Legislative Session number- 89

Bill Name: SF1305

Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - AGRICULTURE
APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the department of agriculture for
protection services, agricultural marketing and development, bioenergy and
value-added agriculture, administration and financial assistance; appropriating
money to the board of animal health and the agricultural utilization research
institute

ARTICLE 2 - AGRICULTURE POLICY

Creating retail food
establishment fees; modifying certain definitions, pest control license
provisions, commercial applicator license provisions, certain specialty
fertilizer, soil amendment and plant amendment application and inspection fees,
certain provisions relating to plant protection and export certification
provisions and nursery law provisions; modifying Minnesota seed law provisions,
fees for licensing food handlers, commercial canneries assessments, inspection
provisions for grade A milk; modifying certain provisions relating to the rural
finance authority; establishing the farm opportunity loan program; modifying
certain report provisions relating to farming by business organizations;
transferring certain account balances; repealing the shared savings loan
program, certain license fees and penalties, and the sunset for the agriculture
growth, research and innovation program

ARTICLE 3 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL
RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the pollution control agency
(PCA) for clean water and air, land cleanup and for environmental assistance and
cross-media; appropriating money to the department of natural resources for land
and mineral resources management, ecological and water resources, forest
management, parks and trails management, fish and wildlife management, certain
enforcement provisions and operations support; appropriating money to the board
of water and soil resources (BWSR) for natural resource block grant to local
government, soil and water general purposes, certain cost-share programs,
enforcement and oversight of the wetland conservation act, local drainage,
floodplain, and water management purposes; appropriating money to the
metropolitan council for regional parks and trails operation and maintenance
purposes; appropriating money to Conservation Corps Minnesota and the zoological
board

ARTICLE 4 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES STATUTORY
CHANGES

Modifying certain environmental protection data relating to the
pollution control agency (PCA) and official rulemaking record provisions;
establishing a natural resources conservation easement stewardship account;
modifying certain provisions relating to the duties of the pollution control
agency (PCA); defining certain terms and modifying certain definitions relating
to the pollution control agency (PCA); modifying provisions relating to the
identification and applicability of certain chemicals; establishing reporting
requirement on certain chemicals in children's products; establishing certain
chemical reporting fees, enforcement and implementation provisions; providing
for certain transfers; repealing the forests for the future conservation
easement account

ARTICLE 5 - PARKS AND TRAILS FUND
APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the parks and trails fund for parks and
trail purposes; appropriating money to the department of natural resources (DNR)
for parks, recreation areas and trails; appropriating money to the metropolitan
council for distribution to implementing agencies for certain
projects

ARTICLE 6 - CLEAN WATER FUND

Appropriating money to the
department of agriculture for groundwater pesticide monitoring, clean water
funds administration through implementation of the agriculture best management
practices loan program, reduction of agricultural contributions to impaired
waters, a research inventory database containing water related research
activities, implementation of the Minnesota agricultural water quality
certification program statewide, irrigation water quality specialist funding and
evaluation of opportunities and develop markets for crops that are beneficial
for water quality and soil health; appropriating money to the public facilities
authority for point source implementation grant and community wastewater
treatment grants and loans; appropriating money to the pollution control agency
(PCA) for water surface quality assessments, watershed restoration and
protection strategies, groundwater assessment, lower St. Louis river and Duluth
harbor water quality improvement, clean water partnership program, storm water
research and guidance, TMDL research and database development, county-level
delivery systems for subsurface sewage treatment systems (SSTS), wastewater
treatment system designs and practices development, and clean water council
support; appropriating money to the department of natural resources (DNR) for
stream flow monitoring, index of biological integrity assessments, monitoring
mercury and other contaminants in fish, water supply planning, aquifer
protection and monitoring activities, assistance with implementation of nonpoint
source restoration and protection activities, certain applied research and tools
relating to measuring water quality, county geologic atlases development and
vegetation infrared imagery technology; appropriating money to the board of
water and soil resources (BWSR) for water management grants to local government
units, surface and drinking water grants, local resource protection and
enhancement grants and statewide program enhancements, state oversight of local
government accountability and program implementation, riparian buffer
preservation, permanent conservation easements on wellhead protection areas,
certain community partner grants to local governments, restoration evaluations,
technical assistance grants for the conservation drainage program; appropriating
money to the department of health for certain provisions relating to drinking
water, private wells, recreational beach monitoring, groundwater virus
monitoring and water reuse practices; appropriating money to the metropolitan
council for water supply reliability purposes; modifying certain previous
department of natural resources groundwater management appropriations

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