1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to clean water; appropriating money for soil and water conservation 
1.3 	districts.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$11,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for payments to soil 
1.8 	and water conservation districts for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 
1.9 	and 103C.331. From this appropriation, each soil and water conservation district must 
1.10 	receive a supplement to its base funding of $100,000 per year. Money remaining after the 
1.11 	base funding supplement is available for grants to soil and water conservation districts as 
1.12 	determined by the board based on county allocations to soil and water conservation districts 
1.13 	and amounts of private land and public waters. The board and other agencies may reduce 
1.14 	the amount of grants to a county by an amount equal to any reduction in the county's 
1.15 	allocation to a soil and water conservation district from the county's previous year allocation 
1.16 	when the board determines that the reduction was disproportionate. The board may use up 
1.17 	to two percent of the appropriation for administering payments.