1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legacy; appropriating money from outdoor heritage, clean water, parks 
1.3 	and trails, and arts and cultural heritage funds; extending prior appropriations; 
1.4 	providing for leveraging federal grant money; modifying reporting requirements; 
1.5 	modifying accountability provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 
1.6 	97A.056, by adding a subdivision; 114D.30, subdivision 7; 129D.17, subdivision 
1.7 	2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 
1.8 	6.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	ARTICLE 1
1.11 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.12	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.13 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.14 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the outdoor heritage 
1.15 	fund for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in 
1.16 	this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year 
1.17 	ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. 
1.18 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The 
1.19 	appropriations in this article are onetime appropriations.

1.20				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.21				Available for the Year
	
1.22				Ending June 30
	
1.23					2026
		2027

1.24	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

1.25	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	162,111,000
	$
	775,000
	
2.1 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
2.2 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.3 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.4 	subdivisions.

2.5	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		33,432,000
		-0-

2.6
2.7	(a) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, 
Phase 9
					
2.8 	$1,332,000 the first year is to the 
2.9 	commissioner of natural resources for 
2.10 	agreements to acquire land in fee and restore 
2.11 	and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
2.12 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat in Martin 
2.13 	County for wildlife management area purposes 
2.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
2.15 	subdivision 8, as follows: $970,000 to Fox 
2.16 	Lake Conservation League, Inc., $327,000 to 
2.17 	Ducks Unlimited, and $35,000 to the 
2.18 	Conservation Fund.

2.19
2.20	(b) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of the 
Southern Red River Valley, Phase 11
					
2.21 	$3,607,000 the first year is to the 
2.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.23 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
2.24 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
2.25 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and 
2.26 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
2.27 	River Valley for wildlife management 
2.28 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.29 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
2.30 	managed as waterfowl production areas in 
2.31 	Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
2.32 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
2.33 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
2.34 	6136.0900, priority must be given to 
2.35 	acquisitions of lands that are eligible for the 
3.1 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.2 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
3.3 	native prairie.

3.4	(c) RIM Grasslands Reserve, Phase 6
					
3.5 	$3,375,000 the first year is to the Board of 
3.6 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
3.7 	permanent conservation easements and to 
3.8 	restore and enhance grassland habitat under 
3.9 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.501 to 
3.10 	103F.531. Of this amount, up to $70,000 is to 
3.11 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
3.12 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
3.13 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
3.15 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
3.16 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
3.17 	must be provided as part of the final report.

3.18
3.19	(d) RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water, Phase 
11
					
3.20 	$4,000,000 the first year is to the Board of 
3.21 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
3.22 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
3.23 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.24 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
3.25 	habitat by expanding the riparian buffer 
3.26 	program under the clean water fund for 
3.27 	additional wildlife benefits from buffers on 
3.28 	private land. Of this amount, up to $60,000 is 
3.29 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
3.30 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
3.31 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.32 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
3.33 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project.   
3.34 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
3.35 	must be provided as part of the final report.

4.1
4.2	(e) Accelerating the Wildlife Management Area 
Program, Phase 17
					
4.3 	$4,863,000 the first year is to the 
4.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.5 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
4.6 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
4.7 	wildlife management area purposes under 
4.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
4.9 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
4.10 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
4.11 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
4.12 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
4.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
4.14 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

4.15
4.16	(f) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Program, Phase 
14
					
4.17 	$2,433,000 the first year is to the 
4.18 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.19 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
4.20 	acquire land in fee and restore and enhance 
4.21 	native prairie, grasslands, wetlands, and 
4.22 	savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
4.23 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
4.24 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
4.25 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
4.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
4.27 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
4.28 	income statements and balance sheets for 
4.29 	income and expenses from land acquired with 
4.30 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
4.31 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
4.32 	later than 180 days following the close of The 
4.33 	Nature Conservancy's fiscal year. A list of 
4.34 	proposed land acquisitions, restorations, and 
4.35 	enhancements must be provided as part of the 
4.36 	required accomplishment plan and must be 
5.1 	consistent with the priorities identified in 
5.2 	Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan.

5.3
5.4	(g) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife 
Refuge, Phase 15
					
5.5 	$3,658,000 the first year is to the 
5.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.7 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
5.8 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
5.9 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or 
5.10 	permanent conservation easements and to 
5.11 	restore and enhance lands in the Northern 
5.12 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
5.13 	western Minnesota for addition to the Northern 
5.14 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
5.15 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
5.16 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
5.17 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
5.18 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.19 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
5.20 	native prairie.

5.21
5.22
5.23	(h) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, Phase 
17
					
5.24 	$1,916,000 the first year is to the 
5.25 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
5.26 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
5.27 	wildlife management purposes under 
5.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
5.29 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
5.30 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
5.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
5.32 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
5.33 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
5.34 	must be given to acquisition of lands that are 
5.35 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
6.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
6.2 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

6.3
6.4	(i) Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands, Phase 
8
					
6.5 	$3,440,000 the first year is to the 
6.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.7 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
6.8 	and restore grassland and wetland habitat on 
6.9 	public lands in the forest prairie transition, 
6.10 	metro urban, and prairie ecoregions of 
6.11 	Minnesota.

6.12
6.13	(j) Accelerating the USFWS Habitat 
Conservation Easement Program, Phase 5
					
6.14 	$4,808,000 the first year is to the 
6.15 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.16 	agreements to restore and enhance wetland 
6.17 	and prairie habitat on habitat easements of the 
6.18 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service as 
6.19 	follows: $3,100,000 to Ducks Unlimited and 
6.20 	$1,708,000 to Pheasants Forever.

6.21	Subd. 3.Forests
 		19,958,000
		-0-

6.22
6.23	(a) Minnesota Forest Recovery Project, Phase 
3
					
6.24 	$3,464,000 the first year is to the 
6.25 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.26 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy in 
6.27 	cooperation with the Department of Natural 
6.28 	Resources and Minnesota Land Trust to 
6.29 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
6.30 	and to restore and enhance degraded forests 
6.31 	in Beltrami, Cass, Cook, Itasca, Lake, 
6.32 	Koochiching, and St. Louis Counties. Of this 
6.33 	amount, up to $84,000 is to the easement 
6.34 	holder to establish a monitoring and 
6.35 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
7.1 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
7.2 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

7.3	(b) Itasca County Memorial Forest Project
					
7.4 	$2,720,000 the first year is to the 
7.5 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.6 	agreement with Itasca County to acquire 
7.7 	priority forest habitat lands in fee as county 
7.8 	forests.

7.97.10
	(c) Hardwood Hills Habitat Conservation 
Program, Phase 2
					
7.11 	$1,803,000 the first year is to the 
7.12 	commissioner of natural resources for 
7.13 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
7.14 	easements and to restore and enhance forest 
7.15 	habitats in the hardwood hills ecological 
7.16 	section of west-central Minnesota as follows: 
7.17 	$100,000 to St. John's University and 
7.18 	$1,703,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Of the 
7.19 	amount to Minnesota Land Trust, $196,000 is 
7.20 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
7.21 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
7.22 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.23 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

7.24
7.25	(d) Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape Protection 
Program ACUB, Phase 13
					
7.26 	$2,183,000 the first year is to the Board of 
7.27 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
7.28 	the Morrison County Soil and Water 
7.29 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
7.30 	conservation easements and to restore and 
7.31 	enhance forest wildlife habitat within the 
7.32 	boundaries of the Minnesota National Guard 
7.33 	Camp Ripley Sentinel Landscape and Army 
7.34 	Compatible Use Buffer. Of this amount, up to 
7.35 	$110,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
8.1 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
8.2 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
8.3 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.  
8.4 	Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), does not apply 
8.5 	to this project.  A list of permanent 
8.6 	conservation easements must be provided as 
8.7 	part of the final report.

8.8	(e) Minnesota Forests for the Future, Phase 5
					
8.9 	$5,241,000 the first year is to the 
8.10 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
8.11 	lands in conservation easements and to restore 
8.12 	and enhance forests, wetlands, and shoreline 
8.13 	habitat through working forest permanent 
8.14 	conservation easements under the Minnesota 
8.15 	forests for the future program according to 
8.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.66. A 
8.17 	conservation easement acquired with money 
8.18 	appropriated under this paragraph must 
8.19 	comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.20 	97A.056, subdivision 13. The accomplishment 
8.21 	plan must include an easement monitoring and 
8.22 	enforcement plan. Of this amount, up to 
8.23 	$400,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
8.24 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
8.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
8.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

8.27	(f) DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase 5
					
8.28 	$2,543,000 the first year is to the 
8.29 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
8.30 	and enhance forest wildlife habitats on public 
8.31 	lands throughout Minnesota.

8.32
8.33
8.34	(g) Moose Habitat Collaborative - Northeast 
Minnesota Forest Habitat Enhancement, Phase 
5
					
9.1 	$2,004,000 the first year is to the 
9.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.3 	agreement with the Ruffed Grouse Society to 
9.4 	restore and enhance public forest lands in the 
9.5 	northern forest region for moose habitat 
9.6 	purposes.

9.7	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		29,032,000
		-0-

9.8
9.9	(a) Wetland Habitat Protection and Restoration 
Program, Phase 10
					
9.10 	$2,853,000 the first year is to the 
9.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.12 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
9.13 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
9.14 	and to restore and enhance prairie, wetland, 
9.15 	and other habitats on permanently protected 
9.16 	conservation easements in high-priority 
9.17 	wetland habitat complexes in the prairie, 
9.18 	forest/prairie transition, and forest ecoregions. 
9.19 	Of this amount, up to $168,000 is to establish 
9.20 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
9.21 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
9.22 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.23 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

9.24
9.25	(b) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection and 
Restoration Program, Phase 14
					
9.26 	$5,673,000 the first year is to the 
9.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.28 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
9.29 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
9.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
9.31 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
9.32 	managed as waterfowl production areas or 
9.33 	national wildlife refuges in Minnesota, in 
9.34 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
9.35 	Wildlife Service, and to restore and enhance 
10.1 	prairie lands, wetlands, and land-buffering 
10.2 	shallow lakes.

10.3
10.4	(c) RIM Wetlands - Restoring the Most 
Productive Habitat in Minnesota, Phase 14
					
10.5 	$4,291,000 the first year is to the Board of 
10.6 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
10.7 	permanent conservation easements and to 
10.8 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
10.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
10.10 	Of this amount, up to $70,000 is for 
10.11 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
10.12 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
10.13 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.14 	97A.056, subdivision 17.  Subdivision 8, 
10.15 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project.   
10.16 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
10.17 	must be provided as part of the final report.

10.18
10.19	(d) Accelerating the Waterfowl Production Area 
Acquisition Program, Phase 17
					
10.20 	$5,121,000 the first year is to the 
10.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.22 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
10.23 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
10.24 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee and to 
10.25 	restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
10.26 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
10.27 	production areas in Minnesota.

10.28
10.29	(e) Nelson Slough - East Park Wildlife 
Management Area, Phase 2
					
10.30 	$1,543,000 the first year is to the 
10.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.32 	agreement with the Middle-Snake-Tamarac 
10.33 	Rivers Watershed District to restore and 
10.34 	enhance wetland and upland wildlife habitat 
11.1 	in Nelson Slough and the East Park Wildlife 
11.2 	Management Area in Marshall County.

11.3
11.4
11.5	(f) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
Enhancement and Restoration Initiative, Phase 
11
					
11.6 	$5,601,000 the first year is to the 
11.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.8 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
11.9 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
11.10 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
11.11 	conservation easement for wildlife 
11.12 	management.

11.13	(g) Big Swamp North
					
11.14 	$1,442,000 the first year is to the 
11.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
11.16 	agreement with the Roseau River Watershed 
11.17 	District to restore and enhance wetland, 
11.18 	stream, and other related wildlife habitat on 
11.19 	public lands in the Big Swamp area in Roseau 
11.20 	County.

11.21
11.22	(h) DNR Accelerated Shallow Lakes and 
Wetland Enhancement, Phase 17
					
11.23 	$2,508,000 the first year is to the 
11.24 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
11.25 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
11.26 	statewide.

11.27	Subd. 5.Habitats
 		77,646,000
		-0-

11.28
11.29	(a) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration and Protection Program, Phase 14
					
11.30 	$2,663,000 the first year is to the 
11.31 	commissioner of natural resources for 
11.32 	agreements to acquire land in fee and to 
11.33 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat in the 
11.34 	Cannon River Watershed as follows: $62,000 
11.35 	to Clean River Partners; $1,198,000 to Great 
12.1 	River Greening; and $1,403,000 to the Trust 
12.2 	for Public Land.

12.3	(b) Spring Road Conservation Project
					
12.4 	$1,982,000 the first year is to the 
12.5 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
12.6 	agreement with the Riley Purgatory Bluff 
12.7 	Creek Watershed District to acquire priority 
12.8 	wildlife habitat lands in fee in Hennepin 
12.9 	County.

12.10
12.11	(c) Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation, 
Phase 10
					
12.12 	$3,518,000 the first year is to the 
12.13 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.14 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
12.15 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
12.16 	habitat on public lands and easements in the 
12.17 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
12.18 	minor watersheds as follows: $553,000 to 
12.19 	Anoka Conservation District; $1,385,000 to 
12.20 	Great River Greening; $300,000 to The Nature 
12.21 	Conservancy; and $1,280,000 to Minnesota 
12.22 	Land Trust. Up to $112,000 to Minnesota 
12.23 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
12.24 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
12.25 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
12.26 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

12.27
12.28	(d) Integrating Habitat and Clean Water, Phase 
3
					
12.29 	$2,691,000 the first year is to the Board of 
12.30 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
12.31 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
12.32 	and enhance wildlife habitat identified in One 
12.33 	Watershed, One Plan for stacked benefit to 
12.34 	wildlife and clean water. Of this amount, up 
12.35 	to $80,000 is for establishing a monitoring and 
13.1 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
13.2 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
13.3 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
13.4 	Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), does not apply 
13.5 	to this project. A list of permanent 
13.6 	conservation easements must be provided as 
13.7 	part of the final report.

13.8
13.9	(e) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 6
					
13.10 	$3,184,000 the first year is to the 
13.11 	commissioner of natural resources for 
13.12 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
13.13 	permanent conservation easements and to 
13.14 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems in 
13.15 	the St. Croix River Watershed as follows:  
13.16 	$1,199,000 to the Trust for Public Land; 
13.17 	$121,000 to Wild Rivers Conservancy; and 
13.18 	$1,864,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
13.19 	$168,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
13.20 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
13.21 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
13.22 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.23 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

13.24
13.25	(f) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Project, Phase 9
					
13.26 	$2,769,000 the first year is to acquire lands in 
13.27 	fee and permanent conservation easements 
13.28 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
13.29 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount: (1) 
13.30 	$1,769,000 is to the commissioner of natural 
13.31 	resources for agreements as follows: $60,000 
13.32 	to the Mississippi Headwaters Board and 
13.33 	$1,709,000 to the Trust for Public Land; and 
13.34 	(2) $1,000,000 is to the Board of Water and 
13.35 	Soil Resources, of which up to $50,000 is to 
13.36 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
14.1 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
14.2 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.3 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

14.4
14.5	(g) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 13
					
14.6 	$2,334,000 the first year is to the 
14.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.8 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
14.9 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
14.10 	and to restore and enhance wildlife habitat on 
14.11 	public lands and permanent conservation 
14.12 	easements in southeast Minnesota.  Of this 
14.13 	amount, up to $140,000 is to establish a 
14.14 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
14.15 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
14.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
14.17 	subdivision 17.

14.18
14.19	(h) Protecting Coldwater Fisheries on 
Minnesota's North Shore, Phase 3
					
14.20 	$2,187,000 the first year is to the 
14.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
14.22 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
14.23 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
14.24 	and to restore and enhance wildlife habitat in 
14.25 	priority coldwater tributaries to Lake Superior. 
14.26 	Of this amount, up to $196,000 is to establish 
14.27 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
14.28 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
14.29 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.30 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

14.31	(i) Metro Big Rivers, Phase 15
					
14.32 	$6,793,000 the first year is to the 
14.33 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.34 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
14.35 	permanent conservation easements and to 
15.1 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
15.2 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
15.3 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries in 
15.4 	the metropolitan area as follows: $1,000,000 
15.5 	to Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
15.6 	Trust, Inc.; $488,000 to Friends of the 
15.7 	Mississippi River; $975,000 to Great River 
15.8 	Greening; $2,151,000 to the Trust for Public 
15.9 	Land; and $2,179,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.10 	Trust. Up to $168,000 to Minnesota Land 
15.11 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
15.12 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.13 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.14 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.15
15.16	(j) Minnesota River Watershed Habitat 
Conservation Program
					
15.17 	$3,078,000 the first year is to the 
15.18 	commissioner of natural resources for 
15.19 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
15.20 	permanent conservation easements and to 
15.21 	restore and enhance priority habitat in the 
15.22 	Minnesota River watershed as follows: 
15.23 	$1,364,000 to Great River Greening and 
15.24 	$1,714,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
15.25 	$168,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
15.26 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
15.27 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
15.28 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

15.30
15.31	(k) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program, Phase 14
					
15.32 	$2,141,000 the first year is to the 
15.33 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.34 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
15.35 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
16.1 	to restore and enhance habitat in the Shell 
16.2 	Rock River watershed.

16.3
16.4	(l) Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding 
Biological Significance, Phase 4
					
16.5 	$3,137,000 the first year is to the 
16.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.7 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
16.8 	permanent conservation easements and to 
16.9 	restore and enhance lakes of outstanding 
16.10 	biological significance in northeast and 
16.11 	north-central Minnesota. Of this amount, 
16.12 	$1,494,000 is to the Northern Waters Land 
16.13 	Trust and $1,643,000 is to Minnesota Land 
16.14 	Trust. Up to $168,000 to Minnesota Land 
16.15 	Trust is for establishing a monitoring and 
16.16 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
16.17 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
16.18 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

16.19
16.20	(m) Shakopee Creek: Headwaters Restored, 
Species and Land Protected
					
16.21 	$2,359,000 the first year is to the 
16.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.23 	agreement with the Kandiyohi Soil and Water 
16.24 	Conservation District to restore and enhance 
16.25 	wildlife habitat in the headwaters area of 
16.26 	Shakopee Creek in Kandiyohi County.

16.27
16.28	(n) DNR Trout Stream Conservation Easements, 
Phase 4
					
16.29 	$973,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
16.30 	of natural resources to acquire land in 
16.31 	permanent conservation easements to protect 
16.32 	trout-stream aquatic habitat. Of this amount, 
16.33 	up to $120,000 is for establishing a monitoring 
16.34 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
17.1 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
17.2 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

17.3
17.4	(o) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North-Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase 11
					
17.5 	$2,878,000 the first year is to the 
17.6 	commissioner of natural resources for 
17.7 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
17.8 	permanent conservation easements and to 
17.9 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
17.10 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
17.11 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
17.12 	Counties as follows: $1,259,000 to Northern 
17.13 	Waters Land Trust and $1,619,000 to 
17.14 	Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $168,000 to 
17.15 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
17.16 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
17.17 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
17.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
17.19 	subdivision 17.

17.20
17.21	(p) Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat 
Enhancement, Phase 2
					
17.22 	$2,124,000 the first year is to the 
17.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.24 	agreement with Minnesota Trout Unlimited 
17.25 	to restore and enhance habitat for trout and 
17.26 	other species in and along coldwater rivers, 
17.27 	lakes, and streams throughout Minnesota.

17.28
17.29	(q) Restoring and Enhancing Minnesota's 
Important Bird Areas, Phase 4
					
17.30 	$2,003,000 the first year is to the 
17.31 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.32 	agreement with Audubon Minnesota to restore 
17.33 	and enhance wildlife habitat in important bird 
17.34 	areas or Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan 
17.35 	Priority areas of northwestern Minnesota.

18.1	(r) Fall River Restoration
					
18.2 	$1,318,000 the first year is to the 
18.3 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.4 	agreement with Cook County to restore and 
18.5 	enhance coldwater stream habitat in the Fall 
18.6 	River in Cook County.

18.7
18.8	(s) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement, Phase 8
					
18.9 	$3,800,000 the first year is to the 
18.10 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
18.11 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
18.12 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
18.13 	facilitate fish passage throughout Minnesota.

18.14
18.15	(t) Rum River Corridor Fish and Wildlife 
Habitat Enhancement, Phase 3
					
18.16 	$1,356,000 the first year is to the 
18.17 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.18 	agreement with the Anoka County Soil and 
18.19 	Water Conservation District to restore and 
18.20 	enhance upland and riverine habitat in the 
18.21 	Rum River corridor.

18.22	(u) DNR Roving Crew, Phase 3
					
18.23 	$12,642,000 the first year is to the 
18.24 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
18.25 	and enhance fish and wildlife habitat on 
18.26 	permanently protected lands throughout 
18.27 	Minnesota using the roving crew program of 
18.28 	the Department of Natural Resources.

18.29
18.30
18.31	(v) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase 
17
					
18.32 	$11,716,000 the first year is to the 
18.33 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
18.34 	program to provide competitive matching 
18.35 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
19.1 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
19.2 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
19.3 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
19.4 	in Minnesota. Of this amount, unless not 
19.5 	enough eligible grant applications are 
19.6 	received, at least $3,000,000 is for grants in 
19.7 	the seven-county metropolitan area and cities 
19.8 	with a population of 50,000 or more and at 
19.9 	least $2,620,000 is for grants to applicants that 
19.10 	have not previously applied for money from 
19.11 	the outdoor heritage fund. Grants must not be 
19.12 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
19.13 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
19.14 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
19.15 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
19.16 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
19.17 	$1,000,000. Of the total appropriation, 
19.18 	$600,000 may be spent for personnel costs, 
19.19 	outreach, and support to first-time applicants 
19.20 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
19.21 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
19.22 	in land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
19.23 	may not be used to establish easement 
19.24 	stewardship accounts. The program must 
19.25 	require a match of at least ten percent from 
19.26 	nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 
19.27 	be cash or in-kind. For grant applications of 
19.28 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
19.29 	provide a separate, simplified application 
19.30 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
19.31 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
19.32 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
19.33 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
19.34 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
19.35 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
19.36 	projects. All restoration or enhancement 
20.1 	projects must be on land permanently 
20.2 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
20.3 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
20.4 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
20.5 	conservation easement, or by public ownership 
20.6 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
20.7 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
20.8 	Priority must be given to restoration and 
20.9 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
20.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
20.11 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
20.12 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
20.13 	available until June 30, 2028. No less than five 
20.14 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
20.15 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
20.16 	recipient completes a grant accomplishment 
20.17 	report by the deadline and in the form 
20.18 	prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
20.19 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
20.20 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
20.21 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
20.22 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.23 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

20.24	Subd. 6.Administration
 		2,043,000
		775,000

20.25	(a) Contract Management
					
20.26 	$410,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
20.27 	of natural resources for contract management 
20.28 	duties assigned in this section. The 
20.29 	commissioner must provide an 
20.30 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
20.31 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
20.32 	on expending this appropriation. The 
20.33 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
20.34 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
20.35 	manual. No money may be expended before 
21.1 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.2 	approves the accomplishment plan.  Money 
21.3 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
21.4 	June 30, 2027.

21.5	(b) Legislative Coordinating Commission
					
21.6 	$732,000 the first year and $772,000 the 
21.7 	second year are to the Legislative 
21.8 	Coordinating Commission for administrative 
21.9 	expenses of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
21.10 	Heritage Council and for compensating and 
21.11 	reimbursing expenses of council members. 
21.12 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
21.13 	2027. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281, 
21.14 	applies to this appropriation.

21.15	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
					
21.16 	$157,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
21.17 	of natural resources for a technical evaluation 
21.18 	panel to conduct up to 20 restoration and 
21.19 	enhancement evaluations under Minnesota 
21.20 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 10.  
21.21 	Money appropriated in this paragraph is 
21.22 	available until June 30, 2027.

21.23
21.24	(d) Core Functions in Partner-Led OHF Land 
Acquisitions
					
21.25 	$740,000 the first year is to the commissioner 
21.26 	of natural resources for administering the 
21.27 	initial development, restoration, and 
21.28 	enhancement of land acquired in fee with 
21.29 	money appropriated from the outdoor heritage 
21.30 	fund. This appropriation may be used for land 
21.31 	acquisition costs incurred by the department 
21.32 	as part of conveyance of parcels to the 
21.33 	Department of Natural Resources and initial 
21.34 	development activities on fee title acquisitions. 
22.1 	Money appropriated in this paragraph is 
22.2 	available until June 30, 2033.

22.3	(e) Legacy Website
					
22.4 	$4,000 the first year and $3,000 the second 
22.5 	year are to the Legislative Coordinating 
22.6 	Commission for the website required under 
22.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 
22.8 	10.

22.9	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
22.10 	(a) Money appropriated in this section may 
22.11 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
22.12 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
22.13 	appropriation and are specified in the 
22.14 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
22.15 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
22.16 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
22.17 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
22.18 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
22.19 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
22.20 	Money appropriated for fee title acquisition 
22.21 	of land may be used to restore, enhance, and 
22.22 	provide for public use of the land acquired 
22.23 	with the appropriation. Public-use facilities 
22.24 	must have a minimal impact on habitat in 
22.25 	acquired lands.
22.26 	(b) Money appropriated in this section is 
22.27 	available as follows:
22.28 	(1) money appropriated for acquiring real 
22.29 	property is available until June 30, 2029;
22.30 	(2) money appropriated for restoring and 
22.31 	enhancing land acquired with an appropriation 
22.32 	in this article is available for four years after 
22.33 	the acquisition date with a maximum end date 
22.34 	of June 30, 2033;
23.1 	(3) money appropriated for restoring and 
23.2 	enhancing other land is available until June 
23.3 	30, 2030;
23.4 	(4) notwithstanding clauses (1) to (3), money 
23.5 	appropriated for a project that receives at least 
23.6 	15 percent of its funding from federal funds 
23.7 	is available until a date sufficient to match the 
23.8 	availability of federal funding to a maximum 
23.9 	of six years if the federal funding was 
23.10 	confirmed and included in the original 
23.11 	approved draft accomplishment plan; and
23.12 	(5) money appropriated for other projects is 
23.13 	available until the end of the fiscal year in 
23.14 	which it is appropriated.

23.15
23.16	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
23.17 	(a) All agreements referred to in this section 
23.18 	must be administered on a reimbursement 
23.19 	basis unless otherwise provided in this section. 
23.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.21 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
23.22 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
23.23 	1, 2025, or the date of accomplishment plan 
23.24 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
23.25 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
23.26 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
23.27 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
23.28 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
23.29 	fund, an expense must be considered 
23.30 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
23.31 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
23.32 	an invoice or binding agreement with the 
23.33 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
23.34 	goods have been received or the landowner 
23.35 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
24.1 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
24.2 	that the items articulated in the 
24.3 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
24.4 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
24.5 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
24.6 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
24.7 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
24.8 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
24.9 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs, 
24.10 	support future management of acquired lands, 
24.11 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
24.12 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
24.13 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
24.14 	specific items in excess of $10,000 must be 
24.15 	itemized in and approved as part of the 
24.16 	accomplishment plan.
24.17 	(b) Unless otherwise provided, no money 
24.18 	appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund 
24.19 	in this article may be used to acquire, restore, 
24.20 	or enhance any real property unless the 
24.21 	specific acquisition, restoration, or 
24.22 	enhancement is approved as part of the 
24.23 	accomplishment plan on the parcel list.

24.24	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
24.25 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
24.26 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
24.27 	grant awarded under this section, must provide 
24.28 	geographic information to the Lessard-Sams 
24.29 	Outdoor Heritage Council for mapping of any 
24.30 	lands acquired in fee with funds appropriated 
24.31 	in this section and open to the public taking 
24.32 	of fish and game. The commissioner of natural 
24.33 	resources must include the lands acquired in 
24.34 	fee with money appropriated in this section 
24.35 	on maps showing public recreation 
25.1 	opportunities. Maps must include information 
25.2 	on and acknowledgment of the outdoor 
25.3 	heritage fund, including a notation of any 
25.4 	restrictions.

25.5	Subd. 10.Carryforward
 					
25.6 	(a) The availability of the appropriation for 
25.7 	Laws 2020, chapter 104, article 1, section 2, 
25.8 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b), Metro Big Rivers 
25.9 	- Phase X, is extended to June 30, 2026.
25.10 	(b) The availability of the appropriation for 
25.11 	Laws 2020, chapter 104, article 1, section 2, 
25.12 	subdivision 5, paragraph (k), St. Louis River 
25.13 	Restoration Initiative - Phase VII, is extended 
25.14 	to June 30, 2026.
25.15 	(c) The availability of the appropriation for 
25.16 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 1, section 2, 
25.17 	subdivision 6, paragraph (d), Core Functions 
25.18 	in Partner-Led OHF Land Acquisitions, is 
25.19 	extended to June 30, 2031.

25.20	Subd. 11.Cancellation
 					
25.21 	$120,000 of the outdoor heritage fund 
25.22 	appropriation in Laws 2020, chapter 104, 
25.23 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph 
25.24 	(i), is canceled no later than June 29, 2025.

25.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 11 is effective the day following final enactment.

25.26 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
25.27 	read:
25.28 		Subd. 25.Federal grant fund requirements. An interest in real property acquired with 
25.29 	money appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund may be used to leverage federal grant 
25.30 	funds for related conservation programs, such as Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration, 
25.31 	United States Code, title 16, section 669 et seq.; Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration, 
25.32 	United States Code, title 16, section 777 et seq.; and the North American Wetlands 
25.33 	Conservation Act, United States Code, title 16, section 4401. These grant programs may 
26.1 	place conditions on land use that require the continued use of the land for conservation 
26.2 	purposes. Placement of conditions on land use under these programs does not require prior 
26.3 	review and approval of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council or its successor under 
26.4 	subdivision 15, paragraph (b).

26.5 	ARTICLE 2
26.6 	CLEAN WATER FUND

26.7	Section 1. CLEAN WATER FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
26.8 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
26.9 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the clean water 
26.10 	fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under the 
26.11 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this 
26.12 	article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure are available for the fiscal year 
26.13 	ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. 
26.14 	"The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027. These 
26.15 	are onetime appropriations.

26.16				APPROPRIATIONS
	
26.17				Available for the Year
	
26.18				Ending June 30
	
26.19					2026
		2027

26.20	Sec. 2. CLEAN WATER FUND

26.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	144,625,000
	$
	159,301,000
	
26.22 	This appropriation is from the clean water 
26.23 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
26.24 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

26.25	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
26.26 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
26.27 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
26.28 	related to and necessary for a specific 
26.29 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
26.30 	article must be spent in accordance with 
26.31 	Minnesota Management and Budget MMB 
26.32 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
26.33 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
27.1 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
27.2 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2026 
27.3 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
27.4 	2027, and fiscal year 2027 appropriations are 
27.5 	available until June 30, 2028. If a project 
27.6 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
27.7 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
27.8 	availability of federal funding.

27.9	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
27.10 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of clean 
27.11 	water funds, in consultation with the Council 
27.12 	on Disability and other appropriate 
27.13 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
27.14 	committees, and commissions, should make 
27.15 	progress toward providing people with 
27.16 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
27.17 	publications, and digital media related to the 
27.18 	programs the recipient funds using 
27.19 	appropriations made in this article.

27.20
27.21	Subd. 4.Increasing Diversity in Environmental 
Careers
 					
27.22 	Agencies should work to provide opportunities 
27.23 	that encourage a diversity of students to pursue 
27.24 	careers in environment and natural resources 
27.25 	when implementing appropriations in this 
27.26 	article.

27.27	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 	$
	16,075,000
	$
	17,275,000
	
27.28 	(a) $370,000 the first year and $370,000 the 
27.29 	second year are to increase monitoring for 
27.30 	pesticides and pesticide degradates in surface 
27.31 	water and groundwater and to use data 
27.32 	collected to assess pesticide use practices.
27.33 	(b) $3,100,000 the first year and $3,100,000 
27.34 	the second year are for monitoring and 
28.1 	evaluating trends in the concentration of 
28.2 	nitrate in groundwater; promoting, developing, 
28.3 	and evaluating regional and crop-specific 
28.4 	nutrient best management practices, cover 
28.5 	crops, and other vegetative cover; assessing 
28.6 	adoption of best management practices and 
28.7 	other recommended practices; education and 
28.8 	technical support from University of 
28.9 	Minnesota Extension; grants to support 
28.10 	agricultural demonstration and implementation 
28.11 	activities, including research activities at the 
28.12 	Rosholt Research Farm; and other actions to 
28.13 	protect groundwater from degradation from 
28.14 	nitrate.
28.15 	(c) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
28.16 	the second year are for the agriculture best 
28.17 	management practices loan program. Any 
28.18 	unencumbered balance at the end of the second 
28.19 	year must be added to the corpus of the loan 
28.20 	fund.
28.21 	(d) $1,600,000 the first year and $1,600,000 
28.22 	the second year are for technical assistance; 
28.23 	research, demonstration, and promotion 
28.24 	projects on properly implementing best 
28.25 	management practices and vegetative cover; 
28.26 	and more-precise information on nonpoint 
28.27 	contributions to impaired waters and for grants 
28.28 	to support on-farm demonstration of 
28.29 	agricultural practices.
28.30 	(e) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
28.31 	second year are for maintenance of the 
28.32 	Minnesota Water Research Digital Library. 
28.33 	Costs for information technology development 
28.34 	or support for the digital library may be paid 
28.35 	to Minnesota IT Services.
29.1 	(f) $3,500,000 the first year and $3,500,000 
29.2 	the second year are to implement the 
29.3 	Minnesota agricultural water quality 
29.4 	certification program statewide.
29.5 	(g) $155,000 the first year and $155,000 the 
29.6 	second year are for a regional irrigation water 
29.7 	quality specialist through University of 
29.8 	Minnesota Extension.
29.9 	(h) $2,000,000 the first year and $3,000,000 
29.10 	the second year are for grants to the Board of 
29.11 	Regents of the University of Minnesota to 
29.12 	fund the Forever Green initiative and to protect 
29.13 	the state's natural resources while increasing 
29.14 	the efficiency, profitability, and productivity 
29.15 	of Minnesota farmers by incorporating 
29.16 	perennial and winter-annual crops into existing 
29.17 	agricultural practices.
29.18 	(i) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
29.19 	second year are for testing drinking-water 
29.20 	wells for pesticides.
29.21 	(j) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
29.22 	the second year are for conservation 
29.23 	equipment assistance grants to purchase 
29.24 	equipment or items to retrofit existing 
29.25 	equipment that has climate and water quality 
29.26 	benefits.
29.27 	(k) $1,050,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
29.28 	the second year are for expanding the existing 
29.29 	state weather station and soil temperature 
29.30 	network to provide accurate and timely 
29.31 	weather data to optimize the timing of 
29.32 	irrigation, fertilizer, pesticide, and manure 
29.33 	applications and support land management 
29.34 	decisions.
30.1 	(l) Unless otherwise specified, the 
30.2 	appropriations in this section are available 
30.3 	until June 30, 2030.

30.4	Sec. 4. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY
 	$
	24,501,000
	$
	24,702,000
	
30.5 	(a) $9,450,000 the first year and $9,450,000 
30.6 	the second year are for completing needed 
30.7 	statewide assessments of surface water quality 
30.8 	and trends according to Minnesota Statutes, 
30.9 	chapter 114D.
30.10 	(b) $7,250,000 the first year and $7,250,000 
30.11 	the second year are to support public 
30.12 	participation in the watershed approach and 
30.13 	to update watershed restoration and protection 
30.14 	strategies, which include total maximum daily 
30.15 	load (TMDL) and other supporting studies 
30.16 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
30.17 	114D, for waters on the impaired waters list 
30.18 	approved by the United States Environmental 
30.19 	Protection Agency.
30.20 	(c) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
30.21 	the second year are for groundwater 
30.22 	assessment, including enhancing the ambient 
30.23 	monitoring network, modeling, and evaluating 
30.24 	trends.
30.25 	(d) $1,600,000 the first year and $1,600,000 
30.26 	the second year are for national pollutant 
30.27 	discharge elimination system wastewater and 
30.28 	stormwater TMDL implementation efforts.
30.29 	(e) $3,340,000 the first year and $3,541,000 
30.30 	the second year are for enhancing the 
30.31 	county-level delivery systems for subsurface 
30.32 	sewage treatment system (SSTS) activities 
30.33 	necessary to implement Minnesota Statutes, 
30.34 	sections 115.55 and 115.56, for protecting 
31.1 	groundwater. This appropriation includes base 
31.2 	grants for all counties with SSTS programs. 
31.3 	Counties that receive base grants must report 
31.4 	the number of properties with noncompliant 
31.5 	systems upgraded through an SSTS 
31.6 	replacement, connection to a centralized sewer 
31.7 	system, or other means, including property 
31.8 	abandonment or buyout. Counties also must 
31.9 	report the number of existing SSTS 
31.10 	compliance inspections conducted in areas 
31.11 	under county jurisdiction. The required reports 
31.12 	must be part of the established annual 
31.13 	reporting for SSTS programs. Of this amount, 
31.14 	at least $900,000 each year is available to 
31.15 	counties for grants to low-income landowners 
31.16 	to address systems that pose an imminent 
31.17 	threat to public health or safety or fail to 
31.18 	protect groundwater. A county receiving a 
31.19 	grant under this paragraph must submit a 
31.20 	report to the agency listing the projects funded, 
31.21 	including an account of the expenditures.
31.22 	(f) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 the 
31.23 	second year are for activities and grants that 
31.24 	reduce chloride pollution.
31.25 	(g) $461,000 the first year and $461,000 the 
31.26 	second year are to support activities of the 
31.27 	Clean Water Council according to Minnesota 
31.28 	Statutes, section 114D.30, subdivision 1.
31.29 	(h) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
31.30 	second year are for a grant program for 
31.31 	sanitary sewer projects that are included in the 
31.32 	draft or any updated Voyageurs National Park 
31.33 	Clean Water Project Comprehensive Plan to 
31.34 	restore the water quality of waters in 
31.35 	Voyageurs National Park. Grants must be 
32.1 	awarded to local government units for projects 
32.2 	approved by the Voyageurs National Park 
32.3 	Clean Water Joint Powers Board and must be 
32.4 	matched by at least 25 percent from sources 
32.5 	other than the clean water fund.
32.6 	(i) Any unencumbered grant balances in the 
32.7 	first year do not cancel but are available for 
32.8 	grants in the second year. Notwithstanding 
32.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
32.10 	appropriations in this section are available 
32.11 	until June 30, 2030.

32.12
32.13	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	14,150,000
	$
	14,650,000
	
32.14 	(a) $2,825,000 the first year and $2,825,000 
32.15 	the second year are for stream flow 
32.16 	monitoring.
32.17 	(b) $1,525,000 the first year and $1,525,000 
32.18 	the second year are for lake Index of 
32.19 	Biological Integrity (IBI) assessments.
32.20 	(c) $550,000 the first year and $550,000 the 
32.21 	second year are for assessing mercury and 
32.22 	other fish contaminants, including PFAS 
32.23 	compounds, and monitoring to track the status 
32.24 	of impaired waters over time.
32.25 	(d) $2,250,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
32.26 	the second year are for developing targeted, 
32.27 	science-based watershed restoration and 
32.28 	protection strategies and for technical 
32.29 	assistance for local governments.
32.30 	(e) $2,350,000 the first year and $2,350,000 
32.31 	the second year are for water-supply planning, 
32.32 	aquifer protection, and monitoring activities 
32.33 	and analysis.
33.1 	(f) $2,100,000 the first year and $2,250,000 
33.2 	the second year are for technical assistance to 
33.3 	support local implementation of nonpoint 
33.4 	source restoration and protection activities and 
33.5 	targeted forest stewardship for water quality.
33.6 	(g) $700,000 the first year and $700,000 the 
33.7 	second year are for tool development and 
33.8 	evaluation, including maintaining and updating 
33.9 	spatial data for watershed boundaries, streams, 
33.10 	and water bodies and integrating 
33.11 	high-resolution digital elevation data and for 
33.12 	assessing the effectiveness of forestry best 
33.13 	management practices for water quality.
33.14 	(h) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
33.15 	second year are for accelerating completion 
33.16 	of or updates to county geologic atlases and 
33.17 	supplementing water chemistry or chemical 
33.18 	movement studies.
33.19 	(i) $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the 
33.20 	second year are for increasing native 
33.21 	freshwater mussel production capacity and 
33.22 	restoring and monitoring freshwater mussel 
33.23 	restoration efforts.
33.24 	(j) $1,400,000 the first year and $1,500,000 
33.25 	the second year are for providing technical 
33.26 	and financial assistance for county and local 
33.27 	governments to replace failing or ineffective 
33.28 	culverts using modern designs that restore 
33.29 	floodplain connectivity, biological 
33.30 	connectivity, and channel stability. This 
33.31 	appropriation is available for up to two 
33.32 	additional years.

33.33
33.34	Sec. 6. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	64,332,000
	$
	75,004,000
	
34.1 	(a) $39,962,000 the first year and $48,138,000 
34.2 	the second year are for agreements to 
34.3 	implement state-approved watershed-based 
34.4 	plans. The agreements may be used to 
34.5 	implement projects or programs that protect, 
34.6 	enhance, and restore surface water quality in 
34.7 	lakes, rivers, and streams; protect groundwater 
34.8 	from degradation; and protect drinking water 
34.9 	sources. Activities must be identified in a 
34.10 	comprehensive watershed plan developed 
34.11 	under the One Watershed, One Plan program 
34.12 	and seven-county metropolitan groundwater 
34.13 	or surface water management frameworks as 
34.14 	provided for in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 
34.15 	103B, 103C, 103D, and 114D. Other legacy 
34.16 	funds may be used to supplement projects 
34.17 	funded under this paragraph. This 
34.18 	appropriation may be used for:
34.19 	(1) implementing state-approved plans, 
34.20 	including within the following watershed 
34.21 	planning areas: Big Fork River, Blue Earth 
34.22 	River, Bois de Sioux - Mustinka, Buffalo-Red 
34.23 	River, Cannon River, Cedar - Wapsipinicon, 
34.24 	Chippewa River, Clearwater River, 
34.25 	Cottonwood-Middle Minnesota, Crow Wing 
34.26 	River, Des Moines River, Greater Zumbro 
34.27 	River, Hawk Creek - Middle Minnesota, Kettle 
34.28 	and Upper St. Croix, Lac qui Parle-Yellow 
34.29 	Bank, Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior 
34.30 	North, Le Sueur River, Leech Lake River, 
34.31 	Little Fork River, Long Prairie River, Lower 
34.32 	Minnesota River East, Lower Minnesota River 
34.33 	West, Lower St. Croix River, 
34.34 	Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers, Minnesota 
34.35 	River-Mankato, Mississippi River Brainerd, 
34.36 	Mississippi River Headwaters, Mississippi 
35.1 	River St. Cloud, Mississippi River-Sartell, 
35.2 	Mississippi River Winona/La Crescent, 
35.3 	Missouri River Basin, Nemadji River, North 
35.4 	Fork Crow River, Otter Tail, Pine River, 
35.5 	Pomme de Terre River, Rainy-Rapid River, 
35.6 	Rainy Headwaters - Vermilion, Rainy 
35.7 	River-Rainy Lake, Red Lake River, Redeye 
35.8 	River, Redwood River, Root River, Roseau 
35.9 	River, Rum River, Sand Hill River, Sauk 
35.10 	River, Shell Rock and Winnebago River, 
35.11 	Snake River, South Fork of the Crow River, 
35.12 	St. Louis River, Thief River, Two Rivers Plus, 
35.13 	Upper and Lower Red Lake, Upper Minnesota 
35.14 	River, Upper Mississippi - Grand Rapids, 
35.15 	Watonwan River, Wild Rice - Marsh, and 
35.16 	Yellow Medicine River;
35.17 	(2) implementing seven-county metropolitan 
35.18 	groundwater or surface water management 
35.19 	frameworks; and
35.20 	(3) implementing other comprehensive 
35.21 	watershed management plan planning areas 
35.22 	that have a board-approved and 
35.23 	local-government-adopted plan as authorized 
35.24 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.801.
35.25 	The board must establish eligibility criteria 
35.26 	and determine whether a planning area is ready 
35.27 	to proceed.
35.28 	(b) $2,935,000 the first year and $3,065,000 
35.29 	the second year are for agreements with local 
35.30 	government units to protect and restore surface 
35.31 	water and drinking water; to keep water on 
35.32 	the land; to protect, enhance, and restore water 
35.33 	quality in lakes, rivers, and streams; and to 
35.34 	protect groundwater and drinking water, 
35.35 	including feedlot water quality and subsurface 
36.1 	sewage treatment system projects and stream 
36.2 	bank, stream channel, shoreline restoration, 
36.3 	and ravine stabilization projects. The projects 
36.4 	must use practices demonstrated to be 
36.5 	effective, be of long-lasting public benefit, 
36.6 	include a match, and be consistent with total 
36.7 	maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation 
36.8 	plans, watershed restoration and protection 
36.9 	strategies (WRAPS), groundwater restoration 
36.10 	and protection strategies (GRAPS), or local 
36.11 	water management plans or their equivalents. 
36.12 	Up to 50 percent of this appropriation is 
36.13 	available for land-treatment projects and 
36.14 	practices that benefit drinking water.
36.15 	(c) $4,350,000 the first year and $4,350,000 
36.16 	the second year are for accelerated 
36.17 	implementation, local resource protection, 
36.18 	statewide analytical targeting or technology 
36.19 	tools that fill an identified gap, program 
36.20 	enhancements for technical assistance, citizen 
36.21 	and community outreach, compliance, and 
36.22 	training and certification.
36.23 	(d) $1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 
36.24 	the second year are:
36.25 	(1) to provide state oversight and 
36.26 	accountability, evaluate and communicate 
36.27 	results, provide implementation tools, and 
36.28 	measure the value of conservation program 
36.29 	implementation by local governments; and
36.30 	(2) to submit to the legislature by December 
36.31 	15 each even-numbered year a biennial report 
36.32 	detailing the recipients and projects funded 
36.33 	and the results accomplished under this 
36.34 	section.
37.1 	(e) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 
37.2 	the second year are to provide assistance, 
37.3 	oversight, and support for local governments 
37.4 	in implementing and complying with riparian 
37.5 	protection and excessive soil loss 
37.6 	requirements.
37.7 	(f) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
37.8 	the second year are for a working lands 
37.9 	floodplain program and to purchase, restore, 
37.10 	or preserve riparian land and floodplains 
37.11 	adjacent to lakes, wetlands, rivers, streams, 
37.12 	and tributaries, by conservation easements or 
37.13 	other agreements to keep water on the land, 
37.14 	to decrease sediment, pollutant, and nutrient 
37.15 	transport; reduce hydrologic impacts to surface 
37.16 	waters; and increase protection and recharge 
37.17 	for groundwater. Up to $60,000 is for deposit 
37.18 	in a conservation easement stewardship 
37.19 	account established according to Minnesota 
37.20 	Statutes, section 103B.103.
37.21 	(g) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
37.22 	the second year are for conservation easements 
37.23 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.501 
37.24 	to 103F.535, or for agreements with local units 
37.25 	of government or Tribal governments for 
37.26 	long-term protection of groundwater supply 
37.27 	sources. Priority must be placed on drinking 
37.28 	water supply management areas where the 
37.29 	vulnerability of the drinking water supply is 
37.30 	designated as high or very high by the 
37.31 	commissioner of health, that are mitigation 
37.32 	level 1 or 2 under the groundwater protection 
37.33 	rule, where drinking water protection plans 
37.34 	developed by Tribal governments have 
37.35 	identified high vulnerability, or where drinking 
38.1 	water protection plans have identified specific 
38.2 	activities that will achieve long-term 
38.3 	protection. Up to $200,000 is for deposit in a 
38.4 	conservation easement stewardship account 
38.5 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
38.6 	section 103B.103.
38.7 	(h) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
38.8 	second year are for a technical evaluation 
38.9 	panel to conduct restoration evaluations under 
38.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 114D.50, 
38.11 	subdivision 6.
38.12 	(i) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
38.13 	second year are for assistance to, oversight of, 
38.14 	and agreements with local governments to 
38.15 	enhance and update comprehensive watershed 
38.16 	management plans developed under Minnesota 
38.17 	Statutes, section 103B.801.
38.18 	(j) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
38.19 	the second year are for technical and financial 
38.20 	assistance for the conservation drainage 
38.21 	program, in consultation with the Drainage 
38.22 	Work Group, coordinated under Minnesota 
38.23 	Statutes, section 103B.101, subdivision 13, 
38.24 	and including projects to improve 
38.25 	multipurpose water management under 
38.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103E.015.
38.27 	(k) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
38.28 	second year are to purchase permanent 
38.29 	conservation easements to protect lands 
38.30 	adjacent to public waters that have good water 
38.31 	quality but that are threatened with 
38.32 	degradation. Up to $60,000 is for deposit in a 
38.33 	conservation easement stewardship account 
38.34 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
38.35 	section 103B.103.
39.1 	(l) $425,000 the first year and $425,000 the 
39.2 	second year are to systematically collect data 
39.3 	and produce county, watershed, and statewide 
39.4 	estimates of soil erosion caused by water and 
39.5 	wind, and track adoption of conservation 
39.6 	measures, including cover crops, to address 
39.7 	erosion. This appropriation may be used for 
39.8 	agreements with the University of Minnesota 
39.9 	to complete this work.
39.10 	(m) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
39.11 	second year are for implementing a water 
39.12 	legacy program to expand partnerships for 
39.13 	clean water.
39.14 	(n) $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
39.15 	the second year are for permanent 
39.16 	conservation easements to protect and restore 
39.17 	wetlands and associated uplands. Up to 
39.18 	$100,000 is for deposit in a conservation 
39.19 	easement stewardship account established 
39.20 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.21 	103B.103.
39.22 	(o) $3,560,000 the first year and $5,926,000 
39.23 	the second year are for financial and technical 
39.24 	assistance to enhance adoption of cover crops 
39.25 	and other soil health practices to achieve water 
39.26 	quality or drinking water benefits. The board 
39.27 	may use agreements with local governments, 
39.28 	the United States Department of Agriculture, 
39.29 	AgCentric at Minnesota State Center for 
39.30 	Excellence, and other practitioners and 
39.31 	partners to accomplish this work. Up to 
39.32 	$450,000 is for an agreement with the 
39.33 	University of Minnesota Office for Soil Health 
39.34 	for applied research and education on 
39.35 	Minnesota's agroecosystems and soil health 
40.1 	management systems. This appropriation may 
40.2 	be extended to leverage available federal 
40.3 	funds.
40.4 	(p) $750,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
40.5 	second year are to contract for delivery of 
40.6 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
40.7 	and Iowa for restoration, maintenance, 
40.8 	training, and other activities consistent with 
40.9 	this section.
40.10 	(q) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
40.11 	second year are to provide support to soil and 
40.12 	water conservation districts and other local 
40.13 	governments and partner organizations in the 
40.14 	Lake Superior basin to leverage Great Lakes 
40.15 	Restoration Initiative or other federal funding 
40.16 	to implement prioritized activities.
40.17 	(r) The board may shift funds in this section 
40.18 	and may adjust the technical and 
40.19 	administrative assistance portion of the funds 
40.20 	to leverage federal or other nonstate funds, to 
40.21 	facilitate oversight responsibilities, or to 
40.22 	address high-priority activities identified by 
40.23 	the board consistent with local water 
40.24 	management plans.
40.25 	(s) The board must require grantees to specify 
40.26 	the outcomes that will be achieved by the 
40.27 	grants.
40.28 	(t) The appropriations in this section are 
40.29 	available until June 30, 2030, except grant or 
40.30 	easement funds are available for five years 
40.31 	after the date a grant or other agreement is 
40.32 	executed. Returned funds must be repurposed 
40.33 	consistent with the purposes of this section.

40.34	Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
 	$
	14,295,000
	$
	15,845,000
	
41.1 	(a) $5,925,000 the first year and $5,925,000 
41.2 	the second year are to develop health risk 
41.3 	limits and other health-based guidance and 
41.4 	conduct outreach activities for contaminants 
41.5 	found or anticipated to be found in Minnesota 
41.6 	drinking water; to accredit private laboratories 
41.7 	to conduct analyses for these contaminants; 
41.8 	and to increase the capacity of the 
41.9 	department's laboratory to analyze for these 
41.10 	contaminants.
41.11 	(b) $2,300,000 the first year and $3,700,000 
41.12 	the second year are for ensuring safe drinking 
41.13 	water for private well users in southeast 
41.14 	Minnesota and statewide by designing and 
41.15 	implementing voluntary interventions to 
41.16 	reduce health risks to private well users, 
41.17 	including identifying private well locations, 
41.18 	studying the occurrence and magnitude of 
41.19 	contaminants in private wells, developing 
41.20 	guidance and conducting outreach and 
41.21 	education about well testing and mitigation, 
41.22 	awarding grants to local governments, and 
41.23 	offering well testing.
41.24 	(c) $3,770,000 the first year and $3,920,000 
41.25 	the second year are for protecting sources of 
41.26 	drinking water, including planning, 
41.27 	implementation, and monitoring activities and 
41.28 	grants to local governments and public water 
41.29 	systems.
41.30 	(d) $1,750,000 the first year and $1,750,000 
41.31 	the second year are to develop and deliver 
41.32 	groundwater restoration and protection 
41.33 	strategies on a watershed scale for use in local 
41.34 	comprehensive water planning efforts, to 
41.35 	provide resources to local governments for 
42.1 	activities that sustain groundwater and protect 
42.2 	sources of drinking water, and to enhance 
42.3 	approaches that improve the capacity of local 
42.4 	governmental units to protect and restore 
42.5 	groundwater resources.
42.6 	(e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
42.7 	second year are to develop public health 
42.8 	policies and approaches to address threats to 
42.9 	safe drinking water, including implementation 
42.10 	of a statewide action plan for protecting 
42.11 	drinking water.
42.12 	(f) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
42.13 	second year are for optimizing the statewide 
42.14 	recreational water portal that includes an 
42.15 	inventory of public beaches and information 
42.16 	about local monitoring results and closures 
42.17 	and that provides information about preventing 
42.18 	illness and recreational water stewardship.
42.19 	(g) Unless otherwise specified, the 
42.20 	appropriations in this section are available 
42.21 	until June 30, 2029.

42.22	Sec. 8. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	2,025,000
	$
	2,125,000
	
42.23 	(a) $1,375,000 the first year and $1,375,000 
42.24 	the second year are to support communities 
42.25 	implementing projects that address emerging 
42.26 	drinking water supply threats and overall water 
42.27 	sustainability, provide cost-effective regional 
42.28 	solutions, leverage interjurisdictional 
42.29 	coordination, support local implementation of 
42.30 	wellhead protection plans, and prevent 
42.31 	degradation of groundwater and surface water 
42.32 	resources. These activities will provide 
42.33 	communities with:
43.1 	(1) potential solutions to better connect land 
43.2 	use impacts on water supply and overall water 
43.3 	sustainability;
43.4 	(2) ways to balance regional water use by 
43.5 	using surface water, stormwater, wastewater, 
43.6 	and groundwater;
43.7 	(3) an analysis of infrastructure requirements 
43.8 	needed to maintain and strengthen the 
43.9 	reliability of water systems;
43.10 	(4) development of planning-level cost 
43.11 	estimates, including capital costs and operating 
43.12 	costs;
43.13 	(5) funding mechanisms and an equitable 
43.14 	cost-sharing structure for regionally beneficial 
43.15 	water supply development projects;
43.16 	(6) information and tools to use to address 
43.17 	climate change impacts on overall water 
43.18 	supply systems and overall water 
43.19 	sustainability; and
43.20 	(7) ways to reduce impacts on the groundwater 
43.21 	system through stormwater reuse grants to 
43.22 	assist communities in reducing water use.
43.23 	(b) $650,000 the first year and $750,000 the 
43.24 	second year are for grants that implement 
43.25 	water demand reduction measures. The grants 
43.26 	are to assist municipalities in the metropolitan 
43.27 	area with implementing water demand 
43.28 	reduction measures to ensure the reliability 
43.29 	and protection of drinking water supplies.

43.30	Sec. 9. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	1,000,000
	$
	1,400,000
	
43.31 	(a) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the 
43.32 	second year are for developing Part A of 
44.1 	county geologic atlases. This appropriation is 
44.2 	available until June 30, 2030.
44.3 	(b) $600,000 the first year and $1,000,000 the 
44.4 	second year are for a program to evaluate 
44.5 	performance and technology transfer for 
44.6 	stormwater best management practices, to 
44.7 	evaluate best management performance and 
44.8 	effectiveness to support meeting total 
44.9 	maximum daily loads, to develop standards 
44.10 	and incorporate state-of-the-art guidance using 
44.11 	minimal impact design standards as the model, 
44.12 	and to implement a system to transfer 
44.13 	knowledge and technology across the local 
44.14 	government, industry, and regulatory sectors. 
44.15 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
44.16 	2032.

44.17	Sec. 10. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
 	$
	8,240,000
	$
	8,300,000
	
44.18 	(a) $8,190,000 the first year and $8,250,000 
44.19 	the second year are for the point source 
44.20 	implementation grants program under 
44.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073. This 
44.22 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2032.
44.23 	(b) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
44.24 	second year are for small community 
44.25 	wastewater treatment grants and loans under 
44.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.075. This 
44.27 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2032.
44.28 	(c) If there is any uncommitted money at the 
44.29 	end of each fiscal year under paragraph (a) or 
44.30 	(b), the Public Facilities Authority may 
44.31 	transfer the remaining funds to eligible 
44.32 	projects under any of the programs listed in 
44.33 	this section according to a project's priority 
45.1 	rank on the Pollution Control Agency's project 
45.2 	priority list.

45.3	Sec. 11. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	7,000
	$
	-0-
	
45.4 	$7,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
45.5 	Coordinating Commission for the website 
45.6 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
45.7 	3.303, subdivision 10.

45.8 	Sec. 12. ASH RIVER SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT 
45.9 	SYSTEM APPROPRIATION EXTENSION.
 45.10 	The portion of the appropriation in Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 2, article 
45.11 	2, section 5, paragraph (h), as amended by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, 
45.12 	article 2, section 18, for the Ash River Sanitary Sewer Collection and Treatment System is 
45.13 	available until June 30, 2026.

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

45.15 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 114D.30, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
45.16 		Subd. 7.Reports to legislature.  By January 15 each odd-numbered year, the council 
45.17 	must submit a report to the legislature that includes:
45.18 	(1) a summary of the activities for which money has been or will be spent in the current 
45.19 	biennium;
45.20 	(2) the recommendations required under subdivision 6 for how money in the clean water 
45.21 	fund should be spent in the next biennium, broken out by fiscal year and including 
45.22 	recommended legislative bill language; and
45.23 	(3) the impact on economic development of the implementation of efforts to protect and 
45.24 	restore groundwater and the impaired waters program.

45.25 	ARTICLE 3
45.26 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

45.27	Section 1. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
45.28 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
45.29 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the parks and 
45.30 	trails fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures 
45.31 	"2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under the figure 
46.1 	are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, or June 30, 2027, respectively. "The 
46.2 	first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The biennium" is 
46.3 	fiscal years 2026 and 2027. These are onetime appropriations.

46.4				APPROPRIATIONS
	
46.5				Available for the Year
	
46.6				Ending June 30
	
46.7					2026
		2027

46.8	Sec. 2. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

46.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	61,434,000
	$
	68,733,000
	
46.10 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
46.11 	purpose are specified in the following sections.

46.12	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
46.13 	Money appropriated in this article may not be 
46.14 	spent on activities unless they are directly 
46.15 	related to and necessary for a specific 
46.16 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
46.17 	article must be spent in accordance with 
46.18 	Minnesota Management and Budget MMB 
46.19 	Guidance to Agencies on Legacy Fund 
46.20 	Expenditure. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
46.21 	Statutes, section 16A.28, and unless otherwise 
46.22 	specified in this article, fiscal year 2026 
46.23 	appropriations are available until June 30, 
46.24 	2028, and fiscal year 2027 appropriations are 
46.25 	available until June 30, 2029. If a project 
46.26 	receives federal funds, the period of the 
46.27 	appropriation is extended to equal the 
46.28 	availability of federal funding.

46.29	Subd. 3.Disability Access
 					
46.30 	Where appropriate, grant recipients of parks 
46.31 	and trails funds, in consultation with the 
46.32 	Council on Disability and other appropriate 
46.33 	governor-appointed disability councils, boards, 
46.34 	committees, and commissions, should make 
47.1 	progress toward providing people with 
47.2 	disabilities greater access to programs, print 
47.3 	publications, and digital media related to the 
47.4 	programs the recipient funds using 
47.5 	appropriations made in this article.

47.6	Subd. 4.Energy and Water Conservation
 					
47.7 	Grant recipients of parks and trails funds 
47.8 	should prioritize water and energy 
47.9 	conservation technology and the use of 
47.10 	renewable energy for construction and 
47.11 	building projects funded with an appropriation 
47.12 	made in this article.

47.13
47.14	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES
 	$
	37,120,000
	$
	41,511,000
	
47.15 	(a) $24,310,000 the first year and $27,222,000 
47.16 	the second year are for state parks, recreation 
47.17 	areas, and trails to:
47.18 	(1) connect people to the outdoors;
47.19 	(2) acquire land and create opportunities;
47.20 	(3) maintain existing holdings; and
47.21 	(4) improve cooperation by coordinating with 
47.22 	partners to implement the 25-year long-range 
47.23 	parks and trails legacy plan.
47.24 	(b) Of the amount appropriated under 
47.25 	paragraph (a), $100,000 the first year and 
47.26 	$100,000 the second year are for grants to 
47.27 	Wilderness Inquiry to connect Minnesota 
47.28 	youth and families to natural resources through 
47.29 	activities that support state parks and trails.
47.30 	(c) The commissioner may spend money 
47.31 	appropriated under paragraph (a) on I Can! 
47.32 	programs, including but not limited to 
47.33 	programs designed to provide underserved 
48.1 	youth the opportunity to experience the 
48.2 	outdoors with similar peers.
48.3 	(d) $12,146,000 the first year and $13,561,000 
48.4 	the second year are for grants for parks and 
48.5 	trails of regional significance outside the 
48.6 	seven-county metropolitan area under 
48.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.535. The grants 
48.8 	awarded under this paragraph must be based 
48.9 	on the lists of recommended projects 
48.10 	submitted to the legislative committees under 
48.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, 
48.12 	subdivision 10, from the Greater Minnesota 
48.13 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission 
48.14 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
48.15 	85.536. Grants funded under this paragraph 
48.16 	must support parks and trails of regional or 
48.17 	statewide significance that meet the applicable 
48.18 	definitions and criteria for regional parks and 
48.19 	trails contained in the Greater Minnesota 
48.20 	Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
48.21 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
48.22 	Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 
48.23 	2015. Grant recipients identified under this 
48.24 	paragraph must submit a grant application to 
48.25 	the commissioner of natural resources. Up to 
48.26 	2.5 percent of the appropriation may be used 
48.27 	by the commissioner for the actual cost of 
48.28 	issuing and monitoring the grants for the 
48.29 	commission. Of the amount appropriated, 
48.30 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
48.31 	second year are for the Greater Minnesota 
48.32 	Regional Parks and Trails Commission to 
48.33 	carry out its duties under Minnesota Statutes, 
48.34 	section 85.536, including the continued 
48.35 	development of a statewide system plan for 
49.1 	regional parks and trails outside the 
49.2 	seven-county metropolitan area.
49.3 	(e) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
49.4 	second year are for grants to Wilderness 
49.5 	Inquiry to connect Minnesota youth and 
49.6 	families to natural resources through activities 
49.7 	that support parks and trails of regional 
49.8 	significance outside the seven-county 
49.9 	metropolitan area.
49.10 	(f) By January 15, 2026, the Greater 
49.11 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
49.12 	Commission must submit a list of projects that 
49.13 	contains the commission's recommendations 
49.14 	for funding from the parks and trails fund for 
49.15 	fiscal year 2027 to the chairs and ranking 
49.16 	minority members of the legislative 
49.17 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
49.18 	over environment and natural resources and 
49.19 	the parks and trails fund.
49.20 	(g) By January 15, 2026, the Greater 
49.21 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
49.22 	Commission must submit a report that contains 
49.23 	the commission's criteria for funding from the 
49.24 	parks and trails fund, including the criteria 
49.25 	used to determine if a park or trail is of 
49.26 	regional significance, to the chairs and ranking 
49.27 	minority members of the legislative 
49.28 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
49.29 	over environment and natural resources and 
49.30 	the parks and trails fund.
49.31 	(h) $614,000 the first year and $678,000 the 
49.32 	second year are for coordination and projects 
49.33 	between the department, the Metropolitan 
49.34 	Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional 
49.35 	Parks and Trails Commission; enhanced 
50.1 	web-based information for park and trail users; 
50.2 	and support of activities of the Parks and 
50.3 	Trails Legacy Advisory Committee.
50.4 	(i) The commissioner must contract for 
50.5 	services with Conservation Corps Minnesota 
50.6 	and Iowa for restoration, maintenance, and 
50.7 	other activities under this section for at least 
50.8 	$850,000 the first year and $850,000 the 
50.9 	second year.
50.10 	(j) Grant recipients of an appropriation under 
50.11 	this section must give consideration to 
50.12 	contracting with Conservation Corps 
50.13 	Minnesota and Iowa for restoration, 
50.14 	maintenance, and other activities.
50.15 	(k) In addition to the requirements under 
50.16 	paragraph (i), the commissioner should work 
50.17 	to provide other opportunities that encourage 
50.18 	a diversity of students to pursue careers in 
50.19 	environment and natural resources when 
50.20 	implementing appropriations in this section.

50.21	Sec. 4. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 	$
	24,310,000
	$
	27,222,000
	
50.22 	(a) $24,210,000 the first year and $27,122,000 
50.23 	the second year are for distribution according 
50.24 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 85.53, 
50.25 	subdivision 3.
50.26 	(b) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the 
50.27 	second year are for grants to Wilderness 
50.28 	Inquiry to connect Minnesota youth and 
50.29 	families to natural resources through activities 
50.30 	that support parks and trails of regional 
50.31 	significance within the seven-county 
50.32 	metropolitan area.
50.33 	(c) Money appropriated under this section and 
50.34 	distributed to implementing agencies must be 
51.1 	used only to fund the list of projects approved 
51.2 	by the elected representatives of each of the 
51.3 	metropolitan parks implementing agencies. 
51.4 	Projects funded by the money appropriated 
51.5 	under this section must be substantially 
51.6 	consistent with the project descriptions and 
51.7 	dollar amounts approved by each elected body. 
51.8 	Any money remaining after completing the 
51.9 	listed projects may be spent by the 
51.10 	implementing agencies on projects to support 
51.11 	parks and trails.
51.12 	(d) Grant agreements entered into by the 
51.13 	Metropolitan Council and recipients of money 
51.14 	appropriated under this section must ensure 
51.15 	that the money is used to supplement and not 
51.16 	substitute for traditional sources of funding.
51.17 	(e) The implementing agencies receiving 
51.18 	appropriations under this section must give 
51.19 	consideration to contracting with Conservation 
51.20 	Corps Minnesota and Iowa for restoration, 
51.21 	maintenance, and other activities.

51.22	Sec. 5. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	4,000
	$
	-0-
	
51.23 	$4,000 the first year is for the Legislative 
51.24 	Coordinating Commission for the website 
51.25 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
51.26 	3.303, subdivision 10.

51.27
51.28	Sec. 6. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND 
APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS
 					
51.29 	The availability of the grant to Goodhue 
51.30 	County for the Cannon Valley Trail project 
51.31 	from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2023 
51.32 	appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special 
51.33 	Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, 
51.34 	paragraph (b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
52.1 	The availability of the grant to Stearns County 
52.2 	for the Beaver Island Trail project from the 
52.3 	parks and trails fund fiscal year 2023 
52.4 	appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special 
52.5 	Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, 
52.6 	paragraph (b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
52.7 	The availability of the grant to the city of 
52.8 	Winona for the Bluffs Traverse Trail project 
52.9 	from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2023 
52.10 	appropriation under Laws 2021, First Special 
52.11 	Session chapter 1, article 3, section 3, 
52.12 	paragraph (b), is extended to June 30, 2027.
52.13 	The availability of the grant to the city of 
52.14 	Austin for the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center 
52.15 	project from the parks and trails fund fiscal 
52.16 	year 2024 appropriation under Laws 2023, 
52.17 	chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), 
52.18 	is extended to June 30, 2027.
52.19 	The availability of the grant to the city of 
52.20 	Duluth for the Spirit Mountain Recreation 
52.21 	Area project from the parks and trails fund 
52.22 	fiscal year 2023 appropriation under Laws 
52.23 	2021, First Special Session chapter 1, article 
52.24 	3, section 3, paragraph (b), is extended to June 
52.25 	30, 2027.
52.26 	The availability of the grant to the city of 
52.27 	Duluth for the Waabizheshikana/Marten Trail 
52.28 	project from the parks and trails fund fiscal 
52.29 	year 2024 appropriation under Laws 2023, 
52.30 	chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), 
52.31 	is extended to June 30, 2027.

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

52.33	Sec. 7. CANCELLATIONS
 					
53.1 	(a) The unobligated balance from the parks 
53.2 	and trails fund appropriation under Laws 2019, 
53.3 	First Special Session, chapter 2, article 3, 
53.4 	section 3, paragraph (b), for grants estimated 
53.5 	to be $10,000 is canceled to the parks and 
53.6 	trails fund no later than June 30, 2025.
53.7 	(b) The unobligated balance from the parks 
53.8 	and trails fund appropriation under Laws 2021, 
53.9 	First Special Session, chapter 1, article 3, 
53.10 	section 3, paragraph (b), for grants estimated 
53.11 	to be $31,000 is canceled to the parks and 
53.12 	trails fund no later than June 30, 2025.

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

53.14 	ARTICLE 4
53.15 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

53.16	Section 1. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
53.17 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the entities 
53.18 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the arts and cultural 
53.19 	heritage fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for allowable activities under 
53.20 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15, except that any unencumbered balance 
53.21 	remaining under this article from the first year does not cancel but is available in the second 
53.22 	year. The figures "2026" and "2027" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed 
53.23 	under the figure are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, 
53.24 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2026. "The second year" is fiscal year 2027. "The 
53.25 	biennium" is fiscal years 2026 and 2027. All appropriations in this article are onetime.

53.26				APPROPRIATIONS
	
53.27				Available for the Year
	
53.28				Ending June 30
	
53.29					2026
		2027

53.30	Sec. 2. ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE

53.31	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	85,293,000
	$
	94,618,000
	
54.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
54.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
54.3 	subdivisions.

54.4	Subd. 2.Availability of Appropriation
 					
54.5 	Money appropriated in this article must not 
54.6 	be spent on activities unless they are directly 
54.7 	related to and necessary for a specific 
54.8 	appropriation. Money appropriated in this 
54.9 	article must not be spent on institutional 
54.10 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
54.11 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
54.12 	Money appropriated in this article must be 
54.13 	spent in accordance with Minnesota 
54.14 	Management and Budget MMB Guidance to 
54.15 	Agencies on Legacy Fund Expenditure. 
54.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.17 	16A.28, and unless otherwise specified in this 
54.18 	article, fiscal year 2026 appropriations are 
54.19 	available until June 30, 2027, and fiscal year 
54.20 	2027 appropriations are available until June 
54.21 	30, 2028. Water and energy conservation 
54.22 	technology and the use of renewable energy 
54.23 	should be priorities for construction and 
54.24 	building projects funded through this 
54.25 	appropriation. If a project receives federal 
54.26 	funds, the period of the appropriation is 
54.27 	extended to equal the availability of federal 
54.28 	funding.

54.29	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE ARTS BOARD

54.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	38,136,000
	$
	47,322,000
	
54.31 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
54.32 	purpose are specified in the following 
54.33 	subdivisions.

54.34	Subd. 2.Grant Agreements
 					
55.1 	The amounts in this section are appropriated 
55.2 	to the Minnesota State Arts Board for arts, arts 
55.3 	education, arts preservation, and arts access. 
55.4 	Grant agreements entered into by the 
55.5 	Minnesota State Arts Board and other 
55.6 	recipients of appropriations in this section 
55.7 	must ensure that the money is used to 
55.8 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
55.9 	sources of funding. Each grant program 
55.10 	established in this appropriation must be 
55.11 	separately administered from other state 
55.12 	appropriations for program planning and 
55.13 	outcome measurements, but may take into 
55.14 	consideration other state resources awarded 
55.15 	in the selection of applicants and grant award 
55.16 	size.

55.17	Subd. 3.Arts and Arts Access Initiatives
 		29,669,000
		37,978,000
	
55.18 	$29,669,000 the first year and $37,978,000 
55.19 	the second year are to support Minnesota 
55.20 	artists and arts organizations in creating, 
55.21 	producing, and presenting high-quality arts 
55.22 	activities; to preserve, maintain, and interpret 
55.23 	art forms and works of art so that they are 
55.24 	accessible to Minnesota audiences; to 
55.25 	overcome barriers to accessing high-quality 
55.26 	arts activities; and to instill the arts into the 
55.27 	community and public life in this state. Grants 
55.28 	provided under this subdivision must prioritize 
55.29 	artists and arts organizations that plan to 
55.30 	present art from communities that have been 
55.31 	historically underrepresented in the arts or that 
55.32 	improve access to the programs and projects 
55.33 	for groups, including youth and historically 
55.34 	underserved communities, that have struggled 
55.35 	to access arts programming in the past.

56.1	Subd. 4.Arts Education
 		6,013,000
		6,670,000
	
56.2 	$6,013,000 the first year and $6,670,000 the 
56.3 	second year are for high-quality, 
56.4 	age-appropriate arts education for Minnesotans 
56.5 	of all ages to develop knowledge, skills, and 
56.6 	understanding of the arts. Priority in the award 
56.7 	of grants under this subdivision must be given 
56.8 	to providing educational opportunities to 
56.9 	underserved communities with grants for 
56.10 	organizations or entities providing 
56.11 	opportunities to K-12 students throughout the 
56.12 	state for arts education, including access to 
56.13 	arts instruction, arts programming, museums, 
56.14 	and arts presentations.

56.15	Subd. 5.Arts and Cultural Heritage
 		2,004,000
		2,224,000
	
56.16 	$2,004,000 the first year and $2,224,000 the 
56.17 	second year are for events and activities that 
56.18 	represent, preserve, and maintain the diverse 
56.19 	cultural arts traditions, including folk and 
56.20 	traditional artists and art organizations, 
56.21 	represented in this state.

56.22	Subd. 6.Administrative Costs
 					
56.23 	Up to five percent of the totals in subdivisions 
56.24 	3 to 5 each year is for administering grant 
56.25 	programs, delivering technical services, 
56.26 	providing fiscal oversight for the statewide 
56.27 	system, and ensuring accountability in fiscal 
56.28 	years 2026 and 2027.

56.29	Subd. 7.Regional Arts Councils
 					
56.30 	Thirty percent of the remaining total 
56.31 	appropriation to each of the categories listed 
56.32 	in subdivisions 3 to 5 is for grants to the 
56.33 	regional arts councils. Notwithstanding any 
56.34 	other provision of law, regional arts council 
57.1 	grants or other arts council grants for touring 
57.2 	programs, projects, or exhibits must ensure 
57.3 	the programs, projects, or exhibits are able to 
57.4 	tour in their own region as well as all other 
57.5 	regions of the state.

57.6	Subd. 8.Minnesota Musicians
 					
57.7 	$200,000 each year is for a competitive grant 
57.8 	program to award grants to Minnesota 
57.9 	musicians to create, produce, and perform 
57.10 	music throughout the state.

57.11	Subd. 9.Youth Literary Grants
 					
57.12 	$250,000 each year is for competitive grants 
57.13 	to individual authors and organizations 
57.14 	creating and producing books. The grants 
57.15 	under this subdivision must be used for the 
57.16 	creation and distribution of books for youth 
57.17 	that celebrate cultural expression with a focus 
57.18 	on excellent creative work and educational 
57.19 	value.

57.20	Sec. 4. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY

57.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	19,253,000
	$
	19,253,000
	
57.22 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
57.23 	purpose are specified in the following 
57.24 	subdivisions.

57.25	Subd. 2.Grant Agreements
 					
57.26 	(a) The amounts in this section are 
57.27 	appropriated to the governing board of the 
57.28 	Minnesota Historical Society to preserve and 
57.29 	enhance access to Minnesota's history and its 
57.30 	cultural and historical resources. Grant 
57.31 	agreements entered into by the Minnesota 
57.32 	Historical Society and other recipients of 
57.33 	appropriations in this section must ensure that 
58.1 	the money is used to supplement and not 
58.2 	substitute for traditional sources of funding. 
58.3 	Money directly appropriated to the Minnesota 
58.4 	Historical Society must be used to supplement 
58.5 	and not substitute for traditional sources of 
58.6 	funding. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
58.7 	section 16A.28, for historic preservation 
58.8 	projects that improve historic structures, the 
58.9 	amounts are available until June 30, 2029. The 
58.10 	Minnesota Historical Society or grant 
58.11 	recipients of the Minnesota Historical Society 
58.12 	using money from the arts and cultural 
58.13 	heritage fund under this section must give 
58.14 	consideration to Conservation Corps 
58.15 	Minnesota and Iowa and Northern Bedrock 
58.16 	Historic Preservation Corps, or an organization 
58.17 	carrying out similar work, for projects with 
58.18 	the potential to need historic preservation 
58.19 	services.
58.20 	(b) Up to five percent of the totals in 
58.21 	subdivisions 3 and 4 each year is for 
58.22 	administering grants and grant programs, 
58.23 	delivering technical services, providing fiscal 
58.24 	oversight, and ensuring accountability in fiscal 
58.25 	years 2026 and 2027.

58.26	Subd. 3.Historical Grants and Programs
 		19,253,000
		19,253,000

58.27	(a) Statewide Historic and Cultural Grants
					
58.28 	$6,993,000 the first year and $6,993,000 the 
58.29 	second year are for statewide historic and 
58.30 	cultural grants to local, county, regional, or 
58.31 	other historical or cultural organizations or for 
58.32 	activities to preserve significant historic and 
58.33 	cultural resources. Money must be distributed 
58.34 	through a competitive grant process. The 
58.35 	Minnesota Historical Society must administer 
59.1 	the money using established grant mechanisms 
59.2 	with assistance from the advisory committee 
59.3 	created under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 
59.4 	4, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), item 
59.5 	(ii).

59.6	(b) Statewide History Programs
					
59.7 	$7,760,000 the first year and $7,760,000 the 
59.8 	second year are for historic and cultural 
59.9 	programs and purposes related to the heritage 
59.10 	of the state.

59.11	(c) History Partnerships
					
59.12 	$2,875,000 the first year and $2,875,000 the 
59.13 	second year are for history partnerships 
59.14 	involving multiple organizations, which may 
59.15 	include the Minnesota Historical Society, to 
59.16 	preserve and enhance access to Minnesota's 
59.17 	history and cultural heritage in all regions of 
59.18 	the state.

59.19
59.20	(d) Statewide Survey of Historical and 
Archaeological Sites
					
59.21 	$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the 
59.22 	second year are for one or more contracts to 
59.23 	be competitively awarded to conduct statewide 
59.24 	surveys or investigations of Minnesota's sites 
59.25 	of historical, archeological, and cultural 
59.26 	significance. Results of the surveys or 
59.27 	investigations must be published in a 
59.28 	searchable form and available to the public 
59.29 	cost-free. The Minnesota Historical Society, 
59.30 	the Office of the State Archeologist, the Indian 
59.31 	Affairs Council, and the State Historic 
59.32 	Preservation Office must each appoint a 
59.33 	representative to an oversight board to select 
59.34 	contractors and direct the conduct of the 
59.35 	surveys or investigations. The oversight board 
60.1 	must consult with the Departments of 
60.2 	Transportation and Natural Resources.

60.3	(e) Digital Library
					
60.4 	$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the 
60.5 	second year are for a digital library project to 
60.6 	preserve, digitize, and share Minnesota 
60.7 	images, documents, and historical materials. 
60.8 	The Minnesota Historical Society must 
60.9 	cooperate with the Minitex interlibrary loan 
60.10 	system and must jointly share this 
60.11 	appropriation for these purposes.

60.12	Subd. 4.Grants
 		875,000
		875,000
	
60.13 	(a) $750,000 each year is for grants to 
60.14 	organizations that own buildings or structures 
60.15 	that are considered historically significant to 
60.16 	their local communities to improve access to 
60.17 	the buildings or structures, to preserve the 
60.18 	buildings or structures, or to enhance the use 
60.19 	of the buildings or structures, including 
60.20 	improving access to museums, music halls, 
60.21 	opera houses, libraries, and sites celebrating 
60.22 	diverse cultures and heritages throughout the 
60.23 	state. Grant money not encumbered in the first 
60.24 	year is available for statewide history 
60.25 	programs in the second year. The Minnesota 
60.26 	Historical Society must give priority 
60.27 	consideration for funding to the Fairmont 
60.28 	Opera House for structural beam repair and 
60.29 	the Litchfield Opera House for expanding and 
60.30 	installing balcony seating.
60.31 	(b) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
60.32 	second year are for a grant to Special Guerrilla 
60.33 	Units Veterans and Families of USA, Inc. to 
60.34 	collect, document, archive, and preserve the 
61.1 	oral histories of Hmong veterans of the United 
61.2 	States-sponsored Secret War in Laos and to 
61.3 	create programming and educational resources 
61.4 	to teach the public and future generations 
61.5 	about the history, legacy, and cultural heritage 
61.6 	of the Hmong in Minnesota.

61.7	Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 	$
	3,000,000
	$
	3,000,000
	
61.8 	$3,00,000 the first year and $3,000,000 the 
61.9 	second year are appropriated to the 
61.10 	commissioner of education for grants to the 
61.11 	12 Minnesota regional library systems to 
61.12 	provide educational opportunities in the arts, 
61.13 	history, literary arts, and cultural heritage of 
61.14 	Minnesota. When possible, funding under this 
61.15 	section should be used to promote and share 
61.16 	the work of Minnesota authors, including 
61.17 	authors from diverse backgrounds. This money 
61.18 	must be allocated using the formulas in 
61.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355, 
61.20 	subdivisions 3 to 5, with the remaining 25 
61.21 	percent to be distributed to all qualifying 
61.22 	systems in an amount proportionate to the 
61.23 	number of qualifying system entities in each 
61.24 	system. For purposes of this section, 
61.25 	"qualifying system entity" means a public 
61.26 	library, a regional library system, a regional 
61.27 	library system headquarters, a county, or an 
61.28 	outreach service program. This money may 
61.29 	be used to sponsor programs provided by 
61.30 	regional libraries or to provide grants to local 
61.31 	arts and cultural heritage programs for 
61.32 	programs in partnership with regional libraries. 
61.33 	This money must be distributed in ten equal 
61.34 	payments per year. Notwithstanding 
61.35 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, the 
62.1 	appropriations encumbered on or before June 
62.2 	30, 2027, as grants or contracts in this section 
62.3 	are available until June 30, 2029. Up to two 
62.4 	percent of the amount in this section is for 
62.5 	administering the grants in this section.

62.6
62.7	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF 
ADMINISTRATION

62.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	9,625,000
	$
	9,625,000
	
62.9 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
62.10 	purpose are specified in the following 
62.11 	subdivisions.

62.12	Subd. 2.Grant Agreements
 					
62.13 	(a) The amounts in this section are 
62.14 	appropriated to the commissioner of 
62.15 	administration for grants to the named 
62.16 	organizations for the purposes specified in this 
62.17 	section.
62.18 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
62.19 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
62.20 	under this section must ensure that money 
62.21 	appropriated in this section is used to 
62.22 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
62.23 	sources of funding.
62.24 	(c) Up to five percent of the amounts in 
62.25 	subdivision 3 are for administering the grants, 
62.26 	providing fiscal oversight, and ensuring 
62.27 	accountability in fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

62.28	Subd. 3.Grants
 		9,625,000
		9,625,000

62.29	(a) Minnesota Public Radio
					
62.30 	(a) $1,000,000 the first year and $1,000,000 
62.31 	the second year are for Minnesota Public 
62.32 	Radio. This appropriation must be used only 
62.33 	to create and share programming on 
63.1 	Minnesota's arts and cultural heritage and 
63.2 	history.

63.3
63.4	(b) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
63.5 	$2,050,000 the first year and $2,050,000 the 
63.6 	second year are to the Association of 
63.7 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
63.8 	for production and acquisition grants in 
63.9 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
63.10 	129D.19.

63.11	(c) Public Television
					
63.12 	$4,750,000 the first year and $4,750,000 the 
63.13 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
63.14 	Television Association for production and 
63.15 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
63.16 	Statutes, section 129D.18.

63.17	(d) Como Park Zoo
					
63.18 	$1,500,000 the first year and $1,500,000 the 
63.19 	second year are to the Como Park Zoo and 
63.20 	Conservatory for program development that 
63.21 	features educational programs and habitat 
63.22 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
63.23 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
63.24 	access and preservation.

63.25	(e) Great Lakes Aquarium
					
63.26 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
63.27 	second year are to the Great Lakes Aquarium 
63.28 	for a lake sturgeon project, including an 
63.29 	exhibit and public education on lake sturgeon, 
63.30 	in cooperation with the commissioner of 
63.31 	natural resources, Fond du Lac Band of Lake 
63.32 	Superior Chippewa, and United States Fish 
63.33 	and Wildlife Services.

63.34	(f) The Bakken Museum
					
64.1 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
64.2 	year are for a grant to The Bakken Museum 
64.3 	for interactive exhibits and outreach programs 
64.4 	on arts and cultural heritage.

64.5	Sec. 7. MINNESOTA ZOO
 	$
	1,175,000
	$
	1,175,000
	
64.6 	The amounts in this section are appropriated 
64.7 	to the Minnesota Zoological Board for 
64.8 	programs at and development of the Minnesota 
64.9 	Zoological Garden and to provide access and 
64.10 	education related to programs on the cultural 
64.11 	heritage of Minnesota.

64.12	Sec. 8. MINNESOTA HUMANITIES CENTER

64.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	12,350,000
	$
	12,493,000
	
64.14 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
64.15 	purpose are specified in the following 
64.16 	subdivisions.

64.17	Subd. 2.Grant Agreements
 					
64.18 	(a) The amounts in this section are 
64.19 	appropriated to the Board of Directors of the 
64.20 	Minnesota Humanities Center for the purposes 
64.21 	specified in this section. The Minnesota 
64.22 	Humanities Center may use up to 5.5 percent 
64.23 	of the appropriations for the administration of 
64.24 	these funds and to cover the cost of 
64.25 	administering, planning, evaluating, and 
64.26 	reporting these grants. The Minnesota 
64.27 	Humanities Center must develop a written 
64.28 	plan to issue the grants under this section and 
64.29 	must submit the plan for review and approval 
64.30 	by the commissioner of administration. The 
64.31 	written plan must require the Minnesota 
64.32 	Humanities Center to create and adhere to 
64.33 	grant policies that are similar to those 
64.34 	established according to Minnesota Statutes, 
65.1 	section 16B.97, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), 
65.2 	clause (1).
65.3 	(b) No grants awarded under this section may 
65.4 	be used for travel outside the state of 
65.5 	Minnesota. The grant agreement must specify 
65.6 	the repercussions for failing to comply with 
65.7 	the grant agreement.

65.8	Subd. 3.Programs
 		2,525,000
		2,500,000
	
65.9 	$2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 the 
65.10 	second year are for statewide humanities 
65.11 	programs and to support and expand outreach, 
65.12 	partnerships, and humanities programming 
65.13 	with organizations and individuals throughout 
65.14 	the state, including but not limited to 
65.15 	programming related to veterans and the 
65.16 	military experience, professional development 
65.17 	opportunities for educators, and programming 
65.18 	celebrating, representing, and reflecting upon 
65.19 	the heritage of diverse Minnesota communities 
65.20 	that have been historically underserved.
65.21 	$25,000 the first year is for outreach and 
65.22 	education on the humanities center grant 
65.23 	program with a focus on reaching underserved 
65.24 	community organizations and providing 
65.25 	assistance with grant opportunities, 
65.26 	qualifications, and reporting requirements, and 
65.27 	specifically providing technical assistance and 
65.28 	a nontraditional application process to improve 
65.29 	access to grant funding.

65.30	Subd. 4.Children's Museum Grants
 		500,000
		500,000
	
65.31 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
65.32 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
65.33 	grants to children's museums for arts and 
65.34 	cultural exhibits and related educational 
66.1 	outreach programs. The Minnesota Humanities 
66.2 	Center must administer this money using 
66.3 	established grant mechanisms.

66.4
66.5	Subd. 5.Community Identity and Heritage 
Grant Program
 		8,500,000
		8,968,000
	
66.6 	$8,500,000 the first year and $8,968,000 the 
66.7 	second year are for a competitive grant 
66.8 	program to provide funding to organizations 
66.9 	or individuals working to create, celebrate, 
66.10 	and teach the art, culture, and heritage of the 
66.11 	many cultural groups that make up Minnesota, 
66.12 	including but not limited to Indigenous 
66.13 	communities, veterans, and historical and 
66.14 	recent immigrant communities. At least 
66.15 	$2,000,000 each year must be for grants 
66.16 	greater than $150,000. Grants under this clause 
66.17 	should provide funding focused on preserving, 
66.18 	honoring, and sharing unique cultural 
66.19 	heritages; provide education and student 
66.20 	outreach opportunities related to arts and 
66.21 	culture; support the development of humanities 
66.22 	programming, including the arts; and empower 
66.23 	communities in building their identity and 
66.24 	culture.
66.25 	Of this amount, $1,500,000 each year is for 
66.26 	grants to community-based organizations, 
66.27 	cities, and counties to support cultural festivals 
66.28 	and events throughout the state. The funding 
66.29 	may support arts and cultural programming, 
66.30 	staffing, community outreach, transportation, 
66.31 	facilities and equipment rentals, signage, and 
66.32 	public safety expense reimbursements. The 
66.33 	Minnesota Humanities Center must give 
66.34 	priority consideration for funding to the 
66.35 	Somali Museum Annual Celebration, Twin 
67.1 	Cities Jazz Fest, Selby Avenue Jazz Fest, the 
67.2 	International Hmong Freedom Festival, Cinco 
67.3 	de Mayo festival, and Rondo Days in St. Paul; 
67.4 	the Hiddo Soor International Somali Cultural 
67.5 	Festival in Plymouth; Safe Summer Nights 
67.6 	and Somali Independence Day in St. Paul; 
67.7 	sesquicentennial celebrations in Osseo and 
67.8 	Delano; Sienkane Lao Southeast Asian Music 
67.9 	Festival; the Asian American Film Festival; 
67.10 	Midnimo; and IgboFest Minnesota.

67.11	Subd. 6.Ethnic Media Grants
 		250,000
		250,000
	
67.12 	$250,000 each year is for competitive grants 
67.13 	to provide funding to ethnic media 
67.14 	organizations creating educational content that 
67.15 	is available to the public and for government 
67.16 	access television.

67.17	Subd. 7.Youth Poet Laureate
 		100,000
		100,000
	
67.18 	$100,000 each year is for a grant to a nonprofit 
67.19 	to operate a statewide youth poet laureate 
67.20 	program in coordination with the Minnesota 
67.21 	Humanities Center. The program may provide 
67.22 	creative writing outreach, programming, and 
67.23 	events related to creative writing and must 
67.24 	award a young person who is 13 to 19 years 
67.25 	of age, through a competitive process similar 
67.26 	to the National Youth Poet Laureate program, 
67.27 	to be the Minnesota Youth Poet Laureate and 
67.28 	provide opportunities to celebrate, mentor, 
67.29 	and highlight the work of the Youth Poet 
67.30 	Laureate and young writers in Minnesota.

67.31	Subd. 8.Grants
 		475,000
		175,000

67.32	(a) (Neo)Muralismos de Mexico
					
67.33 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to 
67.34 	(Neo)Muralismos de Mexico to expand arts 
68.1 	programming that celebrates Latino cultural 
68.2 	heritage through workshops and support to 
68.3 	local artists through capacity building, 
68.4 	professional development, networking, and 
68.5 	presentation opportunities on Latino arts and 
68.6 	culture.

68.7	(b) Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts
					
68.8 	$200,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
68.9 	Lundstrum Center for the Performing Arts for 
68.10 	after-school educational programming that 
68.11 	includes instruction in dance, voice, and 
68.12 	drama.

68.13	(c) United Hmong Family
					
68.14 	$175,000 each year is for a grant to the United 
68.15 	Hmong Family to provide dance and other arts 
68.16 	and cultural programming.

68.17	Sec. 9. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
 	$
	1,000,000
	$
	1,000,000
	
68.18 	(a) $425,000 each year is to provide grants to 
68.19 	Minnesota Tribal Nations to preserve Dakota 
68.20 	and Ojibwe Indian language and to foster 
68.21 	education programs and services for Dakota 
68.22 	and Ojibwe language.
68.23 	(b) $425,000 each year is to provide grants to 
68.24 	preserve the Dakota and Ojibwe Indian 
68.25 	language through support of projects and 
68.26 	services and to support educational programs 
68.27 	and immersion efforts in Dakota and Ojibwe 
68.28 	language.
68.29 	(c) $150,000 each year is for the Indian Affairs 
68.30 	Council to carry out responsibilities under 
68.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 307.08, to comply 
68.32 	with Public Law 101-601, the Native 
68.33 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
68.34 	Act.

69.1	Sec. 10. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

69.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	750,000
	$
	750,000
	
69.3 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
69.4 	purpose are specified in the following 
69.5 	subdivisions.

69.6	Subd. 2.County Fair Grants
 		500,000
		500,000
	
69.7 	$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the 
69.8 	second year are for grants to county 
69.9 	agricultural societies to enhance arts access 
69.10 	and education and to preserve and promote 
69.11 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage as 
69.12 	embodied in its county fairs. The grants may 
69.13 	be distributed in equal amounts to each of the 
69.14 	county fairs that submitted an application. The 
69.15 	grants are in addition to the aid distribution to 
69.16 	county agricultural societies under Minnesota 
69.17 	Statutes, section 38.02. The commissioner of 
69.18 	agriculture must develop grant-making criteria 
69.19 	and guidance for expending money under this 
69.20 	subdivision to provide funding for projects 
69.21 	and events that provide access to the arts or 
69.22 	the state's agricultural, historical, and cultural 
69.23 	heritage. The commissioner must seek input 
69.24 	from all interested parties. The commissioner 
69.25 	may use up to two percent of the amounts in 
69.26 	this subdivision for the administration and 
69.27 	distribution of the grants. Money not used in 
69.28 	the first year may be used in the second year.

69.29	Subd. 3.Minnesota FFA
 		250,000
		250,000
	
69.30 	(a) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
69.31 	second year are for grants to the Minnesota 
69.32 	FFA to provide new and expanded access for 
69.33 	Minnesota FFA members involved in art- and 
69.34 	history-related FFA activities. Of this amount:
70.1 	(1) up to $125,000 each year may be used to 
70.2 	document and commemorate 100 years of 
70.3 	fostering leadership, agricultural education, 
70.4 	and community service across the state by 
70.5 	creating a history book, video storytelling 
70.6 	series, and an in-person arts-focused event; 
70.7 	and
70.8 	(2) any amount not spent for the purposes 
70.9 	described in clause (1) may be used for other 
70.10 	activities that provide new and expanded 
70.11 	access for Minnesota FFA members involved 
70.12 	in art- and history-related FFA activities, 
70.13 	including activities related to national and state 
70.14 	FFA band and choir, state and national FFA 
70.15 	talent competitions, FFA floriculture, and FFA 
70.16 	state fair landscape booths.
70.17 	(b) The commissioner of agriculture must 
70.18 	develop grant-making criteria and guidance 
70.19 	for grants under this subdivision to provide 
70.20 	funding for projects and events and must seek 
70.21 	input from the Minnesota FFA and Minnesota 
70.22 	FFA Foundation. The commissioner may use 
70.23 	up to five percent of the amounts in this 
70.24 	subdivision to cover the costs of administering, 
70.25 	planning, evaluating, and reporting these 
70.26 	grants.

70.27
70.28	Sec. 11. LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING 
COMMISSION
 	$
	4,000
	$
	-0-
	
70.29 	The amount in this section is appropriated to 
70.30 	the Legislative Coordinating Commission to 
70.31 	maintain the website required under Minnesota 
70.32 	Statutes, section 3.303, subdivision 10.

71.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.2 		Subd. 2.Expenditures; accountability. (a) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage 
71.3 	fund may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota's 
71.4 	history and cultural heritage. A project or program receiving funding from the arts and 
71.5 	cultural heritage fund must include measurable outcomes, and a plan for measuring and 
71.6 	evaluating the results. A project or program must be consistent with current scholarship, or 
71.7 	best practices, when appropriate and must incorporate state-of-the-art technology when 
71.8 	appropriate.
71.9 	(b) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund may be granted for an entire project 
71.10 	or for part of a project so long as the recipient provides a description and cost for the entire 
71.11 	project and can demonstrate that it has adequate resources to ensure that the entire project 
71.12 	will be completed.
71.13 	(c) Money from the arts and cultural heritage fund shall be expended for benefits across 
71.14 	all regions and residents of the state.
71.15 	(d) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the arts and cultural 
71.16 	heritage fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or programs, 
71.17 	including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required under section 
71.18 	3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon as practicable 
71.19 	or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The Legislative 
71.20 	Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the website required under 
71.21 	section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.
71.22 	(e) Grants funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund must be implemented according 
71.23 	to section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures of funds. Priority for grant proposals 
71.24 	must be given to proposals involving grants that will be competitively awarded.
71.25 	(f) All money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must be for projects located in 
71.26 	Minnesota.
71.27 	(g) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the arts and cultural 
71.28 	heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's website home page the legacy 
71.29 	logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws 
71.30 	2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more 
71.31 	information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the website must direct the 
71.32 	person to a web page that includes both the contact information that a person may use to 
71.33 	obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
71.34 	website required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.
72.1 	(h) Future eligibility for money from the arts and cultural heritage fund is contingent 
72.2 	upon a state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section, 
72.3 	as well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law. If the Office of 
72.4 	the Legislative Auditor, in the course of an audit or investigation, publicly reports that a 
72.5 	recipient of money from the arts and cultural heritage fund has not complied with the laws, 
72.6 	rules, or regulations in this section or other laws applicable to the recipient, the recipient 
72.7 	must be listed in an annual report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the 
72.8 	legacy funds. The list must be publicly available. The legislative auditor shall remove a 
72.9 	recipient from the list upon determination that the recipient is in compliance. A recipient 
72.10 	on the list is not eligible for future funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund until the 
72.11 	recipient demonstrates compliance to the legislative auditor.
72.12 	(i) Any state agency or organization requesting a direct appropriation from the arts and 
72.13 	cultural heritage fund must inform the house of representatives and senate committees 
72.14 	having jurisdiction over the arts and cultural heritage fund, at the time the request for funding 
72.15 	is made, whether the request is supplanting or is a substitution for any previous funding that 
72.16 	was not from a legacy fund and was used for the same purpose and provide a copy of the 
72.17 	most recent year's Internal Revenue Service Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt 
72.18 	From Income Tax.

72.19 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 129D.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
72.20 	to read:
72.21 		Subd. 7.Construction costs. Money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must not 
72.22 	be appropriated to fund new construction or for capital construction projects, including 
72.23 	major renovations or long-term building projects, with the exception of preservation of 
72.24 	historic structures or sites. This prohibition does not apply to:
72.25 	(1) accessibility accommodations;
72.26 	(2) the creation of exhibits or installations; and
72.27 	(3) renovations to provide care for collections or facilitate exhibits, installations, or other 
72.28 	projects funded with arts and cultural heritage fund appropriations.

72.29 	Sec. 14. Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

72.30	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		17,040,000
		14,105,000
	
72.31 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
72.32 	appropriated to the commissioner of 
73.1 	administration for grants to the named 
73.2 	organizations for the purposes specified in this 
73.3 	subdivision. The commissioner of 
73.4 	administration may use a portion of this 
73.5 	appropriation for costs that are directly related 
73.6 	to and necessary for the administration of 
73.7 	grants in this subdivision.
73.8 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
73.9 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
73.10 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
73.11 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
73.12 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
73.13 	sources of funding.

73.14	(c) Minnesota Public Radio
					
73.15 	$2,050,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
73.16 	Radio to create programming and expand news 
73.17 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
73.18 	history.

73.19
73.20	(d) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
73.21 	$2,050,000 the first year and $2,050,000 the 
73.22 	second year are to the Association of 
73.23 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
73.24 	for production and acquisition grants in 
73.25 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
73.26 	129D.19.

73.27	(e) Public Television
					
73.28 	$5,000,000 the first year and $4,500,000 the 
73.29 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
73.30 	Television Association for production and 
73.31 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
73.32 	Statutes, section 129D.18. Of the amount in 
73.33 	the first year, $1,000,000 is for producing 
73.34 	Minnesota military and veterans' history 
74.1 	stories and unique immigrant stories from 
74.2 	around the state.

74.3	(f) Wilderness Inquiry
					
74.4 	$500,000 the first year and $600,000 the 
74.5 	second year are to Wilderness Inquiry to 
74.6 	preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, culture, 
74.7 	and heritage by connecting Minnesota youth 
74.8 	and families to natural resources.

74.9	(g) Como Park Zoo
					
74.10 	$1,725,000 each year is to the Como Park Zoo 
74.11 	and Conservatory for program development 
74.12 	that features educational programs and habitat 
74.13 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
74.14 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
74.15 	access and preservation.

74.16	(h) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
74.17 	$825,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
74.18 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
74.19 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
74.20 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
74.21 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
74.22 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
74.23 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

74.24	(i) Appetite for Change
					
74.25 	$200,000 the first year is to the nonprofit 
74.26 	Appetite for Change for the Community Cooks 
74.27 	programming, which will preserve the cultural 
74.28 	heritage of growing and cooking food in 
74.29 	Minnesota.

74.30	(j) Lake Superior Zoo
					
74.31 	$150,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
74.32 	Zoo to develop educational exhibits and 
74.33 	programs.

75.1	(k) Great Lakes Aquarium
					
75.2 	$250,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
75.3 	Center Authority to prepare, fabricate, and 
75.4 	install a hands-on exhibit with interactive 
75.5 	learning components to educate Minnesotans 
75.6 	on the history of the natural landscape of the 
75.7 	state.

75.8	(l) State Band
					
75.9 	$25,000 the first year and $25,000 the second 
75.10 	year are to the Minnesota state band to provide 
75.11 	free concerts throughout the state.

75.12	(m) Veterans Memorial Park in Wyoming
					
75.13 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
75.14 	of Wyoming to build the Veterans Memorial 
75.15 	Plaza and related interpretive walk in Railroad 
75.16 	Park.

75.17	(n) Great Northern Festival
					
75.18 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
75.19 	year are for a grant to support the Great 
75.20 	Northern Festival, which connects attendees 
75.21 	to parks, outdoor spaces, and cultural venues 
75.22 	through a festival.

75.23
75.24	(o) Governor's Council on Developmental 
Disabilities
					
75.25 	$50,000 the first year is to the Minnesota 
75.26 	Governor's Council on Developmental 
75.27 	Disabilities to continue to preserve and raise 
75.28 	awareness of the history of Minnesotans with 
75.29 	developmental disabilities.

75.30	(p) Minnesota Council on Disability
					
75.31 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
75.32 	second year are to the Minnesota Council on 
75.33 	Disability to provide educational opportunities 
76.1 	in the arts, history, and cultural heritage of 
76.2 	Minnesotans with disabilities in conjunction 
76.3 	with the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota 
76.4 	Council on Disability. This appropriation is 
76.5 	available until June 30, 2027.

76.6	(q) Keller Regional Park
					
76.7 	$500,000 the first year is for a grant to Ramsey 
76.8 	County to preserve Minnesota's cultural 
76.9 	heritage by enhancing the tuj lub courts at 
76.10 	Keller Regional Park.

76.11	(r) Vietnam War Anniversary
					
76.12 	$250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
76.13 	commissioner of veterans affairs to prepare 
76.14 	and host a commemoration program for the 
76.15 	50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

76.16	(s) St. Paul Cultural Art Installation
					
76.17 	$500,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
76.18 	of St. Paul Forecast Public Art for an art 
76.19 	installation celebrating Olympic gold medalist 
76.20 	Suni Lee. This appropriation is available until 
76.21 	June 30, 2027.

76.22	(t) One Heartland Center
					
76.23 	$50,000 each year is for a grant to One 
76.24 	Heartland Center for programming and 
76.25 	outdoor activities for families and youth in 
76.26 	Minnesota.

76.27	(u) Forest Lake Veterans Memorial
					
76.28 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
76.29 	Forest Lake Veterans Memorial Committee 
76.30 	to construct a memorial to veterans of the 
76.31 	United States armed forces at Lakeside 
76.32 	Memorial Park in the city of Forest Lake. This 
76.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

77.1	(v) Hmong Plaza
					
77.2 	$450,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
77.3 	of St. Paul to construct the Hmong Plaza at 
77.4 	Phalen Lake.

77.5	(w) Camille Gage Artist Fellowship
					
77.6 	$55,000 the first year and $55,000 the second 
77.7 	year are for a grant to YWCA Minneapolis to 
77.8 	fund an annual fellowship to be known as the 
77.9 	Camille J. Gage Artist Fellowship. Of this 
77.10 	amount, up to $5,000 each year may be used 
77.11 	for administrative expenses. YWCA 
77.12 	Minneapolis must select a person for the 
77.13 	Camille J. Gage Artist Fellowship after an 
77.14 	application process that allows both 
77.15 	applications by interested persons and 
77.16 	nominations of persons by third parties. By 
77.17 	October 1, 2026, YWCA Minneapolis must 
77.18 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
77.19 	members of the legislative committees and 
77.20 	divisions with jurisdiction over legacy on the 
77.21 	use of money appropriated under this 
77.22 	paragraph and on the activities of the person 
77.23 	selected for the Camille J. Gage Artist 
77.24 	Fellowship under this paragraph. This 
77.25 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.

77.26
77.27	(x) Minnesota African American Heritage 
Museum and Gallery
					
77.28 	$235,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
77.29 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
77.30 	programming celebrating African American 
77.31 	and Black communities in Minnesota. Of the 
77.32 	amount in the first year, $110,000 is for C. 
77.33 	Caldwell Fine Arts for an outdoor mural 
77.34 	project in North Minneapolis to work with 
78.1 	young people to develop skills while using art 
78.2 	as the impetus.

78.3	(y) Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota
					
78.4 	$25,000 the first year and $25,000 the second 
78.5 	year are for a grant to the Tibetan American 
78.6 	Foundation of Minnesota to celebrate and 
78.7 	teach the art, culture, and heritage of Tibetan 
78.8 	Americans in Minnesota.

78.9	(z) Hong De Wu Guan
					
78.10 	$25,000 the first year is for a grant to Hong 
78.11 	De Wu Guan to create cultural arts projects 
78.12 	like Lion Dance for after-school programs for 
78.13 	youth.

78.14	(aa) Sepak Takraw of USA
					
78.15 	$50,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
78.16 	Sepak Takraw of USA to work with youth and 
78.17 	after-school programs in the community to 
78.18 	teach the cultural games of tuj lub and sepak 
78.19 	takraw. This appropriation may not be used 
78.20 	to hold events.

78.21	(bb) 30,000 Feet
					
78.22 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
78.23 	year are for a grant to 30,000 Feet, a nonprofit 
78.24 	organization, to help youth and community 
78.25 	artists further develop their artistic skills, to 
78.26 	create community art and artistic 
78.27 	performances, and to promote and share 
78.28 	African American history and culture through 
78.29 	the arts.

78.30	(cc) Siengkane Lao Minnesota
					
78.31 	$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second 
78.32 	year are for a grant to Siengkane Lao MN to 
79.1 	create cultural arts projects and to preserve 
79.2 	traditional performances.

79.3	(dd) Hmong Cultural Center
					
79.4 	$150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
79.5 	second year are for a grant to the Hmong 
79.6 	Cultural Center of Minnesota for 
79.7 	museum-related programming and educational 
79.8 	outreach activities to teach the public about 
79.9 	the historical, cultural, and folk arts heritage 
79.10 	of Hmong Minnesotans.

79.11	(ee) Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
					
79.12 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
79.13 	second year are for a grant to Comunidades 
79.14 	Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) to 
79.15 	expand arts programming to celebrate Latino 
79.16 	cultural heritage; support local artists; and 
79.17 	provide professional development, networking, 
79.18 	and presentation opportunities.

79.19	(ff) Hmong RPA Writing System
					
79.20 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
79.21 	second year are for grants to recipients who 
79.22 	have demonstrated knowledge and interest in 
79.23 	preserving Hmong culture to preserve Hmong 
79.24 	Minnesotans' heritage, history, language, and 
79.25 	culture. Grants must be used in conjunction 
79.26 	with Minnesota universities to improve and 
79.27 	develop a unified and standardized Latin 
79.28 	alphabet form of the Hmong RPA writing 
79.29 	system. No portion of this appropriation may 
79.30 	be used to encourage religious membership 
79.31 	or to conduct personal ceremonies or events.

79.32	(gg) Somali Museum of Minnesota
					
79.33 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
79.34 	second year are for a grant to the Somali 
80.1 	Museum of Minnesota for heritage arts and 
80.2 	cultural vitality programs to provide classes, 
80.3 	exhibits, presentations, and outreach about the 
80.4 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

80.5	(hh) Minnesota Museum of American Art
					
80.6 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
80.7 	second year are for a grant to the Minnesota 
80.8 	Museum of American Art for exhibit 
80.9 	programming and for a Native American 
80.10 	Fellowship at the museum.

80.11	(ii) Fanka Programs
					
80.12 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
80.13 	second year are for a grant to Ka Joog 
80.14 	statewide Somali-based collaborative 
80.15 	programs for arts and cultural heritage. The 
80.16 	funding must be used for Fanka programs to 
80.17 	provide arts education and workshops, mentor 
80.18 	programs, and community presentations and 
80.19 	community engagement events throughout 
80.20 	Minnesota.

80.21	(jj) The Bakken Museum
					
80.22 	$150,000 the first year is for a grant to The 
80.23 	Bakken Museum for interactive exhibits and 
80.24 	outreach programs on arts and cultural 
80.25 	heritage.

80.26	(kk) 4-H Shooting Sports
					
80.27 	$50,000 the first year is to the University of 
80.28 	Minnesota Extension Office to provide grants 
80.29 	to Minnesota 4-H chapters that have members 
80.30 	participating in state and national 
80.31 	4-H-sanctioned shooting sports events. 
80.32 	Eligible costs for grant money include 
80.33 	shooting sports equipment and supplies and 
81.1 	event fees associated with participating in state 
81.2 	shooting sports events.

81.3	(ll) Public Art Saint Paul
		
81.4 	$75,000 each year is for a grant to Public Art 
81.5 	Saint Paul for art programming at the Wakpa 
81.6 	Triennial Art Festival to showcase new art 
81.7 	across the Twin Cities by Minnesota artists in 
81.8 	outdoor and indoor settings and to encourage 
81.9 	visitors to experience the arts and culture 
81.10 	produced by local arts and culture 
81.11 	organizations.

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

	ARTICLE 1	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND........	Page.Ln 1.10	
	ARTICLE 2	CLEAN WATER FUND........	Page.Ln 26.5	
	ARTICLE 3	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND........	Page.Ln 45.25	
	ARTICLE 4	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND........	Page.Ln 53.14