1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for carbon sequestration report.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. CARBON SEQUESTRATION REPORT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
1.6 	Regents of the University of Minnesota, in cooperation with state agencies, to investigate 
1.7 	the potential for carbon sequestration on public and private lands and submit 
1.8 	recommendations to the legislature. By January 15, 2022, the board must submit the results 
1.9 	of the investigation and its recommendations to the chairs and ranking minority members 
1.10 	of the house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over 
1.11 	energy and climate and environment and natural resources. This is a onetime appropriation 
1.12 	and is available until June 30, 2022.