Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF0149

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government,
appropriating money for environmental and natural resources purposes;
appropriating money to the legislative commission on Minnesota resources (LCMR)
and to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for the local initiatives
grants program, for the acquisition and development of certain trails and for
certain trail connections and for state park and recreation area and
metropolitan regional parks acquisition, development, betterment and
rehabilitation, to the Minnesota historical society for protection of
traditional Indian cultural places, for certain interpretive projects, for
historic sites land acquisition and development, for certain improvements to
Murphy's landing and for restoration of the Pickwick mill, to the commissioner
of the pollution control agency for on-site sewage treatment alternatives, to
the science museum for identification of sediment sources in agricultural
watersheds, to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for accelerated
statewide local water plan implementation, for the Minnesota River basin
initiative and for a Goodhue county natural resources inventory and management
plan, to the university of Minnesota for certain groundwater pollution
monitoring, forestry and agriculture projects and for urban corridor sustainable
designs, to the commissioner of natural resources for certain management
agreements, for the Minnesota wildlife tourism initiative and for water and
mineral resource planning, to the agricultural utilization research institute
for establishment of a commercial grade fertilizer plant, to the commissioner of
agriculture for sustainable aquaculture and livestock systems, for an economic
analysis of agriculture and for certain organic farming training and biodiesel
fuel projects, to the office of environmental assistance for certain waste
abatement demonstration and preferable chemicals projects, to the commissioner
of transportation (DOT) for the Minnesota River valley scenic byway interpretive
signage project, to the PCA for a certain environmental contamination
assessment, to the office of strategic and long range planning for community
based planning tools and training and for development of a statewide inventory
of potential cogeneration sites, to the department of trade and economic
development (DTED) for the Virginia storm sewer project, to the amateur sports
commission for ice arena design, to the historical society for digitization and
distribution of historic timberland survey records, to the PCA for a certain
agriculture, forestry and mineland reclamation research project, to the
commissioner of natural resources for the deer winter severity index, to the
university of Minnesota, the commissioner of natural resources, the water and
soil resources board, the science museum, the environmental assistance office,
the historical society and the commissioner of agriculture for certain
environmental education projects, to the university of Minnesota for certain
environmental studies and for Lake Superior benchmark data establishment, to the
commissioner of natural resources for the county biological survey, for the
environmental indicators and forest bird diversity initiatives and for healthy
amphibian populations critical habitats sustainability, to the PCA for the
Dakota county wetland health monitoring program, to the commissioner of health
for a certain nitrate contamination study, to the commissioners of natural
resources and transportation and the university of Minnesota for certain
critical habitat and reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) projects, to the commissioner
of natural resources and the university of Minnesota for certain native species
planting projects and to the commissioners of natural resources and agriculture
for certain native fish and exotic species control projects; specifying certain
data availability, project, match, payment and expenditure, recycled materials
purchase, energy conservation and accessibility requirements; extending the
availability of certain prior appropriations; removing the dollar limit on local
recreation grants and requiring the commissioner of natural resources to
administer grant programs for acquisition and betterment of trails of regional
significance and for local trail connections (mk)