1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying provisions of Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
1.3 	Heritage Council and Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission; 
1.4 	modifying provisions for acquiring land interests; adding to and deleting from 
1.5 	certain state parks; authorizing sales and conveyances of certain lands; modifying 
1.6 	effective date for electronic licensing system; providing additional unemployment 
1.7 	insurance benefits for certain iron ore miners; appropriating money from outdoor 
1.8 	heritage fund; modifying and extending prior appropriations; appropriating money 
1.9 	for the Agriculture Utilization Research Institute;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.10 	2024, sections 84.0272, subdivisions 1, 2; 84.96, by adding a subdivision; 85.536, 
1.11 	subdivisions 5, 7, 8, 10; 97A.056, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; Laws 
1.12 	2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended; Laws 2024, 
1.13 	chapter 90, article 1, section 52; Laws 2024, chapter 106, article 1, section 2, 
1.14 	subdivision 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivisions 3, 
1.15 	4.
1.16 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.17 	ARTICLE 1
1.18 	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

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

2.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.2				Available for the Year
	
2.3				Ending June 30
	
2.4					2026
		2027

2.5	Sec. 2. OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND

2.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	191,081,000
	
2.7 	This appropriation is from the outdoor heritage 
2.8 	fund. The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.9 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.10 	subdivisions.

2.11	Subd. 2.Prairies
 		-0-
		36,387,000
	
2.12 	(a) RIM Grasslands Reserve, Phase 7
2.13 	$2,334,000 the second year is to acquire 
2.14 	permanent conservation easements and to 
2.15 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat. Of this 
2.16 	amount, $191,000 is to the commissioner of 
2.17 	natural resources for an agreement with Ducks 
2.18 	Unlimited and $2,143,000 is to the Board of 
2.19 	Water and Soil Resources. Of the amount to 
2.20 	the Board of Water and Soil Resources, up to 
2.21 	$50,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
2.22 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
2.23 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
2.24 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. A 
2.25 	list of permanent conservation easements must 
2.26 	be provided as part of the final report.
2.27 	(b) Accelerating Wildlife Management Area 
2.28 	Program, Phase 18
2.29 	$4,521,000 the second year is to the 
2.30 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
2.31 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to acquire 
2.32 	in fee and to restore and enhance lands for 
2.33 	wildlife management area purposes under 
2.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
3.1 	subdivision 8. Subject to evaluation criteria 
3.2 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
3.3 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
3.4 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
3.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
3.6 	adjacent to protected native prairie.
3.7 	(c) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
3.8 	Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, 
3.9 	Phase 18
3.10 	$3,502,000 the second year is to the 
3.11 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
3.12 	in fee and to restore and enhance lands for 
3.13 	wildlife management purposes under 
3.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
3.15 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
3.16 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
3.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
3.18 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
3.19 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
3.20 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
3.21 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
3.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
3.23 	adjacent to protected native prairie.
3.24 	(d) Martin County DNR WMA Acquisition, 
3.25 	Phase 10
3.26 	$3,017,000 the second year is to the 
3.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
3.28 	agreements to acquire land in fee and to 
3.29 	restore and enhance strategic prairie grassland, 
3.30 	wetland, and other wildlife habitat in Martin 
3.31 	and Watonwan Counties for wildlife 
3.32 	management area purposes under Minnesota 
3.33 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 8, as 
3.34 	follows: $2,363,000 to Fox Lake Conservation 
4.1 	League, Inc.; $583,000 to Ducks Unlimited; 
4.2 	and $71,000 to the Conservation Fund.
4.3 	(e) Northern Tallgrass Prairie National 
4.4 	Wildlife Refuge, Phase 16
4.5 	$3,087,000 the second year is to the 
4.6 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.7 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy, in 
4.8 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
4.9 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee or 
4.10 	permanent conservation easements and to 
4.11 	restore and enhance lands in the Northern 
4.12 	Tallgrass Prairie Habitat Preservation Area in 
4.13 	western Minnesota to add to the Northern 
4.14 	Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge. 
4.15 	Subject to evaluation criteria in Minnesota 
4.16 	Rules, part 6136.0900, priority must be given 
4.17 	to acquiring lands that are eligible for the 
4.18 	native prairie bank under Minnesota Statutes, 
4.19 	section 84.96, or lands adjacent to protected 
4.20 	native prairie.
4.21 	(f) Minnesota Prairie Recovery Program, 
4.22 	Phase 15
4.23 	$3,492,000 the second year is to the 
4.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
4.25 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
4.26 	acquire land in fee and to restore and enhance 
4.27 	native prairie, grasslands, wetlands, and 
4.28 	savanna. Subject to evaluation criteria in 
4.29 	Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
4.30 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
4.31 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
4.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
4.33 	adjacent to protected native prairie. Annual 
4.34 	income statements and balance sheets for 
4.35 	income and expenses from land acquired and 
5.1 	held by The Nature Conservancy with this 
5.2 	appropriation must be submitted to the 
5.3 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council no 
5.4 	later than 180 days after the The Nature 
5.5 	Conservancy's fiscal year closes.
5.6 	(g) Prairie Chicken Habitat Partnership of 
5.7 	Southern Red River Valley, Phase 12
5.8 	$3,094,000 the second year is to the 
5.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
5.10 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
5.11 	cooperation with the Minnesota Prairie 
5.12 	Chicken Society, to acquire land in fee and to 
5.13 	restore and enhance lands in the southern Red 
5.14 	River Valley for wildlife management 
5.15 	purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.16 	86A.05, subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
5.17 	managed as waterfowl production areas in 
5.18 	Minnesota, in cooperation with the United 
5.19 	States Fish and Wildlife Service. Subject to 
5.20 	evaluation criteria in Minnesota Rules, part 
5.21 	6136.0900, priority must be given to acquiring 
5.22 	lands that are eligible for the native prairie 
5.23 	bank under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, 
5.24 	or lands adjacent to protected native prairie.
5.25 	(h) RIM Buffers for Wildlife and Water, 
5.26 	Phase 12
5.27 	$3,744,000 the second year is to the Board of 
5.28 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
5.29 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
5.30 	habitat under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.31 	103F.515, to protect, restore, and enhance 
5.32 	habitat by expanding the riparian buffer 
5.33 	program under the clean water fund for 
5.34 	additional wildlife benefits from buffers on 
5.35 	private land. Of this amount, up to $60,000 is 
6.1 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
6.2 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
6.3 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.4 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
6.5 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
6.6 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
6.7 	must be provided as part of the final report.
6.8 	(i) Accelerating USFWS Habitat 
6.9 	Conservation Easement Program, Phase 6
6.10 	$4,509,000 the second year is to the 
6.11 	commissioner of natural resources for 
6.12 	agreements to restore and enhance wetland 
6.13 	and prairie habitat on habitat easements of the 
6.14 	United States Fish and Wildlife Service as 
6.15 	follows: $3,019,000 to Ducks Unlimited and 
6.16 	$1,490,000 to Pheasants Forever.
6.17 	(j) DNR Grassland Enhancement, Phase 17
6.18 	$2,139,000 the second year is to the 
6.19 	commissioner of natural resources to 
6.20 	accelerate restoration and enhancement of 
6.21 	prairies, grasslands, and savannas in wildlife 
6.22 	management areas; in scientific and natural 
6.23 	areas; in aquatic management areas; on lands 
6.24 	in the native prairie bank; in bluff prairies on 
6.25 	state forest land in southeastern Minnesota; 
6.26 	and in waterfowl production areas and refuge 
6.27 	lands of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
6.28 	Service.
6.29 	(k) Enhanced Public Land - Grasslands, 
6.30 	Phase 9
6.31 	$2,948,000 the second year is to the 
6.32 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
6.33 	agreement with Pheasants Forever to enhance 
6.34 	and restore grassland and wetland habitat on 
7.1 	public lands in the forest prairie transition, 
7.2 	metro urban, and prairie ecoregions of 
7.3 	Minnesota.

7.4	Subd. 3.Forests
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		36,939,000
	
7.5 	(a) Northern Forests Legacy Project
7.6 	$25,090,000 the second year is to the 
7.7 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
7.8 	priority forest lands in fee in St. Louis County 
7.9 	as wildlife management areas, scientific and 
7.10 	natural areas, state forests, and county forests. 
7.11 	Of this amount, $12,866,000 is for an 
7.12 	agreement with St. Louis County.
7.13 	(b) Sand Lake and Seven Beavers 
7.14 	Acquisition and Enhancement
7.15 	$7,347,000 the second year is to the 
7.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
7.17 	agreement with The Nature Conservancy to 
7.18 	acquire priority forest habitat lands in fee as 
7.19 	The Nature Conservancy lands, Rajala Woods 
7.20 	Foundation lands, state forests, and county 
7.21 	forests. For lands held in perpetuity by The 
7.22 	Nature Conservancy and Rajala Woods 
7.23 	Foundation, annual income statements and 
7.24 	balance sheets for income and expenses from 
7.25 	land acquired with this appropriation must be 
7.26 	submitted to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
7.27 	Heritage Council no later than 180 days after 
7.28 	each organization's respective fiscal year 
7.29 	closes.
7.30 	(c) Hardwood Hills Habitat Conservation 
7.31 	Program, Phase 3
7.32 	$2,558,000 the second year is to the 
7.33 	commissioner of natural resources for 
7.34 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
8.1 	easements and to restore and enhance forest 
8.2 	habitats in the hardwood hills ecological 
8.3 	section of west-central Minnesota as follows: 
8.4 	$90,000 to St. John's University, $354,000 to 
8.5 	Stearns Conservation District, and $2,114,000 
8.6 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Of the amount to 
8.7 	Minnesota Land Trust, $252,000 is to establish 
8.8 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
8.9 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
8.10 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.11 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
8.12 	(d) DNR Forest Habitat Enhancement, 
8.13 	Phase 6
8.14 	$1,944,000 the second year is to the 
8.15 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
8.16 	and enhance forest wildlife habitats on public 
8.17 	lands throughout Minnesota.

8.18	Subd. 4.Wetlands
 		-0-
		33,188,000
	
8.19 	(a) Accelerating Waterfowl Production 
8.20 	Area Acquisition Program, Phase 18
8.21 	$5,431,000 the second year is to the 
8.22 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
8.23 	agreement with Pheasants Forever, in 
8.24 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
8.25 	Wildlife Service, to acquire land in fee and to 
8.26 	restore and enhance wetlands and grasslands 
8.27 	to be designated and managed as waterfowl 
8.28 	production areas in Minnesota.
8.29 	(b) RIM Wetlands - Restoring Most 
8.30 	Productive Habitat in Minnesota, Phase 15
8.31 	$3,502,000 the second year is to the Board of 
8.32 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
8.33 	permanent conservation easements and to 
8.34 	restore wetlands and native grassland habitat 
9.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
9.2 	Of this amount, up to $60,000 is to establish 
9.3 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
9.4 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
9.5 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.6 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
9.7 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
9.8 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
9.9 	must be provided as part of the final report.
9.10 	(c) Shallow Lake and Wetland Protection 
9.11 	and Restoration Program, Phase 15
9.12 	$6,087,000 the second year is to the 
9.13 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.14 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to acquire 
9.15 	land in fee for wildlife management purposes 
9.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
9.17 	subdivision 8, or to be designated and 
9.18 	managed as waterfowl production areas or 
9.19 	national wildlife refuges in Minnesota, in 
9.20 	cooperation with the United States Fish and 
9.21 	Wildlife Service, and to restore and enhance 
9.22 	prairie lands, wetlands, and land-buffering 
9.23 	shallow lakes.
9.24 	(d) Wetland Habitat Protection and 
9.25 	Restoration Program, Phase 11
9.26 	$3,210,000 the second year is to the 
9.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
9.28 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
9.29 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
9.30 	and to restore and enhance prairie, wetland, 
9.31 	and other habitat on permanently protected 
9.32 	conservation easements in high-priority 
9.33 	wetland habitat complexes in the prairie, 
9.34 	forest/prairie transition, and forest ecoregions. 
9.35 	Of this amount, up to $140,000 is to establish 
10.1 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
10.2 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
10.3 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.4 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
10.5 	(e) Living Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
10.6 	Enhancement and Restoration Initiative, 
10.7 	Phase 12
10.8 	$6,661,000 the second year is to the 
10.9 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.10 	agreement with Ducks Unlimited to restore 
10.11 	and enhance shallow lakes and wetlands on 
10.12 	public lands and wetlands under permanent 
10.13 	conservation easement for wildlife 
10.14 	management.
10.15 	(f) Talcot Lake
10.16 	$1,000,000 the second year is to the 
10.17 	commissioner of natural resources for the 
10.18 	survey, design, engineering, and permitting 
10.19 	of the Talcot Lake restoration and 
10.20 	enhancement project in Cottonwood County.
10.21 	(g) Roseau Lake Rehabilitation, Phase 3
10.22 	$3,553,000 the second year is to the 
10.23 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
10.24 	agreement with the Roseau River Watershed 
10.25 	District to restore and enhance the Roseau 
10.26 	Lake and Roseau River habitat complex in 
10.27 	Roseau County. The approved 
10.28 	accomplishment plan must include an 
10.29 	operational and management plan for the 
10.30 	Roseau Lake Rehabilitation Project. The 
10.31 	Roseau River Watershed District must submit 
10.32 	to the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
10.33 	progress reports and a final report that include 
10.34 	monitoring data related to water quantity and 
11.1 	information about how flooding to adjacent 
11.2 	and downstream agricultural lands has been 
11.3 	addressed. No money from this appropriation 
11.4 	may be expended:
11.5 	(1) before January 1, 2027; or
11.6 	(2) during any period in which a court order 
11.7 	enjoining the project from moving forward is 
11.8 	in effect.
11.9 	(h) Shallow Lakes and Wetlands 
11.10 	Enhancement, Phase 18
11.11 	$3,744,000 the second year is to the 
11.12 	commissioner of natural resources to enhance 
11.13 	and restore shallow lakes and wetland habitat 
11.14 	statewide.

11.15	Subd. 5.Habitats
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		82,408,000
	
11.16 	(a) Riparian Habitat Protection in Kettle 
11.17 	and Snake River Watersheds, Phase 3
11.18 	$1,137,000 the second year is to the Board of 
11.19 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
11.20 	the Pine County Soil and Water Conservation 
11.21 	District, to acquire permanent conservation 
11.22 	easements and restore high-quality forests, 
11.23 	wetlands, and shoreline in the Kettle and 
11.24 	Snake River watersheds. Of this amount, up 
11.25 	to $70,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
11.26 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
11.27 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
11.28 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17. 
11.29 	Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), does not apply 
11.30 	to this project. A list of permanent 
11.31 	conservation easements must be provided as 
11.32 	part of the final report.
12.1 	(b) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
12.2 	Restoration and Protection Program, Phase 
12.3 	15
12.4 	$2,886,000 the second year is to the 
12.5 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.6 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and to 
12.7 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat in the 
12.8 	Cannon River Watershed as follows: $92,000 
12.9 	to Clean River Partners and $2,794,000 to 
12.10 	Trust for Public Land.
12.11 	(c) DNR Aquatic Management Area 
12.12 	Acquisition and Trout Stream Easement 
12.13 	Acquisition
12.14 	$2,182,000 the second year is to the 
12.15 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
12.16 	land in fee as aquatic management areas and 
12.17 	to acquire permanent conservation easements 
12.18 	to protect trout-stream aquatic habitat. Of this 
12.19 	amount, up to $88,000 is to establish a 
12.20 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
12.21 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
12.22 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
12.23 	subdivision 17.
12.24 	(d) Washington County Habitat Protection 
12.25 	and Enhancement Partnership, Phase 2
12.26 	$2,812,000 the second year is to the 
12.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
12.28 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
12.29 	easements and to restore and enhance wildlife 
12.30 	habitats in Washington County as follows: 
12.31 	$760,000 to Washington County and 
12.32 	$2,052,000 to Minnesota Land Trust. Of the 
12.33 	amount to Minnesota Land Trust, $196,000 is 
12.34 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
13.1 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
13.2 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.3 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
13.4 	(e) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
13.5 	North Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase 12
13.6 	$2,317,000 the second year is to the 
13.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
13.8 	agreement with Northern Waters Land Trust 
13.9 	to acquire land in fee and to restore and 
13.10 	enhance wildlife habitat to sustain healthy fish 
13.11 	habitat on coldwater lakes in Aitkin, Cass, 
13.12 	Crow Wing, and Hubbard Counties.
13.13 	(f) Greenbelt, Phase 1
13.14 	$1,467,000 the second year is to the 
13.15 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
13.16 	agreement with Comfort Lake-Forest Lake 
13.17 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
13.18 	permanent conservation easements and to 
13.19 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat within the 
13.20 	Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District 
13.21 	boundary.
13.22 	(g) Integrating Habitat and Clean Water, 
13.23 	Phase 4
13.24 	$1,827,000 the second year is to the Board of 
13.25 	Water and Soil Resources to acquire 
13.26 	permanent conservation easements and to 
13.27 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat identified 
13.28 	under the One Watershed, One Plan program 
13.29 	for stacked benefit to wildlife and clean water. 
13.30 	Of this amount, up to $40,000 is to establish 
13.31 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
13.32 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
13.33 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.34 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
14.1 	conservation easements must be provided as 
14.2 	part of the final report.
14.3 	(h) Metro Big Rivers, Phase 16
14.4 	$6,776,000 the second year is to the 
14.5 	commissioner of natural resources for 
14.6 	agreements to acquire land in fee and to 
14.7 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
14.8 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
14.9 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries in 
14.10 	the metropolitan area as follows: $1,491,000 
14.11 	to Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge 
14.12 	Trust, Inc.; $892,000 to Friends of the 
14.13 	Mississippi River; $1,055,000 to Great River 
14.14 	Greening; and $3,338,000 to Trust for Public 
14.15 	Land.
14.16 	(i) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat 
14.17 	Corridor Project, Phase 10
14.18 	$2,770,000 the second year is to acquire lands 
14.19 	in fee and permanent conservation easements 
14.20 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
14.21 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount, (1) 
14.22 	$1,387,000 is to the commissioner of natural 
14.23 	resources for agreements as follows: $60,000 
14.24 	to the Mississippi Headwaters Board and 
14.25 	$1,327,000 to Trust for Public Land; and (2) 
14.26 	$1,383,000 is to the Board of Water and Soil 
14.27 	Resources, of which up to $70,000 is to 
14.28 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
14.29 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
14.30 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.31 	97A.056, subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
14.32 	conservation easements must be provided as 
14.33 	part of the final report.
15.1 	(j) Protecting Coldwater Fisheries on 
15.2 	Minnesota's North Shore, Phase 4
15.3 	$1,695,000 the second year is to the 
15.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
15.5 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
15.6 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
15.7 	and to restore and enhance wildlife habitat in 
15.8 	priority coldwater tributaries to Lake Superior. 
15.9 	Of this amount, up to $196,000 is to establish 
15.10 	a monitoring and enforcement fund as 
15.11 	approved in the accomplishment plan and 
15.12 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.13 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
15.14 	(k) Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of 
15.15 	Outstanding Biological Significance, Phase 
15.16 	5
15.17 	$2,983,000 the second 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 lakes of outstanding 
15.22 	biological significance in northeast and 
15.23 	north-central Minnesota. Of this amount, 
15.24 	$1,612,000 is to the Northern Waters Land 
15.25 	Trust and $1,371,000 is to Minnesota Land 
15.26 	Trust. Of the amount to Minnesota Land Trust, 
15.27 	up to $140,000 is to establish a monitoring 
15.28 	and enforcement fund as approved in the 
15.29 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
15.30 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.
15.31 	(l) Red River Basin Riparian Habitat 
15.32 	Program, Phase 2
15.33 	$3,920,000 the second year is to acquire 
15.34 	permanent conservation easements to protect, 
16.1 	restore, and enhance stream and riparian 
16.2 	habitat throughout the Red River watershed. 
16.3 	Of this amount, $116,000 is to the 
16.4 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.5 	agreements with the Red River Watershed 
16.6 	Management Board and $3,804,000 is to the 
16.7 	Board of Water and Soil Resources. Of the 
16.8 	amount to the Board of Water and Soil 
16.9 	Resources, up to $250,000 is to establish a 
16.10 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
16.11 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
16.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
16.13 	subdivision 17. A list of permanent 
16.14 	conservation easements must be provided as 
16.15 	part of the final report.
16.16 	(m) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
16.17 	Restoration Program, Phase 15
16.18 	$2,066,000 the second year is to the 
16.19 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
16.20 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
16.21 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
16.22 	to restore and enhance habitat in the Shell 
16.23 	Rock River watershed.
16.24 	(n) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
16.25 	Restoration, Phase 14
16.26 	$7,956,000 the second year is to the 
16.27 	commissioner of natural resources for 
16.28 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
16.29 	permanent conservation easements and to 
16.30 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat in 
16.31 	southeast Minnesota. Of this amount, 
16.32 	$1,035,000 is to The Nature Conservancy, 
16.33 	$5,825,000 is to Trust for Public Land, and 
16.34 	$1,096,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust. Of the 
16.35 	amount to Minnesota Land Trust, up to 
17.1 	$140,000 is to establish a monitoring and 
17.2 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
17.3 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
17.4 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.
17.5 	(o) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection 
17.6 	and Restoration, Phase 7
17.7 	$3,859,000 the second year is to the 
17.8 	commissioner of natural resources for 
17.9 	agreements to acquire land in fee and acquire 
17.10 	permanent conservation easements and to 
17.11 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems in 
17.12 	the St. Croix River watershed as follows: 
17.13 	$2,157,000 to Trust for Public Land, $130,000 
17.14 	to Wild Rivers Conservancy, and $1,572,000 
17.15 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Of the amount to 
17.16 	Minnesota Land Trust, up to $140,000 is to 
17.17 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
17.18 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
17.19 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.20 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
17.21 	(p) Upper Mississippi Flyway Habitat 
17.22 	Conservation Program
17.23 	$2,156,000 the second year is to the 
17.24 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
17.25 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
17.26 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
17.27 	and to restore and enhance wetlands, stream 
17.28 	corridors, and associated uplands in central 
17.29 	Minnesota. Of this amount, up to $196,000 is 
17.30 	to establish a monitoring and enforcement 
17.31 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
17.32 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.33 	97A.056, subdivision 17.
18.1 	(q) A River of Birds in the Sky: Conserving 
18.2 	Minnesota's Flyway
18.3 	$1,227,000 the second year is to the 
18.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.5 	agreement with National Audubon Society to 
18.6 	restore and enhance priority wildlife habitat 
18.7 	along the St. Croix, Minnesota, and 
18.8 	Mississippi river valleys.
18.9 	(r) Bone Lake South, Phase 2
18.10 	$1,432,000 the second year is to the 
18.11 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
18.12 	agreement with Comfort Lake-Forest Lake 
18.13 	Watershed District to restore and enhance 
18.14 	wildlife habitat in the Bone Lake south habitat 
18.15 	complex in Washington County.
18.16 	(s) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
18.17 	Enhancement, Phase 9
18.18 	$6,517,000 the second year is to the 
18.19 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
18.20 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
18.21 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
18.22 	facilitate fish passage throughout Minnesota.
18.23 	(t) Little Cannon River Stream Habitat 
18.24 	Restoration
18.25 	$500,000 the second year is to the 
18.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
18.27 	agreements for survey, design, engineering, 
18.28 	and permitting of the Little Cannon River 
18.29 	restoration and enhancement project in 
18.30 	Goodhue County as follows: $40,000 to Clean 
18.31 	Rivers Partners, $10,000 to Great River 
18.32 	Greening, and $450,000 to Trout Unlimited.
18.33 	(u) Mission Creek Watershed Connectivity
19.1 	$1,296,000 the second year is to the 
19.2 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
19.3 	and enhance coldwater stream habitat in the 
19.4 	Mission Creek watershed in St. Louis County.
19.5 	(v) Mud River Enhancement Project
19.6 	$2,957,000 the second year is to the 
19.7 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.8 	agreement with Red Lake Watershed District 
19.9 	to restore and enhance the Mud River habitat 
19.10 	complex in Marshall County.
19.11 	(w) Oak Savanna Restoration for Living 
19.12 	Landscapes
19.13 	$1,702,000 the second year is to the Board of 
19.14 	Water and Soil Resources, in partnership with 
19.15 	the Xerces Society, to restore and enhance oak 
19.16 	savanna and associated ecosystems on local 
19.17 	public and Tribal lands.
19.18 	(x) Swift Coulee Channel Restoration and 
19.19 	Enhancement, Phase 2
19.20 	$2,671,000 the second year is to the 
19.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.22 	agreement with the Middle-Snake-Tamarac 
19.23 	Rivers Watershed District to restore and 
19.24 	enhance priority habitat associated with the 
19.25 	Swift Coulee channel restoration in Marshall 
19.26 	County.
19.27 	(y) Woods Creek Restoration
19.28 	$750,000 the second year is to the 
19.29 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
19.30 	agreement with Cook County to restore and 
19.31 	enhance coldwater stream habitat in Woods 
19.32 	Creek in Cook County.
20.1 	(z) Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat 
20.2 	Enhancement and Protection
20.3 	$750,000 the second year is to the 
20.4 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
20.5 	agreement with Trout Unlimited for survey, 
20.6 	design, engineering, and permitting of trout 
20.7 	stream restoration and enhancement projects 
20.8 	throughout Minnesota.
20.9 	(aa) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
20.10 	Program: Metro Habitat
20.11 	$13,797,000 the second year is to the 
20.12 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
20.13 	program to provide competitive matching 
20.14 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
20.15 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
20.16 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
20.17 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
20.18 	in the seven-county metropolitan area and 
20.19 	cities with a population of 50,000 or more. 
20.20 	Grants must not be made for activities required 
20.21 	to fulfill the duties of owners of lands subject 
20.22 	to conservation easements. Grants must not 
20.23 	be made from the appropriation in this 
20.24 	paragraph for projects that have a total project 
20.25 	cost exceeding $1,000,000. Of the total 
20.26 	appropriation, $600,000 may be spent for 
20.27 	personnel costs, outreach, and support to 
20.28 	first-time applicants and other direct and 
20.29 	necessary administrative costs. Grantees may 
20.30 	acquire land or interests in land. Easements 
20.31 	must be permanent. Grants may not be used 
20.32 	to establish easement stewardship accounts. 
20.33 	The program must require a match of at least 
20.34 	ten percent from nonstate sources for all 
20.35 	grants. The match may be cash or in-kind. For 
21.1 	grant applications of $25,000 or less, the 
21.2 	commissioner must provide a separate, 
21.3 	simplified application process. 
21.4 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.5 	97A.056, subdivision 19, land acquired by fee 
21.6 	with money appropriated in this paragraph is 
21.7 	not required to be open to public taking of 
21.8 	game. All restoration or enhancement projects 
21.9 	must be on land permanently protected by a 
21.10 	permanent covenant ensuring perpetual 
21.11 	maintenance and protection of restored and 
21.12 	enhanced habitat, by a conservation easement, 
21.13 	or by public ownership or in public waters as 
21.14 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.15 	103G.005, subdivision 15. Priority must be 
21.16 	given to restoration and enhancement projects 
21.17 	on public lands. Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.18 	97A.056, subdivision 13, applies to grants 
21.19 	awarded under this paragraph. This 
21.20 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2029. 
21.21 	No less than five percent of the amount of each 
21.22 	grant must be held back from reimbursement 
21.23 	until the grant recipient completes a grant 
21.24 	accomplishment report by the deadline and in 
21.25 	the form prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
21.26 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council.

21.27	Subd. 6.Administration
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		2,159,000
	
21.28 	(a) Contract Management
21.29 	$450,000 the second year is to the 
21.30 	commissioner of natural resources for contract 
21.31 	management duties assigned in this section. 
21.32 	The commissioner must provide an 
21.33 	accomplishment plan in the form specified by 
21.34 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
21.35 	on expending this appropriation. The 
22.1 	accomplishment plan must include a copy of 
22.2 	the grant contract template and reimbursement 
22.3 	manual. No money may be expended before 
22.4 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council 
22.5 	approves the accomplishment plan. Money 
22.6 	appropriated in this paragraph is available until 
22.7 	June 30, 2028.
22.8 	(b) Core Functions in Partner-led OHF 
22.9 	Land Acquisitions
22.10 	$1,377,000 the second year is to the 
22.11 	commissioner of natural resources to 
22.12 	administer the initial development, restoration, 
22.13 	and enhancement of land acquired in fee with 
22.14 	money appropriated from the outdoor heritage 
22.15 	fund. This appropriation may be used for land 
22.16 	acquisition costs incurred by the Department 
22.17 	of Natural Resources as part of conveyance 
22.18 	of parcels to the department and initial 
22.19 	development activities on fee title acquisitions. 
22.20 	Money appropriated in this paragraph is 
22.21 	available until June 30, 2034.
22.22 	(c) Technical Evaluation Panel
22.23 	$192,000 the second year is to the 
22.24 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
22.25 	technical evaluation panel to conduct up to 20 
22.26 	restoration and enhancement evaluations under 
22.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
22.28 	subdivision 10. Money appropriated in this 
22.29 	paragraph is available until June 30, 2028.
22.30 	(d) Legislative Coordinating Commission
22.31 	$140,000 the second year is to the Legislative 
22.32 	Coordinating Commission for administrative 
22.33 	expenses of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
22.34 	Heritage Council and for compensating and 
23.1 	reimbursing expenses of council members. 
23.2 	This appropriation is in addition to the fiscal 
23.3 	year 2027 appropriation in Laws 2025, chapter 
23.4 	36, article 1, section 2, subdivision 6, 
23.5 	paragraph (b), and is available until June 30, 
23.6 	2027. Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281, 
23.7 	applies to this appropriation.

23.8	Subd. 7.Availability of Appropriation
 					
23.9 	(a) Money appropriated in this section may 
23.10 	not be spent on activities unless they are 
23.11 	directly related to and necessary for a specific 
23.12 	appropriation and are specified in the 
23.13 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
23.14 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
23.15 	Money appropriated in this section must not 
23.16 	be spent on indirect costs or other institutional 
23.17 	overhead charges that are not directly related 
23.18 	to and necessary for a specific appropriation. 
23.19 	Money appropriated for fee title acquisition 
23.20 	of land may be used to restore, enhance, and 
23.21 	provide for public use of the land acquired 
23.22 	with the appropriation. Public-use facilities 
23.23 	must have a minimal impact on habitat in 
23.24 	acquired lands.
23.25 	(b) Money appropriated in this section is 
23.26 	available as follows:
23.27 	(1) money appropriated to acquire real 
23.28 	property is available until June 30, 2030;
23.29 	(2) money appropriated to restore and enhance 
23.30 	land acquired with an appropriation in this 
23.31 	article is available for four years after the 
23.32 	acquisition date, with a maximum end date of 
23.33 	June 30, 2034;
24.1 	(3) money appropriated to restore and enhance 
24.2 	other land is available until June 30, 2031;
24.3 	(4) notwithstanding clauses (1) to (3), money 
24.4 	appropriated for a project that receives at least 
24.5 	15 percent of its funding from federal funds 
24.6 	is available until a date sufficient to match the 
24.7 	availability of federal funding to a maximum 
24.8 	of six years if the federal funding was 
24.9 	confirmed and included in the original 
24.10 	approved draft accomplishment plan; and
24.11 	(5) money appropriated for other projects is 
24.12 	available until the end of the fiscal year in 
24.13 	which it is appropriated.

24.14
24.15	Subd. 8.Payment Conditions and Capital 
Equipment Expenditures
 					
24.16 	(a) All agreements referred to in this section 
24.17 	must be administered on a reimbursement 
24.18 	basis unless otherwise provided in this section. 
24.19 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.20 	16A.41, expenditures directly related to each 
24.21 	appropriation's purpose made on or after July 
24.22 	1, 2026, or the date of accomplishment plan 
24.23 	approval, whichever is later, are eligible for 
24.24 	reimbursement unless otherwise provided in 
24.25 	this section. For the purposes of administering 
24.26 	appropriations and legislatively authorized 
24.27 	agreements paid out of the outdoor heritage 
24.28 	fund, an expense must be considered 
24.29 	reimbursable by the administering agency 
24.30 	when the recipient presents the agency with 
24.31 	an invoice or a binding agreement with the 
24.32 	landowner and the recipient attests that the 
24.33 	goods have been received or the landowner 
24.34 	agreement is binding. Periodic reimbursement 
24.35 	must be made upon receiving documentation 
25.1 	that the items articulated in the 
25.2 	accomplishment plan approved by the 
25.3 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council have 
25.4 	been achieved, including partial achievements 
25.5 	as evidenced by progress reports approved by 
25.6 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. 
25.7 	Reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
25.8 	projects to accommodate cash flow needs, 
25.9 	support future management of acquired lands, 
25.10 	or match a federal share. The advances must 
25.11 	be approved as part of the accomplishment 
25.12 	plan. Capital equipment expenditures for 
25.13 	specific items in excess of $10,000 must be 
25.14 	itemized in and approved as part of the 
25.15 	accomplishment plan.
25.16 	(b) Unless otherwise provided, no money 
25.17 	appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund 
25.18 	in this article may be used to acquire, restore, 
25.19 	or enhance any real property unless the 
25.20 	specific acquisition, restoration, or 
25.21 	enhancement is approved as part of the 
25.22 	accomplishment plan on the parcel list.
25.23 	(c) Reimbursement of eligible expenses must 
25.24 	be submitted no later than 12 months after the 
25.25 	approval of the final report.

25.26	Subd. 9.Mapping
 					
25.27 	Each direct recipient of money appropriated 
25.28 	in this section, as well as each recipient of a 
25.29 	grant awarded according to this section, must 
25.30 	provide geographic information to the 
25.31 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council for 
25.32 	mapping any lands acquired in fee with funds 
25.33 	appropriated in this section and open to public 
25.34 	taking of fish and game. The commissioner 
25.35 	of natural resources must include the lands 
26.1 	acquired in fee with money appropriated in 
26.2 	this section on maps showing public recreation 
26.3 	opportunities. Maps must include information 
26.4 	on and acknowledgment of the outdoor 
26.5 	heritage fund, including a notation of any 
26.6 	restrictions.

26.7	Subd. 10.Carryforward
 					
26.8 	(a) The availability of the appropriation for 
26.9 	Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 1, 
26.10 	article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph 
26.11 	(l), St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, 
26.12 	Phase VIII, is extended to June 30, 2027.
26.13 	(b) The availability of the appropriation for 
26.14 	Laws 2022, chapter 77, article 1, section 2, 
26.15 	subdivision 5, paragraph (u), Daylighting 
26.16 	Phalen Creek, is extended to June 30, 2028.

26.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 10 is effective the day following final enactment.

26.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.056, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.19 		Subd. 2.Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. (a) The Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
26.20 	Heritage Council of 12 members is created in the legislative branch, consisting of:
26.21 	(1) two public members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
26.22 	Committee on Rules and Administration;
26.23 	(2) two public members appointed by the speaker of the house;
26.24 	(3) four public members appointed by the governor;
26.25 	(4) two members of the senate appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees 
26.26 	of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and
26.27 	(5) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house.
26.28 	(b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) must not be registered lobbyists. In making 
26.29 	appointments, the governor, senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on 
26.30 	Rules and Administration, and the speaker of the house shall consider geographic balance, 
26.31 	gender, age, ethnicity, and varying interests including hunting and fishing. The governor's 
26.32 	appointments to the council are subject to the advice and consent of the senate.
27.1 	(c) Public members appointed under paragraph (a) shall have practical experience or 
27.2 	expertise or demonstrated knowledge in the science, policy, or practice of restoring, 
27.3 	protecting, and enhancing wetlands, prairies, forests, and habitat for fish, game, and wildlife.
27.4 	(d) Legislative members appointed under paragraph (a) shall include the chairs of the 
27.5 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance or 
27.6 	their designee, one member from the minority party of the senate, and one member from 
27.7 	the minority party of the house of representatives.
27.8 	(e) Public members serve four-year terms. Appointed legislative members serve at the 
27.9 	pleasure of the appointing authority. Public and legislative members continue to serve until 
27.10 	their successors are appointed. Public members shall be initially appointed according to the 
27.11 	following schedule of terms:
27.12 	(1) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday 
27.13 	in January 2011;
27.14 	(2) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
27.15 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
27.16 	2011;
27.17 	(3) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
27.18 	Monday in January 2011;
27.19 	(4) two public members appointed by the governor for a term ending the first Monday 
27.20 	in January 2013;
27.21 	(5) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the 
27.22 	Committee on Rules and Administration for a term ending the first Monday in January 
27.23 	2013; and
27.24 	(6) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house for a term ending the first 
27.25 	Monday in January 2013.
27.26 	(f) Terms, compensation, and removal of public members are as provided in section 
27.27 	15.0575, except that a public member may be compensated at the rate of up to $125 a day. 
27.28 	A vacancy on the council may be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the 
27.29 	unexpired term. A public member of the council may not serve more than eight years, except 
27.30 	a public member may serve an additional six months as necessary to fill a vacancy.
27.31 	(g) Members shall elect a chair, vice-chair, secretary, and other officers as determined 
27.32 	by the council. The chair may convene meetings as necessary to conduct the duties prescribed 
27.33 	by this section.
28.1 	(h) The Legislative Coordinating Commission may appoint nonpartisan staff and contract 
28.2 	with consultants as necessary to support the functions of the council. The council has final 
28.3 	approval authority for the hiring of a candidate for executive director. Up to one percent of 
28.4 	the money appropriated from the fund may be used to pay for administrative expenses of 
28.5 	the council and for compensation and expense reimbursement of council members.

28.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97A.056, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
28.7 	read:
28.8 		Subd. 2a.Administration; executive director. (a) The Legislative Coordinating 
28.9 	Commission may appoint nonpartisan staff and contract with consultants as necessary to 
28.10 	support the functions of the council.
28.11 	(b) The council has final approval authority for hiring a candidate for executive director. 
28.12 	Notwithstanding subdivision 5, a quorum of the council may discuss, interview, and select 
28.13 	candidates for executive director in a meeting closed to the public.
28.14 	(c) Up to one percent of the money appropriated from the fund may be used to pay for 
28.15 	administrative expenses of the council and for compensation and expense reimbursement 
28.16 	of council members.

28.17 	Sec. 5. Laws 2024, chapter 106, article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

28.18	Subd. 5.Habitats
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		101,294,000

28.19
28.20	(a) St. Croix Watershed Habitat Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 5
					
28.21 	$4,711,000 the second year is to the 
28.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
28.23 	agreements to acquire land in fee and acquire 
28.24 	permanent conservation easements and to 
28.25 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems in 
28.26 	the St. Croix River watershed as follows: 
28.27 	$1,905,000 to Trust for Public Land; $110,000 
28.28 	to Wild Rivers Conservancy; and $2,696,000 
28.29 	to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to 
28.30 	Minnesota Land Trust is to establish a 
28.31 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
28.32 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
29.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
29.2 	subdivision 17.

29.3
29.4	(b) Pine and Leech Watershed Targeted RIM 
Easement Permanent Land Protection, Phase 3
					
29.5 	$2,242,000 the second year is to the Board of 
29.6 	Water and Soil Resources, in cooperation with 
29.7 	the Crow Wing County Soil and Water 
29.8 	Conservation District, to acquire permanent 
29.9 	conservation easements of high-quality forest, 
29.10 	wetland, and shoreline habitat. Up to $120,000 
29.11 	of the total amount is for establishing a 
29.12 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
29.13 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
29.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
29.15 	subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, paragraph (b), 
29.16 	does not apply to this project. A list of 
29.17 	permanent conservation easements must be 
29.18 	provided as part of the final report.

29.19
29.20	(c) Protecting Minnesota's Lakes of Outstanding 
Biological Significance, Phase 3
					
29.21 	$3,321,000 the second year is to the 
29.22 	commissioner of natural resources for 
29.23 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
29.24 	permanent conservation easements and to 
29.25 	restore and enhance lakes of outstanding 
29.26 	biological significance in northeast and 
29.27 	north-central Minnesota. Of this amount, 
29.28 	$1,083,000 is to the Northern Waters Land 
29.29 	Trust and $2,238,000 is to Minnesota Land 
29.30 	Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota Land 
29.31 	Trust is for establishing a monitoring and 
29.32 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
29.33 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
29.34 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

29.35
29.36	(d) Shell Rock River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration Program, Phase 13
					
30.1 	$2,060,000 the second year is to the 
30.2 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
30.3 	agreement with the Shell Rock River 
30.4 	Watershed District to acquire land in fee and 
30.5 	restore and enhance habitat in the Shell Rock 
30.6 	River watershed.

30.7
30.8	(e) Cannon River Watershed Habitat 
Restoration and Protection Program, Phase 13
					
30.9 	$2,555,000 the second year is to the 
30.10 	commissioner of natural resources for 
30.11 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and restore 
30.12 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Cannon 
30.13 	River watershed as follows: $54,000 to Clean 
30.14 	River Partners; $888,000 to Great River 
30.15 	Greening; and $1,613,000 to Trust for Public 
30.16 	Land.

30.17
30.18	(f) Mississippi Headwaters Habitat Corridor 
Project, Phase 8
					
30.19 	$2,706,000 the second year is to acquire lands 
30.20 	in fee and permanent conservation easements 
30.21 	and to restore wildlife habitat in the 
30.22 	Mississippi headwaters. Of this amount:
30.23 	(1) $1,706,000 is to the commissioner of 
30.24 	natural resources for agreements as follows: 
30.25 	$57,000 to the Mississippi Headwaters Board 
30.26 	and $1,649,000 to Trust for Public Land; and
30.27 	(2) $1,000,000 is to the Board of Water and 
30.28 	Soil Resources, of which up to $100,000 is to 
30.29 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
30.30 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
30.31 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.32 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

30.33
30.34	(g) Fisheries Habitat Protection on Strategic 
North Central Minnesota Lakes, Phase 10
					
31.1 	$2,687,000 the second year is to the 
31.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
31.3 	agreements to acquire land in fee and in 
31.4 	permanent conservation easements and to 
31.5 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat to sustain 
31.6 	healthy fish habitat on coldwater lakes in 
31.7 	Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard 
31.8 	Counties as follows: $2,252,000 to Northern 
31.9 	Waters Land Trust and $435,000 to Minnesota 
31.10 	Land Trust. Up to $56,000 to Minnesota Land 
31.11 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
31.12 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
31.13 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
31.14 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

31.15	(h) Red River Basin Riparian Habitat Program
					
31.16 	$5,119,000 the second year is to acquire 
31.17 	permanent conservation easements to protect, 
31.18 	restore, and enhance stream and riparian 
31.19 	habitat throughout the Red River watershed. 
31.20 	Of this amount, $169,000 is to the 
31.21 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
31.22 	agreement with the Red River Watershed 
31.23 	Management Board and $4,950,000 is to the 
31.24 	Board of Water and Soil Resources. Up to 
31.25 	$380,000 of the total amount is for 
31.26 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
31.27 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
31.28 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.29 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
31.30 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
31.31 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
31.32 	must be provided as part of the final report.

31.33
31.34	(i) Resilient Habitat for Heritage Brook Trout, 
Phase 2
					
32.1 	$2,486,000 the second year is to the 
32.2 	commissioner of natural resources for 
32.3 	agreements to acquire permanent conservation 
32.4 	easements and to restore and enhance habitat 
32.5 	in targeted watersheds of southeast Minnesota 
32.6 	to improve heritage brook trout and coldwater 
32.7 	aquatic communities. Of this amount, 
32.8 	$400,000 is to The Nature Conservancy, 
32.9 	$612,000 is to Trout Unlimited, and 
32.10 	$1,474,000 is to Minnesota Land Trust. Up to 
32.11 	$168,000 to Minnesota Land Trust is to 
32.12 	establish a monitoring and enforcement fund 
32.13 	as approved in the accomplishment plan and 
32.14 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.15 	97A.056, subdivision 17.

32.16
32.17	(j) Southeast Minnesota Protection and 
Restoration, Phase 12
					
32.18 	$3,052,000 the second year is to the 
32.19 	commissioner of natural resources for 
32.20 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
32.21 	permanent conservation easements and to 
32.22 	restore and enhance wildlife habitat on public 
32.23 	lands and permanent conservation easements 
32.24 	in southeast Minnesota as follows: $970,000 
32.25 	to The Nature Conservancy, $964,000 to Trust 
32.26 	for Public Land, and $1,118,000 to Minnesota 
32.27 	Land Trust. Up to $112,000 to Minnesota 
32.28 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
32.29 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
32.30 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
32.31 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

32.32
32.33	(k) Lower Wild Rice River Corridor Habitat 
Restoration, Phase 4
					
32.34 	$2,345,000 the second year is to acquire land 
32.35 	in permanent conservation easement and to 
32.36 	restore river and related habitat in the Wild 
33.1 	Rice River corridor. Of this amount, $30,000 
33.2 	is to the commissioner of natural resources for 
33.3 	an agreement with the Wild Rice Watershed 
33.4 	District and $2,315,000 is to the Board of 
33.5 	Water and Soil Resources. The Board of Water 
33.6 	and Soil Resources may use up to $60,000 for 
33.7 	establishing a monitoring and enforcement 
33.8 	fund as approved in the accomplishment plan 
33.9 	and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.10 	97A.056, subdivision 17. Subdivision 8, 
33.11 	paragraph (b), does not apply to this project. 
33.12 	A list of permanent conservation easements 
33.13 	must be provided as part of the final report.

33.14
33.15
33.16	(l) DNR Wildlife Management Area and 
Scientific and Natural Area Acquisition, Phase 
16
					
33.17 	$1,359,000 the second year is to the 
33.18 	commissioner of natural resources to acquire 
33.19 	in fee and restore and enhance lands for 
33.20 	wildlife management purposes under 
33.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
33.22 	subdivision 8, and to acquire land in fee for 
33.23 	scientific and natural area purposes under 
33.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
33.25 	subdivision 5. Subject to evaluation criteria 
33.26 	in Minnesota Rules, part 6136.0900, priority 
33.27 	must be given to acquiring lands that are 
33.28 	eligible for the native prairie bank under 
33.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.96, or lands 
33.30 	adjacent to protected native prairie.

33.31
33.32	(m) Accelerating Habitat Conservation in 
Southwest Minnesota, Phase 3
					
33.33 	$2,872,000 the second year is to the 
33.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
33.35 	agreement with Minnesota Land Trust to 
33.36 	acquire permanent conservation easements 
34.1 	and to restore and enhance high-quality 
34.2 	wildlife habitat in southwest Minnesota. Of 
34.3 	this amount, up to $168,000 is to establish a 
34.4 	monitoring and enforcement fund as approved 
34.5 	in the accomplishment plan and subject to 
34.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
34.7 	subdivision 17.

34.8
34.9	(n) Sauk River Watershed Habitat Protection 
and Restoration, Phase 5
					
34.10 	$3,965,000 the second year is to the 
34.11 	commissioner of natural resources for 
34.12 	agreements to acquire lands in fee and 
34.13 	permanent conservation easements and restore 
34.14 	and enhance wildlife habitat in the Sauk River 
34.15 	watershed as follows: $375,000 to Great River 
34.16 	Greening; $1,199,000 to Sauk River 
34.17 	Watershed District; $1,192,000 to Pheasants 
34.18 	Forever; and $1,199,000 to Minnesota Land 
34.19 	Trust. Up to $168,000 to Minnesota Land 
34.20 	Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
34.21 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
34.22 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
34.23 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

34.24	(o) Metro Big Rivers, Phase 14
					
34.25 	$8,123,000 the second year is to the 
34.26 	commissioner of natural resources for 
34.27 	agreements to acquire land in fee and 
34.28 	permanent conservation easements and to 
34.29 	restore and enhance natural habitat systems 
34.30 	associated with the Mississippi, Minnesota, 
34.31 	and St. Croix Rivers and their tributaries 
34.32 	within the metropolitan area as follows: 
34.33 	$1,250,000 to Minnesota Valley National 
34.34 	Wildlife Refuge Trust, Inc.; $420,000 to 
34.35 	Friends of the Mississippi River; $803,000 to 
35.1 	Great River Greening; $2,750,000 to Trust for 
35.2 	Public Land; and $2,900,000 to Minnesota 
35.3 	Land Trust. Up to $224,000 to Minnesota 
35.4 	Land Trust is to establish a monitoring and 
35.5 	enforcement fund as approved in the 
35.6 	accomplishment plan and subject to Minnesota 
35.7 	Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 17.

35.8
35.9	(p) Anoka Sand Plain Habitat Conservation, 
Phase 9
					
35.10 	$1,802,000 the second year is to the 
35.11 	commissioner of natural resources for 
35.12 	agreements to restore and enhance wildlife 
35.13 	habitat on public lands and easements in the 
35.14 	Anoka Sand Plain ecoregion and intersecting 
35.15 	minor watersheds as follows: $1,508,000 to 
35.16 	Great River Greening and $294,000 to 
35.17 	Sherburne County.

35.18
35.19	(q) DNR Aquatic Habitat Restoration and 
Enhancement, Phase 7
					
35.20 	$4,206,000 the second year is to the 
35.21 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
35.22 	and enhance aquatic habitat in degraded 
35.23 	streams and aquatic management areas and to 
35.24 	facilitate fish passage.

35.25
35.26	(r) Minnesota Statewide Trout Habitat 
Enhancement
					
35.27 	$2,308,000 the second year is to the 
35.28 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
35.29 	agreement with Trout Unlimited to restore and 
35.30 	enhance habitat for trout and other species in 
35.31 	and along coldwater rivers, lakes, and streams 
35.32 	throughout Minnesota.

35.33	(s) Knife River Habitat Rehabilitation, Phase 7
					
35.34 	$1,572,000 the second year is to the 
35.35 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.1 	agreement with the Arrowhead Regional 
36.2 	Development Commission, in cooperation 
36.3 	with the Lake Superior Steelhead Association, 
36.4 	to restore and enhance trout habitat in the 
36.5 	Knife River watershed. If the Arrowhead 
36.6 	Regional Development Commission declines 
36.7 	to serve as the fiscal agent for the project, an 
36.8 	alternative fiscal agent must be identified in 
36.9 	the accomplishment plan for the project.

36.10
36.11	(t) DNR St. Louis River Restoration Initiative, 
Phase 11
					
36.12 	$2,163,000 the second year is to the 
36.13 	commissioner of natural resources to restore 
36.14 	and enhance priority aquatic, riparian, and 
36.15 	forest habitats in the St. Louis River estuary. 
36.16 	Of this amount, $716,000 is for an agreement 
36.17 	with Minnesota Land Trust.

36.18	(u) Roseau Lake Rehabilitation, Phase 2
					
36.19 	$3,054,000 the second year is to the 
36.20 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.21 	agreement with the Roseau River Watershed 
36.22 	District to restore and enhance the Roseau 
36.23 	Lake and Roseau River habitat complex in 
36.24 	Roseau County, Minnesota.

36.25	(v) Highbanks Ravine Bat Hibernaculum
					
36.26 	$2,300,000 the second year is to the 
36.27 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
36.28 	agreement with the city of St. Cloud to 
36.29 	enhance the Highbanks Ravine Bat 
36.30 	Hibernaculum in St. Cloud.

36.31
36.32	(w) Owámniyomni Native Landscape and River 
Restoration, St. Anthony Falls
					
36.33 	$1,918,000 the second year is to the 
36.34 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.1 	agreement with Friends of the Falls to restore 
37.2 	and enhance wildlife habitat at Upper St. 
37.3 	Anthony Falls. This appropriation may only 
37.4 	be spent for site grading, oak savanna, and 
37.5 	aquatic habitat portions of the project.

37.6	(x) Silver Lake Dam Fish Passage Modification
					
37.7 	$2,368,000 the second year is to the 
37.8 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.9 	agreement with the city of Rochester to restore 
37.10 	and enhance aquatic habitat in Silver Lake and 
37.11 	the south fork of the Zumbro River by 
37.12 	modifying the existing low-head dam in 
37.13 	Rochester.

37.14	(y) Little Devil Track River Restoration
					
37.15 	$3,000,000 the second year is to the 
37.16 	commissioner of natural resources for an 
37.17 	agreement with Cook County to restore and 
37.18 	enhance stream habitat in the Little Devil 
37.19 	Track River.

37.20
37.21
37.22	(z) Conservation Partners Legacy Grant 
Program: Statewide and Metro Habitat, Phase 
16
					
37.23 	$15,000,000 the second year is to the 
37.24 	commissioner of natural resources for a 
37.25 	program to provide competitive matching 
37.26 	grants of up to $500,000 to local, regional, 
37.27 	state, and national organizations for enhancing, 
37.28 	restoring, or protecting forests, wetlands, 
37.29 	prairies, or habitat for fish, game, or wildlife 
37.30 	in Minnesota. Unless there are not enough 
37.31 	eligible grant applications received, of this 
37.32 	amount, at least $4,000,000 is for grants in the 
37.33 	seven-county metropolitan area and cities with 
37.34 	a population of 50,000 or more and at least 
37.35 	$4,000,000 is for grants to applicants that have 
38.1 	not previously applied for money from the 
38.2 	outdoor heritage fund. Grants must not be 
38.3 	made for activities required to fulfill the duties 
38.4 	of owners of lands subject to conservation 
38.5 	easements. Grants must not be made from the 
38.6 	appropriation in this paragraph for projects 
38.7 	that have a total project cost exceeding 
38.8 	$1,000,000. Of the total appropriation, 
38.9 	$600,000 may be spent for personnel costs, 
38.10 	outreach, and support to first-time applicants 
38.11 	and other direct and necessary administrative 
38.12 	costs. Grantees may acquire land or interests 
38.13 	in land. Easements must be permanent. Grants 
38.14 	may not be used to establish easement 
38.15 	stewardship accounts. The program must 
38.16 	require a match of at least ten percent from 
38.17 	nonstate sources for all grants. The match may 
38.18 	be cash or in-kind. For grant applications of 
38.19 	$25,000 or less, the commissioner must 
38.20 	provide a separate, simplified application 
38.21 	process. Subject to Minnesota Statutes, the 
38.22 	commissioner of natural resources must, when 
38.23 	evaluating projects of equal value, give 
38.24 	priority to organizations that have a history of 
38.25 	receiving, or a charter to receive, private 
38.26 	contributions for local conservation or habitat 
38.27 	projects. All restoration or enhancement 
38.28 	projects must be on land permanently 
38.29 	protected by a permanent covenant ensuring 
38.30 	perpetual maintenance and protection of 
38.31 	restored and enhanced habitat, by a 
38.32 	conservation easement, or by public ownership 
38.33 	or in public waters as defined in Minnesota 
38.34 	Statutes, section 103G.005, subdivision 15. 
38.35 	Priority must be given to restoration and 
38.36 	enhancement projects on public lands. 
39.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, 
39.2 	subdivision 13, applies to grants awarded 
39.3 	under this paragraph. This appropriation is 
39.4 	available until June 30, 2027. No less than five 
39.5 	percent of the amount of each grant must be 
39.6 	held back from reimbursement until the grant 
39.7 	recipient completes a grant accomplishment 
39.8 	report by the deadline and in the form 
39.9 	prescribed by and satisfactory to the 
39.10 	Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council. The 
39.11 	commissioner must provide notice of the grant 
39.12 	program in the summary of game and fish law 
39.13 	prepared under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.14 	97A.051, subdivision 2.

39.15
39.16	(aa) Protecting Upper Mississippi River from 
Invasive Carp
					
39.17 	$12,000,000 the second year is to the 
39.18 	commissioner of natural resources to fund 
39.19 	activities to protect the upper Mississippi 
39.20 	River from invasive carp. Activities within 
39.21 	this appropriation include agreements with 
39.22 	federal partners, such as the United States Fish 
39.23 	and Wildlife Service, to design, construct, and 
39.24 	begin operating and maintaining a structural 
39.25 	deterrent for invasive carp at Lock and Dam 
39.26 	No. 5 on the Mississippi River to protect 
39.27 	Minnesota's aquatic habitat through an 
39.28 	adaptive management approach. Deterrent 
39.29 	design must be fully completed within two 
39.30 	years of the date of this appropriation by June 
39.31 	30, 2027. Deterrent installation must be 
39.32 	completed by June 30, 2029. Money not spent 
39.33 	or obligated for design installation and 
39.34 	operation of the deterrent may be used for 
39.35 	testing technologies to support the future 
39.36 	effectiveness of the deterrent. A detailed 
40.1 	accomplishment plan must be submitted to 
40.2 	and approved by the Lessard-Sams Outdoor 
40.3 	Heritage Council before money is released. 
40.4 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
40.5 	2029.

40.6 	Sec. 6. LESSARD-SAMS OUTDOOR HERITAGE COUNCIL; TRANSITION.
 40.7 	Section 3 is effective July 1, 2026, and applies to appointments of public members of 
40.8 	the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council made on or after that date. Years served on 
40.9 	the council before July 1, 2026, count toward the limits imposed by section 3. Members 
40.10 	appointed before July 1, 2026, may serve out the remainder of their terms if their service 
40.11 	has exceeded the term limits imposed by section 3.

40.12 	ARTICLE 2
40.13 	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND

40.14 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
40.15 		Subd. 5.Districts; plans and hearings. (a) The commissioner of natural resources, in 
40.16 	consultation with the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Coalition, shall establish 
40.17 	six regional parks and trails districts in the state encompassing the area outside the 
40.18 	seven-county metropolitan area. The commissioner shall establish districts by combining 
40.19 	counties and may not assign a county to more than one district.
40.20 	(b) The commission shall develop a strategic plan and criteria for determining parks and 
40.21 	trails of regional significance that are eligible for funding from the parks and trails fund and 
40.22 	meet the criteria under subdivision 6.
40.23 	(c) Counties within each district may jointly prepare, after consultation with all affected 
40.24 	municipalities, and submit to the commission, and from time to time revise and resubmit 
40.25 	to the commission, a master plan for the acquisition and development of parks and trails of 
40.26 	regional significance located within the district. Districtwide plans and master plans for 
40.27 	individual parks and trails must meet the protocols and criteria as set forth in the greater 
40.28 	Minnesota regional parks and trails strategic plan. The counties, after consultation with the 
40.29 	commission, shall jointly hold a public hearing on the proposed plan and budget at a time 
40.30 	and place determined by the counties. Not less than 15 days before the hearing, the counties 
40.31 	shall provide notice of the hearing stating the date, time, and place of the hearing and the 
40.32 	place where the proposed plan and budget may be examined by any interested person. At 
41.1 	any hearing, interested persons shall be permitted to present their views on the plan and 
41.2 	budget.
41.3 	(d) The commission shall review each master plan to determine whether it meets the 
41.4 	conditions of subdivision 6. If it does not, the commission shall return the plan with its 
41.5 	comments to the district for revision and resubmittal.

41.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
41.7 		Subd. 7.Recommendations. (a) In recommending grants under this section, the 
41.8 	commission shall make recommendations consistent with master plans.
41.9 	(b) The commission shall determine recommended grant amounts through an adopted 
41.10 	merit-based evaluation process that includes the level of local financial support. The 
41.11 	evaluation process is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14, and section 
41.12 	14.386 does not apply.
41.13 	(c) When recommending grants, the commission shall consider balance of the grant 
41.14 	benefits across greater Minnesota.
41.15 	(d) Grants may be recommended only for parks and trails projects included in a plan 
41.16 	approved by the commission under subdivision 5.

41.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
41.18 		Subd. 8.Chair. The commission shall annually biennially elect from among its members 
41.19 	a chair and other officers necessary for the performance of its duties.

41.20 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
41.21 		Subd. 10.Report. The commission shall submit a report by January 15 each year listing 
41.22 	its recommendations by regional parks and trails district under subdivision 7, in priority 
41.23 	order, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the senate and house 
41.24 	of representatives with primary jurisdiction over legacy appropriations.

41.25 	Sec. 5. PARKS AND TRAILS FUND APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS.
 41.26 	(a) The availability of the grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad 
41.27 	Authority for the Mesabi Trail project from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2024 
41.28 	appropriation under Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), is extended 
41.29 	to June 30, 2027.
42.1 	(b) The availability of the grant to Olmsted County for the Oxbow Park and Zollman 
42.2 	Zoo project from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2024 appropriation under Laws 2023, 
42.3 	chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), is extended to June 30, 2027.
42.4 	(c) The availability of the grant to Stearns County for the Kraemer Lake and Wildwood 
42.5 	County Park project from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2024 appropriation under 
42.6 	Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), is extended to June 30, 2027.
42.7 	(d) The availability of the grant to Redwood County for the Plum Creek Park project 
42.8 	from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2024 appropriation under Laws 2023, chapter 40, 
42.9 	article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), is extended to June 30, 2027.
42.10 	(e) The availability of the grant to the city of Sandstone for the Robinson Quarry Park 
42.11 	project from the parks and trails fund fiscal year 2025 appropriation under Laws 2023, 
42.12 	chapter 40, article 3, section 3, paragraph (c), is extended to June 30, 2028.
42.13 	(f) The availability of the appropriations for coordination and projects between partners 
42.14 	from the parks and trails fund in fiscal years 2024 and 2025 under Laws 2023, chapter 40, 
42.15 	article 3, section 3, paragraph (f), is extended to June 30, 2028.

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

42.17 	Sec. 6. REPEALER.
 42.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 85.536, subdivisions 3 and 4, are repealed.

42.19 	ARTICLE 3
42.20 	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND

42.21 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 40, article 4, section 2, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 
42.22 	2025, chapter 36, article 4, section 15, is amended to read:

42.23	Subd. 6.Department of Administration
 		17,040,000
		14,105,000
	
42.24 	(a) The amounts in this subdivision are 
42.25 	appropriated to the commissioner of 
42.26 	administration for grants to the named 
42.27 	organizations for the purposes specified in this 
42.28 	subdivision. The commissioner of 
42.29 	administration may use a portion of this 
42.30 	appropriation for costs that are directly related 
43.1 	to and necessary for the administration of 
43.2 	grants in this subdivision.
43.3 	(b) Grant agreements entered into by the 
43.4 	commissioner and recipients of appropriations 
43.5 	under this subdivision must ensure that money 
43.6 	appropriated in this subdivision is used to 
43.7 	supplement and not substitute for traditional 
43.8 	sources of funding.

43.9	(c) Minnesota Public Radio
					
43.10 	$2,050,000 each year is for Minnesota Public 
43.11 	Radio to create programming and expand news 
43.12 	service on Minnesota's cultural heritage and 
43.13 	history.

43.14
43.15	(d) Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
Radio Stations
					
43.16 	$2,050,000 the first year and $2,050,000 the 
43.17 	second year are to the Association of 
43.18 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
43.19 	for production and acquisition grants in 
43.20 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
43.21 	129D.19.

43.22	(e) Public Television
					
43.23 	$5,000,000 the first year and $4,500,000 the 
43.24 	second year are to the Minnesota Public 
43.25 	Television Association for production and 
43.26 	acquisition grants according to Minnesota 
43.27 	Statutes, section 129D.18. Of the amount in 
43.28 	the first year, $1,000,000 is for producing 
43.29 	Minnesota military and veterans' history 
43.30 	stories and unique immigrant stories from 
43.31 	around the state.

43.32	(f) Wilderness Inquiry
					
43.33 	$500,000 the first year and $600,000 the 
43.34 	second year are to Wilderness Inquiry to 
44.1 	preserve Minnesota's outdoor history, culture, 
44.2 	and heritage by connecting Minnesota youth 
44.3 	and families to natural resources.

44.4	(g) Como Park Zoo
					
44.5 	$1,725,000 each year is to the Como Park Zoo 
44.6 	and Conservatory for program development 
44.7 	that features educational programs and habitat 
44.8 	enhancement, special exhibits, music 
44.9 	appreciation programs, and historical garden 
44.10 	access and preservation.

44.11	(h) Science Museum of Minnesota
					
44.12 	$825,000 each year is to the Science Museum 
44.13 	of Minnesota for arts, arts education, and arts 
44.14 	access and to preserve Minnesota's history and 
44.15 	cultural heritage, including student and teacher 
44.16 	outreach, statewide educational initiatives, and 
44.17 	community-based exhibits that preserve 
44.18 	Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

44.19	(i) Appetite for Change
					
44.20 	$200,000 the first year is to the nonprofit 
44.21 	Appetite for Change for the Community Cooks 
44.22 	programming, which will preserve the cultural 
44.23 	heritage of growing and cooking food in 
44.24 	Minnesota.

44.25	(j) Lake Superior Zoo
					
44.26 	$150,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
44.27 	Zoo to develop educational exhibits and 
44.28 	programs.

44.29	(k) Great Lakes Aquarium
					
44.30 	$250,000 each year is to the Lake Superior 
44.31 	Center Authority to prepare, fabricate, and 
44.32 	install a hands-on exhibit with interactive 
44.33 	learning components to educate Minnesotans 
45.1 	on the history of the natural landscape of the 
45.2 	state.

45.3	(l) State Band
					
45.4 	$25,000 the first year and $25,000 the second 
45.5 	year are to the Minnesota state band to provide 
45.6 	free concerts throughout the state.

45.7	(m) Veterans Memorial Park in Wyoming
					
45.8 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
45.9 	of Wyoming to build the Veterans Memorial 
45.10 	Plaza and related interpretive walk in Railroad 
45.11 	Park.

45.12	(n) Great Northern Festival
					
45.13 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
45.14 	year are for a grant to support the Great 
45.15 	Northern Festival, which connects attendees 
45.16 	to parks, outdoor spaces, and cultural venues 
45.17 	through a festival.

45.18
45.19	(o) Governor's Council on Developmental 
Disabilities
					
45.20 	$50,000 the first year is to the Minnesota 
45.21 	Governor's Council on Developmental 
45.22 	Disabilities to continue to preserve and raise 
45.23 	awareness of the history of Minnesotans with 
45.24 	developmental disabilities.

45.25	(p) Minnesota Council on Disability
					
45.26 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
45.27 	second year are to the Minnesota Council on 
45.28 	Disability to provide educational opportunities 
45.29 	in the arts, history, and cultural heritage of 
45.30 	Minnesotans with disabilities in conjunction 
45.31 	with the 50th anniversary of the Minnesota 
45.32 	Council on Disability. This appropriation is 
45.33 	available until June 30, 2027.

46.1	(q) Keller Regional Park
					
46.2 	$500,000 the first year is for a grant to Ramsey 
46.3 	County to preserve Minnesota's cultural 
46.4 	heritage by enhancing the tuj lub courts at 
46.5 	Keller Regional Park.

46.6	(r) Vietnam War Anniversary
					
46.7 	$250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
46.8 	commissioner of veterans affairs to prepare 
46.9 	and host a commemoration program for the 
46.10 	50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

46.11	(s) St. Paul Cultural Art Installation
					
46.12 	$500,000 the first year is for a grant to 
46.13 	Forecast Public Art for an the city of St. Paul 
46.14 	for a public art installation celebrating 
46.15 	Olympic gold medalist Suni Lee. The project 
46.16 	funded by this paragraph must be located in 
46.17 	St. Paul at the Conway Recreation Center or, 
46.18 	if that site is not practicable, at Lake Phalen 
46.19 	at the platform containing the bust of Suni 
46.20 	Lee. This appropriation is available until June 
46.21 	30, 2027 2028.

46.22	(t) One Heartland Center
					
46.23 	$50,000 each year is for a grant to One 
46.24 	Heartland Center for programming and 
46.25 	outdoor activities for families and youth in 
46.26 	Minnesota.

46.27	(u) Forest Lake Veterans Memorial
					
46.28 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
46.29 	Forest Lake Veterans Memorial Committee 
46.30 	to construct a memorial to veterans of the 
46.31 	United States armed forces at Lakeside 
46.32 	Memorial Park in the city of Forest Lake. This 
46.33 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2027.

47.1	(v) Hmong Plaza
					
47.2 	$450,000 the first year is for a grant to the city 
47.3 	of St. Paul to construct the Hmong Plaza at 
47.4 	Phalen Lake.

47.5	(w) Camille Gage Artist Fellowship
					
47.6 	$55,000 the first year and $55,000 the second 
47.7 	year are for a grant to YWCA Minneapolis to 
47.8 	fund an annual fellowship to be known as the 
47.9 	Camille J. Gage Artist Fellowship. Of this 
47.10 	amount, up to $5,000 each year may be used 
47.11 	for administrative expenses. YWCA 
47.12 	Minneapolis must select a person for the 
47.13 	Camille J. Gage Artist Fellowship after an 
47.14 	application process that allows both 
47.15 	applications by interested persons and 
47.16 	nominations of persons by third parties. By 
47.17 	October 1, 2026, YWCA Minneapolis must 
47.18 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
47.19 	members of the legislative committees and 
47.20 	divisions with jurisdiction over legacy on the 
47.21 	use of money appropriated under this 
47.22 	paragraph and on the activities of the person 
47.23 	selected for the Camille J. Gage Artist 
47.24 	Fellowship under this paragraph. This 
47.25 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2026.

47.26
47.27	(x) Minnesota African American Heritage 
Museum and Gallery
					
47.28 	$235,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
47.29 	second year are for arts and cultural heritage 
47.30 	programming celebrating African American 
47.31 	and Black communities in Minnesota. Of the 
47.32 	amount in the first year, $110,000 is for C. 
47.33 	Caldwell Fine Arts for an outdoor mural 
47.34 	project in North Minneapolis to work with 
48.1 	young people to develop skills while using art 
48.2 	as the impetus.

48.3	(y) Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota
					
48.4 	$25,000 the first year and $25,000 the second 
48.5 	year are for a grant to the Tibetan American 
48.6 	Foundation of Minnesota to celebrate and 
48.7 	teach the art, culture, and heritage of Tibetan 
48.8 	Americans in Minnesota.

48.9	(z) Hong De Wu Guan
					
48.10 	$25,000 the first year is for a grant to Hong 
48.11 	De Wu Guan to create cultural arts projects 
48.12 	like Lion Dance for after-school programs for 
48.13 	youth.

48.14	(aa) Sepak Takraw of USA
					
48.15 	$50,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
48.16 	Sepak Takraw of USA to work with youth and 
48.17 	after-school programs in the community to 
48.18 	teach the cultural games of tuj lub and sepak 
48.19 	takraw. This appropriation may not be used 
48.20 	to hold events.

48.21	(bb) 30,000 Feet
					
48.22 	$75,000 the first year and $75,000 the second 
48.23 	year are for a grant to 30,000 Feet, a nonprofit 
48.24 	organization, to help youth and community 
48.25 	artists further develop their artistic skills, to 
48.26 	create community art and artistic 
48.27 	performances, and to promote and share 
48.28 	African American history and culture through 
48.29 	the arts.

48.30	(cc) Siengkane Lao Minnesota
					
48.31 	$50,000 the first year and $50,000 the second 
48.32 	year are for a grant to Siengkane Lao MN to 
49.1 	create cultural arts projects and to preserve 
49.2 	traditional performances.

49.3	(dd) Hmong Cultural Center
					
49.4 	$150,000 the first year and $150,000 the 
49.5 	second year are for a grant to the Hmong 
49.6 	Cultural Center of Minnesota for 
49.7 	museum-related programming and educational 
49.8 	outreach activities to teach the public about 
49.9 	the historical, cultural, and folk arts heritage 
49.10 	of Hmong Minnesotans.

49.11	(ee) Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio
					
49.12 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
49.13 	second year are for a grant to Comunidades 
49.14 	Latinas Unidas En Servicio (CLUES) to 
49.15 	expand arts programming to celebrate Latino 
49.16 	cultural heritage; support local artists; and 
49.17 	provide professional development, networking, 
49.18 	and presentation opportunities.

49.19	(ff) Hmong RPA Writing System
					
49.20 	$300,000 the first year and $300,000 the 
49.21 	second year are for grants to recipients who 
49.22 	have demonstrated knowledge and interest in 
49.23 	preserving Hmong culture to preserve Hmong 
49.24 	Minnesotans' heritage, history, language, and 
49.25 	culture. Grants must be used in conjunction 
49.26 	with Minnesota universities to improve and 
49.27 	develop a unified and standardized Latin 
49.28 	alphabet form of the Hmong RPA writing 
49.29 	system. No portion of this appropriation may 
49.30 	be used to encourage religious membership 
49.31 	or to conduct personal ceremonies or events. 
49.32 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
49.33 	2028.

49.34	(gg) Somali Museum of Minnesota
					
50.1 	$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the 
50.2 	second year are for a grant to the Somali 
50.3 	Museum of Minnesota for heritage arts and 
50.4 	cultural vitality programs to provide classes, 
50.5 	exhibits, presentations, and outreach about the 
50.6 	Somali community and heritage in Minnesota.

50.7	(hh) Minnesota Museum of American Art
					
50.8 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the 
50.9 	second year are for a grant to the Minnesota 
50.10 	Museum of American Art for exhibit 
50.11 	programming and for a Native American 
50.12 	Fellowship at the museum.

50.13	(ii) Fanka Programs
					
50.14 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
50.15 	second year are for a grant to Ka Joog 
50.16 	statewide Somali-based collaborative 
50.17 	programs for arts and cultural heritage. The 
50.18 	funding must be used for Fanka programs to 
50.19 	provide arts education and workshops, mentor 
50.20 	programs, and community presentations and 
50.21 	community engagement events throughout 
50.22 	Minnesota.

50.23	(jj) The Bakken Museum
					
50.24 	$150,000 the first year is for a grant to The 
50.25 	Bakken Museum for interactive exhibits and 
50.26 	outreach programs on arts and cultural 
50.27 	heritage.

50.28	(kk) 4-H Shooting Sports
					
50.29 	$50,000 the first year is to the University of 
50.30 	Minnesota Extension Office to provide grants 
50.31 	to Minnesota 4-H chapters that have members 
50.32 	participating in state and national 
50.33 	4-H-sanctioned shooting sports events. 
50.34 	Eligible costs for grant money include 
51.1 	shooting sports equipment and supplies and 
51.2 	event fees associated with participating in state 
51.3 	shooting sports events.

51.4	(ll) Public Art Saint Paul
		
51.5 	$75,000 each year is for a grant to Public Art 
51.6 	Saint Paul for art programming at the Wakpa 
51.7 	Triennial Art Festival to showcase new art 
51.8 	across the Twin Cities by Minnesota artists in 
51.9 	outdoor and indoor settings and to encourage 
51.10 	visitors to experience the arts and culture 
51.11 	produced by local arts and culture 
51.12 	organizations.

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

51.14 	ARTICLE 4
51.15 	STATE LANDS

51.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.0272, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
51.17 		Subdivision 1.Acquisition procedure. When the commissioner of natural resources is 
51.18 	authorized to acquire lands or interests in lands fee title or an easement interest in land, the 
51.19 	procedure set forth in this section shall apply applies. The commissioner of natural resources 
51.20 	shall first prepare a fact sheet showing the lands to be acquired, the legal authority for their 
51.21 	acquisition, and the qualities of the land that make it a desirable acquisition. The 
51.22 	commissioner of natural resources shall cause the lands to be appraised. An appraiser shall 
51.23 	before entering upon the duties of office take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and 
51.24 	impartially discharge the duties as appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's ability 
51.25 	and that the appraiser is not interested directly or indirectly in any of the lands to be appraised 
51.26 	or the timber or improvements thereon or in the sale thereof and has entered into no 
51.27 	agreement or combination to purchase the same or any part thereof, which oath shall be 
51.28 	attached to the report of the appraisal. The commissioner of natural resources may pay less 
51.29 	than the appraised value, but shall not agree to pay more than ten percent above the appraised 
51.30 	value, except that if the commissioner pays less than the appraised value for a parcel of 
51.31 	land, the difference between the purchase price and the appraised value may be used to 
51.32 	apply to purchases at more than the appraised value. The sum of accumulated differences 
51.33 	between appraised amounts and purchases for more than the appraised amount may not 
51.34 	exceed the sum of accumulated differences between appraised amounts and purchases for 
52.1 	less than the appraised amount. New appraisals may be made at the discretion of the 
52.2 	commissioner of natural resources.

52.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.0272, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.4 		Subd. 2.Stream easements. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner may 
52.5 	acquire permanent stream easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat work 
52.6 	and easements to access permanent stream easements acquired under this subdivision for 
52.7 	a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the stream and, the easement corridor, 
52.8 	and any access easement. The payment shall equal equals:
52.9 	(1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement corridor times $5; plus
52.10 	(2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market value.; plus
52.11 	(3) the access corridor acres times the estimated market value.
52.12 	(b) The estimated market value is equal to:
52.13 	(1) the agricultural market value plus the rural vacant market value plus the managed 
52.14 	forest market value; divided by
52.15 	(2) the acres of agricultural land plus the rural vacant land plus the managed forest land.
52.16 	(c) The agricultural market value, rural vacant market value, and managed forest market 
52.17 	value or equivalent are determined from data collected by the Department of Revenue during 
52.18 	its annual spring mini abstract survey. If the Department of Revenue changes its property 
52.19 	type groups for its annual spring mini abstract survey, the agricultural market value, the 
52.20 	rural vacant market value, and the managed forest market value shall be determined by the 
52.21 	commissioner from data collected by the Department of Revenue in a manner that provides 
52.22 	the most reasonable substitute for the market values as presently reported. The commissioner 
52.23 	must use the most recent available data for the city or township within which the easement 
52.24 	corridor is located.
52.25 	(d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement payment rates under this 
52.26 	subdivision to determine whether the stream easement payments reflect current shoreland 
52.27 	market values. If the commissioner determines that the easements do not reflect current 
52.28 	shoreland market values, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of 
52.29 	representatives natural resources policy committees with recommendations for changes to 
52.30 	this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement payment rates to reflect current 
52.31 	shoreland market values. The recommendations may include an adjustment to the dollar 
52.32 	amount in paragraph (a), clause (1).

53.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 84.96, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
53.2 	read:
53.3 		Subd. 10.Access easement. The commissioner may acquire easements to access native 
53.4 	prairie acquired under this section. The commissioner may pay the landowner or land 
53.5 	administrator for access easements an amount equal to or less than 50 percent of the payment 
53.6 	rate under subdivision 5.

53.7 	Sec. 4. Laws 2024, chapter 90, article 1, section 52, is amended to read:
53.8 	Sec. 52. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 53.9 	(a) Sections 1 to 51 4, 7, 10 to 12, 14 to 17, and 19 to 51, and the amendments to 
53.10 	Minnesota Rules, parts 6100.5002, 6213.0100, 6213.0400, 6213.0500, 6232.0200, 6232.0300, 
53.11 	6232.0400, 6232.0500, 6232.0900, 6232.1250, 6232.1300, 6232.1600, 6232.1950, 6232.1970, 
53.12 	6232.1980, 6232.2550, 6232.2800, 6232.3100, 6232.4400, 6234.1600, 6234.1700, 6234.2000, 
53.13 	6234.2600, 6236.0300, 6236.0500, 6236.0950, 6237.0200, 6262.1000, 6262.3200, 6264.0400, 
53.14 	and 6266.0700, and the repealer as adopted by the commissioner of natural resources and 
53.15 	published in the State Register, volume 49, page 1416, June 30, 2025, are effective upon 
53.16 	full implementation of the replacement electronic license, permits, and pass portions of the 
53.17 	electronic license system.
53.18 	(b) Sections 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, and 18 are effective upon full implementation of the vehicle 
53.19 	registration portions of the electronic license system.
53.20 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources must notify the revisor of statutes when the 
53.21 	replacement electronic license system is fully implemented. portions of the replacement 
53.22 	electronic licensing system governed by the sections and rule modifications described in 
53.23 	paragraph (a) are fully implemented and when the portions of the replacement electronic 
53.24 	licensing system governed by the sections described in paragraph (b) are fully implemented.

53.25 	Sec. 5. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 53.26 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
53.27 	following area is added to Frontenac State Park: Lot 3, Block 1, VILLA MARIA ADDITION, 
53.28 	according to the recorded plat thereof, Goodhue County, Minnesota.
53.29 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 24a.] Great River Bluffs State Park, Winona County. The 
53.30 	following area is added to Great River Bluffs State Park: the West Half of the Southeast 
53.31 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 106 North, Range 5 West, Winona 
53.32 	County, Minnesota.

54.1 	Sec. 6. DELETION FROM STATE PARK.
 54.2 	[85.012] [Subd. 42.] Mille Lacs Kathio State Park, Mille Lacs County. The following 
54.3 	area is deleted from Mille Lacs Kathio State Park: that part of Government Lot 3, Section 
54.4 	33, Township 43 North, Range 27 West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, lying easterly of 
54.5 	the easterly right-of-way line of U.S. Trunk Highway 169. Excepting therefrom the following 
54.6 	described tract of land: commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3, said 
54.7 	corner being marked by a 2-½-inch aluminum post with brass cap (Bureau of Land 
54.8 	Management Monument); thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds East, assumed 
54.9 	bearing, along the north line of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 1,076.85 feet to the 
54.10 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence continuing North 89 degrees 43 
54.11 	minutes 55 seconds East, along said north line, a distance of 40.88 feet to a ¾-inch iron rod 
54.12 	with disk stamped MN DNR PROPERTY; thence continuing North 89 degrees 43 minutes 
54.13 	55 seconds East, along said north line, a distance of 299.64 feet to a ¾-inch rebar with 
54.14 	plastic cap stamped MN DNR LS 47461; thence South 14 degrees 26 minutes 27 seconds 
54.15 	East, a distance of 170.18 feet to a ¾-inch iron rod with disk stamped MN DNR PROPERTY; 
54.16 	thence South 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds West, a distance of 413.14 feet to a ¾-inch 
54.17 	iron rod; thence continuing South 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds West, a distance of 
54.18 	10.50 feet; thence North 07 degrees 53 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance of 70.68 feet; 
54.19 	thence North 18 degrees 01 minute 43 seconds East, a distance of 100.09 feet to the point 
54.20 	of beginning.

54.21 	Sec. 7. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
54.22 	BECKER COUNTY.
 54.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
54.24 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
54.25 	in paragraph (c).
54.26 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
54.27 	errors and ensure accuracy.
54.28 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as: all that 
54.29 	part of Government Lot 1, Section 9, Township 138 North, Range 43 West, Becker County, 
54.30 	Minnesota, bounded by the water's edge of Rossman Lake and the following described 
54.31 	lines: commencing at meander corner No. 17 located at the northwesterly corner of said 
54.32 	Government Lot 1; thence North 89 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East on an assumed 
54.33 	bearing 98.96 feet on and along the north line of said Section 9; thence South 10 degrees 
54.34 	10 minutes 30 seconds East, 233.06 feet to a point on the centerline of a township road and 
55.1 	the point of beginning; thence South 10 degrees 10 minutes 30 seconds East, 355.37 feet 
55.2 	on and along the centerline of said township road; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes 10 
55.3 	seconds East, 33.46 feet to the northwesterly corner of Erickson Shores, a plat recorded in 
55.4 	the Office of the Register of Deeds, Becker County; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes 
55.5 	10 seconds East, 443.59 feet on and along the north line of said plat to the northwesterly 
55.6 	corner of Lot 1 of Block 1 of said plat; thence North 58 degrees 09 minutes 38 seconds 
55.7 	East, 135 feet, more or less, on and along the north line of said Lot 1 of Block 1 to the 
55.8 	water's edge of said Rossman Lake and there terminating. And also, from the point of 
55.9 	beginning; thence North 88 degrees 40 minutes 54 seconds East, 263 feet, more or less, to 
55.10 	the water's edge of Rossman Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the 
55.11 	contained 4.3 acres, more or less, and subject to all existing easements.
55.12 	(d) The land borders Rossman Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
55.13 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
55.14 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
55.15 	the land was returned to private ownership.

55.16 	Sec. 8. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
55.17 	MILLE LACS COUNTY.
 55.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
55.19 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
55.20 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to a federally recognized Indian Tribe, subject to 
55.21 	the state's reservation of access and dam easements over the land described in paragraph 
55.22 	(c) if the state elects to reserve such easements.
55.23 	(b) The land must not be sold for less than the appraised value. The buyer must reimburse 
55.24 	the commissioner for all costs and expenses, including staff costs, incurred by the 
55.25 	commissioner in making the property salable and in selling the property. The commissioner 
55.26 	may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
55.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is all of or a portion of the land located in Mille Lacs 
55.28 	County and described as: that part of Government Lot 3, Section 33, Township 43 North, 
55.29 	Range 27 West, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, lying easterly of the easterly right-of-way 
55.30 	line of U.S. Trunk Highway 169. Excepting therefrom the following described tract of land: 
55.31 	commencing at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3, said corner being marked 
55.32 	by a 2-½-inch aluminum post with brass cap (Bureau of Land Management Monument); 
55.33 	thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the north line 
55.34 	of said Government Lot 3, a distance of 1,076.85 feet to the point of beginning of the land 
56.1 	to be described; thence continuing North 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds East, along said 
56.2 	north line, a distance of 40.88 feet to a ¾-inch iron rod with disk stamped MN DNR 
56.3 	PROPERTY; thence continuing North 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds East, along said 
56.4 	north line, a distance of 299.64 feet to a ¾-inch rebar with plastic cap stamped MN DNR 
56.5 	LS 47461; thence South 14 degrees 26 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 170.18 feet 
56.6 	to a ¾-inch iron rod with disk stamped MN DNR PROPERTY; thence South 89 degrees 
56.7 	43 minutes 55 seconds West, a distance of 413.14 feet to a ¾-inch iron rod; thence continuing 
56.8 	South 89 degrees 43 minutes 55 seconds West, a distance of 10.50 feet; thence North 07 
56.9 	degrees 53 minutes 17 seconds East, a distance of 70.68 feet; thence North 18 degrees 01 
56.10 	minute 43 seconds East, a distance of 100.09 feet to the point of beginning.
56.11 	(d) The land to be sold borders on Mille Lacs Lake. The Department of Natural Resources 
56.12 	has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
56.13 	was conveyed to a federally recognized Indian Tribe.

56.14 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
56.15 	WATER; PINE COUNTY.
 56.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
56.17 	commissioner of natural resources may convey by private sale the surplus land bordering 
56.18 	public water that is described in paragraph (c) for no consideration, subject to the state's 
56.19 	reservation of an access easement over the land described in paragraph (c).
56.20 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
56.21 	errors and ensure accuracy.
56.22 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Pine County and is described as: that 
56.23 	part of the West 105 feet of the West 205 feet of that part of Lot 48, Auditor's Subdivision 
56.24 	of Section 24, Township 41, Range 21, Pine County, Minnesota, lying South of a line 
56.25 	described as follows: commencing at a point on the west line of said Lot 48, 570 feet South 
56.26 	of the northwest corner of said lot; thence southeasterly to a point in the east line of said 
56.27 	Lot 48, midway between the northeast corner and the southeast corner of said lot, and lying 
56.28 	North of the northerly water's edge of the North Branch of the Grindstone River, including 
56.29 	all riparian rights.
56.30 	(d) The land borders the Grindstone River. The Department of Natural Resources has 
56.31 	determined that the conveyance will ensure that the private landowners have continued 
56.32 	access to the Grindstone River after the Grindstone River dam is removed and the channel 
56.33 	restored to a natural alignment.

57.1 	Sec. 10. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; REDWOOD COUNTY.
 57.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.298, or any other law 
57.3 	to the contrary, upon approval by the Minnesota Historical Society's Executive Council, 
57.4 	the director of the Minnesota Historical Society may convey to the Lower Sioux Indian 
57.5 	Community in the state of Minnesota, for no consideration, the surplus land and real property 
57.6 	described in paragraph (c).
57.7 	(b) The Minnesota Historical Society may make necessary changes to the legal description 
57.8 	to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
57.9 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Redwood County and is described as: Tract 
57.10 	"C" that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 112, 
57.11 	Range 34, Redwood County, Minnesota, lying southerly of the centerline of CSAH 2 as 
57.12 	shown on Redwood County Right of Way Plat No. 3 C.S.A.H. Number 2 as of public record, 
57.13 	Redwood County, Minnesota.
57.14 	(d) The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that the state's land management 
57.15 	interests and interpretive program interests would best be served if portions of the Lower 
57.16 	Sioux Agency Historic Site were conveyed to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the 
57.17 	state of Minnesota.

57.18 	Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 57.19 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
57.20 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
57.21 	described in paragraph (c).
57.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
57.23 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
57.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
57.25 	Government Lot 2, EXCEPT the South 760 feet; AND EXCEPT that part of Government 
57.26 	Lot 2, shown as Parcel 75 on Minnesota Department of Transportation Right of Way 
57.27 	Plat No. 69-181, Section 18, Township 62 North, Range 20 West.
57.28 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
57.29 	be served if the land was returned to private ownership to resolve a structure encroachment.

58.1 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 58.2 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale and competitive bidding requirements of Minnesota 
58.3 	Statutes, chapter 373, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale 
58.4 	the county fee-owned lands described in paragraph (b).
58.5 	(b) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County, Section 34, Township 51 North, 
58.6 	Range 18 West, and are described as:
58.7 	(1) Lots 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, and 12, Block B, including part of the vacated alley adjacent and 
58.8 	including part of vacated 3rd Avenue adjacent, Brookston;
58.9 	(2) Lots 4 thru 9, Block B, including part of the vacated alley adjacent, and including 
58.10 	part of 3rd Street S adjacent to Lots 6 and 7, and including part of 3rd Avenue adjacent to 
58.11 	Lots 4 thru 6 tool house, Brookston; and
58.12 	(3) that part of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the Brookston 
58.13 	Plat and westerly of County State-Aid Highway 31.
58.14 	(c) St. Louis County has determined that the county's interest would best be served if 
58.15 	the lands were sold.

58.16 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
58.17 	WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.
 58.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
58.19 	commissioner of natural resources may convey by private sale the surplus land that is 
58.20 	described in paragraph (c) to the city of Elgin for no consideration.
58.21 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
58.22 	errors and ensure accuracy.
58.23 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Wabasha County and is described as:
58.24 	(1) OUTLOT A, OUTLOT B, and OUTLOT C of WHITEWATER WAY, according 
58.25 	to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder in and for Wabasha 
58.26 	County, Minnesota; and
58.27 	(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 27, Township 108 
58.28 	North, Range 12 West, Wabasha County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a 
58.29 	point of intersection of the north line of the south 165.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of 
58.30 	the Northeast Quarter of said Section 27, with the east line of the West Half of the Northeast 
58.31 	Quarter of said Section 27; thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 44 minutes 
58.32 	01 second West, along said north line of the south 165.00 feet, a distance of 250 feet, more 
59.1 	or less, to the centerline of the North Fork of the White Water River; thence northeasterly 
59.2 	along said centerline, to a point of intersection with the east line of the West Half of the 
59.3 	Northeast Quarter of said Section 27; thence South 00 degrees 11 minutes 14 seconds East, 
59.4 	along said east line to the point of beginning.
59.5 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
59.6 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
59.7 	served if the land was conveyed to and used by the city of Elgin for nonmotorized public 
59.8 	recreation and public fishing access.
59.9 	(e) The conveyance must provide that the lands revert to the state if the city of Elgin:
59.10 	(1) fails to provide the public use intended on the property;
59.11 	(2) without the written approval of the commissioner, allows a public use other than the 
59.12 	public use agreed to by the commissioner at the time of conveyance; or
59.13 	(3) abandons the public use of the property.
59.14 	(f) The commissioner must require that the city of Elgin reimburse the commissioner 
59.15 	for all costs and expenses, including staff costs, incurred by the commissioner in making 
59.16 	the property salable and in conveying the property.

59.17 	Sec. 14. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 59.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.298, or any other law 
59.19 	to the contrary, upon approval by the Minnesota Historical Society's Executive Council, 
59.20 	the director of the Minnesota Historical Society may convey to the city of Marine on Saint 
59.21 	Croix, for no consideration, the surplus land and real property described in paragraph (c).
59.22 	(b) The Minnesota Historical Society may make necessary changes to the legal description 
59.23 	to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
59.24 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as: that 
59.25 	part of Block 47 of Marine, according to the recorded plat thereof, Washington County, 
59.26 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said Block 47; 
59.27 	thence North 24 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds West, assumed bearing, along the westerly 
59.28 	line of said Block 47, a distance of 98.35 feet, to the point of beginning of the tract of land 
59.29 	to be described; thence continuing North 24 degrees 18 minutes 37 seconds West, along 
59.30 	said westerly line of Block 47, a distance of 61.38 feet; thence North 66 degrees 16 minutes 
59.31 	53 seconds East, 89.81 feet; thence South 24 degrees 27 minutes 39 seconds East, 59.63 
60.1 	feet; thence South 65 degrees 09 minutes 47 seconds West, 89.96 feet, to the point of 
60.2 	beginning.

60.3 	Sec. 15. APPROPRIATION EXTENSION.
 60.4 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the appropriation in Laws 2024, chapter 
60.5 	116, article 1, section 3, subdivision 5, for an electronic licensing system is available until 
60.6 	June 30, 2027.

60.7 	Sec. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 60.8 	Sections 4 to 15 are effective the day following final enactment.

60.9 	ARTICLE 5
60.10 	AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

60.11 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH 
60.12 	INSTITUTE.
 60.13 	$80,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the Agricultural 
60.14 	Utilization Research Institute for legal costs. This is a onetime appropriation and is available 
60.15 	until June 30, 2029. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 645.435, if the same 
60.16 	appropriation for this purpose is enacted more than once in the 2026 regular session, the 
60.17 	appropriation must be given effect only once.

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

60.19 	ARTICLE 6
60.20 	IRON ORE MINING; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

60.21 	Section 1. IRON ORE MINING ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
60.22 	PROGRAM.
 60.23 		Subdivision 1.Availability of additional benefits. Additional unemployment benefits 
60.24 	are available from the Minnesota unemployment insurance trust fund to an applicant who 
60.25 	was laid off due to lack of work on or after November 1, 2025, and before March 15, 2026, 
60.26 	from:
60.27 	(1) an employer in the iron ore mining industry that laid off 40 percent or more of the 
60.28 	employer's workforce on or after March 15, 2025, and before June 16, 2025; or
60.29 	(2) an employer that is in the explosive manufacturing industry and providing goods or 
60.30 	services to an employer in the iron ore mining industry, if the applicant was laid off due to 
61.1 	the cessation or substantial reduction in operations of an employer in the iron ore mining 
61.2 	industry as described in clause (1).
61.3 		Subd. 2.Eligibility requirements. An applicant is eligible to receive additional 
61.4 	unemployment benefits under this section for any week through the week ending March 
61.5 	20, 2027, if:
61.6 	(1) the applicant established a benefit account under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.07, 
61.7 	with 50 percent or greater of the wage credits from an employer as described in subdivision 
61.8 	1, and has exhausted the maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available on 
61.9 	that benefit account; and
61.10 	(2) the applicant meets the same requirements that an applicant for regular unemployment 
61.11 	benefits must meet under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.069, subdivision 1.
61.12 		Subd. 3.Weekly and maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits. (a) 
61.13 	The weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment benefits is the same as the weekly 
61.14 	benefit amount of regular unemployment benefits on the benefit account established in 
61.15 	subdivision 2, clause (1).
61.16 	(b) The maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available to an applicant 
61.17 	under this section is an amount equal to 26 weeks of payment at the applicant's weekly 
61.18 	additional unemployment benefit amount.
61.19 	(c) If an applicant qualifies for a new regular benefit account that meets the requirements 
61.20 	of subdivision 4, paragraph (b), before the applicant has been paid additional unemployment 
61.21 	benefits, and the new regular benefit account meets the requirements of subdivision 2, clause 
61.22 	(1), the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount is equal to the weekly 
61.23 	unemployment benefit amount on the applicant's new regular benefit account.
61.24 		Subd. 4.Qualifying for a new regular benefit account. (a) If, after exhausting the 
61.25 	maximum amount of regular unemployment benefits available as a result of the layoff under 
61.26 	subdivision 1, an applicant qualifies for the new regular benefit account under Minnesota 
61.27 	Statutes, section 268.07, the applicant must apply for and establish the new regular benefit 
61.28 	account.
61.29 	(b) If the applicant's weekly benefit amount under the new regular benefit account is 
61.30 	equal to or higher than the applicant's weekly additional unemployment benefit amount, the 
61.31 	applicant must request unemployment benefits under the new regular benefit account. An 
61.32 	applicant is ineligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section until the 
62.1 	applicant has exhausted the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available on the 
62.2 	new regular benefit account.
62.3 	(c) If the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount on the new regular benefit 
62.4 	account is less than the applicant's weekly benefit amount of additional unemployment 
62.5 	benefits, the applicant must request additional unemployment benefits. An applicant is 
62.6 	ineligible for new regular unemployment benefits until the applicant has exhausted the 
62.7 	maximum amount of additional unemployment benefits available under this section.
62.8 		Subd. 5.Eligibility for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance benefits. An applicant 
62.9 	who has applied and been determined eligible for federal Trade Readjustment Allowance 
62.10 	benefits is not eligible for additional unemployment benefits under this section.

62.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from November 1, 2025.

	ARTICLE 1	OUTDOOR HERITAGE FUND........	Page.Ln 1.17	
	ARTICLE 2	PARKS AND TRAILS FUND........	Page.Ln 40.12	
	ARTICLE 3	ARTS AND CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND........	Page.Ln 42.19	
	ARTICLE 4	STATE LANDS........	Page.Ln 51.14	
	ARTICLE 5	AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE........	Page.Ln 60.9	
	ARTICLE 6	IRON ORE MINING; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS........	Page.Ln 60.19	

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: S2077-3 

85.536 GREATER MINNESOTA REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS COMMISSION.Subd. 3.First appointments. 
The governor shall make the first appointment by June 15, 2013. The governor shall designate six of the first appointees to terms ending on the first Monday in January 2015, and the remainder of the first appointees shall serve terms ending the first Monday in January 2016. 

Subd. 4.First meeting. 
The governor or the governor's designee shall convene the first meeting of the commission by July 15, 2013, and shall act as chair until the commission elects a chair. The commission shall elect a chair at its first meeting.