HF 1857

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for environmental, 
  1.4             natural resource, and agricultural purposes; modifying 
  1.5             the agriculture best management practices loan program 
  1.6             and the clean water partnership loan program; changing 
  1.7             food handling license fees; increasing the watercraft 
  1.8             license surcharge; directing establishment of a 
  1.9             shooting area in Sand Dunes State Forest; coordination 
  1.10            of efforts of public and private sectors in the 
  1.11            sustainable management, use, development, and 
  1.12            protection of Minnesota's forest resources; 
  1.13            establishing a forest resources council and regional 
  1.14            forest resource committees; requiring a trout and 
  1.15            salmon stamp to possess trout and salmon taken by 
  1.16            angling; modifying the clean water partnership loan 
  1.17            program; conforming the definition of sewage sludge to 
  1.18            federal language; providing for the collection of used 
  1.19            motor oil and used motor oil filters; amending 
  1.20            Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 15.50, by adding a 
  1.21            subdivision; 17.117, subdivisions 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 
  1.22            10, 11, 14, 16, and by adding subdivisions; 28A.08; 
  1.23            41A.09, by adding subdivisions; 41B.02, subdivision 
  1.24            20; 41B.043, subdivisions 1b, 2, and 3; 84.788, 
  1.25            subdivision 3; 84.798, subdivision 3; 84.82, 
  1.26            subdivision 2; 84.922, subdivision 2; 84B.11, 
  1.27            subdivision 1; 85.015, subdivision 11; 85.052, by 
  1.28            adding a subdivision; 85.32, subdivision 1; 85A.02, 
  1.29            subdivision 17; 86.72, subdivision 1; 86B.415, 
  1.30            subdivisions 7 and 8; 86B.870, subdivision 1; 89.001, 
  1.31            subdivision 8; 92.46, subdivision 1; 97A.015, 
  1.32            subdivision 24; 97A.475, subdivision 2; 97A.535, 
  1.33            subdivision 1; 97B.301, subdivision 6; 97B.311; 
  1.34            97C.305, subdivision 1; 103F.725, subdivision 1a; 
  1.35            115A.03, subdivision 29; 115B.20, subdivision 1; 
  1.36            115B.42; 115B.45; 115C.03, subdivision 9; 116.07, 
  1.37            subdivision 10; 116P.11; 239.011, subdivision 2; 
  1.38            239.54; 239.791, subdivisions 1 and 8; 296.02, by 
  1.39            adding a subdivision; 325E.10, subdivision 1; and 
  1.40            325E.11; Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 17; Minnesota 
  1.41            Rules, part 6234.2800; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.42            Minnesota Statutes, chapters 17; 84; 89; 97B; 177; and 
  1.43            325E; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
  1.44            Statutes, chapter 89A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.45            1994, sections 41A.09, subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 
  1.46            97B.301, subdivision 5; 97B.731, subdivision 2; and 
  2.1             296.02, subdivision 7. 
  2.2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.3   Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.4      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.5   appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  2.6   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.7   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.8   figures "1995," "1996," and "1997," where used in this act, mean 
  2.9   that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.10  available for the year ending June 30, 1995, June 30, 1996, or 
  2.11  June 30, 1997, respectively.  
  2.12                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.13                            1996          1997           TOTAL
  2.14  General              $157,032,000   $154,105,000   $311,137,000
  2.15  Environmental          20,307,000     20,513,000     40,820,000
  2.16  Solid Waste             5,679,000      5,643,000     11,322,000
  2.17  Petroleum Cleanup       2,684,000      2,659,000      5,343,000
  2.18  Metro Landfill 
  2.19  Contingency Trust         134,000        134,000        268,000
  2.20  Special Revenue        10,333,000     10,257,000     20,590,000
  2.21  Natural Resources      18,788,000     19,115,000     37,903,000 
  2.22  Game and Fish          51,245,000     51,121,000    102,366,000 
  2.23  Minnesota Future 
  2.24  Resources              16,743,000                    16,743,000
  2.25  Environmental and Natural
  2.26  Resources Trust        16,984,000                    16,984,000
  2.27  Oil Overcharge          2,055,000                     2,055,000
  2.28  Great Lakes  
  2.29  Protection                130,000                       130,000 
  2.30  TOTAL                 302,114,000    263,547,000    565,661,000
  2.31                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.32                                         Available for the Year 
  2.33                                             Ending June 30 
  2.34                                            1996         1997 
  2.35  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.36  AGENCY  
  2.37  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  2.38  Appropriation                         39,169,000     37,454,000
  2.39                Summary by Fund
  2.40  General              11,197,000     9,416,000
  3.1   Environmental        18,697,000    18,903,000
  3.2   Solid Waste           5,679,000     5,643,000
  3.3   Metro Landfill 
  3.4   Contingency             134,000       134,000
  3.5   Special Revenue         778,000       699,000
  3.6   Petroleum Cleanup     2,684,000     2,659,000
  3.7   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.8   appropriation for each program are 
  3.9   specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.10  Subd. 2.  Water Pollution Control 
  3.11       9,913,000      8,149,000
  3.12                Summary by Fund
  3.13  General               7,584,000     5,803,000
  3.14  Environmental         2,329,000     2,346,000
  3.15  Of this amount, $900,000 is for grants 
  3.16  for county administration of the 
  3.17  feedlot permit program.  This amount is 
  3.18  transferred to the board of water and 
  3.19  soil resources for disbursement in 
  3.20  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.21  section 103B.3369, in cooperation with 
  3.22  the pollution control agency.  Grants 
  3.23  must be matched with a combination of 
  3.24  cash or in-kind contributions from 
  3.25  local entities.  Counties receiving 
  3.26  these grants shall submit an annual 
  3.27  report to the pollution control agency 
  3.28  regarding activities conducted under 
  3.29  the grant, expenditures made, and local 
  3.30  match contributions received. 
  3.31  First priority shall be given to 
  3.32  counties that have requested and 
  3.33  received delegation from the pollution 
  3.34  control agency for processing of animal 
  3.35  feedlot permit applications under 
  3.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.07, 
  3.37  subdivision 7.  Such counties shall be 
  3.38  eligible to receive a grant of $5,000 
  3.39  plus either:  $15 multiplied by the 
  3.40  number of livestock or poultry farms 
  3.41  with sales greater than $10,000, as 
  3.42  reported in the 1992 Census of 
  3.43  Agriculture published by the United 
  3.44  States Bureau of Census; or $25 
  3.45  multiplied by the number of feedlots 
  3.46  with greater than ten animal units as 
  3.47  determined by a level 2 or level 3 
  3.48  feedlot inventory conducted in 
  3.49  accordance with the Feedlot Inventory 
  3.50  Guidebook published by the board of 
  3.51  water and soil resources, dated June 
  3.52  1991 and a copy provided to the 
  3.53  pollution control agency. 
  3.54  Any remaining money is for distribution 
  3.55  to all counties on a competitive basis 
  3.56  through the challenge grant process for 
  3.57  conducting feedlot inventories, 
  3.58  development of delegated county feedlot 
  4.1   programs, and for information and 
  4.2   education or technical assistance 
  4.3   efforts to reduce feedlot-related 
  4.4   pollution hazards. 
  4.5   $1,946,000 the first year is for grants 
  4.6   to local units of government for the 
  4.7   clean water partnership program.  Any 
  4.8   unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  4.9   first year does not cancel and is 
  4.10  available for the second year of the 
  4.11  biennium. 
  4.12  General fund money appropriated for the 
  4.13  nonpoint source pollution Minnesota 
  4.14  River project must be matched by 
  4.15  federal dollars. 
  4.16  The pollution control agency shall, by 
  4.17  January 1, 1996, provide the chairs of 
  4.18  the house environment and natural 
  4.19  resources finance committee and the 
  4.20  senate environmental and natural 
  4.21  resources finance division with the 
  4.22  following information: 
  4.23  (1) a list of all wastewater treatment 
  4.24  facility upgrade and construction 
  4.25  projects the agency has identified as 
  4.26  necessary to meet existing and proposed 
  4.27  water quality standards and 
  4.28  regulations; 
  4.29  (2) an estimate of the total project 
  4.30  costs and an estimate in the increase 
  4.31  in sewer service rates resulting from 
  4.32  these project costs; 
  4.33  (3) a list of existing and proposed 
  4.34  state water quality standards that are 
  4.35  not required by the federal government; 
  4.36  (4) a list of existing and proposed 
  4.37  state water quality standards that are 
  4.38  more restrictive than corresponding 
  4.39  minimum standards required nationally 
  4.40  by the federal government; and 
  4.41  (5) recommendations from the agency for 
  4.42  alternative methods to prioritize the 
  4.43  projects listed in clause (1).  
  4.44  $165,000 in the second year is for the 
  4.45  operation of water quality monitoring 
  4.46  stations. 
  4.47  Subd. 3.  Air Pollution Control 
  4.48       7,082,000      7,217,000
  4.49                Summary by Fund
  4.50  Environmental         6,304,000     6,518,000
  4.51  Special Revenue         778,000       699,000
  4.52  By February 1, 1996, the pollution 
  4.53  control agency, in consultation with 
  4.54  the public utilities commission, the 
  4.55  department of public service, 
  4.56  representatives from the electric 
  5.1   utility industry, and other interested 
  5.2   parties, shall: 
  5.3   (1) conduct an assessment of the effect 
  5.4   that the market for the sale of sulphur 
  5.5   dioxide emission credits by entities 
  5.6   within the state has had on the state's 
  5.7   environment; and 
  5.8   (2) make recommendations to the 
  5.9   legislature regarding measures the 
  5.10  state could take to increase the 
  5.11  positive effect of this market on the 
  5.12  environment, including whether the 
  5.13  legislature should create a sulphur 
  5.14  dioxide reduction fund into which the 
  5.15  proceeds of the sale of sulphur dioxide 
  5.16  emission credits could be placed and 
  5.17  used to fund programs for the reduction 
  5.18  of sulphur dioxide emissions. 
  5.19  Subd. 4.  Groundwater and Solid Waste
  5.20  Management 
  5.21       8,009,000      7,985,000
  5.22                Summary by Fund
  5.23  Environmental         3,199,000     3,213,000
  5.24  Metro Landfill 
  5.25  Contingency             126,000       126,000
  5.26  Solid Waste           4,684,000     4,646,000
  5.27  All money in the environmental 
  5.28  response, compensation, and compliance 
  5.29  account in the environmental fund not 
  5.30  otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  5.31  to the commissioners of the pollution 
  5.32  control agency and the department of 
  5.33  agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  5.34  Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  5.35  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (11), 
  5.36  (12), and (13).  At the beginning of 
  5.37  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  5.38  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  5.39  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  5.40  that maximizes the utilization of 
  5.41  resources and appropriately allocates 
  5.42  the money between the two agencies.  
  5.43  This appropriation is available until 
  5.44  June 30, 1997. 
  5.45  Any unencumbered balance from the 
  5.46  metropolitan landfill contingency 
  5.47  action trust fund remaining in the 
  5.48  first year does not cancel but is 
  5.49  available for the second year. 
  5.50  $75,000 is transferred for fiscal year 
  5.51  1995 from the landfill cleanup fund to 
  5.52  the environmental fund for rulemaking 
  5.53  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.54  115A.47, subdivision 4, and for defense 
  5.55  of this statute in federal district 
  5.56  court. 
  5.57  $4,000,000 from the balance in the 
  5.58  motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  5.59  environmental fund, shall be 
  6.1   transferred to the general fund by June 
  6.2   30, 1997. 
  6.3   The unencumbered balances of the 
  6.4   appropriations made to the commissioner 
  6.5   of the pollution control agency in Laws 
  6.6   1993, chapter 172, section 2, from the 
  6.7   motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  6.8   environmental fund for grants and 
  6.9   administrative costs for development of 
  6.10  management alternatives for shredder 
  6.11  residue from recyclable steel shall not 
  6.12  cancel, but is available through June 
  6.13  30, 1997. 
  6.14  $50,000 is appropriated each year from 
  6.15  the solid waste fund for transfer to 
  6.16  the commissioner of revenue to enhance 
  6.17  compliance and collection of solid 
  6.18  waste assessments. 
  6.19  Subd. 5.  Hazardous Waste Management 
  6.20       6,248,000      6,119,000
  6.21                Summary by Fund
  6.22  General               1,710,000     1,710,000
  6.23  Environmental         2,302,000     2,206,000
  6.24  Petroleum Cleanup     2,236,000     2,203,000
  6.25  $100,000 the first year is from the 
  6.26  motor vehicle transfer account to be 
  6.27  deposited in the used motor oil 
  6.28  reimbursement account in the 
  6.29  environmental fund for expansion of the 
  6.30  used oil collection sites and to 
  6.31  establish used oil filter sites. 
  6.32  Subd. 6.  Policy and Operational 
  6.33  Support 
  6.34       7,917,000      7,984,000
  6.35                Summary by Fund
  6.36  General               1,903,000     1,903,000
  6.37  Environmental         4,563,000     4,620,000
  6.38  Solid Waste             995,000       997,000
  6.39  Metro Landfill
  6.40  Contingency               8,000         8,000
  6.41  Petroleum Cleanup       448,000       456,000
  6.42  The following amounts are appropriated 
  6.43  for the final phase of an environmental 
  6.44  computer compliance management system. 
  6.45  General                 400,000       400,000
  6.46  Environmental         2,055,000     2,055,000
  6.47  Petroleum Cleanup        32,000        32,000
  6.48  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.49  section 16B.405, subdivision 2, 
  7.1   proceeds of the sale or licensing of 
  7.2   software products or services developed 
  7.3   by the Minnesota pollution control 
  7.4   agency, or custom-developed by a vendor 
  7.5   for the agency, are deposited in the 
  7.6   environmental fund. 
  7.7   Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  7.8   ASSISTANCE                            20,487,000     20,487,000
  7.9                 Summary by Fund
  7.10  General              19,146,000    19,146,000
  7.11  Environmental         1,341,000     1,341,000
  7.12  $14,008,000 the first year and 
  7.13  $14,008,000 the second year are for the 
  7.14  SCORE block grants to counties. 
  7.15  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  7.16  balances in the first year do not 
  7.17  cancel but are available for grants and 
  7.18  loans in the second year. 
  7.19  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  7.20  abatement account in the environmental 
  7.21  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  7.22  appropriated to the office of 
  7.23  environmental assistance for the 
  7.24  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.25  473.844. 
  7.26  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD 
  7.27  Subdivision 1.  Total
  7.28  Appropriation                          5,274,000      5,074,000
  7.29  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.30  appropriation are specified in the 
  7.31  following subdivisions. 
  7.32  Subd. 2.  Biological Programs
  7.33         655,000        655,000 
  7.34  Subd. 3.  Operations
  7.35       4,619,000      4,419,000 
  7.36  $200,000 in the first year is for 
  7.37  computer systems.  
  7.38  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  7.39  Subdivision 1.  Total  
  7.40  Appropriation                        155,864,000    155,900,000
  7.41                Summary by Fund
  7.42  General              85,831,000    85,664,000
  7.43  Game and Fish        51,245,000    51,121,000 
  7.44  Natural Resources    18,788,000    19,115,000 
  7.45  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.46  appropriation for each program are 
  7.47  specified in the following subdivisions.
  7.48  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  8.1        4,717,000      4,717,000
  8.2   $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  8.3   the second year are for iron ore 
  8.4   cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  8.5   the first year and $225,000 the second 
  8.6   year are available only as matched by 
  8.7   $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  8.8   state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  8.9   remaining in the first year does not 
  8.10  cancel but is available for the second 
  8.11  year. 
  8.12  $375,000 the first year and $375,000 
  8.13  the second year are for mineral 
  8.14  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  8.15  balance remaining in the first year 
  8.16  does not cancel but is available for 
  8.17  the second year.  
  8.18  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
  8.19  second year are for minerals 
  8.20  cooperative environmental research, of 
  8.21  which $30,000 the first year and 
  8.22  $30,000 the second year are available 
  8.23  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  8.24  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  8.25  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.26  first year does not cancel but is 
  8.27  available for the second year. 
  8.28  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management
  8.29       8,356,000      8,281,000
  8.30                Summary by Fund
  8.31  General               8,115,000     8,040,000
  8.32  Natural Resources       241,000       241,000
  8.33  $95,000 the first year and $95,000 the 
  8.34  second year are for a grant to the 
  8.35  Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
  8.36  50 percent of the cost of implementing 
  8.37  the comprehensive plan for the upper 
  8.38  Mississippi within areas under its 
  8.39  jurisdiction.  
  8.40  $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the 
  8.41  second year are for payment to the 
  8.42  Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
  8.43  implement its portion of the 
  8.44  comprehensive plan for the upper 
  8.45  Mississippi.  
  8.46  $50,000 the first year is to develop 
  8.47  and administer contracts with water 
  8.48  well contractors for exploratory 
  8.49  drilling and installation of 
  8.50  observation wells to characterize the 
  8.51  geologic and hydrologic conditions in 
  8.52  the southwest region of the state where 
  8.53  water supplies are difficult to 
  8.54  locate.  This appropriation is 
  8.55  contingent on the receipt by the 
  8.56  department of $100,000 in federal 
  8.57  United States Geological Survey funds 
  8.58  and $50,000 in local funds.  Results 
  8.59  must be reported to the legislative 
  8.60  water commission by February 15, 1996, 
  9.1   and February 15, 1997. 
  9.2   $25,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
  9.3   1996 under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.4   103G.701, to the commissioner of 
  9.5   natural resources for a grant, 
  9.6   requiring no local match, to Morrison 
  9.7   county for improving water flow along 
  9.8   the easterly shoreline of the 
  9.9   Mississippi river near Highway 10 in 
  9.10  Morrison county, notwithstanding 
  9.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.701, 
  9.12  subdivision 4. 
  9.13  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
  9.14      27,966,000     28,711,000
  9.15                Summary by Fund
  9.16  General              27,524,000    28,269,000
  9.17  Natural Resources       442,000       442,000
  9.18  $736,000 the first year and $736,000 
  9.19  the second year are for presuppression 
  9.20  and suppression costs of emergency 
  9.21  firefighting.  If the appropriation for 
  9.22  either year is insufficient, the 
  9.23  appropriation for the other year is 
  9.24  available for it.  If these 
  9.25  appropriations are insufficient to 
  9.26  cover all costs of suppression, the 
  9.27  amount necessary to pay for emergency 
  9.28  firefighting expenses during the 
  9.29  biennium is appropriated from the 
  9.30  general fund.  
  9.31  Of this appropriation $585,000 the 
  9.32  first year and $1,430,000 the second 
  9.33  year shall be for the costs of 
  9.34  increasing timber sales on state land.  
  9.35  The commissioner must annually report 
  9.36  the increase in sales and additional 
  9.37  revenue to the environment and natural 
  9.38  resources finance committees. 
  9.39  $570,000 in the first year and $570,000 
  9.40  in the second year are for the forestry 
  9.41  GEIS implementation. 
  9.42  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 in 
  9.43  the second year is an increase in 
  9.44  appropriation to the Minnesota 
  9.45  conservation corps. 
  9.46  $75,000 is appropriated in the first 
  9.47  year to preserve and enhance oak 
  9.48  savannah stands in Ramsey county and 
  9.49  the city of St. Paul. 
  9.50  $25,000 in the first year is for 
  9.51  construction of a recreational shooting 
  9.52  area at Sand Dunes state forest. 
  9.53  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
  9.54  Management 
  9.55      23,825,000     23,854,000
  9.56                Summary by Fund
 10.1   General              23,138,000    23,172,000
 10.2   Natural Resources       687,000       682,000
 10.3   $687,000 the first year and $682,000 
 10.4   the second year are from the water 
 10.5   recreation account in the natural 
 10.6   resources fund for state park 
 10.7   development projects.  If the 
 10.8   appropriation in either year is 
 10.9   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.10  other year is available for it. 
 10.11  $2,238,000 the first year and 
 10.12  $2,238,000 the second year are for 
 10.13  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 10.14  council for metropolitan area regional 
 10.15  parks maintenance and operation. 
 10.16  $140,000 in fiscal year 1995 is 
 10.17  appropriated for replacement of 
 10.18  equipment and the contents of the 
 10.19  building destroyed by arson fire at 
 10.20  William O'Brien State Park. 
 10.21  $100,000 in the first year and $100,000 
 10.22  in the second year are for operational 
 10.23  costs at Cuyuna Country State 
 10.24  Recreation Area. 
 10.25  The commissioner of natural resources 
 10.26  may not operate a work training program 
 10.27  for unemployed and underemployed 
 10.28  individuals during the biennium ending 
 10.29  June 30, 1997, unless the terms and 
 10.30  conditions of employment of such 
 10.31  individuals have been negotiated and an 
 10.32  agreement on these issues has been 
 10.33  reached with the exclusive bargaining 
 10.34  representatives of employees pursuant 
 10.35  to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 179A. 
 10.36  Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 10.37  Management 
 10.38      11,399,000     11,086,000
 10.39                Summary by Fund
 10.40  General               1,177,000     1,177,000
 10.41  Game and Fish         1,334,000     1,021,000
 10.42  Natural Resources     8,888,000     8,888,000
 10.43  $2,249,000 the first year and 
 10.44  $2,249,000 the second year are from the 
 10.45  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 10.46  account in the natural resources fund 
 10.47  for snowmobile grants-in-aid. 
 10.48  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 10.49  the second year are from the water 
 10.50  recreation account in the natural 
 10.51  resources fund for a safe harbor 
 10.52  program on Lake Superior.  Any 
 10.53  unencumbered balance at the end of the 
 10.54  first year does not cancel and is 
 10.55  available for the second year.  
 10.56  The amounts spent by the commissioner 
 11.1   of natural resources from the 
 11.2   appropriations in Laws 1993, chapter 
 11.3   311, article 1, section 18, paragraph 
 11.4   (a), for off-highway motorcycles and 
 11.5   article 2, section 19, paragraph (a), 
 11.6   for off-road vehicles must be 
 11.7   reimbursed to the general fund by June 
 11.8   30, 1996. 
 11.9   Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
 11.10      35,405,000     35,340,000
 11.11                Summary by Fund
 11.12  General               2,656,000     2,656,000
 11.13  Game and Fish        30,650,000    30,650,000
 11.14  Natural Resources     2,099,000     2,034,000
 11.15  $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
 11.16  the second year are for resource 
 11.17  population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 11.18  area. 
 11.19  $955,000 the first year and $955,000 
 11.20  the second year are from the nongame 
 11.21  wildlife management account in the 
 11.22  natural resources fund for the purpose 
 11.23  of nongame wildlife management.  Any 
 11.24  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 11.25  first year does not cancel but is 
 11.26  available the second year.  
 11.27  $1,313,000 the first year and 
 11.28  $1,313,000 the second year are for the 
 11.29  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
 11.30  and fish, critical habitat, and 
 11.31  wetlands established under Minnesota 
 11.32  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
 11.33  2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
 11.34  first year does not cancel but is 
 11.35  available for use the second year. 
 11.36  $1,104,000 the first year and 
 11.37  $1,104,000 the second year are from the 
 11.38  wildlife acquisition account for only 
 11.39  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 11.40  Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
 11.41  3. 
 11.42  $1,200,000 the first year and 
 11.43  $1,200,000 the second year are from the 
 11.44  deer habitat improvement account for 
 11.45  only the purposes specified in 
 11.46  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
 11.47  subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
 11.48  $138,000 the first year and $138,000 
 11.49  the second year are from the deer and 
 11.50  bear management account for only the 
 11.51  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 11.52  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 11.53  1, paragraph (c). 
 11.54  $130,000 the first year and $130,000 
 11.55  the second year are from the game and 
 11.56  fish fund for deer and bear management 
 11.57  to include emergency deer feeding.  If 
 11.58  the appropriation for either year is 
 12.1   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 12.2   other year is available.  
 12.3   $661,000 the first year and $661,000 
 12.4   the second year are from the waterfowl 
 12.5   habitat improvement account for only 
 12.6   the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 12.7   Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 12.8   2. 
 12.9   $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 12.10  the second year are from the trout and 
 12.11  salmon management account for only the 
 12.12  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 12.13  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 12.14  3. 
 12.15  $545,000 the first year and $545,000 
 12.16  the second year are from the pheasant 
 12.17  habitat improvement account for only 
 12.18  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 12.19  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 12.20  4. 
 12.21  $234,000 the first year and $234,000 
 12.22  the second year are from the game and 
 12.23  fish fund for activities relating to 
 12.24  reduction and prevention of property 
 12.25  damage by wildlife. 
 12.26  Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
 12.27      17,486,000     18,390,000
 12.28                Summary by Fund
 12.29  General               2,971,000     3,110,000
 12.30  Game and Fish        11,370,000    11,710,000
 12.31  Natural Resources     3,145,000     3,570,000
 12.32  $1,082,000 the first year and 
 12.33  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 12.34  water recreation account in the natural 
 12.35  resources fund for grants to counties 
 12.36  for boat and water safety. 
 12.37  Any increase in appropriations for 
 12.38  enforcement for each year of the 
 12.39  biennium ending June 30, 1997, above 
 12.40  the amount appropriated for fiscal year 
 12.41  1995 must be used first to restore 
 12.42  conservation officer overtime 
 12.43  allocations to historic levels. 
 12.44  $50,000 is appropriated in the second 
 12.45  year to add one area-wide conservation 
 12.46  officer in the seven-county 
 12.47  metropolitan area. 
 12.48  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
 12.49      26,710,000     25,521,000
 12.50                Summary by Fund
 12.51  General              15,533,000    14,523,000
 12.52  Game and Fish         7,891,000     7,740,000
 13.1   Natural Resources     3,286,000     3,258,000
 13.2   The commissioner of natural resources 
 13.3   may contract with and make grants to 
 13.4   nonprofit agencies to carry out the 
 13.5   purposes, plans, and programs of the 
 13.6   office of youth programs, Minnesota 
 13.7   conservation corps. 
 13.8   $750,000 in the first year is for 
 13.9   transfer to the attorney general's 
 13.10  office for treaty litigation expenses 
 13.11  related to the Mille Lacs and Fond du 
 13.12  Lac cases. 
 13.13  $150,000 the first year is for grants 
 13.14  to local units of government for beaver 
 13.15  control. 
 13.16  $150,000 in the second year is 
 13.17  appropriated to the commissioner of 
 13.18  natural resources for the southeast 
 13.19  asian information and outreach program. 
 13.20  The appropriation of $50,000 from the 
 13.21  game and fish fund contained in Laws 
 13.22  1993, chapter 172, section 5, 
 13.23  subdivision 8, to consolidate 
 13.24  enforcement arrest ledgers, is 
 13.25  available until expended. 
 13.26  $5,000 the first year is for the 
 13.27  hydrologic task force expenses. 
 13.28  $8,000 from the natural resources fund 
 13.29  and $41,000 from the game and fish fund 
 13.30  in the first year is for design work on 
 13.31  a revenue accounting system.  The 
 13.32  department must meet any requirements 
 13.33  contained in the information policy 
 13.34  office evaluation of the project before 
 13.35  expending any funds from this 
 13.36  appropriation. 
 13.37  $250,000 is appropriated in the first 
 13.38  year to be transferred to the director 
 13.39  of the office of strategic and 
 13.40  long-range planning.  The money is to 
 13.41  be used for a grant to the Northern 
 13.42  Counties Land Use Coordinating Board, 
 13.43  contingent on the board receiving 
 13.44  $125,000 in local matching funds.  The 
 13.45  grant is to be used for developing a 
 13.46  coordinated planning process and 
 13.47  comprehensive land use plans pursuant 
 13.48  to policy goals in the National 
 13.49  Environmental Policy Act, United States 
 13.50  Code, title 42, section 4331. 
 13.51  An amount not to exceed $5,000 in the 
 13.52  first year is appropriated from the 
 13.53  general fund to the commissioner of 
 13.54  natural resources to compensate Richard 
 13.55  T. Peterson, Route No. 6, Little Falls, 
 13.56  MN, 56345, for land owned by him in 
 13.57  1977, in Morrison county, referred to 
 13.58  by Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 13, 
 13.59  section 15, whose ownership he lost to 
 13.60  the department of natural resources in 
 13.61  a disputed tax-forfeiture. 
 14.1   Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 14.2   SOIL RESOURCES                        13,567,000     13,567,000
 14.3   $5,353,000 the first year and 
 14.4   $5,353,000 the second year are for 
 14.5   natural resources block grants to local 
 14.6   governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
 14.7   in each year is for a grant to the 
 14.8   north shore management board.  Of this 
 14.9   amount, $35,000 in each year is for a 
 14.10  grant to the St. Louis River board. 
 14.11  Grants must be matched with a 
 14.12  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 14.13  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 14.14  related to water planning must be 
 14.15  matched by an amount that would be 
 14.16  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 14.17  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 14.18  $1,799,000 the first year and 
 14.19  $1,799,000 the second year are for 
 14.20  grants to soil and water conservation 
 14.21  districts for general purposes and for 
 14.22  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 14.23  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 14.24  board, expenditures may be made from 
 14.25  these appropriations for supplies and 
 14.26  services benefiting soil and water 
 14.27  conservation districts. 
 14.28  $2,120,000 the first year and 
 14.29  $2,120,000 the second year are for 
 14.30  grants to soil and water conservation 
 14.31  districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 14.32  for erosion control and water quality 
 14.33  management.  This appropriation is 
 14.34  available until expended. 
 14.35  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 14.36  the second year are for grants to 
 14.37  watershed districts and other local 
 14.38  units of government in the southern 
 14.39  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 14.40  flood plain management. 
 14.41  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 14.42  program of grants does not cancel at 
 14.43  the end of the first year and is 
 14.44  available for the second year for the 
 14.45  same grant program. 
 14.46  Sec. 7.  AGRICULTURE 
 14.47  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 14.48  Appropriation                         24,142,000     23,314,000
 14.49                Summary by Fund
 14.50  General              14,518,000    13,687,000
 14.51  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 14.52  Special Revenue       9,355,000     9,358,000
 14.53  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 14.54  appropriation for each program are 
 14.55  specified in the following subdivisions.
 14.56  Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
 15.1       16,678,000     16,667,000
 15.2                 Summary by Fund
 15.3   General               7,298,000     7,287,000
 15.4   Environmental           269,000       269,000
 15.5   Special Revenue       9,111,000     9,111,000
 15.6   $269,000 the first year and $269,000 
 15.7   the second year are from the 
 15.8   environmental response, compensation, 
 15.9   and compliance account in the 
 15.10  environmental fund. 
 15.11  $4,070,000 the first year and 
 15.12  $4,070,000 the second year are 
 15.13  appropriated from the pesticide 
 15.14  regulatory account established under 
 15.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 18B.05 for 
 15.16  administration and enforcement of 
 15.17  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B. 
 15.18  $694,000 the first year and $694,000 
 15.19  the second year are appropriated from 
 15.20  the fertilizer inspection account 
 15.21  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.22  section 18C.131 for administration and 
 15.23  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.24  chapter 18C. 
 15.25  $431,000 the first year and $431,000 
 15.26  the second year are appropriated from 
 15.27  the seed potato inspection fund 
 15.28  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.29  section 21.115 for administration and 
 15.30  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.31  sections 21.111 to 21.122. 
 15.32  $649,000 the first year and $649,000 
 15.33  the second year are appropriated from 
 15.34  the seed inspection fund established 
 15.35  under Minnesota Statutes, section 21.92 
 15.36  for administration and enforcement of 
 15.37  Minnesota Statutes, sections 21.80 to 
 15.38  21.92. 
 15.39  $691,000 the first year and $691,000 
 15.40  the second year are appropriated from 
 15.41  the commercial feed inspection account 
 15.42  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.43  section 25.39, subdivision 4 for 
 15.44  administration and enforcement of 
 15.45  Minnesota Statutes, sections 25.35 to 
 15.46  25.44. 
 15.47  $617,000 the first year and $617,000 
 15.48  the second year are appropriated from 
 15.49  the fruit and vegetables inspection 
 15.50  account established under Minnesota 
 15.51  Statutes, section 27.07, subdivision 6 
 15.52  for administration and enforcement of 
 15.53  Minnesota Statutes, section 27.07. 
 15.54  $1,644,000 the first year and 
 15.55  $1,644,000 the second year are 
 15.56  appropriated from the dairy services 
 15.57  account established under Minnesota 
 15.58  Statutes, section 32.394, subdivision 
 15.59  9, for the purpose of dairy services 
 16.1   under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 32. 
 16.2   $315,000 the first year and $315,000 
 16.3   the second year are appropriated from 
 16.4   the livestock weighing fund established 
 16.5   under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.6   17A.11 for the purpose of livestock 
 16.7   weighing costs under Minnesota 
 16.8   Statutes, chapter 17A. 
 16.9   $100,000 in the first year is for the 
 16.10  biological control program.  
 16.11  There is appropriated $122,000 in 
 16.12  fiscal year 1995 from the seed potato 
 16.13  inspection fund to reimburse the 
 16.14  general fund appropriation to the 
 16.15  department of agriculture for costs 
 16.16  incurred in building the seed potato 
 16.17  facility located in East Grand Forks. 
 16.18  Subd. 3.  Promotion and Marketing 
 16.19       1,146,000      1,146,000
 16.20                 Summary by Fund
 16.21  General                964,000      964,000
 16.22  Special Revenue        182,000      182,000
 16.23  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.24  section 41A.09, subdivision 3, the 
 16.25  total payments from the ethanol 
 16.26  development account to all producers 
 16.27  may not exceed $25,000,000 for the 
 16.28  biennium ending June 30, 1997. 
 16.29  $71,000 the first year and $71,000 the 
 16.30  second year are for transfer to the 
 16.31  Minnesota grown matching account and 
 16.32  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
 16.33  grown promotion under Minnesota 
 16.34  Statutes, section 17.109. 
 16.35  $182,000 the first year and $182,000 
 16.36  the second year are from the 
 16.37  commodities research and promotion 
 16.38  account in the special revenue fund. 
 16.39  Subd. 4.  Administration and 
 16.40  Financial Assistance 
 16.41       6,318,000      5,501,000
 16.42                 Summary by Fund
 16.43  General              6,256,000    5,436,000
 16.44  Special Revenue         62,000       65,000
 16.45  $285,000 the first year and $285,000 
 16.46  the second year are for family farm 
 16.47  security interest payment adjustments.  
 16.48  If the appropriation for either year is 
 16.49  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 16.50  other year is available for it.  No new 
 16.51  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
 16.52  1996 or 1997.  
 16.53  $197,000 the first year and $197,000 
 17.1   the second year are to manage the 
 17.2   family farm advocacy program. 
 17.3   $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 17.4   second year are for the Northern Crops 
 17.5   Institute.  These appropriations may be 
 17.6   spent to purchase equipment and are 
 17.7   available until spent.  
 17.8   $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 17.9   the second year are for grants to 
 17.10  agriculture information centers.  The 
 17.11  grants are only available on a match 
 17.12  basis.  The funds may be released at 
 17.13  the rate of two state dollars for each 
 17.14  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
 17.15  raised.  Any appropriated amounts not 
 17.16  matched by April 1 of each year are 
 17.17  available for other purposes within the 
 17.18  department. 
 17.19  $53,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
 17.20  second year are for payment of claims 
 17.21  relating to livestock damaged by 
 17.22  threatened or endangered animal species 
 17.23  and agricultural crops damaged by elk.  
 17.24  If the appropriation for either year is 
 17.25  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 17.26  other year is available for it. 
 17.27  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 17.28  the second year are for the seaway port 
 17.29  authority of Duluth. 
 17.30  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
 17.31  second year is for a grant to the 
 17.32  Minnesota livestock breeder's 
 17.33  association. 
 17.34  $1,000,000 from the balance in the 
 17.35  special account created in Minnesota 
 17.36  Statutes, section 41.61, shall be 
 17.37  transferred to the general fund by June 
 17.38  30, 1997. 
 17.39  Notwithstanding any other law to the 
 17.40  contrary, for fiscal year 1995 
 17.41  $1,000,000 from the general fund may be 
 17.42  transferred to the special account 
 17.43  created in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.44  17B.15, subdivision 1, to provide an 
 17.45  operating loan to the grain inspection 
 17.46  and weighing account.  The commissioner 
 17.47  of agriculture shall repay the loan 
 17.48  from the special account by June 30, 
 17.49  1997. 
 17.50  $50,000 in the first year shall be used 
 17.51  by the commissioner of agriculture as a 
 17.52  grant for a pilot project for an 
 17.53  aerobic digestion plant for the 
 17.54  management of animal manures and 
 17.55  research of other appropriate 
 17.56  technologies for management of animal 
 17.57  manures.  Money expended under this 
 17.58  paragraph must be matched on an equal 
 17.59  basis by funds from the agricultural 
 17.60  industry.  This money remains available 
 17.61  through the fiscal biennium ending June 
 17.62  30, 1997. 
 18.1   $4,000 for fiscal year 1996, and $4,000 
 18.2   for fiscal year 1997 are appropriated 
 18.3   from the special revenue fund 
 18.4   established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.5   section 41B.03, subdivision 6, for 
 18.6   administration of Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.7   sections 41B.01 to 41B.23. 
 18.8   $35,000 for fiscal year 1996, and 
 18.9   $35,000 for fiscal year 1997 are 
 18.10  appropriated from the loan 
 18.11  restructuring program account 
 18.12  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.13  section 41B.04, subdivision 17, for 
 18.14  administration of Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.15  section 41B.04. 
 18.16  $350,000 the first year is for transfer 
 18.17  to the ethanol development account in 
 18.18  the special revenue fund. 
 18.19  $200,000 the first year is for transfer 
 18.20  to the value added agriculture product 
 18.21  revolving loan account in the special 
 18.22  revenue fund. 
 18.23  $150,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 18.24  second year are for dairy policy 
 18.25  studies and federal milk marketing 
 18.26  order reform. 
 18.27  $20,000 in the first year is to provide 
 18.28  staff and research support for the 
 18.29  livestock processing markets task force.
 18.30  $100,000 in the first year is for the 
 18.31  passing on the farm program. 
 18.32  Sec. 8.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH        2,165,000      2,217,000
 18.33  Sec. 9.  MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
 18.34  BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                 130,000        130,000
 18.35  This appropriation is only available to 
 18.36  the extent it is matched by an equal 
 18.37  amount from the state of Wisconsin. 
 18.38  Sec. 10.  CITIZEN'S COUNCIL ON 
 18.39  VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK                   58,000         58,000
 18.40  Sec. 11.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 18.41  OF MINNESOTA                           1,108,000      1,108,000
 18.42  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 18.43  OF SCIENCE                                36,000         36,000
 18.44  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 
 18.45  SOCIETY                                   72,000         72,000
 18.46  Sec. 14.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION
 18.47  RESEARCH INSTITUTE                     4,130,000      4,130,000
 18.48                Summary by Fund
 18.49  General               3,930,000     3,930,000
 18.50  Special Revenue         200,000       200,000
 18.51  Sec. 15.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES 
 18.52  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 19.1   Appropriation                          34,472,000
 19.2                 Summary by Fund
 19.3   Minnesota Future 
 19.4   Resources Fund           16,743,000
 19.5   Environment and 
 19.6   Natural Resources 
 19.7   Trust Fund          15,544,000
 19.8   Of this appropriation $3,144,000 is 
 19.9   trust fund acceleration. 
 19.10  Oil Overcharge 
 19.11  Money in the Special 
 19.12  Revenue Fund         2,055,000
 19.13  Great Lakes Protection 
 19.14  Account                130,000
 19.15  The amounts in this section are 
 19.16  appropriated for the biennium ending 
 19.17  June 30, 1997.  Unless otherwise 
 19.18  provided, the projects in this section 
 19.19  must be completed and final products 
 19.20  delivered by June 30, 1997. 
 19.21  Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 19.22  (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 19.23  Minnesota future resources fund 
 19.24  referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.25  section 116P.13. 
 19.26  (b) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 19.27  environment and natural resources trust 
 19.28  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.29  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 19.30  (c) "Trust fund acceleration" means the 
 19.31  money referred to in Minnesota 
 19.32  Statutes, section 116P.11, paragraph 
 19.33  (b), clause (4). 
 19.34  (d) "Oil overcharge money" means the 
 19.35  money referred to in Minnesota 
 19.36  Statutes, section 4.071, subdivision 2. 
 19.37  (e) "Great lakes protection account" 
 19.38  means the account referred to in 
 19.39  Minnesota Statutes, section 116Q.02. 
 19.40  Subd. 3.  Legislative Commission 
 19.41  on Minnesota Resources                   702,000
 19.42  $308,000 of this appropriation is from 
 19.43  the future resources fund and $394,000 
 19.44  is from the trust fund, pursuant to 
 19.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.09, 
 19.46  subdivision 5. 
 19.47  Subd. 4.  Parks and Trails 
 19.48  (a) METROPOLITAN REGIONAL 
 19.49  PARK SYSTEM                            4,550,000
 19.50  This appropriation is from the trust 
 19.51  fund for payment by the commissioner of 
 19.52  natural resources to the metropolitan 
 19.53  council for subgrants to rehabilitate, 
 20.1   develop, acquire, and retrofit the 
 20.2   metropolitan regional park system 
 20.3   consistent with the metropolitan 
 20.4   council regional recreation open space 
 20.5   capital improvement program and 
 20.6   subgrants for regional trails, 
 20.7   consistent with an updated regional 
 20.8   trail plan.  $1,666,000 of this 
 20.9   appropriation is from the trust fund 
 20.10  acceleration. 
 20.11  This appropriation may be used for the 
 20.12  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 20.13  are expressly included in the work 
 20.14  program approved by the legislative 
 20.15  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 20.16  This project must be completed and 
 20.17  final products delivered by December 
 20.18  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 20.19  available until that date. 
 20.20  (b) STATE PARK AND RECREATION AREA 
 20.21  ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, BETTERMENT, 
 20.22  AND REHABILITATION                     3,750,000
 20.23  This appropriation is from the trust 
 20.24  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 20.25  resources as follows:  (1) for state 
 20.26  park and recreation area acquisition 
 20.27  $1,670,000, of which up to $670,000 may 
 20.28  be used for state trail acquisition of 
 20.29  a critical nature; (2) for state park 
 20.30  and recreation area development 
 20.31  $680,000 and; (3) for betterment and 
 20.32  rehabilitation of state parks and 
 20.33  recreation areas $1,400,000.  The use 
 20.34  of the Minnesota conservation corps is 
 20.35  encouraged in the rehabilitation and 
 20.36  development. 
 20.37  $1,384,000 of this appropriation is 
 20.38  from the trust fund acceleration.  The 
 20.39  commissioner must submit grant requests 
 20.40  for supplemental funding for federal 
 20.41  ISTEA money in eligible categories and 
 20.42  report the results to the legislative 
 20.43  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 20.44  This project must be completed and 
 20.45  final products delivered by December 
 20.46  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 20.47  available until that date. 
 20.48  (c) STATE TRAIL REHABILITATION 
 20.49  AND ACQUISITION                          250,000
 20.50  This appropriation is from the trust 
 20.51  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 20.52  resources for state trail plan 
 20.53  priorities.  $94,000 of this 
 20.54  appropriation is from the trust fund 
 20.55  acceleration.  The commissioner must 
 20.56  submit grant requests for supplemental 
 20.57  funding for federal ISTEA money and 
 20.58  report the results to the legislative 
 20.59  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 20.60  This project must be completed and 
 20.61  final products delivered by December 
 20.62  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 21.1   available until that date. 
 21.2   (d) WATER ACCESS                         600,000
 21.3   This appropriation is from the trust 
 21.4   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 21.5   resources to accelerate public water 
 21.6   access acquisition and development 
 21.7   statewide.  Access includes boating 
 21.8   access, fishing piers, and shoreline 
 21.9   access.  Up to $100,000 of this 
 21.10  appropriation may be used for a 
 21.11  cooperative project to acquire and 
 21.12  develop land, local park facilities, an 
 21.13  access trail, and a boat access at the 
 21.14  LaRue pit otherwise consistent with the 
 21.15  water access program. 
 21.16  This project must be completed and 
 21.17  final products delivered by December 
 21.18  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 21.19  available until that date. 
 21.20  (e) LOCAL GRANTS                       1,800,000
 21.21  This appropriation is from the future 
 21.22  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 21.23  natural resources to provide matching 
 21.24  grants, as follows:  (1) $500,000 to 
 21.25  local units of government for local 
 21.26  park and recreation areas; (2) $500,000 
 21.27  to local units of government for 
 21.28  natural and scenic areas pursuant to 
 21.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019; (3) 
 21.30  $400,000 to local units of government 
 21.31  for trail linkages between communities, 
 21.32  trails and parks; and (4) $400,000 for 
 21.33  a conservation partners program, a 
 21.34  statewide pilot to encourage private 
 21.35  organizations and local governments to 
 21.36  cost share enhancement of fish, 
 21.37  wildlife, and native plant habitats; 
 21.38  and research and surveys of fish and 
 21.39  wildlife, and related education 
 21.40  activities.  Conservation partners 
 21.41  grants may be up to $10,000 each and 
 21.42  must be equally matched.  In addition 
 21.43  to the required work program, grants 
 21.44  may not be approved until grant 
 21.45  proposals to be funded have been 
 21.46  submitted to the legislative commission 
 21.47  on Minnesota resources and the 
 21.48  commission has either made a 
 21.49  recommendation or allowed 60 days to 
 21.50  pass without making a recommendation.  
 21.51  The above appropriations are available 
 21.52  half for the metropolitan area as 
 21.53  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 21.54  473.121, subdivision 2, and half for 
 21.55  outside of the metropolitan area.  For 
 21.56  the purpose of this paragraph, match 
 21.57  includes nonstate contributions either 
 21.58  cash or in-kind. 
 21.59  This project must be completed and 
 21.60  final products delivered by December 
 21.61  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 21.62  available until that date. 
 21.63  (f) MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND 
 21.64  TRAIL CONNECTIONS                        141,000
 22.1   This appropriation is from the future 
 22.2   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 22.3   transportation for half of the 
 22.4   nonfederal match of ISTEA projects for 
 22.5   the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 22.6   board to develop park and trail 
 22.7   connections including:  Minnehaha park 
 22.8   to Mendota bridge, Stone Arch bridge to 
 22.9   bridge number 9 on West River parkway, 
 22.10  Boom island to St. Anthony parkway, and 
 22.11  West River parkway to Shingle Creek 
 22.12  parkway.  The Minneapolis park and 
 22.13  recreation board must apply for and 
 22.14  receive approval of the federal money 
 22.15  in order to receive this appropriation. 
 22.16  This project must be completed and 
 22.17  final products delivered by December 
 22.18  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 22.19  available until that date. 
 22.20  (g) LOCAL SHARE FOR ISTEA 
 22.21  FEDERAL PROJECTS                         300,000
 22.22  This appropriation is from oil 
 22.23  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 22.24  administration for half of the 
 22.25  nonfederal match of ISTEA projects 
 22.26  for:  (1) Chisago county, $150,000 for 
 22.27  a trail between North Branch and Forest 
 22.28  Lake township; and (2) the St. Louis 
 22.29  and Lake counties regional rail 
 22.30  authority, $150,000 for the development 
 22.31  of approximately 40 miles of a 
 22.32  multipurpose recreational trail 
 22.33  system.  Chisago county and the St. 
 22.34  Louis and Lake counties regional rail 
 22.35  authority must apply for and receive 
 22.36  approval of the federal money in order 
 22.37  to receive these appropriations. 
 22.38  This project must be completed and 
 22.39  final products delivered by December 
 22.40  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 22.41  available until that date. 
 22.42  (h) PINE POINT PARK REST STATION         100,000
 22.43  This appropriation is from the future 
 22.44  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 22.45  natural resources for an agreement with 
 22.46  Washington county to construct a rest 
 22.47  station on the Gateway segment of the 
 22.48  Willard Munger state trail in 
 22.49  compliance with the Americans with 
 22.50  disabilities act.  This appropriation 
 22.51  must be matched by at least $30,000 of 
 22.52  nonstate money. 
 22.53  (i) INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER 
 22.54  INFORMATION SYSTEM                        45,000
 22.55  This appropriation is from the future 
 22.56  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 22.57  trade and economic development, office 
 22.58  of tourism, for an agreement with 
 22.59  Explore Lake County, Inc. to develop a 
 22.60  pilot multimedia interactive computer 
 22.61  information system at the R. J. Houle 
 22.62  visitor information center. 
 23.1   (j) UPPER SIOUX AGENCY STATE PARK        200,000
 23.2   This appropriation to the commissioner 
 23.3   of natural resources is from the future 
 23.4   resources fund for bathroom and shower 
 23.5   facilities at Upper Sioux Agency State 
 23.6   Park. 
 23.7   (k) GRAIN BELT MISSISSIPPI 
 23.8   RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT                   500,000
 23.9   This appropriation is from the future 
 23.10  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 23.11  trade and economic development for a 
 23.12  contract with the metropolitan council 
 23.13  for a subgrant to the Minneapolis park 
 23.14  and recreation board, which shall 
 23.15  cooperate with the Minneapolis 
 23.16  community development agency to create 
 23.17  riverfront recreational park and marina 
 23.18  facilities through acquisition and 
 23.19  development of Mississippi riverfront 
 23.20  property.  This appropriation is 
 23.21  contingent on this facility being 
 23.22  designated part of the metropolitan 
 23.23  regional park and open space system.  
 23.24  This appropriation is also contingent 
 23.25  on the Guthrie theater's occupancy of 
 23.26  the Grain Belt Brewery. 
 23.27  (l) WILDCAT REGIONAL PARK                 40,000
 23.28  This appropriation is from the future 
 23.29  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 23.30  natural resources for an agreement with 
 23.31  Houston county to construct an 
 23.32  off-channel boat ramp on the 
 23.33  Mississippi River, and wingwalls to 
 23.34  protect the ramp and existing swimming 
 23.35  beach. 
 23.36  Subd. 5.  Management Approaches 
 23.37  (a) LOCAL RIVER PLANNING - 
 23.38  CONTINUATION                             140,000
 23.39  This appropriation is from the future 
 23.40  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 23.41  natural resources for the third 
 23.42  biennium of a three-biennium project to 
 23.43  assist counties statewide in developing 
 23.44  comprehensive plans for the management 
 23.45  and protection of rivers through grants 
 23.46  for up to two-thirds of the cost that 
 23.47  address locally identified issues while 
 23.48  maintaining consistency with state 
 23.49  floodplain and shoreland laws and local 
 23.50  water plans.  For the purpose of this 
 23.51  paragraph, the nonstate portion 
 23.52  includes contributions either cash or 
 23.53  in-kind.  The appropriation in Laws 
 23.54  1993, chapter 172, section 14, 
 23.55  subdivision 11, paragraph (b), is 
 23.56  available until June 30, 1997. 
 23.57  (b) CANNON RIVER WATERSHED STRATEGIC 
 23.58  PLAN:  INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT             325,000
 23.59  This appropriation is from the future 
 23.60  resources fund to the board of water 
 23.61  and soil resources for an agreement 
 24.1   with the Cannon River watershed 
 24.2   partnership to implement activities in 
 24.3   the Cannon River watershed through 
 24.4   matching grants and technical 
 24.5   assistance.  This appropriation must be 
 24.6   matched by at least $81,000 of nonstate 
 24.7   money. 
 24.8   This project must be completed and 
 24.9   final products delivered by December 
 24.10  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 24.11  available until that date. 
 24.12  (c) TRI-COUNTY LEECH LAKE 
 24.13  WATERSHED PROJECT                        300,000
 24.14  This appropriation is from the future 
 24.15  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 24.16  natural resources for an agreement with 
 24.17  Cass County in cooperation with the 
 24.18  Tri-County Leech Lake Watershed project 
 24.19  for integrated resource management in 
 24.20  the watershed through baseline data, 
 24.21  public information and education, and 
 24.22  pilot projects. 
 24.23  (d) BLUFFLANDS LANDSCAPE                 630,000 
 24.24  This appropriation is from the future 
 24.25  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 24.26  natural resources to assist communities 
 24.27  in developing a management framework 
 24.28  for the scenic and biological resources 
 24.29  of the Mississippi valley blufflands 
 24.30  landscape and to foster integrated 
 24.31  decisions and citizen commitment to 
 24.32  long-term resource protection.  
 24.33  $304,000 is for a cooperative agreement 
 24.34  with Architectural Environments; at 
 24.35  least $40,000 of this amount must be 
 24.36  used for demonstration and 
 24.37  implementation activities.  $236,000 is 
 24.38  for a cooperative agreement with 
 24.39  Historic Bluff Country.  $90,000 is for 
 24.40  expenses within the department of 
 24.41  natural resources.  This appropriation 
 24.42  must be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 24.43  nonstate money. 
 24.44  (e) GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ BEACH 
 24.45  RIDGES:  MINING AND PROTECTION            85,000
 24.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 24.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 24.48  natural resources to coordinate a 
 24.49  long-term plan for the beach ridges in 
 24.50  Clay county that balances protection of 
 24.51  native prairies with a sustainable 
 24.52  aggregate industry. 
 24.53  (f) ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY EMISSIONS, 
 24.54  DEPOSITION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST 
 24.55  EVALUATION                               575,000
 24.56  This appropriation is from the future 
 24.57  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 24.58  the pollution control agency for a 
 24.59  mercury emission inventory and 
 24.60  quantification of mercury atmospheric 
 24.61  deposition.  $50,000 is for an 
 24.62  evaluation of the external costs of 
 25.1   mercury emissions from Minnesota 
 25.2   sources. 
 25.3   (g) MERCURY DEPOSITION AND 
 25.4   LAKE QUALITY TRENDS                      250,000
 25.5   $120,000 of this appropriation is from 
 25.6   the future resources fund and $130,000 
 25.7   is from the Great Lakes protection 
 25.8   account to the commissioner of the 
 25.9   pollution control agency for an 
 25.10  agreement with the University of 
 25.11  Minnesota-Duluth to synthesize and 
 25.12  interpret a five-year (1990-1994) 
 25.13  mercury deposition data base and 
 25.14  evaluate water quality and fish 
 25.15  contamination trends for 80 high-value 
 25.16  lakes and compare it with historic 
 25.17  data.  This is to be done in 
 25.18  cooperation with the pollution control 
 25.19  agency.  Data compatibility 
 25.20  requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 25.21  this appropriation. 
 25.22  (h) FEEDLOT AND MANURE MANAGEMENT 
 25.23  PRACTICES ASSISTANCE                     400,000
 25.24  This appropriation is from the future 
 25.25  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 25.26  agriculture to accelerate adoption of 
 25.27  and changes in feedlot and manure 
 25.28  management practices through research, 
 25.29  economic analysis, and enhanced program 
 25.30  design and delivery.  $100,000 of this 
 25.31  appropriation is for an agreement with 
 25.32  the University of Minnesota for 
 25.33  evaluation of manure effluent 
 25.34  treatments. 
 25.35  (i) WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF FEEDLOT 
 25.36  POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS                300,000
 25.37  This appropriation is from the future 
 25.38  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 25.39  the pollution control agency to 
 25.40  evaluate earthen manure storage basins 
 25.41  and vegetated filter strips for effects 
 25.42  on ground and surface water quality by 
 25.43  monitoring seepage and runoff.  This 
 25.44  appropriation must be matched by at 
 25.45  least $267,000 of nonstate 
 25.46  contributions, either cash or in-kind. 
 25.47  This project must be completed and 
 25.48  final products delivered by December 
 25.49  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 25.50  available until that date. 
 25.51  (j) SHORELAND SEPTIC INVENTORY 
 25.52  AND EDUCATION                            145,000
 25.53  This appropriation is from the future 
 25.54  resources fund to the board of water 
 25.55  and soil resources in cooperation with 
 25.56  the pollution control agency for an 
 25.57  agreement with Hubbard county to 
 25.58  inventory the Mantrap watershed for 
 25.59  failing septic systems and education 
 25.60  and enforcement efforts to implement 
 25.61  upgrading of the systems. 
 26.1   In the work program for this project 
 26.2   required under Minnesota Statutes, 
 26.3   section 116P.05, subdivision 2, 
 26.4   paragraph (c), Hubbard county shall 
 26.5   include documentation that the county 
 26.6   is actively pursuing adoption of a 
 26.7   countywide ordinance to regulate 
 26.8   individual sewage treatment systems. 
 26.9   (k) ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE 
 26.10  TREATMENT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
 26.11  DEMONSTRATION                            425,000
 26.12  This appropriation is from the future 
 26.13  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 26.14  the pollution control agency to develop 
 26.15  and demonstrate reliable, low cost 
 26.16  alternative designs for septic systems 
 26.17  in areas with seasonally high water 
 26.18  tables, and designs for removal of 
 26.19  nitrogen by septic systems. 
 26.20  (l) PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE 
 26.21  DEVELOPMENT                              200,000
 26.22  This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.23  fund to the director of the office of 
 26.24  strategic and long-range planning for 
 26.25  the environmental quality board to 
 26.26  evaluate government barriers to 
 26.27  sustainable development in agriculture, 
 26.28  energy, manufacturing, and settlement 
 26.29  and to recommend strategies to address 
 26.30  priority barriers to sustainable 
 26.31  development. 
 26.32  (m) UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
 26.33  PROTECTION PROJECT                       200,000
 26.34  This appropriation is from the future 
 26.35  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 26.36  natural resources for an agreement with 
 26.37  the Mississippi headwaters board in 
 26.38  cooperation with the metropolitan 
 26.39  council to protect the Mississippi 
 26.40  river from water quality impairment.  
 26.41  This appropriation must be matched by 
 26.42  at least $100,000 of nonstate 
 26.43  contributions, either cash or in-kind. 
 26.44  (n) FOREST MANAGEMENT TO MAINTAIN 
 26.45  STRUCTURAL AND SPECIES DIVERSITY         160,000
 26.46  This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.47  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 26.48  resources to document forest management 
 26.49  practices in a pilot area, assess the 
 26.50  long-term effects of current and 
 26.51  alternative timber harvest practices on 
 26.52  structural aspects of biological 
 26.53  diversity (especially old-growth forest 
 26.54  characteristics), and prepare forest 
 26.55  management guidelines to maintain these 
 26.56  features in commercial forests. 
 26.57  (o) ACCELERATED NATIVE GRASS AND FORBS 
 26.58  ON ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY                    150,000
 26.59  This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.60  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 26.61  resources in cooperation with the 
 27.1   interagency roadside committee to 
 27.2   accelerate native plant establishment 
 27.3   and management in roadsides using 
 27.4   integrated resource management 
 27.5   techniques including educational 
 27.6   materials about benefits of low 
 27.7   maintenance and biologically diverse 
 27.8   roadsides statewide. 
 27.9   This project must be completed and 
 27.10  final products delivered by December 
 27.11  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 27.12  available until that date. 
 27.13  (p) ACCELERATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT 
 27.14  ACTIVITIES IN WHITEWATER WATERSHED        60,000
 27.15  This appropriation is from the future 
 27.16  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 27.17  natural resources to expand activities 
 27.18  in the Whitewater watershed through 
 27.19  shared funding and staffing to assist 
 27.20  and coordinate with the Whitewater 
 27.21  watershed project on landscape 
 27.22  management activities such as 
 27.23  sustainable land use, watershed 
 27.24  restoration, and improved water quality.
 27.25  (q) SUSTAINABLE GRASSLAND CONSERVATION 
 27.26  AND UTILIZATION                          125,000
 27.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 27.28  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 27.29  natural resources to develop integrated 
 27.30  grassland projects in northwest 
 27.31  Minnesota and to evaluate different 
 27.32  management strategies. 
 27.33  (r) DEVELOPING, EVALUATING, AND 
 27.34  PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS    225,000
 27.35  This appropriation is from the future 
 27.36  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 27.37  agriculture for an agreement with the 
 27.38  Whitewater joint powers board to 
 27.39  develop and evaluate farming systems 
 27.40  for impacts on ecosystems, 
 27.41  profitability, and quality of life 
 27.42  through on-farm research, experiment 
 27.43  station research, watershed 
 27.44  demonstration farms, and education.  
 27.45  This appropriation must be matched by 
 27.46  at least $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 27.47  (s) COOPERATIVES TO PROMOTE 
 27.48  SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES 
 27.49  AND RESEARCH                             100,000
 27.50  This appropriation is from the future 
 27.51  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 27.52  agriculture for an agreement with the 
 27.53  sustainable farming association of 
 27.54  Minnesota to promote sustainable 
 27.55  farming practices by strengthening 
 27.56  farmer-based demonstration and 
 27.57  education networks of the sustainable 
 27.58  farming association and by forming a 
 27.59  pilot cooperative of on-farm and 
 27.60  southwest experiment station research.  
 27.61  This appropriation must be matched by 
 27.62  at least $15,000 of nonstate money. 
 28.1   (t) RECYCLED BIOSOLIDS PRODUCT USED 
 28.2   TO RECLAIM DISTURBED AREAS               200,000
 28.3   This appropriation is from the oil 
 28.4   overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 28.5   administration for payment to the 
 28.6   metropolitan council in cooperation 
 28.7   with N-Viro, Minnesota to increase the 
 28.8   market for biosolids by demonstrating 
 28.9   the use of N-Viro soil for reclamation 
 28.10  through a program of research and field 
 28.11  and public demonstrations. 
 28.12  (u) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 
 28.13  ROUND TABLE                              200,000
 28.14  This appropriation is from the future 
 28.15  resources fund to the office of 
 28.16  strategic and long-range planning for 
 28.17  the environmental quality board for the 
 28.18  administration, coordination, and 
 28.19  continuing outreach activities 
 28.20  associated with the Minnesota 
 28.21  sustainable development initiative. 
 28.22  Subd. 6.  Environmental Education 
 28.23  (a) LEOPOLD EDUCATION PROJECT 
 28.24  CURRICULUM                               100,000
 28.25  This appropriation is from the trust 
 28.26  fund to the office of environmental 
 28.27  assistance for an agreement with 
 28.28  Pheasants Forever, Inc. to provide 
 28.29  teacher training in the use of the 
 28.30  Leopold education project conservation 
 28.31  ethics curriculum.  This appropriation 
 28.32  must be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 28.33  nonstate money. 
 28.34  (b) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 
 28.35  TEACHER TRAINING                         500,000
 28.36  This appropriation is from the trust 
 28.37  fund to the office of environmental 
 28.38  assistance in cooperation with the 
 28.39  environmental education advisory board 
 28.40  to develop and deliver statewide 
 28.41  environmental education training for 
 28.42  preservice and in-service teachers. 
 28.43  (c) SHARING ENVIRONMENTAL 
 28.44  EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE                      200,000
 28.45  This appropriation is from the trust 
 28.46  fund to the office of environmental 
 28.47  assistance in cooperation with the 
 28.48  environmental education advisory board 
 28.49  to plan and develop an information data 
 28.50  exchange and service center that 
 28.51  coordinates the collection, evaluation, 
 28.52  dissemination, and promotion of 
 28.53  environmental education resources and 
 28.54  programs. 
 28.55  (d) ENVIRONMENTAL VIDEO RESOURCE 
 28.56  LIBRARY AND PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES     250,000
 28.57  This appropriation is from the future 
 28.58  resources fund to the office of 
 28.59  environmental assistance in cooperation 
 29.1   with the environmental education 
 29.2   advisory board for an agreement with 
 29.3   Twin Cities Public Television to create 
 29.4   a resource information center for 
 29.5   environmental video and to produce and 
 29.6   broadcast an environmental television 
 29.7   series about Minnesota environmental 
 29.8   achievements. 
 29.9   (e) DEVELOPMENT, ASSIMILATION AND 
 29.10  DISTRIBUTION OF WOLF EDUCATIONAL 
 29.11  MATERIALS                                100,000
 29.12  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.13  resources fund to the office of 
 29.14  environmental assistance for an 
 29.15  agreement with the International Wolf 
 29.16  Center to collect and develop written, 
 29.17  electronic, and photographic 
 29.18  audio-visual material about wolf 
 29.19  ecology, recovery, and management for 
 29.20  electronic distribution.  This 
 29.21  appropriation must be matched by at 
 29.22  least $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 29.23  (f) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GRANTS 
 29.24  FOR MINNESOTA SCHOOLS                    200,000
 29.25  This appropriation is from the trust 
 29.26  fund to the department of natural 
 29.27  resources for an agreement with St. 
 29.28  Olaf college for the school nature area 
 29.29  project matching grants to schools for 
 29.30  school area nature sites.  This 
 29.31  appropriation must be matched by at 
 29.32  least $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 29.33  (g) ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL 
 29.34  EDUCATION NETWORK                        250,000
 29.35  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.36  resources fund to the office of 
 29.37  environmental assistance for an 
 29.38  agreement with the University of 
 29.39  Minnesota raptor center to develop a 
 29.40  program for student participation in 
 29.41  satellite-tracking research, data 
 29.42  collection and dissemination using 
 29.43  INTERNET, workshops, material 
 29.44  development, and off-site classroom 
 29.45  experience.  This appropriation must be 
 29.46  matched by at least $38,000 of nonstate 
 29.47  money. 
 29.48  (h) THREE RIVERS INITIATIVE              750,000
 29.49  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.50  resources fund to the Science Museum of 
 29.51  Minnesota to develop exhibits and 
 29.52  programs focusing on the Mississippi, 
 29.53  Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers. 
 29.54  (i) INTERACTIVE COMPUTER EXHIBIT ON 
 29.55  MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES       150,000
 29.56  This appropriation is from oil 
 29.57  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 29.58  administration for an agreement with 
 29.59  the Izaak Walton League of America, 
 29.60  midwest office in cooperation with the 
 29.61  Science Museum of Minnesota to develop 
 30.1   and disseminate an interactive 
 30.2   multimedia computer exhibit on 
 30.3   renewable energy resources. 
 30.4   (j) TREES FOR TEENS:  TRAINING, 
 30.5   RESOURCES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, 
 30.6   SERVICE                                   75,000
 30.7   This appropriation is from the future 
 30.8   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 30.9   natural resources for an agreement with 
 30.10  Twin Cities Tree Trust to develop a 
 30.11  pilot program and curriculum materials 
 30.12  for educating high school students 
 30.13  about urban forestry and assisting them 
 30.14  in carrying out peer education and 
 30.15  community service projects.  This 
 30.16  project must be done in cooperation 
 30.17  with the Minnesota releaf program. 
 30.18  (k) REDWOOD FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
 30.19  NO. 637 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECT  250,000
 30.20  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.21  resources fund to the office of 
 30.22  environmental assistance for an 
 30.23  agreement with the Redwood Falls school 
 30.24  district to accelerate development of 
 30.25  an outdoor environmental learning 
 30.26  center and to integrate environmental 
 30.27  education into the K-12 curriculum.  
 30.28  Project development will include 
 30.29  prairie access improvements including a 
 30.30  trail system, establishment of a 
 30.31  wetland, and an arboretum. 
 30.32  (l) TOGETHER OUTDOORS MINNESOTA          575,000
 30.33  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.34  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 30.35  natural resources for an agreement with 
 30.36  Wilderness Inquiry for diversity 
 30.37  specialist training, training of 
 30.38  outdoor service professionals to 
 30.39  provide inclusive programming, and 
 30.40  diversity networking, including the 
 30.41  development of a directory of 
 30.42  recreation facility accessibility.  
 30.43  This appropriation must be matched by 
 30.44  at least $80,000 of nonstate money. 
 30.45  This project must be completed and 
 30.46  final products delivered by December 
 30.47  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 30.48  available until that date. 
 30.49  (m) ENHANCED NATURAL RESOURCE 
 30.50  OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASIAN-PACIFIC 
 30.51  MINNESOTANS                              150,000
 30.52  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.53  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 30.54  natural resources for the second 
 30.55  biennium of funding for community 
 30.56  outreach, cultural collaboration, 
 30.57  training, and education to increase 
 30.58  Asians' participation and understanding 
 30.59  of natural resources management.  
 30.60  Supplemental funding must be requested 
 30.61  and the results reported to the 
 30.62  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 31.1   resources. 
 31.2   (n) DELIVER ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION 
 31.3   AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
 31.4   LOCAL GOVERNMENTS                        100,000
 31.5   This appropriation is from the future 
 31.6   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.7   natural resources to provide 
 31.8   interpretation of ecological data 
 31.9   collected by the county biological 
 31.10  survey. 
 31.11  (o) NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION 
 31.12  PUBLIC EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT   100,000
 31.13  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.14  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.15  the pollution control agency for an 
 31.16  agreement with the city of St. Paul for 
 31.17  a joint project with the city of 
 31.18  Minneapolis to conduct surveys and 
 31.19  develop and implement nonpoint source 
 31.20  pollution public education.  This 
 31.21  appropriation must be matched by at 
 31.22  least $12,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.23  (p) WHITETAIL DEER RESOURCE CENTER        50,000
 31.24  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.25  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.26  natural resources for an agreement with 
 31.27  the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association 
 31.28  to develop a facility and operations 
 31.29  plan.  This appropriation must be 
 31.30  matched by $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 31.31  (q) GORDON GULLION CHAIR IN FOREST 
 31.32  WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION          350,000
 31.33  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.34  resources fund to the University of 
 31.35  Minnesota to establish an endowed chair 
 31.36  in forest wildlife research and 
 31.37  education to develop forest and 
 31.38  wildlife sustainable management 
 31.39  practices.  This appropriation must be 
 31.40  matched by at least $350,000 of 
 31.41  nonstate money.  This project must be 
 31.42  completed and final products delivered 
 31.43  by December 31, 1997, and the 
 31.44  appropriation is available until that 
 31.45  date. 
 31.46  (r) NEY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER              100,000 
 31.47  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.48  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.49  natural resources for an agreement with 
 31.50  Le Sueur county to develop an 
 31.51  environmental learning center in the 
 31.52  Minnesota River Valley near Henderson.  
 31.53  The appropriation shall be used to 
 31.54  convert existing buildings to 
 31.55  classrooms, add restroom facilities and 
 31.56  improve access, and remove unneeded 
 31.57  structures. 
 31.58  (s) LAWNDALE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER        400,000
 31.59  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.1   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 32.2   natural resources for an agreement with 
 32.3   Lawndale Environmental Foundation to 
 32.4   develop an environmental learning 
 32.5   center near Herman with emphasis on 
 32.6   prairie, wetlands, and agricultural 
 32.7   themes.  This appropriation must be 
 32.8   matched by at least $100,000 of 
 32.9   nonstate money. 
 32.10  Subd. 7.  Natural Resource Data 
 32.11  (a) ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE  350,000
 32.12  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.13  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.14  resources to create the framework for 
 32.15  an integrated, statewide network for 
 32.16  selecting and monitoring environmental 
 32.17  indicators to assess and communicate 
 32.18  Minnesota's environmental health status 
 32.19  and trends.  The work program must be 
 32.20  submitted to the environmental quality 
 32.21  board for review before approval by the 
 32.22  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 32.23  resources.  Data compatibility 
 32.24  requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 32.25  this appropriation. 
 32.26  (b) ASSESSING WETLAND QUALITY WITH 
 32.27  ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS                    275,000
 32.28  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.29  fund to the board of water and soil 
 32.30  resources for an agreement with the 
 32.31  University of Minnesota to develop 
 32.32  plant and animal indicators of wetland 
 32.33  quality, establish a system of 
 32.34  reference natural wetlands for 
 32.35  comparative monitoring, and develop 
 32.36  guidelines for wetland assessment and 
 32.37  monitoring to guide replacement wetland 
 32.38  monitoring.  Data compatibility 
 32.39  requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 32.40  this appropriation. 
 32.41  (c) COUNTY BIOLOGICAL 
 32.42  SURVEY - CONTINUATION                    900,000
 32.43  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.44  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.45  resources for the fifth biennium of a 
 32.46  proposed 12-biennium project to 
 32.47  accelerate the county biological survey 
 32.48  for the systematic collection, 
 32.49  interpretation, and distribution of 
 32.50  data on the distribution and ecology of 
 32.51  rare plants, animals, and natural 
 32.52  communities.  Data compatibility 
 32.53  requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 32.54  this appropriation. 
 32.55  (d) FOREST BIRD DIVERSITY 
 32.56  INITIATIVE - CONTINUATION                400,000
 32.57  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.58  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.59  resources for the third biennium of a 
 32.60  proposed six-biennium project for a 
 32.61  comprehensive monitoring and research 
 32.62  program that develops management tools 
 33.1   to maintain diversity of forest birds 
 33.2   and establishes benchmarks for using 
 33.3   birds as ecological indicators of 
 33.4   forest health.  Data compatibility 
 33.5   requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 33.6   this appropriation.  This project must 
 33.7   be completed and final products 
 33.8   delivered by December 31, 1997, and the 
 33.9   appropriation is available until that 
 33.10  date. 
 33.11  (e) BASE MAPS FOR 1990s - FINAL 
 33.12  PHASE CONTINUATION                       600,000
 33.13  This appropriation is from the trust 
 33.14  fund to the director of the office of 
 33.15  strategic and long-range planning to 
 33.16  provide the third biennium of a 
 33.17  three-biennium state match for a 
 33.18  federal program to complete statewide 
 33.19  coverage of orthophoto maps and 
 33.20  complete the update mapping for the 
 33.21  state's most obsolete topographic 
 33.22  maps.  Data compatibility requirements 
 33.23  in subdivision 15 apply to this 
 33.24  appropriation. 
 33.25  (f) COMPLETION OF STATEWIDE LAND USE 
 33.26  UPDATE - CONTINUATION                    380,000
 33.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.28  resources fund to the director of the 
 33.29  office of strategic and long-range 
 33.30  planning, in cooperation with the board 
 33.31  of water and soil resources, for an 
 33.32  agreement with the association of 
 33.33  Minnesota counties for the third and 
 33.34  final biennium to complete the update 
 33.35  of the land use map for Minnesota, 
 33.36  complete conversion of the data to 
 33.37  computer format, and make the data 
 33.38  available to users.  Data compatibility 
 33.39  requirements in subdivision 15 apply to 
 33.40  this appropriation. 
 33.41  (g) FILLMORE COUNTY SOIL 
 33.42  SURVEY UPDATE                             65,000
 33.43  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.44  resources fund to the board of water 
 33.45  and soil resources to provide half of 
 33.46  the nonfederal share to begin a 
 33.47  three-biennium project to update the 
 33.48  Fillmore county soil survey into a 
 33.49  digitized and manuscript format.  Data 
 33.50  compatibility requirements in 
 33.51  subdivision 15 apply to this 
 33.52  appropriation. 
 33.53  (h) MINNESOTA RIVER TILE SYSTEM 
 33.54  RESEARCH - CONTINUATION                  150,000
 33.55  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.56  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.57  the pollution control agency for the 
 33.58  second biennium of a two-biennium 
 33.59  project to continue research on the 
 33.60  impact of and best management practices 
 33.61  for surface tile inlets. 
 33.62  (i) SUGARLOAF SITE ASSESSMENT AND 
 34.1   INTERPRETATION                            70,000
 34.2   This appropriation is from the future 
 34.3   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.4   natural resources for an agreement with 
 34.5   the Sugarloaf Interpretive Center 
 34.6   Association for inventories, native 
 34.7   habitat restoration, and the 
 34.8   interpretation of the natural and 
 34.9   cultural characteristics of Sugarloaf 
 34.10  Cove.  The data collection must be 
 34.11  coordinated with the department of 
 34.12  natural resources natural heritage 
 34.13  program.  Reasonable public use and 
 34.14  access must be provided.  This 
 34.15  appropriation must be matched by 
 34.16  $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 34.17  (j) MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF ASPHALT 
 34.18  MATERIALS AND ITS PREVENTION              60,000
 34.19  This appropriation is from the oil 
 34.20  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 34.21  administration for a transfer to the 
 34.22  commissioner of transportation to 
 34.23  survey microbial deterioration of 
 34.24  asphalt-bituminous materials in 
 34.25  cooperation with Bemidji state 
 34.26  university or other research 
 34.27  institutions. 
 34.28  (k) RIVER MONITORING NETWORK             150,000
 34.29  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.30  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.31  the pollution control agency for the 
 34.32  design and implementation of a 
 34.33  statistically-based monitoring network 
 34.34  to include nonpoint sources in the 
 34.35  monitoring of the state's rivers. 
 34.36  Subd. 8.  Urban Natural Resources 
 34.37  (a) URBAN WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM       150,000
 34.38  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.39  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.40  natural resources for an agreement with 
 34.41  the St. Paul neighborhood energy 
 34.42  consortium to provide workshops and 
 34.43  native planting materials to households 
 34.44  for landscaping for wildlife, 
 34.45  demonstrating plant diversity, and 
 34.46  alternative lawn care practices in the 
 34.47  urban environment.  This project must 
 34.48  be done in cooperation with the 
 34.49  department of natural resources nongame 
 34.50  wildlife and releaf programs.  This 
 34.51  appropriation must be matched by at 
 34.52  least $35,000 of nonstate money. 
 34.53  (b) GARDENING PROGRAM - STATEWIDE        300,000
 34.54  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.55  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 34.56  natural resources for an agreement with 
 34.57  the sustainable resources center for a 
 34.58  joint project with the Minnesota 
 34.59  horticultural society - Minnesota Green 
 34.60  and Duluth Plant-A-Lot community garden 
 34.61  program to provide technical assistance 
 35.1   on community plantings, food gardens, 
 35.2   trees, native plants, and 
 35.3   environmentally sound horticultural and 
 35.4   land use practices.  This appropriation 
 35.5   must be matched by at least $3,000 in 
 35.6   nonstate money. 
 35.7   (c) RELEAF:  PLANTING FOR ENERGY 
 35.8   CONSERVATION IN COMMUNITIES              400,000
 35.9   This appropriation is from the oil 
 35.10  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 35.11  administration for an agreement with 
 35.12  the department of natural resources for 
 35.13  the second biennium of a project to 
 35.14  achieve the strategic planting of 
 35.15  predominately native shade trees and 
 35.16  community windbreaks for statewide 
 35.17  energy conservation and carbon dioxide 
 35.18  abatement through acceleration of the 
 35.19  Minnesota releaf program by providing 
 35.20  grants administered on a reimbursement 
 35.21  basis.  The program shall be 
 35.22  administered to maximize local 
 35.23  contributions on a cash and service 
 35.24  basis. 
 35.25  (d) MAPLEWOOD INNOVATIVE STORM 
 35.26  WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT                 100,000
 35.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.28  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 35.29  the pollution control agency for an 
 35.30  agreement with the city of Maplewood to 
 35.31  design, construct, and monitor a 
 35.32  demonstration stormwater management 
 35.33  system.  This appropriation must be 
 35.34  matched by at least $165,000 of 
 35.35  nonstate money. 
 35.36  (e) PHALEN WETLAND RESTORATION           115,000
 35.37  This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.38  fund to the board of water and soil 
 35.39  resources for an agreement with the 
 35.40  city of St. Paul to restore a wetland 
 35.41  at the south end of Lake Phalen.  This 
 35.42  appropriation must be matched by at 
 35.43  least $50,000 in nonstate money. 
 35.44  (f) WETLAND RESTORATION AND 
 35.45  ENHANCEMENT TO CREATE COMMUNITY AMENITY 
 35.46  AND FORM                                 250,000
 35.47  This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.48  fund to the director of the office of 
 35.49  strategic and long-range planning for 
 35.50  an agreement with the University of 
 35.51  Minnesota to provide technical design 
 35.52  assistance to help five communities 
 35.53  create restored and enhanced wetlands 
 35.54  that reinforce community form and 
 35.55  emphasize habitat creation, water 
 35.56  quality, and recreational amenities. 
 35.57  (g)  METROPOLITAN AREA GROUNDWATER 
 35.58  MODEL TO PREDICT CONTAMINANT MOVEMENT    250,000
 35.59  This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.60  fund to the commissioner of the 
 35.61  pollution control agency to develop and 
 36.1   apply a tool to improve prediction of 
 36.2   contaminant movement in groundwater at 
 36.3   contamination sites in the metropolitan 
 36.4   area using a flexible regional 
 36.5   groundwater flow model.  Data 
 36.6   compatibility requirements in 
 36.7   subdivision 15 apply to this 
 36.8   appropriation. 
 36.9   (h) ARBORETUM BOUNDARY LAND 
 36.10  ACQUISITION                              680,000
 36.11  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.12  resources fund to the University of 
 36.13  Minnesota for a grant to the University 
 36.14  of Minnesota landscape arboretum 
 36.15  foundation to expand the boundary of 
 36.16  the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and, 
 36.17  if money is available after the 
 36.18  intended acquisition, to develop a 
 36.19  wetland restoration demonstration.  
 36.20  This appropriation must be matched by 
 36.21  at least $400,000 nonstate money. 
 36.22  Subd. 9.  Fisheries 
 36.23  (a) STATEWIDE EXPERIMENTAL 
 36.24  FISHING REGULATIONS                      650,000
 36.25  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.26  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.27  natural resources for baseline data 
 36.28  collection to evaluate experimental 
 36.29  fishing regulations. 
 36.30  This project must be completed and 
 36.31  final products delivered by December 
 36.32  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 36.33  available until that date. 
 36.34  (b) RIM -  ACCELERATE FISHERIES 
 36.35  ACQUISITION FOR ANGLER ACCESS            300,000
 36.36  This appropriation is from the trust 
 36.37  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 36.38  resources to provide increased angler 
 36.39  access by accelerating easement and fee 
 36.40  title acquisition of land adjacent to 
 36.41  streams and lakes, including access for 
 36.42  non boat owners and urban users. 
 36.43  This project must be completed and 
 36.44  final products delivered by December 
 36.45  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 36.46  available until that date. 
 36.47  (c) RIM - ACCELERATE STATEWIDE 
 36.48  FISHERIES HABITAT DEVELOPMENT, 
 36.49  HATCHERY REHABILITATION, AND 
 36.50  STREAM FLOW PROTECTION                 1,000,000
 36.51  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.52  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.53  natural resources to implement projects 
 36.54  for the acquisition, restoration, 
 36.55  improvement, and development of 
 36.56  fisheries habitat and hatchery 
 36.57  rehabilitation.  Up to $215,000 is 
 36.58  available to continue the stream flow 
 36.59  protection program for the second 
 36.60  biennium of a proposed eight-biennium 
 37.1   effort to establish a watershed level 
 37.2   stream habitat data base and develop 
 37.3   the tools to set protected flows for 
 37.4   ecosystem diversity.  Data 
 37.5   compatibility requirements in 
 37.6   subdivision 15 apply to this 
 37.7   appropriation. 
 37.8   This project must be completed and 
 37.9   final products delivered by December 
 37.10  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 37.11  available until that date. 
 37.12  Subd. 10.  Wildlife 
 37.13  (a) RIM - ACCELERATE WILDLIFE 
 37.14  LAND ACQUISITION                         650,000
 37.15  $450,000 of this appropriation is from 
 37.16  the trust fund and $200,000 is from the 
 37.17  future resources fund to the 
 37.18  commissioner of natural resources to 
 37.19  accelerate acquisition activities in 
 37.20  the reinvest in Minnesota program by 
 37.21  acquiring land identified in North 
 37.22  American waterfowl management plan 
 37.23  project areas.  This appropriation must 
 37.24  first be used for projects qualifying 
 37.25  for a match, which may include costs 
 37.26  for acquisition, enhancements, and 
 37.27  wetland restoration. 
 37.28  (b) RIM - ACCELERATE CRITICAL 
 37.29  HABITAT MATCH PROGRAM                    250,000
 37.30  This appropriation is from the trust 
 37.31  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 37.32  resources to accelerate the reinvest in 
 37.33  Minnesota program to acquire and 
 37.34  improve critical habitat for game and 
 37.35  nongame fish, wildlife, and native 
 37.36  plants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 37.37  section 84.943.  Projects must occur in 
 37.38  both urban and rural areas. 
 37.39  (c) RIM - ACCELERATE WILDLIFE 
 37.40  HABITAT STEWARDSHIP                      450,000
 37.41  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.42  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.43  natural resources for improvement of 
 37.44  wildlife habitat and natural plant 
 37.45  communities statewide, both urban and 
 37.46  rural public lands, to protect and 
 37.47  enhance wildlife, native plant species, 
 37.48  and ecological diversity. 
 37.49  (d) BIOMASS PRODUCTION, MANAGEMENT AND 
 37.50  RESTORATION OF BRUSHLAND HABITATS        200,000
 37.51  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.52  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.53  natural resources for an agreement with 
 37.54  the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 
 37.55  cooperation with the natural resources 
 37.56  research institute and the Minnesota 
 37.57  Sharptailed Grouse Society to assess 
 37.58  brushland harvesting, brushland as 
 37.59  wildlife habitat, and habitat 
 37.60  management strategies. 
 38.1   This project must be completed and 
 38.2   final products delivered by December 
 38.3   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 38.4   available until that date. 
 38.5   (e) TURN IN POACHERS YOUTH ACTIVITY BOOK  50,000
 38.6   This appropriation is from the future 
 38.7   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 38.8   natural resources for an agreement with 
 38.9   TIP, Inc. to print and disseminate an 
 38.10  activity book to inform and educate 
 38.11  children about poaching and its impact 
 38.12  on natural resources, and to promote 
 38.13  ethical hunting and fishing.  This 
 38.14  appropriation must be matched by at 
 38.15  least $12,500 of nonstate money. 
 38.16  Subd. 11.  Energy 
 38.17  (a) INTER-CITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE 
 38.18  TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION             150,000
 38.19  This appropriation is from the oil 
 38.20  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 38.21  administration for an agreement with 
 38.22  Minnesota Power and Light Company to 
 38.23  develop and evaluate an electric 
 38.24  vehicle infrastructure with charging 
 38.25  stations for use between Duluth and St. 
 38.26  Paul, including installation of a 
 38.27  charging station at the state of 
 38.28  Minnesota central motor pool location.  
 38.29  This appropriation must be matched by 
 38.30  at least $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 38.31  (b) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND 
 38.32  ENERGY ON FAMILY FARMS                   200,000
 38.33  This appropriation is from the oil 
 38.34  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 38.35  administration for an agreement with 
 38.36  the sustainable resources center to 
 38.37  provide technical assistance and 
 38.38  technology transfer for the development 
 38.39  of wind energy harvesting. 
 38.40  (c) ONE-MEGAWATT HYBRID ELECTRICAL 
 38.41  GENERATION SIMULATION PROJECT             50,000
 38.42  This appropriation is from the oil 
 38.43  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 38.44  administration for an agreement with 
 38.45  Dan Mar & Associates in cooperation 
 38.46  with the agriculture utilization 
 38.47  research institute for a simulation 
 38.48  project using biofuel electrical 
 38.49  generation to firm up wind power to 
 38.50  provide electrical energy on demand. 
 38.51  (d) AVIAN POPULATION ANALYSIS FOR 
 38.52  WIND POWER GENERATION REGIONS             75,000
 38.53  This appropriation is from the oil 
 38.54  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 38.55  administration for an agreement with 
 38.56  American Wind Energy Association to 
 38.57  identify and assess significant avian 
 38.58  activity areas within identified wind 
 38.59  farm corridors in Minnesota.  This 
 38.60  appropriation must be matched by at 
 39.1   least $75,000 of nonstate money. 
 39.2   This project must be completed and 
 39.3   final products delivered by December 
 39.4   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 39.5   available until that date. 
 39.6   (e) ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC 
 39.7   ICE ARENAS                               470,000
 39.8   This appropriation is from the oil 
 39.9   overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 39.10  administration for an agreement with 
 39.11  the Center for Energy and Environment 
 39.12  to assess, install and evaluate energy 
 39.13  and indoor air quality improvements in 
 39.14  at least 25 publicly owned ice arenas 
 39.15  located throughout Minnesota.  Projects 
 39.16  receiving funding from this 
 39.17  appropriation must be in compliance 
 39.18  with the indoor ice facilities prime 
 39.19  ice time and gender preference 
 39.20  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 39.21  section 15.98.  This appropriation is 
 39.22  for up to 50 percent of the cost of 
 39.23  retrofit activities. 
 39.24  Subd. 12.  Historic 
 39.25  (a) RESTORE HISTORIC MISSISSIPPI 
 39.26  RIVER MILL SITE                          120,000
 39.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.28  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 39.29  historical society for a subgrant to 
 39.30  the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 39.31  board to implement an agreement with 
 39.32  Crown Hydro Company to restore 
 39.33  gatehouse foundations, construct 
 39.34  catwalks and lighting through the 
 39.35  tailrace tunnels, and restore and 
 39.36  display the historic turbine of the 
 39.37  historic Crown roller mill.  This 
 39.38  activity must be done in cooperation 
 39.39  with the St. Anthony falls heritage 
 39.40  board.  Reasonable public use and 
 39.41  access must be provided.  This 
 39.42  appropriation must be matched by at 
 39.43  least $120,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 39.44  appropriation is contingent on the 
 39.45  receipt of all applicable hydropower 
 39.46  and other public agency approvals. 
 39.47  (b) POND-DAKOTA MISSION 
 39.48  RESTORATION                              270,000
 39.49  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.50  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 39.51  historical society for an agreement 
 39.52  with the city of Bloomington to 
 39.53  continue the restoration of the Pond 
 39.54  house and Dakota Indian mission site.  
 39.55  This appropriation must be matched by 
 39.56  $80,000 of nonstate money. 
 39.57  (c) JOSEPH R. BROWN INTERPRETIVE 
 39.58  CENTER RESTORATION PROJECT                75,000
 39.59  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.60  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 39.61  historical society for an agreement 
 40.1   with the Sibley county historical 
 40.2   society for building restoration and 
 40.3   renovation activities on the 1879 
 40.4   Sibley county courthouse, to be used as 
 40.5   the Joseph R. Brown interpretive 
 40.6   center.  This appropriation must be 
 40.7   matched by at least $5,000 of nonstate 
 40.8   money. 
 40.9   (d) HERITAGE TRAILS                      200,000
 40.10  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.11  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 40.12  historical society to plan and 
 40.13  construct trails for at least three 
 40.14  historic sites and for trail 
 40.15  interpretive material and equipment. 
 40.16  (e) RESTORATION OF HISTORIC ELBA 
 40.17  FIRE TOWER                                73,000
 40.18  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.19  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 40.20  natural resources for an agreement with 
 40.21  the Elba booster club, in consultation 
 40.22  with the Minnesota historical society, 
 40.23  for restoration and the development of 
 40.24  interpretive materials and to provide 
 40.25  access to the Elba fire tower for safe 
 40.26  recreational and educational use.  This 
 40.27  project must be available for 
 40.28  reasonable public use and access. 
 40.29  (f) MANAGING MINNESOTA SHIPWRECKS        100,000
 40.30  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.31  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 40.32  historical society to survey historic 
 40.33  north shore shipping facilities and 
 40.34  shipwrecks, survey shipwrecks in 
 40.35  Minnesota inland lakes and rivers, 
 40.36  organize a conference on underwater 
 40.37  cultural resources, and revise the 
 40.38  management plan. Supplemental funding 
 40.39  must be requested and the results 
 40.40  reported to the legislative commission 
 40.41  on Minnesota resources. 
 40.42  (g) LAC QUI PARLE MISSION
 40.43  HISTORICAL TRAIL                         181,000
 40.44  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.45  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 40.46  historical society to construct a 
 40.47  mile-long trail for hiking and biking, 
 40.48  including an overlook at the site of 
 40.49  the historic Lac Qui Parle Mission.  
 40.50  The trail must be accessible by persons 
 40.51  who are physically disabled. 
 40.52  Subd. 13.  Biological Control 
 40.53  (a) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF 
 40.54  EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL AND PURPLE 
 40.55  LOOSESTRIFE - CONTINUATION               300,000
 40.56  $250,000 of this appropriation is from 
 40.57  the trust fund and $50,000 is from the 
 40.58  future resources fund to the 
 40.59  commissioner of natural resources for 
 40.60  the second biennium of a five-biennium 
 41.1   project to develop biological controls 
 41.2   for Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 41.3   loosestrife. 
 41.4   This project must be completed and 
 41.5   final products delivered by December 
 41.6   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 41.7   available until that date. 
 41.8   (b) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OVERLAND 
 41.9   SPREAD OF OAK WILT                        90,000
 41.10  This appropriation is from the future 
 41.11  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 41.12  agriculture in cooperation with the 
 41.13  University of Minnesota to improve 
 41.14  application methods for enhancing 
 41.15  natural biological control of the 
 41.16  overland spread of oak wilt. 
 41.17  (c) BENEFICIAL FUNGAL INOCULUM FOR 
 41.18  PRAIRIE AND WETLAND RECLAMATION          100,000
 41.19  This appropriation is from the trust 
 41.20  fund to the commissioner of 
 41.21  transportation for an agreement with 
 41.22  the University of Minnesota for the 
 41.23  characterization and development of 
 41.24  inoculum production methods for soil 
 41.25  fungi associated with the roots of 
 41.26  native and naturalized Minnesota plants 
 41.27  in prairies and wetlands to assist in 
 41.28  restoration projects. 
 41.29  Subd. 14.  Data Compatibility 
 41.30  Requirements 
 41.31  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 41.32  1997, the data collected by the 
 41.33  projects funded under this section that 
 41.34  have common value for natural resource 
 41.35  planning and management must conform to 
 41.36  information architecture as defined in 
 41.37  guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 41.38  information policy office.  Data review 
 41.39  committees may be established to 
 41.40  develop or comment on plans for data 
 41.41  integration and distribution and shall 
 41.42  submit semiannual status reports to the 
 41.43  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 41.44  resources on their findings.  In 
 41.45  addition, the data must be provided to 
 41.46  and integrated with the Minnesota land 
 41.47  management information center's 
 41.48  geographic data bases with the 
 41.49  integration costs borne by the activity 
 41.50  receiving funding under this section. 
 41.51  Subd. 15.  Project Requirements 
 41.52  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 41.53  appropriations in this section that any 
 41.54  agency or entity receiving the 
 41.55  appropriation must comply with 
 41.56  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P. 
 41.57  Subd 16.  Match Requirements 
 41.58  Appropriations in this section that 
 41.59  must be matched and for which the match 
 41.60  has not been committed by January 1, 
 42.1   1996, must be canceled.  Unless 
 42.2   specifically authorized, in-kind 
 42.3   contributions may not be counted as 
 42.4   match. 
 42.5   Subd. 17.  Payment Conditions and 
 42.6   Capital Equipment Expenditures 
 42.7   All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 42.8   referred to in this section must be 
 42.9   administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 42.10  Payment must be made upon receiving 
 42.11  documentation that reimbursable amounts 
 42.12  have been expended, except that 
 42.13  reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
 42.14  projects in order to accommodate cash 
 42.15  flow needs.  The advances must be 
 42.16  approved as part of the work program.  
 42.17  No expenditures for capital equipment 
 42.18  are allowed unless expressly authorized 
 42.19  in the project work program. 
 42.20  Subd. 18.  Purchase of Recycled and 
 42.21  Recyclable Materials 
 42.22  A political subdivision, public or 
 42.23  private corporation, or other entity 
 42.24  that receives an appropriation in this 
 42.25  section must use the appropriation in 
 42.26  compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 42.27  sections 16B.121 to 16B.123, requiring 
 42.28  the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 42.29  and durable materials, the purchase of 
 42.30  uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 42.31  soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 42.32  state agency. 
 42.33  Subd. 19.  Energy Conservation
 42.34  A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 42.35  made in this section for a capital 
 42.36  improvement project shall ensure that 
 42.37  the project complies with the 
 42.38  applicable energy conservation 
 42.39  standards contained in law, including 
 42.40  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 42.41  216C.21, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 42.42  The recipient may use the energy 
 42.43  planning and intervention and energy 
 42.44  technologies units of the department of 
 42.45  public service to obtain information 
 42.46  and technical assistance on energy 
 42.47  conservation and alternative energy 
 42.48  development relating to the planning 
 42.49  and construction of the capital 
 42.50  improvement project. 
 42.51  Subd. 20.  Carryforward 
 42.52  (a) The availability of the 
 42.53  appropriations for the following 
 42.54  projects is extended to December 31, 
 42.55  1995; on that date the appropriations 
 42.56  cancel and no further payment is 
 42.57  authorized:  Laws 1993, chapter 172, 
 42.58  section 14, subdivisions 3(a), 3(f), 
 42.59  3(i), 6(b), 9, 10(a), 10(c), 10(g), 
 42.60  10(p), 10(q), 10(r), 12(a), 12(b), 
 42.61  12(c), 12(h), 12(j), and 12(l). 
 42.62  (b) The availability of the 
 43.1   appropriations for the following 
 43.2   projects is extended to December 31, 
 43.3   1996; on that date the appropriations 
 43.4   cancel and no further payment is 
 43.5   authorized:  (1) Laws 1993, chapter 
 43.6   172, section 14, subdivisions 3(c), 
 43.7   4(e), 10(d), 10(f), 10(o), 12(f), 
 43.8   12(g), and that portion of subdivision 
 43.9   10, paragraph (b), the Bloomington East 
 43.10  and West Bush Lake picnic areas; and 
 43.11  paragraph (c), for Cedar Lake trail 
 43.12  development and the Dakota North 
 43.13  regional trail in South St. Paul; and 
 43.14  (2) Laws 1994, chapter 632, article 2, 
 43.15  section 6, local recreation grants and 
 43.16  Silver Bay harbor. 
 43.17  Sec. 16.  ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
 43.18  The following amounts are appropriated 
 43.19  from the Minnesota environment and 
 43.20  natural resources trust fund referred 
 43.21  to in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 43.22  116P.02, subdivision 6.  The 
 43.23  appropriations are available until 
 43.24  December 31, 1995, and are subject to 
 43.25  the provisions of Laws 1993, chapter 
 43.26  172, section 14, subdivisions 14 to 18. 
 43.27  (a) STATE PARK AND RECREATION  
 43.28  AREA ACQUISITION                         720,000
 43.29  This appropriation is to the 
 43.30  commissioner of natural resources for 
 43.31  acquisition of land within the 
 43.32  statutory boundaries of state parks and 
 43.33  recreation areas. 
 43.34  (b) METROPOLITAN REGIONAL PARKS AND
 43.35  TRAILS ACQUISITION                       720,000
 43.36  This appropriation is to the 
 43.37  commissioner of natural resources for 
 43.38  payment to the metropolitan council for 
 43.39  subgrants to acquire parks and trails 
 43.40  consistent with the metropolitan 
 43.41  council regional recreation open space 
 43.42  capital improvement plan. 
 43.43  This appropriation may be used for the 
 43.44  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 43.45  are expressly included in the work 
 43.46  program approved by the legislative 
 43.47  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 43.48  (c) The projects in this section must 
 43.49  be completed and final products 
 43.50  delivered by December 31, 1995, and the 
 43.51  appropriations are available until that 
 43.52  date. 
 43.53     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15.50, is 
 43.54  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 43.55     Subd. 10.  [NATIVE VEGETATION PLANTING.] As part of its 
 43.56  comprehensive plan and adopted zoning rules, the board shall 
 43.57  give priority to the planting of native trees and shrubs, or 
 44.1   native grasses wherever appropriate, within the capitol area. 
 44.2      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 44.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 44.4      Subd. 2.  [AUTHORITY.] The commissioner shall establish, 
 44.5   adopt rules for, and implement a program to work with make loans 
 44.6   to local units of government, federal authorities, lending 
 44.7   institutions, and other appropriate organizations to who will in 
 44.8   turn provide loans to landowners and businesses for facilities, 
 44.9   fixtures, equipment, or other sustainable practices that prevent 
 44.10  or mitigate sources of nonpoint source water pollution.  The 
 44.11  commissioner shall establish pilot projects to develop 
 44.12  procedures for implementing the program.  The commissioner shall 
 44.13  develop administrative guidelines to implement the pilot 
 44.14  projects specifying criteria, standards, and procedures for 
 44.15  making loans. 
 44.16     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 44.17  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 44.18     Subd. 4.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section, 
 44.19  the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given 
 44.20  them. 
 44.21     (a) "Applicant" means a county or a local government unit 
 44.22  designated by a county under subdivision 8, paragraph (a).  
 44.23     (b) "Authority" means the Minnesota public facilities 
 44.24  authority as established in section 446A.03. 
 44.25     (c) "Best management practices" has the meaning given in 
 44.26  sections 103F.711, subdivision 3, and 103H.151, subdivision 2. 
 44.27     (d) "Chair" means the chair of the board of water and soil 
 44.28  resources or the designee of the chair. 
 44.29     (e) "Borrower" means an individual farmer, an agriculture 
 44.30  supply business, or rural landowner applying for a low-interest 
 44.31  loan. 
 44.32     (f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or 
 44.33  the designee of the commissioner. 
 44.34     (g) "Comprehensive water management plan" means a state 
 44.35  approved and locally adopted plan authorized under section 
 44.36  103B.231, 103B.255, 103B.311, 103C.331, 103D.401, or 103D.405. 
 45.1      (h) "County Local allocation request" means a loan 
 45.2   allocation request from an applicant to implement agriculturally 
 45.3   related best management practices defined in paragraph (c). 
 45.4      (i) "Lender agreement" means an a loan agreement entered 
 45.5   into between the commissioner and, a local lender, and the 
 45.6   applicant, if different from the local lender.  The agreement 
 45.7   will contain terms and conditions of the loan that will include 
 45.8   but need not be limited to general loan provisions, loan 
 45.9   management requirements, application of payments, loan term 
 45.10  limits, allowable expenses, and fee limitations. 
 45.11     (j) "Local government unit" means a county, soil and water 
 45.12  conservation district, or an organization formed for the joint 
 45.13  exercise of powers under section 471.59. 
 45.14     (k) "Local lender" means a local government unit as defined 
 45.15  in paragraph (j), a state or federally chartered bank, a savings 
 45.16  and loan association, a state or federal credit union, a 
 45.17  nonprofit economic development organization approved by the 
 45.18  commissioner, or Farm Credit Services. 
 45.19     (l) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in section 
 45.20  103F.711, subdivision 6. 
 45.21     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 45.22  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 45.23     Subd. 6.  [APPLICATION.] (a) The commissioner must 
 45.24  prescribe forms and establish an application process for 
 45.25  applicants to apply for a county local allocation request.  The 
 45.26  application must include but need not be limited to (1) the 
 45.27  geographic area served; (2) the type and estimated cost of 
 45.28  activities or projects for which they are seeking a loan 
 45.29  allocation; (3) a ranking of proposed activities or projects; 
 45.30  and (4) the designation of the local lender and lending 
 45.31  practices the applicant local lender intends to use to issue the 
 45.32  loans to the borrowers, if a local lender other than the 
 45.33  applicant is to be used. 
 45.34     (b) In an area of the state where a county allocation 
 45.35  request has not been requested or has been rejected, application 
 45.36  forms must be available for a borrower to apply directly to the 
 46.1   commissioner for a loan under this program. 
 46.2      (c) If a county local allocation request is rejected, the 
 46.3   applicant must be notified in writing as to the reasons for the 
 46.4   rejection and given 30 days to submit a revised application.  
 46.5   The revised application shall be reviewed according to the same 
 46.6   procedure used to review the initial application. 
 46.7      Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 46.8   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 46.9      Subd. 7.  [PAYMENTS.] (a) Payments made from the water 
 46.10  pollution control revolving fund must be made in accordance with 
 46.11  applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the 
 46.12  payments. 
 46.13     (b) Payments from the commissioner to the local lender must 
 46.14  be disbursed on a cost-incurred basis.  Local lenders shall 
 46.15  submit payment requests at least quarterly but not more than 
 46.16  monthly.  Payment requests must be reviewed and approved by the 
 46.17  commissioner.  The payment request form must itemize all costs 
 46.18  by major elements and show eligible and ineligible costs. 
 46.19     (c) The commissioner may initiate recision of an allocation 
 46.20  granted in a lender agreement as provided in subdivision 11, 
 46.21  paragraph (d), if the local lender fails to enter into loans 
 46.22  with borrowers equaling the total allocation granted within one 
 46.23  year from the date of the lender agreement or fails to have the 
 46.24  total amount of allocated funds drawn down through payment 
 46.25  requests within two years.  An additional year to draw down the 
 46.26  undisbursed portion of an allocation may be granted by the 
 46.27  commissioner under extenuating circumstances. 
 46.28     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 46.29  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 46.30     Subd. 8.  [APPLICANT; BORROWERS.] (a) A county may submit a 
 46.31  county local allocation request as defined in subdivision 4, 
 46.32  paragraph (h).  A county or a group of counties may designate 
 46.33  another local government unit as defined in subdivision 4, 
 46.34  paragraph (j), to submit a county local allocation request. 
 46.35     (b) If a county does not submit a county local allocation 
 46.36  request, and does not designate another local government unit, a 
 47.1   soil and water conservation district may submit a county local 
 47.2   allocation request.  In all instances, there may be only one 
 47.3   request from a county.  The applicant must coordinate and submit 
 47.4   requests on behalf of other units of government within the 
 47.5   geographic jurisdiction of the applicant. 
 47.6      (c) Borrowers may apply directly to the commissioner if the 
 47.7   commissioner does not receive or approve a county allocation 
 47.8   request from the county, designated local government unit, or 
 47.9   soil and water conservation district in which the proposed 
 47.10  activities would be carried out. 
 47.11     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 47.12  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 47.13     Subd. 9.  [REVIEW AND RANKING OF ALLOCATION REQUESTS.] (a) 
 47.14  The commissioner shall chair the subcommittee established in 
 47.15  section 103F.761, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), for purposes of 
 47.16  reviewing and ranking county local allocation requests.  The 
 47.17  rankings must be in order of priority and shall provide 
 47.18  financial assistance within the limits of the funds available.  
 47.19  In carrying out the review and ranking, the subcommittee must 
 47.20  consist of, at a minimum, the chair, representatives of the 
 47.21  pollution control agency, United States Department of 
 47.22  Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, United 
 47.23  States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, 
 47.24  Association of Minnesota Counties, and other agencies or 
 47.25  associations as the commissioner, the chair, and agency 
 47.26  determine are appropriate.  The review and ranking shall take 
 47.27  into consideration other related state or federal programs. 
 47.28     (b) The subcommittee shall use the criteria listed below in 
 47.29  carrying out the review and ranking: 
 47.30     (1) whether the proposed activities are identified in a 
 47.31  comprehensive water management plan as priorities; 
 47.32     (2) whether the applicant intends to establish a revolving 
 47.33  loan program under subdivision 10, paragraph (b); 
 47.34     (3) the potential that the proposed activities have for 
 47.35  improving or protecting surface and groundwater quality; 
 47.36     (4) the extent that the proposed activities support 
 48.1   areawide or multijurisdictional approaches to protecting water 
 48.2   quality based on defined watershed; 
 48.3      (5) whether the activities are needed for compliance with 
 48.4   existing water related laws or rules; 
 48.5      (6) whether the proposed activities demonstrate 
 48.6   participation, coordination, and cooperation between local units 
 48.7   of government and other public agencies; 
 48.8      (7) whether there is coordination with other public and 
 48.9   private funding sources and programs; and 
 48.10     (8) whether there are off-site public benefits such as 
 48.11  preventing downstream degradation and siltation; and 
 48.12     (9) the proposed interest rate. 
 48.13     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, is 
 48.14  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 48.15     Subd. 9a.  [AUTHORITY OF APPLICANTS.] Applicants may enter 
 48.16  into a lender agreement designating a local lender.  Applicants 
 48.17  designating themselves as the local lender may enter into 
 48.18  contracts for loan review, processing, and servicing. 
 48.19     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 48.20  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 48.21     Subd. 10.  [AUTHORITY OF APPLICANTS LOCAL LENDERS.] (a) 
 48.22  Applicants Local lenders may enter into lender agreements with 
 48.23  borrowers to finance projects under this section the 
 48.24  commissioner. 
 48.25     (b) Applicants Local lenders may establish revolving loan 
 48.26  programs enter into loan agreements with borrowers to finance 
 48.27  projects under this section. 
 48.28     (c) In approving county allocation requests, the 
 48.29  commissioner shall allow applicants to provide loans under 
 48.30  revolving loan programs established under paragraph (b), until 
 48.31  50 percent of the amount appropriated and available under 
 48.32  subdivision 3 has been allocated to applicants establishing 
 48.33  these programs.  In approving any additional county allocation 
 48.34  requests, the commissioner may allow applicants to provide loans 
 48.35  under these programs Local lenders may establish revolving loan 
 48.36  programs to finance projects under this section. 
 49.1      (d) Local lenders, including applicants designating 
 49.2   themselves as the local lender, may enter into participation 
 49.3   agreements with other lenders.  Local lenders may also enter 
 49.4   into contracts with other lenders for the limited purposes of 
 49.5   loan review, processing and servicing, or to enter into loan 
 49.6   agreements with borrowers to finance projects under this 
 49.7   section.  Other lenders entering into contracts with local 
 49.8   lenders under this section must meet the definition of local 
 49.9   lender in subdivision 4, must comply with all provisions of the 
 49.10  lender agreement and this section, and must guarantee repayment 
 49.11  of the loan funds to the local lender.  In no case may there be 
 49.12  more than one local lender per county or more than one revolving 
 49.13  fund per county. 
 49.14     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 49.15  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 49.16     Subd. 11.  [BORROWER ELIGIBILITY; TERMS; REPAYMENT; 
 49.17  RECISION.] (a) Local lenders shall use the following criteria in 
 49.18  addition to other criteria they deem necessary in determining 
 49.19  the eligibility of borrowers for loans: 
 49.20     (1) whether the activity is certified by a local unit of 
 49.21  government as meeting priority needs identified in a 
 49.22  comprehensive water management plan and is in compliance with 
 49.23  accepted standards, specifications, or criteria; 
 49.24     (2) whether the activity is certified as eligible under 
 49.25  Environmental Protection Agency or other applicable guidelines; 
 49.26  and 
 49.27     (3) whether the repayment is assured from the borrower. 
 49.28     (b) Local lenders shall set the terms and conditions of 
 49.29  loans to borrowers, except that no loan to an individual 
 49.30  borrower may exceed $50,000.  In all instances, local lenders 
 49.31  must provide for sufficient collateral or protection for the 
 49.32  loan principal.  They are responsible for collecting repayments 
 49.33  by borrowers.  For direct loans, the borrower must provide 
 49.34  sufficient collateral and repay the loan according to a mutually 
 49.35  prearranged schedule with the commissioner. 
 49.36     (c) A The local lender is responsible for repaying the 
 50.1   principal of a loan to the commissioner.  The terms of repayment 
 50.2   will be identified in the lender agreement.  If defaults occur, 
 50.3   it is the responsibility of the local lender to obtain repayment 
 50.4   from the borrower.  Default on the part of individual borrowers 
 50.5   shall have no effect on the local lender's responsibility to 
 50.6   repay its loan from the commissioner whether or not the local 
 50.7   lender fully recovers defaulted amounts from individual 
 50.8   borrowers.  For revolving loan programs established under 
 50.9   subdivision 10, paragraph (b) (c), the lender agreement must 
 50.10  provide that: 
 50.11     (1) repayment of principal to the commissioner must 
 50.12  begin no later than ten years after the date of the applicant 
 50.13  receives the allocation lender agreement and must be repaid in 
 50.14  full no later than 20 years after the date of the lender 
 50.15  agreement; and 
 50.16     (2) after the initial ten-year period, the local lender 
 50.17  shall not write any additional loans, and any existing principal 
 50.18  balance held by the local lender shall be immediately repaid to 
 50.19  the commissioner; 
 50.20     (3) after the initial ten-year period, all principal 
 50.21  received by the local lender from borrowers shall be repaid to 
 50.22  the commissioner as it is received; and 
 50.23     (4) the applicant shall report to the commissioner annually 
 50.24  regarding the past and intended uses of the money in the 
 50.25  revolving loan program. 
 50.26     (d) Continued availability of the allocation granted in the 
 50.27  lender agreement is contingent upon commissioner approval of the 
 50.28  annual report.  The commissioner shall review the annual report 
 50.29  to ensure the past and future uses of the funds are consistent 
 50.30  with the comprehensive water management plan and the lender 
 50.31  agreement.  If the commissioner concludes the past or intended 
 50.32  uses of the money are not consistent with the comprehensive 
 50.33  water management plan or the lender agreement, the commissioner 
 50.34  shall rescind the allocation granted under the lender agreement. 
 50.35  Such recision shall result in termination of available 
 50.36  allocation, the immediate repayment of any unencumbered funds 
 51.1   held by the local lender in a revolving loan fund, and the 
 51.2   repayment of the principal portion of loan repayments to the 
 51.3   commissioner as they are received.  The lender agreement shall 
 51.4   reflect the commissioner's rights under this paragraph. 
 51.5      (e) A local lender shall receive certification from local 
 51.6   government unit staff that a project has been satisfactorily 
 51.7   completed prior to releasing the final loan disbursement. 
 51.8      Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 51.9   subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 51.10     Subd. 14.  [FEES; LOAN SERVICES AND INTEREST.] (a) 
 51.11  Origination fees charged directly to borrowers by local lenders 
 51.12  upon executing a loan shall not exceed one-half of one percent 
 51.13  of the loan amount.  Servicing fees Interest assessed to loan 
 51.14  repayments by the local lender must not exceed two three percent 
 51.15  interest on outstanding principal amounts if the local lender is 
 51.16  a local government unit, or three percent interest on 
 51.17  outstanding principal amounts if the local lender is a state or 
 51.18  federally chartered bank, savings and loan association, a state 
 51.19  or federal credit union, or an entity of Farm Credit Services. 
 51.20     (b) The local lender shall create a principal account to 
 51.21  which the principal portions of individual borrower loan 
 51.22  repayments will be credited. 
 51.23     (c) Any interest earned on outstanding loan balances not 
 51.24  separated as repayments are received and before the principal 
 51.25  amounts are deposited in the principal account shall be added to 
 51.26  the principal portion of the loan to the local lender and must 
 51.27  be paid to the commissioner when the principal is due under the 
 51.28  lender agreement. 
 51.29     (d) Any interest earned on the principal account must be 
 51.30  added to the principal portion of the loan to the local lender 
 51.31  and must be paid to the commissioner when the principal is due 
 51.32  under the lender agreement. 
 51.33     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 51.34  subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
 51.35     Subd. 16.  [ASSESSMENT AGAINST REAL PROPERTY LIENS AGAINST 
 51.36  PROPERTY.] A county may assess and charge against real property 
 52.1   amounts loaned and servicing fees for projects funded under this 
 52.2   section.  The auditor of the county where the project is located 
 52.3   shall extend the amounts assessed and charged on the tax roll of 
 52.4   the county against the real property on which the project is 
 52.5   located. (a) Unless a county determines otherwise, at the time 
 52.6   of the disbursement of funds on a loan to a borrower under this 
 52.7   section, the principal balance due plus accrued interest on the 
 52.8   principal balance as provided by this section becomes a lien in 
 52.9   favor of the county making the loan upon the real property on 
 52.10  which the project is located.  The lien must be first and prior 
 52.11  to all other liens against the property, including state tax 
 52.12  liens, whether filed before or after the placing of a lien under 
 52.13  this subdivision, except liens for special assessments by the 
 52.14  county under applicable special assessments laws, which liens 
 52.15  shall be of equal rank with the lien created under this 
 52.16  subdivision.  A lien in favor of the county shall be first and 
 52.17  prior as provided in this subdivision only if the county making 
 52.18  the loan gives written notice of the intent to make the loan 
 52.19  under this subdivision to all other persons having a recorded 
 52.20  interest in the real property subject to the lien, no less than 
 52.21  30 days prior to the disbursement of the funds.  If within ten 
 52.22  days of the written notice a lender which has a prior recorded 
 52.23  interest in the real property makes written objection to the 
 52.24  intent to obtain the lien to be established, then the county 
 52.25  shall not make the loan.  This lien must be recorded as a lien 
 52.26  against the real estate in the county recorder's office for the 
 52.27  county or counties in which the property is located.  The county 
 52.28  may bill amounts due on the loan on the tax statement for the 
 52.29  property.  Enforcement of the lien created by this subdivision 
 52.30  shall, at the county's option, be in the manner set forth in 
 52.31  chapter 580 or 581.  When the amount due plus interest has been 
 52.32  paid, the county shall file a satisfaction of the lien created 
 52.33  under this subdivision. 
 52.34     (b) A county may also secure amounts due on a loan under 
 52.35  this section by taking a purchase money security interest in 
 52.36  equipment in accordance with chapter 336, article 9, and may 
 53.1   enforce the purchase money security interest in accordance with 
 53.2   chapters 336, article 9, and 565. 
 53.3      Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, is 
 53.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 53.5      Subd. 17.  [REFERENDUM EXEMPTION.] For the purpose of 
 53.6   obtaining a loan from the commissioner, a local government unit 
 53.7   may provide to the commissioner its general obligation note.  
 53.8   All obligations incurred by a local government unit in obtaining 
 53.9   a loan from the commissioner must be in accordance with chapter 
 53.10  475, except that so long as the obligations are issued to 
 53.11  evidence a loan from the commissioner to the local government 
 53.12  unit, an election is not required to authorize the obligations 
 53.13  issued, and the amount of the obligations shall not be included 
 53.14  in determining the net indebtedness of the local government unit 
 53.15  under the provisions of any law or chapter limiting the 
 53.16  indebtedness. 
 53.17     Sec. 30.  [17.231] [NATIVE GRASSES AND WILDFLOWER SEED 
 53.18  PRODUCTION INCENTIVE LOAN PROGRAM.] 
 53.19     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) The commissioner shall 
 53.20  prepare a plan to establish a seed production loan program to 
 53.21  provide loans that enable people to begin or expand efforts to 
 53.22  develop and produce new, local-origin, native grass, and native 
 53.23  wildflower seed species. 
 53.24     (b) In the plan, the commissioner shall use the ecological 
 53.25  regions identified by the commissioner of natural resources 
 53.26  covering the entire state.  In the plan, the commissioner shall 
 53.27  design the loan program to produce at least ten local variety 
 53.28  native grass species and 40 local variety native wildflower 
 53.29  species for each region.  In the plan, the commissioner shall 
 53.30  look at the possibility of producing 100 acres of native grass 
 53.31  seed production and ten acres of native wildflower seed 
 53.32  production in each region. 
 53.33     Sec. 31.  [17.985] [PASSING ON THE FARM CENTER.] 
 53.34     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES.] The Passing on the 
 53.35  Farm Center is established as a part of Southwest Technical 
 53.36  College in Granite Falls to assist individuals beginning farming 
 54.1   and family farming operations.  The center shall also assist in 
 54.2   facilitating the transition of farming operations from 
 54.3   established farmers to beginning farmers by creating and 
 54.4   maintaining an information base inventorying land and facilities 
 54.5   available for acquisition and bringing them together to increase 
 54.6   the number of family farming operations in this state.  The 
 54.7   objectives of the center include, but are not limited to, the 
 54.8   following: 
 54.9      (1) using the services of licensed accountants, real estate 
 54.10  agents, and attorneys to provide education in estate planning 
 54.11  and farm transfer programs for interested retiring farmers; 
 54.12     (2) assessing needs of beginning farmers and retiring 
 54.13  farmers in order to identify program and service opportunities 
 54.14  including developing statewide apprenticeship programs between 
 54.15  beginning and retiring farmers; and 
 54.16     (3) developing, coordinating, and delivering statewide 
 54.17  through Southwest Technical College in Granite Falls and other 
 54.18  entities, as appropriate, targeted education to beginning 
 54.19  farmers and retiring farm families. 
 54.20     Subd. 2.  [PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.] Programs and services 
 54.21  provided by the center must include, but are not limited to, the 
 54.22  development of skills and knowledge in farm estate planning and 
 54.23  other topics related to intergenerational farm transfer.  The 
 54.24  center shall not provide advice calling for the exercise of 
 54.25  professional judgment that constitutes the practice of law.  The 
 54.26  center shall develop and distribute a detailed questionnaire for 
 54.27  interested retired farmers and landowners and beginning farmers 
 54.28  for the purpose of connecting them with each other and to 
 54.29  develop computerized lists. 
 54.30     Subd. 3.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The center shall submit a report 
 54.31  annually to the legislature on or before February 1.  The report 
 54.32  shall include, but is not limited to, recommendations for 
 54.33  methods by which more individuals may be encouraged to enter 
 54.34  agriculture. 
 54.35     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 28A.08, is 
 54.36  amended to read: 
 55.1      28A.08 [LICENSE FEES; PENALTIES.] 
 55.2      (a) License fees, penalties for late renewal of licenses, 
 55.3   and penalties for not obtaining a license before conducting 
 55.4   business in food handling that are set in this section apply to 
 55.5   the sections named except as provided under section 28A.09.  
 55.6   Except as specified herein, bonds and assessments based on 
 55.7   number of units operated or volume handled or processed which 
 55.8   are provided for in said laws shall not be affected, nor shall 
 55.9   any penalties for late payment of said assessments, nor shall 
 55.10  inspection fees, be affected by this chapter.  The penalties may 
 55.11  be waived by the commissioner. 
 55.12     (b) A reinspection fee must be charged for each 
 55.13  reinspection of a food handler that is found with a major 
 55.14  violation of requirements in chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 31A, 32, 
 55.15  33, or 34, or rules adopted under one of those chapters.  The 
 55.16  first reinspection of a firm with gross food sales under 
 55.17  $1,000,000 must be assessed at $25.  The fee for a firm with 
 55.18  gross food sales over $1,000,000 is $50.  The fee for a 
 55.19  subsequent reinspection of a firm for the same violation is 50 
 55.20  percent of their current license fee.  The establishment must be 
 55.21  issued written notice of violations with a reasonable date for 
 55.22  compliance listed on the notice.  
 55.23     (c) For purposes of this section, "major violation" 
 55.24  includes conditions whereby the food products have become 
 55.25  adulterated as defined in section 31.121, or fraudulently 
 55.26  misbranded as defined in section 31.123.  Furthermore, 
 55.27  reinspections will be conducted for other prohibited acts as 
 55.28  defined in section 31.02, after administrative meetings as 
 55.29  defined in section 31.14, and for failure to correct equipment 
 55.30  and facility deficiencies as required under applicable rules as 
 55.31  adopted under chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 31A, 32, or 34.  An 
 55.32  initial inspection relating to a complaint is not a reinspection.
 55.33     (d) A food handler that requires a reinspection due to a 
 55.34  food safety emergency that presented a public health threat and 
 55.35  that violated a statute in paragraph (b) must be assessed for 
 55.36  the department's reinspection costs.  Reinspections related to 
 56.1   floods, earthquakes, storms, accidental fires, and power outages 
 56.2   are excluded. 
 56.3      (e) All reinspection fees and assessments collected must be 
 56.4   deposited in a special account for reinspections conducted under 
 56.5   the statutes listed in paragraph (a), and is annually 
 56.6   appropriated for this purpose.  Money in the account, including 
 56.7   interest accrued, is appropriated to the department of 
 56.8   agriculture to compensate for and meet the expenses relating to 
 56.9   reinspections.  Food handlers may appeal reinspection fees and 
 56.10  assessments to the department hearing officer within 30 days of 
 56.11  receipt of the notice of fee assessment.  The appeal must be 
 56.12  submitted to the commissioner in writing.  Fees and assessments 
 56.13  are due on demand by the commissioner.  However, if a timely 
 56.14  appeal is requested, the fees and assessments are stayed until a 
 56.15  decision on the appeal is issued by the hearing officer.  A 
 56.16  license may not be renewed until all fees and penalties are paid.
 56.17     (f) License fees, late charges, and penalties are as 
 56.18  follows: 
 56.19                                                    Penalties 
 56.20  Type of food handler                    License  Late     No
 56.21                                          Fee      Renewal  License
 56.22  1.   Retail food handler
 56.23       (a) Having gross sales of only
 56.24       prepackaged nonperishable food
 56.25       of less than $15,000 for 
 56.26       the immediately previous 
 56.27       license or fiscal year and 
 56.28       filing a statement with the 
 56.29       commissioner                       $ 40     $ 15     $ 25
 56.30       (b) Having under $15,000 gross
 56.31       sales including food preparation 
 56.32       or having $15,000 to $50,000 
 56.33       gross sales for the immediately 
 56.34       previous license or fiscal year    $ 55     $ 15     $ 25
 56.35       (c) Having $50,000 to $250,000 
 56.36       gross sales for the immediately                          
 57.1        previous license or fiscal year    $105     $ 35     $ 75
 57.2        (d) Having $250,000 to 
 57.3        $1,000,000 gross sales for the 
 57.4        immediately previous license or 
 57.5        fiscal year                        $180     $ 50     $100
 57.6        (e) Having $1,000,000 to
 57.7        $5,000,000 gross sales for the
 57.8        immediately previous license or 
 57.9        fiscal year                        $500     $100     $175
 57.10       (f) Having $5,000,000 to
 57.11       $10,000,000 gross sales for the
 57.12       immediately previous license or
 57.13       fiscal year                        $700     $150     $300
 57.14       (g) Having over $10,000,000
 57.15       gross sales for the immediately
 57.16       previous license or fiscal year    $800     $200     $350
 57.17  2.   Wholesale food handler
 57.18       (a) Having gross sales or
 57.19       service of less than $250,000
 57.20       for the immediately previous 
 57.21       license or fiscal year             $200     $ 50     $100
 57.22       (b) Having $250,000 to
 57.23       $1,000,000 gross sales or
 57.24       service for the immediately 
 57.25       previous license or fiscal year    $400     $100     $200
 57.26       (c) Having $1,000,000
 57.27       to $5,000,000 gross sales or
 57.28       service for the immediately 
 57.29       previous license or fiscal year    $500     $125     $250
 57.30       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 57.31       gross sales for the immediately
 57.32       previous license or fiscal year    $575     $150     $300
 57.33  3.   Food broker                        $100     $ 30     $ 50
 57.34  4.   Wholesale food processor
 57.35       or manufacturer 
 57.36       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 58.1        than $250,000 for the immediately
 58.2        previous license or fiscal year    $275     $ 75     $150
 58.3        (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 58.4        gross sales for the immediately 
 58.5        previous license or fiscal year    $400     $100     $200
 58.6        (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 58.7        $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 58.8        immediately previous license or 
 58.9        fiscal year                        $500     $125     $250
 58.10       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 58.11       gross sales for the immediately
 58.12       previous license or fiscal year    $575     $150     $300
 58.13  5.   Wholesale food processor of
 58.14       meat or poultry products
 58.15       under supervision of the
 58.16       U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 58.17       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 58.18       than $250,000 for the immediately 
 58.19       previous license or fiscal year    $150     $ 50     $ 75
 58.20       (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 58.21       gross sales for the immediately
 58.22       previous license or fiscal year    $225     $ 75     $125
 58.23       (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 58.24       $5,000,000 gross sales for the
 58.25       immediately previous license or 
 58.26       fiscal year                        $275     $ 75     $150
 58.27       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 58.28       gross sales for the immediately
 58.29       previous license or fiscal year    $325     $100     $175
 58.30  6.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 58.31       having the permission of the
 58.32       commissioner to use the name
 58.33       Minnesota farmstead cheese         $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 58.34  7.   Nonresident frozen dairy 
 58.35       manufacturer                       $200     $ 50     $ 75
 58.36  8.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 59.1        processing less than 70,000
 59.2        pounds per year of cultured
 59.3        dairy food as defined in section
 59.4        32.486, subdivision 1,
 59.5        paragraph (b)                      $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 59.6   9.   A milk marketing organization
 59.7        without facilities for processing
 59.8        or manufacturing that
 59.9        purchases milk from milk
 59.10       producers for delivery to a
 59.11       licensed wholesale food processor
 59.12       or manufacturer                    $ 50     $ 15     $ 25
 59.13                                                   Penalties 
 59.14  Type of Food Handler          License   License   Late    No
 59.15                                Fee       Fee       Renewal License
 59.16                                Effective Effective
 59.17                                7-1-95    7-1-96
 59.18  (1)  Retail food handler 
 59.19       (i) having gross sales
 59.20       of only prepackaged
 59.21       nonperishable food of
 59.22       less than $15,000 for 
 59.23       the immediately previous
 59.24       license or fiscal year
 59.25       and filing a statement 
 59.26       with the commissioner    $ 42      $ 45      $ 15    $ 25 
 59.27       (ii) having under
 59.28       $15,000 gross sales
 59.29       including food
 59.30       preparation or having
 59.31       $15,000 to $50,000 
 59.32       gross sales for the 
 59.33       immediately previous
 59.34       license or fiscal year   $ 58      $ 61      $ 15    $ 25 
 59.35       (iii) having $50,000 
 59.36       to $250,000 gross sales 
 60.1        for the immediately
 60.2        previous license or
 60.3        fiscal year              $111      $118      $ 35    $ 75 
 60.4        (iv) having $250,000 to  
 60.5        $1,000,000 gross sales
 60.6        for the immediately
 60.7        previous license or
 60.8        fiscal year              $191      $202      $ 50    $100 
 60.9        (v) having $1,000,000 to 
 60.10       $5,000,000 gross sales 
 60.11       for the immediately
 60.12       previous license or
 60.13       fiscal year              $530      $562      $100    $175
 60.14       (vi) having $5,000,000
 60.15       to $10,000,000 gross
 60.16       sales for the
 60.17       immediately previous
 60.18       license or fiscal year   $742      $787      $150    $300
 60.19       (vii) having over
 60.20       $10,000,000 gross sales
 60.21       for the immediately
 60.22       previous license or
 60.23       fiscal year              $848      $899      $200    $350
 60.24  (2)  Wholesale food handler
 60.25       (i) having gross sales
 60.26       or service of less than
 60.27       $250,000 for the
 60.28       immediately previous 
 60.29       license or fiscal year   $212      $225      $ 50    $100
 60.30       (ii) having $250,000 to
 60.31       $1,000,000 gross sales 
 60.32       or service for the 
 60.33       immediately previous
 60.34       license or fiscal year   $424      $449      $100    $200
 60.35       (iii) having $1,000,000
 60.36       to $5,000,000 gross
 61.1        sales or service for the 
 61.2        immediately previous 
 61.3        license or fiscal year   $530      $562      $125    $250
 61.4        (iv) having over
 61.5        $5,000,000 gross sales
 61.6        for the immediately
 61.7        previous license or
 61.8        fiscal year              $610      $647      $150    $300
 61.9   (3)  Food broker              $106      $112      $ 30    $50
 61.10  (4)  Wholesale food processor
 61.11       or manufacturer 
 61.12       (i) having gross sales 
 61.13       of less than $250,000
 61.14       for the immediately
 61.15       previous license or
 61.16       fiscal year              $292      $310      $ 75    $150
 61.17       (ii) having $250,000 to 
 61.18       $1,000,000 gross sales
 61.19       for the immediately
 61.20       previous license or
 61.21       fiscal year              $424      $449      $100    $200
 61.22       (iii) having $1,000,000
 61.23       to $5,000,000 gross
 61.24       sales for the
 61.25       immediately previous
 61.26       license or fiscal year   $530      $562      $125    $250
 61.27       (iv) having over
 61.28       $5,000,000 gross sales
 61.29       for the immediately
 61.30       previous license or
 61.31       fiscal year              $610      $647      $150    $300
 61.32  (5)  Wholesale food processor
 61.33       of meat or poultry
 61.34       products under
 61.35       supervision of the
 61.36       U. S. Department of
 62.1        Agriculture 
 62.2        (i) having gross sales 
 62.3        of less than $250,000
 62.4        for the immediately 
 62.5        previous license or
 62.6        fiscal year              $159      $169      $ 50    $ 75
 62.7        (ii) having $250,000
 62.8        to $1,000,000 gross
 62.9        sales for the
 62.10       immediately previous
 62.11       license or fiscal year   $239      $253      $ 75    $125
 62.12       (iii) having $1,000,000
 62.13       to $5,000,000 gross
 62.14       sales for the
 62.15       immediately previous 
 62.16       license or fiscal year   $292      $310      $ 75    $150
 62.17       (iv) having over
 62.18       $5,000,000 gross sales
 62.19       for the immediately
 62.20       previous license or
 62.21       fiscal year              $345      $366      $100    $175
 62.22  (6)  Wholesale food
 62.23       manufacturer having the
 62.24       permission of the
 62.25       commissioner to use the
 62.26       name Minnesota farmstead
 62.27       cheese                   $ 30      $ 30      $ 10    $ 15
 62.28  (7)  Nonresident frozen dairy 
 62.29       manufacturer             $200      $200      $ 50    $ 75
 62.30  (8)  Wholesale food
 62.31       manufacturer processing
 62.32       less than 70,000 pounds
 62.33       per year of cultured
 62.34       dairy food as defined in
 62.35       section 32.486,
 62.36       subdivision 1,
 63.1        paragraph (b)            $ 30      $ 30      $ 10    $ 15
 63.2   (9)  A milk marketing
 63.3        organization without
 63.4        facilities for
 63.5        processing or
 63.6        manufacturing that
 63.7        purchases milk from 
 63.8        milk producers for
 63.9        delivery to a licensed
 63.10       wholesale food processor
 63.11       or manufacturer          $ 50      $ 50      $ 15    $ 25
 63.12     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 63.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 63.14     Subd. 1a.  [ETHANOL PRODUCTION GOAL.] It is a goal of the 
 63.15  state that ethanol production plants in the state produce 100 
 63.16  percent of the ethanol needed for blending with gasoline to 
 63.17  comply with section 239.791, subdivision 1. 
 63.18     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 63.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 63.20     Subd. 2a.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section 
 63.21  the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given 
 63.22  them. 
 63.23     (a) "Ethanol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from 
 63.24  agricultural products, including potatoes, cereal, grains, 
 63.25  cheese whey, and sugar beets; forest products; or other 
 63.26  renewable resources; including residue and waste generated from 
 63.27  the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural 
 63.28  products, forest products, and other renewable resources, that: 
 63.29     (1) meets all of the specifications in ASTM specification D 
 63.30  4806-88; and 
 63.31     (2) is denatured with unleaded gasoline or rubber 
 63.32  hydrocarbon solvent as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
 63.33  title 27, parts 211 and 212, as adopted by the Bureau of 
 63.34  Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the United States Treasury 
 63.35  Department. 
 63.36     (b) "Wet alcohol" means agriculturally derived fermentation 
 64.1   ethyl alcohol having a purity of at least 50 percent but less 
 64.2   than 99 percent. 
 64.3      Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 64.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 64.5      Subd. 3a.  [PAYMENTS FROM ACCOUNT.] (a) The commissioner of 
 64.6   agriculture shall make cash payments from the account to 
 64.7   producers of ethanol or wet alcohol located in the state.  For 
 64.8   the purpose of this subdivision, an entity that holds a 
 64.9   controlling interest in more than one ethanol plant is 
 64.10  considered a single producer.  The amount of the payment for 
 64.11  each producer's annual production is: 
 64.12     (1) for each gallon of ethanol produced on or before June 
 64.13  30, 2000, by a plant that began production before July 1, 1990, 
 64.14  20 cents per gallon; 
 64.15     (2) for each gallon of ethanol produced on or before June 
 64.16  30, 2010, by a plant that began production on or after July 1, 
 64.17  1990, or ten years after the start of production, whichever date 
 64.18  is earlier, 20 cents per gallon; and 
 64.19     (3) for each gallon of wet alcohol produced on or before 
 64.20  June 30, 2010, or ten years after the start of production, 
 64.21  whichever date is earlier, a payment in cents per gallon 
 64.22  calculated by the formula "alcohol purity in percent divided by 
 64.23  five," and rounded to the nearest cent per gallon, but not less 
 64.24  than 11 cents per gallon. 
 64.25     The producer payment for wet alcohol under this section may 
 64.26  be paid to either the original producer of wet alcohol or the 
 64.27  secondary processor, at the option of the original producer, but 
 64.28  not to both. 
 64.29     (b) The commissioner shall make payments to producers of 
 64.30  ethanol in the amount of 1.5 cents for each kilowatt hour of 
 64.31  electricity generated using closed-loop biomass in a 
 64.32  cogeneration facility at an ethanol plant located in the state.  
 64.33  The payments apply to electricity generated on or before June 
 64.34  30, 2010, or the date ten years after the producer first 
 64.35  qualifies for payment under this paragraph, whichever date is 
 64.36  earlier.  Total payments under this paragraph in any fiscal year 
 65.1   may not exceed $750,000.  For the purposes of this paragraph: 
 65.2      (1) "closed-loop biomass" means any organic material from a 
 65.3   plant that is planted for the purpose of being used to generate 
 65.4   electricity or for multiple purposes that include being used to 
 65.5   generate electricity; and 
 65.6      (2) "cogeneration" means the combined generation of: 
 65.7      (i) electrical or mechanical power; and 
 65.8      (ii) steam or forms of useful energy, such as heat, that 
 65.9   are used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling 
 65.10  purposes. 
 65.11     (c) The total payments from the account to all producers 
 65.12  may not exceed $30,750,000 in a fiscal year.  Total payments 
 65.13  from the account under paragraph (a) to a producer in a fiscal 
 65.14  year may not exceed $3,000,000. 
 65.15     (d) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, 
 65.16  each producer shall file a claim for payment for production 
 65.17  during the preceding three calendar months.  A producer with 
 65.18  more than one plant shall file a separate claim for each plant.  
 65.19  The volume of production must be verified by a certified 
 65.20  financial audit performed by an independent certified public 
 65.21  accountant using generally accepted accounting procedures. 
 65.22     (e) Payments shall be made November 15, February 15, May 
 65.23  15, and August 15.  A separate payment shall be made for each 
 65.24  claim filed.  The total quarterly payment to a producer under 
 65.25  this paragraph may not exceed $750,000.  If the total amount for 
 65.26  which all producers are eligible in a quarter exceeds the amount 
 65.27  available for payments, the commissioner shall make payments on 
 65.28  a pro rata basis among all eligible claimants. 
 65.29     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 65.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 65.31     Subd. 5a.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires June 30, 
 65.32  2010, and the unobligated balance of each appropriation under 
 65.33  this section on that date reverts to the general fund. 
 65.34     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.02, 
 65.35  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
 65.36     Subd. 20.  [ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY.] "Ethanol 
 66.1   production facility" means a facility that ferments, distills, 
 66.2   dewaters, or otherwise produces ethanol as defined in section 
 66.3   41A.09, subdivision 2 2a, paragraph (a). 
 66.4      Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 66.5   subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
 66.6      Subd. 1b.  [LOAN PARTICIPATION.] The authority may 
 66.7   participate in an agricultural improvement loan with an eligible 
 66.8   lender to a farmer who meets the requirements of section 41B.03, 
 66.9   subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), and who are actively engaged 
 66.10  in farming.  Participation is limited to 45 percent of the 
 66.11  principal amount of the loan or $50,000 $100,000, whichever is 
 66.12  less.  The interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's 
 66.13  participation interest may be different than the interest rates 
 66.14  and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan.
 66.15     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 66.16  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 66.17     Subd. 2.  [SPECIFICATIONS.] No direct loan may exceed 
 66.18  $35,000 or $50,000 $100,000 for a loan participation or be made 
 66.19  to refinance an existing debt.  Each direct loan and 
 66.20  participation must be secured by a mortgage on real property and 
 66.21  such other security as the authority may require. 
 66.22     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 66.23  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 66.24     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION AND ORIGINATION FEE.] The authority 
 66.25  may impose a reasonable nonrefundable application fee for each 
 66.26  application for a direct loan or participation and an 
 66.27  origination fee for each direct loan issued under the 
 66.28  agricultural improvement loan program.  The origination fee 
 66.29  initially shall be set at 1.5 percent and the application fee at 
 66.30  $50.  The authority may review the fees annually and make 
 66.31  adjustments as necessary.  The fees must be deposited in the 
 66.32  state treasury and credited to an account in the special revenue 
 66.33  fund.  Money in this account is appropriated to the commissioner 
 66.34  for administrative expenses of the agricultural improvement loan 
 66.35  program. 
 66.36     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.788, 
 67.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 67.2      Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION; ISSUANCE; REPORTS.] Application for 
 67.3   registration or continued registration must be made to the 
 67.4   commissioner or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles 
 67.5   on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form must state 
 67.6   the name and address of every owner of the off-highway 
 67.7   motorcycle and must be signed by at least one owner.  Upon 
 67.8   receipt of the application and the appropriate fee, the 
 67.9   commissioner shall assign a registration number that must be 
 67.10  affixed to the motorcycle in a manner prescribed by the 
 67.11  commissioner.  The commissioner shall develop a registration 
 67.12  system to register vehicles under this section.  A deputy 
 67.13  registrar of motor vehicles acting under section 168.33, is also 
 67.14  a deputy registrar of off-highway motorcycles.  The commissioner 
 67.15  of natural resources in agreement with the commissioner of 
 67.16  public safety may prescribe the accounting and procedural 
 67.17  requirements necessary to ensure efficient handling of 
 67.18  registrations and registration fees.  Deputy registrars shall 
 67.19  strictly comply with the accounting and procedural 
 67.20  requirements.  A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to other fees 
 67.21  prescribed by law is charged for each off-highway motorcycle 
 67.22  registered by: 
 67.23     (1) a deputy registrar and must be deposited in the 
 67.24  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 67.25  kept if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 67.26     (2) the commissioner and must be deposited in the state 
 67.27  treasury and credited to the off-highway motorcycle account. 
 67.28     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.798, 
 67.29  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 67.30     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION; ISSUANCE.] Application for 
 67.31  registration or continued registration must be made to the 
 67.32  commissioner, or an authorized deputy registrar of motor 
 67.33  vehicles on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form 
 67.34  must state the name and address of every owner of the off-road 
 67.35  vehicle and must be signed by at least one owner.  Upon receipt 
 67.36  of the application and the appropriate fee, the commissioner 
 68.1   shall register the off-road vehicle and assign a registration 
 68.2   number that must be affixed to the vehicle in accordance with 
 68.3   subdivision 4.  A deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting 
 68.4   under section 168.33 is also a deputy registrar of off-road 
 68.5   vehicles.  The commissioner of natural resources in cooperation 
 68.6   with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 68.7   accounting and procedural requirements necessary to ensure 
 68.8   efficient handling of registrations and registration fees.  
 68.9   Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with the accounting and 
 68.10  procedural requirements.  A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to 
 68.11  other fees prescribed by law must be charged for each off-road 
 68.12  vehicle registered by: 
 68.13     (1) a deputy registrar, and must be deposited in the 
 68.14  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 68.15  retained if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 68.16     (2) the commissioner and must be deposited in the state 
 68.17  treasury and credited to the off-road vehicle account. 
 68.18     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.82, 
 68.19  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 68.20     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION, ISSUANCE, REPORTS, ADDITIONAL 
 68.21  FEE.] (a) Application for registration or reregistration shall 
 68.22  be made to the commissioner of natural resources, or the 
 68.23  commissioner of public safety or an authorized deputy registrar 
 68.24  of motor vehicles in such form as the commissioner of public 
 68.25  safety shall prescribe, and shall state the name and address of 
 68.26  every owner of the snowmobile and be signed by at least one 
 68.27  owner.  
 68.28     (b) A person who purchases a snowmobile from a retail 
 68.29  dealer shall make application for registration to the dealer at 
 68.30  the point of sale.  The dealer shall issue a temporary 
 68.31  registration permit to each purchaser who applies to the dealer 
 68.32  for registration.  The temporary registration is valid for 60 
 68.33  days from the date of issue.  Each retail dealer shall submit 
 68.34  completed registration and fees to the deputy registrar at least 
 68.35  once a week.  Upon receipt of the application and the 
 68.36  appropriate fee as hereinafter provided, such snowmobile shall 
 69.1   be registered and a registration number assigned which shall be 
 69.2   affixed to the snowmobile in such manner as the commissioner of 
 69.3   natural resources shall prescribe. 
 69.4      (c) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting pursuant 
 69.5   to section 168.33, shall also be a deputy registrar of 
 69.6   snowmobiles.  The commissioner of natural resources in agreement 
 69.7   with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 69.8   accounting and procedural requirements necessary to assure 
 69.9   efficient handling of registrations and registration fees.  
 69.10  Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with these accounting 
 69.11  and procedural requirements.  
 69.12     (d) A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to that otherwise 
 69.13  prescribed by law shall be charged for: 
 69.14     (1) each snowmobile registered by the registrar or a deputy 
 69.15  registrar. and the additional fee shall be disposed of in the 
 69.16  manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 2; or 
 69.17     (2) each snowmobile registered by the commissioner and the 
 69.18  additional fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
 69.19  credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the 
 69.20  natural resources fund.  
 69.21     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.922, 
 69.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 69.23     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION, ISSUANCE, REPORTS.] (a) Application 
 69.24  for registration or continued registration shall be made to the 
 69.25  commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of public 
 69.26  safety or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles on a 
 69.27  form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form must state the 
 69.28  name and address of every owner of the vehicle and be signed by 
 69.29  at least one owner. 
 69.30     (b) Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee 
 69.31  the commissioner shall register the vehicle and assign a 
 69.32  registration number that must be affixed to the vehicle in a 
 69.33  manner prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall 
 69.34  use the snowmobile registration system to register vehicles 
 69.35  under this section.  
 69.36     (c) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting under 
 70.1   section 168.33, is also a deputy registrar of all-terrain 
 70.2   vehicles.  The commissioner of natural resources in agreement 
 70.3   with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 70.4   accounting and procedural requirements necessary to assure 
 70.5   efficient handling of registrations and registration fees. 
 70.6   Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with the accounting and 
 70.7   procedural requirements.  
 70.8      (d) A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to other fees 
 70.9   prescribed by law shall be charged for each vehicle registered 
 70.10  by: 
 70.11     (1) a deputy registrar, and shall be deposited in the 
 70.12  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 70.13  retained if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 70.14     (2) the commissioner, and shall be deposited to the state 
 70.15  treasury and credited to the all-terrain vehicle account in the 
 70.16  natural resources fund.  
 70.17     Sec. 45.  [84.964] [INTERAGENCY NATIVE VEGETATION TASK 
 70.18  FORCE.] 
 70.19     (a) An interagency task force on native plant conservation 
 70.20  is established composed of the commissioners or their designees 
 70.21  of the departments of agriculture, natural resources, 
 70.22  transportation, and the pollution control agency and the 
 70.23  executive director or designee of the board of water and soil 
 70.24  resources.  The commissioner of natural resources or the 
 70.25  commissioner's designee shall chair the task force. 
 70.26     (b) The purpose of the task force is to identify priority 
 70.27  conservation needs for native plants and their habitats in the 
 70.28  ecological regions of the state, and to coordinate 
 70.29  implementation of interagency programs to address those needs.  
 70.30  The task force shall also ensure, to the greatest extent 
 70.31  practicable, that native plant species and communities are 
 70.32  maintained, enhanced, restored, or established on public lands, 
 70.33  and are promoted on private lands. 
 70.34     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84B.11, 
 70.35  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 70.36     Subdivision 1.  (a) The governor shall appoint, except for 
 71.1   the legislative members, a citizen's council on Voyageurs 
 71.2   National Park, consisting of 17 members as follows: 
 71.3      Four residents of Koochiching county; 
 71.4      Four residents of St. Louis county; 
 71.5      Five residents of the state at large from outside 
 71.6   Koochiching and St. Louis counties; 
 71.7      Two members of the state senate to be appointed by the 
 71.8   committee on committees; 
 71.9      Two members of the state house of representatives to be 
 71.10  appointed by the speaker of the house. 
 71.11     (b) The governor shall designate one of the appointees to 
 71.12  serve as chair and the committee may elect such other officers 
 71.13  as it deems necessary.  Members shall be appointed so as to 
 71.14  represent differing viewpoints and interest groups on the 
 71.15  facilities included in and around the park.  Legislator members 
 71.16  shall serve for the term of the legislative office to which they 
 71.17  were elected.  The terms, compensation and removal of 
 71.18  nonlegislator members of the council shall be as provided in 
 71.19  section 15.059.  Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, 
 71.20  the council shall continue to exist.  
 71.21     (c) The executive committee of the council consists of the 
 71.22  legislator members and the chair.  The executive committee shall 
 71.23  act on matters of personnel, out-of-state trips by members of 
 71.24  the council, and nonroutine monetary issues. 
 71.25     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.015, 
 71.26  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 71.27     Subd. 11.  [WILLARD MUNGER TRAIL, RAMSEY, ANOKA, 
 71.28  WASHINGTON, CHISAGO, PINE, AND CARLTON COUNTIES.] (a) The trail 
 71.29  shall originate in the vicinity of Arden Hills, Ramsey county, 
 71.30  and thence extend northeasterly, traversing Anoka and Washington 
 71.31  counties to the vicinity of Taylors Falls in Chisago county; 
 71.32  thence northwesterly and northerly to St. Croix state park in 
 71.33  Pine county; thence northerly to Jay Cooke state park in Carlton 
 71.34  county, and there terminate.  
 71.35     (b) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and 
 71.36  hiking. 
 72.1      (c) Additional trails shall be established that extend the 
 72.2   Willard Munger trail to include Proctor and Hermantown in St. 
 72.3   Louis county. 
 72.4      Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.052, is 
 72.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 72.6      Subd. 5.  [TRAILS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.] The 
 72.7   commissioner shall prepare a five-year plan for using available 
 72.8   funds to construct or modify for accessibility to the physically 
 72.9   handicapped at least one trail in each state park containing 
 72.10  trails. 
 72.11     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.32, 
 72.12  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 72.13     Subdivision 1.  [AREAS MARKED.] The commissioner of natural 
 72.14  resources is authorized in cooperation with local units of 
 72.15  government and private individuals and groups when feasible to 
 72.16  mark canoe and boating routes on the Little Fork, Big Fork, 
 72.17  Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, 
 72.18  Straight, Des Moines, Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, 
 72.19  Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre, and Crow rivers which 
 72.20  have historic and scenic values and to mark appropriately points 
 72.21  of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, 
 72.22  waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards which are 
 72.23  dangerous to canoe and watercraft travelers. 
 72.24     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85A.02, 
 72.25  subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
 72.26     Subd. 17.  [ADDITIONAL POWERS.] The board may establish a 
 72.27  schedule of charges for admission to or the use of the Minnesota 
 72.28  zoological garden or any related facility.  The board shall have 
 72.29  a policy admitting elementary school children at no charge when 
 72.30  they are part of an organized school activity.  The Minnesota 
 72.31  zoological garden must be open to the public without admission 
 72.32  charges at least two days each month will offer free admission 
 72.33  throughout the year to economically disadvantaged Minnesota 
 72.34  citizens equal to ten percent of the average annual attendance.  
 72.35  However, the zoo may charge at any time for parking, special 
 72.36  services, and for admission to special facilities for the 
 73.1   education, entertainment, or convenience of visitors.  The board 
 73.2   may provide for the purchase, reproduction, and sale of gifts, 
 73.3   souvenirs, publications, informational materials, food and 
 73.4   beverages, and grant concessions for the sale of these items. 
 73.5      Prior to the date of enactment, the board shall develop a 
 73.6   plan to implement the offer of free admission to economically 
 73.7   disadvantaged Minnesota citizens, and provide a copy of that 
 73.8   plan to the chairs of the house and senate environment and 
 73.9   natural resources finance committees. 
 73.10     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86.72, 
 73.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 73.12     Subdivision 1.  Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
 73.13  federal reimbursements and match money received for the purposes 
 73.14  described in this chapter, regardless of the source of state 
 73.15  match, credit or value used to earn the reimbursement or match, 
 73.16  other than the federal match for state money appropriated to the 
 73.17  local recreation and natural areas grant-in-aid account, and 
 73.18  other than the federal great river road money, shall in the 
 73.19  first instance be credited to a federal receipt account by the 
 73.20  state agency receiving the reimbursement or match.  Any state 
 73.21  department or agency, including the Minnesota historical society 
 73.22  and the University of Minnesota, that receives reimbursements or 
 73.23  matching money as described above shall transfer those amounts 
 73.24  to the natural resources federal reimbursement account.  Costs 
 73.25  incurred by the department of natural resources in administering 
 73.26  federal reimbursements are appropriated annually to the 
 73.27  commissioner from the federal receipt account. 
 73.28     Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.415, 
 73.29  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 73.30     Subd. 7.  [WATERCRAFT SURCHARGE.] A $5 surcharge is placed 
 73.31  on each watercraft licensed under subdivisions 1 to 5 for 
 73.32  control, public awareness, law enforcement, monitoring, and 
 73.33  research of nuisance aquatic exotic species such as zebra 
 73.34  mussel, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian water milfoil in public 
 73.35  waters and public wetlands.  The surcharge is $5 until December 
 73.36  31, 1996, and $3 thereafter. 
 74.1      Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.415, 
 74.2   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 74.3      Subd. 8.  [REGISTRAR'S FEE.] (a) In addition to the license 
 74.4   fee, a fee of 50 cents $2 shall be charged for a watercraft 
 74.5   license: 
 74.6      (1) issued through the registrar or a deputy registrar of 
 74.7   motor vehicles.  
 74.8      (b) and the additional fee shall be disposed of in the 
 74.9   manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 2; or 
 74.10     (2) issued through the commissioner and the additional fee 
 74.11  shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 74.12  water recreation account. 
 74.13     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.870, 
 74.14  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 74.15     Subdivision 1.  [FEES.] (a) The fee to be paid to the 
 74.16  commissioner: 
 74.17     (1) for issuing an original certificate of title, including 
 74.18  the concurrent notation of an assignment of the security 
 74.19  interest and its subsequent release or satisfaction, is $15; 
 74.20     (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
 74.21  certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of an 
 74.22  assignment of the security interest and its subsequent release 
 74.23  or satisfaction, is $10; 
 74.24     (3) for transferring the interest of an owner and issuing a 
 74.25  new certificate of title, is $10; 
 74.26     (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
 74.27  noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
 74.28  the security interest, is $1; and 
 74.29     (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, is $4. 
 74.30     (b) In addition to other statutory fees and taxes, a filing 
 74.31  fee of $3.25 $3.50 is imposed on every application.  The filing 
 74.32  fee must be shown as a separate item on title renewal notices 
 74.33  sent by the commissioner. 
 74.34     Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 89.001, 
 74.35  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 74.36     Subd. 8.  "Forest resources" means those natural assets of 
 75.1   forest lands, including timber and other forest crops,; 
 75.2   biological diversity; recreation,; fish and wildlife habitat,; 
 75.3   wilderness,; rare and distinctive flora and fauna,; air,; 
 75.4   water,; soil,; and educational, aesthetic, and historic values.
 75.5      Sec. 56.  [89.021] [Subd. 45.] [SHOOTING AREA WITHIN SAND 
 75.6   DUNES STATE FOREST.] The commissioner of natural resources shall 
 75.7   design and establish a noncompetitive recreational shooting area 
 75.8   within Sand Dunes state forest.  The area shall be suitable for 
 75.9   sighting in legal handguns, rifles, and shotguns. 
 75.10     Target, skeet, trap, or indiscriminate shooting is 
 75.11  prohibited on state lands in the Sand Dunes State Forest, except 
 75.12  in the area developed as a shooting area.  Discharge of firearms 
 75.13  for the purpose of lawful hunting is permitted during the open 
 75.14  seasons for taking of wild animals unless restricted by rule. 
 75.15     Sec. 57.  [89A.01] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 75.16     Subdivision 1.  Unless the language or context clearly 
 75.17  indicates that a different meaning is intended, the following 
 75.18  terms, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings given 
 75.19  them. 
 75.20     Subd. 2.  "Advisory committee" means the forest resources 
 75.21  research advisory committee established under section 89A.08. 
 75.22     Subd. 3.  "Biological diversity" means the variety and 
 75.23  abundance of species, their genetic composition, and the 
 75.24  communities, ecosystems, and landscapes in which they occur, 
 75.25  including the ecological structures, functions, and processes 
 75.26  occurring at all of these levels. 
 75.27     Subd. 4.  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural 
 75.28  resources or agent of the commissioner. 
 75.29     Subd. 5.  "Cooperative" means the interagency information 
 75.30  cooperative established under section 89A.09. 
 75.31     Subd. 6.  "Council" means the Minnesota forest resources 
 75.32  council established by section 89A.03. 
 75.33     Subd. 7.  "Department" means the Minnesota department of 
 75.34  natural resources. 
 75.35     Subd. 8.  "Ecosystem" means a system of physical, chemical, 
 75.36  and biological components interacting within a defined space and 
 76.1   time. 
 76.2      Subd. 9.  "Forest resources" has the meaning given in 
 76.3   section 89.001, subdivision 8. 
 76.4      Subd. 10.  "Guidelines" means the comprehensive timber 
 76.5   harvesting and forest management guidelines developed under 
 76.6   section 89A.05. 
 76.7      Subd. 11.  "Landscape" means a heterogenous land area 
 76.8   composed of interacting ecosystems that are defined by natural 
 76.9   features and socially defined attributes. 
 76.10     Subd. 12.  "Landscape-level" means typically long-term or 
 76.11  broad-based efforts that may require extensive analysis or 
 76.12  planning over large areas that may involve or require 
 76.13  coordination across land ownerships. 
 76.14     Subd. 13.  "Partnership" means an organized coalition of 
 76.15  forest landowners, managers, and loggers whose purpose is to 
 76.16  provide a forum for coordinating the implementation of council 
 76.17  recommendations. 
 76.18     Subd. 14.  "Regional committees" means the regional forest 
 76.19  resources committees established under section 89A.06. 
 76.20     Subd. 15.  "Site-level" means efforts affecting operational 
 76.21  procedures used in the planning and implementation of timber 
 76.22  harvesting and forest management activities on an individual 
 76.23  site or local scale. 
 76.24     Subd. 16.  "Sustainable" means meeting the needs of the 
 76.25  present without compromising the ability of future generations 
 76.26  to meet their own needs. 
 76.27     Sec. 58.  [89A.02] [POLICY.] 
 76.28     It shall be the policy of the state to: 
 76.29     (1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection 
 76.30  of Minnesota's forest resources to achieve the state's economic, 
 76.31  environmental, and social goals; 
 76.32     (2) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public 
 76.33  and private sectors in the management of Minnesota's forest 
 76.34  resources; 
 76.35     (3) recognize and consider forest resource issues, 
 76.36  concerns, and impacts at site levels and landscape levels; and 
 77.1      (4) recognize the broad array of perspectives regarding the 
 77.2   management, use, and protection of Minnesota's forest resources, 
 77.3   and to establish processes and mechanisms that seek and 
 77.4   incorporate such perspectives in the planning and management of 
 77.5   the state's forest resources. 
 77.6      Nothing in sections 89A.01 to 89A.10 shall abolish, repeal, 
 77.7   or negate any existing authority, policies, programs, or 
 77.8   activities of the commissioner or other statutory authorities in 
 77.9   managing and protecting the state's forest resources. 
 77.10     Sec. 59.  [89A.03] [FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL.] 
 77.11     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A forest resources 
 77.12  council, designated as the Minnesota forest resources council, 
 77.13  is established. 
 77.14     Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The council shall have 13 members 
 77.15  appointed by the governor.  Council membership shall consist of 
 77.16  one representative from each of the following: 
 77.17     (1) environmental organization; 
 77.18     (2) fish and wildlife organization; 
 77.19     (3) conservation organization; 
 77.20     (4) forest products industry; 
 77.21     (5) timber harvester; 
 77.22     (6) resort and tourism industry; 
 77.23     (7) research or higher education institution; 
 77.24     (8) nonindustrial private forest landowner; 
 77.25     (9) agricultural woodlot interest; 
 77.26     (10) department of natural resources; 
 77.27     (11) county land department; 
 77.28     (12) United States Department of Agriculture forest service 
 77.29  unit with land management responsibility in Minnesota; and 
 77.30     (13) a labor organization with membership having an 
 77.31  interest in forest resource issues. 
 77.32     Subd. 3.  [PURPOSE.] The council shall develop 
 77.33  recommendations to the governor and to federal, state, county, 
 77.34  and local governments with respect to forest resource policies 
 77.35  and practices that result in the sustainable management, use, 
 77.36  and protection of the state's forest resources.  Such policies 
 78.1   and practices shall: 
 78.2      (1) acknowledge the interactions of complex forest 
 78.3   ecosystems, multiple ownership patterns, and local to 
 78.4   international economic forces; 
 78.5      (2) give equal consideration to the long-term economic, 
 78.6   ecological, and social needs and limits of the state's forest 
 78.7   resources; 
 78.8      (3) foster the productivity of the state's forests to 
 78.9   provide a diversity of sustainable benefits at site levels and 
 78.10  landscape levels; 
 78.11     (4) enhance the ability of the state's forest resources to 
 78.12  provide future benefits and services; 
 78.13     (5) foster no net loss of forest land in Minnesota: 
 78.14     (6) maintain appropriate mixes of forest cover types and 
 78.15  age classes within landscapes to promote biological diversity 
 78.16  and viable forest-dependent fish and wildlife populations; 
 78.17     (7) encourage collaboration and coordination with multiple 
 78.18  constituencies in planning and managing Minnesota's forest 
 78.19  resources; and 
 78.20     (8) address the environmental impacts and their mitigations 
 78.21  as recommended in the generic environmental impact statement on 
 78.22  timber harvesting. 
 78.23     Subd. 4.  [COUNCIL MEETINGS.] The council shall establish 
 78.24  procedures for conducting its meetings in accordance with the 
 78.25  Minnesota open meeting law that include provisions for seeking 
 78.26  and incorporating public input. 
 78.27     Subd. 5.  [COUNCIL OFFICERS AND STAFF.] The council shall 
 78.28  elect a chair from among its members.  An appropriation is 
 78.29  authorized through the department to provide the council with an 
 78.30  executive director and administrative assistant.  The executive 
 78.31  director and administrative assistant shall be hired by and work 
 78.32  for the council.  Technical expertise that will enable the 
 78.33  council to carry out its functions shall be provided to the 
 78.34  council by those interests represented on the council. 
 78.35     Subd. 6.  [MEMBERSHIP REGULATION.] Terms, compensation, 
 78.36  nomination, appointment, and removal of council members are 
 79.1   governed by section 15.059.  Section 15.059, subdivision 5, does 
 79.2   not govern the expiration date of the council.  The governor 
 79.3   shall make initial council appointments within 60 days of the 
 79.4   effective date of this chapter. 
 79.5      Subd. 7.  [BIENNIAL REPORT.] By January 1, 1997, the 
 79.6   council shall prepare a report to the governor and legislature 
 79.7   on the status of Minnesota's forest resources, and strategic 
 79.8   directions to provide for their management, use, and 
 79.9   protection.  Information generated by the reporting requirements 
 79.10  identified in sections 89A.01 to 89A.10 shall be incorporated in 
 79.11  the council's report.  To the extent possible, the council's 
 79.12  report shall also identify the activities and accomplishments of 
 79.13  various programs that directly affect Minnesota's forest 
 79.14  resources. 
 79.15     Subd. 8.  [REVIEW OF FOREST RESOURCES PLAN AND ASSESSMENT.] 
 79.16  The council shall undertake a review of the forest resource 
 79.17  management plan and forest assessment requirements contained in 
 79.18  section 89.011, and report to the commissioner no later than 
 79.19  July 1, 1996, on the appropriateness and effectiveness of these 
 79.20  requirements, including recommendations for enhancing existing 
 79.21  forest resource planning processes.  The council shall review 
 79.22  draft statewide and district forest resource planning documents, 
 79.23  and incorporate the findings, including any recommendation, of 
 79.24  such reviews in its biennial report specified in subdivision 7. 
 79.25     Sec. 60.  [89A.04] [PARTNERSHIP.] 
 79.26     It is the policy of the state to encourage forest 
 79.27  landowners, forest managers, and loggers to establish a 
 79.28  partnership in which the implementation of council 
 79.29  recommendations can occur in a timely and coordinated manner 
 79.30  across ownerships.  The partnership shall serve as a forum for 
 79.31  discussing operational implementation issues and problem solving 
 79.32  related to forest resources management and planning concerns, 
 79.33  and be responsive to the recommendations of the council.  This 
 79.34  partnership shall also actively foster collaboration and 
 79.35  coordination among forest managers and landowners in addressing 
 79.36  landscape-level operations and concerns.  In fulfilling its 
 80.1   responsibilities as identified in this chapter, the council 
 80.2   shall seek input from and consult with the partnership. 
 80.3      Sec. 61.  [89A.05] [TIMBER HARVESTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 
 80.4   GUIDELINES.] 
 80.5      Subdivision 1.  [DEVELOPMENT.] The council shall coordinate 
 80.6   the development of comprehensive timber harvesting and forest 
 80.7   management guidelines.  The guidelines shall address the water, 
 80.8   air, soil, biotic, recreational, and aesthetic resources found 
 80.9   in forest ecosystems by focusing on those impacts commonly 
 80.10  associated with applying site-level forestry practices.  The 
 80.11  guidelines shall reflect a range of practical and sound 
 80.12  practices based on the best available scientific information, 
 80.13  and be integrated to minimize conflicting recommendations while 
 80.14  being easy to understand and implement.  Best management 
 80.15  practices previously developed for forest management shall be 
 80.16  incorporated into the guidelines.  The council shall 
 80.17  periodically review and, when deemed necessary, update the 
 80.18  guidelines. 
 80.19     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION.] The timber harvesting and forest 
 80.20  management guidelines shall be voluntarily applied on forest 
 80.21  lands.  Prior to their actual use, the council shall develop 
 80.22  guideline implementation goals for each major forest land 
 80.23  ownership category.  If the information developed as a result of 
 80.24  the monitoring programs established in section 89A.07 indicates 
 80.25  the implementation goals for the guidelines are not being met 
 80.26  and the council determines significant adverse impacts are 
 80.27  occurring, the council shall recommend to the governor 
 80.28  additional measures to address those impacts.  The council shall 
 80.29  incorporate any such recommendations as part of the council's 
 80.30  biennial report required by section 89A.03, subdivision 7. 
 80.31     Sec. 62.  [89A.06] [LANDSCAPE-LEVEL FOREST RESOURCE 
 80.32  PLANNING AND COORDINATION.] 
 80.33     Subdivision 1.  [FRAMEWORK.] The council shall establish a 
 80.34  framework that will enable long-range strategic planning and 
 80.35  landscape coordination to occur, to the extent possible, across 
 80.36  all forested regions of the state and across all ownerships.  
 81.1   Such a framework shall include: 
 81.2      (1) the identification of the landscapes within which 
 81.3   long-range strategic planning of forest resources can occur.  
 81.4   Such landscapes shall be delineated based on broadly defined 
 81.5   ecological units and existing classification systems, yet 
 81.6   recognize existing political and administrative boundaries and 
 81.7   planning processes; 
 81.8      (2) a statement of principles and goals for landscape-based 
 81.9   forest resource planning; and 
 81.10     (3) the identification of a general process by which 
 81.11  landscape-based forest resource planning can occur.  Such a 
 81.12  process shall give considerable latitude to design planning 
 81.13  processes that fit the unique needs and resources of each 
 81.14  landscape; reflect a balanced consideration of the economic, 
 81.15  social, and environmental conditions and needs of each 
 81.16  landscape; and interface and establish formats that are 
 81.17  compatible with other landscape-based forest resource plans. 
 81.18     Subd. 2.  [REGIONAL FOREST RESOURCE COMMITTEES.] To foster 
 81.19  landscape-based forest resource planning, the council shall 
 81.20  establish regional forest resource committees.  These regional 
 81.21  committees shall: 
 81.22     (1) include representative interests in a particular region 
 81.23  that are committed to and involved in landscape planning and 
 81.24  coordination activities; 
 81.25     (2) serve as a forum for landowners, managers, and 
 81.26  representative interests to discuss landscape forest resource 
 81.27  issues; 
 81.28     (3) identify and implement an open and public process 
 81.29  whereby landscape-based strategic planning of forest resources 
 81.30  can occur; 
 81.31     (4) identify sustainable forest resource goals for the 
 81.32  landscape and strategies to achieve those goals; and 
 81.33     (5) provide a regional perspective to the council with 
 81.34  respect to council activities. 
 81.35     Subd. 3.  [REGIONAL COMMITTEE OFFICERS AND STAFF.] Each 
 81.36  regional committee shall elect a chair from among its members. 
 82.1   The council shall ensure regional committees have sufficient 
 82.2   staff resources to carry out their mission as defined in this 
 82.3   section. 
 82.4      Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] Each regional committee shall report to 
 82.5   the council its work activities and accomplishments. 
 82.6      Sec. 63.  [89A.07] [MONITORING.] 
 82.7      Subdivision 1.  [FOREST RESOURCE MONITORING.] The 
 82.8   department shall establish a program that monitors broad trends 
 82.9   and conditions in the state's forest resources at statewide, 
 82.10  landscape, and site levels.  The council shall provide oversight 
 82.11  and program direction for the development and implementation of 
 82.12  this monitoring program.  To the extent possible, the 
 82.13  information generated by this monitoring program shall be 
 82.14  reported in formats consistent with the landscape regions used 
 82.15  to accomplish the planning and coordination activities specified 
 82.16  in section 89A.06.  To the extent possible, such a program shall 
 82.17  incorporate data generated by existing resource monitoring 
 82.18  programs.  The department shall report to the council 
 82.19  information on current conditions and recent trends in the 
 82.20  state's forest resources. 
 82.21     Subd. 2.  [PRACTICES AND COMPLIANCE MONITORING.] The 
 82.22  department shall establish a program that monitors silvicultural 
 82.23  practices and application of the timber harvesting and forest 
 82.24  management guidelines at statewide, landscape, and site levels.  
 82.25  The council shall provide oversight and program direction for 
 82.26  the development and implementation of this monitoring program.  
 82.27  To the extent possible, the information generated by this 
 82.28  monitoring program shall be reported in formats consistent with 
 82.29  the landscape regions used to accomplish the planning and 
 82.30  coordination activities specified in section 89A.06.  The 
 82.31  department shall report to the council on the nature and extent 
 82.32  of silvicultural practices used, and compliance with the timber 
 82.33  harvesting and forest management guidelines. 
 82.34     Subd. 3.  [EFFECTIVENESS MONITORING.] The department, in 
 82.35  cooperation with other research and land management 
 82.36  organizations, shall evaluate the effectiveness of practices 
 83.1   that attempt to mitigate impacts of timber harvesting and forest 
 83.2   management activities on the state's forest resources.  The 
 83.3   council shall provide oversight and program direction for the 
 83.4   development and implementation of this monitoring program. 
 83.5      Subd. 4.  [OTHER STUDIES AND PROGRAMS.] The council shall 
 83.6   monitor the implementation of other programs, formal studies, 
 83.7   and initiatives affecting Minnesota's forest resources. 
 83.8      Subd. 5.  [CITIZEN CONCERNS.] The council shall establish a 
 83.9   process whereby individuals witnessing what they believe to be 
 83.10  negligent timber harvesting or forest management practices shall 
 83.11  be able to file a complaint regarding such practices.  The 
 83.12  council shall also develop a process for handling the complaints.
 83.13     Sec. 64.  [89A.08] [RESEARCH ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] 
 83.14     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A forest resources 
 83.15  research advisory committee shall be appointed by the council.  
 83.16  The committee shall consist of representatives of: 
 83.17     (1) the college of natural resources, University of 
 83.18  Minnesota; 
 83.19     (2) the natural resources research institute, University of 
 83.20  Minnesota; 
 83.21     (3) the department of natural resources; 
 83.22     (4) the north central forest experiment station, United 
 83.23  States Department of Agriculture forest service; and 
 83.24     (5) the other organizations as deemed appropriate by the 
 83.25  council. 
 83.26     Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the advisory committee 
 83.27  shall be to foster the identification and undertaking of 
 83.28  priority forest resources research activities by encouraging: 
 83.29     (1) collaboration between organizations with 
 83.30  responsibilities for conducting forest resources research; 
 83.31     (2) linkages between researchers in different disciplines 
 83.32  in conducting forest resources research; and 
 83.33     (3) interaction and communication between researchers and 
 83.34  practitioners in the development and use of forest resources 
 83.35  research. 
 83.36     Subd. 3.  [RESEARCH ASSESSMENT.] The advisory committee 
 84.1   shall periodically undertake an assessment of strategic 
 84.2   directions in forest resources research.  The assessment shall 
 84.3   be based on input provided by administrators, researchers, 
 84.4   practitioners, and the general public, and include: 
 84.5      (1) an assessment of the current status of forestry 
 84.6   resources research in the state; 
 84.7      (2) an identification of important forest resource issues 
 84.8   in need of research; 
 84.9      (3) an identification of priority forest research 
 84.10  activities whose results will enable a better understanding of 
 84.11  site-level and landscape-level impacts resulting from timber 
 84.12  harvesting and forest management activities; and 
 84.13     (4) an assessment of the progress toward addressing the 
 84.14  priority forest resources research needs identified. 
 84.15     The forest resources research assessment shall be made 
 84.16  widely available to the research community, forest managers and 
 84.17  users, and the public. 
 84.18     Subd. 4.  [RESEARCH DELIVERY.] Based on the priority forest 
 84.19  resources research activities identified in subdivision 3, the 
 84.20  advisory committee shall promote these research needs and the 
 84.21  dissemination of findings to the research community, forest 
 84.22  managers and users, and the public. 
 84.23     Subd. 5.  [RESEARCH AND PRACTITIONER LINKAGES.] The 
 84.24  advisory committee shall periodically facilitate forums which 
 84.25  will result in increased communications between the individuals 
 84.26  and organizations conducting forest resources research and the 
 84.27  users of such research. 
 84.28     Subd. 6.  [REPORT.] The advisory committee shall report to 
 84.29  the council its accomplishments in fulfilling the 
 84.30  responsibilities identified in this section. 
 84.31     Sec. 65.  [89A.09] [INTERAGENCY INFORMATION COOPERATIVE.] 
 84.32     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The department shall 
 84.33  coordinate the establishment of an interagency information 
 84.34  cooperative.  Members of the cooperative shall include: 
 84.35     (1) the department; 
 84.36     (2) the land management information center; 
 85.1      (3) the Minnesota association of county land commissioners; 
 85.2      (4) United States Department of Agriculture forest service; 
 85.3   and 
 85.4      (5) other organizations as deemed appropriate by the 
 85.5   department. 
 85.6      Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the cooperative shall 
 85.7   be to: 
 85.8      (1) coordinate the development and use of forest resources 
 85.9   data in Minnesota; 
 85.10     (2) promote the development of statewide guidelines and 
 85.11  common language to enhance the ability of public and private 
 85.12  organizations and institutions to share forest resources data; 
 85.13     (3) promote the development of information systems that 
 85.14  support access to important forest resources data; 
 85.15     (4) promote improvement in the accuracy, reliability, and 
 85.16  statistical soundness of fundamental forest resources data; 
 85.17     (5) promote linkages and integration of forest resources 
 85.18  data to other natural resource information; 
 85.19     (6) promote access and use of forest resources data and 
 85.20  information systems in decision making by a variety of public 
 85.21  and private organizations; 
 85.22     (7) promote expanding the capacity and reliability of 
 85.23  forest growth, succession, and other types of ecological models; 
 85.24  and 
 85.25     (8) conduct a needs assessment for improving the quality 
 85.26  and quantity of information systems. 
 85.27     Subd. 3.  [REPORT.] The information cooperative shall 
 85.28  report to the council its accomplishments in fulfilling the 
 85.29  responsibilities identified in this section. 
 85.30     Sec. 66.  [89A.10] [CONTINUING EDUCATION; CERTIFICATION.] 
 85.31     It shall be the policy of the state to encourage timber 
 85.32  harvesters and forest resource professionals to establish 
 85.33  voluntary certification and continuing education programs within 
 85.34  their respective professions.  The council shall, where 
 85.35  appropriate, facilitate the development of these programs. 
 85.36     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 92.46, 
 86.1   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 86.2      Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC CAMPGROUNDS.] (a) The director may 
 86.3   designate suitable portions of the state lands withdrawn from 
 86.4   sale and not reserved, as provided in section 92.45, as 
 86.5   permanent state public campgrounds.  The director may have the 
 86.6   land surveyed and platted into lots of convenient size, and 
 86.7   lease them for cottage and camp purposes under terms and 
 86.8   conditions the director prescribes, subject to the provisions of 
 86.9   this section.  
 86.10     (b) A lease may not be for a term more than 20 years.  The 
 86.11  lease may allow renewal, from time to time, for additional terms 
 86.12  of no longer than 20 years each.  The lease may be canceled by 
 86.13  the commissioner 90 days after giving the person leasing the 
 86.14  land written notice of violation of lease conditions.  The lease 
 86.15  rate shall be based on the appraised value of leased land as 
 86.16  determined by the commissioner of natural resources and shall be 
 86.17  adjusted by the commissioner at the fifth, tenth, and 15th 
 86.18  anniversary of the lease, if the appraised value has increased 
 86.19  or decreased.  For leases that are renewed in 1991 and following 
 86.20  years, the lease rate shall be five percent of the appraised 
 86.21  value of the leased land.  The appraised value shall be the 
 86.22  value of the leased land without any private improvements and 
 86.23  must be comparable to similar land without any improvements 
 86.24  within the same county.  The minimum appraised value that the 
 86.25  commissioner assigns to the leased land must be substantially 
 86.26  equal to the county assessor's estimated market value of similar 
 86.27  land adjusted by the assessment/sales ratio as determined by the 
 86.28  department of revenue. 
 86.29     (c) By July 1, 1986, the commissioner of natural resources 
 86.30  shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to establish procedures for 
 86.31  leasing land under this section.  The rules shall be subject to 
 86.32  review and approval by the commissioners of revenue and 
 86.33  administration prior to the initial publication pursuant to 
 86.34  chapter 14 and prior to their final adoption.  The rules must 
 86.35  address at least the following: 
 86.36     (1) method of appraising the property; and 
 87.1      (2) an appeal procedure for both the appraised values and 
 87.2   lease rates. 
 87.3      (d) All money received from these leases must be credited 
 87.4   to the fund to which the proceeds of the land belong.  
 87.5      Notwithstanding section 16A.125 or any other law to the 
 87.6   contrary, 50 percent of the money received from the lease of 
 87.7   permanent school fund lands leased pursuant to this subdivision 
 87.8   shall be deposited into the permanent school trust fund.  
 87.9   However, in fiscal years 1994 and 1995 year 1996 and thereafter, 
 87.10  this money must be credited to the lakeshore leasing and sales 
 87.11  account in the permanent school fund and, subject to 
 87.12  appropriation, may be used is appropriated for use to survey, 
 87.13  appraise, and pay associated selling and leasing costs of lots 
 87.14  as required in this section and section 92.67, subdivision 3.  
 87.15  The money may not be used to pay the cost of surveying lots not 
 87.16  scheduled for sale.  Any money designated for deposit in the 
 87.17  permanent school fund that is not needed to survey, appraise, 
 87.18  and pay associated selling and leasing costs of lots, as 
 87.19  required in this section and section 92.67, shall be deposited 
 87.20  in the permanent school fund.  The commissioner shall add to the 
 87.21  appraised value of any lot offered for sale the costs of 
 87.22  surveying, appraising, and selling the lot, and shall first 
 87.23  deposit into the permanent school fund an amount equal to the 
 87.24  costs of surveying, appraising, and selling any lot paid out of 
 87.25  the permanent school fund.  Any remaining money shall be 
 87.26  deposited into any other contributing funds in proportion to the 
 87.27  contribution from each fund.  In no case may the commissioner 
 87.28  add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale an amount 
 87.29  more than $700 for the costs of surveying and appraising the lot.
 87.30     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.015, 
 87.31  subdivision 24, is amended to read: 
 87.32     Subd. 24.  [GAME BIRDS.] "Game birds" means migratory 
 87.33  waterfowl, pheasant, ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse, Canada 
 87.34  spruce grouse, prairie chickens, gray partridge, bob-white 
 87.35  quail, turkeys, coots, gallinules, sora and Virginia rails, 
 87.36  American woodcock, mourning doves, and common snipe. 
 88.1      Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.475, 
 88.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 88.3      Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
 88.4   licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
 88.5      (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $10; 
 88.6      (2) for persons age 65 or over, $5; 
 88.7      (3) to take turkey, $16; 
 88.8      (4) to take deer with firearms, $22; 
 88.9      (4a) to take deer with firearms, licensee under age 16, no 
 88.10  tag included, $5; 
 88.11     (5) to take deer by archery, $22; 
 88.12     (6) to take moose, for a party of not more than six 
 88.13  persons, $275; 
 88.14     (7) to take bear, $33; 
 88.15     (8) to take elk, for a party of not more than two persons, 
 88.16  $220; and 
 88.17     (9) to take antlered deer in more than one zone, $44.  
 88.18     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97A.535, 
 88.19  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 88.20     Subdivision 1.  [TAGS REQUIRED.] A person may not possess 
 88.21  or transport deer, bear, elk, or moose taken in the state unless 
 88.22  a tag is attached to the carcass in a manner prescribed by the 
 88.23  commissioner.  The commissioner must prescribe the type of tag 
 88.24  that has the license number of the owner, the year of its issue, 
 88.25  and other information prescribed by the commissioner.  The tag 
 88.26  must be attached to the deer, bear, elk, or moose at the site of 
 88.27  the kill before the animal is removed from the site of the kill, 
 88.28  and must remain attached to the animal until the animal is 
 88.29  processed for storage.  If a deer is taken by a licensee under 
 88.30  the age of 16 holding a license issued without a tag under 
 88.31  section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a), the deer must be 
 88.32  promptly tagged by a licensed hunter accompanying the licensee 
 88.33  and possessing a valid tag.  
 88.34     Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.301, 
 88.35  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 88.36     Subd. 6.  [RESIDENTS UNDER AGE 16 MAY TAKE DEER OF EITHER 
 89.1   SEX.] (a) A resident under the age of 16 possessing a regular 
 89.2   firearms or archery license may take a deer of either sex.  This 
 89.3   subdivision does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer 
 89.4   by another member of a party under subdivision 3 or by a 
 89.5   licensee holding a license issued without a tag under section 
 89.6   97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (4a). 
 89.7      (b) This subdivision is repealed effective December 31, 
 89.8   1995. 
 89.9      Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97B.311, is 
 89.10  amended to read: 
 89.11     97B.311 [DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.] 
 89.12     (a) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe restrictions 
 89.13  and designate areas where deer may be taken.  The commissioner 
 89.14  may, by rule, prescribe the open seasons for deer within the 
 89.15  following periods: 
 89.16     (1) taking with firearms, other than muzzle-loading 
 89.17  firearms, between November 1 and December 15; 
 89.18     (2) taking with muzzle-loading firearms between September 1 
 89.19  and December 31; and 
 89.20     (3) taking by archery between September 1 and December 31. 
 89.21     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner may 
 89.22  establish special seasons within designated areas between 
 89.23  September 1 and January 15. 
 89.24     (c) A licensed firearms hunter who fails to take a deer 
 89.25  during the firearms season may take a deer during the 
 89.26  muzzle-loading firearms season. 
 89.27     Sec. 73.  [97B.732] [MOURNING DOVE SEASON.] 
 89.28     Subdivision 1.  [DOVE SEASON.] The commissioner shall 
 89.29  prescribe a season and restrictions for taking mourning doves in 
 89.30  that part of the state lying south and west of a line running 
 89.31  along U.S. Route 14 from the Wisconsin border west to Mankato, 
 89.32  then following the Minnesota River to Morton, then along U.S. 
 89.33  Route 71 north to Blackduck, then continuing north on Minnesota 
 89.34  Route 72 to Baudette. 
 89.35     Subd. 2.  [LICENSE AND STAMP REQUIRED.] A person may not 
 89.36  take mourning doves under this section without a small game 
 90.1   license and a mourning dove stamp in possession, unless exempted 
 90.2   under current law. 
 90.3      Subd. 3.  [MOURNING DOVE STAMP.] (a) The fee for a mourning 
 90.4   dove stamp is $5.  Thirty percent of the stamp revenue must be 
 90.5   credited to the nongame wildlife management account. 
 90.6      (b) Unsold stamps in excess of 3,000 shall be destroyed by 
 90.7   the commissioner one year after the date of issuance.  Any 
 90.8   remaining stamps less than 3,000 shall then be offered for sale 
 90.9   at public auction by the commissioner. 
 90.10     Sec. 74.  [REPORT.] 
 90.11     The commissioner shall report to the legislature by March 
 90.12  1, 1996, on the results of the mourning dove season authorized 
 90.13  by section 1.  The report must include a description of the 
 90.14  impact of the season on the mourning dove population in the 
 90.15  designated area. 
 90.16     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 97C.305, 
 90.17  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 90.18     Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENT.] Except as provided in 
 90.19  subdivision 2, a person over age 16 and under age 65 required to 
 90.20  possess an angling license must have a trout and salmon stamp in 
 90.21  possession to: 
 90.22     (1) take fish by angling in: 
 90.23     (1) (i) a stream designated by the commissioner as a trout 
 90.24  stream; 
 90.25     (2) (ii) a lake designated by the commissioner as a trout 
 90.26  lake; or 
 90.27     (3) (iii) Lake Superior; or 
 90.28     (2) possess trout or salmon taken by angling. 
 90.29     Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 103F.725, 
 90.30  subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
 90.31     Subd. 1a.  [FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; LOANS.] (a) Up to 
 90.32  $10,000,000 of the balance in the water pollution control 
 90.33  revolving fund in section 446A.07, as determined by the public 
 90.34  facilities authority shall be appropriated to the commissioner 
 90.35  for the establishment of a clean water partnership loan program. 
 90.36     (b) The agency may award loans for up to 100 percent of the 
 91.1   costs associated with activities identified by the agency as 
 91.2   best management practices pursuant to section 319 and section 
 91.3   320 of the federal Water Quality Act of 1987, as amended, 
 91.4   including associated administrative costs. 
 91.5      (c) Loans may be used to finance clean water partnership 
 91.6   grant project eligible costs not funded by grant assistance. 
 91.7      (d) The interest rate, at or below market rate, and the 
 91.8   term, not to exceed 20 years, shall be determined by the agency 
 91.9   in consultation with the public facilities authority. 
 91.10     (e) The repayment must be deposited in the water pollution 
 91.11  control revolving fund under section 446A.07. 
 91.12     (f) The local unit of government receiving the loan is 
 91.13  responsible for repayment of the loan. 
 91.14     (g) For the purpose of obtaining a loan from the agency to 
 91.15  finance clean water partnership grant eligible costs that are 
 91.16  not funded by grant assistance, a local unit of government may 
 91.17  provide to the agency its general obligation note.  All 
 91.18  obligations incurred by a local unit of government in obtaining 
 91.19  a loan from the agency shall be in accordance with chapter 475. 
 91.20  An election by a local unit of government is not required so 
 91.21  long as the obligations issued evidence a loan from the agency 
 91.22  from the proceeds according to section 446A.07. 
 91.23     Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115A.03, 
 91.24  subdivision 29, is amended to read: 
 91.25     Subd. 29.  [SEWAGE SLUDGE.] "Sewage sludge" means the 
 91.26  solids and associated liquids in municipal wastewater which are 
 91.27  encountered and concentrated by a municipal wastewater treatment 
 91.28  plant solid, semisolid, or liquid residue generated during the 
 91.29  treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment works.  It includes, 
 91.30  but is not limited to, scum or solids removed in primary, 
 91.31  secondary, or advanced wastewater treatment processes and a 
 91.32  material derived from sewage sludge.  Sewage sludge does not 
 91.33  include ash generated during the firing of sewage sludge in a 
 91.34  sewage sludge incinerator residues and or grit, scum, or and 
 91.35  screenings removed from other solids during treatment generated 
 91.36  during preliminary treatment of domestic sewage in a treatment 
 92.1   works.  Sewage sludge that is acceptable and beneficial for 
 92.2   recycling on land as a soil conditioner and nutrient source is 
 92.3   also known as biosolids. 
 92.4      Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115B.20, 
 92.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 92.6      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) The environmental 
 92.7   response, compensation, and compliance account is in the 
 92.8   environmental fund in the state treasury and may be spent only 
 92.9   for the purposes provided in subdivision 2.  
 92.10     (b) The commissioner of finance shall administer a response 
 92.11  account for the agency and the commissioner of agriculture to 
 92.12  take removal, response, and other actions authorized under 
 92.13  subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (4) and (11) to (13).  The 
 92.14  commissioner of finance shall transfer money from the response 
 92.15  account to the agency and the commissioner of agriculture to 
 92.16  take actions required under subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (4) 
 92.17  and (11) to (13).  
 92.18     (c) The commissioner of finance shall administer the 
 92.19  account in a manner that allows the commissioner of agriculture 
 92.20  and the agency to utilize the money in the account to implement 
 92.21  their removal and remedial action duties as effectively as 
 92.22  possible. 
 92.23     (d) Amounts appropriated to the commissioner of finance 
 92.24  under this subdivision shall not be included in the department 
 92.25  of finance budget but shall be included in the pollution control 
 92.26  agency and department of agriculture budgets. 
 92.27     (e) All money recovered by the state under section 115B.04 
 92.28  or any other law for injury to, destruction of, or loss of 
 92.29  natural resources resulting from the release of a hazardous 
 92.30  substance, or a pollutant or contaminant, shall be deposited in 
 92.31  the environmental response, compensation, and compliance account 
 92.32  in the environmental fund and is annually appropriated to the 
 92.33  commissioner of natural resources for purposes of subdivision 2, 
 92.34  clause (6), consistent with any applicable term of judgments, 
 92.35  consent decrees, consent orders, or other administrative actions 
 92.36  requiring payments to the state for such purposes. 
 93.1      Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115B.42, is 
 93.2   amended to read: 
 93.3      115B.42 [LANDFILL CLEANUP ACCOUNT SOLID WASTE FUND.] 
 93.4      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION; SEPARATE 
 93.5   ACCOUNTING.] (a) The landfill cleanup account solid waste fund 
 93.6   is established in the environmental fund in the state treasury.  
 93.7   The account fund consists of money credited to the account fund 
 93.8   and interest earned on the money in the account fund.  Except as 
 93.9   provided in section 115B.42, subdivision 2, clause (9) (7), 
 93.10  money in the account fund is annually appropriated to the 
 93.11  commissioner for the purposes listed in subdivision 2. 
 93.12     (b) The commissioner of finance shall separately account 
 93.13  for revenue deposited in the account fund from financial 
 93.14  assurance funds or other mechanisms, the metropolitan landfill 
 93.15  contingency action trust fund, and all other sources of revenue. 
 93.16     Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURES.] (a) Money in the account fund may 
 93.17  be spent by the commissioner to: 
 93.18     (1) inspect permitted mixed municipal solid waste disposal 
 93.19  facilities to: 
 93.20     (i) evaluate the adequacy of final cover, slopes, 
 93.21  vegetation, and erosion control; 
 93.22     (ii) determine the presence and concentration of hazardous 
 93.23  substances, pollutants or contaminants, and decomposition gases; 
 93.24  and 
 93.25     (iii) determine the boundaries of fill areas; 
 93.26     (2) monitor and take, or reimburse others for, 
 93.27  environmental response actions, including emergency response 
 93.28  actions, at qualified facilities; 
 93.29     (3) acquire and dispose of property under section 115B.412, 
 93.30  subdivision 3; 
 93.31     (4) recover costs under sections 115B.39 and 115B.46; 
 93.32     (5) administer, including providing staff and 
 93.33  administrative support for, sections 115B.39 to 115B.46; 
 93.34     (6) enforce sections 115B.39 to 115B.46; 
 93.35     (7) subject to appropriation, administer the agency's 
 93.36  groundwater and solid waste management programs; 
 94.1      (8) reimburse persons under section 115B.43; and 
 94.2      (9) reimburse mediation expenses up to a total of $250,000 
 94.3   annually or defense costs up to a total of $250,000 annually for 
 94.4   third-party claims for response costs under state or federal law 
 94.5   as provided in section 115B.414. 
 94.6      Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115B.45, is 
 94.7   amended to read: 
 94.8      115B.45 [VOLUNTARY BUY-OUT FOR INSURERS.] 
 94.9      In full satisfaction of any rights assigned to the state 
 94.10  under sections 115B.40 and 115B.44, an insurer may tender to the 
 94.11  commissioner before January 1, 1998, the voluntary buy-out 
 94.12  amount calculated under section 115B.46.  In consideration of 
 94.13  the amount tendered to the commissioner, an insurer shall be 
 94.14  released by the state from liability for defense or 
 94.15  indemnification relating to environmental response costs 
 94.16  incurred by the commissioner at qualified facilities, except 
 94.17  that no liability protection exists under this section until the 
 94.18  commissioner has received buy-out commitments totaling 
 94.19  $30,000,000.  Any amounts received by the commissioner must be 
 94.20  credited to the landfill cleanup account solid waste fund. 
 94.21     Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115C.03, 
 94.22  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 94.23     Subd. 9.  [REQUESTS FOR REVIEW, INVESTIGATION, AND 
 94.24  OVERSIGHT.] (a) The commissioner may, upon request:  
 94.25     (1) assist in determining whether a release has occurred; 
 94.26  and 
 94.27     (2) assist in or supervise the development and 
 94.28  implementation of reasonable and necessary corrective actions.  
 94.29     (b) Assistance may include review of agency records and 
 94.30  files and review and approval of a requester's investigation 
 94.31  plans and reports and corrective action plans and implementation.
 94.32     (c) Assistance may include the issuance of a written 
 94.33  determination that an owner or prospective buyer of real 
 94.34  property will not be a responsible person under section 
 94.35  115C.021, if the commissioner finds the release came from a tank 
 94.36  not located on the property.  The commissioner may also issue a 
 95.1   written confirmation that the real property was the site of a 
 95.2   release and that the tank from which the release occurred has 
 95.3   been removed or that the agency has issued a site closure letter 
 95.4   and has not revoked that status.  The issuance of the written 
 95.5   determination or confirmation applies to tanks not on the 
 95.6   property or removed only and does not affect liability for 
 95.7   releases from tanks that are on the property at the time of 
 95.8   purchase.  The written determination or confirmation extends to 
 95.9   the successors and assigns of the person to whom it originally 
 95.10  applied, if the successors and assigns are not otherwise 
 95.11  responsible for the release. 
 95.12     (d) The person requesting assistance under this subdivision 
 95.13  shall pay the agency for the agency's cost, as determined by the 
 95.14  commissioner, of providing assistance.  Money received by the 
 95.15  agency for assistance under this subdivision must be deposited 
 95.16  in the state treasury and credited to the an account in the 
 95.17  special revenue fund.  Money in this account is annually 
 95.18  appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of administering 
 95.19  the subdivision. 
 95.20     Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116.07, 
 95.21  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 95.22     Subd. 10.  [SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENTS.] (a) For the purposes 
 95.23  of this subdivision, "assessed waste" means mixed municipal 
 95.24  solid waste as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 21, 
 95.25  infectious waste as defined in section 116.76, subdivision 12, 
 95.26  pathological waste as defined in section 116.76, subdivision 14, 
 95.27  industrial waste as defined in section 115A.03, subdivision 13a, 
 95.28  and construction debris as defined in section 115A.03, 
 95.29  subdivision 7. 
 95.30     (b) A person that collects assessed waste shall collect and 
 95.31  remit to the commissioner of revenue a solid waste assessment 
 95.32  from each of the person's customers as provided in paragraphs 
 95.33  (c) and (d). 
 95.34     (c) The amount of the assessment for each residential 
 95.35  customer is $2 per year.  Each waste collector shall collect the 
 95.36  assessment annually from each residential customer that is 
 96.1   receiving waste collection service on July 1 of each year and 
 96.2   shall remit the amount collected along with the collector's 
 96.3   first remittance of the sales tax on solid waste collection 
 96.4   services, described in section 297A.45, made after October 1 of 
 96.5   each year.  Any amount of the assessment that is received by the 
 96.6   waste collector after October 1 of each year must be remitted 
 96.7   along with the collector's next remittance of sales tax after 
 96.8   receipt of the assessment. 
 96.9      (d) The amount of the assessment for each nonresidential 
 96.10  customer is 60 cents per noncompacted cubic yard of periodic 
 96.11  waste collection capacity purchased by the customer.  Each waste 
 96.12  collector shall collect the assessment from each nonresidential 
 96.13  customer as part of each statement for payment of waste 
 96.14  collection charges and shall remit the amount collected along 
 96.15  with the next remittance of sales tax after receipt of the 
 96.16  assessment. 
 96.17     (e) A person who transports assessed waste generated by 
 96.18  that person or by another person without compensation shall pay 
 96.19  an assessment of 60 cents per noncompacted cubic yard or the 
 96.20  equivalent to the operator of the facility to which the waste is 
 96.21  delivered.  The operator shall remit the assessments collected 
 96.22  under this paragraph to the commissioner of revenue as though 
 96.23  they were sales taxes under chapter 297A.  This paragraph does 
 96.24  not apply to a person who transports industrial waste generated 
 96.25  by that person to a facility owned and operated by that person. 
 96.26     (f) The commissioner of revenue shall redesign sales tax 
 96.27  forms for solid waste collectors to accommodate payment of the 
 96.28  assessment.  The amounts remitted under this subdivision must be 
 96.29  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the landfill 
 96.30  cleanup account solid waste fund established in section 115B.42. 
 96.31     (g) For the purposes of this subdivision, a "person that 
 96.32  collects mixed municipal solid waste" means each person that is 
 96.33  required to pay sales tax on solid waste collection services 
 96.34  under section 297A.45, or would pay sales tax under that section 
 96.35  if the assessed waste was mixed municipal solid waste. 
 96.36     (h) The audit, penalty, enforcement, and administrative 
 97.1   provisions applicable to taxes imposed under chapter 297A apply 
 97.2   to the assessments imposed under this subdivision. 
 97.3      (i) If less than $25,000,000 is projected to be available 
 97.4   in any fiscal year after fiscal year 1996 for expenditure from 
 97.5   all sources for landfill cleanup and reimbursement costs under 
 97.6   sections 115B.39 to 115B.46, by April 1 before the next fiscal 
 97.7   year in which the shortfall is projected the agency shall 
 97.8   certify to the commissioner of revenue the amount of the 
 97.9   shortfall.  To provide for the shortfall, the commissioner of 
 97.10  revenue shall increase the assessment under paragraphs (d) and 
 97.11  (e) effective the following July 1 and provide notice of the 
 97.12  increased assessment to affected waste generators by May 1 
 97.13  following certification. 
 97.14     Sec. 83.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 116P.11, is 
 97.15  amended to read: 
 97.16     116P.11 [AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DISBURSEMENT.] 
 97.17     (a) The amount biennially available from the trust fund for 
 97.18  the budget plan developed by the commission consists of the 
 97.19  earnings generated from the trust fund.  Earnings generated from 
 97.20  the trust fund shall equal the amount of interest on debt 
 97.21  securities and dividends on equity securities.  Gains and losses 
 97.22  arising from the sale of securities shall be apportioned as 
 97.23  follows:  
 97.24     (1) if the sale of securities results in a net gain during 
 97.25  a fiscal year, the gain shall be apportioned in equal 
 97.26  installments over the next ten fiscal years to offset net losses 
 97.27  in those years.  If any portion of an installment is not needed 
 97.28  to recover subsequent losses identified in paragraph (b), it 
 97.29  shall be added to the principal of the fund; and 
 97.30     (2) if the sale of securities results in a net loss during 
 97.31  a fiscal year, the net loss shall be recovered from the gains in 
 97.32  paragraph (a) apportioned to that fiscal year.  If such gains 
 97.33  are insufficient, any remaining net loss shall be recovered from 
 97.34  interest and dividend income in equal installments over the 
 97.35  following ten fiscal years.  
 97.36     (b) For funding projects until fiscal year 1997, the 
 98.1   following additional amounts are available from the trust fund 
 98.2   for the budget plans developed by the commission:  
 98.3      (1) for the 1991-1993 biennium, up to 25 percent of the 
 98.4   revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal years 1990 and 
 98.5   1991; 
 98.6      (2) for the 1993-1995 biennium, up to 20 percent of the 
 98.7   revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal year 1992 and up 
 98.8   to 15 percent of the revenue deposited in the fund in fiscal 
 98.9   year 1993; 
 98.10     (3) for the 1993-1995 biennium, up to 25 percent of the 
 98.11  revenue deposited in the trust fund in fiscal years 1994 and 
 98.12  1995, to be expended only for capital investments in parks and 
 98.13  trails; and 
 98.14     (4) for the 1995-1997 biennium, up to ten 25 percent of the 
 98.15  revenue deposited in the fund in fiscal year 1996, to be 
 98.16  expended only for capital investments in parks and trails. 
 98.17     (c) Any appropriated funds not encumbered in the biennium 
 98.18  in which they are appropriated cancel and must be credited to 
 98.19  the principal of the trust fund. 
 98.20     Sec. 84.  [177.435] [FACILITY CONSTRUCTION; PREVAILING 
 98.21  WAGE.] 
 98.22     Construction of value-added agricultural product processing 
 98.23  facility financed in whole or in part with a loan or grant 
 98.24  provided under section 41A.035, 41B.044, or 41B.046 is a 
 98.25  "project" as that term is defined in section 177.42, subdivision 
 98.26  2.  Contracts for the construction or expansion of a value added 
 98.27  agricultural product processing facility that is a project under 
 98.28  this section must comply with section 177.43. 
 98.29     Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 239.011, 
 98.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 98.31     Subd. 2.  [DUTIES AND POWERS.] To carry out the 
 98.32  responsibilities in section 239.01 and subdivision 1, the 
 98.33  director: 
 98.34     (1) shall take charge of, keep, and maintain in good order 
 98.35  the standard of weights and measures of the state and keep a 
 98.36  seal so formed as to impress, when appropriate, the letters 
 99.1   "MINN" and the date of sealing upon the weights and measures 
 99.2   that are sealed; 
 99.3      (2) has general supervision of the weights, measures, and 
 99.4   weighing and measuring devices offered for sale, sold, or in use 
 99.5   in the state; 
 99.6      (3) shall maintain traceability of the state standards to 
 99.7   the national standards of the National Institute of Standards 
 99.8   and Technology; 
 99.9      (4) shall enforce this chapter; 
 99.10     (5) shall grant variances from department rules, within the 
 99.11  limits set by rule, when appropriate to maintain good commercial 
 99.12  practices or when enforcement of the rules would cause undue 
 99.13  hardship; 
 99.14     (6) shall conduct investigations to ensure compliance with 
 99.15  this chapter; 
 99.16     (7) may delegate to division personnel the 
 99.17  responsibilities, duties, and powers contained in this section; 
 99.18     (8) shall test annually, and approve when found to be 
 99.19  correct, the standards of weights and measures used by the 
 99.20  division, by a town, statutory or home rule charter city, or 
 99.21  county within the state, or by a person using standards to 
 99.22  repair, adjust, or calibrate commercial weights and measures; 
 99.23     (9) shall inspect and test weights and measures kept, 
 99.24  offered, or exposed for sale; 
 99.25     (10) shall inspect and test, to ascertain if they are 
 99.26  correct, weights and measures commercially used to: 
 99.27     (i) determine the weight, measure, or count of commodities 
 99.28  or things sold, offered, or exposed for sale, on the basis of 
 99.29  weight, measure, or count; and 
 99.30     (ii) compute the basic charge or payment for services 
 99.31  rendered on the basis of weight, measure, or count; 
 99.32     (11) shall approve for use and mark weights and measures 
 99.33  that are found to be correct; 
 99.34     (12) shall reject, and mark as rejected, weights and 
 99.35  measures that are found to be incorrect and may seize them if 
 99.36  those weights and measures: