1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; establishing lawns to legumes grant program; 
1.3 	appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.4 	103B.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [103B.104] LAWNS TO LEGUMES PROGRAM.
1.7 	The Board of Water and Soil Resources may provide financial and technical assistance 
1.8 	to plant residential landscapes and community spaces with native vegetation and 
1.9 	pollinator-friendly forbs and legumes to protect a diversity of pollinators with declining 
1.10 	populations, providing additional benefits for water management, carbon sequestration, and 
1.11 	landscape resiliency. The board must establish criteria for grants or payments awarded under 
1.12 	this section. Grants or payments awarded under this section may give priority consideration 
1.13 	for proposals in areas identified by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as areas 
1.14 	where there is a high potential for rusty patched bumble bees and other priority species to 
1.15 	be present.

1.16 	Sec. 2. LAWNS TO LEGUMES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.17 	$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from 
1.18 	the general fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for the lawns to legumes program 
1.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.104.