1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environmental protection; appropriating money to hire additional 
1.3 	regulatory staff.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2024 and $....... in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the general 
1.7 	fund to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to hire two full-time employees 
1.8 	as inspectors to assist in preventing accidental releases of hazardous chemicals from facilities 
1.9 	that manufacture, store, use, or otherwise handle certain quantities of harmful chemical 
1.10 	substances regulated under section 112(r) of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, 
1.11 	title 42, section 7401, et seq.

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