1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from outdoor heritage, clean 
1.3 	water, parks and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds; modifying 
1.4 	appropriation;amending Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, sections 2, subdivision 
1.5 	1; 3; 4.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	ARTICLE 1
1.8 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.9	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.10 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.11 	and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.12 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in 
1.13 	this act mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending 
1.14 	June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2024. "The 
1.15 	second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025. The 
1.16 	appropriations in this act are onetime appropriations.

1.17				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.18				Available for the Year
	
1.19				Ending June 30
	
1.20					2024
		2025

1.21	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	180,711,000
	
1.23 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
1.24 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.1 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.2 	subdivisions.

2.3	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		-0-
		19,439,000

2.4
2.5	(a) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge, Phase 14
					
2.6 	$4,412,000 the second year is to the 
2.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.8 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
2.9 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
2.10 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or 
2.11 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
2.12 	and enhance lands within the Northern 
2.13 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
2.14 	western Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
2.15 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
2.16 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
2.17 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
2.18 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
2.19 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.20 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
2.21 	native prairie.

2.22
2.23	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
Program, Phase 16
					
2.24 	$5,315,000 the second year is to the 
2.25 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.26 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.27 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
2.28 	wildlife management area purposes under 
2.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.30 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
2.31 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
2.32 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
2.33 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
2.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
2.35 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

3.1
3.2	(c) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of 
Southern Red River Valley, Phase 10
					
3.3 	$3,794,000 the second year is to the 
3.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
3.5 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
3.6 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
3.7 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
3.8 	restore and enhance lands within the southern 
3.9 	Red River Valley for wildlife management 
3.10 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.11 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
3.12 	managed as waterfowl production areas in 
3.13 	Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
3.14 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
3.15 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
3.16 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
3.17 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
3.18 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
3.19 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie.

3.20
3.21	(d) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, 
Phase 8
					
3.22 	$2,589,000 the second year is to the 
3.23 	commissioner of natural resources for 
3.24 	agreements to acquire land in fee and to 
3.25 	restore and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
3.26 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat within 
3.27 	Martin County for wildlife management area 
3.28 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.29 	86A.05, subdivision 8, as follows: $1,921,000 
3.30 	to Fox Lake Conservation League, Inc.; 
3.31 	$613,000 to Ducks Unlimited; and $55,000 to 
3.32 	the Conservation Fund.

3.33	(e) DNR Grassland Enhancement, Phase 16
					
3.34 	$1,427,000 the second year is to the 
3.35 	commissioner of natural resources to 
4.1 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
4.2 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife 
4.3 	management areas, in scientific and natural 
4.4 	areas, in aquatic management areas, on lands 
4.5 	in the native prairie bank, in bluff prairies on 
4.6 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota, 
4.7 	and in waterfowl production areas and refuge 
4.8 	lands of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
4.9 	Service.

4.10
4.11	(f) Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands, Phase 
7
					
4.12 	$1,902,000 the second year is to the 
4.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.14 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
4.15 	and restore grassland and wetland habitat on 
4.16 	public lands within the forest prairie transition, 
4.17 	metro urban, and prairie ecoregions of 
4.18 	Minnesota.

4.19	Subd. 3.Forests
 		-0-
		32,164,000

4.20
4.21	(a) Minnesota Heritage Forest - Transition to 
Public Ownership Program
					
4.22 	$22,647,000 the second year is to the 
4.23 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
4.24 	priority forest habitat lands in fee as wildlife 
4.25 	management areas, scientific and natural areas, 
4.26 	state forests, and county forests. Of this 
4.27 	amount, $11,737,000 is for an agreement with 
4.28 	Northern Waters Land Trust.

4.29
4.30	(b) Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Protection 
Program ACUB, Phase 12
					
4.31 	$2,068,000 the second year is to the Board of 
4.32 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
4.33 	the Morrison County Soil and Water 
4.34 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
4.35 	conservation easements and restore and 
5.1 	enhance forest wildlife habitat within the 
5.2 	boundaries of the Minnesota National Guard 
5.3 	Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape and Army 
5.4 	Compatible Use Buffer. Up to $110,000 to the 
5.5 	Board of Water and Soil Resources is to 
5.6 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
5.7 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.8 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.9 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
5.10 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
5.11 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
5.12 	must be provided as part of the final report.

5.13
5.14	(c) Riparian Habitat Protection in Kettle and 
Snake River Watersheds, Phase 2
					
5.15 	$1,569,000 the second year is to the Board of 
5.16 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
5.17 	the Pine County Soil and Water Conservation 
5.18 	District, to acquire permanent conservation 
5.19 	easements to protect high-quality forests, 
5.20 	wetlands, and shoreline within the Kettle and 
5.21 	Snake River watersheds. Up to $150,000 to 
5.22 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources is to 
5.23 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
5.24 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
5.25 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.26 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
5.27 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
5.28 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
5.29 	must be provided as part of the final report.

5.30	(d) DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase 4
					
5.31 	$1,727,000 the second year is to the 
5.32 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
5.33 	and enhance forest wildlife habitats on public 
5.34 	lands throughout Minnesota.

5.35	(e) Young Forest Conservation, Phase 4
					
6.1 	$2,229,000 the second year is to the 
6.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.3 	agreement with the American Bird 
6.4 	Conservancy to enhance publicly owned, 
6.5 	permanently protected forest lands for wildlife 
6.6 	management.

6.7
6.8	(f) Floodplain and Upland Forest Enhancement 
- Mississippi River, Phase 5
					
6.9 	$1,924,000 the second year is to the 
6.10 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.11 	agreement with the National Audubon Society 
6.12 	to restore and enhance floodplain and upland 
6.13 	forest habitat for wildlife on public lands along 
6.14 	the Mississippi River and Mississippi River 
6.15 	tributaries.

6.16	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		-0-
		38,412,000

6.17	(a) Wild-Rice Shoreland Protection, Phase 9
					
6.18 	$2,042,000 the second year is to the Board of 
6.19 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
6.20 	permanent conservation easements on 
6.21 	wild-rice lake shoreland habitat for native 
6.22 	wild-rice bed protection. Of this amount, up 
6.23 	to $110,000 is for establishing a monitoring 
6.24 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
6.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
6.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
6.27 	Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), does not apply 
6.28 	to this project. A list of permanent 
6.29 	conservation easements must be provided as 
6.30 	part of the final report.

6.31
6.32	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection and 
Restoration Program, Phase 13
					
6.33 	$7,670,000 the second year is to the 
6.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.35 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
7.1 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
7.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
7.3 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
7.4 	managed as waterfowl production areas or 
7.5 	national wildlife refuges in Minnesota, in 
7.6 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
7.7 	Wildlife Service, and to restore and enhance 
7.8 	prairie lands, wetlands, and land buffering 
7.9 	shallow lakes.

7.10
7.11	(c) RIM Wetlands - Restoring Most Productive 
Habitat in Minnesota, Phase 13
					
7.12 	$3,202,000 the second year is to the Board of 
7.13 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
7.14 	permanent conservation easements and to 
7.15 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
7.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
7.17 	Of this amount, up to $50,000 is for 
7.18 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
7.19 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
7.20 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.21 	97A.056, subdivision 17.  Subdivision 8, 
7.22 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project.   
7.23 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
7.24 	must be provided as part of the final report.

7.25
7.26	(d) Accelerating Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition Program, Phase 16
					
7.27 	$7,020,000 the second year is to the 
7.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.29 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
7.30 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
7.31 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee and 
7.32 	restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
7.33 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
7.34 	production areas in Minnesota.

7.35
7.36	(e) DNR Accelerated Shallow Lakes and 
Wetland Enhancement, Phase 16
					
8.1 	$3,809,000 the second year is to the 
8.2 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
8.3 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
8.4 	statewide.

8.5
8.6	(f) Nelson Slough - East Park Wildlife 
Management Area
					
8.7 	$4,174,000 the second year is to the 
8.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.9 	agreement with the Middle-Snake-Tamarac 
8.10 	Rivers Watershed District to restore and 
8.11 	enhance wetland and upland wildlife habitat 
8.12 	on Nelson Slough and East Park Wildlife 
8.13 	Management Area in Marshall County, 
8.14 	Minnesota.

8.15
8.16	(g) Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration 
Program, Phase 9
					
8.17 	$2,128,000 the second year is to the 
8.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.19 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
8.20 	restore and enhance prairie, wetland, and other 
8.21 	habitat on permanently protected conservation 
8.22 	easements in high-priority wetland habitat 
8.23 	complexes within the prairie, forest/prairie 
8.24 	transition, and forest ecoregions.

8.25
8.26
8.27	(h) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement and Restoration Initiative, Phase 
10
					
8.28 	$7,867,000 the second year is to the 
8.29 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.30 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
8.31 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
8.32 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
8.33 	conservation easement for wildlife 
8.34 	management.

8.35	(i) Lake Alice Enhancement, Fergus Falls
					
9.1 	$500,000 the second year is to the 
9.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.3 	agreement with the city of Fergus Falls to 
9.4 	enhance Lake Alice in Fergus Falls.

9.5	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		-0-
		89,294,000

9.6
9.7	(a) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 5
					
9.8 	$4,711,000 the second year is to the 
9.9 	commissioner of natural resources for 
9.10 	agreements to acquire land in fee and acquire 
9.11 	permanent conservation easements and to 
9.12 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems in 
9.13 	the St. Croix River watershed as follows: 
9.14 	$1,905,000 to Trust for Public Land; $110,000 
9.15 	to Wild Rivers Conservancy; and $2,696,000 
9.16 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to 
9.17 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
9.18 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
9.19 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
9.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
9.21 	subdivision 17.

9.22
9.23	(b) Pine and Leech Watershed Targeted RIM 
Easement Permanent Land Protection, Phase 3
					
9.24 	$2,242,000 the second year is to the Board of 
9.25 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
9.26 	the Crow Wing County Soil and Water 
9.27 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
9.28 	conservation easements of high-quality forest, 
9.29 	wetland, and shoreline habitat. Up to $120,000 
9.30 	of the total amount is for establishing a 
9.31 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
9.32 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
9.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
9.34 	subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), 
9.35 	does not apply to this project. A list of 
10.1 	permanent conservation easements must be 
10.2 	provided as part of the final report.

10.3
10.4	(c) Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding 
Biological Significance, Phase 3
					
10.5 	$3,321,000 the second year is to the 
10.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.7 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
10.8 	permanent conservation easements and to 
10.9 	restore and enhance lakes of outstanding 
10.10 	biological significance in northeast and 
10.11 	north-central Minnesota. Of this amount, 
10.12 	$1,083,000 is to the Northern Waters Land 
10.13 	Trust and $2,238,000 is to Minnesota Land 
10.14 	Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota Land 
10.15 	Trust is for establishing a monitoring and 
10.16 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
10.17 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
10.18 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

10.19
10.20	(d) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program, Phase 13
					
10.21 	$2,060,000 the second year is to the 
10.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.23 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
10.24 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
10.25 	restore and enhance habitat in the Shell Rock 
10.26 	River watershed.

10.27
10.28	(e) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration and Protection Program, Phase 13
					
10.29 	$2,555,000 the second year is to the 
10.30 	commissioner of natural resources for 
10.31 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and restore 
10.32 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Cannon 
10.33 	River watershed as follows: $54,000 to Clean 
10.34 	River Partners; $888,000 to Great River 
11.1 	Greening; and $1,613,000 to Trust for Public 
11.2 	Land.

11.3
11.4	(f) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Project, Phase 8
					
11.5 	$2,706,000 the second year is to acquire lands 
11.6 	in fee and permanent conservation easements 
11.7 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
11.8 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount:
11.9 	(1) $1,706,000 is to the commissioner of 
11.10 	natural resources for agreements as follows: 
11.11 	$57,000 to the Mississippi Headwaters Board 
11.12 	and $1,649,000 to Trust for Public Land; and
11.13 	(2) $1,000,000 is to the Board of Water and 
11.14 	Soil Resources, of which up to $100,000 is to 
11.15 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
11.16 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
11.17 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.18 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

11.19
11.20	(g) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase 10
					
11.21 	$2,687,000 the second year is to the 
11.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
11.23 	agreements to acquire land in fee and in 
11.24 	permanent conservation easements and to 
11.25 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
11.26 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
11.27 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
11.28 	Counties as follows: $2,252,000 to Northern 
11.29 	Waters Land Trust and $435,000 to Minnesota 
11.30 	Land Trust. Up to $56,000 to Minnesota Land 
11.31 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
11.32 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
11.33 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
11.34 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

11.35	(h) Red River Basin Riparian Habitat Program
					
12.1 	$5,119,000 the second year is to acquire 
12.2 	permanent conservation easements to protect, 
12.3 	restore, and enhance stream and riparian 
12.4 	habitat throughout the Red River watershed. 
12.5 	Of this amount, $169,000 is to the 
12.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.7 	agreement with the Red River Watershed 
12.8 	Management Board and $4,950,000 is to the 
12.9 	Board of Water and Soil Resources. Up to 
12.10 	$380,000 of the total amount is for 
12.11 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
12.12 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
12.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17.  Subdivision 8, 
12.15 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
12.16 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
12.17 	must be provided as part of the final report.

12.18
12.19	(i) Resilient Habitat for Heritage Brook Trout, 
Phase 2
					
12.20 	$2,486,000 the second year is to the 
12.21 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.22 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
12.23 	easements and to restore and enhance habitat 
12.24 	in targeted watersheds of southeast Minnesota 
12.25 	to improve heritage brook trout and coldwater 
12.26 	aquatic communities. Of this amount, 
12.27 	$400,000 is to The Nature Conservancy, 
12.28 	$612,000 is to Trout Unlimited, and 
12.29 	$1,474,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
12.30 	$168,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
12.31 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
12.32 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
12.33 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.34 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

12.35
12.36	(j) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 12
					
13.1 	$3,052,000 the second year is to the 
13.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.3 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
13.4 	permanent conservation easements and to 
13.5 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat on public 
13.6 	lands and permanent conservation easements 
13.7 	in southeast Minnesota as follows: $970,000 
13.8 	to The Nature Conservancy, $964,000 to Trust 
13.9 	for Public Land, and $1,118,000 to Minnesota 
13.10 	Land Trust. Up to $112,000 to Minnesota 
13.11 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
13.12 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.13 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.14 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

13.15
13.16	(k) Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration, Phase 4
					
13.17 	$2,345,000 the second year is to acquire land 
13.18 	in permanent conservation easement and to 
13.19 	restore river and related habitat in the Wild 
13.20 	Rice River corridor. Of this amount, $30,000 
13.21 	is to the commissioner of natural resources for 
13.22 	an agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
13.23 	District and $2,315,000 is to the Board of 
13.24 	Water and Soil Resources. The Board of Water 
13.25 	and Soil Resources may use up to $60,000 for 
13.26 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
13.27 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.28 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
13.30 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
13.31 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
13.32 	must be provided as part of the final report.

13.33
13.34
13.35	(l) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, Phase 
16
					
14.1 	$1,359,000 the second year is to the 
14.2 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
14.3 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
14.4 	wildlife management purposes under 
14.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.6 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
14.7 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
14.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
14.9 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
14.10 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
14.11 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
14.12 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
14.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
14.14 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

14.15
14.16	(m) Accelerating Habitat Conservation in 
Southwest Minnesota, Phase 3
					
14.17 	$2,872,000 the second year is to the 
14.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.19 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
14.20 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
14.21 	and to restore and enhance high-quality 
14.22 	wildlife habitat in southwest Minnesota. Of 
14.23 	this amount, up to $168,000 is to establish a 
14.24 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
14.25 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
14.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
14.27 	subdivision 17.

14.28
14.29	(n) Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection 
and Restoration, Phase 5
					
14.30 	$3,965,000 the second year is to the 
14.31 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.32 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
14.33 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
14.34 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Sauk River 
14.35 	watershed as follows: $375,000 to Great River 
14.36 	Greening; $1,199,000 to Sauk River 
15.1 	Watershed District; $1,192,000 to Pheasants 
15.2 	Forever; and $1,199,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.3 	Trust. Up to $168,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.4 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
15.5 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.6 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.7 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.8	(o) Metro Big Rivers, Phase 14
					
15.9 	$8,123,000 the second year is to the 
15.10 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.11 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
15.12 	permanent conservation easements and to 
15.13 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
15.14 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
15.15 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries 
15.16 	within the metropolitan area as follows: 
15.17 	$1,250,000 to Minnesota Valley National 
15.18 	Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $420,000 to 
15.19 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $803,000 to 
15.20 	Great River Greening; $2,750,000 to Trust for 
15.21 	Public Land; and $2,900,000 to Minnesota 
15.22 	Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota 
15.23 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
15.24 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.27
15.28	(p) Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation, 
Phase 9
					
15.29 	$1,802,000 the second year is to the 
15.30 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.31 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
15.32 	habitat on public lands and easements in the 
15.33 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
15.34 	minor watersheds as follows: $1,508,000 to 
16.1 	Great River Greening and $294,000 to 
16.2 	Sherburne County.

16.3
16.4	(q) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement, Phase 7
					
16.5 	$4,206,000 the second year is to the 
16.6 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
16.7 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
16.8 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
16.9 	facilitate fish passage.

16.10
16.11	(r) Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat 
Enhancement
					
16.12 	$2,308,000 the second year is to the 
16.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.14 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to restore and 
16.15 	enhance habitat for trout and other species in 
16.16 	and along coldwater rivers, lakes, and streams 
16.17 	throughout Minnesota.

16.18	(s) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation, Phase 7
					
16.19 	$1,572,000 the second year is to the 
16.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.21 	agreement with the Arrowhead Regional 
16.22 	Development Commission, in cooperation 
16.23 	with the Lake Superior Steelhead Association, 
16.24 	to restore and enhance trout habitat in the 
16.25 	Knife River watershed.

16.26
16.27	(t) DNR St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, 
Phase 11
					
16.28 	$2,163,000 the second year is to the 
16.29 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
16.30 	and enhance priority aquatic, riparian, and 
16.31 	forest habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
16.32 	Of this amount, $716,000 is for an agreement 
16.33 	with Minnesota Land Trust.

16.34	(u) Roseau Lake Rehabilitation, Phase 2
					
17.1 	$3,054,000 the second year is to the 
17.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.3 	agreement with the Roseau River Watershed 
17.4 	District to restore and enhance the Roseau 
17.5 	Lake and Roseau River habitat complex in 
17.6 	Roseau County, Minnesota.

17.7	(v) Highbanks Ravine Bat Hibernaculum
					
17.8 	$2,300,000 the second year is to the 
17.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.10 	agreement with the city of St. Cloud to 
17.11 	enhance the Highbanks Ravine Bat 
17.12 	Hibernaculum in St. Cloud.

17.13
17.14	(w) OwÃ¡mniyomni Native Landscape and River 
Restoration, St. Anthony Falls
					
17.15 	$1,918,000 the second year is to the 
17.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.17 	agreement with Friends of the Falls to restore 
17.18 	and enhance wildlife habitat at Upper St. 
17.19 	Anthony Falls.  This appropriation may only 
17.20 	be spent for site grading, oak savanna, and 
17.21 	aquatic habitat portions of the project.

17.22	(x) Silver Lake Dam Fish Passage Modification
					
17.23 	$2,368,000 the second year is to the 
17.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.25 	agreement with the city of Rochester to restore 
17.26 	and enhance aquatic habitat in Silver Lake and 
17.27 	the south fork of the Zumbro River by 
17.28 	modifying the existing low-head dam in 
17.29 	Rochester.

17.30	(y) Little Devil Track River Restoration
					
17.31 	$3,000,000 the second year is to the 
17.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.33 	agreement with Cook County to restore and 
18.1 	enhance stream habitat in the Little Devil 
18.2 	Track River.

18.3
18.4
18.5	(z) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase 
16
					
18.6 	$15,000,000 the first year is to the 
18.7 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
18.8 	program to provide competitive matching 
18.9 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
18.10 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
18.11 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
18.12 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
18.13 	in Minnesota. Unless there are not enough 
18.14 	eligible grant applications received, of this 
18.15 	amount, at least $4,000,000 is for grants in the 
18.16 	seven-county metropolitan area and cities with 
18.17 	a population of 50,000 or more and at least 
18.18 	$4,000,000 is for grants to applicants that have 
18.19 	not previously applied for money from the 
18.20 	outdoor heritage fund. Grants must not be 
18.21 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
18.22 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
18.23 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
18.24 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
18.25 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
18.26 	$1,000,000. Of the total appropriation, 
18.27 	$600,000 may be spent for personnel costs, 
18.28 	outreach, and support to first-time applicants 
18.29 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
18.30 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
18.31 	in land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
18.32 	may not be used to establish easement 
18.33 	stewardship accounts. The program must 
18.34 	require a match of at least ten percent from 
18.35 	nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 
18.36 	be cash or in-kind. For grant applications of 
19.1 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
19.2 	provide a separate, simplified application 
19.3 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
19.4 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
19.5 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
19.6 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
19.7 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
19.8 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
19.9 	projects. All restoration or enhancement 
19.10 	projects must be on land permanently 
19.11 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
19.12 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
19.13 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
19.14 	conservation easement, or by public ownership 
19.15 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
19.16 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
19.17 	Priority must be given to restoration and 
19.18 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
19.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
19.20 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
19.21 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
19.22 	available until June 30, 2027. No less than five 
19.23 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
19.24 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
19.25 	recipient completes a grant accomplishment 
19.26 	report by the deadline and in the form 
19.27 	prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
19.28 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
19.29 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
19.30 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
19.31 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.32 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

19.33	Subd. 6.Administration
 		-0-
		1,402,000

19.34	(a) Contract Management
					
20.1 	$350,000 the second year is to the 
20.2 	commissioner of natural resources for contract 
20.3 	management duties assigned in this section. 
20.4 	The commissioner must provide an 
20.5 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
20.6 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
20.7 	on expending this appropriation. The 
20.8 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
20.9 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
20.10 	manual. No money may be expended before 
20.11 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
20.12 	approves the accomplishment plan.  Money 
20.13 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
20.14 	June 30, 2026.

20.15	(b) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
20.16 	$160,000 the second year is to the 
20.17 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
20.18 	technical evaluation panel to conduct up to 25 
20.19 	restoration and enhancement evaluations under 
20.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
20.21 	subdivision 10.  Money appropriated in this 
20.22 	paragraph is available until June 30, 2026.

20.23
20.24	(c) Core Functions in Partner-led OHF Land 
Acquisitions
					
20.25 	$892,000 the second year is to the 
20.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
20.27 	administering the initial development, 
20.28 	restoration, and enhancement of land acquired 
20.29 	in fee with money appropriated from the 
20.30 	outdoor heritage fund. This appropriation may 
20.31 	be used for land acquisition costs incurred by 
20.32 	the department in conveying parcels to the 
20.33 	department and for initial development 
20.34 	activities on fee title acquisitions. Money 
21.1 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
21.2 	June 30, 2032.

21.3	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
21.4 	(a) Money appropriated in this section may 
21.5 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
21.6 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
21.7 	appropriation and are specified in the 
21.8 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
21.9 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
21.10 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
21.11 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
21.12 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
21.13 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
21.14 	Money appropriated for fee title acquisition 
21.15 	of land may be used to restore, enhance, and 
21.16 	provide for public use of the land acquired 
21.17 	with the appropriation. Public-use facilities 
21.18 	must have a minimal impact on habitat in 
21.19 	acquired lands.
21.20 	(b) Money appropriated in this section is 
21.21 	available as follows:
21.22 	(1) money appropriated for acquiring real 
21.23 	property is available until June 30, 2028;
21.24 	(2) money appropriated for restoring and 
21.25 	enhancing land acquired with an appropriation 
21.26 	in this section is available for four years after 
21.27 	the acquisition date with a maximum end date 
21.28 	of June 30, 2032;
21.29 	(3) money appropriated for restoring or 
21.30 	enhancing other land is available until June 
21.31 	30, 2029;
21.32 	(4) notwithstanding clauses (1) to (3), money 
21.33 	appropriated for a project that receives at least 
21.34 	15 percent of its funding from federal funds 
22.1 	is available until a date sufficient to match the 
22.2 	availability of federal funding to a maximum 
22.3 	of six years if the federal funding was 
22.4 	confirmed and included in the original 
22.5 	approved draft accomplishment plan; and
22.6 	(5) money appropriated for other projects is 
22.7 	available until the end of the fiscal year in 
22.8 	which it is appropriated.

22.922.10
	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
22.11 	(a) All agreements referred to in this section 
22.12 	must be administered on a reimbursement 
22.13 	basis unless otherwise provided in this section. 
22.14 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.15 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
22.16 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
22.17 	1, 2024, or the date of accomplishment plan 
22.18 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
22.19 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
22.20 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
22.21 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
22.22 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
22.23 	fund, an expense must be considered 
22.24 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
22.25 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
22.26 	an invoice or binding agreement with a 
22.27 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
22.28 	goods have been received or the landowner 
22.29 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
22.30 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
22.31 	that the items articulated in the 
22.32 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
22.33 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
22.34 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
22.35 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
23.1 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
23.2 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
23.3 	projects to accommodate cash-flow needs, 
23.4 	support future management of acquired lands, 
23.5 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
23.6 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
23.7 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
23.8 	specific items in excess of $10,000 must be 
23.9 	itemized in and approved as part of the 
23.10 	accomplishment plan.
23.11 	(b) Unless otherwise provided, no money 
23.12 	appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund 
23.13 	in this act may be used to acquire, restore, or 
23.14 	enhance any real property unless the specific 
23.15 	acquisition, restoration, or enhancement is 
23.16 	approved as part of the accomplishment plan 
23.17 	on the parcel list.

23.18	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
23.19 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
23.20 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
23.21 	grant awarded pursuant to this section, must 
23.22 	provide geographic information to the 
23.23 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
23.24 	mapping of any lands acquired in fee with 
23.25 	funds appropriated in this section and open to 
23.26 	public taking of fish and game. The 
23.27 	commissioner of natural resources must 
23.28 	include the lands acquired in fee with money 
23.29 	appropriated in this section on maps showing 
23.30 	public recreation opportunities. Maps must 
23.31 	include information on and acknowledgment 
23.32 	of the outdoor heritage fund, including a 
23.33 	notation of any restrictions.

24.1	Subd. 10.Carryforward
 					
24.2 	(a) The availability of the following 
24.3 	appropriations is extended to June 30, 2025:
24.4 	(1) Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 
24.5 	2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph 
24.6 	(f), Trout Unlimited Coldwater Fish Habitat 
24.7 	Enhancement and Restoration - Phase XI; and
24.8 	(2) Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 
24.9 	2, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph 
24.10 	(j), Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
24.11 	Restoration Program - Phase VIII.
24.12 	(b) The availability of the appropriation in 
24.13 	Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, 
24.14 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph 
24.15 	(g), Big Rice Lake Wild Rice Enhancement, 
24.16 	is extended to June 30, 2026.

24.17 	ARTICLE 2
24.18 	CLEAN WATER FUND

24.19	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
24.20 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
24.21 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
24.22 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
24.23 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in this 
24.24 	article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year 
24.25 	ending June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2024. 
24.26 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025. These 
24.27 	are onetime appropriations.

24.28				APPROPRIATIONS
	
24.29				Available for the Year
	
24.30				Ending June 30
	
24.31					2024
		2025

24.32	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER FUND

24.33	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	25,426,000
	
25.1 	This appropriation is from the clean water 
25.2 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
25.3 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

25.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
25.5 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
25.6 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
25.7 	related to and necessary for a specific 
25.8 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
25.9 	article must be spent in accordance with 
25.10 	Minnesota Management and Budget MMB 
25.11 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
25.12 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
25.13 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
25.14 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2024 
25.15 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
25.16 	2025, and fiscal year 2025 appropriations are 
25.17 	available until June 30, 2026. If a project 
25.18 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
25.19 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
25.20 	availability of federal funding.

25.21	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
25.22 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
25.23 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
25.24 	on Disability and other appropriate 
25.25 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
25.26 	committees, and commissions, should make 
25.27 	progress toward providing people with 
25.28 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
25.29 	publications, and digital media related to the 
25.30 	programs the recipient funds using 
25.31 	appropriations made in this article.

25.32
25.33	Subd. 4.Increasing Diversity in Environmental 
Careers
 					
25.34 	Agencies should work to provide opportunities 
25.35 	that encourage a diversity of students to pursue 
26.1 	careers in environment and natural resources 
26.2 	when implementing appropriations in this 
26.3 	article.

26.4	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	-0-
	$
	4,000,000
	
26.5 	(a) $1,000,000 the second year is for 
26.6 	monitoring and evaluating trends in the 
26.7 	concentration of nitrate in groundwater; 
26.8 	promoting, developing, and evaluating 
26.9 	regional and crop-specific nutrient best 
26.10 	management practices, cover crops, and other 
26.11 	vegetative cover; assessing adoption of best 
26.12 	management practices and other recommended 
26.13 	practices; education and technical support 
26.14 	from University of Minnesota Extension; 
26.15 	grants to support agricultural demonstration 
26.16 	and implementation activities, including 
26.17 	research activities at the Rosholt Research 
26.18 	Farm; and other actions to protect groundwater 
26.19 	from degradation from nitrate. This 
26.20 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in 
26.21 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 3, 
26.22 	paragraph (b), and is available until June 30, 
26.23 	2028.
26.24 	(b) $3,000,000 the second year is for the 
26.25 	agriculture best management practices loan 
26.26 	program for loans for water quality-related 
26.27 	projects in southeast Minnesota. Any 
26.28 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
26.29 	year must be added to the corpus of the loan 
26.30 	fund. This appropriation is added to the 
26.31 	appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 
26.32 	2, section 3, paragraph (c).

26.33	Sec. 4. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	-0-
	$
	4,650,000
	
27.1 	(a) $1,000,000 the second year is for 
27.2 	enhancing the county-level delivery systems 
27.3 	for subsurface sewage treatment system 
27.4 	(SSTS) activities necessary to implement 
27.5 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 115.55 and 
27.6 	115.56, for protecting groundwater. This 
27.7 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in 
27.8 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 4, 
27.9 	paragraph (f). Notwithstanding Minnesota 
27.10 	Statutes, section 16A.28, the appropriations 
27.11 	in this paragraph are available until June 30, 
27.12 	2028.
27.13 	(b) $1,000,000 the second year is for activities 
27.14 	and grants that reduce chloride pollution. This 
27.15 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in 
27.16 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 4, 
27.17 	paragraph (g).
27.18 	(c) $2,000,000 the second year is to purchase 
27.19 	and install nitrate sensors to develop a 
27.20 	continuous nitrate-monitoring network to 
27.21 	monitor watershed and basin pour points 
27.22 	where elevated loads of nitrate have been 
27.23 	measured historically.
27.24 	(d) $500,000 the second year is for grants to 
27.25 	assist local units of government that own and 
27.26 	operate wastewater treatment facilities to test 
27.27 	for and monitor perfluoroalkyl and 
27.28 	polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in influent, 
27.29 	biosolids, and effluent. The commissioner 
27.30 	must issue the grants consistent with 
27.31 	Minnesota's PFAS Blueprint and to further the 
27.32 	monitoring goals developed in the 2022 PFAS 
27.33 	Monitoring Plan.
27.34 	(e) $150,000 the second year is for a grant to 
27.35 	the Friends of the Minnesota Valley to 
28.1 	continue and expand the existing water quality 
28.2 	and watershed monitoring river watch 
28.3 	activities in schools in the Minnesota River 
28.4 	Valley. By February 15, 2027, Friends of the 
28.5 	Minnesota Valley must provide a report to the 
28.6 	commissioner and to the chairs and ranking 
28.7 	minority members of the legislative 
28.8 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
28.9 	over environment and natural resources 
28.10 	finance and policy and the clean water fund 
28.11 	on the outcomes achieved with the money 
28.12 	received under this appropriation.

28.13
28.14	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	-0-
	$
	90,000
	
28.15 	$90,000 the second year is for assessing 
28.16 	mercury and other fish contaminants, 
28.17 	including PFAS compounds, and monitoring 
28.18 	to track the status of impaired waters over 
28.19 	time. This appropriation is added to the 
28.20 	appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 
28.21 	2, section 5, paragraph (c).

28.22
28.23	Sec. 6. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	-0-
	$
	9,485,000
	
28.24 	(a) $2,485,000 the second year is for a 
28.25 	working lands floodplain program and to 
28.26 	purchase, restore, or preserve riparian land 
28.27 	and floodplains adjacent to lakes, rivers, 
28.28 	streams, and tributaries, by conservation 
28.29 	easements or contracts to keep water on the 
28.30 	land, to decrease sediment, pollutant, and 
28.31 	nutrient transport; reduce hydrologic impacts 
28.32 	to surface waters; and increase protection and 
28.33 	recharge for groundwater. Up to $100,000 is 
28.34 	for deposit in a conservation easement 
28.35 	stewardship account established according to 
28.36 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.103. This 
29.1 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in 
29.2 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 2, section 6, 
29.3 	paragraph (f).
29.4 	(b) $4,000,000 the second year is to purchase 
29.5 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
29.6 	lands adjacent to public waters that have good 
29.7 	water quality but that are threatened with 
29.8 	degradation. Up to $160,000 is for deposit in 
29.9 	a conservation easement stewardship account 
29.10 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
29.11 	section 103B.103. This appropriation is added 
29.12 	to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, 
29.13 	article 2, section 6, paragraph (k).
29.14 	(c) $2,000,000 the second year is for 
29.15 	developing and implementing a water legacy 
29.16 	grant program to expand partnerships for clean 
29.17 	water. This appropriation is added to the 
29.18 	appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 
29.19 	2, section 6, paragraph (m).
29.20 	(d) $1,000,000 the second year is to provide 
29.21 	support to the Soil and Water Conservation 
29.22 	Districts and other local governments and 
29.23 	partner organizations in the Lake Superior 
29.24 	basin to leverage Great Lakes Restoration 
29.25 	Initiative resources in implementing prioritized 
29.26 	activities.
29.27 	(e) The board must require grantees to specify 
29.28 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
29.29 	grants.
29.30 	(f) The appropriations in this section are 
29.31 	available until June 30, 2028, except grant or 
29.32 	easement funds are available for five years 
29.33 	after the date a grant or other agreement is 
29.34 	executed. Returned grant funds must be 
30.1 	regranted consistent with the purposes of this 
30.2 	section.

30.3	Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	-0-
	$
	1,301,000
	
30.4 	(a) $384,000 the second year is for developing 
30.5 	health risk limits for contaminants found or 
30.6 	anticipated to be found in Minnesota drinking 
30.7 	water, to certify private laboratories to conduct 
30.8 	analyses for these contaminants, and to 
30.9 	increase the capacity of the department's 
30.10 	laboratory to analyze for these contaminants. 
30.11 	This appropriation is added to the 
30.12 	appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 
30.13 	2, section 7, paragraph (a).
30.14 	(b) $917,000 the second year is for supporting 
30.15 	the public health response to nitrates in private 
30.16 	wells in southeast Minnesota. Of this amount, 
30.17 	$737,000 is for well inventory and $180,000 
30.18 	is for private well testing.
30.19 	(c) Unless otherwise specified, the 
30.20 	appropriations in this section are available 
30.21 	until June 30, 2027.

30.22	Sec. 8. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	-0-
	$
	5,900,000
	
30.23 	(a)(1) $5,400,000 the second year is for the 
30.24 	University of Minnesota Water Council to 
30.25 	engage with partners and develop a 50-year 
30.26 	clean water plan, according to the scope of 
30.27 	work developed under Laws 2023, chapter 60, 
30.28 	article 9, section 12, that:
30.29 	(i) provides a literature-based assessment of 
30.30 	the current status and trends regarding the 
30.31 	quality and quantity of Minnesota waters, both 
30.32 	surface and subsurface;
31.1 	(ii) identifies gaps in data or understanding 
31.2 	and provides recommended steps to address 
31.3 	the gaps;
31.4 	(iii) identifies existing and potential future 
31.5 	threats to Minnesota's waters; and
31.6 	(iv) proposes a road map of scenarios and 
31.7 	policy recommendations designed to 
31.8 	proactively protect, remediate, and conserve 
31.9 	clean water for human use and biodiversity 
31.10 	for the next 50 years.
31.11 	(2) The Board of Regents of the University of 
31.12 	Minnesota is requested to submit to the chairs 
31.13 	and ranking minority members of the house 
31.14 	of representatives and senate committees and 
31.15 	divisions with jurisdiction over environment 
31.16 	and natural resources:
31.17 	(i) by June 30, 2025, a status report that 
31.18 	includes:
31.19 	(A) a directory of existing data, databases, and 
31.20 	decision support tools; and
31.21 	(B) an assessment of gaps in data and 
31.22 	understanding; and
31.23 	(ii) by June 30, 2026, a status report that 
31.24 	includes:
31.25 	(A) a list of steps to take to address gaps in 
31.26 	data and understanding; and
31.27 	(B) a set of policy scenarios and forecasting 
31.28 	inputs.
31.29 	(b) $500,000 the second year is for a program 
31.30 	to evaluate performance and technology 
31.31 	transfer for stormwater best management 
31.32 	practices, to evaluate best management 
31.33 	performance and effectiveness to support 
32.1 	meeting total maximum daily loads, to develop 
32.2 	standards and incorporate state-of-the-art 
32.3 	guidance using minimal impact design 
32.4 	standards as the model, and to implement a 
32.5 	system to transfer knowledge and technology 
32.6 	across local government, industry, and 
32.7 	regulatory sectors. This appropriation is added 
32.8 	to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, 
32.9 	article 2, section 9, paragraph (b), and is 
32.10 	available until June 30, 2030.

32.11 	ARTICLE 3
32.12 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

32.13 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, section 2, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

32.1532.14
	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	72,155,000
	$
	64,455,000
73,563,000
	
32.16 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
32.17 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

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

32.19 	Sec. 2. Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, section 3, is amended to read:

32.20
32.21	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	43,580,000
	$
	38,931,000
44,396,000
	
32.22 	(a) $28,572,000 the first year and $25,524,000
32.23 	$29,167,000 the second year are for state 
32.24 	parks, recreation areas, and trails to:
32.25 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
32.26 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
32.27 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
32.28 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
32.29 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
32.30 	parks and trails legacy plan.
33.1 	(b) The commissioner may spend money 
33.2 	appropriated under paragraph (a) on I Can! 
33.3 	programs, including but not limited to 
33.4 	programs designed to provide underserved 
33.5 	youth and youth who identify as lesbian, gay, 
33.6 	bisexual, transgender, and queer the 
33.7 	opportunity to experience the outdoors with 
33.8 	similar peers.
33.9 	(c) $14,286,000 the first year and $12,762,000
33.10 	$14,584,000 the second year are for grants for 
33.11 	parks and trails of regional significance 
33.12 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area 
33.13 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The 
33.14 	grants awarded under this paragraph must be 
33.15 	based on the lists of recommended projects 
33.16 	submitted to the legislative committees under 
33.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, 
33.18 	subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota 
33.19 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
33.20 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.21 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
33.22 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
33.23 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
33.24 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
33.25 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
33.26 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan
33.27 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
33.28 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22,
33.29 	2015March 24, 2021. Grant recipients 
33.30 	identified under this paragraph must submit a 
33.31 	grant application to the commissioner of 
33.32 	natural resources. Up to 2.5 percent of the 
33.33 	appropriation may be used by the 
33.34 	commissioner for the actual cost of issuing 
33.35 	and monitoring the grants for the commission. 
33.36 	Of the amount appropriated, $475,000 the first 
34.1 	year and $475,000 the second year are for the 
34.2 	Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
34.3 	Commission to carry out its duties under 
34.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, including 
34.5 	the continued development of a statewide 
34.6 	system plan for regional parks and trails 
34.7 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area.
34.8 	(d) By January 15, 2024, the Greater 
34.9 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
34.10 	Commission must submit a list of projects that 
34.11 	contains the commission's recommendations 
34.12 	for funding from the parks and trails fund for 
34.13 	fiscal year 2025 to the chairs and ranking 
34.14 	minority members of the legislative 
34.15 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
34.16 	over environment and natural resources and 
34.17 	the parks and trails fund.
34.18 	(e) By January 15, 2024, the Greater 
34.19 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
34.20 	Commission must submit a report that contains 
34.21 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
34.22 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
34.23 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
34.24 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
34.25 	minority members of the legislative 
34.26 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
34.27 	over environment and natural resources and 
34.28 	the parks and trails fund.
34.29 	(f) $722,000 the first year and $645,000 the 
34.30 	second year are for coordination and projects 
34.31 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
34.32 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
34.33 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
34.34 	web-based information for park and trail users; 
35.1 	and support of activities of the Parks and 
35.2 	Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
35.3 	(g) The commissioner must contract for 
35.4 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
35.5 	for restoration, maintenance, and other 
35.6 	activities under this section for at least 
35.7 	$850,000 the first year and $850,000 the 
35.8 	second year.
35.9 	(h) Grant recipients of an appropriation under 
35.10 	this section must give consideration to 
35.11 	contracting with Conservation Corps 
35.12 	Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, and 
35.13 	other activities.
35.14 	(i) In addition to the requirements under 
35.15 	paragraph (g), the commissioner should work 
35.16 	to provide other opportunities that encourage 
35.17 	a diversity of students to pursue careers in 
35.18 	environment and natural resources when 
35.19 	implementing appropriations in this section.

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

35.21 	Sec. 3. Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, section 4, is amended to read:

35.2335.22
	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	28,572,000
	$
	25,524,000
29,167,000
	
35.24 	(a) $28,572,000 the first year and $25,524,000
35.25 	$29,167,000 the second year are for 
35.26 	distribution according to Minnesota Statutes, 
35.27 	section 85.53, subdivision 3.
35.28 	(b) Money appropriated under this section and 
35.29 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
35.30 	used only to fund the list of projects approved 
35.31 	by the elected representatives of each of the 
35.32 	metropolitan parks implementing agencies. 
35.33 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
36.1 	under this section must be substantially 
36.2 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
36.3 	dollar amounts approved by each elected body. 
36.4 	Any money remaining after completing the 
36.5 	listed projects may be spent by the 
36.6 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
36.7 	parks and trails.
36.8 	(c) Grant agreements entered into by the 
36.9 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
36.10 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
36.11 	that the money is used to supplement and not 
36.12 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
36.13 	(d) The implementing agencies receiving 
36.14 	appropriations under this section must give 
36.15 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
36.16 	Corps Minnesota for restoration, maintenance, 
36.17 	and other activities.

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

36.19 	Sec. 4. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS.
 36.20 		Subdivision 1.Bluffs Traverse Trail; city of Winona. The availability of the grant to 
36.21 	the city of Winona for the Bluffs Traverse Trail project from the parks and trails fund 
36.22 	appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, paragraph 
36.23 	(b), is extended to June 30, 2026.
36.24 		Subd. 2.Jay C. Hormel Nature Center; city of Austin. The availability of the grant 
36.25 	to the city of Austin for the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center project from the parks and trails 
36.26 	fund appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, 
36.27 	paragraph (b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
36.28 		Subd. 3.Hole in the Mountain Park; Lincoln County. The availability of the grant to 
36.29 	Lincoln County for the Hole in the Mountain Park project from the parks and trails fund 
36.30 	appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, paragraph 
36.31 	(b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
36.32 		Subd. 4.Alexander Ramsey Park; city of Redwood Falls. The availability of the grant 
36.33 	to the city of Redwood Falls for the Alexander Ramsey Park project from the parks and 
37.1 	trails fund appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 
37.2 	3, paragraph (b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
37.3 		Subd. 5.Coordination among partners. The appropriations from the parks and trails 
37.4 	fund under Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, paragraph (e), 
37.5 	are available until June 30, 2026.

37.6 	ARTICLE 4
37.7 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

37.8	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
37.9 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
37.10 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
37.11 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
37.12 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15, except that any unencumbered balance 
37.13 	remaining under this article from the first year does not cancel but is available in the second 
37.14 	year. The figures "2024" and "2025" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed 
37.15 	under the figure are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 
37.16 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2024. "The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The 
37.17 	biennium" is fiscal years 2024 and 2025. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

37.18				APPROPRIATIONS
	
37.19				Available for the Year
	
37.20				Ending June 30
	
37.21					2024
		2025

37.22	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

37.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	12,209,000
	
37.24 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
37.25 	purpose are specified in the following 
37.26 	subdivisions.

37.27	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
37.28 	Money appropriated in this article must not 
37.29 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
37.30 	related to and necessary for a specific 
37.31 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
37.32 	article must not be spent on institutional 
37.33 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
38.1 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
38.2 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
38.3 	spent in accordance with Minnesota 
38.4 	Management and Budget MMB Guidance to 
38.5 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditure. 
38.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.7 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
38.8 	article, fiscal year 2024 appropriations are 
38.9 	available until June 30, 2025, and fiscal year 
38.10 	2025 appropriations are available until June 
38.11 	30, 2027. Water and energy conservation 
38.12 	technology and the use of renewable energy 
38.13 	should be priorities for construction and 
38.14 	building projects funded through this 
38.15 	appropriation. If a project receives federal 
38.16 	funds, the period of the appropriation is 
38.17 	extended to equal the availability of federal 
38.18 	funding.

38.19	Subd. 3.Minnesota State Arts Board
 		-0-
		5,738,000
	
38.20 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
38.21 	appropriated to the Minnesota State Arts 
38.22 	Board for arts, arts education, arts 
38.23 	preservation, and arts access. Grant 
38.24 	agreements entered into by the Minnesota 
38.25 	State Arts Board and other recipients of 
38.26 	appropriations in this subdivision must ensure 
38.27 	that these funds are used to supplement and 
38.28 	not substitute for traditional sources of 
38.29 	funding. Each grant program established in 
38.30 	this appropriation must be separately 
38.31 	administered from other state appropriations 
38.32 	for program planning and outcome 
38.33 	measurements, but may take into consideration 
38.34 	other state resources awarded in the selection 
38.35 	of applicants and grant award size.

39.1	(b) Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
					
39.2 	$4,590,000 the second year is to support 
39.3 	Minnesota artists and arts organizations in 
39.4 	creating, producing, and presenting 
39.5 	high-quality arts activities; to preserve, 
39.6 	maintain, and interpret art forms and works 
39.7 	of art so that they are accessible to Minnesota 
39.8 	audiences; to overcome barriers to accessing 
39.9 	high-quality arts activities; and to instill the 
39.10 	arts into the community and public life in this 
39.11 	state. This appropriation is added to the 
39.12 	appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 
39.13 	4, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).

39.14	(c) Arts Education
					
39.15 	$861,000 the second year is for high-quality, 
39.16 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
39.17 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
39.18 	understanding of the arts. This appropriation 
39.19 	is added to the appropriation in Laws 2023, 
39.20 	chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 3, 
39.21 	paragraph (c).

39.22	(d) Arts and Cultural Heritage
					
39.23 	$287,000 the second year is for events and 
39.24 	activities that represent, preserve, and maintain 
39.25 	the diverse cultural arts traditions, including 
39.26 	folk and traditional artists and art 
39.27 	organizations, represented in this state. This 
39.28 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in 
39.29 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, 
39.30 	subdivision 3, paragraph (d).

39.31	(e) Administrative Costs
					
39.32 	Up to five percent of the totals in paragraphs 
39.33 	(b) to (d) each year is for administering grant 
39.34 	programs, delivering technical services, 
40.1 	providing fiscal oversight for the statewide 
40.2 	system, and ensuring accountability in fiscal 
40.3 	year 2025.

40.4	(f) Regional Arts Councils
					
40.5 	Thirty percent of the remaining total 
40.6 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
40.7 	in paragraphs (b) to (d) is for grants to the 
40.8 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
40.9 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
40.10 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
40.11 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
40.12 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
40.13 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
40.14 	regions of the state.

40.15	Subd. 4.Department of Administration
 		-0-
		1,845,000
	
40.16 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
40.17 	appropriated to the commissioner of 
40.18 	administration for grants to the named 
40.19 	organizations for the purposes specified in this 
40.20 	subdivision. The commissioner of 
40.21 	administration may use a portion of this 
40.22 	appropriation for costs that are directly related 
40.23 	to and necessary for the administration of 
40.24 	grants in this subdivision.
40.25 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
40.26 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
40.27 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
40.28 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
40.29 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
40.30 	sources of funding.

40.31	(c) Berger Fountain Renovation
					
40.32 	$250,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
40.33 	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to 
41.1 	restore Berger Fountain at Loring Park and 
41.2 	for improvements to the surrounding plaza.

41.3
41.4	(d) Cannon Falls American Veterans Memorial 
Park
					
41.5 	$250,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
41.6 	American Veterans Memorial Park for the 
41.7 	regional destination veterans memorial park 
41.8 	outside the city of Cannon Falls for 
41.9 	celebrating, recognizing, and honoring the 
41.10 	sacrifices of the diverse allies who supported 
41.11 	America in wars and conflicts, including but 
41.12 	not limited to culturally specific events, 
41.13 	festivals, and gatherings.

41.14
41.15	(e) Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center and 
Cypher Side
					
41.16 	$200,000 the second year is for a grant to 
41.17 	Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center to 
41.18 	partner with Cypher Side to provide 
41.19 	integration of dance and other arts into a 
41.20 	creative economy-style retail and gastronomy 
41.21 	space in which youth can bring their arts and 
41.22 	cultural heritage into new spheres of activity. 
41.23 	This appropriation may not be used to hold 
41.24 	events.

41.25	(f) Hrvatski Dom Croatian Hall
					
41.26 	$195,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
41.27 	Hrvatski Dom Croatian Hall in South St. Paul 
41.28 	for restoring and operating the hall for 
41.29 	community gatherings and to preserve the 
41.30 	history and cultural heritage of Croatian 
41.31 	immigrants in Minnesota.

41.32	(g) Justus Ramsey Stone House
					
41.33 	$300,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
41.34 	Pullman Company for costs related to 
42.1 	preserving Minnesota's historic Justus Ramsey 
42.2 	Stone House and relocating it to the Jackson 
42.3 	Street Roundhouse property owned and 
42.4 	operated by the Minnesota Transportation 
42.5 	Museum.

42.6	(h) Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum
					
42.7 	$275,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
42.8 	Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum at 
42.9 	Camp Ripley for the restoration, relocation, 
42.10 	and interpretation of the USS Ward Number 
42.11 	Three Gun and World War II display.

42.12	(i) PROCEED
					
42.13 	$150,000 the second year is for a grant to 
42.14 	PROCEED, Inc., for arts, cultural, and 
42.15 	environmental preservation work with youth.

42.16	(j) Art From the Inside
					
42.17 	$150,000 the second year is for a grant to Art 
42.18 	From the Inside to use the arts, including but 
42.19 	not limited to visual art, poetry, literature, 
42.20 	theater, dance, and music, to address the 
42.21 	supportive, therapeutic, and rehabilitative 
42.22 	needs of incarcerated persons and persons on 
42.23 	supervised release and promote a safer 
42.24 	correctional facility and community 
42.25 	environment.

42.26	(k) Twin Cities Jazz Festival
					
42.27 	$75,000 the second year is for arts and arts 
42.28 	access at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival.

42.29	Subd. 5.Minnesota Humanities Center
 		-0-
		3,776,000
	
42.30 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
42.31 	appropriated to the Board of Directors of the 
42.32 	Minnesota Humanities Center for the purposes 
42.33 	specified in this subdivision. The Minnesota 
43.1 	Humanities Center may use up to 5.5 percent 
43.2 	of the appropriations for the administration of 
43.3 	these funds and to cover the cost of 
43.4 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
43.5 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
43.6 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
43.7 	plan to issue the grants under this subdivision 
43.8 	and must submit the plan for review and 
43.9 	approval by the commissioner of 
43.10 	administration. The written plan must require 
43.11 	the Minnesota Humanities Center to create 
43.12 	and adhere to grant policies that are similar to 
43.13 	those established according to Minnesota 
43.14 	Statutes, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, 
43.15 	paragraph (a), clause (1).
43.16 	No grants awarded under this subdivision may 
43.17 	be used for travel outside the state of 
43.18 	Minnesota. The grant agreement must specify 
43.19 	the repercussions for failing to comply with 
43.20 	the grant agreement.

43.21
43.22
43.23	(b) Community Identity and Heritage Grant 
Program; Administration and Capacity-Building 
Grants
					
43.24 	$2,700,000 the second year is for a 
43.25 	competitive grant program to provide grants 
43.26 	to organizations or individuals working to 
43.27 	create, celebrate, and teach the art, culture, 
43.28 	and heritage of diverse Minnesota 
43.29 	communities, including but not limited to 
43.30 	Asian and Pacific Island communities, the 
43.31 	Somali diaspora and other African immigrant 
43.32 	communities, Indigenous communities with 
43.33 	a focus on the 11 Tribes in Minnesota, the 
43.34 	African American community, the Latinx 
43.35 	community, the LGBTQIA+ community, and 
43.36 	other underrepresented cultural groups, 
44.1 	including communities of Black, Indigenous, 
44.2 	and people of color, to celebrate the cultural 
44.3 	diversity of Minnesota. Nothing in this 
44.4 	paragraph shall be construed to prevent a 
44.5 	named recipient of a grant under this article 
44.6 	or under Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, from 
44.7 	applying to receive additional grant money 
44.8 	under this paragraph. An individual or 
44.9 	organization that receives a grant under this 
44.10 	paragraph must do at least one of the 
44.11 	following:
44.12 	(1) preserve and honor the cultural heritage of 
44.13 	Minnesota;
44.14 	(2) provide education and student outreach on 
44.15 	cultural diversity;
44.16 	(3) support the development of culturally 
44.17 	diverse humanities programming, including 
44.18 	arts programming, by individuals and 
44.19 	organizations; or
44.20 	(4) empower communities in building identity 
44.21 	and culture, including preserving and honoring 
44.22 	communities whose Indigenous cultures are 
44.23 	endangered or disappearing.

44.24	(c) Emergency Grants
					
44.25 	$76,000 the second year is for emergency 
44.26 	grants to respond to urgent community needs 
44.27 	to organizations otherwise qualified to receive 
44.28 	grants under paragraph (b). Grants under this 
44.29 	paragraph should be designed to be awarded 
44.30 	on a rolling basis based on emerging needs to 
44.31 	assist communities responding to major events 
44.32 	and to facilitate the process of grieving, 
44.33 	encourage healing, create memorials, or assist 
44.34 	in recovery of the community.

45.1
45.2	(d) Underrepresented Groups Cultural Studies 
Materials
					
45.3 	$1,000,000 the second year is for competitive 
45.4 	grants to develop high-quality academic 
45.5 	cultural and ethnic studies materials for 
45.6 	communities that do not have adequate 
45.7 	cultural and ethnic studies materials or who 
45.8 	are underrepresented in those materials, 
45.9 	including but not limited to the Hmong, Karen, 
45.10 	Somali, and Oromo cultures, and cultures 
45.11 	without a formal writing system that are 
45.12 	largely oral-based. In developing these 
45.13 	materials, a recipient of a grant under this 
45.14 	paragraph must work with school districts that 
45.15 	intend to use the materials.

45.16	Subd. 6.Minnesota Historical Society
 		-0-
		850,000
	
45.17 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
45.18 	appropriated to the governing board of the 
45.19 	Minnesota Historical Society to preserve and 
45.20 	enhance access to Minnesota's history and its 
45.21 	cultural and historical resources. Grant 
45.22 	agreements entered into by the Minnesota 
45.23 	Historical Society and other recipients of 
45.24 	appropriations in this subdivision must ensure 
45.25 	that these funds are used to supplement and 
45.26 	not substitute for traditional sources of 
45.27 	funding. Funds directly appropriated to the 
45.28 	Minnesota Historical Society must be used to 
45.29 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
45.30 	sources of funding. The appropriations in this 
45.31 	subdivision are onetime.

45.32	(b) Grants
					
45.33 	(1) $200,000 the second year is to facilitate 
45.34 	negotiations for the purchase by the state of 
45.35 	the Wizard of Oz ruby slippers through a 
46.1 	combination of available state funds and 
46.2 	nonstate sources of funding;
46.3 	(2) $250,000 the second year is for 
46.4 	competitive grants to Lao, Cambodian, 
46.5 	Vietnamese, and Hmong cultural community 
46.6 	organizations for activities to commemorate 
46.7 	50 years of Southeast Asians in Minnesota;
46.8 	(3) $150,000 the second year is for activities 
46.9 	to prepare and coordinate community 
46.10 	commemoration programs celebrating 50 years 
46.11 	of Hmong Americans in Minnesota. The 
46.12 	Minnesota Historical Society must form an 
46.13 	advisory task force consisting of members of 
46.14 	the Hmong community to advise the society 
46.15 	on the design and implementation of these 
46.16 	activities and programs; and
46.17 	(4) $250,000 the second year is for planning 
46.18 	and outreach, in collaboration with the 
46.19 	Minnesota Humanities Center, for Minnesota's 
46.20 	commemoration of the 250th anniversary of 
46.21 	the signing of the Declaration of 
46.22 	Independence. The Minnesota Historical 
46.23 	Society and Minnesota Humanities Center 
46.24 	must enter into an agreement between the 
46.25 	organizations on how best to maximize the 
46.26 	impact of this grant and of collaboration with 
46.27 	statewide partners.