Cross Lake #1 State Water Access Site water access sites on Cross Lake (DNR Division of 
103.5 	Waters number 18-0312) in Crow Wing County using the same authorities, general 
103.6 	procedures, and requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 
103.7 	2a. The place of business of lake service providers participating in the Cross Lake targeted 
103.8 	pilot study must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.
103.9 	(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Cross Lake is implemented under this 
103.10 	section, the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of 
103.11 	representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under Laws 
103.12 	2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Cross Lake targeted pilot 
103.13 	study recommendations and assessments.
103.14 	(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.

103.15 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.054, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
103.16 		Subdivision 1.State Park Open House Day Days. (a) A state park permit is not required 
103.17 	for a motor vehicle to enter a state park, state monument, state recreation area, or state 
103.18 	wayside, on one day each calendar year at each park, which the commissioner may designate 
103.19 	as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans 
103.20 	Day, Christmas Eve, or New Year's Eve. These days are State Park Open House Days. The 
103.21 	commissioner may designate one additional day each calendar year at each park as a State 
103.22 	Park Open House Day. The commissioner and may designate two consecutive days as State 
103.23 	Park Open House Day, if the open house is held in conjunction with a special pageant 
103.24 	described in section 85.052, subdivision 2.
103.25 	(b) The commissioner shall announce the date of each State Park Open House Day at 
103.26 	least 30 days in advance of the date it occurs.
103.27 	(c) The purpose of State Park Open House Day Days is to acquaint the public with state 
103.28 	parks, recreation areas, and waysides.

103.29 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.44, is amended to read:
103.30 	85.44 CROSS-COUNTRY-SKI TRAIL GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAM.
103.31 	The commissioner shall establish a grant-in-aid program for local units of government 
103.32 	and special park districts for the acquisition, development, and maintenance of to acquire, 
104.1 	develop, and maintain cross-country-ski trails that are determined by the commissioner to 
104.2 	be part of the state's grant-in-aid system. Grants shall be are available for acquisition of to 
104.3 	acquire trail easements but may not be used to acquire any lands in fee title. Local units of 
104.4 	government and special park districts applying for and receiving grants under this section 
104.5 	shall be are considered to have cross-country-ski trails for one year following the expiration 
104.6 	of their last grant. The department shall reimburse all public sponsors of grants-in-aid 
104.7 	cross-country-ski trails based upon criteria established by the department. Prior to the use 
104.8 	of Before using any reimbursement criteria, a certain proportion of the revenues shall must
104.9 	be allocated on the basis of user fee sales location. The commissioner may establish a 
104.10 	performance-based funding formula for annual grants-in-aid. The procedures and criteria 
104.11 	for grants-in-aid are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 
104.12 	14.386 does not apply. In administering the performance-based grants-in-aid, the 
104.13 	commissioner must:
104.14 	(1) determine annual grant amounts based on a funding formula that includes 
104.15 	consideration of historical costs, snowfall, use, and tourism;
104.16 	(2) make grant payments based on:
104.17 	(i) successful completion of performance benchmarks;
104.18 	(ii) reimbursement of eligible expenditures; or
104.19 	(iii) a combination of items (i) and (ii); and
104.20 	(3) assess penalties to nonperforming grant-in-aid recipients, which may include 
104.21 	withholding grant payments or making the grantee or trail system ineligible for future 
104.22 	grant-in-aid funding.

104.23 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85.47, is amended to read:
104.24 	85.47 SPECIAL USE PERMITS; FEES.
104.25 	Fees collected for special use permits to use state trails not on state forest, state park, or 
104.26 	state recreation area lands and for use of state water access sites must be deposited in the 
104.27 	natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
104.28 	operating and maintaining state trails and water access sites.

104.29 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 85A.02, subdivision 17, is amended to read:
104.30 		Subd. 17.Additional powers. (a) The board may establish a schedule of charges for 
104.31 	admission to or for the use of the Minnesota Zoological Garden or any related facility. 
105.1 	Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, legislative approval is not required for the board to 
105.2 	establish a schedule of charges for admission or use of the Minnesota Zoological Garden 
105.3 	or related facilities. The board shall have a policy admitting elementary school children at 
105.4 	a reduced charge when they are part of an organized school activity.
105.5 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Minnesota Zoological Garden will must offer 
105.6 	free admission:
105.7 	(1) throughout the year to economically disadvantaged Minnesota citizens equal to ten 
105.8 	percent of the average annual attendance;
105.9 	(2) to all visitors on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, 
105.10 	Labor Day, or Veterans Day; and
105.11 	(3) to elementary school children when they are part of an organized school activity.
105.12 	However,(c) Except on the days specified in paragraph (b), clause (2), the zoo may 
105.13 	charge at any time for parking, special services, and foror admission to special facilities 
105.14 	for the education, entertainment, or convenience of visitors.
105.15 	(b) (d) The board may provide for the purchase, reproduction, and sale of gifts, souvenirs, 
105.16 	publications, informational materials, food and beverages, and grant concessions for the 
105.17 	sale of these items. Notwithstanding subdivision 5b, section 16C.09 does not apply to 
105.18 	activities authorized under this paragraph.

105.19 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 86B.005, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
105.20 		Subd. 18.Watercraft. "Watercraft" means any contrivance used or designed for 
105.21 	navigation on water, except:
105.22 	(1) a waterfowl boat during the waterfowl-hunting seasons;
105.23 	(2) a rice boat during the harvest season; or
105.24 	(3) a seaplane; or
105.25 	(4) a paddleboard.

105.26 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 86B.415, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
105.27 		Subd. 1a.Canoes, kayaks, sailboards, paddleboards, paddleboats, or rowing 
105.28 	shells. The fee for a watercraft license for a canoe, kayak, sailboard, paddleboard, paddleboat, 
105.29 	or rowing shell over ten feet in length is $10.50.

106.1 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 89.71, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
106.2 	read:
106.3 		Subd. 3a.Snow removal. The commissioner must remove snow from a state forest road, 
106.4 	including a minimum maintenance forest road, at the request of one or more residents who 
106.5 	use the road during winter. Nothing in this section is to be construed to amend or abrogate 
106.6 	section 160.095, subdivision 4.

106.7 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.115, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
106.8 		Subdivision 1.Land valuation required. Before offering any state land for sale under 
106.9 	this chapter, the commissioner must establish the value of the land. The commissioner shall 
106.10 	have the land appraised if the estimated market value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000.

106.11 	Sec. 36. [92.122] COMPENSATING PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND.
106.12 		Subdivision 1.Compensation requirements. (a) When the revenue generated from 
106.13 	school trust land and associated resources is diminished by management practices applied 
106.14 	to the land and resources as determined by the commissioner of natural resources, the 
106.15 	commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund.
106.16 	(b) When generating revenue from school trust land and associated resources will be 
106.17 	prohibited by a policy or designation applied to the land and resources as determined by 
106.18 	the commissioner, the commissioner must compensate the permanent school fund before 
106.19 	the policy or designation is applied.
106.20 		Subd. 2.Compensation methods. To compensate the permanent school fund under 
106.21 	subdivision 1, the commissioner may use compensation methods that include:
106.22 	(1) exchanging other land that is compatible with the goal of the permanent school fund 
106.23 	under section 127A.31, as allowed under sections 94.343, subdivision 1, and 94.3495; and 
106.24 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10;
106.25 	(2) leasing under section 92.50 and according to subdivision 3, with rental payments as 
106.26 	compensation; and
106.27 	(3) condemning the land under section 92.83, with payment of the amount of the award 
106.28 	and judgment as compensation.
106.29 		Subd. 3. Lease terms for compensating fund. With advice from the school trust lands 
106.30 	director according to section 127A.353, subdivision 4, the commissioner may lease school 
107.1 	trust land to compensate the permanent school fund. Rental payments received under this 
107.2 	subdivision:
107.3 	(1) must be credited to the forest suspense account as nonqualifying revenue and not 
107.4 	subject to cost certification under section 16A.125;
107.5 	(2) must be paid in full upon executing the lease; and
107.6 	(3) are determined by the commissioner and subject to review by a licensed appraiser.

107.7 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.50, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
107.8 		Subdivision 1.Lease terms. (a) The commissioner of natural resources may lease land 
107.9 	under the commissioner's jurisdiction and control:
107.10 	(1) to remove sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, peat, and black dirt;
107.11 	(2) to store ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and tailings from ore milling plants;
107.12 	(3) for roads or railroads;
107.13 	(4) to compensate the permanent school fund according to section 92.122; or
107.14 	(4) (5) for other uses consistent with the interests of the state.
107.15 	(b) The commissioner shall offer the lease at public or private sale for an amount and 
107.16 	under terms and conditions prescribed by the commissioner. Commercial leases for more 
107.17 	than ten years and leases for removal of peat that cover 320 or more acres must be approved 
107.18 	by the Executive Council.
107.19 	(c) The lease term may not exceed 21 years except:
107.20 	(1) leases of lands for storage sites for ore, waste materials from mines, or rock and 
107.21 	tailings from ore milling plants, or for the removal of peat for nonagricultural purposes may 
107.22 	not exceed a term of 25 years; and
107.23 	(2) leases for commercial purposes, including major resort, convention center, or 
107.24 	recreational area purposes, may not exceed a term of 40 years.
107.25 	(d) Leases must be subject to sale and leasing of the land for mineral purposes and 
107.26 	contain a provision for cancellation for just cause at any time by the commissioner upon 
107.27 	six months' written notice. A longer notice period, not exceeding three years, may be provided 
107.28 	in leases for storing ore, waste materials from mines, or rock or tailings from ore milling 
107.29 	plants. The commissioner may determine the terms and conditions, including the notice 
107.30 	period, for cancellation of a lease for the removal of peat and commercial leases.
108.1 	(e) Money received from leases under this section must be credited to the fund to which 
108.2 	the land belongs.

108.3 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 93.25, is amended to read:
108.4 	93.25 ORES OTHER THAN IRON; LEASES.
108.5 		Subdivision 1.Leases. The commissioner may issue leases to prospect for, mine, and 
108.6 	remove minerals and mineral commodities other than iron ore, including brines and nonfuel 
108.7 	gases, upon any lands owned by the state, including trust fund lands, lands forfeited for 
108.8 	nonpayment of taxes whether held in trust or otherwise, and lands otherwise acquired, and 
108.9 	the beds of any waters belonging to the state. For purposes of this section, iron ore means 
108.10 	iron-bearing material where the primary product is iron metal.
108.11 		Subd. 2.Lease requirements. All leases for nonferrous metallic minerals or petroleum 
108.12 	must be approved by the Executive Council, and any other mineral, mineral commodity, 
108.13 	brine, or nonfuel gas lease issued pursuant to this section that covers 160 or more acres 
108.14 	must be approved by the Executive Council. The rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and 
108.15 	covenants of all such leases shall be fixed by the commissioner according to rules adopted 
108.16 	by the commissioner, but no lease shall be for a longer term than 50 years, and all rents, 
108.17 	royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants shall be fully set forth in each lease issued. No 
108.18 	lease shall be canceled by the state for failure to meet production requirements prior to the 
108.19 	36th year of the lease. The rents and royalties shall be credited to the funds as provided in 
108.20 	section 93.22.
108.21 		Subd. 3.Effect. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to repeal or supersede 
108.22 	any other applicable provision of law, but shall be supplementary thereto.

108.23 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
108.24 		Subd. 3.Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. The commissioner of natural 
108.25 	resources shall send written notice to all state departments, agencies and the University of 
108.26 	Minnesota the Departments of Administration and Transportation, the Board of Water and 
108.27 	Soil Resources, the Office of School Trust Lands, the legal or land departments of the 
108.28 	University of Minnesota and Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the Minnesota 
108.29 	Indian Affairs Council, and any other state department or agency that requests to receive 
108.30 	notices describing any lands or tracts which that may be declared surplus. If a department 
108.31 	or agency or the University of Minnesota recipient of the notice desires custody of the lands 
108.32 	or tracts, it shall the recipient must submit a written request to the commissioner, no later 
108.33 	than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth in detail its the reasons 
109.1 	for desiring to acquire, and its the intended use of, the land or tract. The commissioner shall 
109.2 	then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications of the heads of the 
109.3 	departments or agencies so requested should be declared surplus and offered for sale or 
109.4 	otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state departments 
109.5 	or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for educational 
109.6 	purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall is not be determinative 
109.7 	of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of the lands are no 
109.8 	longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of fact, describe 
109.9 	the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for the sale or 
109.10 	disposition of the lands.

109.11 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 94.10, is amended to read:
109.12 	94.10 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
109.13 		Subdivision 1.Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering any 
109.14 	surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of natural resources must establish 
109.15 	the value of the lands. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated 
109.16 	value is in excess of $50,000 $100,000. No parcel of state-owned land shall be sold for less 
109.17 	than $1,000.
109.18 	(b) The appraisals must be made by regularly appointed and qualified state appraisers. 
109.19 	To be qualified, an appraiser must hold a state appraiser license issued by the Department 
109.20 	of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of 
109.21 	Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
109.22 	(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall must first 
109.23 	be offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic 
109.24 	in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public 
109.25 	purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public 
109.26 	body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner of natural resources shall give 
109.27 	a written notice to the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional 
109.28 	boundaries include or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase 
109.29 	the surplus land, it shall the public body must submit a written offer to the commissioner 
109.30 	no later than two weeks after receipt of notice setting forth in detail its the reasons for 
109.31 	desiring to acquire and its the intended use of the land. In the event that If more than one 
109.32 	public body tenders an offer, the commissioner shall determine which party shall receive 
109.33 	the property and shall submit written findings regarding the decision. If lands are offered 
109.34 	for sale for public purposes and if a public body notifies the commissioner of its desire to 
110.1 	acquire the lands, the public body may have up to two years from the date of the accepted 
110.2 	offer to commence payment begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by law.
110.3 	(d) Before offering surplus state-owned lands that are located within the reservation 
110.4 	boundary of a federally recognized Indian tribe for public sale or before offering the lands 
110.5 	to an entity specified in paragraph (c), the lands must first be offered to the federally 
110.6 	recognized Indian tribe with governing authority over the reservation where the lands are 
110.7 	located. If the lands are located within the reservation boundary of a federally recognized 
110.8 	tribe that is one of the six constituent tribes of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, then the lands 
110.9 	must be offered to both the Minnesota Chippewa tribe and the constituent tribe where the 
110.10 	lands are located. The lands may be sold for not less than the appraised value of the lands. 
110.11 	To determine whether an Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the commissioner of 
110.12 	natural resources must give a written notice to the governing body of the Indian tribe, and, 
110.13 	when applicable, if the tribe is a member of the Minnesota Chippewa tribe, the Minnesota 
110.14 	Chippewa tribe. If the Indian tribe desires to purchase the lands, the Indian tribe must notify 
110.15 	the commissioner, in writing, of the intent to purchase the lands no later than two weeks 
110.16 	after receiving the notice. If the Indian tribe notifies the commissioner of its intent to acquire 
110.17 	the lands, the Indian tribe has up to two years from the date that the notice of intent to 
110.18 	purchase the lands was submitted to begin paying for the lands in the manner provided by 
110.19 	law.
110.20 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) After complying with subdivision 1 and before 
110.21 	any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the sale, the 
110.22 	commissioner of natural resources shall publish a notice of the sale in a newspaper of general 
110.23 	distribution in the county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice shall 
110.24 	specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of the 
110.25 	lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. The commissioner 
110.26 	shall also provide electronic notice of the sale.
110.27 	(b) The minimum bid for a parcel of land must include the estimated value or appraised 
110.28 	value of the land and any improvements and, if any of the land is valuable for merchantable 
110.29 	timber, the value of the merchantable timber. The minimum bid may include expenses 
110.30 	incurred by the commissioner in rendering the property salable, including survey, appraisal, 
110.31 	legal, advertising, and other expenses.
110.32 	(c) The purchaser of state land must pay recording fees and the state deed tax.
110.33 	(d) Except as provided under paragraph (e), parcels remaining unsold after the offering 
110.34 	may be sold to anyone agreeing to pay at least 75 percent of the appraised value. The sale 
111.1 	shall must continue until all parcels are sold or until the commissioner orders a reappraisal 
111.2 	or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
111.3 	(e) The commissioner may retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a 
111.4 	buyer for parcels remaining unsold after the offering. The sale price may be negotiated by 
111.5 	the broker, but must not be less than 90 percent of the appraised value as determined by the 
111.6 	commissioner. The broker's fee must be established by prior agreement between the 
111.7 	commissioner and the broker and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of 
111.8 	$10,000 or more. The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the proceeds of the sale.
111.9 	(f) Public sales of surplus state-owned land may be conducted through online auctions.

111.10 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 25, is amended to read:
111.11 		Subd. 25.Game fish. "Game fish" means walleye, sauger, yellow perch, channel catfish, 
111.12 	flathead catfish; members of the pike family, Esocidae, including muskellunge and northern 
111.13 	pike; members of the sunfish family, Centrarchidae, including largemouth bass, smallmouth 
111.14 	bass, sunfish, rock bass, white crappie, black crappie, members of the temperate bass family, 
111.15 	Percichthyidae, including white bass and yellow bass; members of the salmon and trout 
111.16 	subfamily, Salmoninae, including Atlantic salmon, chinook salmon, coho salmon, pink 
111.17 	salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, brook trout, brown trout, rainbow (steelhead) trout, 
111.18 	and splake; members of the paddlefish family, Polyodontidae; members of the sturgeon 
111.19 	family, Acipenseridae, including lake sturgeon, and shovelnose sturgeon. fish from the 
111.20 	following families and species: Acipenseridae (lake sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon), 
111.21 	Anguillidae (American eel), Centrarchidae (black crappie; largemouth bass; rock bass; 
111.22 	smallmouth bass; white crappie; and sunfishes, including bluegill, green sunfish, longear 
111.23 	sunfish, orangespotted sunfish, pumpkinseed, and warmouth), Esocidae (muskellunge and 
111.24 	northern pike), Gadidae (burbot), Ictaluridae (blue catfish, channel catfish, and flathead 
111.25 	catfish), Moronidae (white bass and yellow bass), Percidae (sauger, walleye, and yellow 
111.26 	perch), Polyodontidae (paddlefish), and Salmonidae (Atlantic salmon, brook trout, brown 
111.27 	trout, chinook salmon, cisco (tullibee), coho salmon, kokanee salmon, lake trout, lake 
111.28 	whitefish, pink salmon, and rainbow trout)."Game fish" includes hybrids of game fish.

111.29 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.015, subdivision 43, is amended to read:
111.30 		Subd. 43.Rough fish. "Rough fish" means carp, buffalo, sucker, sheepshead, bowfin, 
111.31 	burbot, cisco, gar, goldeye, and bullhead, except for any fish species listed as endangered, 
111.32 	threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6134.

112.1 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.051, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
112.2 		Subd. 2.Summary of fish and game laws. (a) The commissioner shall prepare a 
112.3 	summary of the hunting and fishing laws and rules and deliver a sufficient supply to license 
112.4 	vendors to furnish one copy to each person obtaining a hunting, fishing, or trapping license.
112.5 	(b) At the beginning of the summary, under the heading "Trespass," the commissioner 
112.6 	shall summarize the trespass provisions under sections 97B.001 to 97B.945, state that 
112.7 	conservation officers and peace officers must enforce the trespass laws, and state the penalties 
112.8 	for trespassing.
112.9 	(c) In the summary, the commissioner shall, under the heading "Duty to Render Aid," 
112.10 	summarize the requirements under section 609.662 and state the penalties for failure to 
112.11 	render aid to a person injured by gunshot.

112.12 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
112.13 		Subd. 4b.Citizen oversight committees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint committees 
112.14 	of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4; review the proposed 
112.15 	work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes in policies, activities, and 
112.16 	revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant information; and make 
112.17 	recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for improvements in the 
112.18 	management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
112.19 	(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following committees, each comprised of at 
112.20 	least ten affected persons:
112.21 	(1) a Fisheries Oversight Committee to review fisheries funding and expenditures, 
112.22 	including activities related to trout-and-salmon stamps and walleye stamps; and
112.23 	(2) a Wildlife Oversight Committee to review wildlife funding and expenditures, 
112.24 	including activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and wild turkey management 
112.25 	and deer and big game management.
112.26 	(c) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
112.27 	Committee, and four additional members from each committee, shall form a Budgetary 
112.28 	Oversight Committee to coordinate the integration of the fisheries and wildlife oversight 
112.29 	committee reports into an annual report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad 
112.30 	level in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; and provide a forum 
112.31 	to address issues that transcend the fisheries and wildlife oversight committees.
113.1 	(d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a biennial 
113.2 	budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15 of each 
113.3 	even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations to the 
113.4 	commissioner and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction 
113.5 	over natural resources finance.
113.6 	(e) The chairs of the Fisheries Oversight Committee and the Wildlife Oversight 
113.7 	Committee shall be chosen by their respective committees. The chair of the Budgetary 
113.8 	Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not be the chair of 
113.9 	either of the other oversight committees.
113.10 	(f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee may make recommendations to the commissioner 
113.11 	and to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over natural 
113.12 	resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
113.13 	(g) The committees authorized under this subdivision are not advisory councils or 
113.14 	committees governed by section 15.059 and are not subject to section 15.059. Committee 
113.15 	members appointed by the commissioner may request reimbursement for mileage expenses 
113.16 	in the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under 
113.17 	section 43A.18, subdivision 2. Committee members must not receive daily compensation 
113.18 	for oversight activities. The Fisheries Oversight Committee, the Wildlife Oversight 
113.19 	Committee, and the Budgetary Oversight Committee expire June 30, 2020 2025.

113.20 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
113.21 		Subdivision 1.Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
113.22 	"deer license" means a license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses (5), 
113.23 	(6), (7), (13), (14), and (15); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11), and (12); and 
113.24 	8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 97B.301, subdivision 4.
113.25 	(b) $16 from each annual deer license issued under section 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 
113.26 	clauses (5), (6), and (7); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), and (4); and 8, paragraph (b); $2 
113.27 	from each annual deer license and $2 issued under sections 97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses 
113.28 	(13), (14), and (15); and 3, paragraph (a), clauses (10), (11), and (12); and 97B.301, 
113.29 	subdivision 4; $16 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in 
113.30 	section 97A.4742, for each license issued to a person 18 years of age or older under section 
113.31 	97A.473, subdivision 4,; and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund for 
113.32 	each license issued to a person under 18 years of age shall be credited to the deer management 
113.33 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer 
113.34 	management programs.
114.1 	(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the 
114.2 	lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 97A.4742, for each license issued 
114.3 	under section 97A.473, subdivision 4, shall be credited to the deer and bear management 
114.4 	account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer- and bear-management programs, 
114.5 	including a computerized licensing system.
114.6 	(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and wild 
114.7 	Cervidae health-management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
114.8 	wild Cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and 
114.9 	wild Cervidae health management is available until expended.
114.10 	When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and 
114.11 	wild Cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the 
114.12 	unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer- and 
114.13 	bear-management programs and computerized licensing.

114.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

114.15 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.126, is amended to read:
114.16 	97A.126 WALK-IN ACCESS PROGRAM.
114.17 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A walk-in access program is established to provide public 
114.18 	access to wildlife habitat on private land not otherwise open to the public for hunting, 
114.19 	excluding trapping, as provided under this section. The commissioner may enter into 
114.20 	agreements with other units of government and landowners to provide private land hunting 
114.21 	access.
114.22 		Subd. 2.Use of enrolled lands. (a) From September 1 to May 31, a person must have 
114.23 	a walk-in access hunter validation in possession to hunt on private lands, including 
114.24 	agricultural lands, that are posted as being enrolled in the walk-in access program.
114.25 	(b) Hunting on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access program 
114.26 	is allowed from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset.
114.27 	(c) Hunter access on private lands that are posted as enrolled in the walk-in access 
114.28 	program is restricted to nonmotorized use, except by hunters with disabilities operating 
114.29 	motor vehicles on established trails or field roads who possess a valid permit to shoot from 
114.30 	a stationary vehicle under section 97B.055, subdivision 3.
114.31 	(d) The general provisions for use of wildlife management areas adopted under sections 
114.32 	86A.06 and 97A.137, relating to overnight use, alcoholic beverages, use of motorboats, 
115.1 	firearms and target shooting, hunting stands, abandonment of trash and property, destruction 
115.2 	or removal of property, introduction of plants or animals, and animal trespass, apply to 
115.3 	hunters on lands enrolled in the walk-in access program.
115.4 	(e) Any use of enrolled lands other than hunting according to this section is prohibited, 
115.5 	including:
115.6 	(1) harvesting bait, including minnows, leeches, and other live bait;
115.7 	(2) training dogs or using dogs for activities other than hunting; and
115.8 	(3) constructing or maintaining any building, dock, fence, billboard, sign, hunting blind, 
115.9 	or other structure, unless constructed or maintained by the landowner.

115.10 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
115.11 		Subd. 4.Discretionary separate selection; eligibility. (a) The commissioner may 
115.12 	conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued for an area. 
115.13 	Only owners of, and tenants living on, at least 160 acres of agricultural or grazing land in 
115.14 	the area, and their family members, are eligible for the separate selection. Persons that are 
115.15 	unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining 
115.16 	licenses. Persons who obtain an elk license in a separate selection must allow public elk 
115.17 	hunting on their land during the elk season for which the license is valid. may sell their 
115.18 	license to any Minnesota resident eligible to hunt big game for no more than the original 
115.19 	cost of the license.
115.20 	(b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family 
115.21 	members under this subdivision.

115.22 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.433, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
115.23 		Subd. 5.Mandatory separate selection. The commissioner must conduct a separate 
115.24 	selection for 20 percent of the elk licenses to be issued each year. Only individuals who 
115.25 	have applied at least ten times for an elk license and who have never received a license are 
115.26 	eligible for this separate selection. A person who is unsuccessful in a separate selection 
115.27 	under this subdivision must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses.

115.28 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
115.29 		Subd. 4.Small-game surcharge and donation. (a) Fees for annual licenses to take 
115.30 	small game must be increased by a surcharge of $6.50, except licenses under subdivisions 
115.31 	2, clauses (18) and (19); and 3, paragraph (a), clause clauses (14) and (15). An additional 
116.1 	commission may not be assessed on the surcharge and the following statement must be 
116.2 	included in the annual small-game-hunting regulations: "This $6.50 surcharge is being paid 
116.3 	by hunters for the acquisition and development of wildlife lands."
116.4 	(b) A person may agree to add a donation of $1, $3, or $5 to the fees for annual resident 
116.5 	and nonresident licenses to take small game. An additional commission may not be assessed 
116.6 	on the donation. The following statement must be included in the annual small-game-hunting 
116.7 	regulations: "The small-game license donations are being paid by hunters for administration 
116.8 	of the walk-in access program."

116.9 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97A.505, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
116.10 		Subd. 8.Importing hunter-harvested Cervidae. Importation into Minnesota of
116.11 	Importing hunter-harvested Cervidae carcasses from known chronic wasting disease endemic 
116.12 	areas, as determined by the Board of Animal Health, into Minnesota is prohibited except 
116.13 	for cut and wrapped meat, quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal 
116.14 	column or head attached, antlers, hides, teeth, finished taxidermy mounts, and antlers attached 
116.15 	to skull caps that are cleaned of all brain tissue. Hunter-harvested Cervidae carcasses taken 
116.16 	from chronic wasting disease endemic areas outside of Minnesota may be transported on a 
116.17 	direct route through the state by nonresidents.

116.18 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.086, is amended to read:
116.19 	97B.086 POSSESSING NIGHT VISION OR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT.
116.20 	(a) A person may not possess night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking 
116.21 	wild animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of 
116.22 	persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals.
116.23 	(b) This section does not apply to a firearm that is:
116.24 	(1) unloaded;
116.25 	(2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm by 
116.26 	being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of the 
116.27 	firearm exposed; and
116.28 	(3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
116.29 	(c) This section does not apply to a bow that is:
116.30 	(1) completely encased or unstrung; and
116.31 	(2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
117.1 	(d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm or 
117.2 	bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
117.3 	(e) This section does not apply to night vision or thermal imaging equipment possessed 
117.4 	by:
117.5 	(1) peace officers or military personnel while exercising their duties; or
117.6 	(2) a person taking coyote or fox as provided under section 97B.075 and rules adopted 
117.7 	under section 97B.605.

117.8 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.106, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
117.9 		Subd. 2.Equipment requirements. (a) A crossbow used for hunting under the provisions 
117.10 	of this section must:
117.11 	(1) be fired from the shoulder;
117.12 	(2) deliver at least 42 foot-pounds of energy at a distance of ten feet;
117.13 	(3) have a stock at least 30 inches long;
117.14 	(4) have a working safety; and
117.15 	(5) (4) be used with arrows or bolts at least ten inches long.
117.16 	(b) An arrow or bolt used to take big game or turkey under the provisions of this section 
117.17 	must meet the legal arrowhead requirements in section 97B.211, subdivision 2.
117.18 	(c) An arrow or bolt used to take rough fish with a crossbow under the provisions of this 
117.19 	section must be tethered or controlled by an attached line.

117.20 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.426, is amended to read:
117.21 	97B.426 BAITING BEAR; USE OF DRUM.
117.22 	(a) Notwithstanding section 97B.425,:
117.23 	(1) a private landowner or person authorized by the private landowner may use a drum 
117.24 	to bait bear on the person's private land.; and
117.25 	(2) a person may use a drum to bait bear on public land after paying a $5 drum surcharge.
117.26 	(b) The drum must be securely chained or cabled to a tree so that it cannot be moved 
117.27 	from the site by a bear and the drum may not include a mechanical device for dispensing 
117.28 	feed. The drum must be marked as provided in section 97B.425.
117.29 	(c) For purposes of this section, "drum" means a 30 gallon or larger drum.

118.1 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.516, is amended to read:
118.2 	97B.516 PLAN FOR ELK MANAGEMENT.
118.3 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources must adopt an elk management plan that:
118.4 	(1) recognizes the value and uniqueness of elk;
118.5 	(2) provides for integrated management of an elk population in harmony with the 
118.6 	environment; and
118.7 	(3) affords optimum recreational opportunities.
118.8 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must not manage an elk herd in 
118.9 	Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, or Beltrami Counties in a manner that would increase the size 
118.10 	of the herd, including adoption or implementation of an elk management plan designed to 
118.11 	increase an elk herd, unless the commissioner of agriculture verifies that crop and fence 
118.12 	damages paid under section 3.7371 and attributed to the herd have not increased for at least 
118.13 	two years.
118.14 	(c) At least 60 days prior to implementing a plan to increase an elk herd, the 
118.15 	commissioners of natural resources and agriculture must hold a joint public meeting in the 
118.16 	county where the elk herd to be increased is located. At the meeting, the commissioners 
118.17 	must present evidence that crop and fence damages have not increased in the prior two years 
118.18 	and must detail the practices that will be used to reduce elk conflicts with area landowners.
118.19 	(d) When the estimated size of a herd exceeds the range identified in an elk management 
118.20 	plan, the commissioner must provide hunting opportunities designed to bring the size of 
118.21 	the herd back into its planned size, including providing sufficient hunting tags and additional 
118.22 	opportunities for unsuccessful hunters.

118.23 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722, is amended to read:
118.24 	97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.
118.25 	(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:
118.26 	(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or
118.27 	(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted 
118.28 	by the commissioner.
118.29 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with 
118.30 	section 624.714.
119.1 	(c) For hunting turkeys, "legal firearm" means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10 
119.2 	gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.

119.3 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.731, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
119.4 		Subd. 3.Crow season. The commissioner shall prescribe a 124-day open season and 
119.5 	restrictions seasons for taking crows are January 1 through January 15, March 15 through 
119.6 	March 31, and August 1 through October 31. The open season may not be shorter than the 
119.7 	maximum season allowed under federal law. The remainder of the year, crows may be taken 
119.8 	as allowed by federal law.

119.9 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
119.10 		Subdivision 1.Lines. An angler may not use more than one line except:
119.11 	(1) two lines may be used to take fish through the ice; and
119.12 	(2) the commissioner may, by rule, authorize the use of two lines in areas designated by 
119.13 	the commissioner in Lake Superior.; and
119.14 	(3) two lines may be used on waters not subject to special regulations to take fish during 
119.15 	the open-water season by a resident or nonresident angler who purchases a second-line 
119.16 	endorsement for $5. The proceeds collected from the purchases of second-line endorsements 
119.17 	must be deposited in the Walleye Stamp Account described in section 97A.075, subdivision 
119.18 	6, and must be spent on walleye stocking.

119.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2020.

119.20 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.345, is amended by adding a subdivision 
119.21 	to read:
119.22 		Subd. 3b.Cast nets for gizzard shad. (a) Cast nets may be used only to take gizzard 
119.23 	shad for use as bait for angling from July 1 to November 30 as allowed under section 84D.03, 
119.24 	subdivision 3.
119.25 	(b) Cast nets used under this subdivision must be monofilament and may not exceed 
119.26 	five feet in radius. Mesh size must be from three-eighths-inch to five-eighths-inch bar 
119.27 	measure. A person may use up to two cast nets at one time.

119.28 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.391, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
119.29 		Subdivision 1.General restrictions. A person may not buy or sell fish taken from the 
119.30 	waters of this state, except:
120.1 	(1) minnows;
120.2 	(2) rough fish excluding ciscoes;
120.3 	(3) smelt taken from Lake Superior and rivers and streams that flow into Lake Superior;
120.4 	(4) fish taken under licensed commercial fishing operations;
120.5 	(5) fish that are private aquatic life; and
120.6 	(6) fish lawfully taken and subject to sale from other states and countries.

120.7 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.395, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
120.8 		Subd. 2.Continuous season for certain species. For sunfish, white crappie, black 
120.9 	crappie, yellow perch, catfish, rock bass, white bass, yellow bass, burbot, cisco (tullibee), 
120.10 	lake whitefish, and rough fish, the open season is continuous.

120.11 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.605, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
120.12 		Subd. 2.Turtle seller's license. (a) A person may not take, possess, buy, or transport 
120.13 	turtles for sale; sell turtles; or take turtles for sale using commercial equipment without a 
120.14 	turtle seller's license, except as provided in subdivision 2c.
120.15 	(b) Except for renewals, no new turtle seller's licenses may be issued after August 1, 
120.16 	2002.
120.17 	(c) A turtle seller's license is transferable by the turtle seller licensee by making 
120.18 	application to the commissioner. A turtle seller's license may be transferred only once under 
120.19 	this paragraph and the transfer must be to a child of the person holding the turtle seller's 
120.20 	license.

120.21 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97C.815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
120.22 		Subd. 2.Assignment. (a) The commissioner shall assign licensed inland commercial 
120.23 	fishing operators to commercial fishing areas and each operator shall be is obligated to fish 
120.24 	in the area that the commissioner has assigned to them. The commissioner's assignment 
120.25 	shall be is valid as long as the assigned operator continues to purchase a license, continues 
120.26 	to provide an adequate removal effort in a good and professional manner, and is not convicted 
120.27 	of two or more violations of laws or rules governing inland commercial fishing operations 
120.28 	during any one license period. In the operator assignment, the commissioner shall consider 
120.29 	the proximity of the operator to the area, the type and quantity of fish gear and equipment 
120.30 	possessed, knowledge of the affected waters, and general ability to perform the work well.
121.1 	(b) Area assignments must not restrict permits and contracts that the commissioner issues 
121.2 	to governmental subdivisions and their subcontractors for invasive species control.

121.3 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
121.4 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that provides 
121.5 	a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water implementation 
121.6 	tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied at a rate sufficient 
121.7 	to generate a minimum amount determined by the board. The board may award 
121.8 	performance-based, watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance 
121.9 	to local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable 
121.10 	portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management 
121.11 	plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted and 
121.12 	approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local government 
121.13 	unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of government to 
121.14 	carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the TMDL 
121.15 	implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan according 
121.16 	to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local 
121.17 	water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under chapter 
121.18 	103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone a public review 
121.19 	process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award performance-based, 
121.20 	watershed-based, or program-based grants or other financial assistance on an advanced 
121.21 	basis and may prescribe the amount of local match required. The fee authorized in section 
121.22 	40A.152 may be used as a local match or as a supplement to state funding to accomplish 
121.23 	implementation of comprehensive plans, watershed management plans, local water 
121.24 	management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans under this chapter and 
121.25 	chapter 103C or 103D The board may enter into intergovernmental agreements to provide 
121.26 	funding for water management to local governments.

121.27 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
121.28 		Subd. 9.Performance-based Criteria. (a) The board shallmust develop and utilize use
121.29 	performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and management 
121.30 	programs and projects. The criteria may include but are not limited to science-based 
121.31 	assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community outreach and 
121.32 	support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program and project 
121.33 	delivery efficiency and effectiveness.
122.1 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board may develop and use eligibility criteria 
122.2 	for state grants or other financial assistance provided to local governments.

122.3 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.611, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
122.4 		Subd. 3.Powers. Subject to the provisions of chapters 97A, 103D, 103E, 103G, and 
122.5 	115, and the rules and regulations of the respective agencies and governing bodies vested 
122.6 	with jurisdiction and authority under those chapters, the district has the following powers 
122.7 	on Lake Minnetonka, excluding the area of public drainage ditches or watercourses connected 
122.8 	to the lake:
122.9 	(1) to regulate the types of boats permitted to use the lake and set service fees;
122.10 	(2) to regulate, maintain, and police public beaches, public docks, and other public 
122.11 	facilities for access to the lake within the territory of the municipalities, provided that a 
122.12 	municipality may supersede the district's action under this clause by adopting an ordinance 
122.13 	specifically referring to the district's action by one year after the district's action;
122.14 	(3) to limit by rule the use of the lake at various times and the use of various parts of 
122.15 	the lake;
122.16 	(4) to regulate the speed of boats on the lake and the conduct of other activities on the 
122.17 	lake to secure the safety of the public and the most general public use;
122.18 	(5) to contract with other law enforcement agencies to police the lake and its shore;
122.19 	(6) to regulate the construction, installation, and maintenance of permanent and temporary 
122.20 	docks and moorings consistent with federal and state law;
122.21 	(7) to regulate the construction and use of mechanical and chemical means of deicing 
122.22 	the lake and to regulate mechanical and chemical means of removal of weeds and algae 
122.23 	from the lake;
122.24 	(8) to regulate the construction, configuration, size, location, and maintenance of 
122.25 	commercial marinas and their related facilities including parking areas and sanitary facilities
122.26 	that affect activity below the ordinary high-water mark. The regulation shall authority under 
122.27 	this clause does not apply to land-based marina activities, including storage facilities, and 
122.28 	must be consistent with the applicable state statutes, municipal building codes, and zoning 
122.29 	ordinances where the marinas are located;
122.30 	(9) to contract with other governmental bodies to perform any of the functions of the 
122.31 	district;
123.1 	(10) to undertake research to determine the condition and development of the lake and 
123.2 	the water entering it and to transmit their studies to the Pollution Control Agency and other 
123.3 	interested authorities, and to develop a comprehensive program to eliminate pollution;
123.4 	(11) to receive financial assistance from and join in projects or enter into contracts with 
123.5 	federal and state agencies for the study and treatment of pollution problems and 
123.6 	demonstration programs related to them; and
123.7 	(12) to petition the board of managers of a watershed district in which the lake 
123.8 	conservation district is located for improvements under section 103D.705; a bond is not 
123.9 	required of the lake conservation district.
123.10 	For purposes of this subdivision "watercourses connected to the lake" does not include 
123.11 	channels connecting portions of the lake to one another.

123.12 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
123.13 		Subd. 2.Program purposes. The purposes of the comprehensive watershed management 
123.14 	plan program under section 103B.101, subdivision 14, paragraph (a), are to:
123.15 	(1) align local water planning purposes and procedures under this chapter and chapters 
123.16 	103C and 103D on watershed boundaries to create a systematic, watershed-wide, 
123.17 	science-based approach to watershed management;
123.18 	(2) acknowledge and build off existing local government structure, water plan services, 
123.19 	and local capacity;
123.20 	(3) incorporate and make use of data and information, including watershed restoration 
123.21 	and protection strategies under section 114D.26, which may serve to fulfill all or some of 
123.22 	the requirements under chapter 114D;
123.23 	(4) solicit input and engage experts from agencies, citizens, and stakeholder groups;
123.24 	(5) focus on implementation of prioritized and targeted actions capable of achieving 
123.25 	measurable progress; and
123.26 	(6) serve as a substitute for a comprehensive plan, local water management plan, or 
123.27 	watershed management plan developed or amended, approved, and adopted, according to 
123.28 	this chapter or chapter 103C or 103D.

123.29 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103B.801, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
123.30 		Subd. 5.Timelines; administration. (a) The board shall develop and adopt, by June 
123.31 	30, 2016, a transition plan for development, approval, adoption, and coordination of plans 
124.1 	consistent with section 103A.212. The transition plan must include a goal of completing 
124.2 	statewide transition to comprehensive watershed management plans by 2025. The 
124.3 	metropolitan area may be considered for inclusion in the transition plan. The board may 
124.4 	amend the transition plan no more than once every two years.
124.5 	(b) The board may use the authority under section 103B.3369, subdivision 9, to support 
124.6 	development or implementation of a comprehensive watershed management plan under this 
124.7 	section.

124.8 	Sec. 68. [103C.332] SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS; DUTIES 
124.9 	AND SERVICES.
124.10 		Subdivision 1.Duties. In addition to any other duty prescribed by law, soil and water 
124.11 	conservation districts must:
124.12 	(1) respond to and provide technical and financial assistance to landowners to maintain 
124.13 	and improve the quality, quantity, distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, 
124.14 	including surface water, groundwater, soil, and ecological resources;
124.15 	(2) provide technical assistance in implementing the soil erosion law under sections 
124.16 	103F.401 to 103F.48;
124.17 	(3) arrange for employees to serve on technical evaluation panels to implement the 
124.18 	wetland laws as required under section 103G.2242;
124.19 	(4) locally administer the reinvest in Minnesota reserve program under section 103F.515 
124.20 	and rules adopted thereunder, using knowledge of local resources to manage each easement 
124.21 	to maximize environmental benefits;
124.22 	(5) participate in administering the Wetland Conservation Act as provided under sections 
124.23 	103G.221 to 103G.2375, either in an advisory capacity or as the designated local government 
124.24 	unit administering the program;
124.25 	(6) participate in the local water management program under chapter 103B, either in an 
124.26 	advisory capacity or as the designated local government unit administering the program;
124.27 	(7) participate, as appropriate, in the comprehensive watershed management planning 
124.28 	program under section 103B.801;
124.29 	(8) participate in disaster response efforts as provided in chapter 12A;
124.30 	(9) provide technical recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources on 
124.31 	general permit applications under section 103G.301;
125.1 	(10) provide technical assistance and local administration of the agricultural water quality 
125.2 	certification program under sections 17.9891 to 17.993;
125.3 	(11) provide technical assistance for the agricultural land preservation program under 
125.4 	chapter 40A, where applicable;
125.5 	(12) maintain compliance with section 15.99 for deadlines for agency action;
125.6 	(13) coordinate with appropriate county officials on matters related to electing soil and 
125.7 	water conservation district supervisors; and
125.8 	(14) cooperate to the extent possible with federal, state, and local agencies and with 
125.9 	private organizations to avoid duplicating and to enhance implementing public and private 
125.10 	conservation initiatives within the jurisdiction of the district.
125.11 		Subd. 2.Services provided. To carry out the duties under subdivision 1 and implement 
125.12 	the soil and water conservation policy of the state as stated in section 103A.206, soil and 
125.13 	water conservation districts provide a range of services, including but not limited to:
125.14 	(1) performing administrative services, including comprehensive and annual work 
125.15 	planning, administering grants, leveraging outside funding, establishing fiscal accountability 
125.16 	measures,  reporting accomplishments, human resources management, and staff and supervisor 
125.17 	development;
125.18 	(2) enter into cooperative agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture, 
125.19 	Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other United States Department of Agriculture 
125.20 	agencies to leverage federal technical and financial assistance;
125.21 	(3) providing technical expertise, including knowledge of local resources, performing 
125.22 	technical evaluations and certifications, assessing concerns, and providing oversight in 
125.23 	surveying, designing, and constructing conservation practices;
125.24 	(4) providing information and education outreach, including increasing landowner 
125.25 	awareness and knowledge of soil and water conservation program opportunities to protect 
125.26 	soil and water resources and publicizing the benefits of soil and water conservation to the 
125.27 	general public;
125.28 	(5) facilitating regulatory processes for impacted landowners and providing technical 
125.29 	review and comment on regulatory permits and development plans for regulations relating 
125.30 	to soil and water conservation;
125.31 	(6) administering projects and programs, including but not limited to the nonpoint source 
125.32 	pollution abatement program; reinvest in Minnesota reserve conservation easements program; 
126.1 	disaster response; local water management and comprehensive watershed management 
126.2 	planning programs; and projects related to floodplains, lakes, streams and ditches, wetlands, 
126.3 	upland resources, and groundwater resources, to maintain and improve the quality, quantity, 
126.4 	distribution, and sustainability of natural resources, including surface water, groundwater, 
126.5 	soil, and ecological resources;
126.6 	(7) monitoring and inventorying to collect data that provide a baseline understanding of 
126.7 	resource conditions and changes to the resources over time and analyzing and interpreting 
126.8 	the data to support program implementation; and
126.9 	(8) maintaining a modern technology infrastructure that facilitates planning and projects, 
126.10 	including geographic information systems, modeling software, mobile workstations, survey 
126.11 	and design equipment and software, and other technology for linking landowners with 
126.12 	conservation plans.

126.13 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103D.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
126.14 		Subd. 8.Compensation. The compensation of managers for meetings and for 
126.15 	performance of other necessary duties may not exceed $75 $125 a day. Managers are entitled 
126.16 	to reimbursement for traveling and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance 
126.17 	of official duties.

126.18 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.361, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
126.19 		Subd. 2.Legislative intent. It is the intent of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 to authorize 
126.20 	and direct the board and the counties zoning authorities to implement the plan for the 
126.21 	Mississippi headwaters area.

126.22 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.363, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
126.23 		Subdivision 1.Generally. Sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 apply to the counties of 
126.24 	Clearwater, Hubbard, Beltrami, Cass, Itasca, Aitkin, Crow Wing, and Morrison and all other 
126.25 	zoning authorities.

126.26 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.365, is amended by adding a subdivision 
126.27 	to read:
126.28 		Subd. 5.Zoning authority. "Zoning authority" means counties, organized townships, 
126.29 	local and special governmental units, joint powers boards, councils, commissions, boards, 
126.30 	districts, and all state agencies and departments wholly or partially within the corridor 
126.31 	defined by the plan, excluding statutory or home rule charter cities.

127.1 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.371, is amended to read:
127.2 	103F.371 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OTHER GOVERNMENTAL UNITS.
127.3 	(a) All local and special governmental units, councils, commissions, boards and districts 
127.4 	and all state agencies and departments must exercise their powers so as to further the purposes 
127.5 	of sections 103F.361 to 103F.377 and the plan. Land owned by the state, its agencies, and 
127.6 	political subdivisions shall be administered in accordance with the plan. The certification 
127.7 	procedure under section 103F.373 applies to all zoning authorities in the corridor defined 
127.8 	by the plan.
127.9 	(b) Actions that comply with the land use ordinance are consistent with the plan. Actions 
127.10 	that do not comply with the ordinance may not be started until the board has been notified 
127.11 	and given an opportunity to review and comment on the consistency of the action with this 
127.12 	section.

127.13 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
127.14 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. To assure ensure that the plan is not nullified by unjustified 
127.15 	exceptions in particular cases and to promote uniformity in the treatment of applications 
127.16 	for exceptions, a review and certification procedure is established for the following categories 
127.17 	of land use actions taken by the counties and zoning authorities directly or indirectly affecting 
127.18 	land use within the area covered by the plan:
127.19 	(1) the adoption or amendment of an ordinance regulating the use of land, including 
127.20 	rezoning of particular tracts of land;
127.21 	(2) the granting of a variance from provisions of the land use ordinance; and
127.22 	(3) the approval of a plat which is inconsistent with the land use ordinance.

127.23 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
127.24 		Subd. 3.Procedure for certification. A copy of the notices of public hearings or, when 
127.25 	a hearing is not required, a copy of the application to consider an action of a type specified 
127.26 	in subdivision 1, clauses (1) to (3), must be forwarded to the board by the county zoning 
127.27 	authority at least 15 days before the hearing or meetings to consider the actions. The county
127.28 	zoning authority shall notify the board of its final decision on the proposed action within 
127.29 	ten days of the decision. By 30 days after the board receives the notice, the board shall 
127.30 	notify the county zoning authority and the applicant of its the board's approval or disapproval 
127.31 	of the proposed action.

128.1 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103F.373, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
128.2 		Subd. 4.Disapproval of actions. (a) If a notice of disapproval is issued by the board, 
128.3 	the county zoning authority or the applicant may, within 30 days of the notice, file with the 
128.4 	board a demand for a hearing. If a demand is not filed within the 30-day period, the 
128.5 	disapproval becomes final.
128.6 	(b) If a demand is filed within the 30-day period, a hearing must be held within 60 days 
128.7 	of demand. The hearing must be preceded by two weeks' published notice. Within 30 days 
128.8 	after the hearing, the board must:
128.9 	(1) affirm its disapproval of the proposed action; or
128.10 	(2) certify approval of the proposed action.

128.11 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.2242, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
128.12 		Subd. 14.Fees established. (a) Fees must be assessed for managing wetland bank 
128.13 	accounts and transactions as follows:
128.14 	(1) account maintenance annual fee: one percent of the value of credits not to exceed 
128.15 	$500;
128.16 	(2) account establishment, deposit, or transfer: 6.5 percent of the value of credits not to 
128.17 	exceed $1,000 per establishment, deposit, or transfer; and
128.18 	(3) withdrawal fee: 6.5 percent of the value of credits withdrawn.
128.19 	(b) The board may must establish fees at or based on costs to the agency below the 
128.20 	amounts in paragraph (a) for single-user or other dedicated wetland banking accounts.
128.21 	(c) Fees for single-user or other dedicated wetland banking accounts established pursuant 
128.22 	to section 103G.005, subdivision 10i, clause (4), are limited to establishment of a wetland 
128.23 	banking account and are assessed at the rate of 6.5 percent of the value of the credits not to 
128.24 	exceed $1,000.
128.25 	(d) The board may assess a fee to pay the costs associated with establishing conservation 
128.26 	easements, or other long-term protection mechanisms prescribed in the rules adopted under 
128.27 	subdivision 1, on property used for wetland replacement.

128.28 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
128.29 		Subdivision 1.Conditions to affect public waters. An agent or employee of another 
128.30 	may not construct, reconstruct, remove, or make a change in a reservoir, dam, or waterway 
129.1 	obstruction on a public water or in any manner change or diminish the course, current, or 
129.2 	cross section of public waters unless the agent or employee has:
129.3 	(1) obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permits required 
129.4 	for the work have been obtained or a permit is not required; and
129.5 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted a copy of the statement to the regional office of 
129.6 	the Department of Natural Resources where the proposed work is located.

129.7 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.241, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
129.8 		Subd. 3.Form for compliance. The commissioner shall develop a form to be distributed 
129.9 	to contractors' associations and county auditors to comply with this section. The form must 
129.10 	include:
129.11 	(1) a listing of the activities for which a permit is required;
129.12 	(2) a description of the penalties for violating this chapter;
129.13 	(3) the mailing addresses, electronic mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the 
129.14 	regional offices of the Department of Natural Resources;
129.15 	(4) a statement that water inventory maps completed according to section 103G.201 are 
129.16 	on file with the auditors of the counties; and
129.17 	(5) spaces for a description of the work and the names, mailing addresses, electronic 
129.18 	mail addresses, and telephone numbers of the person authorizing the work and the agent or 
129.19 	employee proposing to undertake it.

129.20 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.271, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
129.21 		Subd. 7.Transferring permit. (a) A water-use permit may be transferred to a successive 
129.22 	owner of real property if the permittee conveys the real property where the source of water 
129.23 	is located. The new owner must notify the commissioner immediately after the conveyance 
129.24 	and request transfer of the permit. The commissioner must not deny the transfer of a permit 
129.25 	if:
129.26 	(1) the permittee is in compliance with all permit conditions, as demonstrated by:
129.27 	(i) the permit being valid at the time of the real property transfer; and
129.28 	(ii) the permittee has complied with the total volume allowed under the water-use permit 
129.29 	prior to transferring the real property; and
129.30 	(2) the permit meets the requirements of sections 103G.255 to 103G.301.
130.1 	(b) The commissioner must not require additional conditions on the permit, reduce the 
130.2 	appropriation, or require any testing when transferring a permit.

130.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2010.

130.4 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.271, is amended by adding a subdivision 
130.5 	to read:
130.6 		Subd. 8.Management plans; economic impacts. Before a management plan for 
130.7 	appropriating water is prepared, the commissioner must provide estimates of the economic 
130.8 	impact of any new restriction or policy on existing and future groundwater users and local 
130.9 	governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic impacts must be included 
130.10 	in the plan.

130.11 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
130.12 		Subdivision 1.Applications for groundwater appropriations; preliminary 
130.13 	well-construction approval. (a) Groundwater use permit applications are not complete 
130.14 	until the applicant has supplied:
130.15 	(1) a water well record as required by section 103I.205, subdivision 9, information on 
130.16 	the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer that 
130.17 	will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to locate the 
130.18 	site of the production well;
130.19 	(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being requested;
130.20 	(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality commonly 
130.21 	specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary for the proposed 
130.22 	use;
130.23 	(4) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved by the 
130.24 	commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested in the 
130.25 	application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other wells and 
130.26 	surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible for all costs 
130.27 	related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and surface water 
130.28 	monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after the aquifer test; 
130.29 	and
130.30 	(5) the results of any assessments conducted by the commissioner under paragraph (c).
131.1 	(b) The commissioner may waive an application requirement in this subdivision if the 
131.2 	information provided with the application is adequate to determine whether the proposed 
131.3 	appropriation and use of water is sustainable and will protect ecosystems, water quality, 
131.4 	and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
131.5 	(c) The commissioner shall provide an assessment of a proposed well needing a 
131.6 	groundwater appropriation permit. The commissioner shall evaluate the information submitted 
131.7 	as required under section 103I.205, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), and determine whether 
131.8 	the anticipated appropriation request is likely to meet the applicable requirements of this 
131.9 	chapter. If the appropriation request is likely to meet applicable requirements, the 
131.10 	commissioner shall provide the person submitting the information with a letter or 
131.11 	electronically transmitted notice providing preliminary approval to construct the well and 
131.12 	the requirements, including test-well information, that will be needed to obtain the permit.
131.13 	(d) The commissioner must provide an applicant denied a groundwater use permit or 
131.14 	issued a groundwater use permit that is reduced or restricted from the original request with 
131.15 	all information the commissioner used in making the determination, including hydrographs, 
131.16 	flow tests, aquifer tests, topographic maps, field reports, photographs, and proof of equipment 
131.17 	calibration.

131.18 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
131.19 		Subd. 4.Groundwater management areas. (a) The commissioner may designate 
131.20 	groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses within 
131.21 	a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems, water 
131.22 	quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations 
131.23 	and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a groundwater 
131.24 	management area plan approved by the commissioner that addresses water conservation 
131.25 	requirements and water allocation priorities established in section 103G.261. During the 
131.26 	development of a groundwater management plan, the commissioner and employees and 
131.27 	agents of the department may disseminate information related to the timing, location, and 
131.28 	agendas of meetings related to the plan, but shall otherwise limit public information 
131.29 	disseminated related to the groundwater management area to direct factual responses to 
131.30 	public and media inquires. At least 30 days prior to implementing or modifying a groundwater 
131.31 	management area plan under this subdivision, the commissioner shall consult with the 
131.32 	advisory team established in paragraph (c).
131.33 	(b) Notwithstanding section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and Minnesota 
131.34 	Rules, within designated groundwater management areas, the commissioner may require 
132.1 	general permits as specified in section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (c), for water 
132.2 	users using less than 10,000 gallons per day or 1,000,000 gallons per year and water suppliers 
132.3 	serving less than 25 persons for domestic purposes. The commissioner may waive the 
132.4 	requirements under section 103G.281 for general permits issued under this paragraph, and 
132.5 	the fee specified in section 103G.301, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), does not apply to general 
132.6 	permits issued under this paragraph.
132.7 	(c) When designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner shall assemble 
132.8 	an advisory team to assist in developing a groundwater management area plan for the area. 
132.9 	The advisory team members shall be selected from public and private entities that have an 
132.10 	interest in the water resources affected by the groundwater management area. A majority 
132.11 	of the advisory team members shall be public and private entities that currently hold water-use 
132.12 	permits for water appropriations from the affected water resources. The commissioner shall 
132.13 	consult with the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the 
132.14 	Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Townships 
132.15 	in appointing the local government representatives to the advisory team. The advisory team 
132.16 	may also include representatives from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State 
132.17 	Colleges and Universities, other institutions of higher learning in Minnesota, political 
132.18 	subdivisions with jurisdiction over water issues, nonprofits with expertise in water, and 
132.19 	federal agencies.
132.20 	(d) Before designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner must provide 
132.21 	estimates of the economic effect of any new restriction or policy on existing and future 
132.22 	groundwater users and local governments in the affected area. Strategies to address economic 
132.23 	impacts must be included in any plan.

132.24 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.287, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
132.25 		Subd. 5.Sustainability standard. (a) The commissioner may issue water-use permits 
132.26 	for appropriation from groundwater only if the commissioner determines that the groundwater 
132.27 	use is sustainable to supply the needs of future generations and the proposed use will not 
132.28 	harm ecosystems, degrade water, or reduce water levels beyond the reach of public water 
132.29 	supply and private domestic wells constructed according to Minnesota Rules, chapter 4725.
132.30 	(b) For the purposes of this subdivision and subdivision 4, "sustainable" means a change 
132.31 	in hydrologic regime of 20 percent or less relative to the August median stream flow.

133.1 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.289, is amended to read:
133.2 	103G.289 WELL INTERFERENCE; WELL SEALING VALIDATION; 
133.3 	CONTESTED CASE.
133.4 	(a) The commissioner shall not validate a claim for well interference claim if the affected 
133.5 	well has been sealed prior to the completion of the commissioner's investigation of the 
133.6 	complaint. If the well is sealed prior to completion of the investigation, the commissioner 
133.7 	must dismiss the complaint.
133.8 	(b) When validating a claim for well interference, the commissioner must take into 
133.9 	account the condition of the affected well.
133.10 	(c) Within 30 days after the commissioner's decision on a claim for well interference, a 
133.11 	party ordered by the commissioner to contribute to an affected well owner may petition for 
133.12 	a contested case hearing under sections 14.57 to 14.62. The commissioner must grant the 
133.13 	petitioner a contested case hearing on the commissioner's decision.

133.14 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
133.15 		Subd. 2.Hearing notice. (a) The hearing notice on an application must include:
133.16 	(1) the date, place, and time fixed by the commissioner for the hearing;
133.17 	(2) the waters affected, the water levels sought to be established, or control structures 
133.18 	proposed; and
133.19 	(3) the matters prescribed by sections 14.57 to 14.59 and rules adopted thereunder.
133.20 	(b) A summary of the hearing notice must be published by the commissioner at the 
133.21 	expense of the applicant or, if the proceeding is initiated by the commissioner in the absence 
133.22 	of an applicant, at the expense of the commissioner.
133.23 	(c) The summary of the hearing notice must be:
133.24 	(1) published once a week for two successive weeks before the day of hearing in a legal 
133.25 	newspaper published in the county where any part of the affected waters is located; and
133.26 	(2) mailed or electronically transmitted by the commissioner to the county auditor, the 
133.27 	mayor of a municipality, the watershed district, and the soil and water conservation district 
133.28 	affected by the application.

134.1 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.311, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
134.2 		Subd. 5.Demand for hearing. (a) If a hearing is waived and an order is made issuing 
134.3 	or denying the permit, the applicant, the managers of the watershed district, the board of 
134.4 	supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or the governing body of the 
134.5 	municipality may file a demand for hearing on the application. The demand for a hearing 
134.6 	must be filed within 30 days after mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order 
134.7 	with the bond required by subdivision 6.
134.8 	(b) The commissioner must give notice as provided in subdivision 2, hold a hearing on 
134.9 	the application, and make a determination on issuing or denying the permit as though the 
134.10 	previous order had not been made.
134.11 	(c) The order issuing or denying the permit becomes final at the end of 30 days after 
134.12 	mailed or electronically transmitted notice of the order to the applicant, the managers of the 
134.13 	watershed district, the board of supervisors of the soil and water conservation district, or 
134.14 	the governing body of the municipality, and an appeal of the order may not be taken if:
134.15 	(1) the commissioner waives a hearing and a demand for a hearing is not made; or
134.16 	(2) a hearing is demanded but a bond is not filed as required by subdivision 6.

134.17 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.315, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
134.18 		Subd. 8.Notice of permit order. Notice of orders made after hearing must be given by 
134.19 	publication of the order once a week for two successive weeks in a legal newspaper in the 
134.20 	county where the hearing was held and by mailing or electronically transmitting copies of 
134.21 	the order to parties who entered an appearance at the hearing.

134.22 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.408, is amended to read:
134.23 	103G.408 TEMPORARY DRAWDOWN OF PUBLIC WATERS.
134.24 	(a) The commissioner, upon consideration of recommendations and objections as provided 
134.25 	in clause (2), item (iii), and paragraph (c), may issue a public-waters-work permit for the 
134.26 	temporary drawdown of a public water when:
134.27 	(1) the public water is a shallow lake to be managed for fish, wildlife, or ecological 
134.28 	purposes by the commissioner and the commissioner has conducted a public hearing 
134.29 	presenting a comprehensive management plan outlining how and when temporary drawdowns 
134.30 	under this section will be conducted; or
134.31 	(2) the permit applicant is a public entity and:
135.1 	(i) the commissioner deems the project to be beneficial and makes findings of fact that 
135.2 	the drawdown is in the public interest;
135.3 	(ii) the permit applicant has obtained permission from at least 75 percent of the riparian 
135.4 	landowners; and
135.5 	(iii) the permit applicant has conducted a public hearing according to paragraph (d).
135.6 	(b) In addition to the requirements in section 103G.301, subdivision 6, the permit 
135.7 	applicant shall serve a copy of the application on each county, municipality, and watershed 
135.8 	management organization, if one exists, within which any portion of the public water is 
135.9 	located and on the lake improvement district, if one exists.
135.10 	(c) A county, municipality, watershed district, watershed management organization, or 
135.11 	lake improvement district required to be served under paragraph (b) or section 103G.301, 
135.12 	subdivision 6, may file a written recommendation for the issuance of a permit or an objection 
135.13 	to the issuance of a permit with the commissioner within 30 days after receiving a copy of 
135.14 	the application.
135.15 	(d) The hearing notice for a public hearing under paragraph (a), clause (2), item (iii), 
135.16 	must:
135.17 	(1) include the date, place, and time for the hearing;
135.18 	(2) include the waters affected and a description of the proposed project;
135.19 	(3) be mailed or electronically transmitted to the director, the county auditor, the clerk 
135.20 	or mayor of a municipality, the lake improvement district if one exists, the watershed district 
135.21 	or water management organization, the soil and water conservation district, and all riparian 
135.22 	owners of record affected by the application; and
135.23 	(4) be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the affected area.
135.24 	(e) Periodic temporary drawdowns conducted under paragraph (a) shall are not be
135.25 	considered takings from riparian landowners.
135.26 	(f) This section does not apply to public waters that have been designated for wildlife 
135.27 	management under section 97A.101.

135.28 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 103G.615, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
135.29 		Subd. 3a.Invasive aquatic plant management permit. (a) "Invasive aquatic plant 
135.30 	management permit" means an aquatic plant management permit as defined in rules of the 
136.1 	Department of Natural Resources that authorizes the selective control of invasive aquatic 
136.2 	plants to cause a significant reduction in the abundance of the invasive aquatic plant.
136.3 	(b) The commissioner may waive the dated signature of approval requirement in rules 
136.4 	of the Department of Natural Resources for invasive aquatic plant management permits if 
136.5 	obtaining signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee or if the commissioner 
136.6 	determines that aquatic plant control is necessary to protect natural resources.
136.7 	(c) If the signature requirement is waived under paragraph (b) because obtaining 
136.8 	signatures would create an undue burden on the permittee, the commissioner shall require 
136.9 	an alternate form of landowner notification, including news releases or public notices in a 
136.10 	local newspaper, a public meeting, or a mailing or electronic transmission to the most recent 
136.11 	permanent physical or electronic mailing address of affected landowners. The notification 
136.12 	must be given annually and must include: the proposed date of treatment, the target species, 
136.13 	the method of control or product being used, and instructions on how the landowner may 
136.14 	request that control not occur adjacent to the landowner's property.
136.15 	(d) The commissioner may allow dated signatures of approval obtained for an invasive 
136.16 	aquatic plant management permit to satisfy rules of the Department of Natural Resources 
136.17 	to remain valid for three years if property ownership remains unchanged.

136.18 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
136.19 	to read:
136.20 		Subd. 3a.Comprehensive local water management plan. "Comprehensive local water 
136.21 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3.

136.22 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, is amended by adding a subdivision 
136.23 	to read:
136.24 		Subd. 3b.Comprehensive watershed management plan. "Comprehensive watershed 
136.25 	management plan" has the meaning given under section 103B.3363, subdivision 3a.

136.26 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
136.27 		Subd. 7.Restoration. "Restoration" means actions, including effectiveness monitoring, 
136.28 	that are taken to pursue, achieve, and maintain water quality standards for impaired waters 
136.29 	in accordance with a TMDL that has been approved by the United States Environmental 
136.30 	Protection Agency under federal TMDL requirements.

137.1 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
137.2 		Subd. 11.TMDL implementation plan. "TMDL implementation plan" means a 
137.3 	document detailing restoration strategies or activities needed to meet the approved TMDL's
137.4 	TMDL pollutant load allocations for point and nonpoint sources. This could include a 
137.5 	WRAPS, a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water 
137.6 	management plan, or another document or strategy that the commissioner of the Pollution 
137.7 	Control Agency determines to be, in whole or in part, sufficient to provide reasonable 
137.8 	assurance of achieving applicable water quality standards.

137.9 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.15, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
137.10 		Subd. 13.Watershed restoration and protection strategy or WRAPS. "Watershed 
137.11 	restoration and protection strategy" or "WRAPS" means a document summarizing scientific 
137.12 	studies of a major watershed no larger than at approximately a hydrologic unit code 8 
137.13 	including the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality of the 
137.14 	watershed; identification of impairments and water bodies in need of protection; identification 
137.15 	of biotic stressors and sources of pollution, both point and nonpoint; TMDLs for the 
137.16 	impairments; and an implementation table containingscale with strategies and actions
137.17 	designed to achieve and maintain water quality standards and goals.

137.18 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
137.19 		Subd. 2.Goals for implementation. The following goals must guide the implementation 
137.20 	of this chapter:
137.21 	(1) to identify impaired waters in accordance with federal TMDL requirements within 
137.22 	ten years after May 23, 2006, and thereafter to ensure continuing evaluation of surface 
137.23 	waters for impairments;
137.24 	(2) to submit TMDLs to the United States Environmental Protection Agency for all 
137.25 	impaired waters in a timely manner in accordance with federal TMDL requirements;
137.26 	(3) to set a reasonable time inform and support strategies for implementing restoration 
137.27 	of each identified impaired water and protection activities in a reasonable time period;
137.28 	(4) to systematically evaluate waters, to provide assistance and incentives to prevent 
137.29 	waters from becoming impaired, and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as 
137.30 	impaired but do not have an approved TMDL addressing the impairment;
137.31 	(5) to promptly seek the delisting of waters from the impaired waters list when those 
137.32 	waters are shown to achieve the designated uses applicable to the waters;
138.1 	(6) to achieve compliance with federal Clean Water Act requirements in Minnesota;
138.2 	(7) to support effective measures to prevent the degradation of groundwater according 
138.3 	to the groundwater degradation prevention goal under section 103H.001; and
138.4 	(8) to support effective measures to restore degraded groundwater.

138.5 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
138.6 		Subd. 3.Implementation policies. The following policies must guide the implementation 
138.7 	of this chapter:
138.8 	(1) develop regional and, multiple pollutant, or watershed TMDLs and TMDL 
138.9 	implementation plans, and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans for multiple pollutants
138.10 	or WRAPSs, where reasonable and feasible;
138.11 	(2) maximize use of available organizational, technical, and financial resources to perform 
138.12 	sampling, monitoring, and other activities to identify degraded groundwater and impaired 
138.13 	waters, including use of citizen monitoring and citizen monitoring data used by the Pollution 
138.14 	Control Agency in assessing water quality that meets the requirements in Appendix D of 
138.15 	the Volunteer Surface Water Monitoring Guide, Minnesotaestablished by the commissioner 
138.16 	of the Pollution Control Agency (2003);
138.17 	(3) maximize opportunities for restoration of degraded groundwater and impaired waters, 
138.18 	by prioritizing and targeting of available programmatic, financial, and technical resources 
138.19 	and by providing additional state resources to complement and leverage available resources;
138.20 	(4) use existing regulatory authorities to achieve restoration for point and nonpoint 
138.21 	sources of pollution where applicable, and promote the development and use of effective 
138.22 	nonregulatory measures to address pollution sources for which regulations are not applicable;
138.23 	(5) use restoration methods that have a demonstrated effectiveness in reducing 
138.24 	impairments and provide the greatest long-term positive impact on water quality protection 
138.25 	and improvement and related conservation benefits while incorporating innovative approaches 
138.26 	on a case-by-case basis;
138.27 	(6) identify for the legislature any innovative approaches that may strengthen or 
138.28 	complement existing programs;
138.29 	(7) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent surface waters from 
138.30 	becoming impaired and to improve the quality of waters that are listed as impaired but have 
138.31 	no approved TMDL addressing the impairment using the best available data and technology, 
139.1 	and establish and report outcome-based performance measures that monitor the progress 
139.2 	and effectiveness of protection and restoration measures;
139.3 	(8) monitor and enforce cost-sharing contracts and impose monetary damages in an 
139.4 	amount up to 150 percent of the financial assistance received for failure to comply; and
139.5 	(9) identify and encourage implementation of measures to prevent groundwater from 
139.6 	becoming degraded and measures that restore groundwater resources.

139.7 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
139.8 		Subd. 5.Priorities for scheduling and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs. The 
139.9 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must seek recommendations from the Clean 
139.10 	Water Council shall recommend, the commissioners of natural resources, health and 
139.11 	agriculture, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources regarding priorities for scheduling 
139.12 	and preparing WRAPSs and TMDLs and TMDL implementation plans, taking into account 
139.13 	the severity. Recommendations must consider the causes of the impairment impairments, 
139.14 	the designated uses of those the waters, and other applicable federal TMDL requirements. 
139.15 	In recommending priorities, the council shall also give consideration to, surface water and 
139.16 	groundwater interactions, protection of high-quality waters, waters and watersheds with 
139.17 	declining water quality trends, and waters used as drinking water sources. Furthermore, 
139.18 	consideration must be given to waters and watersheds:
139.19 	(1) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to human health;
139.20 	(2) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to threatened or endangered 
139.21 	species;
139.22 	(3) with impairments that pose have the greatest potential risk to aquatic health;
139.23 	(4) where other public agencies and participating organizations and individuals, especially 
139.24 	local, basinwide basin-wide, watershed, or regional agencies or organizations, have 
139.25 	demonstrated readiness to assist in carrying out the responsibilities, including availability 
139.26 	and organization of human, technical, and financial resources necessary to undertake the 
139.27 	work; and
139.28 	(5) where there is demonstrated coordination and cooperation among cities, counties, 
139.29 	watershed districts, and soil and water conservation districts in planning and implementation 
139.30 	of activities that will assist in carrying out the responsibilities.

140.1 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
140.2 		Subd. 7.Priorities for funding prevention actions. The Clean Water Council shall 
140.3 	apply the priorities applicable under subdivision 6, as far as practicable, when recommending 
140.4 	priorities for funding actions to prevent groundwater and surface waters from becoming 
140.5 	degraded or impaired and to improve the quality of surface waters that are listed as impaired 
140.6 	but do not have an approved TMDL.

140.7 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
140.8 	to read:
140.9 		Subd. 8.Alternatives; TMDL, TMDL implementation plan, or WRAPS. (a) If the 
140.10 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines that a comprehensive watershed 
140.11 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan contains information that 
140.12 	is sufficient and consistent with guidance from the United States Environmental Protection 
140.13 	Agency under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, the commissioner may submit 
140.14 	the plan to the Environmental Protection Agency according to federal TMDL requirements 
140.15 	as an alternative to developing a TMDL.
140.16 	(b) A TMDL implementation plan or a WRAPS, or portions thereof, are not needed for 
140.17 	waters or watersheds when the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency determines 
140.18 	that a comprehensive watershed management plan, a comprehensive local water management 
140.19 	plan, or a statewide or regional strategy published by the Pollution Control Agency meets 
140.20 	the definition in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13.
140.21 	(c) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request that the Board of 
140.22 	Water and Soil Resources conduct an evaluation of the implementation efforts under a 
140.23 	comprehensive watershed management plan or comprehensive local water management 
140.24 	plan when the commissioner makes a determination under paragraph (b). The board must 
140.25 	conduct the evaluation in accordance with section 103B.102.
140.26 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may amend or revoke a 
140.27 	determination made under paragraph (a) or (b) after considering the evaluation conducted 
140.28 	under paragraph (c).

140.29 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.20, is amended by adding a subdivision 
140.30 	to read:
140.31 		Subd. 9.Coordinating municipal and local water quality activities. A project, practice, 
140.32 	or program for water quality improvement or protection that is conducted by a watershed 
141.1 	management organization or a local government unit with a comprehensive watershed 
141.2 	management plan or other water management plan approved according to chapter 103B, 
141.3 	103C, or 103D may be considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
141.4 	as contributing to the requirements of a storm water pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) for 
141.5 	a municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4) permit unless the project, practice, or 
141.6 	program was previously documented as contributing to a different SWPPP for an MS4 
141.7 	permit.

141.8 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.26, is amended to read:
141.9 	114D.26 WATERSHED RESTORATION AND PROTECTION STRATEGIES.
141.10 		Subdivision 1.Contents. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall 
141.11 	develop watershed restoration and protection strategies. To ensure effectiveness and 
141.12 	accountability in meeting the goals of this chapter, for the purposes of:
141.13 	(1) summarizing the physical, chemical, and biological assessment of the water quality 
141.14 	of the watershed;
141.15 	(2) quantifying impairments and risks to water quality;
141.16 	(3) describing the causes of impairments and pollution sources;
141.17 	(4) consolidating TMDLs in a major watershed; and
141.18 	(5) informing comprehensive local water management plans and comprehensive 
141.19 	watershed management plans.
141.20 	(b) Each WRAPS shall must:
141.21 	(1) identify impaired waters and waters in need of protection;
141.22 	(2) identify biotic stressors causing impairments or threats to water quality;
141.23 	(3) summarize TMDLs, watershed modeling outputs, and resulting pollution load 
141.24 	allocations, wasteload allocations, and priority areas for targeting actions to improve water 
141.25 	quality identify areas with high pollutant-loading rates;
141.26 	(4) identify point sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge elimination 
141.27 	system permit is required under section 115.03;
141.28 	(5) identify nonpoint sources of pollution for which a national pollutant discharge 
141.29 	elimination system permit is not required under section 115.03, with sufficient specificity 
141.30 	to prioritize and geographically locate watershed restoration and protection actions;
142.1 	(6) describe the current pollution loading and load reduction needed for each source or 
142.2 	source category to meet water quality standards and goals, including wasteload and load 
142.3 	allocations from TMDLs;
142.4 	(7) contain a plan for ongoing (4) in consultation with local governments and other state 
142.5 	agencies, identify water quality monitoring needed to fill data gaps, determine changing 
142.6 	conditions, and or gauge implementation effectiveness; and
142.7 	(8) (5) contain an implementation table of strategies and actions that are capable of 
142.8 	cumulatively achieving needed pollution load reductions for point and nonpoint sources, 
142.9 	including identifying:
142.10 	(i) water quality parameters of concern;
142.11 	(ii) current water quality conditions;
142.12 	(iii) water quality goals, strategies, and targets by parameter of concern; and
142.13 	(iv) strategies and actions by parameter of concern and an example of the scale of 
142.14 	adoptions needed for each; with a timeline to meet the water quality restoration or protection 
142.15 	goals of this chapter.
142.16 	(v) a timeline for achievement of water quality targets;
142.17 	(vi) the governmental units with primary responsibility for implementing each watershed 
142.18 	restoration or protection strategy; and
142.19 	(vii) a timeline and interim milestones for achievement of watershed restoration or 
142.20 	protection implementation actions within ten years of strategy adoption.
142.21 		Subd. 1a.Coordination. To ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability in 
142.22 	meeting the goals of this chapter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in 
142.23 	consultation with the Board of Water and Soil Resources and local government units, must 
142.24 	coordinate the schedule, budget, scope, and use of a WRAPS and related documents and 
142.25 	processes.
142.26 		Subd. 2.Reporting. Beginning July 1, 2016, and every other year thereafter, the 
142.27 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must report on its the agency's website the 
142.28 	progress toward implementation milestones and water quality goals for all adopted TMDLs 
142.29 	and, where available, WRAPSs.
142.30 		Subd. 3.Timelines; administration. Each year, (a) The commissioner of the Pollution 
142.31 	Control Agency must complete WRAPSs for at least ten percent of watershed restoration 
142.32 	and protection strategies for the state's major watersheds. WRAPS shall be by June 30, 
143.1 	2023, unless the commissioner determines that a comprehensive watershed management 
143.2 	plan or comprehensive local water management plan, in whole or in part, meets the definition 
143.3 	in section 114D.15, subdivision 11 or 13. As needed, the commissioner must update the 
143.4 	strategies, in whole or in part, after consulting with the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
143.5 	and local government units.
143.6 	(b) Watershed restoration and protection strategies are governed by the procedures for 
143.7 	approval and notice in section 114D.25, subdivisions 2 and 4, except that WRAPS the 
143.8 	strategies need not be submitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

143.9 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
143.10 		Subdivision 1.Public and stakeholder participation. (a) Public agencies and private 
143.11 	entities involved in the implementation of implementing this chapter shall must encourage 
143.12 	participation by the public and stakeholders, including local citizens, landowners and, land
143.13 	managers, and public and private organizations, in identifying impaired waters, in developing 
143.14 	TMDLs, in planning, priority setting, and implementing restoration of impaired waters, in 
143.15 	identifying degraded groundwater, and in protecting and restoring groundwater resources.
143.16 	(b) In particular, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall must make 
143.17 	reasonable efforts to provide timely information to the public and to stakeholders about 
143.18 	impaired waters that have been identified by the agency. The agency shall seek broad and 
143.19 	early public and stakeholder participation in scoping the activities necessary to develop a 
143.20 	TMDL, including the scientific models, methods, and approaches to be used in TMDL 
143.21 	development, and to implement restoration pursuant to section 114D.15, subdivision 7 and 
143.22 	to inform and consult with the public and stakeholders in developing a WRAPS or TMDL.
143.23 	(c) Public agencies and private entities using public funds that are involved in 
143.24 	implementing restoration and protection identified in a comprehensive watershed 
143.25 	management plan or comprehensive local water management plan must make efforts to 
143.26 	inform, consult, and involve the public and stakeholders.
143.27 	(d) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency and the Board of Water and Soil 
143.28 	Resources must coordinate public and stakeholder participation in consultation with local 
143.29 	government units. To the extent practicable, implementation of this chapter must be 
143.30 	accomplished in cooperation with local, state, federal, and tribal governments and 
143.31 	private-sector organizations.

144.1 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 114D.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
144.2 		Subd. 3.Education. The Clean Water Council shall must develop strategies for 
144.3 	informing, educating, and encouraging the participation of citizens, stakeholders, and others 
144.4 	regarding the identification of impaired waters, development of TMDLs, development of 
144.5 	TMDL implementation plans, implementation of restoration for impaired waters, 
144.6 	identification of degraded groundwater, and protection and restoration of groundwater 
144.7 	resources this chapter. Public agencies shall be are responsible for implementing the 
144.8 	strategies.

144.9 	Sec. 105. [114D.47] NONPOINT FUNDING ALTERNATIVE.
144.10 	Notwithstanding section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
144.11 	may, by board order, establish alternative timelines or content for the priority funding plan 
144.12 	for nonpoint sources under section 114D.50, subdivision 3a, and may use information from 
144.13 	comprehensive watershed management plans or comprehensive local water management 
144.14 	plans to estimate or summarize costs.

144.15 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
144.16 		Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) The agency is hereby given and charged with the following 
144.17 	powers and duties:
144.18 	(a) (1) to administer and enforce all laws relating to the pollution of any of the waters 
144.19 	of the state;
144.20 	(b) (2) to investigate the extent, character, and effect of the pollution of the waters of 
144.21 	this state and to gather data and information necessary or desirable in the administration or 
144.22 	enforcement of pollution laws, and to make such classification of the waters of the state as 
144.23 	it may deem advisable;
144.24 	(c) (3) to establish and alter such reasonable pollution standards for any waters of the 
144.25 	state in relation to the public use to which they are or may be put as it shall deem necessary 
144.26 	for the purposes of this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, 
144.27 	chapter 116;
144.28 	(d) (4) to encourage waste treatment, including advanced waste treatment, instead of 
144.29 	stream low-flow augmentation for dilution purposes to control and prevent pollution;
144.30 	(e) (5) to adopt, issue, reissue, modify, deny, or revoke, enter into or enforce reasonable 
144.31 	orders, permits, variances, standards, rules, schedules of compliance, and stipulation 
144.32 	agreements, under such conditions as it may prescribe, in order to prevent, control or abate 
145.1 	water pollution, or for the installation or operation of disposal systems or parts thereof, or 
145.2 	for other equipment and facilities:
145.3 	(1) (i) requiring the discontinuance of the discharge of sewage, industrial waste or other 
145.4 	wastes into any waters of the state resulting in pollution in excess of the applicable pollution 
145.5 	standard established under this chapter;
145.6 	(2) (ii) prohibiting or directing the abatement of any discharge of sewage, industrial 
145.7 	waste, or other wastes, into any waters of the state or the deposit thereof or the discharge 
145.8 	into any municipal disposal system where the same is likely to get into any waters of the 
145.9 	state in violation of this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, 
145.10 	chapter 116, or standards or rules promulgated or permits issued pursuant thereto, and 
145.11 	specifying the schedule of compliance within which such prohibition or abatement must be 
145.12 	accomplished;
145.13 	(3) (iii) prohibiting the storage of any liquid or solid substance or other pollutant in a 
145.14 	manner which does not reasonably assure proper retention against entry into any waters of 
145.15 	the state that would be likely to pollute any waters of the state;
145.16 	(4) (iv) requiring the construction, installation, maintenance, and operation by any person 
145.17 	of any disposal system or any part thereof, or other equipment and facilities, or the 
145.18 	reconstruction, alteration, or enlargement of its existing disposal system or any part thereof, 
145.19 	or the adoption of other remedial measures to prevent, control or abate any discharge or 
145.20 	deposit of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes by any person;
145.21 	(5) (v) establishing, and from time to time revising, standards of performance for new 
145.22 	sources taking into consideration, among other things, classes, types, sizes, and categories 
145.23 	of sources, processes, pollution control technology, cost of achieving such effluent reduction, 
145.24 	and any nonwater quality environmental impact and energy requirements. Said standards 
145.25 	of performance for new sources shall encompass those standards for the control of the 
145.26 	discharge of pollutants which reflect the greatest degree of effluent reduction which the 
145.27 	agency determines to be achievable through application of the best available demonstrated 
145.28 	control technology, processes, operating methods, or other alternatives, including, where 
145.29 	practicable, a standard permitting no discharge of pollutants. New sources shall encompass 
145.30 	buildings, structures, facilities, or installations from which there is or may be the discharge 
145.31 	of pollutants, the construction of which is commenced after the publication by the agency 
145.32 	of proposed rules prescribing a standard of performance which will be applicable to such 
145.33 	source. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law of this state, any point source the 
145.34 	construction of which is commenced after May 20, 1973, and which is so constructed as to 
146.1 	meet all applicable standards of performance for new sources shall, consistent with and 
146.2 	subject to the provisions of section 306(d) of the Amendments of 1972 to the Federal Water 
146.3 	Pollution Control Act, not be subject to any more stringent standard of performance for new 
146.4 	sources during a ten-year period beginning on the date of completion of such construction 
146.5 	or during the period of depreciation or amortization of such facility for the purposes of 
146.6 	section 167 or 169, or both, of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, whichever period 
146.7 	ends first. Construction shall encompass any placement, assembly, or installation of facilities 
146.8 	or equipment, including contractual obligations to purchase such facilities or equipment, at 
146.9 	the premises where such equipment will be used, including preparation work at such 
146.10 	premises;
146.11 	(6) (vi) establishing and revising pretreatment standards to prevent or abate the discharge 
146.12 	of any pollutant into any publicly owned disposal system, which pollutant interferes with, 
146.13 	passes through, or otherwise is incompatible with such disposal system;
146.14 	(7) (vii) requiring the owner or operator of any disposal system or any point source to 
146.15 	establish and maintain such records, make such reports, install, use, and maintain such 
146.16 	monitoring equipment or methods, including where appropriate biological monitoring 
146.17 	methods, sample such effluents in accordance with such methods, at such locations, at such 
146.18 	intervals, and in such a manner as the agency shall prescribe, and providing such other 
146.19 	information as the agency may reasonably require;
146.20 	(8) (viii) notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and with respect to the 
146.21 	pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116, requiring the achievement of more stringent 
146.22 	limitations than otherwise imposed by effluent limitations in order to meet any applicable 
146.23 	water quality standard by establishing new effluent limitations, based upon section 115.01, 
146.24 	subdivision 13, clause (b), including alternative effluent control strategies for any point 
146.25 	source or group of point sources to insure the integrity of water quality classifications, 
146.26 	whenever the agency determines that discharges of pollutants from such point source or 
146.27 	sources, with the application of effluent limitations required to comply with any standard 
146.28 	of best available technology, would interfere with the attainment or maintenance of the 
146.29 	water quality classification in a specific portion of the waters of the state. Prior to 
146.30 	establishment of any such effluent limitation, the agency shall hold a public hearing to 
146.31 	determine the relationship of the economic and social costs of achieving such limitation or 
146.32 	limitations, including any economic or social dislocation in the affected community or 
146.33 	communities, to the social and economic benefits to be obtained and to determine whether 
146.34 	or not such effluent limitation can be implemented with available technology or other 
146.35 	alternative control strategies. If a person affected by such limitation demonstrates at such 
147.1 	hearing that, whether or not such technology or other alternative control strategies are 
147.2 	available, there is no reasonable relationship between the economic and social costs and 
147.3 	the benefits to be obtained, such limitation shall not become effective and shall be adjusted 
147.4 	as it applies to such person;
147.5 	(9) (ix) modifying, in its discretion, any requirement or limitation based upon best 
147.6 	available technology with respect to any point source for which a permit application is filed 
147.7 	after July 1, 1977, upon a showing by the owner or operator of such point source satisfactory 
147.8 	to the agency that such modified requirements will represent the maximum use of technology 
147.9 	within the economic capability of the owner or operator and will result in reasonable further 
147.10 	progress toward the elimination of the discharge of pollutants; and
147.11 	(10) (x) requiring that applicants for wastewater discharge permits evaluate in their 
147.12 	applications the potential reuses of the discharged wastewater;
147.13 	(f) (6) to require to be submitted and to approve plans and specifications for disposal 
147.14 	systems or point sources, or any part thereof and to inspect the construction thereof for 
147.15 	compliance with the approved plans and specifications thereof;
147.16 	(g) (7) to prescribe and alter rules, not inconsistent with law, for the conduct of the 
147.17 	agency and other matters within the scope of the powers granted to and imposed upon it by 
147.18 	this chapter and, with respect to pollution of waters of the state, in chapter 116, provided 
147.19 	that every rule affecting any other department or agency of the state or any person other 
147.20 	than a member or employee of the agency shall be filed with the secretary of state;
147.21 	(h) (8) to conduct such investigations, issue such notices, public and otherwise, and hold 
147.22 	such hearings as are necessary or which it may deem advisable for the discharge of its duties 
147.23 	under this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, under chapter 
147.24 	116, including, but not limited to, the issuance of permits, and to authorize any member, 
147.25 	employee, or agent appointed by it to conduct such investigations or, issue such notices and 
147.26 	hold such hearings;
147.27 	(i) (9) for the purpose of water pollution control planning by the state and pursuant to 
147.28 	the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to establish and revise planning areas, 
147.29 	adopt plans and programs and continuing planning processes, including, but not limited to, 
147.30 	basin plans and areawide waste treatment management plans, and to provide for the 
147.31 	implementation of any such plans by means of, including, but not limited to, standards, plan 
147.32 	elements, procedures for revision, intergovernmental cooperation, residual treatment process 
147.33 	waste controls, and needs inventory and ranking for construction of disposal systems;
148.1 	(j) (10) to train water pollution control personnel, and charge such fees therefor as are
148.2 	for the training as necessary to cover the agency's costs. The fees under this clause are 
148.3 	subject to legislative approval under section 16A.1283. All such fees received shall be paid 
148.4 	into the state treasury and credited to the Pollution Control Agency training account;
148.5 	(k) (11) to impose as additional conditions in permits to publicly owned disposal systems 
148.6 	appropriate measures to insure compliance by industrial and other users with any pretreatment 
148.7 	standard, including, but not limited to, those related to toxic pollutants, and any system of 
148.8 	user charges ratably as is hereby required under state law or said Federal Water Pollution 
148.9 	Control Act, as amended, or any regulations or guidelines promulgated thereunder;
148.10 	(l) (12) to set a period not to exceed five years for the duration of any national pollutant 
148.11 	discharge elimination system permit or not to exceed ten years for any permit issued as a 
148.12 	state disposal system permit only;
148.13 	(m) (13) to require each governmental subdivision identified as a permittee for a 
148.14 	wastewater treatment works to evaluate in every odd-numbered year the condition of its 
148.15 	existing system and identify future capital improvements that will be needed to attain or 
148.16 	maintain compliance with a national pollutant discharge elimination system or state disposal 
148.17 	system permit; and
148.18 	(n) (14) to train subsurface sewage treatment system personnel, including persons who 
148.19 	design, construct, install, inspect, service, and operate subsurface sewage treatment systems, 
148.20 	and charge fees for the training as necessary to pay the agency's costs. The fees under this 
148.21 	clause are subject to legislative approval under section 16A.1283. All fees received must 
148.22 	be paid into the state treasury and credited to the agency's training account. Money in the 
148.23 	account is appropriated to the agency to pay expenses related to training.
148.24 	(b) The information required in paragraph (a), clause (m) (13), must be submitted in 
148.25 	every odd-numbered year to the commissioner on a form provided by the commissioner. 
148.26 	The commissioner shall provide technical assistance if requested by the governmental 
148.27 	subdivision.
148.28 	(c) The powers and duties given the agency in this subdivision also apply to permits 
148.29 	issued under chapter 114C.

148.30 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
148.31 		Subd. 5.Agency authority; national pollutant discharge elimination system. (a) 
148.32 	Notwithstanding any other provisions prescribed in or pursuant to this chapter and, with 
148.33 	respect to the pollution of waters of the state, in chapter 116, or otherwise, the agency shall 
149.1 	have the authority to perform any and all acts minimally necessary including, but not limited 
149.2 	to, the establishment and application of standards, procedures, rules, orders, variances, 
149.3 	stipulation agreements, schedules of compliance, and permit conditions, consistent with 
149.4 	and, therefore not less stringent than the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
149.5 	Act, as amended, applicable to the participation by the state of Minnesota in the national 
149.6 	pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES); provided that this provision shall not be 
149.7 	construed as a limitation on any powers or duties otherwise residing with the agency pursuant 
149.8 	to any provision of law.
149.9 	(b) An activity that conveys or connects waters of the state without subjecting the 
149.10 	transferred water to intervening industrial, municipal, or commercial use does not require 
149.11 	a national pollutant discharge elimination system permit. This exemption does not apply to 
149.12 	pollutants introduced by the activity itself to the water being transferred.

149.13 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
149.14 	to read:
149.15 		Subd. 5e.Sugar beet storage. The commissioner must not require a sugar beet company 
149.16 	that has a current national pollutant discharge elimination system permit or state disposal 
149.17 	system permit to install an engineered liner for a storm water runoff pond at a remote storage 
149.18 	site for sugar beets unless a risk assessment confirms that there is significant impact on 
149.19 	groundwater and that an engineered liner is necessary to prevent, control, or abate water 
149.20 	pollution. For purposes of this subdivision, "remote storage site for sugar beets" means an 
149.21 	area where sugar beets are temporarily stored before delivery to a sugar beet processing 
149.22 	facility and that is not located on land adjacent to the processing facility.

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

149.24 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.035, is amended to read:
149.25 	115.035 EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW OF WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.
149.26 	(a) When the commissioner convenes an external peer review panel during the 
149.27 	promulgation or amendment of water quality standards, the commissioner must provide 
149.28 	notice and take public comment on the charge questions for the external peer review panel 
149.29 	and must allow written and oral public comment as part of the external peer review panel 
149.30 	process. Every new or revised numeric water quality standard must be supported by a 
149.31 	technical support document that provides the scientific basis for the proposed standard and 
149.32 	that has undergone external, scientific peer review. Numeric water quality standards in 
149.33 	which the agency is adopting, without change, a United States Environmental Protection 
150.1 	Agency criterion that has been through peer review are not subject to this paragraph.
150.2 	Documentation of the external peer review panel, including the name or names of the peer 
150.3 	reviewer or reviewers, must be included in the statement of need and reasonableness for 
150.4 	the water quality standard. If the commissioner does not convene an external peer review 
150.5 	panel during the promulgation or amendment of water quality standards, the commissioner 
150.6 	must state the reason an external peer review panel will not be convened in the statement 
150.7 	of need and reasonableness.
150.8 	(b) Every technical support document developed by the agency must be released in draft 
150.9 	form for public comment before peer review and before finalizing the technical support 
150.10 	document.
150.11 	(c) The commissioner must provide public notice and information about the external 
150.12 	peer review through the request for comments published at the beginning of the rulemaking 
150.13 	process for the numeric water quality standard, and:
150.14 	(1) the request for comments must identify the draft technical support document and 
150.15 	where the document can be found;
150.16 	(2) the request for comments must include a proposed charge for the external peer review 
150.17 	and request comments on the charge;
150.18 	(3) all comments received during the public comment period must be made available to 
150.19 	the external peer reviewers; and
150.20 	(4) if the agency is not soliciting external peer review because the agency is adopting a 
150.21 	United States Environmental Protection Agency criterion without change, that must be 
150.22 	noted in the request for comments.
150.23 	(d) The purpose of the external peer review is to evaluate whether the technical support 
150.24 	document and proposed standard are based on sound scientific knowledge, methods, and 
150.25 	practices. The external peer review must be conducted according to the guidance in the 
150.26 	most recent edition of the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Peer Review 
150.27 	Handbook. Peer reviewers must not have participated in developing the scientific basis of 
150.28 	the standard. Peer reviewers must disclose any activities or circumstances that could pose 
150.29 	a conflict of interest or create an appearance of a loss of impartiality that could interfere 
150.30 	with an objective review.
150.31 	(e) The type of review and the number of peer reviewers depends on the nature of the 
150.32 	science underlying the standard. A panel review must be used when the agency is developing 
151.1 	significant new science or science that expands significantly beyond current documented 
151.2 	scientific practices or principles.
151.3 	(f) In response to the findings of the external peer review, the agency must revise the 
151.4 	draft technical support document as appropriate. The findings of the external peer review 
151.5 	must be documented and attached to the final technical support document, which must be 
151.6 	an exhibit as part of the statement of need and reasonableness in the rulemaking to adopt 
151.7 	the new or revised water quality standard. The agency must note changes in the final technical 
151.8 	support document made in response to the external peer review.
151.9 	(b) (g) By December 15 each year, the commissioner shall must post on the agency's 
151.10 	website a report identifying the water quality standards development work in progress or 
151.11 	completed in the past year, the lead agency scientist for each development effort, and 
151.12 	opportunities for public input.

151.13 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.44, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
151.14 		Subd. 6.Adopting and modifying standards. The adoption, alteration, or modification 
151.15 	of the standards of quality and purity in subdivision 4 shall must be made by the agency in 
151.16 	accordance with chapter 14. Additionally, the adoption of a new standard or the alteration 
151.17 	or modification of an existing standard that makes the standard more stringent does not take 
151.18 	effect until the Pollution Control Agency obtains a social permit to adopt the standard, 
151.19 	alteration, or modification. For purposes of this subdivision, the Pollution Control Agency 
151.20 	obtains a social permit when a resolution in support of the new or modified standard is 
151.21 	adopted by the board of county commissioners of every county in Minnesota.

151.22 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.455, is amended to read:
151.23 	115.455 EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS; COMPLIANCE.
151.24 	To the extent allowable under federal law, for a municipality that constructs a publicly 
151.25 	owned treatment works or for an industrial national pollutant discharge elimination system 
151.26 	and state disposal system permit holder that constructs a treatment works facility to comply 
151.27 	with a new or modified effluent limitation, compliance with any new or modified effluent 
151.28 	limitation adopted after construction begins that would require additional capital investment 
151.29 	is required no sooner than 16 years after the date the facility begins operating.

151.30 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.77, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
151.31 		Subdivision 1.Fees. The agency shall collect fees in amounts necessary, but no greater 
151.32 	than the amounts necessary, to cover the reasonable costs of reviewing applications and 
152.1 	issuing certifications. The fees under this subdivision are subject to legislative approval 
152.2 	under section 16A.1283.

152.3 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.84, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
152.4 		Subd. 2.Rules. The agency may adopt rules to govern certification of laboratories 
152.5 	according to this section. Notwithstanding section 16A.1283, the agency may adopt rules 
152.6 	establishing fees.

152.7 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115.84, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
152.8 		Subd. 3.Fees. (a) Until the agency adopts a rule establishing fees for certification, the 
152.9 	agency shall collect fees from laboratories registering with the agency, but not accredited 
152.10 	by the commissioner of health under sections 144.97 to 144.99, in amounts necessary to 
152.11 	cover the reasonable costs of the certification program, including reviewing applications, 
152.12 	issuing certifications, and conducting audits and compliance assistance. The fees under this 
152.13 	paragraph are subject to legislative approval under section 16A.1283.
152.14 	(b) Fees under this section must be based on the number, type, and complexity of 
152.15 	analytical methods that laboratories are certified to perform.
152.16 	(c) Revenue from fees charged by the agency for certification shall must be credited to 
152.17 	the environmental fund.

152.18 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115A.51, is amended to read:
152.19 	115A.51 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
152.20 	(a) Applications for assistance under the program shall must demonstrate:
152.21 	(a) (1) that the project is conceptually and technically feasible;
152.22 	(b) (2) that affected political subdivisions are committed to implement the project, to 
152.23 	provide necessary local financing, and to accept and exercise the government powers 
152.24 	necessary to the project;
152.25 	(c) (3) that operating revenues from the project, considering the availability and security 
152.26 	of sources of solid waste and of markets for recovered resources, together with any proposed 
152.27 	federal, state, or local financial assistance, will be sufficient to pay all costs over the projected 
152.28 	life of the project;
152.29 	(d) (4) that the applicant has evaluated the feasible and prudent alternatives to disposal, 
152.30 	including using existing solid waste management facilities with reasonably available capacity 
153.1 	sufficient to accomplish the goals of the proposed project, and has compared and evaluated 
153.2 	the costs of the alternatives, including capital and operating costs, and the effects of the 
153.3 	alternatives on the cost to generators.;
153.4 	(5) that the applicant has identified:
153.5 	(i) waste management objectives in applicable county and regional solid waste 
153.6 	management plans consistent with section 115A.46, subdivision 2, paragraphs (e) and (f), 
153.7 	or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
153.8 	(ii) other solid waste facilities identified in the county and regional plans; and
153.9 	(6) that the applicant has conducted a comparative analysis of the project against existing 
153.10 	public and private solid waste facilities, including an analysis of potential displacement of 
153.11 	those facilities, to determine whether the project is the most appropriate alternative to achieve 
153.12 	the identified waste management objectives that considers:
153.13 	(i) conformity with approved county or regional solid waste management plans;
153.14 	(ii) consistency with the state's solid waste hierarchy and section 115A.46, subdivision 
153.15 	2, paragraphs (e) and (f), or 473.149, subdivision 1; and
153.16 	(iii) environmental standards related to public health, air, surface water, and groundwater.
153.17 	(b) The commissioner may require completion of a comprehensive solid waste 
153.18 	management plan conforming to the requirements of section 115A.46, before accepting an 
153.19 	application. Within five days of filing an application with the agency, the applicant must 
153.20 	submit a copy of the application to each solid waste management facility mentioned in the 
153.21 	portion of the application addressing the requirements of paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6).

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

153.23 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115B.421, is amended to read:
153.24 	115B.421 CLOSED LANDFILL INVESTMENT FUND.
153.25 	The closed landfill investment fund is established in the state treasury. The fund consists 
153.26 	of money credited to the fund, and interest and other earnings on money in the fund. 
153.27 	Beginning July 1, 2003, Funds must be deposited as described in section 115B.445, and if 
153.28 	land enrolled in the closed landfill program is leased for the purpose of locating solar 
153.29 	photovoltaic devices on the land, the lease proceeds must be deposited in the fund. The fund 
153.30 	shall be managed to maximize long-term gain through the State Board of Investment. Money 
153.31 	in the fund may only be spent by the commissioner after fiscal year 2020 in accordance 
153.32 	with sections 115B.39 to 115B.444 as appropriated by law.

154.1 	Sec. 117. [115B.55] TCE EMISSION RESPONSE ACCOUNT.
154.2 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section and section 115B.56, the 
154.3 	terms in this subdivision have the meanings given.
154.4 	(b) "Settlement" means the stipulation agreement entered into on March 1, 2019, to 
154.5 	resolve alleged unlawful TCE emissions by Water Gremlin Company.
154.6 	(c) "TCE" means trichloroethylene.
154.7 	(d) "TCE area of concern" includes the area in and near White Bear Township affected 
154.8 	by unlawful emissions of TCE, as determined by the commissioner of the Pollution Control 
154.9 	Agency.
154.10 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The TCE emission response account is established as an account 
154.11 	in the environmental fund. The account consists of the net proceeds of the civil penalty paid 
154.12 	to the Pollution Control Agency as part of the settlement and earnings on the investment of 
154.13 	money in the account. Money in the account may be invested through the State Board of 
154.14 	Investment.
154.15 		Subd. 3.Expenditures. Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the account 
154.16 	may be spent to assess and address the effects of unlawful emissions of TCE in the TCE 
154.17 	area of concern.

154.18 	Sec. 118. [115B.56] TCE EMISSION STAKEHOLDERS.
154.19 	The commissioner must work with the following stakeholders to identify and recommend 
154.20 	to the legislature projects to receive funding from the TCE emission response account: a 
154.21 	representative of the Minnesota Department of Health; a representative of the Minnesota 
154.22 	Pollution Control Agency; an elected official from the city of Gem Lake; an elected official 
154.23 	from the city of White Bear Lake; an elected official from White Bear Township; three 
154.24 	individuals appointed by the Neighborhood Concerned Citizens Group serving the White 
154.25 	Bear Township, White Bear Lake, and Gem Lake areas; an individual who is appointed by 
154.26 	the Neighborhood Concerned Citizens Group who lives within half of one mile of the Water 
154.27 	Gremlin facility that was the source of the TCE emissions described in the settlement; and 
154.28 	a representative of Ramsey County, who shall be a nonvoting member. Stakeholder 
154.29 	recommendations may include recommendations regarding:
154.30 	(1) the broad purposes or specific projects for which money in the TCE emission response 
154.31 	account should be appropriated;
154.32 	(2) the need for additional testing, investigations, or research;
155.1 	(3) ways to improve communication between state and federal officials and local 
155.2 	governments, citizens, and businesses when hazardous chemicals are actually or potentially 
155.3 	released into a community;
155.4 	(4) policy or law changes that would facilitate a better response to future releases of 
155.5 	hazardous chemicals; and
155.6 	(5) any other matter the stakeholders deem relevant.

155.7 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
155.8 		Subdivision 1.Office. (a) The Office of Commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
155.9 	is created and is under the supervision and control of the commissioner, who is appointed 
155.10 	by the governor under the provisions of section 15.06.
155.11 	(b) The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner and up to three assistant 
155.12 	commissioners who shall be are in the unclassified service.
155.13 	(c) The commissioner shall make all decisions on behalf of the agency.

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

155.15 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
155.16 	to read:
155.17 		Subd. 3a.Grant administrative costs. The commissioner of the Pollution Control 
155.18 	Agency shall use no more than three percent of any grant money for administering grant 
155.19 	programs, delivering technical services, providing fiscal oversight, and ensuring 
155.20 	accountability. For purposes of this subdivision, "grant money" means any money to be 
155.21 	disbursed as a grant or administered as a grant by the Pollution Control Agency, regardless 
155.22 	of its source.

155.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
155.24 	applies to grants disbursed on or after that date.

155.25 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
155.26 		Subd. 2.Adopting standards. (a) The Pollution Control Agency shall improve air 
155.27 	quality by promoting, in the most practicable way possible, the use of energy sources and 
155.28 	waste disposal methods which that produce or emit the least air contaminants consistent 
155.29 	with the agency's overall goal of reducing all forms of pollution. The agency shall also adopt 
155.30 	standards of air quality, including maximum allowable standards of emission of air 
155.31 	contaminants from motor vehicles, recognizing that due to because of variable factors, no 
156.1 	single standard of purity of air is applicable to all areas of the state. In adopting standards,
156.2 	the Pollution Control Agency shall give due recognition to the fact that the quantity or 
156.3 	characteristics of air contaminants or the duration of their presence in the atmosphere, which 
156.4 	may cause air pollution in one area of the state, may cause less or not cause any air pollution 
156.5 	in another area of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, 
156.6 	including others which that it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, zoning 
156.7 	classifications, topography, prevailing wind directions and velocities, and the fact that a 
156.8 	standard of air quality which that may be proper as to an essentially residential area of the 
156.9 	state, may not be proper as to a highly developed industrial area of the state. Such standards 
156.10 	of air quality shall must be premised upon scientific knowledge of causes as well as effects 
156.11 	based on technically substantiated criteria and commonly accepted practices. No local 
156.12 	government unit shall set standards of air quality which that are more stringent than those 
156.13 	set by the Pollution Control Agency. Consistent with this recognition of the variability of 
156.14 	air contamination levels and conditions across the state, the agency must not apply or enforce 
156.15 	a national or state ambient air quality standard as an applicable standard for an individual 
156.16 	source under an individual facility permit issued according to Code of Federal Regulations, 
156.17 	title 40, part 70, unless the permittee is a temporary source issued a permit under United 
156.18 	States Code, title 42, section 7661c, paragraph (e).
156.19 	(b) The Pollution Control Agency shall promote solid waste disposal control by 
156.20 	encouraging the updating of collection systems, elimination of open dumps, and 
156.21 	improvements in incinerator practices. The agency shall also adopt standards for the control 
156.22 	of the collection, transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of solid waste and sewage 
156.23 	sludge for the prevention and abatement of water, air, and land pollution, recognizing that 
156.24 	due to because of variable factors, no single standard of control is applicable to all areas of 
156.25 	the state. In adopting standards, the Pollution Control Agency shall give due recognition to 
156.26 	the fact that elements of control which that may be reasonable and proper in densely 
156.27 	populated areas of the state may be unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or 
156.28 	remote areas of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, 
156.29 	including others which that it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, topography, 
156.30 	soils and geology, climate, transportation, and land use. Such standards of control shall
156.31 	must be premised on technical criteria and commonly accepted practices.
156.32 	(c) The Pollution Control Agency shall also adopt standards describing the maximum 
156.33 	levels of noise in terms of sound pressure level which that may occur in the outdoor 
156.34 	atmosphere, recognizing that due to because of variable factors no single standard of sound 
156.35 	pressure is applicable to all areas of the state. Such standards shall must give due 
157.1 	consideration to such factors as the intensity of noises, the types of noises, the frequency 
157.2 	with which noises recur, the time period for which noises continue, the times of day during 
157.3 	which noises occur, and such other factors as could affect the extent to which noises may 
157.4 	be injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property, or could interfere 
157.5 	unreasonably with the enjoyment of life or property. In adopting standards, the Pollution 
157.6 	Control Agency shall give due recognition to the fact that the quantity or characteristics of 
157.7 	noise or the duration of its presence in the outdoor atmosphere, which may cause noise 
157.8 	pollution in one area of the state, may cause less or not cause any noise pollution in another 
157.9 	area of the state, and it shall take into consideration in this connection such factors, including 
157.10 	others which that it may deem proper, as existing physical conditions, zoning classifications, 
157.11 	topography, meteorological conditions, and the fact that a standard which that may be proper 
157.12 	in an essentially residential area of the state, may not be proper as to in a highly developed 
157.13 	industrial area of the state. Such noise standards shall must be premised upon scientific 
157.14 	knowledge as well as effects based on technically substantiated criteria and commonly 
157.15 	accepted practices. No local governing unit shall set standards describing the maximum 
157.16 	levels of sound pressure which that are more stringent than those set by the Pollution Control 
157.17 	Agency.
157.18 	(d) The Pollution Control Agency shall adopt standards for the identification of hazardous 
157.19 	waste and for the management, identification, labeling, classification, storage, collection, 
157.20 	transportation, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste, recognizing that due to because 
157.21 	of variable factors, a single standard of hazardous waste control may not be applicable to 
157.22 	all areas of the state. In adopting standards, the Pollution Control Agency shall recognize 
157.23 	that elements of control which that may be reasonable and proper in densely populated areas 
157.24 	of the state may be unreasonable and improper in sparsely populated or remote areas of the 
157.25 	state. The agency shall consider existing physical conditions, topography, soils, and geology, 
157.26 	climate, transportation, and land use. Standards of hazardous waste control shall must be 
157.27 	premised on technical knowledge, and commonly accepted practices. Hazardous waste 
157.28 	generator licenses may be issued for a term not to exceed five years. No local government 
157.29 	unit shall set standards of hazardous waste control which that are in conflict or inconsistent 
157.30 	with those set by the Pollution Control Agency.
157.31 	(e) A person who generates less than 100 kilograms of hazardous waste per month is 
157.32 	exempt from the following agency hazardous waste rules:
157.33 	(1) rules relating to transportation, manifesting, storage, and labeling for photographic 
157.34 	fixer and x-ray negative wastes that are hazardous solely because of silver content; and
158.1 	(2) any rule requiring the generator to send to the agency or commissioner a copy of 
158.2 	each manifest for the transportation of hazardous waste for off-site treatment, storage, or 
158.3 	disposal, except that counties within the metropolitan area may require generators to provide 
158.4 	manifests.
158.5 	Nothing in this paragraph exempts the generator from the agency's rules relating to on-site 
158.6 	accumulation or outdoor storage. A political subdivision or other local unit of government 
158.7 	may not adopt management requirements that are more restrictive than this paragraph.
158.8 	(f) In any rulemaking proceeding under chapter 14 to adopt standards for air quality, 
158.9 	solid waste, or hazardous waste under this chapter, or standards for water quality under 
158.10 	chapter 115, the statement of need and reasonableness must include:
158.11 	(1) an assessment of any differences between the proposed rule and:
158.12 	(i) existing federal standards adopted under the Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 
158.13 	42, section 7412(b)(2); the Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, sections 1312(a) 
158.14 	and 1313(c)(4); and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Code, title 
158.15 	42, section 6921(b)(1);
158.16 	(ii) similar standards in states bordering Minnesota; and
158.17 	(iii) similar standards in states within the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5; 
158.18 	and
158.19 	(2) a specific analysis of the need and reasonableness of each difference.
158.20 	If the proposed standards in a rulemaking subject to this paragraph are more stringent than 
158.21 	comparable federal standards, the statement of need and reasonableness must, in addition 
158.22 	to the requirements of this paragraph, include documentation that the federal standard does 
158.23 	not provide adequate protection for public health and the environment.
158.24 	(g) In any rulemaking proceeding under chapter 14 to adopt standards for air quality, 
158.25 	solid waste, or hazardous waste under this chapter or standards for water quality under 
158.26 	chapter 115, each standard must be expressed in a standard measurement unit of milliliter 
158.27 	(ml) for liquids and milligram (mg) for solids.

158.28 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, subdivision 4d, is amended to read:
158.29 		Subd. 4d.Permit fees. (a) The agency may collect permit fees in amounts not greater 
158.30 	than those necessary to cover the reasonable costs of developing, reviewing, and acting 
158.31 	upon applications for agency permits and implementing and enforcing the conditions of the 
158.32 	permits pursuant to agency rules. Permit fees shall must not include the costs of litigation. 
159.1 	The fee schedule must reflect reasonable and routine direct and indirect costs associated 
159.2 	with permitting, implementation, and enforcement. The agency may impose an additional 
159.3 	enforcement fee to be collected for a period of up to two years to cover the reasonable costs 
159.4 	of implementing and enforcing the conditions of a permit under the rules of the agency. 
159.5 	Water fees under this paragraph are subject to legislative approval under section 16A.1283. 
159.6 	Any money collected under this paragraph shall must be deposited in the environmental 
159.7 	fund.
159.8 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the agency shall collect an annual fee from the owner 
159.9 	or operator of all stationary sources, emission facilities, emissions units, air contaminant 
159.10 	treatment facilities, treatment facilities, potential air contaminant storage facilities, or storage 
159.11 	facilities subject to a notification, permit, or license requirement under this chapter, 
159.12 	subchapters I and V of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 
159.13 	et seq., or rules adopted thereunder. The annual fee shall must be used to pay for all direct 
159.14 	and indirect reasonable costs, including legal costs, required to develop and administer the 
159.15 	notification, permit, or license program requirements of this chapter, subchapters I and V 
159.16 	of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et seq., or rules 
159.17 	adopted thereunder. Those costs include the reasonable costs of reviewing and acting upon 
159.18 	an application for a permit; implementing and enforcing statutes, rules, and the terms and 
159.19 	conditions of a permit; emissions, ambient, and deposition monitoring; preparing generally 
159.20 	applicable regulations; responding to federal guidance; modeling, analyses, and 
159.21 	demonstrations; preparing inventories and tracking emissions; and providing information 
159.22 	to the public about these activities.
159.23 	(c) The agency shall set fees that:
159.24 	(1) will result in the collection, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph 
159.25 	(b), of an amount not less than $25 per ton of each volatile organic compound; pollutant 
159.26 	regulated under United States Code, title 42, section 7411 or 7412 (section 111 or 112 of 
159.27 	the federal Clean Air Act); and each pollutant, except carbon monoxide, for which a national 
159.28 	primary ambient air quality standard has been promulgated;
159.29 	(2) may result in the collection, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph 
159.30 	(b), of an amount not less than $25 per ton of each pollutant not listed in clause (1) that is 
159.31 	regulated under this chapter or air quality rules adopted under this chapter; and
159.32 	(3) shall collect, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph (b), the amount 
159.33 	needed to match grant funds received by the state under United States Code, title 42, section 
159.34 	7405 (section 105 of the federal Clean Air Act).
160.1 	The agency must not include in the calculation of the aggregate amount to be collected 
160.2 	under clauses (1) and (2) any amount in excess of 4,000 tons per year of each air pollutant 
160.3 	from a source. The increase in air permit fees to match federal grant funds shall be is a 
160.4 	surcharge on existing fees. The commissioner may not collect the surcharge after the grant 
160.5 	funds become unavailable. In addition, the commissioner shall use nonfee funds to the extent 
160.6 	practical to match the grant funds so that the fee surcharge is minimized.
160.7 	(d) To cover the reasonable costs described in paragraph (b), the agency shall provide 
160.8 	in the rules promulgated under paragraph (c) for an increase in the fee collected in each 
160.9 	year by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the most recent 
160.10 	calendar year ending before the beginning of the year the fee is collected exceeds the 
160.11 	Consumer Price Index for the calendar year 1989. For purposes of this paragraph, the 
160.12 	Consumer Price Index for any calendar year is the average of the Consumer Price Index for 
160.13 	all-urban consumers published by the United States Department of Labor, as of the close 
160.14 	of the 12-month period ending on August 31 of each calendar year. The revision of the 
160.15 	Consumer Price Index that is most consistent with the Consumer Price Index for calendar 
160.16 	year 1989 shall must be used.
160.17 	(e) Any money collected under paragraphs (b) to (d) must be deposited in the 
160.18 	environmental fund and must be used solely for the activities listed in paragraph (b).
160.19 	(f) Permit applicants who wish to construct, reconstruct, or modify a project may offer 
160.20 	to reimburse the agency for the costs of staff time or consultant services needed to expedite 
160.21 	the preapplication process and permit development process through the final decision on 
160.22 	the permit, including the analysis of environmental review documents. The reimbursement 
160.23 	shall be is in addition to permit application fees imposed by law. When the agency determines 
160.24 	that it needs additional resources to develop the permit application in an expedited manner,
160.25 	and that expediting the development is consistent with permitting program priorities, the 
160.26 	agency may accept the reimbursement. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate 
160.27 	of costs to be incurred by the commissioner. The estimate must include a brief description 
160.28 	of the tasks to be performed, a schedule for completing the tasks, and the estimated cost for 
160.29 	each task. The applicant and the commissioner must enter into a written agreement detailing 
160.30 	the estimated costs for the expedited permit decision-making process to be incurred by the 
160.31 	agency. The agreement must also identify staff anticipated to be assigned to the project. 
160.32 	The commissioner must not issue a permit until the applicant has paid all fees in full. The 
160.33 	commissioner must refund any unobligated balance of fees paid. Reimbursements accepted 
160.34 	by the agency are appropriated to the agency for the purpose of developing the permit or 
160.35 	analyzing environmental review documents. Reimbursement by a permit applicant shall
161.1 	must precede and not be contingent upon issuance of a permit; shall must not affect the 
161.2 	agency's decision on whether to issue or deny a permit, what conditions are included in a 
161.3 	permit, or the application of state and federal statutes and rules governing permit 
161.4 	determinations; and shall must not affect final decisions regarding environmental review.
161.5 	(g) The fees under this subdivision are exempt from section 16A.1285.

161.6 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision 
161.7 	to read:
161.8 		Subd. 13.Unadopted rules. (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
161.9 	must not enforce or attempt to enforce an unadopted rule. For purposes of this subdivision, 
161.10 	"unadopted rule" means a guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
161.11 	statement, or similar pronouncement if the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, 
161.12 	interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement meets the definition of a rule as defined 
161.13 	under section 14.02, subdivision 4, but has not been adopted according to the rulemaking 
161.14 	process provided under chapter 14. If an unadopted rule is challenged under section 14.381, 
161.15 	the commissioner must overcome a presumption against the unadopted rule.
161.16 	(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin, criterion, 
161.17 	manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute, rule, or 
161.18 	standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter 14 
161.19 	to amend or revise any such guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive 
161.20 	statement, or similar pronouncement.

161.21 	Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.0714, is amended to read:
161.22 	116.0714 NEW OPEN-AIR SWINE BASINS.
161.23 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or a county board shall not 
161.24 	approve any permits for the construction of new open-air swine basins, except that existing 
161.25 	facilities may use one basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons as part of a permitted waste 
161.26 	treatment program for resolving pollution problems or to allow conversion of an existing 
161.27 	basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons to a different animal type, provided all standards are 
161.28 	met. This section expires June 30, 2022.
161.29 	(b) This section does not apply to basins used solely for wastewater from truck-washing 
161.30 	facilities.

162.1 	Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
162.2 		Subd. 2.Eligible borrower. To be eligible for a loan under this section, a borrower 
162.3 	must:
162.4 	(1) be a small business corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, or association;
162.5 	(2) be a potential emitter of pollutants to the air, ground, or water;
162.6 	(3) need capital for equipment purchases that will meet or exceed environmental 
162.7 	regulations or need capital for site investigation and cleanup;
162.8 	(4) have less than 50 100 full-time equivalent employees; and
162.9 	(5) have an after tax profit of less than $500,000; and.
162.10 	(6) have a net worth of less than $1,000,000.

162.11 	Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116.993, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
162.12 		Subd. 6.Loan conditions. A loan made under this section must include:
162.13 	(1) an interest rate that is four percent orat or below one-half the prime rate, whichever 
162.14 	is greater not to exceed five percent;
162.15 	(2) a term of payment of not more than seven years; and
162.16 	(3) an amount not less than $1,000 or exceeding $50,000 $75,000.

162.17 	Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
162.18 		Subd. 2a.When prepared. (a) Where there is potential for significant environmental 
162.19 	effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall must be preceded by 
162.20 	a detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. 
162.21 	The environmental impact statement shall must be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic 
162.22 	document which that describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant 
162.23 	environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and their 
162.24 	impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an action could 
162.25 	be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall must also analyze those economic, 
162.26 	employment, and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action be 
162.27 	implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental impact 
162.28 	statement shall must be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action.
162.29 	(b) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental 
162.30 	impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall must be prepared 
163.1 	as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this 
163.2 	section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet is not required for the expansion 
163.3 	of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), or the 
163.4 	conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a biobutanol 
163.5 	facility as defined in section 41A.15, subdivision 2d, based on the capacity of the expanded 
163.6 	or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if the ethanol plant or 
163.7 	biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories of actions for which 
163.8 	environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The responsible governmental unit 
163.9 	for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which an environmental assessment 
163.10 	worksheet is prepared is the state agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or 
163.11 	approving the project as a whole.
163.12 	(c) A mandatory environmental impact statement is not required for a facility or plant 
163.13 	located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than 125,000,000 
163.14 	gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, or produces less than 400,000 
163.15 	tons of chemicals annually, if the facility or plant is: an ethanol plant, as defined in section 
163.16 	41A.09, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b); a biobutanol facility, as defined in section 41A.15, 
163.17 	subdivision 2d; or a cellulosic biofuel facility. A facility or plant that only uses a cellulosic 
163.18 	feedstock to produce chemical products for use by another facility as a feedstock is not 
163.19 	considered a fuel conversion facility as used in rules adopted under this chapter.
163.20 	(d) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the completion 
163.21 	of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least one newspaper 
163.22 	of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, by posting the 
163.23 	notice on a website that has been designated as the official publication site for publication 
163.24 	of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in which the project 
163.25 	is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall provide copies of 
163.26 	the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member agencies. Comments 
163.27 	on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted to the responsible 
163.28 	governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the notice that an 
163.29 	environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The 30-day comment period may 
163.30 	not be extended unless approved by the project's proposer. The responsible governmental 
163.31 	unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact statement shall must be based on 
163.32 	the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments received during the comment 
163.33 	period, and shall must be made within 15 days after the close of the comment period. The 
163.34 	board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon the 
163.35 	request of the responsible governmental unit.
164.1 	(e) An environmental assessment worksheet shall must also be prepared for a proposed 
164.2 	action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 individuals 
164.3 	who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed project has received 
164.4 	final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates that, because of the 
164.5 	nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for significant environmental 
164.6 	effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental assessment worksheet shall
164.7 	must be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall determine the appropriate 
164.8 	responsible governmental unit and forward the petition to it. A decision on the need for an 
164.9 	environmental assessment worksheet shall must be made by the responsible governmental 
164.10 	unit within 15 days after the petition is received by the responsible governmental unit. The 
164.11 	board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon request 
164.12 	of the responsible governmental unit.
164.13 	(f) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part 
164.14 	4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental 
164.15 	review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:
164.16 	(1) the proposed action is:
164.17 	(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or
164.18 	(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative capacity 
164.19 	of less than 1,000 animal units;
164.20 	(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by the 
164.21 	proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution 
164.22 	Control Agency feedlot rules; and
164.23 	(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business days 
164.24 	before the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the animal feedlot 
164.25 	facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with regard to the 
164.26 	feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in addition to other 
164.27 	exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.
164.28 	(g) The board may, before final approval of a proposed project, require preparation of 
164.29 	an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected by the 
164.30 	board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been specifically 
164.31 	provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.
164.32 	(h) An early and open process shall must be utilized used to limit the scope of the 
164.33 	environmental impact statement to a discussion of those impacts that, because of the nature 
165.1 	or location of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same 
165.2 	process shall must be utilized used to determine the form, content, and level of detail of the 
165.3 	statement as well as the alternatives that are appropriate for consideration in the statement. 
165.4 	In addition, the permits that will be required for the proposed action shall must be identified 
165.5 	during the scoping process. Further, the process shall must identify those permits for which 
165.6 	information will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The 
165.7 	board shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The 
165.8 	determinations reached in the process shall must be incorporated into the order requiring 
165.9 	the preparation of an environmental impact statement.
165.10 	(i) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid duplication 
165.11 	and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review and between 
165.12 	environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, information 
165.13 	needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits or other actions required 
165.14 	for a proposed project shall must be developed in conjunction with the preparation of an 
165.15 	environmental impact statement. When an environmental impact statement is prepared for 
165.16 	a project requiring multiple permits for which two or more agencies' decision processes 
165.17 	include either mandatory or discretionary hearings before a hearing officer before the 
165.18 	agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies may, notwithstanding any law or rule to the 
165.19 	contrary, conduct the hearings in a single consolidated hearing process if requested by the 
165.20 	proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction over a permit that is included in the consolidated 
165.21 	hearing shall participate. The responsible governmental unit shall establish appropriate 
165.22 	procedures for the consolidated hearing process, including procedures to ensure that the 
165.23 	consolidated hearing process is consistent with the applicable requirements for each permit 
165.24 	regarding the rights and duties of parties to the hearing, and shall utilize use the earliest 
165.25 	applicable hearing procedure to initiate the hearing. All agencies having jurisdiction over 
165.26 	a permit identified in the draft environmental assessment worksheet scoping document must 
165.27 	begin reviewing any permit application upon publication of the notice of preparation of the 
165.28 	environmental impact statement.
165.29 	(j) An environmental impact statement shall must be prepared and its adequacy 
165.30 	determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by 
165.31 	consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental unit 
165.32 	shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 days 
165.33 	after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, the board 
165.34 	chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an environmental 
166.1 	impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental unit shall have
166.2 	has 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.
166.3 	(k) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the 
166.4 	responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under 
166.5 	this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness and 
166.6 	adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact 
166.7 	statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental 
166.8 	unit shall must identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information 
166.9 	used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental impact 
166.10 	statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if needed, 
166.11 	and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary for 
166.12 	the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify, and 
166.13 	determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.

166.14 	Sec. 128. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216G.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
166.15 		Subd. 3.Pipeline. "Pipeline" means a pipeline owned or operated by a condemning 
166.16 	authority, as defined in section 117.025, subdivision 4, located in this state which that is 
166.17 	used to transport natural or synthetic gas at a pressure of more than 90 pounds per square 
166.18 	inch, or to transport crude petroleum or petroleum fuels or oil or their derivatives, coal, 
166.19 	anhydrous ammonia or any mineral slurry to a distribution center or storage facility which
166.20 	that is located within or outside of this state. "Pipeline" does not include a pipeline owned 
166.21 	or operated by a natural gas public utility as defined in section 216B.02, subdivision 4.

166.22 	Sec. 129. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 282.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
166.23 		Subd. 4.Sale; method; requirements; effects. (a) The sale authorized under subdivision 
166.24 	3 must be conducted by the county auditor at the county seat of the county in which the 
166.25 	parcels lie, except that in St. Louis and Koochiching Counties, the sale may be conducted 
166.26 	in any county designated facility within the county. The sale must not be for less than the 
166.27 	appraised value except as provided in subdivision 7a. The parcels must be sold for cash 
166.28 	only, unless the county board of the county has adopted a resolution providing for their sale 
166.29 	on terms, in which event the resolution controls with respect to the sale. When the sale is 
166.30 	made on terms other than for cash only (1) a payment of at least ten percent of the purchase 
166.31 	price must be made at the time of purchase, and the balance must be paid in no more than 
166.32 	ten equal annual installments, or (2) the payments must be made in accordance with county 
166.33 	board policy, but in no event may the board require more than 12 installments annually, 
167.1 	and the contract term must not be for more than ten years. Standing timber or timber products 
167.2 	must not be removed from these lands until an amount equal to the appraised value of all 
167.3 	standing timber or timber products on the lands at the time of purchase has been paid by 
167.4 	the purchaser. If a parcel of land bearing standing timber or timber products is sold at public 
167.5 	auction for more than the appraised value, the amount bid in excess of the appraised value 
167.6 	must be allocated between the land and the timber in proportion to their respective appraised 
167.7 	values. In that case, standing timber or timber products must not be removed from the land 
167.8 	until the amount of the excess bid allocated to timber or timber products has been paid in 
167.9 	addition to the appraised value of the land. The purchaser is entitled to immediate possession, 
167.10 	subject to the provisions of any existing valid lease made in behalf of the state.
167.11 	(b) For sales occurring on or after July 1, 1982, the unpaid balance of the purchase price 
167.12 	is subject to interest at the rate determined pursuant to section 549.09. The unpaid balance 
167.13 	of the purchase price for sales occurring after December 31, 1990, is subject to interest at 
167.14 	the rate determined in section 279.03, subdivision 1a. The interest rate is subject to change 
167.15 	each year on the unpaid balance in the manner provided for rate changes in section 549.09 
167.16 	or 279.03, subdivision 1a, whichever, is applicable. Interest on the unpaid contract balance 
167.17 	on sales occurring before July 1, 1982, is payable at the rate applicable to the sale at the 
167.18 	time that the sale occurred.
167.19 	(c) Notwithstanding subdivision 7, a county board may by resolution provide for the 
167.20 	listing and sale of individual parcels by other means, including through a real estate broker. 
167.21 	However, if the buyer under this paragraph could have repurchased a parcel of property 
167.22 	under section 282.012 or 282.241, that buyer may not purchase that same parcel of property 
167.23 	at the sale under this subdivision for a purchase price less than the sum of all taxes, 
167.24 	assessments, penalties, interest, and costs due at the time of forfeiture computed under 
167.25 	section 282.251, and any special assessments for improvements certified as of the date of 
167.26 	sale. This subdivision shall be liberally construed to encourage the sale and utilization of 
167.27 	tax-forfeited land in order to eliminate nuisances and dangerous conditions and to increase 
167.28 	compliance with land use ordinances.

167.29 	Sec. 130. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 2016, 
167.30 	chapter 154, section 9, is amended to read:
167.31 		Subd. 2.Method of sale. (a) The leaseholder of a leased parcel may purchase at private 
167.32 	sale the leased parcel and any other lands allocated to the parcel by the county under 
167.33 	subdivision 6 that is offered for sale under this section. The purchase price is the appraised 
167.34 	value of the land under subdivision 3 exclusive of improvements on it. To purchase a parcel, 
168.1 	a leaseholder must pay in cash to the county an amount equal to the appraised value of the 
168.2 	land within 180 days from the date of mailing to or service of notice of appraised value to 
168.3 	the leaseholder by the county. The 180-day period runs from the date of mailing of a copy 
168.4 	of the appraisal to the leaseholder at the address shown upon the most recent lease agreement 
168.5 	between the parties, exclusive of the date of mailing or service. The county may use any 
168.6 	alternative method of notice under the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure for the service 
168.7 	of a summons and complaint.
168.8 	(b) If the leaseholder does not purchase the parcel so offered, the county may offer the 
168.9 	lands for sale under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7. If 
168.10 	a person other than the leaseholder purchases the parcel, the purchaser must make payment 
168.11 	in full to the leaseholder in the manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.06, 
168.12 	subdivision 4, for the value of any improvements as determined under subdivision 3 or for 
168.13 	the value of any improvements as determined through negotiations.
168.14 	(c) Failure of a purchaser to comply with the terms of payment voids the sale and the 
168.15 	property may be reoffered for sale.

168.16 	Sec. 131. Laws 2012, chapter 236, section 28, subdivision 9, as amended by Laws 2016, 
168.17 	chapter 154, section 11, is amended to read:
168.18 		Subd. 9.Sunset. This section expires seven ten years after the effective date.

168.19 	Sec. 132. Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, as amended by Laws 2017, 
168.20 	chapter 93, article 2, section 148, is amended to read:
168.21 	Sec. 105. RULES; SILICA SAND.
 168.22 	(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules pertaining to 
168.23 	the control of particulate emissions from silica sand projects. The rulemaking is exempt 
168.24 	from Minnesota Statutes, section 14.125.
168.25 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules develop a model ordinance
168.26 	pertaining to the reclamation of silica sand mines. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota 
168.27 	Statutes, section 14.125 commissioner shall publish the model ordinance in the State Register.
168.28 	(c) By January 1, 2014, the Department of Health shall adopt an air quality health-based 
168.29 	value for silica sand.
168.30 	(d) The Environmental Quality Board may amend its rules for environmental review, 
168.31 	adopted under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D, for silica sand mining and processing to 
169.1 	take into account the increased activity in the state and concerns over the size of specific 
169.2 	operations. The Environmental Quality Board shall consider whether the requirements of 
169.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.991, should remain part of the environmental review 
169.4 	requirements for silica sand and whether the requirements should be different for different 
169.5 	geographic areas of the state. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 
169.6 	14.125.

169.7 	Sec. 133. Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 2, section 155, as amended by Laws 2018, chapter 
169.8 	186, section 7, is amended to read:
169.9 	Sec. 155. SAND DUNES STATE FOREST MANAGEMENT.
 169.10 		Subdivision 1.Forest management. When managing the Sand Dunes State Forest, the 
169.11 	commissioner of natural resources must:
169.12 	(1) not convert additional land to oak savanna or convert oak savanna to nonforest land 
169.13 	unless it is done as a result of a contract entered into before the effective date of this section
169.14 	not convert land within the forest to nonforest land and shall, to the extent practicable, 
169.15 	manage the forest to maximize forest cover and forest habitats. Forest stands must consist 
169.16 	of multiple ages and multiple species to maximize forest health and resiliency;
169.17 	(2) manage rare features by focusing on species associated with forest habitats, wetlands, 
169.18 	and small forest openings;
169.19 	(2) (3) require all prairie seeds planted to be from native species of a local ecotype to 
169.20 	Sherburne or Benton County; and
169.21 	(3) (4) comply with the Minnesota Forest Resources Council's guidelines for aesthetics 
169.22 	in residential areas.
169.23 		Subd. 2.Prescribed burns; notification. At least 40 days before conducting a prescribed 
169.24 	burn, the commissioner must:
169.25 	(1) publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area;
169.26 	(2) notify the county and township in writing; and
169.27 	(3) notify residents within a quarter mile of the prescribed burn in writing.
169.28 		Subd. 3.School trust lands. Nothing in this section restricts the ability of the 
169.29 	commissioner or the school trust lands director from managing school trust lands within 
169.30 	the Sand Dunes State Forest for long-term economic return.
170.1 		Subd. 4.Township road. If the commissioner of natural resources finds that any portion 
170.2 	of 233rd Avenue within the Sand Dunes State Forest is not owned by the township, the 
170.3 	commissioner must convey an easement over and across state-owned lands administered 
170.4 	by the commissioner to the township under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.63, for the width 
170.5 	of 233rd Avenue. Notwithstanding the fee and market value payment requirements in 
170.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.63, the commissioner shall convey easements to the township 
170.7 	at no cost, for existing roads currently maintained by the township across state-owned land 
170.8 	administered by the commissioner, located in Township 34N, Range 27W, Sections 15, 17, 
170.9 	20, 29, and 35 of Sherburne County, if the township lacks easements for the roads. In 
170.10 	addition, notwithstanding the fee and market value payment requirements in Minnesota 
170.11 	Statutes, section 84.63, the commissioner shall convey an easement to the township at no 
170.12 	cost for the existing road maintained by the township in the Northeast Quarter of the 
170.13 	Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 34N, Range 27W, Sherburne County, if the 
170.14 	township lacks an easement for such road. The commissioner may make necessary changes 
170.15 	to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
170.16 		Subd. 4a.Annual meetings. The commissioner of natural resources must hold annual 
170.17 	meetings with local residents, stakeholders, and interested parties, including the school trust 
170.18 	lands director, to discuss upcoming plans for Sand Dunes State Forest. The meetings must 
170.19 	be informative and elicit input on proposed actions, including management options for 
170.20 	school trust lands located within the boundaries of Sand Dunes State Forest.
170.21 		Subd. 5.Sunset. This section expires two years from the day following final enactment
170.22 	January 1, 2025.

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

170.24 	Sec. 134. ADDITION TO STATE PARK.
 170.25 	[85.012] [Subd. 23a.] Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County.
170.26 	The following areas are added to Glendalough State Park, Otter Tail County:
170.27 	(1) Government Lot 2, Section 12, Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail 
170.28 	County, Minnesota, subject to an existing conservation easement; and
170.29 	(2) the West Half of the Southeast Quarter and Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 11, 
170.30 	Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, except that part of 
170.31 	said Government Lot 2 platted as Walvatne Addition. Subject to an existing conservation 
170.32 	easement.

171.1 	Sec. 135. DELETION FROM STATE PARK.
 171.2 	[85.012] [Subd. 49.] St. Croix State Park, Pine County. The following area is deleted 
171.3 	from St. Croix State Park, Pine County: that part of the North Half of the Northwest Quarter 
171.4 	of Section 29 and that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 30, 
171.5 	Township 41 North, Range 17 West, Pine County, Minnesota, lying north of County Road 
171.6 	48.

171.7 	Sec. 136. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
171.8 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 171.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
171.10 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
171.11 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
171.12 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
171.13 	errors and ensure accuracy.
171.14 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: 
171.15 	Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 48 North, Range 19 West.
171.16 	(d) The land borders Perch Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
171.17 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
171.18 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would be best served if 
171.19 	the land were sold to a federally recognized Indian tribe for land consolidation purposes.

171.20 	Sec. 137. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
171.21 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 171.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
171.23 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
171.24 	in paragraph (c).
171.25 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
171.26 	errors and ensure accuracy.
171.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, Block 
171.28 	1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, located in Section 22, Township 140 North, Range 29 West.
171.29 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
171.30 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
172.1 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
172.2 	the land was returned to private ownership.

172.3 	Sec. 138. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
172.4 	HUBBARD COUNTY.
 172.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
172.6 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus lands bordering 
172.7 	public water that is described in paragraph (c) to Hubbard County for no consideration.
172.8 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct 
172.9 	errors and ensure accuracy.
172.10 	(c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Hubbard County and are described 
172.11 	as:
172.12 	(1) the East 285.00 feet of the West 660.00 feet of Government Lot 4 of Section 27, 
172.13 	Township 141 North, Range 34 West. Including all riparian rights to the contained 2.3 acres, 
172.14 	more or less; and
172.15 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 of Section 34, Township 141 North, Range 34 West, 
172.16 	described as follows:
172.17 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 2; thence South 89 degrees 
172.18 	27 minutes 15 seconds East, bearing assumed, along the north line of said Section 34 a 
172.19 	distance of 375.18 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing South 89 degrees 
172.20 	27 minutes 15 seconds East along said north line a distance of 285.13 feet; thence South 
172.21 	02 degrees 01 minutes 46 seconds East along a line parallel with and 660.00 feet from 
172.22 	the west line of said Government Lot 2 a distance of 77.98 feet; thence North 88 degrees 
172.23 	14 minutes 48 seconds East a distance of 65.77 feet along a line which if continued 
172.24 	550.00 feet would intersect an angle iron previously used as the northeast corner of said 
172.25 	Government Lot 2; thence South 01 degrees 45 minutes 12 seconds East along a line 
172.26 	parallel with and 550.00 feet west of a previously established survey line a distance of 
172.27 	650.18 feet to the boundary line as established by that certain agreement between Richard 
172.28 	Dusbabek and Jean Dusbabek, husband and wife, and Donald S. Olson and Betty Jane 
172.29 	Olson, husband and wife, and filed for record on May 10, 1982, in the office of the 
172.30 	county recorder in Book 146 of Deeds, page 806; thence South 88 degrees 12 minutes 
172.31 	12 seconds West along said boundary line a distance of 179.39 feet; thence North 12 
172.32 	degrees 07 minutes 46 seconds West a distance of 663.07 feet; thence North 32 degrees 
173.1 	35 minutes 05 seconds West a distance of 101.91 feet to the point of beginning; containing 
173.2 	4.1 acres.
173.3 	(d) The lands border Big Sand Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
173.4 	determined that the lands are not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's 
173.5 	land management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to Hubbard 
173.6 	County.

173.7 	Sec. 139. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 173.8 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
173.9 	other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
173.10 	described in paragraph (c).
173.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
173.12 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
173.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the East 660 feet 
173.14 	of the West 990 feet of the South 660 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
173.15 	Section 7, Township 55 North, Range 24 West.
173.16 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
173.17 	be served if the lands were used for a new broadcast tower, transmitter, and transmission 
173.18 	building.

173.19 	Sec. 140. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
173.20 	WATER; KANABEC COUNTY.
 173.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
173.22 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
173.23 	in paragraph (c).
173.24 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
173.25 	errors and ensure accuracy.
173.26 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kanabec County and is described as: that part 
173.27 	of the West 200 feet of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 42 North, Range 
173.28 	23 West, Kanabec County, Minnesota, lying northerly of the centerline of the Snake River.
173.29 	(d) The land borders the Snake River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
173.30 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
174.1 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
174.2 	the land was returned to private ownership.

174.3 	Sec. 141. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
174.4 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 174.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
174.6 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
174.7 	in paragraph (c).
174.8 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
174.9 	errors and ensure accuracy.
174.10 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as:
174.11 	Lots 25, 26, and 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, according to the plat 
174.12 	thereof, on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, 
174.13 	less and except that part of said Lot 27 in Block 2 of Jackson and Mckee's Addition, Otter 
174.14 	Tail County, Minnesota, South of the line between Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 14, 
174.15 	Township 136, Range 38.
174.16 	(d) The land borders Big Pine Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
174.17 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
174.18 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
174.19 	the land was returned to private ownership.

174.20 	Sec. 142. CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.
 174.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, or any other law to the contrary, 
174.22 	the commissioner of transportation may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, 
174.23 	title, and interest of the state of Minnesota, in the land described in paragraph (e).
174.24 	(b) The conveyance may take place only upon conditions determined by the commissioner 
174.25 	or transportation and is not subject to restrictions on disposition, sale, lease, or otherwise 
174.26 	contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63.
174.27 	(c) The consideration for a conveyance made under this section shall be the fair market 
174.28 	value of the land conveyed hereunder. Proceeds from the sale of real estate or buildings 
174.29 	under this section shall be deposited in the rail bank maintenance account established in 
174.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, subdivision 8.
175.1 	(d) The conveyance may reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 100 feet, 
175.2 	provided the conveyance does not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than ten 
175.3 	feet.
175.4 	(e) The land to be conveyed is located in Stearns County and is described as:
175.5 	That part of Tract A described below:
175.6 	Tract A. Outlot "A," Railroad Ridge, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in 
175.7 	the Office of the County Recorder in and for Stearns County, Minnesota; which lies northerly 
175.8 	of a line run parallel with and distant 33 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot 
175.9 	"A" and westerly of the southerly extension of westerly right of way line of 5th Street as 
175.10 	shown on said Railroad Ridge; together with that part of Tract A, herein before described, 
175.11 	adjoining and southerly of the above described strip which lies northerly of a line run parallel 
175.12 	with and distant 40 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot "A" and westerly of 
175.13 	the following described line: beginning at a point on the southerly line of said Outlot "A," 
175.14 	distant 436.36 feet easterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northerly at right angles 
175.15 	from said southerly line for 50 feet and there terminating; containing 29,925 square feet, 
175.16 	more or less.

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

175.18 	Sec. 143. LEASE; TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 175.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
175.20 	St. Louis County may enter into a lease for the tax-forfeited lands described in paragraph 
175.21 	(b) for consideration of more than $12,000 per year.
175.22 	(b) The lands to be leased are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
175.23 	(1) a 10.0-acre site in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 56 North, Range 17 
175.24 	West, to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet 
175.25 	on either side of the centerline in the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, and in the Southwest 
175.26 	Quarter, Section 14, Township 56 North, Range 17 West, to be used for an access road to 
175.27 	the tower site; and
175.28 	(2) a 10.0-acre site in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 West, 
175.29 	to be used for a telecommunications tower and a 33-foot-wide strip of land, 16.5 feet on 
175.30 	either side of the centerline in the West Half, Section 32, Township 60 North, Range 21 
175.31 	West, to be used for an access road to the tower site.

176.1 	Sec. 144. ACCESS TO TIMBER ON TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
176.2 	COUNTY.
 176.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 160.83, or other law to the contrary, 
176.4 	St. Louis County or its agents or assigns may operate vehicles used for timber harvesting 
176.5 	and hauling or for transporting equipment and appurtenances incidental to timber harvesting, 
176.6 	gravel, and other road-building materials for timber haul roads on designated rustic roads 
176.7 	to access tax-forfeited lands for sustainable forest management.
176.8 	(b) The tax-forfeited lands to be accessed are located in St. Louis County in Sections 
176.9 	26, 27, and 35, Township 53 North, Range 12 West.
176.10 	(c) The rustic roads used for forest management must be immediately repaired if damaged 
176.11 	and must be maintained in their preharvest condition.
176.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's sustainable forest management 
176.13 	responsibilities would best be served by using existing public roads to access tax-forfeited 
176.14 	land rather than building new roads.

176.15 	Sec. 145. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 176.16 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
176.17 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
176.18 	described in paragraph (c).
176.19 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
176.20 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
176.21 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
176.22 	(1) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying North of Norton 
176.23 	Road and West of Howard Gnesen Road, except the easterly 95 feet of the westerly 890 
176.24 	feet and except the westerly 300 feet, Section 3, Township 50, Range 14 (parcel identification 
176.25 	number 010-2710-00549);
176.26 	(2) Lot 5, except the northerly three feet and except the southerly ten feet, West Duluth 
176.27 	Fifth Division, Section 7, Township 49, Range 14 (parcel identification number 
176.28 	010-4510-06740);
176.29 	(3) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except 4.24 acres for the highway 
176.30 	and except the part platted as Clayton Acres and except the highway right-of-way and except 
176.31 	6.44 acres of the adjacent plat and except the part North of Highway 169, Section 28, 
176.32 	Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification number 141-0050-05470);
177.1 	(4) that part of the West 420 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying 
177.2 	South of the northerly line of Government Lot 6, except that part beginning at the southwest 
177.3 	corner; thence easterly along the southerly boundary 420 feet to a point; thence northerly 
177.4 	and parallel with the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
177.5 	177.95 feet to a point; thence North 67 degrees 38 minutes 35 seconds West to a point on 
177.6 	the westerly boundary of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence southerly 
177.7 	along said westerly boundary approximately 364.12 feet to the point of beginning, Section 
177.8 	26, Township 57, Range 18 (parcel identification number 295-0017-00326);
177.9 	(5) the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 15, Township 56, Range 18 (parcel 
177.10 	identification number 435-0010-02590);
177.11 	(6) part of the East 400 feet of the Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 63, Range 
177.12 	12 (part of parcel identification number 465-0020-01965);
177.13 	(7) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Lots 2 and 3, Section 20, 
177.14 	Township 54, Range 13 (part of parcel identification number 620-0010-03130); and
177.15 	(8) Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, inclusive auditor's plat of Chandler Addition to Ely, Section 28, 
177.16 	Township 63, Range 12 (parcel identification number 030-0030-03530).
177.17 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
177.18 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

177.19 	Sec. 146. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
177.20 	WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.
 177.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
177.22 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
177.23 	in paragraph (c).
177.24 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
177.25 	errors and ensure accuracy.
177.26 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as: Lot 4, 
177.27 	Section 8, Township 109, Range 12, lying and being in the county of Wabasha, State of 
177.28 	Minnesota.
177.29 	(d) The land borders the Zumbro River and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
177.30 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
177.31 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
177.32 	the land was returned to private ownership.

178.1 	Sec. 147. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
178.2 	WATER; YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY.
 178.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
178.4 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
178.5 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to the United States for no consideration.
178.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
178.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
178.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Yellow Medicine County and is described 
178.9 	as: the South 33.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and that part of 
178.10 	Government Lot 1, Section 22, Township 114 North, Range 41 West, Yellow Medicine 
178.11 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
178.12 	Beginning at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 1; thence on an assumed 
178.13 	bearing of North 01 degrees 09 minutes 07 seconds West along the west line of said 
178.14 	Government Lot 1 a distance of 33.00 feet; thence North 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 
178.15 	seconds East parallel with the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 150.00 
178.16 	feet; thence North 00 degrees 17 minutes 58 seconds West 267.00 feet; thence North 89 
178.17 	degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds East 754 feet more or less, to the water's edge of Spellman 
178.18 	Lake; thence southwesterly along said water's edge 760 feet, more or less, to the south 
178.19 	line of said Government Lot 1; thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West 
178.20 	along the south line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 288 feet, more or less, to 
178.21 	the point of beginning; including all riparian rights to the contained 4.1 acres, more or 
178.22 	less.
178.23 	(d) The land borders Spellman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands but is 
178.24 	adjacent to a waterfowl production area. The Department of Natural Resources has 
178.25 	determined that the land would best be managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife 
178.26 	Services as part of a waterfowl production area.

178.27 	Sec. 148. APPLICATION OF STORM WATER RULES TO TOWNSHIPS.
 178.28 	Until the Pollution Control Agency amends rules for storm water, Minnesota Rules, part 
178.29 	7090.1010, subpart 1, item B, subitem (1), only applies to the portions of a city, town, and 
178.30 	unorganized areas of counties that are designated as urbanized under Code of Federal 
178.31 	Regulations, title 40, section 122.26(2)(9)(i)(A), and other platted areas within that 
178.32 	jurisdiction.

179.1 	Sec. 149. REINVEST IN FISH HATCHERIES CITIZEN-LEGISLATIVE 
179.2 	ADVISORY GROUP.
 179.3 		Subdivision 1.Advisory group established; duties. (a) A 12-member Reinvest in Fish 
179.4 	Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative Advisory Group is created to study the status of Minnesota's 
179.5 	fish hatchery system, the commissioner of natural resources' programs on stocking walleye 
179.6 	and other fish, and natural fish reproduction.
179.7 	(b) The advisory group must study the public priorities and life cycle of Minnesota's 
179.8 	fish hatchery system and a cost-benefit analysis, consider issues of accountability and 
179.9 	transparency, and examine reviews and analyses of:
179.10 	(1) the economics of Minnesota's fish- and angling-related activities and the tax revenue 
179.11 	to the state's general fund;
179.12 	(2) any Department of Natural Resources surveys and polling of Minnesota angler 
179.13 	priorities;
179.14 	(3) past and present fisheries long-range plans, legislative auditor reports, and other 
179.15 	fisheries plans; and
179.16 	(4) the status of the following proposed, closed, and currently operating Minnesota fish 
179.17 	hatchery systems: Lanesboro, Crystal Springs, Bemidji, Brainerd, Detroit Lakes, French 
179.18 	River, Glenwood, Grand Rapids, New London, Park Rapids, Peterson, Pike River, Spire 
179.19 	Valley, St. Paul, Walker Lake, and Waterville.
179.20 	(c) The advisory group must prepare a plan and select fish hatchery sites for on-site 
179.21 	visits and reviews.
179.22 	(d) The advisory group must implement an action plan, develop priorities for fish 
179.23 	hatcheries, and review and recommend priorities of species for fish stocking to maximize 
179.24 	statewide opportunities for angling.
179.25 	(e) The advisory group must study alternatives to current fish hatchery stocking, including 
179.26 	private-sector stocking vendors.
179.27 		Subd. 2.Consultation required. (a) The advisory group must consult with advisory 
179.28 	committees of the commissioner of natural resources, game and fish oversight committees, 
179.29 	and fishery-related interests, including but not limited to counties, lake associations, small 
179.30 	businesses, resort owners, guides, and other industry-related interests.
179.31 	(b) In developing recommendations, the advisory group must consult with the 
179.32 	commissioner of natural resources, experts in managing a fishery, and affected stakeholders.
180.1 		Subd. 3.Membership; appointments. (a) The Reinvest in Fish Hatcheries 
180.2 	Citizen-Legislative Advisory Group has the following 12 members:
180.3 	(1) the chair of the house of representatives Environment and Natural Resources Finance 
180.4 	Division or a designee; a minority member of the Environment and Natural Resources 
180.5 	Finance Division appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; two 
180.6 	public members appointed by the speaker of the house; and two public members appointed 
180.7 	by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and
180.8 	(2) the chair of the senate Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee or a 
180.9 	designee; a minority member of the Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee 
180.10 	appointed by the minority leader of the senate; two public members appointed by the majority 
180.11 	leader of the senate; and two public members appointed by the minority leader of the senate.
180.12 	(b) Appointments to the advisory group must be made by November 1, 2019. If a vacancy 
180.13 	occurs, the leader of the caucus in the body that appointed the vacating member or to which 
180.14 	the member belonged must fill the vacancy.
180.15 		Subd. 4.Meetings; staff assistance. (a) The chair of the senate committee with 
180.16 	jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance must convene the first meeting 
180.17 	of the Reinvest in Fish Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative Advisory Group by December 15, 
180.18 	2019. The advisory group must elect cochairs, one who is a legislator and one who is a 
180.19 	public member, from among the members at the first meeting. The authority to convene 
180.20 	meetings shall alternate between the cochairs after each meeting. The Reinvest in Fish 
180.21 	Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative Advisory Group must meet periodically.
180.22 	(b) The Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide technical and administrative 
180.23 	assistance to the advisory group upon request.
180.24 		Subd. 5.Compensation and expense reimbursement. Public members of the advisory 
180.25 	group shall be compensated and reimbursed for expenses as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
180.26 	section 15.059, subdivision 3.
180.27 		Subd. 6.Open meetings. Meetings of the advisory group are subject to Minnesota 
180.28 	Statutes, section 3.055.
180.29 		Subd. 7.Report to legislature. The Reinvest in Fish Hatcheries Citizen-Legislative 
180.30 	Advisory Group must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
180.31 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources policy and 
180.32 	finance no later than January 31, 2021, describing its work and recommendations. The 
180.33 	advisory group is encouraged to identify and include in the report any draft legislation, 
181.1 	including statutory changes and appropriations from any fund, needed to implement the 
181.2 	advisory group's recommendations.
181.3 		Subd. 8.Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2021.

181.4 	Sec. 150. NO NEW ANTLER POINT RESTRICTIONS.
 181.5 	The commissioner of natural resources may not impose an antler point restriction, other 
181.6 	than that imposed by the definition of a "legal buck" in Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0200, 
181.7 	subpart 6, unless the legislature approves the antler point restriction.

181.8 	Sec. 151. REDUCING APPROPRIATIONS FOR UNFILLED POSITIONS.
 181.9 		Subdivision 1.Reduction required. The commissioner of management and budget must 
181.10 	reduce general fund and nongeneral fund appropriations to the Department of Natural 
181.11 	Resources, the Pollution Control Agency, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
181.12 	agency operations for the biennium ending June 30, 2021, for salary and benefits savings 
181.13 	that result from any positions that have not been filled within 180 days of the posting of the 
181.14 	position. This section applies only to positions that are posted in fiscal years 2019, 2020, 
181.15 	and 2021. Reductions made under this section must be reflected as reductions in agency 
181.16 	base budgets for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. This section does not apply to seasonal 
181.17 	employees and any positions that require law enforcement training.
181.18 		Subd. 2.Reporting. The commissioner of management and budget must report to the 
181.19 	chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and the house of representatives 
181.20 	environment finance committees regarding the amount of reductions in spending by each 
181.21 	agency under this section.

181.22 	Sec. 152. WETLAND REPLACEMENT; FRAMEWORKS FOR IN-LIEU FEE 
181.23 	PROGRAM.
 181.24 	The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with the United States Army 
181.25 	Corps of Engineers, may complete the planning frameworks and other program application 
181.26 	requirements necessary for federal approval of an in-lieu fee program, as authorized under 
181.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.2242, in the Red River basin and the greater than 80 
181.28 	percent area. The planning frameworks must contain a prioritization strategy for selecting 
181.29 	and implementing mitigation activities based on a watershed approach that includes 
181.30 	consideration of historic resource loss within watersheds and the extent to which mitigation 
181.31 	can address priority watershed needs. The board must consider the recommendations of the 
181.32 	report "Siting of Wetland Mitigation in Northeast Minnesota," dated March 7, 2014, and 
182.1 	implementation of Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3355, paragraphs (e) and (f), in 
182.2 	developing proposed planning frameworks for applicable watersheds. When completing 
182.3 	the work and pursuing approval of an in-lieu fee program, the board must do so consistent 
182.4 	with the applicable requirements, stakeholder and agency review processes, and approval 
182.5 	time frames in Code of Federal Regulations, title 33, part 332. Upon receiving federal 
182.6 	approval, the board must submit any completed planning frameworks to the chairs and 
182.7 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and 
182.8 	divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources.

182.9 	Sec. 153. FIRST APPOINTMENTS AND FIRST MEETING FOR THE WILD RICE 
182.10 	STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL.
 182.11 	Appointing authorities must make appointments to the Wild Rice Stewardship Council 
182.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.1511, by September 1, 2019. The commissioner of 
182.13 	natural resources shall convene the first meeting by October 15, 2019. The council shall 
182.14 	select a chair at the first meeting.

182.15 	Sec. 154. HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK; MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION.
 182.16 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources must operate the Hill-Annex Mine State Park 
182.17 	for the purposes it was established through June 30, 2021, and must during that time maintain 
182.18 	at fiscal year 2016 levels, the level of service and hours of operation at the park. The 
182.19 	commissioner must work with the group established under Laws 2017, chapter 93, article 
182.20 	2, section 156, to review park activities and the alternate operating model developed and 
182.21 	identify options for sustainable and viable operation of the park site. The commissioner 
182.22 	must submit recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of 
182.23 	representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the environment 
182.24 	and natural resources by January 15, 2021.
182.25 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources must work with the city of Calumet, other 
182.26 	neighboring cities and townships, and other local units of government to identify and 
182.27 	coordinate volunteers to supplement the Department of Natural Resources' park operations 
182.28 	to the extent allowable under state law and rules.

182.29 	Sec. 155. AGGREGATE RECLAMATION GUIDANCE.
 182.30 	The commissioner of natural resources shall update the Department of Natural Resources 
182.31 	aggregate reclamation handbook as recommended by the Aggregate Resources Task Force 
182.32 	Final Report dated January 15, 2018.

183.1 	Sec. 156. SOLAR GENERATION ON CLOSED LANDFILL PROPERTIES; STUDY.
 183.2 	(a) The Environmental Quality Board may contract with one or more independent 
183.3 	consultants to conduct a study on the feasibility of locating solar photovoltaic devices on 
183.4 	land that is enrolled in the Pollution Control Agency's closed landfill program established 
183.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39 to 115B.445. The board, in collaboration with 
183.6 	the Pollution Control Agency and the consultants, must create a subset of approximately 
183.7 	two dozen closed landfill project sites displaying a variety of relevant legal and physical 
183.8 	characteristics to be analyzed. For each site, the study must:
183.9 	(1) examine the legal status of the site and any constraints that may prohibit or limit the 
183.10 	installation of privately owned solar photovoltaic devices on the site as a result of law or 
183.11 	the use of specific funding mechanisms to acquire or remediate the properties, including:
183.12 	(i) general obligation bonds;
183.13 	(ii) revenue from the remediation fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 116.155; 
183.14 	and
183.15 	(iii) settlements from landfill-related insurance coverage;
183.16 	(2) assess any other tax or financial barriers to the installation of solar photovoltaic 
183.17 	devices on closed landfill properties;
183.18 	(3) develop and evaluate strategies to overcome any barriers to the installation of solar 
183.19 	photovoltaic devices identified in clauses (1) and (2);
183.20 	(4) evaluate the extent to which the physical characteristics of the landfill and the 
183.21 	contained waste may restrict the siting of solar photovoltaic devices and associated 
183.22 	equipment;
183.23 	(5) assess the potential and logistics for solar energy generation, including but not limited 
183.24 	to:
183.25 	(i) solar insolation potential;
183.26 	(ii) proximity to substations; and
183.27 	(iii) proximity of the electricity generated to potential consumers, including public 
183.28 	agencies, low-income communities, and areas where environmental justice concerns are 
183.29 	present;
183.30 	(6) describe the regulatory processes of local units of government that must issue 
183.31 	approvals and permits for the project, in order to develop a successful strategy to obtain 
183.32 	local approvals and permits; and
184.1 	(7) develop a cost-benefit analysis of installing solar photovoltaic devices whose 
184.2 	generated electricity is to be consumed by the adjacent community.
184.3 	(b) By January 15, 2021, the Environmental Quality Board must submit the study 
184.4 	containing findings and recommendations for subsequent action to the chairs and ranking 
184.5 	minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary 
184.6 	jurisdiction over energy policy and finance.

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

184.8 	Sec. 157. GRANT PROGRAM; FIREARMS SAFETY, ARCHERY, HUNTING, 
184.9 	AND ANGLING IN SCHOOL PHYSICAL EDUCATION COURSES.
 184.10 		Subdivision 1.Program. (a) The commissioner of natural resources must create a grant 
184.11 	program to increase firearms safety, trap shooting, archery, hunting, and angling activities 
184.12 	in physical education courses in Minnesota school districts. A school must ensure that 
184.13 	activities funded under the program are consistent with required state standards for physical 
184.14 	education.
184.15 	(b) In developing the program, the commissioner must consult with members from each 
184.16 	of the following groups: Leech Lake Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Red Lake Band of 
184.17 	Chippewa Indians; Lower Sioux Indian Reservation; Prairie Island Sioux Indian Reservation; 
184.18 	Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Indian Reservation; and Upper Sioux Indian Reservation. 
184.19 	As practicable, the commissioner must incorporate recommendations from these groups in 
184.20 	the grant program design.
184.21 		Subd. 2.Eligibility. (a) A school district or American Indian-controlled tribal contract 
184.22 	or grant school may apply to the commissioner of natural resources to participate in the 
184.23 	program in the form and manner determined by the commissioner.
184.24 	(b) The commissioner must seek geographic balance among schools selected for 
184.25 	participation.
184.26 		Subd. 3.Report. No later than January 15, 2021, the commissioner must report on 
184.27 	program outcomes to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives 
184.28 	and senate committees with jurisdiction over education and natural resources policy and 
184.29 	finance. The report must be in writing.

185.1 	Sec. 158. GRANTS FOR HIGH-SCHOOL FISHING LEAGUES; BASIC ANGLING 
185.2 	CURRICULUM.
 185.3 		Subdivision 1.Grant program; high-school fishing leagues. The commissioner of 
185.4 	natural resources must establish and administer a program to provide grants to nonprofit 
185.5 	organizations operating fishing leagues for high schools to develop, expand, and increase 
185.6 	youth participation in fishing leagues for high schools.
185.7 		Subd. 2.Developing basic angling curriculum. The commissioner of natural resources 
185.8 	must develop a basic angling curriculum that includes basic fishing techniques and 
185.9 	information about aquatic invasive species, tournament etiquette, conservation, water safety, 
185.10 	and related matters. The commissioner must make the basic angling curriculum available 
185.11 	without cost to nonprofit organizations operating fishing leagues for high schools.

185.12 	Sec. 159. STAMP DESIGN; RULE AMENDMENT.
 185.13 	The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 6290.0400, 
185.14 	subpart 3, to:
185.15 	(1) allow a contest entry to be created using nonphotographic digital media; and
185.16 	(2) require a person submitting a contest entry to list all media used in the creation of 
185.17 	the entry.

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

185.19 	Sec. 160. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 185.20 	The revisor of statutes must change the reference in Minnesota Statutes, sections 127A.30, 
185.21 	subdivision 2, and 287.22 from "section 92.121" to "section  92.122."

185.22 	Sec. 161. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 185.23 	The revisor of statutes must change the reference in Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073, 
185.24 	subdivision 1, from "section 115.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), clause (8)" to "section 
185.25 	115.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (5), item (viii)" and in Minnesota Statutes, 
185.26 	section 446A.073, subdivision 2, from "section 115.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (f)" to 
185.27 	"section 115.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (6)."

185.28 	Sec. 162. REPEALER.
 185.29 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 92.121, is repealed.
186.1 	(b) Minnesota Rules, part 6232.0350, is repealed.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S2314-2 

92.121 PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND LANDS.
The commissioner of natural resources shall exchange permanent school fund land as defined in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 8, located in state parks, state recreation areas, wildlife management areas, scientific and natural areas, or state waysides or on lands managed by the commissioner as old growth stands, for other lands as allowed by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and section 94.343, subdivision 1, that are compatible with the goal of the permanent school fund lands in section 127A.31 when, as a result of management practices applied to the permanent school fund lands and associated resources, revenue generation has been diminished or is prohibited and no alternative has been put into effect to compensate the permanent school fund for the income losses. 

6232.0350RESTRICTIONS FOR TAKING DEER; 300 SERIES DEER PERMIT AREAS. 
Notwithstanding part 6232.0200, subpart 6, in all 300 series deer permit areas, a legal buck is defined as a deer with a minimum of four antler points on at least one antler. Bucks with fewer antler points than the minimum defined points are protected and not legal for harvest. Youth hunters, age 10 to 17, are exempt from this part.