Minnesota Legislature
HF 1896
as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/15/2021 04:56pm
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A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; increasing watercraft surcharge; creating invasive
species research account and dedicating receipts; amending Minnesota Statutes
2020, sections 84D.15; 86B.415, subdivision 7.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84D.15, is amended to read:
84D.15 INVASIVE SPECIES deleted text beginACCOUNTdeleted text endnew text begin ACCOUNTSnew text end.
Subdivision 1.
Creation.
The invasive species account deleted text beginisdeleted text endnew text begin and the invasive species
research account arenew text end created in the state treasury in the natural resources fund.
Subd. 2.
Receipts.
new text begin(a) new text endMoney received from deleted text beginsurcharges on watercraft licenses under
section 86B.415, subdivision 7,deleted text end civil penalties under section 84D.13deleted text begin,deleted text end and service provider
permits under section 84D.108deleted text begin,deleted text end must be deposited in the invasive species account. Each
year, the commissioner of management and budget must transfer from the game and fish
fund to the invasive species account, the annual surcharge collected on nonresident fishing
licenses under section 97A.475, subdivision 7, paragraph (b). Each fiscal year, the
commissioner of management and budget shall transfer $375,000 from the water recreation
account under section 86B.706 to the invasive species account.
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(b) Money received from surcharges on watercraft licenses under section 86B.415,
subdivision 7, must be deposited as follows:
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(1) $21 from each surcharge must be deposited in the invasive species account; and
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(2) $4 from each surcharge must be deposited in the invasive species research account.
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Subd. 3.
Use of money in new text begininvasive species new text endaccount.
Money credited to the invasive
species account in subdivision 2 deleted text beginshalldeleted text endnew text begin mustnew text end be used for management of invasive species
and implementation of this chapter as it pertains to invasive species, including control,
public awareness, law enforcement, assessment and monitoring, management planning,
habitat improvements, and research.new text begin Of the money credited to the account, at least $2 from
each surcharge on watercraft licenses under section 86B.415, subdivision 7, must be used
for grants to lake associations to manage aquatic invasive plant species.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end
new text begin Use of money in invasive species research account. new text end
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Money credited to the
invasive species research account under subdivision 2, paragraph (b), must be used for
grants to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Minnesota Aquatic
Invasive Species Research Center to research aquatic invasive species.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 86B.415, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
Subd. 7.
Watercraft surcharge.
A deleted text begin$10.60deleted text endnew text begin $25new text end surcharge is placed on each watercraft
licensed under subdivisions 1 to 5 for control, public awareness, law enforcement, monitoring,
and research of aquatic invasive species such as zebra mussel, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian
watermilfoil in public waters and public wetlands.