<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 2123<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to state government; environment, natural resources, and energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>finance; appropriating money for environment and natural resources; authorizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>sale of gift cards and certificates; establishing composting competitive grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>program; modifying regulation of storm water discharges; modifying waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>management reporting requirements and creating a work group; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass; modifying horse trail and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>park pass requirements; requiring disclosure of certain chemicals in children's <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>products by manufacturers; requiring plastic yard waste bags to be compostable <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>and establishing labeling standards; authorizing uses of the Hennepin County <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>solid and hazardous waste fund; modifying greenhouse gas emissions provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>and requiring a registry; establishing and authorizing fees; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>disposition of certain fees; modifying and establishing assessments for certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>regulatory expenses; providing for fish consumption advisories in different <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>languages; limiting use of certain funds; requiring reports; appropriating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>money to Department of Commerce and Public Utilities Commission to finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>activities related to commerce and energy; modifying provisions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>Telecommunications Access Minnesota assessments, insurance audits, insurers <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>and insurance products, certain financial institutions, regulated activities related <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>to certain mortgage transactions and professionals, and debt management and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>debt settlement services; providing penalties and remedies; appropriating and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>allocating federal stimulus money for various energy programs;amending <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 45.011, subdivision 1; 45.027, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>46.04, subdivision 1; 46.05; 46.131, subdivision 2; 47.58, subdivision 1; 47.60, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivisions 1, 3, 6; 48.21; 58.05, subdivision 3; 58.06, subdivision 2; 58.126; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>58.13, subdivision 1; 60A.124; 60A.14, subdivision 1; 60B.03, subdivision 15; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>60L.02, subdivision 3; 61B.19, subdivision 4; 61B.28, subdivisions 4, 8; 67A.01; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>67A.06; 67A.07; 67A.14, subdivisions 1, 7; 67A.18, subdivision 1; 84.0835, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivision 3; 84.415, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 84.63; 84.631; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>84.632; 84.788, subdivision 3; 84.922, subdivision 1a; 85.015, subdivision 1b; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>85.053, subdivision 10; 85.46, subdivisions 3, 4, 7; 93.481, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>7; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 103G.301, subdivisions 2, 3; 115.03, subdivision 5c; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>115.073; 115.56, subdivision 4; 115.77, subdivision 1; 115A.1314, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>115A.557, subdivision 3; 115A.931; 116.07, subdivision 4d; 116.41, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>2; 116C.834, subdivision 1; 116D.045; 216B.62, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>adding a subdivision; 216H.10, subdivision 7; 216H.11; 325E.311, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>6; 332A.02, subdivisions 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, by adding a subdivision; 332A.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>subdivision 6; 332A.08; 332A.10; 332A.11, subdivision 2; 332A.14; Laws 2002, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>chapter 220, article 8, section 15; Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.41"></a><var>1.41</var>4, subdivision 2; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 4, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.42"></a><var>1.42</var>7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 60A; 61A; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>67A; 84; 93; 115A; 116; 216H; 325E; 383B; proposing coding for new law as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 332B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>60A.129; 61B.19, subdivision 6; 67A.14, subdivision 5; 67A.17; 67A.19; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 30; Minnesota Rules, parts 2675.2180; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>2675.7100; 2675.7110; 2675.7120; 2675.7130; 2675.7140.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>May 4, 2009<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>The Honorable Margaret Anderson Kelliher<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>The Honorable James P. Metzen<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 2123 report that we have agreed upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 2123 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES FINANCE</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
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               <td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
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         </table><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>in this article.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">112,820,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">111,945,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">224,765,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government Special <br />
                  		Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">96,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,064,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,188,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">138,252,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">82,010,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">80,910,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">162,920,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">94,312,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">93,912,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">188,224,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,186,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,186,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">22,372,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>369,640,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>367,389,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>737,029,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
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               <td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
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         </table><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Appropriations for the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>year ending June 30, 2009, are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
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               <td><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>90,969,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>90,493,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,771,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,171,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,064,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">69,188,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>The commissioner shall require the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>financial officer or other financial staff to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>display the agency's budget on the agency's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>Web site in a manner that will allow citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>to understand more easily the value they are <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>getting for their money. The agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>have an air permit and regulatory account, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>water permit and regulatory account, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>solid waste permit and regulatory account to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>track revenues and expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>By October 1, 2010 and 2011, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>commissioner shall submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>chairs of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>primary jurisdiction over the environment <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>and natural resources policy and finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>that includes the number of environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>assessment worksheets completed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>previous fiscal year, the total number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>staff hours spent on those environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>assessment worksheets, and the average and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>median number of hours spent per completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>environmental assessment worksheet.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>Fee rules adopted by the agency during fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>year 2010 are effective retroactively on July <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>1, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>A recipient of a grant funded by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>appropriation under this section shall display <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>on its Web site detailed information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>the expenditure of the grant funds, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>measurable outcomes as a result of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>expenditure of funds, and submit this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>information to the agency by June 30 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>year. A recipient without an active Web site <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>shall report to the agency by June 30 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>year detailed information on the expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>of the grant funds, and measurable outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>as a result of the expenditure of funds. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>commissioner shall display the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>received by recipients under this paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>on the agency's Web site.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Water</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">33,867,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">33,267,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,148,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,548,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">48,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,671,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,671,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>$2,348,000 the first year and $2,348,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>the second year are for the clean water <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>partnership program. Priority shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>given to projects preventing impairments <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>and degradation of lakes, rivers, streams, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>and groundwater according to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>Statutes, section 114D.20, subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>clause (4). Funds from this appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>may not be used to purchase or use pesticides <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>suspected by current science of being <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>endocrine disruptors. To the extent possible, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>with money from this appropriation, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>person must plant vegetation or sow seed <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>only of ecotypes native to Minnesota, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>preferably of the local ecotype, using a high <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>diversity of species originating from as <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>close to the restoration site as possible, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>protect existing native prairies from genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>contamination. Any balance remaining in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>first year does not cancel and is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>$2,164,000 the first year and $2,164,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>second year must be distributed as grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>delegated counties to administer the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>feedlot program under new Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>Statutes, section 116.0711, subdivisions 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>and 3. Any money remaining after the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>year is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>$310,000 the first year and $310,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>second year are for community technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>assistance and education, including grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>and technical assistance to communities for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>local and basinwide water quality protection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>$100,000 the first year is for grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>local units of government to implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>cost-effective projects to control runoff, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>prevent erosion, and provide ditch <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>stabilization, in order to protect water quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>in lakes, rivers, and streams and to protect <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>groundwater from degradation. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>$350,000 the first year and $350,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>second year are for challenge grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>counties for subsurface sewage treatment <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>system (SSTS) inventories that will <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>determine the number of systems that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>failing or that pose an imminent health threat <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>and are located on riparian land or a lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>or near wetlands or other sensitive waters. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>Counties must provide a nonstate match of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>at least 50 percent that may be in cash or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>kind. The commissioner shall, by county, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>report: the number of systems evaluated, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>number of systems determined to be failing <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>or that pose an imminent health threat located <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>on riparian land or a lake or near wetlands or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>other sensitive waters, the number replaced <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>or soon to be replaced, and the gallons of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>sewage that are prevented from threatening <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>waters. The commissioner shall develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>recommendations and a plan for directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>or indirectly inspecting and providing an <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>inventory for all subsurface sewage treatment <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>systems and submit a report to the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>the legislative committees having primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.36"></a><var>6.36</var>resources policy and finance no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>September 15, 2010. Direct inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>methods shall include field verification of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>each SSTS on riparian land or a lake or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>near wetlands or other sensitive waters to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>determine the owner, location, and which <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>systems are failing or are an imminent <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>health threat. Indirect inspection methods <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>may include census-type data collection to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>determine the owner and location of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>SSTS in the remaining portion of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>county. An SSTS with a valid certificate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>compliance may be considered inventoried <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>without further work. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>$375,000 the first year and $375,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>second year are for subsurface sewage <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>treatment system (SSTS) administration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>grants. Of this amount, $80,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>is for assistance to counties through grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>for SSTS program administration. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>unexpended balance in the first year does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>cancel but is available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>$740,000 the first year and $740,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>fund to address the need for continued <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>increased activity in the areas of new <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>technology review, technical assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>for local governments, and enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>under Minnesota Statutes, sections 115.55 <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>to 115.58, and to complete the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>of Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 1, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>165. Of this amount, $48,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>administration of individual septic tank fees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>as provided in this article.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>$1,250,000 the first year and $1,250,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>the second year are for assessment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>monitoring of lakes, rivers, and streams.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>second year are for a grant to the Red River <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>Watershed Management Board to enhance <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>and expand existing river watch activities in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>the Red River of the North and shall enhance <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>student understanding of the causes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>flooding, flood prevention, and the impacts <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>of flood waters on land and water resources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>The Red River Watershed Management <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>Board shall provide a report that includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>formal evaluation results from the river <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>watch program to the commissioners of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>education and the Pollution Control Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>and to the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>jurisdiction over the environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>resources policy and finance and K-12 policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>and finance by February 15, 2011. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>$7,540,000 the first year and $7,540,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>the second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>fund for completion of 20 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>needed statewide assessments of surface <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>water quality and trends.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>$500,000 the first year is to develop minimal <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>impact design standards for urban storm <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>water runoff. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>and is available until June 30, 2011. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>commissioner shall report to the chairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>ranking minority members of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>committees and divisions having primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>resources policy and finance no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>January 12, 2011, regarding the expenditure <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>of this appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>By October 1, 2009 and 2010, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>commissioner shall report to the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>of the legislative committees having <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>primary jurisdiction over environment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>natural resources policy and finance on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>effectiveness of enforcement actions in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>previous fiscal year in preventing water <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>pollution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>The commissioner shall continue the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>rulemaking process to better align water <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>permit fee revenue for fiscal years 2010, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>2011, 2012, and 2013 with the cost of issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>permits, including environmental review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>before June 30, 2011, as grants or contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>for clean water partnership, SSTS's, surface <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>water and groundwater assessments, total <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>maximum daily loads, stormwater, and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>basinwide water quality protection in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>subdivision are available until June 30, 2013.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Air</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,871,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,131,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">11,871,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,131,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>the second year may be transferred from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>environmental fund to the small business <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>environmental improvement loan account <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>established in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>116.993.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>for a monitoring program under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>Statutes, section 116.454.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>for monitoring ambient air for hazardous <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>pollutants in the metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>An agency report on the level of fine <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>particulate matter in Minnesota's air must <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>compare measured levels with a 24-hour <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>PM 2.5 standard of 13 to 14 micrograms <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>per cubic meter and an annual PM 2.5 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>standard of 30 to 35 micrograms per cubic <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>meter, as recommended by the Particulate <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>Matter Review Panel of the Environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>Protection Agency's Clean Air Scientific <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>Advisory Committee in its June 2005 report, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>EPA's Review of the National Ambient Air <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>Quality Standards for Particulate Matter <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>(Second Draft PM Staff Paper, January <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>2005).<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>$700,000 the first year and $700,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>fund for an air emissions database, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>monitoring greenhouse gas emissions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>The commissioner shall continue the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>rulemaking process to better align air quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>fee revenue for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>and 2013 with the cost of issuing permits, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>including environmental review.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Land</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">18,467,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">18,467,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">465,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">465,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,916,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,916,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,086,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>All money for environmental response, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>compensation, and compliance in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>remediation fund not otherwise appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>is appropriated to the commissioners of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>Pollution Control Agency and agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>(3), (6), and (7). At the beginning of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>fiscal year, the two commissioners shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>jointly submit an annual spending plan to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>the commissioner of finance that maximizes <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>the utilization of resources and appropriately <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>allocates the money between the two <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>departments. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>until June 20, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>$3,616,000 the first year and $3,616,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>second year are from the petroleum tank fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>to be transferred to the remediation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>purposes of the leaking underground storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>tank program to protect the land.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>$252,000 the first year and $252,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>second year are from the remediation fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>be transferred to the Department of Health for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>private water supply monitoring and health <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>assessment costs in areas contaminated <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>by unpermitted mixed municipal solid <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>waste disposal facilities and drinking water <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>advisories and public information activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>$500,000 each year is for environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>health tracking and biomonitoring of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>representative sample of the population <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>including indigenous people and people of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>color. Of this amount, $450,000 each year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>for transfer to the Department of Health.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Environmental Assistance and </b><br />
                  		<b>Cross-Media</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,420,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,284,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">814,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">814,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">24,606,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">24,470,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>$14,250,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>environmental fund for SCORE block grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>to counties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>$250,000 each year is from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>fund to administer the composting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>grant program established under new <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.559. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>appropriation is added to the agency base <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>and available until June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>By January 15, 2012, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>report to the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>resources policy on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>(1) the mixed municipal solid waste diversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>rates accomplished by the grant program <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>under new Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>115A.559;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(2) participants in the grant program and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>programs developed with grant funds; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>(3) the potential for new permanent programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>based on results of projects funded with <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>grants issued under new Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>section 115A.559.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>$225,000 the first year and $89,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>fund for duties related to harmful chemicals <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>in products under new Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>amount, $133,000 the first year and $57,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>the second year are for transfer to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>Department of Health.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>$119,000 the first year and $119,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>fund for environmental assistance grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>or loans under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>115A.0716. Any unencumbered grant and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>loan balances in the first year do not cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>but are available for grants and loans in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>All money deposited in the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>fund for the metropolitan solid waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>landfill fee in accordance with Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>Statutes, section 473.843, and not otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>16A.28, the appropriations encumbered on <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>or before June 30, 2011, as contracts or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>grants for surface water and groundwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>assessments; environmental assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>115A.0716; technical and research assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.152; <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>technical assistance under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>Statutes, section 115A.52; and pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>prevention assistance under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>Statutes, section 115D.04, are available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>June 30, 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>Before the governor makes budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>recommendations to the legislature in 2011, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>the commissioner must report on revenues <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>received and expenditures made under <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.1314, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>subdivision 2, during fiscal years 2010 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>and 2011 to determine if fees collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>are covering the costs of the program and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>request that the governor recommend a direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>appropriation for the purposes of that section.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Administrative Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>The commissioner shall transfer $40,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>from the environmental fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>remediation fund for the purposes of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>section 116.155, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>NATURAL RESOURCES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>245,313,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>243,813,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">74,411,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">74,411,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">76,290,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">75,190,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">94,312,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">93,912,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>To the extent possible, a person conducting <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>restoration with money appropriated in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>section must plant vegetation or sow seed <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>only of ecotypes native to Minnesota, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>preferably of the local ecotype, using a high <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>diversity of species originating from as <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>close to the restoration site as possible, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>protect existing native prairies from genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>contamination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>A recipient of a grant funded by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>appropriation under this section shall display <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>on its Web site detailed information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>the expenditure of the grant funds, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>measurable outcomes as a result of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>expenditure of funds, and submit this <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>information to the department by June 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>each year. A recipient without an active <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>Web site shall report to the department by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>June 30 each year detailed information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>the expenditure of the grant funds, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>measurable outcomes as a result of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>expenditure of funds. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>shall display the information received by <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>recipients under this paragraph on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>department's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>The commissioner shall require the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>financial officer or other financial staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>to display the department's budget on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>department's Web site in a manner that will <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>allow citizens to easily understand the value <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>they are getting for their money.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Land and Mineral Resources </b><br />
                  		<b>Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,398,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,398,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,351,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,351,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,461,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,461,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,386,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,386,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>$1,202,000 the first year and $1,202,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>the second year are from the mining <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>administration account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>resources fund to cover the costs associated <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>with issuing mining permits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>$612,000 each year is from the dedicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>receipts account in the natural resources fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>to cover the costs associated with issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>licenses for land and water crossings and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>road easements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>$351,000 the first year and $351,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>second year are for iron ore cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>research. Of this amount, $200,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>is from the minerals management account <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>in the natural resources fund. $175,500 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>first year and $175,500 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>$86,000 the first year and $86,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>second year are for minerals cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>environmental research, of which $43,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>the first year and $43,000 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>$2,696,000 the first year and $2,696,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>the second year are from the minerals <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>fund for use as provided in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>Statutes, section 93.2236, paragraph (c), <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>for mineral resource management, projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>to enhance future mineral income, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>projects to promote new mineral resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>account in the permanent school fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>commercial leasing of school trust lands and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>to identify, evaluate, and lease construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>aggregate located on school trust lands. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>appropriation is to be used for securing <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>maximum long-term economic return <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>from the school trust lands consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>fiduciary responsibilities and sound natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>resources conservation and management <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>principles.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Water Resources Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,732,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,732,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,452,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,452,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">280,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">280,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>By January 15, 2010, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>shall submit a report evaluating and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>recommending options to provide for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>long-term protection of the state's surface <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>water and groundwater resources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>the funding of programs to provide this <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>protection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>$275,000 the first year and $275,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>second year are for grants for up to 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>percent of the cost of implementation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>the Red River mediation agreement. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>commissioner shall submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>chairs of the legislative committees having <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>primary jurisdiction over environment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>natural resources policy and finance on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>accomplishments achieved with the grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>by January 15, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>$60,000 the first year and $60,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>second year are for a grant to the Mississippi <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>the cost of implementing the comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>plan for the upper Mississippi within areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>under the board's jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>$5,000 the first year and $5,000 the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>year are for payment to the Leech Lake Band <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>of Chippewa Indians to implement the band's <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>portion of the comprehensive plan for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>upper Mississippi.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>$125,000 the first year and $125,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>second year are for the construction of ring <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>dikes under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>103F.161. The ring dikes may be publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>or privately owned. If the appropriation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>in the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>By October 1, 2009, the commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>develop a plan for the development of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>adequate groundwater level monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>network of wells in the 11-county <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>metropolitan area. The commissioner, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>working with the Metropolitan Council, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>the Department of Homeland Security, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>the commissioner of the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>Agency, shall design the network so that <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>the wells can be used to identify threats to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>groundwater quality and institute practices to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>protect the groundwater from degradation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>The network must be sufficient to ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>that water use in the metropolitan area <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>does not harm ecosystems, degrade water <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>quality, or compromise the ability of future <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>generations to meet their own needs. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>plan should include recommendations on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>the necessary payment rates for users of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>system expressed in cents per gallon for well <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>drilling, operation, and maintenance.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Forest Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">39,609,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">38,259,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,952,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,952,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,193,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,093,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,464,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,214,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>$2,000,000 each year is to maintain forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>management operations. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>$1,200,000 the first year and $950,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>fund to maintain and expand the ecological <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>classification system program on state forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>lands and prevent the introduction and spread <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>of invasive species on state lands. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>$7,217,000 the first year and $7,217,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>the second year are for prevention, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>presuppression, and suppression costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>emergency firefighting and other costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>88.12. If the appropriation for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>year is insufficient to cover all costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>presuppression and suppression, the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>necessary to pay for these costs during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>biennium is appropriated from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>By January 15 of each year, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>of natural resources shall submit a report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>the chairs and ranking minority members <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>of the house and senate committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>and divisions having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>environment and natural resources finance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>identifying all firefighting costs incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>and reimbursements received in the prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>fiscal year. These appropriations may <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>not be transferred. Any reimbursement <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>of firefighting expenditures made to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>commissioner from any source other than <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>federal mobilizations shall be deposited into <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>$12,193,000 the first year and $11,093,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>the second year are from the forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>management investment account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>natural resources fund for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var><statute_ref>89.039</statute_ref>, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>$780,000 the first year and $780,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>second year are for the Forest Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>Council for implementation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>Sustainable Forest Resources Act. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Parks and Trails Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">67,372,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">67,372,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,857,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,857,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">43,321,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">43,321,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,194,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,194,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>$1,175,000 the first year and $1,175,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>second year are from the water recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>enhancing public water access facilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>Of this amount, $100,000 is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>appropriation to provide downloadable <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>GPS coordinates and river gauge data <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>interpretation. The base appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>$1,075,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>The appropriation in Laws 2003, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>128, article 1, section 5, subdivision 6, from <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>the water recreation account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>resources fund for a cooperative project with <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>the United States Army Corps of Engineers <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>to develop the Mississippi Whitewater Park <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>is available until June 30, 2011. The project <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>must be designed to prevent the spread of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>aquatic invasive species.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>$4,371,000 the first year and $4,371,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>fund for state park and recreation area <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>operations. Of this amount, $375,000 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>year is for coordinated activities with Explore <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>Minnesota Tourism. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>from the revenue deposited in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>resources fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>section 297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>$8,424,000 the first year and $8,424,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>the second year are from the snowmobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>trails and enforcement account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>natural resources fund for the snowmobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>grants-in-aid program. This additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>money may be used for new grant-in-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>trails. Any unencumbered balance does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>cancel at the end of the first year and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>$400,000 the first year and $400,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>second year are from the snowmobile trails <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>and enforcement account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>resources fund for operation and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>of state trails and increased oversight and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>training for the grant-in-aid program. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>$1,360,000 the first year and $1,360,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>the second year are from the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>resources fund for the off-highway vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>grants-in-aid program. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>$1,110,000 each year is from the all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>vehicle account; $150,000 each year is from <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>the off-highway motorcycle account; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>$100,000 each year is from the off-road <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>vehicle account. Any unencumbered balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>does not cancel at the end of the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>$760,000 the first year and $760,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>fund for state trail operations. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>appropriation is from the revenue deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>in the natural resources fund under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>clause (2).<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Fish and Wildlife Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">67,574,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">67,424,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,340,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,340,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,976,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,976,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">64,258,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">64,108,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>second year are from the nongame wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>account in the natural resources fund for gray <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>wolf research.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>$120,000 the first year and $120,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>second year from the game and fish fund are <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>for gray wolf management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>$285,000 the first year and $285,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>second year are from the walleye stamp <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>account in the game and fish fund for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>purposes specified under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>section 97A.075, subdivision 6. Of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>amount, $25,000 must be spent in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>year to provide signage to each independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>licensed dealer for display and promotion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>the walleye stamp.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>$600,000 the first year and $600,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>second year are to accelerate wildlife health <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>programs. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>$1,860,000 the first year and $1,860,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>second year are from the wildlife acquisition <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>surcharge account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var><statute_ref>97A.071</statute_ref>, subdivision 2a. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>is available until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>$8,167,000 the first year and $8,167,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>enhancement account in the game and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>fish fund only for activities specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>paragraph (e), clause (1). Of this amount, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>least 20 percent must be used to purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>or restore land, of which over half must <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>be used for restoration. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, five <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>percent of this appropriation may be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>expanding hunter and angler recruitment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>retention. This appropriation may be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>leverage other funds and to provide fish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>wildlife technical assistance for shallow lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>management and restoration and stream and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>lake shoreland and habitat improvement and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>maintenance on private lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var><statute_ref>84.943</statute_ref>, $13,000 the first year and $13,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>the second year from the critical habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>private sector matching account may be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>to publicize the critical habitat license plate <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>match program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>$830,000 the first year and $830,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>second year are from the trout and salmon <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>management account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var><statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>$1,553,000 the first year and $1,553,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>second year are from the deer management <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>account for only the purposes specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>$890,000 the first year and $890,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>second year are from the deer and bear <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>management account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var><statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>$700,000 the first year and $700,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>second year are from the waterfowl habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>improvement account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var><statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>$925,000 the first year and $925,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>second year are from the pheasant habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>improvement account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var><statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>$192,000 the first year and $192,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>second year are from the wild turkey <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>management account for only the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var><statute_ref>97A.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 5. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>$8,000 the first year and $8,000 the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>year are transferred from the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>fund to the wild turkey management account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>$535,000 the first year and $535,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>second year are for preserving, restoring, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>enhancing grassland/wetland complexes on <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>public or private lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var><statute_ref>16A.28</statute_ref>, the appropriations encumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>under contract on or before June 30, 2011, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>aquatic restoration grants and wildlife habitat <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>grants are available until June 30, 2012.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Ecological Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,175,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,175,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,994,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,994,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,951,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,951,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>$1,223,000 the first year and $1,223,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>second year are from the nongame wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>fund for the purpose of nongame wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>management. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>290.431</statute_ref>, $100,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>year and $100,000 the second year may <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>be used for nongame wildlife information, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>education, and promotion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>$1,636,000 the first year and $1,636,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>enhancement account in the game and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>fish fund for only the purposes specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>$2,142,000 the first year and $2,142,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>second year are from the invasive species <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>account, and $2,090,000 the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>and $2,090,000 the second year are from <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>the general fund for management, public <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>awareness, assessment and monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>research, law enforcement, and water access <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>inspection to prevent the spread of invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>species; management of invasive plants in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>public waters; and management of terrestrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>invasive species on state-administered lands. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>Funds from this appropriation may not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>used to purchase or use pesticides suspected <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>by current science of being endocrine <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>disruptors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>The commissioner shall report on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>projected outcomes and goals for protecting <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>species in all ecological provinces and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>quantity and quality of groundwater and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>surface water of the state, including but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>limited to, protecting rare and endangered <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>species, native prairies, and wetlands, from <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>merging ecological services and waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>duties to the senate and house natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>resources policy and finance committees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>divisions. The commissioner shall not merge <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>ecological services and waters duties prior to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>presenting the report to the committees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>divisions. Any merger must include a variant <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>of the word "ecology" in the title of the new <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>division.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Enforcement</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">31,490,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">31,490,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,889,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,889,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,531,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,531,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">19,970,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">19,970,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>$1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>second year are from the water recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>grants to counties for boat and water safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>$315,000 the first year and $315,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>second year are from the snowmobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>trails and enforcement account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>natural resources fund for grants to local <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>law enforcement agencies for snowmobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>enforcement activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>$1,164,000 the first year and $1,164,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>enhancement account in the game and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>fish fund for only the purposes specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>297A.94</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>$510,000 the first year and $510,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>the second year are from the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>resources fund for grants to county law <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>enforcement agencies for off-highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>vehicle enforcement and public education <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>activities based on off-highway vehicle use <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>in the county. Of this amount, $498,000 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>year is from the all-terrain vehicle account; <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>$11,000 each year is from the off-highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>motorcycle account; and $1,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>is from the off-road vehicle account. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>county enforcement agencies may use <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>money received under this appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>to make grants to other local enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>agencies within the county that have a high <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>concentration of off-highway vehicle use. Of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>this appropriation, $25,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>administration of these grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>second year are from the all-terrain vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>account for grants to qualifying organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>to assist in safety and environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>education and monitoring trails on public <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>lands under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>84.9011. Grants issued under this paragraph: <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>(1) must be issued through a formal <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>agreement with the organization; and (2) <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>must not be used as a substitute for traditional <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>spending by the organization. By December <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>15 each year, an organization receiving a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>grant under this paragraph shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>commissioner with details on expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>and outcomes from the grant. By January <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>15, 2011, the commissioner shall report <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>on the expenditures and outcomes of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>grants to the chairs and ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>members of the natural resources policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>and finance committees and divisions. Of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>this appropriation, $25,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>administration of these grants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>The commissioner must publicize <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>opportunities for conservation officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>employment and recruit, when possible, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>conservation officer candidates from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>biological sciences departments at colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>and universities.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Operations Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,963,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,963,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,340,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,340,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">534,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">534,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,089,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,089,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>The commissioner may redirect the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>fund reduction of $800,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>2010 and $800,000 in fiscal year 2011, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>other subdivisions of this section. No grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>may be reduced. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>report by October 1, 2011, to the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>the legislative committees having primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>resources policy and finance regarding any <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>redirection and what department outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>were affected by the redirection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>$320,000 the first year and $320,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>fund for grants to be divided equally between <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>the city of St. Paul for the Como Zoo <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>and Conservatory and the city of Duluth <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>for the Duluth Zoo. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>is from the revenue deposited to the fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>paragraph (e), clause (5).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL </b><br />
                  		<b>RESOURCES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>15,618,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>15,343,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>$3,900,000 the first year and $3,900,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>second year are for natural resources block <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>grants to local governments. The board may <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>reduce the amount of the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>block grant to a county by an amount equal to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>any reduction in the county's general services <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>allocation to a soil and water conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>district from the county's previous year <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>allocation when the board determines that <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>the reduction was disproportionate. Grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>must be matched with a combination of local <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>cash or in-kind contributions. The base <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>grant portion related to water planning must <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>be matched by an amount as specified by <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>$3,500,000 the first year and $3,500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>the second year are for grants requested <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>by soil and water conservation districts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>general purposes, nonpoint engineering, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>and implementation of the reinvest in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>Minnesota conservation reserve program. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>Upon approval of the board, expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>may be made from these appropriations for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>supplies and services benefiting soil and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>water conservation districts. Any district <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>requesting a grant under this paragraph shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>maintain a Web page that publishes, at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>minimum, its annual plan, annual report, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>annual audit, annual budget, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>membership dues, and meeting notices and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>minutes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>second year are for feedlot water quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>grants for feedlots under 300 animal units <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>where there are impaired waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>$2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>the second year are for grants to soil and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>water conservation districts for cost-sharing <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>contracts for erosion control, water quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>management, of which at least $900,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>each year is for establishing and maintaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>riparian vegetation buffers of restored native <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>prairie and restored prairie.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>$100,000 the first year and $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>the second year are available for county <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>cooperative weed management programs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>to restore native plants in selected invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>species management sites by providing local <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>native seeds and plants to landowners for <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>implementation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>103C.501, the board may shift cost-share <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>funds in this section and may adjust the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>technical and administrative assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>portion of the grant funds to leverage <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>federal or other nonstate funds or to address <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>high-priority needs identified in local water <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>management plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>second year are for implementation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>enforcement of the Wetland Conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>Act. The board must make available <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>information about final enforcement actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>on the board's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>$60,000 each year is for staff to monitor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>enforce wetland replacement, wetland bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>sites, and the Wetland Conservation Act. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>board must include in its biennial report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>the legislature information on all state and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>local units of government, including special <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>purpose districts and impacts on wetlands <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>in the state. This information must be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>available on the board's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>$100,000 each  year is for transfer to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>commissioner of natural resources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>enforcement of  wetland violations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>$100,000 each year is to make grants to local <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>units  of government within the 11-county <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>metropolitan area to improve response to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>major wetland violations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>$100,000 each year is for cost-share grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>to local governments for public drainage <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>records modernization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>$212,000 each year is to provide assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>to local drainage management officials and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>for the costs of the Drainage Work Group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>$90,000 the first year and $90,000 the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>year are for a grant to the Red River Basin <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>Commission for water quality and floodplain <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>management, including administration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>programs. The commission shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>a report to the chairs of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>committees having primary jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>over environment and natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>policy and finance on the accomplishments <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>achieved with this appropriation by January <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>15, 2012. If the appropriation in either year <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>is insufficient, the appropriation in the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>$90,000 each year is to the Minnesota River <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>Basin Joint Powers Board, also known as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>the Minnesota River Board, for operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>expenses to measure and report the results of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>projects in the 12 major watersheds within <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>the Minnesota River basin.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>$130,000 each year is for grants to Area <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>II, Minnesota River Basin Projects, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>for floodplain management, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>administration of programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>103C.501, a balance in the board's cost-share <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>program is available for $150,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>for evaluating and reporting on performance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>financial, and activity information of local <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>water management entities as provided for in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.102.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>The appropriations for grants in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>section are available until expended. If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>appropriation for grants in either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>insufficient, the appropriation in the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>To the extent possible, any person conducting <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>a restoration with money appropriated in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>this section must plant vegetation or sow <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>seed only of ecotypes native to Minnesota, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>and preferably of the local ecotype, using a <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>high diversity of species originating from as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>close to the restoration site as possible, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>protect existing native prairies from genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>contamination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>A recipient of a grant funded by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>appropriation under this section shall display <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>on its Web site detailed information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>the expenditure of the grant funds, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>measurable outcomes as a result of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>expenditure of funds, and submit this <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>information to the board by June 30 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>year. A recipient without an active Web site <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>shall report to the board by June 30 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>detailed information on the expenditure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>the grant funds, and measurable outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>as a result of the expenditure of funds. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>board shall display the information received <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>by recipients under this paragraph on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>board's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>The board shall require the chief financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>officer or other financial staff to display the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>board's budget on the board's Web site in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>manner that will allow citizens to understand <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>more easily the value they are getting for <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>their money.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,880,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,880,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,810,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,810,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,070,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,070,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>$3,810,000 the first year and $3,810,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>the second year are for metropolitan area <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>regional parks operation and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>473.351.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>$5,070,000 the first year and $5,070,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>fund for metropolitan area regional parks <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>and trails maintenance and operations. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>appropriation is from the revenue deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>in the natural resources fund under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>clause (3).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>MINNESOTA CONSERVATION </b><br />
                  		<b>CORPS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>945,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>945,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">455,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">455,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">490,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">490,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>The Minnesota Conservation Corps may <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>receive money appropriated from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>natural resources fund under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>only as provided in an agreement with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 8. <b>ZOOLOGICAL BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>6,728,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>6,728,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,568,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,568,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">160,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">160,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>fund from the revenue deposited under <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>paragraph (e), clause (5).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 9. <b>SCIENCE MUSEUM OF </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,187,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>1,187,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0835, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Citation authority.</b> Employees designated by the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>subdivision 1 may issue citations, as specifically authorized under this subdivision, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>violations of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(1) sections 
         <statute_ref>85.052, subdivision 3</statute_ref> (payment of camping fees in state parks), <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>85.45, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref> (cross-country ski pass), and 
         <statute_ref>85.46</statute_ref> (horse trail pass), and 84.9275 <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>(nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass); <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>(2) rules relating to hours and days of operation, restricted areas, noise, fireworks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>environmental protection, fires and refuse, pets, picnicking, camping and dispersed <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>camping, nonmotorized uses, construction of unauthorized permanent trails, mooring of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>boats, fish cleaning, swimming, storage and abandonment of personal property, structures <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>and stands, animal trespass, state park individual and group motor vehicle permits, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>licensed motor vehicles, designated roads, and snowmobile operation off trails;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>(3) rules relating to off-highway vehicle registration, display of registration numbers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>required equipment, operation restrictions, off-trail use for hunting and trapping, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>operation in lakes, rivers, and streams;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>(4) rules relating to off-highway vehicle and snowmobile operation causing damage <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>or in closed areas within the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>(5) rules relating to parking, snow removal, and damage on state forest roads; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>(6) rules relating to controlled hunting zones on major wildlife management units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. <b>[84.0854] GIFT CARD AND CERTIFICATE SALES; RECEIPTS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var><b>TRANSFERS; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Sales authorized; gift cards and certificates.</b> The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>may sell gift cards and certificates that can be used to purchase licenses, permits, products, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>or services sold by the commissioner. Gift cards and certificates are valid until they <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>are redeemed. The commissioner may advertise the availability of this program and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>items offered for sale under this section. The commissioner may make the purchase and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>redemption of gift cards available electronically.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Receipts; disposition.</b> Proceeds of gift card and certificate sales shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>deposited in an account in the special revenue fund. When gift cards or certificates are <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>redeemed, funds shall be transferred to the appropriate account or fund based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>license, permit, product, or service purchased. Money in the gift card and certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>account shall accrue interest, which shall be credited to the account. Interest on funds in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>the account is appropriated to the commissioner to help cover the cost of administering <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>the gift card and certificate program. Money from gift cards and certificates sold but <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>unredeemed after three years shall be transferred to the various accounts and funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>receiving revenue from purchases of licenses, permits, products, or services purchased <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>with gift card or certificate redemptions in the last two fiscal years. Unredeemed funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>shall be distributed based on the dollar value of cards redeemed for the various licenses, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>permits, products, or services on a pro rata basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Exemption from rulemaking.</b> This section is not subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.415, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Fee</b><b> Fees; disposition</b><b>.</b> (a) In the event the construction of such lines <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>causes damage to timber or other property of the state on or along the same, the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>or permit shall also provide for payment to the commissioner of finance of the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>thereof of the damages as may be determined by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>(b) The application fee specified in Minnesota Rules is credited to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>All money received under such licenses or permits (c) The utility crossing fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>specified in Minnesota Rules shall be credited to the fund to which other income or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>proceeds of sale from such the land would be credited, if provision therefor be made as <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>provided by law, otherwise to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>(d) Money received from licenses and permits issued under this section for use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>the beds of navigable waters shall be credited to the permanent school fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>(e) Money received under subdivision 6 must be credited to the land management <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>resources to cover the costs incurred for issuing and monitoring utility licenses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.415, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Supplemental application fee and monitoring fee.</b> (a) In addition to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>application fee and utility crossing fees specified in Minnesota Rules, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>natural resources shall assess the applicant for a utility license the following fees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>(1) a supplemental application fee of $1,500 for a public water crossing license and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>a supplemental application fee of $4,500 for a public lands crossing license, to cover <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>reasonable costs for reviewing the application and preparing the license; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>construction of the utility line and preparing special terms and conditions of the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>to ensure proper construction. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>(b) The applicant shall pay fees under this subdivision to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>natural resources. The commissioner shall not issue the license until the applicant has <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>paid all fees in full.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>(c) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>or permit was issued, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>monitoring fee revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fees, even <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>if the application is withdrawn or denied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.63, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var><b>84.63 CONVEYANCE OF INTERESTS IN LANDS TO STATE AND </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var><b>FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>(a) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to convey to the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>or to the state of Minnesota or any of its subdivisions, upon state-owned lands under <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>the administration of the commissioner of natural resources, permanent or temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>easements for specified periods or otherwise for trails, highways, roads including <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>limitation of right of access from the lands to adjacent highways and roads, flowage for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>development of fish and game resources, stream protection, flood control, and necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>appurtenances thereto, such conveyances to be made upon such terms and conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>including provision for reversion in the event of non-user as the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>resources may determine.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>(b) In addition to the fee for the market value of the easement, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>natural resources shall assess the applicant the following fees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>(1) an application fee of $2,000 to cover reasonable costs for reviewing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>application and preparing the easement; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>construction of the improvement for which the easement was conveyed and preparing <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>special terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>an estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>(c) The applicant shall pay these fees to the commissioner of natural resources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>The commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>application fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>(d) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>was conveyed, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>fee revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>is withdrawn or denied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>(e) Money received under paragraph (b) must be deposited in the land management <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred for issuing and monitoring easements.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.631, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var><b>84.631 ROAD EASEMENTS ACROSS STATE LANDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>(a) Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>85.015, subdivision 1b</statute_ref>, the commissioner, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>behalf of the state, may convey a road easement across state land under the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>jurisdiction other than school trust land, to a private person requesting an easement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>access to property owned by the person only if the following requirements are met: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>there are no reasonable alternatives to obtain access to the property; and (2) the exercise <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>of the easement will not cause significant adverse environmental or natural resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>management impacts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>(b) The commissioner shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>(1) require the applicant to pay the market value of the easement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>(2) provide that the easement reverts to the state in the event of nonuse; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>(3) impose other terms and conditions of use as necessary and appropriate under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>the circumstances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>(c) An applicant shall submit a an application fee of up to $2,000 with each <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>application for a road easement across state land. The commissioner must give the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>applicant an estimate of the costs of the road easement before the applicant submits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>fee. The application fee is nonrefundable, even if the application is withdrawn or denied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>(d) In addition to the payment for the market value of the easement and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>application fee, the commissioner of natural resources shall assess the applicant a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the construction of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>the road and preparing special terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>must give the applicant an estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>the fee. The applicant shall pay the application and monitoring fees to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>of natural resources. The commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>has paid in full the application fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>the easement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>(e) Upon completion of construction of the road, the commissioner shall refund the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>(f) Fees collected under paragraph paragraphs (c) and (d) must be deposited in <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>credited to the land management account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>to the commissioner of natural resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.632, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var><b>84.632 CONVEYANCE OF UNNEEDED STATE EASEMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>(a) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref>, the commissioner of natural resources may, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>in the name of the state, release all or part of an easement acquired by the state upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>application of a landowner whose property is burdened with the easement if the easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>is not needed for state purposes.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>(b) All or part of an easement may be released by payment of consideration of not <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>less than $500, to be determined by the commissioner the market value of the easement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>The release must be in a form approved by the attorney general.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>(c) Money received for release of the easement under paragraph (b) must be credited <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>to the account from which money was expended for purchase of the easement. If there is <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>no specific account, the money must be credited to the land acquisition account established <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>94.165</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>(d) In addition to payment under paragraph (b), the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>resources shall assess a landowner who applies for a release under this section an <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>application fee of $2,000 for reviewing the application and preparing the release of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>easement. The applicant shall pay the application fee to the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>resources. The commissioner shall not issue the release of easement until the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>has paid the application fee in full. The commissioner shall not return the application fee, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>even if the application is withdrawn or denied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>(e) Money received under paragraph (d) must be credited to the land management <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.922, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Exemptions.</b> All-terrain vehicles exempt from registration are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) vehicles owned and used by the United States, the state, another state, or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>political subdivision;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) vehicles registered in another state or country that have not been in this state for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>more than 30 consecutive days; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>(3) vehicles that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>(i) are owned by a resident of another state or country that does not require <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>registration of all-terrain vehicles;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>(ii) have not been in this state for more than 30 consecutive days; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>(iii) are operated on state and grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) (4) vehicles used exclusively in organized track racing events; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) vehicles that are 25 years old or older and were originally produced as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>separate identifiable make by a manufacturer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. <b>[84.9275] NONRESIDENT ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE STATE TRAIL </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var><b>PASS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Pass required; fee.</b> (a) A nonresident may not operate an all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>vehicle on a state or grant-in-aid all-terrain vehicle trail unless the operator carries a valid <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass in immediate possession. The pass must <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>be available for inspection by a peace officer, a conservation officer, or an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>designated under section 84.0835.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall issue a pass upon application and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>payment of a $20 fee. The pass is valid from January 1 through December 31. Fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>collected under this section, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents, shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>deposited in the state treasury and credited to the all-terrain vehicle account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>resources fund and, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027</statute_ref>, subdivision 15, must be used for grants-in-aid to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>counties and municipalities for all-terrain vehicle organizations to construct and maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>all-terrain vehicle trails and use areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass is not required for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) an all-terrain vehicle that is owned and used by the United States, another state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>or a political subdivision thereof that is exempt from registration under section 84.922, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>subdivision 1a; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a person operating an all-terrain vehicle only on the portion of a trail that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>owned by the person or the person's spouse, child, or parent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>License agents.</b> The commissioner may appoint agents to issue and sell <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail passes. The commissioner may revoke the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>appointment of an agent at any time. The commissioner may adopt additional rules as <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.485, subdivision 11</statute_ref>. An agent shall observe all rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>by the commissioner for accounting and handling of passes pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>97A.485, <br />
            		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>subdivision 11
         </statute_ref>. An agent shall promptly deposit and remit all money received from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>sale of the passes, exclusive of the issuing fee, to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Issuance of passes.</b> The commissioner and agents shall issue and sell <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail passes. The commissioner shall also make the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>passes available through the electronic licensing system established under section 84.027, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>subdivision 15.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Agent's fee.</b> In addition to the fee for a pass, an issuing fee of $1 per pass <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>shall be charged. The issuing fee may be retained by the seller of the pass. Issuing fees for <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>passes issued by the commissioner shall be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>the natural resources fund and retained for the operation of the electronic licensing system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Duplicate passes.</b> The commissioner and agents shall issue a duplicate <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>pass to persons whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var><statute_ref>97A.405, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate nonresident <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>all-terrain vehicle state trail pass is $2, with an issuing fee of 50 cents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84D.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Receipts.</b> Money received from surcharges on watercraft licenses under <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>section 
         <statute_ref>86B.415, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, and civil penalties under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.13</statute_ref> shall be deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>in the invasive species account. Each year, the commissioner of finance shall transfer from <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>the game and fish fund to the invasive species account, the annual surcharge collected on <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>nonresident fishing licenses under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, paragraph (b). In fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>years 2010 and 2011, the commissioner of finance shall transfer $725,000 from the water <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>recreation account under section 86B.706 to the invasive species account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Easements for ingress and egress.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>16A.695</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>except as provided in paragraph (b), when a trail is established under this section, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>private property owner who has a preexisting right of ingress and egress over the trail <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>right-of-way is granted, without charge, a permanent easement for ingress and egress <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>purposes only. The easement is limited to the preexisting crossing and reverts to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>upon abandonment. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to diminish or alter any written <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>or recorded easement that existed before the state acquired the land for the trail. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall assess the applicant an application <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>fee of $2,000 for reviewing the application and preparing the easement. The applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>shall pay the application fee to the commissioner of natural resources. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid the application fee in full. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application is withdrawn <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>or denied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>(c) Money received under paragraph (b) must be credited to the land management <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.053, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Free entrance; totally and permanently disabled veterans.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>commissioner shall issue an annual park permit for no charge for to any veteran with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>total and permanent service-connected disability, as determined by the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>Department of Veterans Affairs, who presents each year a copy of their determination <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>letter to a park attendant or commissioner's designee. For the purposes of this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>"veteran" with a total and permanent service-connected disability" means a resident who <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>has a total and permanent service-connected disability as adjudicated by the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>Veterans Administration or by the retirement board of one of the several branches of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>armed forces has the meaning given in section 197.447.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2009, for state park permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>issued on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Issuance.</b> The commissioner of natural resources and agents shall issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>and sell horse trail passes. The pass shall include the applicant's signature and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>information deemed necessary by the commissioner. To be valid, a daily or annual pass <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>must be signed by the person riding, leading, or driving the horse, and a commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>annual pass must be signed by the owner of the commercial trail riding facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Pass fees.</b> (a) The fee for an annual horse trail pass is $20 for an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>16 years of age and over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>Annual passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December 31.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>(b) The fee for a daily horse trail pass is $4 for an individual 16 years of age and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>over. The fee shall be collected at the time the pass is purchased. The daily pass is valid <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>only for the date designated on the pass form.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>(c) The fee for a commercial annual horse trail pass is $200 and includes issuance <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>of 15 passes. Additional or individual commercial annual horse trail passes may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>purchased by the commercial trail riding facility owner at a fee of $20 each. Commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>annual horse trail passes are valid for one year beginning January 1 and ending December <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>31 and may be affixed to the horse tack, saddle, or person. Commercial annual horse trail <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>passes are not transferable to another commercial trail riding facility. For the purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>this section, a "commercial trail riding facility" is an operation where horses are used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>riding instruction or other equestrian activities for hire or use by others.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.46, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Duplicate horse trail passes.</b> The commissioner of natural resources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>agents shall issue a duplicate pass to a person or commercial trail riding facility owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>whose pass is lost or destroyed using the process established under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.405</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>subdivision 3, and rules adopted thereunder. The fee for a duplicate horse trail pass is $2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>with an issuing fee of 50 cents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>[86A.055] PROHIBITION ON SALES OF OUTDOOR RECREATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var><b>SYSTEM LANDS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>Notwithstanding Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>2007, chapter 148, article 2, section 73, or other law to the contrary, a state agency shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>not sell land that, on or after the effective date of this section, is classified as a unit of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>outdoor recreation system under section 86A.05, for the purpose of anticipated savings <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 92.685, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var><b>92.685 LAND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>The land management account is created in the natural resources fund. Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>credited to the account is appropriated annually to the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>for the Lands and Minerals Division to administer the utility easement program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>section 84.415, the easement program under section 84.63, the road easement program <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>84.631</statute_ref>, the easement release program under section 84.632, and the trail <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>easement program under section 85.015, subdivision 1b.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 93.481, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibition against mining without permit; application for </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var><b>permit.</b> Except as provided in this subdivision, after June 30, 1975, no person shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>engage in or carry out a mining operation for metallic minerals within the state unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>person has first obtained a permit to mine from the commissioner. Any person engaging <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>in or carrying out a mining operation as of the effective date of the rules promulgated <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>93.47</statute_ref> shall apply for a permit to mine within 180 days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>effective date of such rules. Any such existing mining operation may continue during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>pendency of the application for the permit to mine. The person applying for a permit shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>apply on forms prescribed by the commissioner and shall submit such information as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>commissioner may require, including but not limited to the following: <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>(a) (1) a proposed plan for the reclamation or restoration, or both, of any mining <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>area affected by mining operations to be conducted on and after the date on which permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>are required for mining under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>(b) (2) a certificate issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>the United States that the applicant has a public liability insurance policy in force for <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>the mining operation for which the permit is sought, or evidence that the applicant has <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>satisfied other state or federal self-insurance requirements, to provide personal injury <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>and property damage protection in an amount adequate to compensate any persons who <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>might be damaged as a result of the mining operation or any reclamation or restoration <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>operations connected with the mining operation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>(3) an application fee of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>(i) $25,000 for a permit to mine for a taconite mining operation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>(ii) $50,000 for a permit to mine for a nonferrous metallic minerals operation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>(iii) $10,000 for a permit to mine for a scram mining operation; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>(iv) $5,000 for a permit to mine for a peat operation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>(c) (4) a bond which may be required pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>93.49</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>(d) (5) a copy of the applicant's advertisement of the ownership, location, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>boundaries of the proposed mining area and reclamation or restoration operations, which <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>advertisement shall be published in a legal newspaper in the locality of the proposed site <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>at least once a week for four successive weeks before the application is filed, except that if <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>the application is for a permit to conduct lean ore stockpile removal the advertisement <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>need be published only once.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 93.481, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Term of permit; amendment.</b> A permit issued by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>pursuant to this section shall be granted for the term determined necessary by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>commissioner for the completion of the proposed mining operation, including reclamation <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>or restoration. A permit may be amended upon written application to the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>A permit amendment application fee must be submitted with the written application. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>permit amendment application fee is ten percent of the amount provided for in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>1, clause (3), for an application for the applicable permit to mine. If the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>determines that the proposed amendment constitutes a substantial change to the permit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>the person applying for the amendment shall publish notice in the same manner as for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>new permit, and a hearing shall be held if written objections are received in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>manner as for a new permit. An amendment may be granted by the commissioner if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>commissioner determines that lawful requirements have been met.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 93.481, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Assignment.</b> A permit may not be assigned or otherwise transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>without the written approval of the commissioner. A permit assignment application fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>must be submitted with the written application. The permit assignment application fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>is ten percent of the amount provided for in subdivision 1, clause (3), for an application <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>for the applicable permit to mine.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 93.481, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Mining administration account.</b> The mining administration account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>established as an account in the natural resources fund. Ferrous mining administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>Fees charged to owners, operators, or managers of mines under this section and section <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>93.482 shall be credited to the account and may be appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>to cover the costs of providing and monitoring permits to mine ferrous metals under <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>this section. Earnings accruing from investment of the account remain with the account <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>until appropriated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>[93.482] RECLAMATION FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Annual permit to mine fee.</b> (a) The commissioner shall charge <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>every person holding a permit to mine an annual permit fee. The fee is payable to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>commissioner by June 30 of each year, beginning in 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>(b) The annual permit to mine fee for a taconite mining operation is $60,000 if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>which payment is due and $30,000 if there was no production within the immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>(c) The annual permit to mine fee for a nonferrous metallic minerals mining <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>operation is $75,000 if the operation had production within the calendar year immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>preceding the year in which payment is due and $37,500 if there was no production within <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>the immediately preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>(d) The annual permit to mine fee for a scram mining operation is $5,000 if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>which payment is due and $2,500 if there was no production within the immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(e) The annual permit to mine fee for a peat mining operation is $1,000 if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>operation had production within the calendar year immediately preceding the year in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>which payment is due and $500 if there was no production within the immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Supplemental application fee for taconite and nonferrous metallic </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var><b>minerals mining operation.</b> (a) In addition to the application fee specified in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>93.481, the commissioner shall assess a person submitting an application for a permit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>mine for a taconite or a nonferrous metallic minerals mining operation the reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>costs for reviewing the application and preparing the permit to mine. For nonferrous <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>metallic minerals mining, the commissioner shall assess reasonable costs for monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>construction of the mining facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>(b) The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate of the supplemental <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>application fee under this subdivision. The estimate must include a brief description <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>of the tasks to be performed and the estimated cost of each task. The application fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>under section 93.481 must be subtracted from the estimate of costs to determine the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>supplemental application fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>(c) The applicant and the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement to cover <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>the estimated costs to be incurred by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>(d) The commissioner shall not issue the permit to mine until the applicant has paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>all fees in full. Upon completion of construction of a nonferrous metallic minerals facility, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance of the monitoring fee revenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Reclamation fee on taconite iron ore produced.</b> (a) For the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>of this subdivision:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>(1) "fee owner" means a person having any right, title, or interest in any minerals <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>or mineral rights in this state from which taconite iron ore is mined. Fee owner does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>include the United States, the state, or the University of Minnesota; <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>(2) "taconite iron ore" means a ferruginous chert or ferruginous slate in the form of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>compact siliceous rock, in which the iron oxide is so finely disseminated that substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>all of the iron bearing particles of merchantable grade are smaller than 20 mesh; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.36"></a><var>47.36</var>(3) "ton" means a gross ton of 2,240 pounds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(b) A fee owner is subject to a reclamation fee of $.0075 per ton of taconite iron ore <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>mined from the minerals or mineral rights owned by the fee owner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>(c) The fee owner shall make payment to the commissioner no later than January <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>20 of each calendar year for ore removed during the previous calendar year. The fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>owner is liable for the payment of the reclamation fee. The fee owner may enter into an <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>agreement with the mining operator to make the payment on their behalf from royalties <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>due and owing or other financial terms.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 94.342, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Additional restrictions on riparian land.</b> (a) Land bordering on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>adjacent to any meandered or other public waters and withdrawn from sale by law is <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>riparian land. Riparian land may not be given in exchange unless: <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>(1) expressly authorized by the legislature or unless;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>(2) through the same exchange the state acquires land on the same or other public <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>waters in the same general vicinity affording at least equal opportunity for access to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>waters and other riparian use by the public;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>(3) Class A land is being exchanged for Class A land; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var> provided, that any (4) the exchange with is an agency of  the United States or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>agency thereof may be made free from this limitation upon condition that and the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>land given in exchange bordering on public waters shall be subject to reservations by <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>the state for public travel along the shores as provided by section 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref>, unless waived <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>as provided in this subdivision paragraph (b), and that there shall be reserved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>state such additional rights of public use upon suitable portions of such state land as <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>the commissioner of natural resources, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>may deem necessary or desirable for camping, hunting, fishing, access to the water, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>other public uses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var> In regard to (b) For Class B or riparian land that is contained within that portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>of the Superior National Forest that is designated as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>Wilderness, the condition that state land given in exchange bordering on public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>must be subject to the public travel reservations provided in section 
         <statute_ref>92.45</statute_ref>, may be waived <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>by the Land Exchange Board upon the recommendation of the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>resources and, if the land is Class B land, the additional recommendation of the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>board in which the land is located.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><a id="pl.48.34"></a><var>48.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.</b> (a) For purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>subdivision, "deer license" means a license issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivisions 2, <br />
            		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>clauses
         </statute_ref> (5), (6), (7), (11), (13), (15), (16), and (17), and 3, clauses (2), (3), (4), (9), (11), <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>(12), and (13), and licenses issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>wildlife trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license issued under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>97A.473, subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer management account and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>used for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.473, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer and bear <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>management account and shall be used for deer and bear management programs, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>a computerized licensing system. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>and wild cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>feeding and wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>deer feeding and wild cervidae health management is available until expended. When <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>cervidae health management at the end of a fiscal year exceeds $2,500,000 for the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>time, $750,000 is canceled to the unappropriated balance of the game and fish fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>The commissioner must inform the legislative chairs of the natural resources finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>committees every two years on how the money for emergency deer feeding and wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>cervidae health management has been spent. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thereafter, When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>deer feeding and wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>fiscal year, the unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>for deer and bear management programs and computerized licensing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.271, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Water use permit processing fee.</b> (a) Except as described in paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>(b) to (f), a water use permit processing fee must be prescribed by the commissioner in <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>accordance with the schedule of fees in this subdivision for each water use permit in force <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>at any time during the year. The schedule is as follows, with the stated fee in each clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>applied to the total amount appropriated:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $140 for amounts not exceeding 50,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $3.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 50,000,000 gallons but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>than 100,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $4 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 100,000,000 gallons but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>than 150,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) $4.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 150,000,000 gallons but <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>less than 200,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) $5 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 200,000,000 gallons but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>than 250,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) $5.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 250,000,000 gallons but <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>less than 300,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) $6 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 300,000,000 gallons but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>than 350,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) $6.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 350,000,000 gallons but <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>less than 400,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) $7 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 400,000,000 gallons but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>than 450,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) $7.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 450,000,000 gallons but <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>less than 500,000,000 gallons per year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) $8 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 500,000,000 gallons per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) For once-through cooling systems, a water use processing fee must be prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>by the commissioner in accordance with the following schedule of fees for each water use <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>permit in force at any time during the year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for nonprofit corporations and school districts, $200 per 1,000,000 gallons; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for all other users, $420 per 1,000,000 gallons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The fee is payable based on the amount of water appropriated during the year <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>and, except as provided in paragraph (f), the minimum fee is $100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) For water use processing fees other than once-through cooling systems:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the fee for a city of the first class may not exceed $250,000 per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the fee for other entities for any permitted use may not exceed:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) $50,000 $60,000 per year for an entity holding three or fewer permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) $75,000 $90,000 per year for an entity holding four or five permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) $250,000 $300,000 per year for an entity holding more than five permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the fee for agricultural irrigation may not exceed $750 per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the fee for a municipality that furnishes electric service and cogenerates steam <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>for home heating may not exceed $10,000 for its permit for water use related to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.36"></a><var>50.36</var>cogeneration of electricity and steam; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) no fee is required for a project involving the appropriation of surface water to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>prevent flood damage or to remove flood waters during a period of flooding, as determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Failure to pay the fee is sufficient cause for revoking a permit. A penalty of two <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>percent per month calculated from the original due date must be imposed on the unpaid <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>balance of fees remaining 30 days after the sending of a second notice of fees due. A fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>may not be imposed on an agency, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>16B.01, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>governmental agency holding a water appropriation permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The minimum water use processing fee for a permit issued for irrigation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>agricultural land is $20 for years in which:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) there is no appropriation of water under the permit; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the permit is suspended for more than seven consecutive days between May 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>and October 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) A surcharge of $20 $30 per million gallons in addition to the fee prescribed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>paragraph (a) shall be applied to the volume of water used in each of the months of June, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>July, and August that exceeds the volume of water used in January for municipal water <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>use, irrigation of golf courses, and landscape irrigation. The surcharge for municipalities <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>with more than one permit shall be determined based on the total appropriations from all <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>permits that supply a common distribution system.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Permit application fees.</b> (a) A permit application fee to defray the costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>receiving, recording, and processing the application must be paid for a permit authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>under this chapter and for each request to amend or transfer an existing permit. Fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>established under this subdivision, unless specified in paragraph (c), shall be compliant <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>with section 16A.1285.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fee for a project appropriating Proposed projects that require water in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>of 100 million gallons per year must be assessed fees to recover the reasonable costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>of preparing and processing the permit, including costs incurred to evaluate the project <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>and the costs incurred for environmental review. Fees collected under this paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>must be credited to an account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>commissioner for fiscal years 2008 and 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water, other than a permit subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>to the in addition to any fee under paragraph (b); a permit to construct or repair a dam <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>that is subject to dam safety inspection; or a state general permit or to apply for the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>water bank program is $150. The application fee for a permit to work in public waters or <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>to divert waters for mining must be at least $150, but not more than $1,000, according to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>schedule of fees adopted under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.301, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Field inspection fees.</b> (a) In addition to the application fee, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>commissioner may charge a field inspection fee for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>(1) projects requiring a mandatory environmental assessment under chapter 116D;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>(2) projects undertaken without a required permit or application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>(3) projects undertaken in excess of limitations established in an issued permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>(b) The fee must be at least $100 but not more than actual inspection costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>(c) The fee is to cover actual costs related to a permit applied for under this chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>or for a project undertaken without proper authorization.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>(d) The commissioner shall establish a schedule of field inspection fees under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>16A.1285
         </statute_ref>. The schedule must include actual costs related to field inspection, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>investigations of the area affected by the proposed activity, analysis of the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>activity, consultant services, and subsequent monitoring, if any, of the activity authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>by the permit. Fees collected under this subdivision must be credited to an account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115.03, subdivision 5c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5c. <b>Regulation of storm water discharges.</b> (a) The agency may issue a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>general permit to any category or subcategory of point source storm water discharges <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>that it deems administratively reasonable and efficient without making any findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>under agency rules. Nothing in this subdivision precludes the agency from requiring an <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>individual permit for a point source storm water discharge if the agency finds that it is <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>appropriate under applicable legal or regulatory standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>(b) Pursuant to this paragraph, the legislature authorizes the agency to adopt and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>enforce rules regulating point source storm water discharges. No further legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>approval is required under any other legal or statutory provision whether enacted before or <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>after May 29, 2003.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(c) The agency shall develop performance standards, design standards, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>tools to enable and promote the implementation of low-impact development and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>storm water management techniques. For the purposes of this section, "low-impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>development" means an approach to storm water management that mimics a site's natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>hydrology as the landscape is developed. Using the low-impact development approach, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>storm water is managed on-site and the rate and volume of predevelopment storm water <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>reaching receiving waters is unchanged. The calculation of predevelopment hydrology is <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>based on native soil and vegetation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115.073, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var><b>115.073 ENFORCEMENT FUNDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>Except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>115C.05</statute_ref>, all money recovered by the state under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>chapter and chapters 115A and 116, including civil penalties and money paid under an <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>agreement, stipulation, or settlement, excluding money paid for past due fees or taxes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>up to the amount appropriated for implementation of Laws 1991, chapter 347, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>deposited in the state treasury and credited to the environmental fund.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.39.0"></a><a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115.56, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>License fee.</b> (a) Until the agency adopts a final rule establishing fees for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>licenses under subdivision 2, the fee for a license required under subdivision 2 is $100 <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>$200 per year and the annual license fee for a business with multiple licenses shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>exceed $400.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>(b) Revenue from the any fees charged by the agency for licenses under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>2 must be credited to the environmental fund and is exempt from section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.40.0"></a><a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115.77, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Fees </b><b>established</b><b>.</b> The following fees are established for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>purposes indicated: agency shall collect fees in amounts necessary, but no greater than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>amounts necessary, to cover the reasonable costs of reviewing applications and issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>certifications.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>(1) application for examination, $32;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>(2) issuance of certificate, $23;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>(3) reexamination resulting from failure to pass an examination, $32;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>(4) renewal of certificate, $23;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>(5) replacement certificate, $10; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>(6) reinstatement or reciprocity certificate, $40.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.41.0"></a><a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.1314, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Creation of account; appropriations.</b> (a) The electronic waste account <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>is established in the environmental fund. The commissioner of revenue must deposit <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>receipts from the fee established in subdivision 1 in the account. Any interest earned on <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>the account must be credited to the account. Money from other sources may be credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>the account. Beginning in the second program year and continuing each program year <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>thereafter, as of the last day of each program year, the commissioner of revenue shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>determine the total amount of the variable fees that were collected. By July 15, 2009, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>each July 15 thereafter, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall inform <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>the commissioner of revenue of the amount necessary to operate the program in the new <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>program year. To the extent that the total fees collected by the commissioner of revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>in connection with this section exceed the amount the commissioner of the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>Control Agency determines necessary to operate the program for the new program <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>year, the commissioner of revenue shall refund on a pro rata basis, to all manufacturers <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>who paid any fees for the previous program year, the amount of fees collected by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>commissioner of revenue in excess of the amount necessary to operate the program for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>new program year. No individual refund is required of amounts of $100 or less for a fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>year. Manufacturers who report collections less than 50 percent of their obligation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>previous program year are not eligible for a refund. Amounts not refunded pursuant to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>paragraph shall remain in the account. The commissioner of revenue shall issue refunds <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>by August 10. In lieu of issuing a refund, the commissioner of revenue may grant credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>against a manufacturer's variable fee due by September 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Until June 30, 2009 2011, money in the account is annually appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>Pollution Control Agency:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for the purpose of implementing sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>transfer to the commissioner of revenue to carry out the department's duties under <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1320, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, and transfer to the commissioner of administration for <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>responsibilities under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1324</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to be distributed on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>competitive basis through contracts with counties outside the 11-county metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>area, as defined in paragraph (c), and with private entities that collect for recycling <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>covered electronic devices in counties outside the 11-county metropolitan area, where the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>collection and recycling is consistent with the respective county's solid waste plan, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>the purpose of carrying out the activities under sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>awarding competitive grants under this clause, the commissioner must give preference to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>counties and private entities that are working cooperatively with manufacturers to help <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>them meet their recycling obligations under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1318, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The 11-county metropolitan area consists of the counties of Anoka, Carver, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.35"></a><var>54.35</var>Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Washington, and Wright.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.42.0"></a><a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.557, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Distribution; formula.</b> Any funds appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>for the purpose of distribution to counties under this section must be distributed each fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>year by the commissioner based on population, except a county may not receive less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>$55,000 in a fiscal year. If the amount available for distribution under this section is less <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>or more than the amount available in fiscal year 2001, the minimum county payment under <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>this section is reduced or increased proportionately. For purposes of this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>"population" has the definition given in section 
         <statute_ref>477A.011, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. A county that <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>participates in a multicounty district that manages solid waste and that has responsibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>for recycling programs as authorized in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.552</statute_ref>, must pass through to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>districts funds received by the county in excess of the minimum county payment under <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>this section in proportion to the population of the county served by that district. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.43.0"></a><a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. <b>[115A.559] COMPOSTING COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant program established.</b> The commissioner shall make <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>competitive grants to political subdivisions to increase composting, reduce the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>organic wastes entering disposal facilities, and reduce the costs associated with hauling <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>waste by locating the composting site as close as possible to the site where the waste is <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>generated. To achieve the purpose of the grant program, the commissioner shall actively <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>recruit potential applicants beyond traditional solid waste professionals and organizations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>such as soil and water conservation districts and schools. Each grant must include an <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>educational component on the methods and benefits of composting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Application.</b> (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>(b) The determination of whether to make a grant under this section is within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>discretion of the commissioner, subject to subdivision 4. The commissioner's decisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Priorities; eligible projects.</b> (a) If applications for grants exceed the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>available appropriations, grants must be made for projects that, in the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>judgment, provide the highest return in public benefits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>(b) To be eligible to receive a grant, a project must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>(1) be locally administered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>(2) have measurable outcomes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>(3) include at least one of the following elements:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>(i) the development of erosion control methods that use compost; <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>(ii) activities to encourage on-site composting by homeowners; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>(iii) activities to encourage composting by schools or public institutions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Cancellation of grant.</b> If a grant is awarded under this section and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>must be canceled.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.44.0"></a><a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.931, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var><b>115A.931 YARD WASTE PROHIBITION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>(a) Except as authorized by the agency, in the metropolitan area after January 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>1990, and outside the metropolitan area after January 1, 1992, a person may not place <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>yard waste:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>(1) in mixed municipal solid waste;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>(2) in a disposal facility; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>(3) in a resource recovery facility except for the purposes of reuse, composting, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>cocomposting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) [Renumbered 
         <statute_ref>115A.03, subd 38</statute_ref>] <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>(c) On or after January 1, 2010, a person may not place yard waste or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>source-separated compostable materials generated in a metropolitan county in a plastic bag <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>delivered to a transfer station or compost facility unless the bag meets all the specifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>in ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). For purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>paragraph, "metropolitan county" has the meaning given in section 473.121, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>4, and "ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>(d) A person who immediately empties a plastic bag containing yard waste or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>source-separated compostable materials delivered to a transfer station or compost facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>and removes the plastic bag from the transfer station or compost facility is exempt from <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>(e) Residents of a city of the first class that currently contracts for the collection of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>yard waste are exempt from paragraph (c) until January 1, 2013, if, by that date, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>city implements a citywide source-separated compostable materials collection program <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>using durable carts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.45.0"></a><a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.0711, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var><b>116.0711 FEEDLOT </b><b>PERMIT CONDITIONS</b><b> PERMITS; CONDITIONS; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var><b>COUNTY GRANTS</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Conditions.</b> (a) The agency shall not require feedlot permittees to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>maintain records as to rainfall or snowfall as a condition of a general feedlot permit if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>owner directs the commissioner or agent of the commissioner to appropriate data on <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>precipitation maintained by a government agency or educational institution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>(b) A feedlot permittee shall give notice to the agency when the permittee proposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>to transfer ownership or control of the feedlot to a new party. The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>not unreasonably withhold or unreasonably delay approval of any transfer request. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>request shall be handled in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>116.07</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>15.992</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>(c) The Environmental Quality Board shall review and recommend modifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>to environmental review rules related to phased actions and animal agriculture facilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>The Environmental Quality Board shall report recommendations to the chairs of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over agriculture <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>and the environment by January 15, 2002.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>(d) If the owner of an animal feedlot requests an extension for an application for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>national pollutant discharge elimination permit or state disposal system permit by June 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>2001, then the agency shall grant an extension for the application to September 1, 2001.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>(e) (c) An animal feedlot in shoreland that has been unused may resume operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>after obtaining a permit from the agency or county, regardless of the number of years that <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>the feedlot was unused.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>County feedlot program grants; three-part formula.</b> (a) Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>appropriated to the commissioner to make grants to delegated counties to administer <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>the county feedlot program must be distributed according to the three-part formula in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>paragraphs (b) to (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Number of feedlots in the county: 60 percent of the total appropriation must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>distributed according to the number of feedlots that are required to be registered in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>county. Grants awarded under this paragraph must be matched with a combination of local <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>cash and in-kind contributions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Minimum program requirements: 25 percent of the total appropriation must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>distributed based on the county (1) conducting an annual number of inspections at feedlots <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>that is equal to or greater than seven percent of the total number of registered feedlots that <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>are required to be registered in the county; and (2) meeting noninspection minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>program requirements as identified in the county feedlot workplan form. Counties that do <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>not meet the inspection requirement must not receive 50 percent of the eligible funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>under this paragraph. Counties must receive funding for noninspection requirements under <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>this paragraph according to a scoring system checklist administered by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota Association of County Feedlot <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>Officers executive team, shall make a final decision regarding any appeal by a county <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.36"></a><var>57.36</var>regarding the terms and conditions of this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Performance credits: 15 percent of the total appropriation must be distributed <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>according to work that has been done by the counties during the fiscal year. The amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>must be determined by the number of performance credits a county accumulates during <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>the year based on a performance credit matrix jointly agreed upon by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>in consultation with the Minnesota Association of County Feedlot Officers executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>team. To receive an award under this paragraph, the county must meet the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>of paragraph (c), clause (1), and achieve 90 percent of the requirements according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>paragraph (c), clause (2), of the formula. The rate of reimbursement per performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>credit item must not exceed $200.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Minimum grant; prorated grant; transfers.</b> Delegated counties are <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>eligible for a minimum grant of $7,500. To receive the full $7,500 amount, a county must <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>meet the requirements under subdivision 2, paragraph (c). Nondelegated counties that <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>apply for delegation shall receive a grant prorated according to the number of full quarters <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>remaining in the program year from the date of commissioner approval of the delegation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>Awards to any newly delegated counties must be made out of the appropriation reserved <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>under subdivision 2, paragraph (d). The commissioner, in consultation with the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>Association of County Feedlot Officers executive team, may decide to use money reserved <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>under subdivision 2, paragraph (d), in an amount not to exceed five percent of the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>annual appropriation for initiatives to enhance existing delegated county feedlot programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>information and education, or technical assistance efforts to reduce feedlot-related <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>pollution hazards. Any amount remaining after distribution under subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>paragraphs (b) and (c), must be transferred for purposes of subdivision 2, paragraph (d).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.46.0"></a><a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.41, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Training and certification programs.</b> The agency shall develop standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>of competence for persons operating and inspecting various classes of disposal facilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>The agency shall conduct training programs for persons operating facilities for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>disposal of waste and for inspectors of such facilities, and may shall charge such fees as <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>are necessary to cover the actual costs of the training programs. All fees received shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>paid into the state treasury and credited to the Pollution Control Agency training account <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>and are appropriated to the agency to pay expenses relating to the training of disposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>facility personnel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>The agency shall require operators and inspectors of such facilities to obtain from <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>the agency a certificate of competence. The agency shall conduct examinations to test the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>competence of applicants for certification, and shall require that certificates be renewed at <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>reasonable intervals. The agency may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>costs of receiving and processing applications, conducting examinations, and issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>and renewing certificates. Certificates shall not be required for a private individual for <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>land-spreading and associated interim and temporary storage of sewage sludge on property <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>owned or farmed by that individual.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.47.0"></a><a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. <b>[116.9401] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>(a) For the purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>(b) "Agency" means the Pollution Control Agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>(c) "Alternative" means a substitute process, product, material, chemical, strategy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>or combination of these that is technically feasible and serves a functionally equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>purpose to a chemical in a children's product.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>(d) "Chemical" means a substance with a distinct molecular composition or a group <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>of structurally related substances and includes the breakdown products of the substance or <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>substances that form through decomposition, degradation, or metabolism.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>(e) "Chemical of high concern" means a chemical identified on the basis of credible <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>scientific evidence by a state, federal, or international agency as being known or suspected <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>with a high degree of probability to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>(1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child or cause other developmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>toxicity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>(2) cause cancer, genetic damage, or reproductive harm;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>(3) disrupt the endocrine or hormone system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>(4) damage the nervous system, immune system, or organs, or cause other systemic <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>toxicity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>(5) be persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>(6) be very persistent and very bioaccumulative.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>(f) "Child" means a person under 12 years of age.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>(g) "Children's product" means a consumer product intended for use by children, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>such as baby products, toys, car seats, personal care products, and clothing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>(h) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>(i) "Department" means the Department of Health.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>(j) "Distributor" means a person who sells consumer products to retail establishments <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>on a wholesale basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>(k) "Green chemistry" means an approach to designing and manufacturing products <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>that minimizes the use and generation of toxic substances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>(l) "Manufacturer" means any person who manufactures a final consumer product <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>sold at retail or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product. In the case of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>consumer product imported into the United States, manufacturer includes the importer <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>or domestic distributor of the consumer product if the person who manufactured or <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>assembled the consumer product or whose brand name is affixed to the consumer product <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>does not have a presence in the United States.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>(m) "Priority chemical" means a chemical identified by the Department of Health as <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>a chemical of high concern that meets the criteria in section 116.9403.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>(n) "Safer alternative" means an alternative whose potential to harm human health is <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>less than that of the use of a priority chemical that it could replace.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.48.0"></a><a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. <b>[116.9402] IDENTIFICATION OF CHEMICALS OF HIGH CONCERN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>(a) By July 1, 2010, the department shall, after consultation with the agency, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>generate a list of chemicals of high concern.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>(b) The department must periodically review and revise the list of chemicals of high <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>concern at least every three years. The department may add chemicals to the list if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>chemical meets one or more of the criteria in section 116.9401, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>(c) The department shall consider chemicals listed as a suspected carcinogen, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>reproductive or developmental toxicant, or as being persistent, bioaccumulative, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>toxic, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative by a state, federal, or international <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>agency. These agencies may include, but are not limited to, the California Environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>Protection Agency, the Washington Department of Ecology, the United States Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United Nation's World <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>Health Organization, and European Parliament Annex X1V concerning the Registration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>(d) The department may consider chemicals listed by another state as harmful to <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>human health or the environment for possible inclusion in the list of chemicals of high <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>concern.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.49.0"></a><a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. <b>[116.9403] IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITY CHEMICALS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>(a) The department, after consultation with the agency, may designate a chemical of <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>high concern as a priority chemical if the department finds that the chemical:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>(1) has been identified as a high-production volume chemical by the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>Environmental Protection Agency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>(2) meets any of the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>(i) the chemical has been found through biomonitoring to be present in human blood, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>including umbilical cord blood, breast milk, urine, or other bodily tissues or fluids;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>(ii) the chemical has been found through sampling and analysis to be present in <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>household dust, indoor air, drinking water, or elsewhere in the home environment; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>(iii) the chemical has been found through monitoring to be present in fish, wildlife, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>or the natural environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>(b) By February 1, 2011, the department shall publish a list of priority chemicals in <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>the State Register and on the department's Internet Web site and shall update the published <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>list whenever a new priority chemical is designated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.50.0"></a><a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. <b>[116.9405] APPLICABILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>The requirements of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407 do not apply to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>(1) chemicals in used children's products;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>(2) priority chemicals used in the manufacturing process, but that are not present <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>in the final product;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>(3) priority chemicals used in agricultural production;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>(4) motor vehicles as defined in chapter 168 or watercraft as defined in chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>86B or their component parts, except that the use of priority chemicals in detachable <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>car seats is not exempt;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>(5) priority chemicals generated solely as combustion by-products or that are present <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>in combustible fuels;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>(6) retailers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>(7) pharmaceutical products or biologics;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>(8) a medical device as defined in the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, United <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>States Code, title 21, section 321(h); <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>(9) food and food or beverage packaging, except a container containing baby food <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>or infant formula; <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>(10) consumer electronics products and electronic components, including but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>limited to personal computers; audio and video equipment; calculators; digital displays; <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>wireless phones; cameras; game consoles; printers; and handheld electronic and electrical <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>devices used to access interactive software or their associated peripherals; or products that <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>comply with the provisions of directive 2002/95/EC of the European Union, adopted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>the European Parliament and Council of the European Union now or hereafter in effect; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) outdoor sport equipment, including snowmobiles as defined in section 84.81, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>subdivision 3; all-terrain vehicles as defined in section 84.92, subdivision 8; personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>watercraft as defined in section 86B.005, subdivision 14a; watercraft as defined in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>86B.005, subdivision 18; and off-highway motorcycles, as defined in section 84.787, <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>subdivision 7, and all attachments and repair parts for all of this equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.51.0"></a><a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. <b>[116.9406] DONATIONS TO THE STATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>The commissioner may accept donations, grants, and other funds to carry out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>purposes of sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. All donations, grants, and other funds must <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>be accepted without preconditions regarding the outcomes of the regulatory oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>processes set forth in sections 116.9401 to 116.9407.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.52.0"></a><a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. <b>[116.9407] PARTICIPATION IN INTERSTATE CHEMICALS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var><b>CLEARINGHOUSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>The state may cooperate with other states in an interstate chemicals clearinghouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>regarding chemicals in consumer products, including the classification of priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>chemicals in commerce; organizing and managing available data on chemicals, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>information on uses, hazards, risks, and environmental and health concerns; and producing <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>and evaluating  information on safer alternatives to specific uses of priority chemicals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.53.0"></a><a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116C.834, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Costs.</b> All costs incurred by the state to carry out its responsibilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>under the compact and under sections 
         <statute_ref>116C.833</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116C.843</statute_ref> shall be paid by generators <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>of low-level radioactive waste in this state through fees assessed by the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>Agency. Fees may be reasonably assessed on the basis of volume or degree of hazard of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>the waste produced by a generator. Costs for which fees may be assessed include, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>are not limited to:  <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>(1) the state contribution required to join the compact;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>(2) the expenses of the commission member and state agency costs incurred to <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>support the work of the Interstate Commission; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>(3) regulatory costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>The fees are exempt from section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.54.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. <b>[216H.021] GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REPORTING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner to establish reporting system and maintain </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var><b>inventory.</b> In order to measure the progress in meeting the goals of section 216H.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>subdivision 1, and to provide information to develop strategies to achieve those goals, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall establish a system for reporting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>maintaining an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions. The commissioner must consult <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>with the chief information officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology about system <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>design and operation. Greenhouse gas emissions include those emissions described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>section 216H.01, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Reporting system design.</b> (a) The commissioner shall, to the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>practicable, design the system to coordinate with other regional or federal greenhouse gas <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>emissions-reporting and inventory systems. The coordination may, without limitation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>include the use of similar forms and reports, the sharing of information, and the use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>common facilities, systems, and databases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>(b) The reporting system need not include all sources of emissions nor all amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>of emissions but, at its outset, must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>(1) all stationary sources and other facilities required to obtain a permit under Title <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>V of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et. seq.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>(2) facilities whose annual carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, as defined in <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>section 216H.10, subdivision 3, exceed a threshold set by the commissioner at between <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>10,000 tons and 25,000 tons. The reporting threshold set by the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>be consistent with the goal of accurately tracking progress in attaining greenhouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>gas emissions-reduction goals and the need for emissions data to assist in developing <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>greenhouse gas emissions-reduction strategies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>(c) In designing the greenhouse gas emissions reporting system, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>shall consider requiring the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>fuels and greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas combustion that are not included <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>in reporting from stationary sources. In determining whether to include reporting of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>these emissions, the commissioner must consider both the goal of accurately tracking <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>progress in attaining greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals and the need for emissions <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>data to assist in developing greenhouse gas emissions-reduction strategies recommended <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>by the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group. If the commissioner decides that <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>transportation fuels and portions of natural gas combustion should not be included in <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>the initial emissions reporting system, the commissioner must report to the chairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.35"></a><var>63.35</var>ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.36"></a><var>63.36</var>primary jurisdiction over energy and environmental policy the reasons for that decision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>and suggestions for steps that should be taken to allow their inclusion in the emissions <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>reporting system in the future.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>(d) A facility reporting greenhouse gas emissions under this section must maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>the data used to create the reports for a minimum of five years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Rules.</b> The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may adopt rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>for the purposes of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.55.0"></a><a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216H.10, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7.  <b>High-GWP greenhouse gas.</b> "High-GWP greenhouse gas" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride, nitrous trifluoride, and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>other gas the agency determines by rule to have a high global warming potential. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.56.0"></a><a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216H.11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var><b>216H.11 HIGH-GWP GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING. </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Gas manufacturers.</b> Beginning By October 1, 2008, and each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>thereafter, a manufacturer of a high-GWP greenhouse gas must report to the agency the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>total amount of each high-GWP greenhouse gas sold to a purchaser in this state during <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>the previous year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2.  <b>Purchases.</b> Beginning By October 1, 2008, and each year thereafter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>a person in this state who purchases 500 10,000 metric tons or more carbon dioxide <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>equivalent of a high-GWP greenhouse gas for use or retail sale in this state must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>to the agency, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, the total amount of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>high-GWP greenhouse gas purchased for use or retail sale in this state during the previous <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>year and the purpose for which the gas was used. The commissioner may adopt rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>under chapter 14 to establish a different reporting threshold or to adopt specific reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>requirements for commercial or industrial facilities that purchase high-GWP gases for use <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>or retail sale in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3.  <b>Acceptance of federal filing.</b> With the approval of the commissioner, this <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>section may be satisfied by filing with the commissioner a copy of a greenhouse gas <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>emissions report filed with a federal agency or a regional or national greenhouse gas <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>registry, provided that the entity with which the report is filed requires the emissions <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>data to be verified.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.57.0"></a><a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. <b>[325E.046] STANDARDS FOR LABELING PLASTIC BAGS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>"Biodegradable" label.</b> A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>may not offer for sale in this state a plastic bag labeled "biodegradable," "degradable," <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>or any form of those terms, or in any way imply that the bag will chemically decompose <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>into innocuous elements in a reasonably short period of time in a landfill, composting, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>other terrestrial environment unless a scientifically based standard for biodegradability is <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>developed and the bags are certified as meeting the standard.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>"Compostable" label.</b> A manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>offer for sale in this state a plastic bag labeled "compostable" unless, at the time of sale, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>the bag meets the ASTM Standard Specification for Compostable Plastics (D6400). Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>bag must be labeled to reflect that it meets the standard. For purposes of this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var>"ASTM" has the meaning given in section 296A.01, subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Enforcement; civil penalty; injunctive relief.</b> (a) A manufacturer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>distributor, or wholesaler who violates subdivision 1 or 2 is subject to a civil penalty of <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>$100 for each prepackaged saleable unit offered for sale up to a maximum of $5,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>and may be enjoined from those violations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>(b) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state in a court of <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>competent jurisdiction for recovery of civil penalties or for injunctive relief as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>this subdivision. The attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of acts <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>in violation of subdivision 1 or 2 in the manner provided in section 8.31, subdivision 2b.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.58.0"></a><a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. <b>[383B.236] WASTE MANAGEMENT BY HENNEPIN COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners may utilize money received from <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>the sale of energy and recovered materials and placed in the county solid and hazardous <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>waste fund under section 473.811, subdivision 9, for program expenses of the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>of Environmental Services, or the department or office succeeding to the functions of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>Department of Environmental Services. This authority shall be in addition to the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>given in section 473.811, subdivision 9.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.59.0"></a><a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>chapter 148, article 2, section 73, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. <b>SALE OF STATE LAND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>State land sales.</b> The commissioner of administration shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>coordinate with the head of each department or agency having control of state-owned land <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.33"></a><var>65.33</var>to identify and sell at least $6,440,000 of state-owned land. Sales should be completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.34"></a><var>65.34</var>according to law and as provided in this section as soon as practicable but no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>June 30, 2009 2011. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.281</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>16B.282</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>94.09
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>94.10</statute_ref>, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may offer land <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>for public sale by only providing notice of lands or an offer of sale of lands to state <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>departments or agencies, the University of Minnesota, cities, counties, towns, school <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>districts, or other public entities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Anticipated savings.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>94.16, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, or other law to the contrary, the amount of the proceeds from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>sale of land under this section that exceeds the actual expenses of selling the land must <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>be deposited in the general fund, except as otherwise provided by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>finance. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.11</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>16B.283</statute_ref>, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>of finance may establish the timing of payments for land purchased under this section. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>the total of all money deposited into the general fund from the proceeds of the sale of land <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>under this section is anticipated to be less than $6,440,000, the governor must allocate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>amount of the difference as reductions to general fund operating expenditures for other <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>executive agencies for the biennium ending June 30, 2009 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Sale of state lands revolving loan fund.</b> $290,000 is appropriated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>the general fund in fiscal year 2006 to the commissioner of administration for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>of paying the actual expenses of selling state-owned lands to achieve the anticipated <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>savings required in this section. From the gross proceeds of land sales under this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>the commissioner of administration must cancel the amount of the appropriation in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>subdivision to the general fund by June 30, 2009 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.60.0"></a><a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Land and Mineral Resources </b><br />
                  		<b>Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,747,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,272,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,633,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,551,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,447,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,363,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,395,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>$475,000 the first year and $475,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>second year are for iron ore cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>research. Of this amount, $200,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>is from the minerals management account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>the natural resources fund and $275,000 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>year is from the general fund. $237,500 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>first year and $237,500 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>$86,000 the first year and $86,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>second year are for minerals cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>environmental research, of which $43,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>the first year and $43,000 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>$2,800,000 the first year and $2,696,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>the second year are from the minerals <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>fund for use as provided in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>93.2236</statute_ref>, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>account in the permanent school fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>commercial leasing of school trust lands and <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>to identify, evaluate, and lease construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>aggregate located on school trust lands. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>appropriation is to be used for securing <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>maximum long-term economic return <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>from the school trust lands consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>fiduciary responsibilities and sound natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>resources conservation and management <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>principles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>$15,000 the first year is for a report <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>by February 1, 2008, to the house and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>environment and natural resources on <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>proposed minimum legal and conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>standards that could be applied to <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>conservation easements acquired with public <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>$1,201,000 the first year and $701,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>second year are to support the land records <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>management system. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>$326,000 the first year and $326,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>second year are from the game and fish fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>and $375,000 the first year and $375,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>fund. The unexpended balances are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>until June 30, 2011. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>must report to the legislative chairs on <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>environmental finance on the outcomes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>the land records management support.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>second year are for land asset management. <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.61.0"></a><a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 4, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Fish and Wildlife Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">123,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">119,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">(427,000)<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">123,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">546,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>$329,000 in 2009 is a reduction for fish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>wildlife management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>$46,000 in 2009 is a reduction in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>appropriation for the Minnesota Shooting <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>Sports Education Center.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>$52,000 in 2009 is a reduction for licensing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>$123,000 in 2008 and $246,000 in 2009 are <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>from the game and fish fund to implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>fish virus surveillance, prepare infrastructure <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>to handle possible outbreaks, and implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>control procedures for highest risk waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>and fish production operations. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>297A.94
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (e), $300,000 in 2009 <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>is from the second year appropriation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>subdivision 7, from the heritage enhancement <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>account in the game and fish fund to study, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>predesign, and design a shooting sports <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>facilities at the Vermillion Highlands Wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>Management Area authorized by Laws 2007, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>chapter 57, article 1, section 168 facility in <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>the seven-county metropolitan area. This is <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>available onetime only and is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>$300,000 in 2009 is appropriated from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>game and fish fund for only activities that <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>improve, enhance, or protect fish and wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>resources. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.62.0"></a><a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. <b>SCORE REPORTING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>2010 requirement.</b> The requirements for the report specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.557, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (2), that is due <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>April 1, 2010, shall be abbreviated in scope. The information collected shall be sufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>for the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to determine that counties have <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>complied with the requirements of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Recommendations; report.</b> The commissioner of the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>Agency, in consultation with the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Solid Waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>Administrators Association, the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board, and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>interested parties shall make recommendations to amend the reporting requirements under <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.557, subdivision 3, in ways that reduce the resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>counties employ to collect the data reported, while ensuring that estimation methods used <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>to report data are consistent across counties and that the data reported are accurate and <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>useful as a guide to solid waste management policy makers. The commissioner shall also <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>make recommendations regarding the feasibility and desirability of multicounty reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>of the data. The commissioner's recommendations must be presented in a report submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>committees and divisions with primary jurisdiction over solid waste policy and finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>no later than January 15, 2010.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.63.0"></a><a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. <b>PRIORITY CHEMICAL REPORTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>(a) By January 15, 2010, the commissioner of health, in consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>Pollution Control Agency, shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>environment and natural resources policy, commerce, and public health regarding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>progress on implementing new Minnesota Statutes, sections 116.9401 to 116.9406, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>information on the progress of federal, international, and other states in identifying, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>prioritizing, evaluating, regulating, and reducing the use of chemicals of high concern <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>and priority chemicals in children's products and in determining the availability of safer <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>alternatives for specific applications and promoting the use of those safer alternatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>(b) By December 15, 2010, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>representatives committees with primary jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>resources policy, commerce, and public health assessing mechanisms used by other states, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>the federal government, and other countries to reduce and phase out the use of priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>chemicals in children's products and promote the use of safer alternatives. The report shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>include potential funding mechanisms to implement this process. The report must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>recommendations to promote and provide incentives for product design that use principles <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>of green chemistry and life-cycle analysis. In developing the report, the agency may <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>consult with stakeholders, including representatives of state agencies, manufacturers of <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>children's products, chemical manufacturers, public health experts, independent scientists, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>and public interest groups. The report must include information on any stakeholder <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>process consulted with or used in developing the report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.33"></a><var>70.33</var>(c) By January 15, 2010, the agency shall provide an interim report about the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.34"></a><var>70.34</var>progress in developing the report required under paragraph (b), including information <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.35"></a><var>70.35</var>on the status of any stakeholder process.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.64.0"></a><a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. <b>REORGANIZATION PROHIBITION; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var><b>BOARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.37, unless expressly provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>law, the commissioner of administration shall not reorganize the Environmental Quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>Board within another agency, prior to July 1, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.65.0"></a><a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. <b>ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW STREAMLINING REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>By February 15, 2010, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>consultation with staff from the Environmental Quality Board, shall submit a report <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>to the environment and natural resources policy and finance committees of the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>and senate on options to streamline the environmental review process under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>Statutes, chapter 116D. In preparing the report, the commissioner shall consult with state <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>agencies, local government units, and business, agriculture, and environmental advocacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>organizations with an interest in the environmental review process. The report shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>include options that will reduce the time required to complete environmental review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>the cost of the process to responsible governmental units and project proposers while <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>maintaining or improving air, land, and water quality standards.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.66.0"></a><a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. <b>COMPENSATION OF GOVERNOR'S STAFF.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>For fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the Department of Natural Resources, the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>Control Agency, and the Board of Water and Soil Resources may not use funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>appropriated in this article or funds from any statutory or open appropriation to pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>directly or indirectly for the compensation costs of staff in the office of the governor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.67.0"></a><a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. <b>FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of natural resources, in cooperation with the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>health, shall ensure that fish consumption advisories are displayed in at least four different <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>languages, one of which must be English, to fairly represent the population of the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.68.0"></a><a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. <b>CARBON SEQUESTRATION FORESTRY REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>The Minnesota Forest Resources Council shall review the Minnesota Climate <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>Change Advisory Group's recommendation to increase carbon sequestration in forests by <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>planting 1,000,000 acres of trees and shall submit a report to the chairs of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over energy and energy finance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>environment and natural resources, and environment and natural resources finance; the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>governor; and the commissioner of natural resources by January 15, 2010. The report <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>shall, at a minimum, include recommendations on implementation and analysis of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>number and ownership of acres available for tree planting, the types of native species best <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>suited for planting, the availability of planting stock, and potential costs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.69.0"></a><a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 30, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var><b>ENERGY FINANCE</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>in this article.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">27,291,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">27,041,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">54,332,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Petroleum Tank Cleanup<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,168,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,502,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Telecommunications Access <br />
                  		Minnesota<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,975,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"><b>Total</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>31,076,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>30,101,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>61,177,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>ENERGY FINANCE APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Appropriations for the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>year ending June 30, 2009, are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2010</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2011</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>25,643,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>24,668,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2010<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2011<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,858,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,608,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Petroleum Cleanup<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Telecommunications <br />
                  		Access Minnesota<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Financial Institutions</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,638,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,638,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>$1,000 each year is for consumer small loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>regulation modifications in article 7. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>appropriation is added to the department's <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>base.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup </b><br />
                  		<b>Board</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,084,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>This appropriation is from the petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>tank release cleanup fund. The base funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>for this program ends June 30, 2012.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Administrative Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Telecommunications</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,010,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,010,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Market Assurance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,421,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,421,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,670,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,670,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">751,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Office of Energy Security</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,590,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,615,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">3,240,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,990,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">1,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>$250,000 the first year is for E-85 grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>under Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>section 3, subdivision 6. Grants for on-site <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>blending pumps must include up to 75 <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>percent of the total cost of the project, up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>a maximum of $15,000 per pump. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>The utility subject to Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>section 116C.779, shall transfer $1,350,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>in fiscal year 2010 and $625,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>year 2011 only to the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>Commerce on a schedule determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>commissioner of commerce. These funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>must be deposited in the special revenue fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>and are appropriated to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>for grants to promote renewable energy <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>projects and community energy outreach and <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>assistance. Of the amounts identified:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>(1) $300,000 the first year is for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>to the Board of Regents of the University <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>of Minnesota for the Natural Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>and Research Institute at the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>Minnesota, Duluth, to develop statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>heat flow maps in order to determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>the geothermal potential of the state of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>(2) $625,000 each year is for continued <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>funding of community energy technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>assistance and outreach on renewable <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>energy and energy efficiency, as described <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.385. <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>Of this amount, $125,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>technical assistance in the metropolitan area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>(3) $25,000 the first year is for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>a nonprofit organization with experience <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>in creating innovative partnerships through <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>collaborative action with diverse interests, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>including businesses, government agencies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>environmental organizations, and others, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>to manage a stakeholder process on green <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>jobs that would integrate the work of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>state Green Jobs Task Force and the mayors' <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>initiative on green manufacturing; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>(4) $400,000 the first year is to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>financial rebates for new solar electricity <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>projects.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Telecommunications Access </b><br />
                  		<b>Minnesota</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>$300,000 the first year and $300,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>the second year are for transfer to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>commissioner of human services to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>supplement the ongoing operational expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>of the Minnesota Commission Serving <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing People. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>appropriation is from the telecommunication <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>access Minnesota fund, and is added to <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>the commission's base. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>consolidates, and is not in addition to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>appropriation language from Laws 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>chapter 282, article 11, section 4, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>$300,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>telecommunications access fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>commissioner of commerce for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>the Legislative Coordinating Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>for a pilot program to provide captioning <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>of live streaming of legislative sessions <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>on the commission's Web site and a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>to the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>and Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans to <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>provide information on their Web site in <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>American Sign Language and to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>technical assistance to state agencies. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>commissioner of commerce may allocate <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>a portion of this money to the Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>of Technology to coordinate technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>accessibility and usability.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 9.<b>Transfers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>By July 31, 2009, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>finance shall transfer $500,000 from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>unexpended balance in the auto theft <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>prevention account to the general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,433,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,433,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 45.027, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General powers.</b> In connection with the duties and responsibilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>entrusted to the commissioner, and Laws 1993, chapter 361, section 2, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>of commerce may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>(1) make public or private investigations within or without this state as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>commissioner considers necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>about to violate any law, rule, or order related to the duties and responsibilities entrusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>to the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>(2) require or permit any person to file a statement in writing, under oath or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>as the commissioner determines, as to all the facts and circumstances concerning the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>matter being investigated;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>(3) hold hearings, upon reasonable notice, in respect to any matter arising out of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>(4) conduct investigations and hold hearings for the purpose of compiling <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>information related to the duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>(5) examine the books, accounts, records, and files of every licensee, and of every <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>person who is engaged in any activity regulated; the commissioner or a designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>representative shall have free access during normal business hours to the offices and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>places of business of the person, and to all books, accounts, papers, records, files, safes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>and vaults maintained in the place of business;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>(6) publish information which is contained in any order issued by the commissioner; <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>(7) require any person subject to duties and responsibilities entrusted to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>commissioner, to report all sales or transactions that are regulated. The reports must <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>be made within ten days after the commissioner has ordered the report. The report is <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>accessible only to the respondent and other governmental agencies unless otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>(8) assess a licensee the necessary expenses of the investigation performed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>department when an investigation is made by order of the commissioner. The cost of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>investigation shall be determined by the commissioner and is based on the salary cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>of investigators or assistants and at an average rate per day or fraction thereof so as to <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>provide for the total cost of the investigations. All money collected must be deposited into <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>the general fund. A natural person licensed under chapter 60K or 82 shall not be charged <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>costs of an investigation if the investigation results in no finding of a violation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 60A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Fees other than examination fees.</b> In addition to the fees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>charges provided for examinations, the following fees must be paid to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>for deposit in the general fund:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>(a) by township mutual fire insurance companies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>(1) for filing certificate of incorporation $25 and amendments thereto, $10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.35"></a><var>77.35</var>(2) for filing annual statements, $15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>(3) for each annual certificate of authority, $15;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>(4) for filing bylaws $25 and amendments thereto, $10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>(b) by other domestic and foreign companies including fraternals and reciprocal <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>exchanges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>(1) for filing an application for an initial certification of authority to be admitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>to transact business in this state, $1,500;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>(2) for filing certified copy of certificate of articles of incorporation, $100;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>(3) for filing annual statement, $225;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>(4) for filing certified copy of amendment to certificate or articles of incorporation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>$100;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>(5) for filing bylaws, $75 or amendments thereto, $75;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>(6) for each company's certificate of authority, $575, annually;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>(c) the following general fees apply:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>(1) for each certificate, including certified copy of certificate of authority, renewal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>valuation of life policies, corporate condition or qualification, $25;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>(2) for each copy of paper on file in the commissioner's office 50 cents per page, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>and $2.50 for certifying the same;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>(3) for license to procure insurance in unadmitted foreign companies, $575;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>(4) for valuing the policies of life insurance companies, one cent per $1,000 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>insurance so valued, provided that the fee shall not exceed $13,000 per year for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>company. The commissioner may, in lieu of a valuation of the policies of any foreign life <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>insurance company admitted, or applying for admission, to do business in this state, accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>a certificate of valuation from the company's own actuary or from the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>insurance of the state or territory in which the company is domiciled;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>(5) for receiving and filing certificates of policies by the company's actuary, or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>the commissioner of insurance of any other state or territory, $50;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>(6) for each appointment of an agent filed with the commissioner, $10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>(7) for filing forms, rates, and compliance certifications under section 
         <statute_ref>60A.315</statute_ref>, $90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>$140 per filing, or $75 $125 per filing when submitted via electronic filing system. Filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>fees may be paid on a quarterly basis in response to an invoice. Billing and payment may <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>be made electronically;<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>(8) for annual renewal of surplus lines insurer license, $300.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>The commissioner shall adopt rules to define filings that are subject to a fee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.78.34"></a><var>78.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[116J.438] MINNESOTA GREEN ENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>(a) The commissioner of employment and economic development, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>with the commissioner of commerce, shall lead a multiagency project to advise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>promote, market, and coordinate state agency collaboration on green enterprise and <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>green economy projects, as defined in section 116J.437. The multiagency project must <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>include the commissioners of employment and economic development, natural resources, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>agriculture, transportation, and commerce, and the Pollution Control Agency. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>project must involve collaboration with the chairs and ranking minority members of <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>legislative committees overseeing energy policy and energy finance, state agencies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>local governments, representatives from business and agriculture, and other interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>stakeholders. The objective of the project is to utilize existing state resources to expedite <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>the delivery of grants, licenses, permits, and other state authorizations and approvals for <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>green economy projects. The commissioner shall appoint a lead person to coordinate <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>green enterprise assistance activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>(b) The commissioner of employment and economic development shall seek out and <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>may select persons from the business community to assist the commissioner in project <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>(c) The commissioner may accept gifts, contributions, and in-kind services for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>purposes of this section, under the authority provided in section 116J.035, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>1. Any funds received must be placed in a special revenue account for the purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Assessing all public utilities.</b> The department and commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>quarterly, at least 30 days before the start of each quarter, estimate the total of their <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>expenditures in the performance of their duties relating to (1) public utilities under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var><statute_ref>216A.085</statute_ref>, sections 216A.085 and 
         <statute_ref>216B.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>216B.67</statute_ref>, other than amounts chargeable <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>to public utilities under subdivision 2 or, 6, and (2) alternative energy engineering <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>activity under section 
         <statute_ref>216C.261</statute_ref> or 7. The remainder, except the amount assessed <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>against cooperatives and municipalities for alternative energy engineering activity under <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>subdivision 5, shall be assessed by the commission and department to the several public <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>utilities in proportion to their respective gross operating revenues from retail sales of gas <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>or electric service within the state during the last calendar year. The assessment shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>paid into the state treasury within 30 days after the bill has been transmitted via mail, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.34"></a><var>79.34</var>personal delivery, or electronic service to the several public utilities, which shall constitute <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.35"></a><var>79.35</var>notice of the assessment and demand of payment thereof. The total amount which may <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>be assessed to the public utilities, under authority of this subdivision, shall not exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>one-sixth of one percent of the total gross operating revenues of the public utilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>during the calendar year from retail sales of gas or electric service within the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>assessment for the third quarter of each fiscal year shall be adjusted to compensate for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>amount by which actual expenditures by the commission and department for the preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>fiscal year were more or less than the estimated expenditures previously assessed. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Objections.</b> Within 30 days after the date of the transmittal of any bill as <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>provided by subdivisions subdivision 2 and, 3, or 7, the public utility against which the bill <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>has been rendered may file with the commission objections setting out the grounds upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>which it is claimed the bill is excessive, erroneous, unlawful or invalid. The commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>shall within 60 days hold a hearing and issue an order in accordance with its findings. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>order shall be appealable in the same manner as other final orders of the commission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Assessing cooperatives and municipals.</b> The commission and department <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>may charge cooperative electric associations, generation and transmission cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>electric associations, municipal power agencies, and municipal electric utilities their <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>proportionate share of the expenses incurred in the review and disposition of resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>plans, adjudication of service area disputes, proceedings under section 
         <statute_ref>216B.1691</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>216B.2425
         </statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>216B.243</statute_ref>, and the costs incurred in the adjudication of complaints over <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>service standards, practices, and rates. Cooperative electric associations electing to <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>become subject to rate regulation by the commission pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>216B.026, <br />
            		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, are also subject to this section. Neither a cooperative electric association <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>nor a municipal electric utility is liable for costs and expenses in a calendar year in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>of the limitation on costs that may be assessed against public utilities under subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>2. A cooperative electric association, generation and transmission cooperative electric <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>association, municipal power agency, or municipal electric utility may object to and appeal <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>bills of the commission and department as provided in subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>The department shall assess cooperatives and municipalities for the costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>alternative energy engineering activities under section 
         <statute_ref>216C.261</statute_ref>. Each cooperative and <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>municipality shall be assessed in proportion that its gross operating revenues for the sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>of gas and electric service within the state for the last calendar year bears to the total of <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.33"></a><var>80.33</var>those revenues for all public utilities, cooperatives, and municipalities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 216B.62, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Assessing all utilities.</b> The department shall assess public utilities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>cooperative electric associations, and municipal utilities for the costs of activities under <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>chapter 216C. The department shall not assess for costs of grants, loans, or other aids or <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>for costs that can be recovered through other assessment authority. Each public utility, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>cooperative, and municipal utility shall be assessed in the proportion that its gross <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>operating revenue for the sale of gas and electric service within the state for the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>calendar year bears to the total of those revenues for all public utilities, cooperatives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>and municipalities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>BULK INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var><b>SCHOOL BUILDINGS; FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>The director of the Office of Energy Security, in consultation with the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>of education, schools, school districts, and solar industry experts, must study the economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>and technical feasibility of bulk installation of solar photovoltaic panels on school <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>buildings in this state. The study must use a power-purchase agreement model in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>a private company would pay for, install, and own the solar photovoltaic panels. No <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>later than January 15, 2010, the director of the Office of Energy Security must report <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>the results of the feasibility study, including whether the proposed model would reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>carbon emissions and result in savings to school districts, to the chairs and ranking <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>over energy policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>APPROPRIATIONS; CANCELLATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>(a) The remaining balance of the fiscal year 2009 special revenue fund appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>for the Green Jobs Task Force under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 6, section 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>subdivision 4, is transferred and appropriated to the commissioner of employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>economic development for the purposes of green enterprise assistance under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>Statutes, section 116J.438. This appropriation is available until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>(b) The unencumbered balance of the fiscal year 2008 appropriation to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>commissioner of commerce for the rural and energy development revolving loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>fund under Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 2, section 3, subdivision 6, is canceled and <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>reappropriated as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>(1) $1,500,000 is for a grant to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>and Universities for the International Renewable Energy Technology Institute (IRETI) to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>be located at Minnesota State University, Mankato, as a public and private partnership to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>support applied research in renewable energy and energy efficiency to aid in the transfer of <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>technology from Sweden to Minnesota and to support technology commercialization from <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>companies located in Minnesota and throughout the world; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>(2) the remaining balance is for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>Minnesota for the initiative for renewable energy and the environment to fund start up <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>costs related to a national solar testing and certification laboratory to test, rate, and certify <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>the performance of equipment and devices that utilize solar energy for heating and cooling <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>air and water and for generating electricity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>This appropriation is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var><b>DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; OTHER REGULATORY PROVISIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 47.58, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>subdivision have the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>(a) "Reverse mortgage loan" means a loan:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>(1) Made to a borrower wherein the committed principal amount is paid to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>borrower in equal or unequal installments over a period of months or years, interest is <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>assessed, and authorized closing costs are incurred as specified in the loan agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>(2) Which is secured by a mortgage on residential property owned solely by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>borrower; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>(3) Which is due when the committed principal amount has been fully paid to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>borrower, or upon sale of the property securing the loan, or upon the death of the last <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>surviving borrower, or upon the borrower terminating use of the property as principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>residence so as to disqualify the property from the homestead credit given in chapter 290A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>(b) "Lender" means any bank subject to chapter 48, credit union subject to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>52, savings bank organized and operated pursuant to chapter 50, savings association <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>subject to chapter 51A, any residential mortgage originator subject to chapter 58, or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>insurance company as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>60A.02, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. "Lender" also includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>any federally chartered bank supervised by the comptroller of the currency or federally <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.34"></a><var>82.34</var>chartered savings association supervised by the Federal Home Loan Bank Board or <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>federally chartered credit union supervised by the National Credit Union Administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>to the extent permitted by federal law.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>(c) "Borrower" includes any natural person holding an interest in severalty or as joint <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>tenant or tenant-in-common in the property securing a reverse mortgage loan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>(d) "Outstanding loan balance" means the current net amount of money owed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>borrower to the lender whether or not that sum is suspended pursuant to the terms of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>reverse mortgage loan agreement or is immediately due and payable. The outstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>loan balance is calculated by adding the current totals of the items described in clauses (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>to (5) and subtracting the current totals of the item described in clause (6):<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>(1) The sum of all payments made by the lender which are necessary to clear the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>property securing the loan of any outstanding mortgage encumbrance or mechanics or <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>material supplier's lien.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>(2) The total disbursements made by the lender to date pursuant to the loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>agreement as formulated in accordance with subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>(3) All taxes, assessments, insurance premiums and other similar charges paid to <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>date by the lender pursuant to subdivision 6, which charges were not reimbursed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>borrower within 60 days.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>(4) All actual closing costs which the borrower has deferred, if a deferral provision <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>is contained in the loan agreement as authorized by subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>(5) The total accrued interest to date, as authorized by subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>(6) All payments made by the borrower pursuant to subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>(e) "Actual closing costs" mean reasonable charges or sums ordinarily paid at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>time of closing for the following, whether or not retained by the lender:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>(1) Any insurance premiums on policies covering the mortgaged property including <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>but not limited to premiums for title insurance, fire and extended coverage insurance, flood <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>insurance, and private mortgage insurance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>(2) Abstracting, title examination and search, and examination of public records <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>related to the mortgaged property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>(3) The preparation and recording of any or all documents required by law or custom <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>for closing a reverse mortgage loan agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>(4) Appraisal and survey of real property securing a reverse mortgage loan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>(5) A single service charge, which service charge shall include any consideration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>not otherwise specified in this section as an "actual closing cost," paid by the borrower to <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>the lender for or in relation to the acquisition, making, refinancing or modification of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.35"></a><var>83.35</var>reverse mortgage loan, and shall also include any consideration received by the lender <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.36"></a><var>83.36</var>for making a commitment for a reverse mortgage loan, whether or not an actual loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>follows the commitment. The service charge shall not exceed one percent of the bona fide <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>committed principal amount of the reverse mortgage loan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>(6) Charges and fees necessary for or related to the transfer of real property securing <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>a reverse mortgage loan or the closing of a reverse mortgage loan agreement paid by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>borrower and received by any party other than the lender.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 47.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the terms defined have <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>the meanings given them:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>(a) "Consumer small loan" is a loan transaction in which cash is advanced to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>borrower for the borrower's own personal, family, or household purpose. A consumer <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>small loan is a short-term, unsecured loan to be repaid in a single installment. The cash <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>advance of a consumer small loan is equal to or less than $350. A consumer small loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>includes an indebtedness evidenced by but not limited to a promissory note or agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>to defer the presentation of a personal check for a fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>(b) "Consumer small loan lender" is a financial institution as defined in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>47.59
         </statute_ref> or a person business entity registered with the commissioner and engaged in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>business of making consumer small loans. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 47.60, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Filing.</b> Before a person business entity other than a financial institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>47.59</statute_ref> engages in the business of making consumer small loans to <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>Minnesota residents, the person business entity shall file with the commissioner as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>consumer small loan lender. The filing must be on a form prescribed by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>together with a fee of $250 for each place of business and contain the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>information in addition to the information required by the commissioner: <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>(1) evidence that the filer has available for the operation of the business at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>location specified, liquid assets of at least $50,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>(2) a biographical statement on the principal person responsible for the operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>and management of the business to be certified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>Revocation of the filing and the right to engage in the business of a consumer small <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>loan lender is the same as in the case of a regulated lender license in section 
         <statute_ref>56.09</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>For purposes of this subdivision, "business entity" includes one that does not have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>physical location in Minnesota that makes a consumer small loan electronically via the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.33"></a><var>84.33</var>Internet. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 47.60, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Penalties for violation.</b> A person business entity or the person's entity's <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>members, officers, directors, agents, and employees who violate or participate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>violation of any of the provisions of this section may be liable in the same manner as in <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>56.19</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 48.21, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var><b>48.21 REAL ESTATE; RESTRICTIONS ON HOLDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Specific restrictions.</b> (a) A bank may purchase, carry as an asset, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>and convey real estate only:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>(1) as provided for in section 
         <statute_ref>47.10</statute_ref>;  <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>(2) if acquired through foreclosure of a mortgage given to it in good faith as security <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>for loans made by or money due to it;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>(3) if conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in good faith in <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>the course of its dealings;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>(4) if acquired by sale on execution or judgment of a court in its favor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>(5) if reasonably necessary to mitigate or avoid loss on a loan or investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>theretofore made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>(b) Real estate acquired under paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (5), shall be carried as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>asset only in accordance with rules the commissioner prescribes. The maximum period for <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>holding other real estate as an asset shall be five years, provided that upon application to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>the commissioner, the commissioner may approve the possession of such real estate by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>bank for a period longer than five years, but not to exceed an additional five years, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>(1) the bank has made a good faith attempt to dispose of the real estate within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>initial five-year period; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>(2) disposal within the initial five-year period would be detrimental to the bank.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Real estate holdings not bank liabilities.</b> Real estate owned by a bank as <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>a result of actions authorized in clauses (2) to (5) of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>(2) to (5), and subsequently sold to any buyer on a contract for deed may not be considered <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>creating a liability to a bank for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>48.24</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Real estate holdings not sold; authority to write off.</b> Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>any rules of the commissioner to the contrary, if real estate owned by a bank pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>clauses (2) to (5) of subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (5), is not sold or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>disposed of within the maximum period established by rule by the commissioner, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>bank may write off any remaining balance at a rate not less than one-fifth of that balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>each subsequent calendar year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 58.05, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Certificate of exemption.</b> A person must obtain a certificate of exemption <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>from the commissioner to qualify as an exempt person under section 
         <statute_ref>58.04, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>paragraph (c), a financial institution under clause (2), or by order of the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>under clause (6); or under section 
         <statute_ref>58.04, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), as a financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>institution under clause (3) (4), or by order of the commissioner under clause (7) (8). <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 58.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Application contents.</b> (a) The application must contain the name and <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>complete business address or addresses of the license applicant. The license applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>must be a partnership, limited liability partnership, association, limited liability company, <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>corporation, or other form of business organization, and the application must contain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>names and complete business addresses of each partner, member, director, and principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>officer. The application must also include a description of the activities of the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>applicant, in the detail and for the periods the commissioner may require.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An A residential mortgage originator applicant must submit one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) evidence which shows, to the commissioner's satisfaction, that either the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Federal National Mortgage <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>Association has approved the residential mortgage originator applicant as a mortgagee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of not less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>$50,000 in a form approved by the commissioner, issued by an insurance company or bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>authorized to do so in this state. The bond or irrevocable letter of credit must be available <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>for the recovery of expenses, fines, and fees levied by the commissioner under this chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>and for losses incurred by borrowers. The bond or letter of credit must be submitted with <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>the license application, and evidence of continued coverage must be submitted with each <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>renewal. Any change in the bond or letter of credit must be submitted for approval by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>commissioner within ten days of its execution; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a copy of the residential mortgage originator applicant's most recent audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>financial statement, including balance sheet, statement of income or loss, statements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>changes in shareholder equity, and statement of changes in financial position. Financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>statements must be as of a date within 12 months of the date of application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The application must also include all of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.34"></a><var>86.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) an affirmation under oath that the applicant:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) is in compliance with the requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>58.125</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) will maintain a perpetual roster of individuals employed as residential mortgage <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>originators, including employees and independent contractors, which includes the date <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>dates that mandatory testing, initial education was, and continuing education were <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>completed. In addition, the roster must be made available to the commissioner on demand, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>within three business days of the commissioner's request;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) will advise the commissioner of any material changes to the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>submitted in the most recent application within ten days of the change;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) will advise the commissioner in writing immediately of any bankruptcy petitions <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>filed against or by the applicant or licensee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(v) will maintain at all times either a net worth, net of intangibles, of at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>$250,000 or a surety bond or irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of at least $50,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vi) complies with federal and state tax laws; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(vii) complies with sections 
         <statute_ref>345.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>345.60</statute_ref>, the Minnesota unclaimed property <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>law;  <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) information as to the mortgage lending, servicing, or brokering experience of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>applicant and persons in control of the applicant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) information as to criminal convictions, excluding traffic violations, of persons in <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>control of the license applicant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) whether a court of competent jurisdiction has found that the applicant or persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>in control of the applicant have engaged in conduct evidencing gross negligence, fraud, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>misrepresentation, or deceit in performing an act for which a license is required under <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) whether the applicant or persons in control of the applicant have been the subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>of: an order of suspension or revocation, cease and desist order, or injunctive order, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>order barring involvement in an industry or profession issued by this or another state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>federal regulatory agency or by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development within <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>the ten-year period immediately preceding submission of the application; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) other information required by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 58.126, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.31"></a><var>87.31</var><b>58.126 EDUCATION </b><b>AND TESTING </b><b>REQUIREMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.87.32"></a><var>87.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) No individual shall engage in residential mortgage origination or make residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.33"></a><var>87.33</var>mortgage loans, whether as an employee or independent contractor, before the completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.34"></a><var>87.34</var>of 15 20 hours of educational training which has been approved by the commissioner, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.35"></a><var>87.35</var>covering state and federal laws concerning residential mortgage lending.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>(b) In addition to the initial education requirements in paragraph (a), each individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>must also complete eight hours of continuing education annually. The education must <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>(1) three hours of federal law and regulations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>(2) two hours of ethics, which must include fraud, consumer protection, and fair <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>lending; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>(3) two hours of standards governing nontraditional mortgage lending.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>(c) The commissioner may by rule establish testing requirements for individuals <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>subject to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b). An individual must satisfy the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>testing requirements established by the commissioner before engaging in residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>mortgage loan origination or making residential mortgage loans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective September 1, 2009, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>license applications and renewals made on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 58.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Generally.</b> (a) No person acting as a residential mortgage originator <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var>or servicer, including a person required to be licensed under this chapter, and no person <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>exempt from the licensing requirements of this chapter under section 
         <statute_ref>58.04</statute_ref>, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>otherwise provided in paragraph (b), shall: <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) fail to maintain a trust account to hold trust funds received in connection with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>residential mortgage loan; <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) fail to deposit all trust funds into a trust account within three business days of <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>receipt; commingle trust funds with funds belonging to the licensee or exempt person; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>use trust account funds for any purpose other than that for which they are received; <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) unreasonably delay the processing of a residential mortgage loan application, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>or the closing of a residential mortgage loan. For purposes of this clause, evidence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>unreasonable delay includes but is not limited to those factors identified in section 
         <statute_ref>47.206, <br />
            		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, clause (d); <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) fail to disburse funds according to its contractual or statutory obligations; <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) fail to perform in conformance with its written agreements with borrowers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>investors, other licensees, or exempt persons; <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) charge a fee for a product or service where the product or service is not actually <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>provided, or misrepresent the amount charged by or paid to a third party for a product <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.33"></a><var>88.33</var>or service; <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.34"></a><var>88.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) fail to comply with sections 
         <statute_ref>345.31</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>345.60</statute_ref>, the Minnesota unclaimed property <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.35"></a><var>88.35</var>law; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) violate any provision of any other applicable state or federal law regulating <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>residential mortgage loans including, without limitation, sections 
         <statute_ref>47.20</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>47.208</statute_ref>, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>47.58; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) make or cause to be made, directly or indirectly, any false, deceptive, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>misleading statement or representation in connection with a residential loan transaction <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>including, without limitation, a false, deceptive, or misleading statement or representation <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>regarding the borrower's ability to qualify for any mortgage product; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) conduct residential mortgage loan business under any name other than that <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>under which the license or certificate of exemption was issued; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) compensate, whether directly or indirectly, coerce or intimidate an appraiser for <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>the purpose of influencing the independent judgment of the appraiser with respect to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>value of real estate that is to be covered by a residential mortgage or is being offered as <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>security according to an application for a residential mortgage loan; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) issue any document indicating conditional qualification or conditional approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>for a residential mortgage loan, unless the document also clearly indicates that final <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>qualification or approval is not guaranteed, and may be subject to additional review; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) make or assist in making any residential mortgage loan with the intent that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>loan will not be repaid and that the residential mortgage originator will obtain title to <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>the property through foreclosure; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) provide or offer to provide for a borrower, any brokering or lending services <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>under an arrangement with a person other than a licensee or exempt person, provided that <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>a person may rely upon a written representation by the residential mortgage originator that <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>it is in compliance with the licensing requirements of this chapter; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) claim to represent a licensee or exempt person, unless the person is an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>of the licensee or exempt person or unless the person has entered into a written agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>agreement with the licensee or exempt person; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) fail to comply with the record keeping and notification requirements identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>58.14</statute_ref> or fail to abide by the affirmations made on the application for licensure; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) represent that the licensee or exempt person is acting as the borrower's agent <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>after providing the nonagency disclosure required by section 
         <statute_ref>58.15</statute_ref>, unless the disclosure <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>is retracted and the licensee or exempt person complies with all of the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>section 
         <statute_ref>58.16</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.33"></a><var>89.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) make, provide, or arrange for a residential mortgage loan that is of a lower <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.34"></a><var>89.34</var>investment grade if the borrower's credit score or, if the originator does not utilize credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.35"></a><var>89.35</var>scoring or if a credit score is unavailable, then comparable underwriting data, indicates <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.36"></a><var>89.36</var>that the borrower may qualify for a residential mortgage loan, available from or through <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>the originator, that is of a higher investment grade, unless the borrower is informed that <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>the borrower may qualify for a higher investment grade loan with a lower interest rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>and/or lower discount points, and consents in writing to receipt of the lower investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>grade loan; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this section, "investment grade" refers to a system of categorizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>residential mortgage loans in which the loans are: (i) commonly referred to as "prime" or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>"subprime"; (ii) commonly designated by an alphabetical character with "A" being the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>highest investment grade; and (iii) are distinguished by interest rate or discount points <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>or both charged to the borrower, which vary according to the degree of perceived risk <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>of default based on factors such as the borrower's credit, including credit score and <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>credit patterns, income and employment history, debt ratio, loan-to-value ratio, and prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>bankruptcy or foreclosure; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) make, publish, disseminate, circulate, place before the public, or cause to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>made, directly or indirectly, any advertisement or marketing materials of any type, or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>statement or representation relating to the business of residential mortgage loans that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>false, deceptive, or misleading; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) advertise loan types or terms that are not available from or through the licensee <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>or exempt person on the date advertised, or on the date specified in the advertisement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>For purposes of this clause, advertisement includes, but is not limited to, a list of sample <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>mortgage terms, including interest rates, discount points, and closing costs provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>licensees or exempt persons to a print or electronic medium that presents the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>to the public; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(21) use or employ phrases, pictures, return addresses, geographic designations, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>other means that create the impression, directly or indirectly, that a licensee or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>person is a governmental agency, or is associated with, sponsored by, or in any manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>connected to, related to, or endorsed by a governmental agency, if that is not the case; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(22) violate section 
         <statute_ref>82.49</statute_ref>, relating to table funding; <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>(23) make, provide, or arrange for a residential mortgage loan all or a portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>of the proceeds of which are used to fully or partially pay off a "special mortgage" <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>unless the borrower has obtained a written certification from an authorized independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>loan counselor that the borrower has received counseling on the advisability of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>loan transaction. For purposes of this section, "special mortgage" means a residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>mortgage loan originated, subsidized, or guaranteed by or through a state, tribal, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.34"></a><var>90.34</var>local government, or nonprofit organization, that bears one or more of the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.35"></a><var>90.35</var>nonstandard payment terms which substantially benefit the borrower: (i) payments vary <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.36"></a><var>90.36</var>with income; (ii) payments of principal or interest are not required or can be deferred under <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>specified conditions; (iii) principal or interest is forgivable under specified conditions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>or (iv) where no interest or an annual interest rate of two percent or less is charged in <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>connection with the loan. For purposes of this section, "authorized independent loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>counselor" means a nonprofit, third-party individual or organization providing homebuyer <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>education programs, foreclosure prevention services, mortgage loan counseling, or credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>counseling certified by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var>the Minnesota Home Ownership Center, the Minnesota Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>Association, AARP, or NeighborWorks America; <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(24) make, provide, or arrange for a residential mortgage loan without verifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>the borrower's reasonable ability to pay the scheduled payments of the following, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>applicable: principal; interest; real estate taxes; homeowner's insurance, assessments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>and mortgage insurance premiums. For loans in which the interest rate may vary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>reasonable ability to pay shall be determined based on a fully indexed rate and a repayment <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>schedule which achieves full amortization over the life of the loan. For all residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>mortgage loans, the borrower's income and financial resources must be verified by tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>returns, payroll receipts, bank records, or other similarly reliable documents. <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a mortgage originator's or exempt <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>person's ability to rely on criteria other than the borrower's income and financial resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>to establish the borrower's reasonable ability to repay the residential mortgage loan, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>including criteria established by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for interest rate reduction <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>refinancing loans or streamline loans, or criteria authorized or promulgated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>however, such other criteria must be verified through reasonably reliable methods and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>documentation. The mortgage originator's analysis of the borrower's reasonable ability <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>to repay may include, but is not limited to, consideration of the following items, if <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>verified: (1) the borrower's current and expected income; (2) current and expected cash <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>flow; (3) net worth and other financial resources other than the consumer's equity in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>dwelling that secures the loan; (4) current financial obligations; (5) property taxes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>insurance; (6) assessments on the property; (7) employment status; (8) credit history; (9) <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>debt-to-income ratio; (10) credit scores; (11) tax returns; (12) pension statements; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>(13) employment payment records, provided that no mortgage originator shall disregard <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.33"></a><var>91.33</var>facts and circumstances that indicate that the financial or other information submitted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.34"></a><var>91.34</var>the consumer is inaccurate or incomplete. A statement by the borrower to the residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.35"></a><var>91.35</var>mortgage originator or exempt person of the borrower's income and resources or sole <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>reliance on any single item listed above is not sufficient to establish the existence of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>income or resources when verifying the reasonable ability to pay. <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(25) engage in "churning." As used in this section, "churning" means knowingly or <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>intentionally making, providing, or arranging for a residential mortgage loan when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>new residential mortgage loan does not provide a reasonable, tangible net benefit to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>borrower considering all of the circumstances including the terms of both the new and <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>refinanced loans, the cost of the new loan, and the borrower's circumstances; <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(26) the first time a residential mortgage originator orally informs a borrower of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>anticipated or actual periodic payment amount for a first-lien residential mortgage loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>which does not include an amount for payment of property taxes and hazard insurance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>the residential mortgage originator must inform the borrower that an additional amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>will be due for taxes and insurance and, if known, disclose to the borrower the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>the anticipated or actual periodic payments for property taxes and hazard insurance. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>same oral disclosure must be made each time the residential mortgage originator orally <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>informs the borrower of a different anticipated or actual periodic payment amount change <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>from the amount previously disclosed. A residential mortgage originator need not make <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>this disclosure concerning a refinancing loan if the residential mortgage originator knows <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>that the borrower's existing loan that is anticipated to be refinanced does not have an <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>escrow account; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(27) make, provide, or arrange for a residential mortgage loan, other than a reverse <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>mortgage pursuant to United States Code, title 15, chapter 41, if the borrower's compliance <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>with any repayment option offered pursuant to the terms of the loan will result in negative <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>amortization during any six-month period. <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Paragraph (a), clauses (24) through (27), do not apply to a state or federally <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>chartered bank, savings bank, or credit union, an institution chartered by Congress under <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>the Farm Credit Act, or to a person making, providing, or arranging a residential mortgage <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>loan originated or purchased by a state agency or a tribal or local unit of government. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>paragraph supersedes any inconsistent provision of this chapter. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 60A.124, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var><b>60A.124 INDEPENDENT AUDIT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>The audit report of the independent certified public accountant that performs the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.32"></a><var>92.32</var>audit of an insurer's annual statement as required under section 
         <statute_ref>60A.129 60A.1291, <br />
            		<a id="pl.92.33"></a><var>92.33</var>subdivision 3 2
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (a), should contain a statement as to whether anything, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.34"></a><var>92.34</var>connection with their audit, came to their attention that caused them to believe that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>insurer failed to adopt and consistently apply the valuation procedure as required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>60A.122</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>60A.123</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. <b>[60A.1291] ANNUAL AUDIT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>(a) "Accountant" and "independent public accountant" mean an independent certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>public accountant or accounting firm in good standing with the American Institute of <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>Certified Public Accountants and in all states in which the accountant or firm is licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>or is required to be licensed to practice. For Canadian and British companies, the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>means a Canadian-chartered or British-chartered accountant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>(b) "Audit committee" means a committee or equivalent body established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>board of directors of an entity for the purpose of overseeing the accounting and financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>reporting processes of an insurer or group of insurers, and audits of financial statements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>the insurer or group of insurers. The audit committee of any entity that controls a group of <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>insurers may be deemed to be the audit committee for one or more of these controlled <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>insurers solely for the purposes of this section at the election of the controlling person <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>under subdivision 15, paragraph (e). If an audit committee is not designated by the insurer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>the insurer's entire board of directors constitutes the audit committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>(c) "Indemnification" means an agreement of indemnity or a release from liability <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>where the intent or effect is to shift or limit in any manner the potential liability of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</var>person or firm for failure to adhere to applicable auditing or professional standards, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>whether or not resulting in part from knowing of other misrepresentations made by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>insurer or its representatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>(d) "Independent board member" has the same meaning as described in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>15, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>(e) "Internal control over financial reporting" means a process effected by an entity's <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>board of directors, management, and other personnel designed to provide reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>assurance regarding the reliability of the financial statements, for example, those items <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>specified in subdivision 4, paragraphs (a), clauses (2) to (6), (b), and (c), and includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>those policies and procedures that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.32"></a><var>93.32</var>(2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.33"></a><var>93.33</var>preparation of the financial statements, for example, those items specified in subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.34"></a><var>93.34</var>paragraphs (a), clauses (2) to (6), (b), and (c), and that receipts and expenditures are being <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.35"></a><var>93.35</var>made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>(3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>the financial statements, for example, those items specified in subdivision 4, paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>(a), clauses (2) to (6), (b), and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>(f) "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>(g) "Section 404" means Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>SEC's rules and regulations promulgated under it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>(h) "Section 404 report" means management's report on "internal control over <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>financial reporting" as defined by the SEC and the related attestation report of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>independent certified public accountant as described in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>(i) "SOX compliant entity" means an entity that either is required to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>compliant with, or voluntarily is compliant with, all of the following provisions of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: (i) the preapproval requirements of Section 201 (section <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>10A(i) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); (ii) the audit committee independence <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>requirements of Section 301 (section 10A(m)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>and (iii) the internal control over financial reporting requirements of Section 404 (Item <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>308 of SEC Regulation S-K).<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Filing requirements.</b> Every insurance company doing business in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>state, including fraternal benefit societies, reciprocal exchanges, service plan corporations <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>licensed pursuant to chapter 62C, and legal service plans licensed pursuant to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>62G, unless exempted by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision 9, paragraph (a), or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>subdivision 18, shall have an annual audit of the financial activities of the most recently <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>completed calendar year performed by an independent certified public accountant, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>shall file the report of this audit with the commissioner on or before June 1 for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>immediately preceding year ending December 31. The commissioner may require an <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>insurer to file an audited financial report earlier than June 1 with 90 days' advance notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>to the insurer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>Extensions of the June 1 filing date may be granted by the commissioner for 30-day <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.29"></a><var>94.29</var>periods upon a showing by the insurer and its independent certified public accountant of <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.30"></a><var>94.30</var>the reasons for requesting the extension and a determination by the commissioner of good <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.31"></a><var>94.31</var>cause for the extension.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.32"></a><var>94.32</var>The request for extension must be submitted in writing not less than ten days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.33"></a><var>94.33</var>the due date in sufficient detail to permit the commissioner to make an informed decision <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.34"></a><var>94.34</var>with respect to the requested extension.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>If an extension is granted in accordance with this subdivision, a similar extension of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>30 days is granted to the filing of management's report of internal control over financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var>reporting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>Every insurer required to file an annual audited financial report pursuant to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>subdivision shall designate a group of individuals as constituting its audit committee. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>audit committee of an entity that controls an insurer may be deemed to be the insurer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>audit committee for purposes of this subdivision at the election of the controlling person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Exemptions.</b> Foreign and alien insurers filing audited financial reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>in another state under the other state's requirements of audited financial reports which <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>have been found by the commissioner to be substantially similar to these requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>are exempt from this section if a copy of the audited financial report, communication of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>internal control related matters noted in an audit, accountant's letter of qualifications, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>report on significant deficiencies in internal controls, which are filed with the other state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>are filed with the commissioner in accordance with the filing dates specified in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>2 (Canadian insurers may submit accountants' reports as filed with the Canadian Dominion <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>Department of Insurance); and a copy of any notification of adverse financial condition <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>report filed with the other state is filed with the commissioner within the time specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>in subdivision 11. Foreign or alien insurers required to file management's report of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>internal control over financial reporting in another state are exempt from filing the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>in this state provided the other state has substantially similar reporting requirements and <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>the report is filed with the commissioner of the other state within the time specified. <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>This subdivision does not prohibit or in any way limit the commissioner from ordering, <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>conducting, and performing examinations of insurers under the authority of this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Contents of annual audit; financial report.</b> (a) The annual audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>financial report must report, in conformity with statutory accounting practices required <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>or permitted by the commissioner of insurance of the state of domicile, the financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>position of the insurer as of the end of the most recent calendar year and the results of <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>its operations, cash flows, and changes in capital and surplus for the year ended. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>annual audited financial report must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>(1) a report of an independent certified public accountant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>(2) a balance sheet reporting admitted assets, liabilities, capital, and surplus;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var>(3) a statement of operations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.33"></a><var>95.33</var>(4) a statement of cash flows;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.34"></a><var>95.34</var>(5) a statement of changes in capital and surplus; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.35"></a><var>95.35</var>(6) notes to the financial statements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>(b) The notes required under paragraph (a) are those required by the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) annual statement instructions <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>and National Association of Insurance Commissioners Accounting Practices and <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>Procedures Manual and include reconciliation of differences, if any, between the audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>statutory financial statements and the annual statement filed under section 60A.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>subdivision 1, with a written description of the nature of these differences.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>(c) The financial statements included in the audited financial report must be prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>in a form and using language and groupings substantially the same as the relevant sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>of the annual statement of the insurer filed with the commissioner. The financial statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>must be comparative, presenting the amounts as of December 31 of the current year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>the amounts as of the immediately preceding December 31. In the first year in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>an insurer is required to file an audited financial report, the comparative data may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>omitted. The amounts may be rounded to the nearest $1,000, and all immaterial amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>may be combined.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Designation of independent certified public accountant.</b> Each insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>required by this section to file an annual audited financial report must notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>commissioner in writing of the name and address of the independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>accountant or accounting firm retained to conduct the annual audit within 60 days after <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>becoming subject to the annual audit requirement. The insurer shall obtain from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>accountant a letter which states that the accountant is aware of the provisions that relate <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>to accounting and financial matters in the insurance laws and the rules of the insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>regulatory authority of the state of domicile. The letter shall affirm that the accountant will <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>express an opinion on the financial statements in terms of their conformity to the statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>accounting practices prescribed or otherwise permitted by that insurance regulatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>authority, specifying the exceptions believed to be appropriate. A copy of the accountant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>letter shall be filed with the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Report of disagreements.</b> If an accountant who was the accountant for <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>the immediately preceding filed audited financial report is dismissed or resigns, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>insurer shall notify the commissioner of this event within five business days. Within <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>ten business days of this notification, the insurer shall also furnish the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>with a separate letter stating whether in the 24 months preceding this event there were <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>any disagreements with the former accountant on any matter of accounting principles or <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which, if not <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>resolved to the satisfaction of the former accountant, would have caused that person to <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.35"></a><var>96.35</var>make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with the opinion <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.36"></a><var>96.36</var>on the financial statements. The disagreements required to be reported in response to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>subdivision include both those resolved to the former accountant's satisfaction and those <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>not resolved to the former accountant's satisfaction. Disagreements contemplated by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>subdivision are those disagreements between personnel of the insurer responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>presentation of its financial statements and personnel of the accounting firm responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>for rendering its report. The insurer shall also in writing request the former accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>to furnish a letter addressed to the insurer stating whether the accountant agrees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>the statements contained in the insurer's letter and, if not, stating the reasons for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var>disagreement. The insurer shall furnish this responsive letter from the former accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>to the commissioner together with its own.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Qualifications of independent certified public accountant.</b> (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>commissioner shall not recognize any person or firm as a qualified independent certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>public accountant that is not in good standing with the American Institute of Certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>Public Accountants and in all states in which the accountant is licensed or is required <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>to be licensed to practice, or for a Canadian or British company, that is not a chartered <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>accountant, or that has either directly or indirectly entered into an agreement of indemnity <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>or release from liability (collectively referred to as an indemnification agreement) with <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>respect to the audit of the insurer. Except as otherwise provided, an independent certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>public accountant must be recognized as qualified as long as the person conforms to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>standards of the person's profession, as contained in the Code of Professional Conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Code of Professional <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>Conduct of the Minnesota Board of Public Accountancy or similar code and the person is <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>properly licensed in good standing with all required state boards of accountancy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>(b) The lead or coordinating audit partner, having primary responsibility for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>audit, may not act in that capacity for more than five consecutive years. The person shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>be disqualified from acting in that or a similar capacity for the same company or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>insurance subsidiaries or affiliates for a period of five consecutive years. An insurer may <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>make application to the commissioner for relief from this rotation requirement on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var>basis of unusual circumstances. This application must be made at least 30 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>the end of the calendar year. The commissioner may consider the following factors in <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>determining if the relief should be granted:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>(1) number of partners, expertise of the partners, or the number of insurance clients <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>in the currently registered firm;<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.33"></a><var>97.33</var>(2) premium volume of the insurer; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.34"></a><var>97.34</var>(3) number of jurisdictions in which the insurer transacts business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.35"></a><var>97.35</var>The insurer shall file, with its annual statement filing, the approval for relief from this <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.36"></a><var>97.36</var>paragraph with the states that it is licensed in or doing business in and with the NAIC. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>the nondomestic state accepts electronic filing with the NAIC, the insurer shall file the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>approval in an electronic format acceptable to the NAIC.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>(c) The commissioner shall not recognize as a qualified independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>accountant, nor accept an annual audited financial report, prepared in whole or in part by <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>an accountant who provides to an insurer, contemporaneously with the audit, the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>nonaudit services:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>(1) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>statements of the insurer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>(2) financial information systems design and implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>(3) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution in-kind reports;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>(4) actuarially oriented advisory services involving the determination of amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>recorded in the financial statements. The accountant may assist an insurer in understanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>the methods, assumptions, and inputs used in the determination of amounts recorded in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>financial statement only if it is reasonable to conclude that the services provided will not <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the insurer's financial statements. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>accountant's actuary may also issue an actuarial opinion or certification on an insurer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>reserves if the following conditions have been met:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>(i) neither the accountant nor the accountant's actuary has performed any <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>management functions or made any management decisions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var>(ii) the insurer has competent personnel, or engages a third-party actuary, to estimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>the loss reserves for which management takes responsibility; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>(iii) the accountant's actuary tests the reasonableness of the reserves after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>insurer's management has determined the amount of the loss reserves;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>(5) internal audit outsourcing services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>(6) management functions or human resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>(7) broker or dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>(8) legal services or expert services unrelated to the audit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>(9) any other services that the commissioner determines, by rule, are impermissible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>(d) The commissioner shall not recognize as a qualified independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>accountant, nor accept any audited financial report, prepared in whole or in part by any <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>natural person who has been convicted of fraud, bribery, a violation of the Racketeer <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, United States Code, title 18, sections 1961 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.33"></a><var>98.33</var>1968, or any dishonest conduct or practices under federal or state law, has been found to <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.34"></a><var>98.34</var>have violated the insurance laws of this state with respect to any previous reports submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.35"></a><var>98.35</var>under this section, or has demonstrated a pattern or practice of failing to detect or disclose <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.36"></a><var>98.36</var>material information in previous reports filed under the provisions of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>(e) The commissioner, after notice and hearing under chapter 14, may find that <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>the accountant is not qualified for purposes of expressing an opinion on the financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>statements in the annual audited financial report. The commissioner may require the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>insurer to replace the accountant with another whose relationship with the insurer is <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var>qualified within the meaning of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Exemptions to qualifications of certified public accountant.</b> (a) Insurers <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>having direct written and assumed premiums of less than $100,000,000 in any calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>year may request an exemption from subdivision 7, paragraph (c). The insurer shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>file with the commissioner a written statement discussing the reasons why the insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>should be exempt from these provisions. If the commissioner finds, upon review of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>statement, that compliance with this section would constitute a financial or organizational <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>hardship upon the insurer, an exemption may be granted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>(b) A qualified independent certified public accountant who performs the audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>may engage in other nonaudit services, including tax services, that are not described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>subdivision 7, paragraph (c), only if the activity is approved in advance by the audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>committee, in accordance with paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>(c) All auditing services and nonaudit services provided to an insurer by the qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>independent certified public accountant of the insurer must be preapproved by the audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>committee. The preapproval requirement is waived with respect to nonaudit services if <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>the insurer is a SOX compliant entity or a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>SOX compliant entity or:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>(1) the aggregate amount of all such nonaudit services provided to the insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>constitutes not more than five percent of the total amount of fees paid by the insurer to <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>its qualified independent certified public accountant during the fiscal year in which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>nonaudit services are provided;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>(2) the services were not recognized by the insurer at the time of the engagement to <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>be nonaudit services; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>(3) the services are promptly brought to the attention of the audit committee and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>approved before the completion of the audit by the audit committee or by one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>members of the audit committee who are the members of the board of directors to whom <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the audit committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>(d) The audit committee may delegate to one or more designated members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.33"></a><var>99.33</var>audit committee the authority to grant the preapprovals required by paragraph (c). The <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.34"></a><var>99.34</var>decisions of any member to whom this authority is delegated must be presented to the full <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.35"></a><var>99.35</var>audit committee at each of its scheduled meetings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>(e) The commissioner shall not recognize an independent certified public accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>as qualified for a particular insurer if a member of the board, president, chief executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>officer, controller, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, or any person serving in <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>an equivalent position for that insurer, was employed by the independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>accountant and participated in the audit of that insurer during the one-year period preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>the date that the most current statutory opinion is due. This paragraph applies only to <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>partners and senior managers involved in the audit. An insurer may make application to <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>the commissioner for relief from this paragraph on the basis of unusual circumstances.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>(f) The insurer shall file, with its annual statement filing, the approval for relief with <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>the states that it is licensed in or doing business in and the NAIC. If the nondomestic state <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>accepts electronic filing with the NAIC, the insurer shall file the approval in an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>format acceptable to the NAIC.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Consolidated or combined audits.</b> (a) The commissioner may allow <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>an insurer to file consolidated or combined audited financial statements required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>subdivision 2, in lieu of separate annual audited financial statements, where it can be <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>demonstrated that an insurer is part of a group of insurance companies that has a pooling <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>or 100 percent reinsurance agreement which substantially affects the solvency and <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>integrity of the reserves of the insurer and the insurer cedes all of its direct and assumed <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>business to the pool. An affiliated insurance company not meeting these requirements may <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>be included in the consolidated or combined audited financial statements, if the company's <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>total admitted assets are less than five percent of the consolidated group's total admitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>assets. If these circumstances exist, then the company may file a written application to <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>file consolidated or combined audited financial statements. This application must be for <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>a specified period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>(b) Upon written application by a domestic insurer, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>authorize the domestic insurer to include additional affiliated insurance companies in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>consolidated or combined audited financial statements. A foreign insurer must obtain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>prior written authorization of the commissioner of its state of domicile in order to submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>an application for authority to file consolidated or combined audited financial statements. <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>This application must be for a specified period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>(c) A consolidated annual audit filing must include a columnar consolidated or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>combining worksheet. Amounts shown on the audited consolidated or combined financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.33"></a><var>100.33</var>statement must be shown on the worksheet. Amounts for each insurer must be stated <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.34"></a><var>100.34</var>separately. Noninsurance operations may be shown on the worksheet on a combined or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.35"></a><var>100.35</var>individual basis. Explanations of consolidating or eliminating entries must be shown on <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.36"></a><var>100.36</var>the worksheet. A reconciliation of any differences between the amounts shown in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>individual insurer columns of the worksheet and comparable amounts shown on the annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>statement of the insurers must be included on the worksheet.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Scope of audit and report of independent certified public accountant.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>Financial statements furnished pursuant to subdivision 4 must be examined by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>independent certified public accountant. The audit of the insurer's financial statements <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>must be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>accordance with AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 109, Understanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var>the Entity and its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, or its <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>replacement, the independent certified public accountant should obtain an understanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>of internal control sufficient to plan the audit. To the extent required by SAS No. 109, <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>for those insurers required to file a management's report of internal control over financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>reporting pursuant to subdivision 17, the independent certified public accountant should <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>consider (as that term is defined in SAS No. 102, Defining Professional Requirements in <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>Statements on Auditing Standards or its replacement) the most recently available report in <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>planning and performing the audit of the statutory financial statements. Consideration <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>should be given to other procedures illustrated in the Financial Condition Examiners <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>Handbook promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var>independent certified public accountant deems necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Notification of adverse financial condition.</b> The insurer required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>furnish the annual audited financial report shall require the independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>accountant to provide written notice within five business days to the board of directors of <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>the insurer or its audit committee of any determination by that independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>accountant that the insurer has materially misstated its financial condition as reported to <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>the commissioner as of the balance sheet date currently under audit or that the insurer does <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>not meet the minimum capital and surplus requirement of sections 
         <statute_ref>60A.07</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>66A.32</statute_ref>, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var><statute_ref>66A.33</statute_ref> as of that date. An insurer required to file an annual audited financial report who <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>received a notification of adverse financial condition from the accountant shall file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>copy of the notification with the commissioner within five business days of the receipt <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>of the notification. The insurer shall provide the independent certified public accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>making the notification with evidence of the report being furnished to the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.31"></a><var>101.31</var>If the independent certified public accountant fails to receive the evidence within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.32"></a><var>101.32</var>required five-day period, the independent certified public accountant shall furnish to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.33"></a><var>101.33</var>commissioner a copy of the notification to the board of directors or its audit committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.34"></a><var>101.34</var>within the next five business days. No independent certified public accountant is liable in <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.35"></a><var>101.35</var>any manner to any person for any statement made in connection with this subdivision if <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.36"></a><var>101.36</var>the statement is made in good faith in compliance with this subdivision. If the accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>becomes aware of facts which might have affected the audited financial report after <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>the date it was filed, the accountant shall take the action prescribed by AU section <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>561, Subsequent Discovery of Facts Existing at the Date of the Auditor's Report of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>Professional Standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>or its replacement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Communication of internal control related matters noted in an </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var><b>audit.</b> In addition to the annual audited financial report, each insurer shall furnish the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>commissioner with a written communication as to any unremediated material weaknesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var>in its internal control over financial reporting noted during the audit. The communication <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>must be prepared by the accountant within 60 days after the filing of the annual audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>financial report, and must contain a description of any unremediated material weakness, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>the term material weakness is defined by SAS No. 115, Communicating Internal Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>Related Matters Identified in an Audit, or its replacement, as of December 31 immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>preceding so as to coincide with the audited financial report discussed in subdivision 2 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>the insurer's internal control over financial reporting noted by the accountant during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>course of their audit of the financial statements. If no unremediated material weaknesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var>were noted, the communication should so state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var>The insurer is required to provide a description of remedial actions taken or <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>proposed to correct unremediated material weaknesses, if the actions are not described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>the accountant's communication.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Accountant's letter of qualification.</b> The accountant shall furnish the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>insurer in connection with, and for inclusion in, the filing of the annual audited financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>report, a letter stating that the accountant is independent with respect to the insurer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var>conforms to the standards of the accountant's profession as contained in the Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var>Professional Conduct of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>Code of Professional Conduct of the Minnesota Board of Accountancy or similar code; <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>the background and experience in general, and the experience in audits of insurers of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>staff assigned to the engagement and whether each is an independent certified public <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>accountant; that the accountant understands that the annual audited financial report and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>opinion on it will be filed in compliance with this statute and that the commissioner will <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>be relying on this information in the monitoring and regulation of the financial position of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>insurers; that the accountant consents to the requirements of subdivision 14 and that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.33"></a><var>102.33</var>accountant consents and agrees to make available for review by the commissioner, or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.34"></a><var>102.34</var>commissioner's designee or appointed agent, the work papers, as defined in subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.35"></a><var>102.35</var>14; a representation that the accountant is properly licensed in good standing by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.36"></a><var>102.36</var>appropriate state licensing authorities and is a member in good standing in the American <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and a representation that the accountant complies <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>with subdivision 7. Nothing in this section prohibits the accountant from utilizing staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var>the accountant deems appropriate where use is consistent with the standards prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>by generally accepted auditing standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Availability and maintenance of independent certified public </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var><b>accountants' work papers.</b> Work papers are the records kept by the independent certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>public accountant of the procedures followed, tests performed, information obtained, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>conclusions reached pertinent to the independent certified public accountant's audit of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>financial statements of an insurer. Work papers may include audit planning documents, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>work programs, analyses, memoranda, letters of confirmation and representation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>management letters, abstracts of company documents, and schedules or commentaries <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>prepared or obtained by the independent certified public accountant in the course of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>audit of the financial statements of an insurer and that support the accountant's opinion. <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>Every insurer required to file an audited financial report shall require the accountant, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>through the insurer, to make available for review by the examiners the work papers <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>prepared in the conduct of the audit and any communications related to the audit between <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>the accountant and the insurer. The work papers must be made available at the offices of <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>the insurer, at the offices of the commissioner, or at any other reasonable place designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>by the commissioner. The insurer shall require that the accountant retain the audit work <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>papers and communications until the commissioner has filed a report on examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>covering the period of the audit but no longer than seven years after the period reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>upon, provided retention of the working papers beyond the seven years is not required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>other professional or regulatory requirements. In the conduct of the periodic review by <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>the examiners, it must be agreed that photocopies of pertinent audit work papers may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>made and retained by the commissioner. These copies shall be part of the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>work papers and must be given the same confidentiality as other examination work papers <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>generated by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Requirements for audit committee.</b> (a) The audit committee must <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the work <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>of any accountant including resolution of disagreements between management and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>accountant regarding financial reporting for the purpose of preparing or issuing the audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.32"></a><var>103.32</var>financial report or related work pursuant to this section. Each accountant shall report <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.33"></a><var>103.33</var>directly to the audit committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.34"></a><var>103.34</var>(b) Each member of the audit committee must be a member of the board of directors <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.35"></a><var>103.35</var>of the insurer or a member of the board of directors of an entity elected pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.36"></a><var>103.36</var>paragraph (e) and subdivision 1, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>(c) In order to be considered independent for purposes of this section, a member of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>the audit committee may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee, accept any consulting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>advisory, or other compensatory fee from the entity or be an affiliated person of the entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>or any subsidiary of the entity. However, if law requires board participation by otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>nonindependent members, that law shall prevail and such members may participate in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>audit committee and be designated as independent for audit committee purposes, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>they are an officer or employee of the insurer or one of its affiliates.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>(d) If a member of the audit committee ceases to be independent for reasons outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>the member's reasonable control, that person, with notice by the responsible entity to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>state, may remain an audit committee member of the responsible entity until the earlier of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>the next annual meeting of the responsible entity or one year from the occurrence of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>event that caused the member to be no longer independent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>(e) To exercise the election of the controlling person to designate the audit committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>for purposes of this section, the ultimate controlling person shall provide written notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>the commissioners of the affected insurers. Notification must be made timely before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>issuance of the statutory audit report and include a description of the basis for the election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>The election can be changed through notice to the commissioner by the insurer, which <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>shall include a description of the basis for the change. The election remains in effect for <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>perpetuity, until rescinded.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>(f) The audit committee shall require the accountant that performs for an insurer any <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>audit required by this section to timely report to the audit committee in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>the requirements of SAS No. 114, The Auditor's Communication with Those Charged <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>with Governance, or its replacement, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>(1) all significant accounting policies and material permitted practices;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>(2) all material alternative treatments of financial information within statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>accounting principles that have been discussed with management officials of the insurer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>ramifications of the use of the alternative disclosures and treatments, and the treatment <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>preferred by the accountant; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>(3) other material written communications between the accountant and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>management of the insurer, such as any management letter or schedule of unadjusted <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>differences.<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>(g) If an insurer is a member of an insurance holding company system, the reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.34"></a><var>104.34</var>required by paragraph (f) may be provided to the audit committee on an aggregate basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.35"></a><var>104.35</var>for insurers in the holding company system, provided that any substantial differences <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.36"></a><var>104.36</var>among insurers in the system are identified to the audit committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>(h) The proportion of independent audit committee members shall meet or exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>(1) for companies with prior calendar year direct written and assumed premiums $0 <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>to $300,000,000, no minimum requirements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>(2) for companies with prior calendar year direct written and assumed premiums <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>over $300,000,000 to $500,000,000, majority of members must be independent; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>(3) for companies with prior calendar year direct written and assumed premiums <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>over $500,000,000, 75 percent or more must be independent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>(i) An insurer with direct written and assumed premium, excluding premiums <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>reinsured with the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, less <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>than $500,000,000 may make application to the commissioner for a waiver from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>requirements of this subdivision based upon hardship. The insurer shall file, with its <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>annual statement filing, the approval for relief from this subdivision with the states that <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>it is licensed in or doing business in and the NAIC. If the nondomestic state accepts <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>electronic filing with the NAIC, the insurer shall file the approval in an electronic format <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>acceptable to the NAIC.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>This subdivision does not apply to foreign or alien insurers licensed in this state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>an insurer that is a SOX compliant entity or a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>of a SOX compliant entity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Conduct of insurer in connection with the preparation of required </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var><b>reports and documents.</b> (a) No director or officer of an insurer shall, directly or indirectly:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>(1) make or cause to be made a materially false or misleading statement to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>accountant in connection with any audit, review, or communication required under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>section; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>(2) omit to state, or cause another person to omit to state, any material fact necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>in order to make statements made, in light of the circumstances under which the statements <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>were made, not misleading to an accountant in connection with any audit, review, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>communication required under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>(b) No officer or director of an insurer, or any other person acting under the direction <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>thereof, shall directly or indirectly take any action to coerce, manipulate, mislead, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>fraudulently influence any accountant engaged in the performance of an audit pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>this section if that person knew or should have known that the action, if successful, could <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.33"></a><var>105.33</var>result in rendering the insurer's financial statements materially misleading.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.34"></a><var>105.34</var>(c) For purposes of paragraph (b), actions that, "if successful, could result in <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.35"></a><var>105.35</var>rendering the insurer's financial statements materially misleading" include, but are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>limited to, actions taken at any time with respect to the professional engagement period to <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>coerce, manipulate, mislead, or fraudulently influence an accountant:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>(1) to issue or reissue a report on an insurer's financial statements that is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>warranted in the circumstances due to material violations of statutory accounting <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>principles prescribed by the commissioner, generally accepted auditing standards, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>other professional or regulatory standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>(2) not to perform audit, review, or other procedures required by generally accepted <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>auditing standards or other professional standards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>(3) not to withdraw an issued report; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>(4) not to communicate matters to an insurer's audit committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 17. <b>Management's report of internal control over financial reporting.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>(a) Every insurer required to file an audited financial report pursuant to this section that <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>has annual direct written and assumed premiums, excluding premiums reinsured with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Federal Flood Program, of $500,000,000 or <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>more, shall prepare a report of the insurer's or group of insurers' internal control over <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>financial reporting, as these terms are defined in subdivision 1. The report must be filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>with the commissioner along with the communication of internal control related matters <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>noted in an audit described under subdivision 12. Management's report of internal control <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>over financial reporting shall be as of December 31 immediately preceding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>(b) Notwithstanding the premium threshold in paragraph (a), the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>require an insurer to file management's report of internal control over financial reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>if the insurer is in any RBC level event, or meets any one or more of the standards of <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>an insurer deemed to be in hazardous financial condition pursuant to sections 60G.20 <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>to 60G.22.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>(c) An insurer or a group of insurers that is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>(1) directly subject to Section 404;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>(2) part of a holding company system whose parent is directly subject to Section 404;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>(3) not directly subject to Section 404 but is a SOX compliant entity; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>(4) a member of a holding company system whose parent is not directly subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>Section 404 but is a SOX compliant entity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>may file its or its parent's Section 404 report and an addendum in satisfaction of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>requirement provided that those internal controls of the insurer or group of insurers <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.33"></a><var>106.33</var>having a material impact on the preparation of the insurer's or group of insurers' audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.34"></a><var>106.34</var>statutory financial statements, consisting of those items included in subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.35"></a><var>106.35</var>paragraphs (a), clauses (2) to (6), (b), and (c), were included in the scope of the Section <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.36"></a><var>106.36</var>404 report. The addendum shall be a positive statement by management that there are <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>no material processes with respect to the preparation of the insurer's or group of insurers' <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>audited statutory financial statements, consisting of those items included in subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>paragraphs (a), clauses (2) to (6), (b), and (c), excluded from the Section 404 report. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>there are internal controls of the insurer or group of insurers that have a material impact on <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>the preparation of the insurer's or group of insurers' audited statutory financial statements <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>and those internal controls were not included in the scope of the Section 404 report, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>insurer or group of insurers may either file (i) a report under this subdivision, or (ii) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>Section 404 report and a report under this subdivision for those internal controls that have <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>a material impact on the preparation of the insurer's or group of insurers' audited statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>financial statements not covered by the Section 404 report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>(d) Management's report of internal control over financial reporting shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>(1) a statement that management is responsible for establishing and maintaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>adequate internal control over financial reporting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var>(2) a statement that management has established internal control over financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>reporting and an assertion, to the best of management's knowledge and belief, after diligent <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>inquiry, as to whether its internal control over financial reporting is effective to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>statutory accounting principles;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>(3) a statement that briefly describes the approach or processes by which <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>management evaluated the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>(4) a statement that briefly describes the scope of work that is included and whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>any internal controls were excluded;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>(5) disclosure of any unremediated material weaknesses in the internal control over <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>financial reporting identified by management as of December 31 immediately preceding. <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>Management is not permitted to conclude that the internal control over financial reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>is effective to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial statements <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>in accordance with statutory accounting principles if there is one or more unremediated <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>material weaknesses in its internal control over financial reporting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>(6) a statement regarding the inherent limitations of internal control systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>(7) signatures of the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>equivalent position or title.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.32"></a><var>107.32</var>(e) Management shall document and make available upon financial condition <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.33"></a><var>107.33</var>examination the basis upon which its assertions, required in paragraph (d), are made. <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.34"></a><var>107.34</var>Management may base its assertions, in part, upon its review, monitoring, and testing of <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.35"></a><var>107.35</var>internal controls undertaken in the normal course of its activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>(1) Management has discretion as to the nature of the internal control framework <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>used, and the nature and extent of documentation, in order to make its assertion in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>cost-effective manner and, as such, may include assembly of or reference to existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>documentation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>(2) Management's report on internal control over financial reporting, required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>paragraph (a), and any documentation provided in support of the report during the course <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>of a financial condition examination, must be kept confidential by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>Commerce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 18. <b>Exemptions.</b> (a) Upon written application of any insurer, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>commissioner may grant an exemption from compliance with the provisions of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>section. In order to receive an exemption, an insurer must demonstrate to the satisfaction <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>of the commissioner that compliance would constitute a financial or organizational <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>hardship upon the insurer. An exemption may be granted at any time and from time <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>to time for specified periods. Within ten days from the denial of an insurer's written <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>request for an exemption, the insurer may request in writing a hearing on its application <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var>for an exemption. This hearing must be held in accordance with chapter 14. Upon written <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>application of any insurer, the commissioner may permit an insurer to file annual audited <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>financial reports on some basis other than a calendar year basis for a specified period. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>exemption may not be granted until the insurer presents an alternative method satisfying <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>the purposes of this section. Within ten days from a denial of a written request for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>exemption, the insurer may request in writing a hearing on its application. The hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>must be held in accordance with chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>(b) This section applies to all insurers, unless otherwise indicated, required to file <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>an annual audit by subdivision 2, except insurers having less than $1,000,000 of direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>written premiums in this state in any calendar year and fewer than 1,000 policyholders <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>or certificate holders of directly written policies nationwide at the end of the calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>year, are exempt from this section for that year, unless the commissioner makes a <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>specific finding that compliance is necessary for the commissioner to carry out statutory <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>responsibilities, except that insurers having assumed premiums from reinsurance contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>or treaties of $1,000,000 or more are not exempt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 19. <b>Canadian and British companies.</b> (a) In the case of Canadian and <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var>British insurers, the annual audited financial report means the annual statement of total <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.33"></a><var>108.33</var>business on the form filed by these companies with their domiciliary supervision authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.34"></a><var>108.34</var>and duly audited by an independent chartered accountant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.35"></a><var>108.35</var>(b) For these insurers the letter required in subdivision 5 shall state that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.36"></a><var>108.36</var>accountant is aware of the requirements relating to the annual audited statement filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>with the commissioner under subdivision 2, and shall affirm that the opinion expressed <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>is in conformity with those requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 20. <b>Commercial mortgage loan valuation procedures.</b> A report of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>independent certified public accountant that performs the audit of an insurer's annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>statement as required under subdivision 2, shall be filed and contain a statement as to <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var>whether anything in connection with the audit came to the accountant's attention that <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var>caused the accountant to believe that the insurer failed to adopt and consistently apply the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>valuation procedures as required by sections 
         <statute_ref>60A.122</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>60A.123</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 21. <b>Examinations.</b> (a) The commissioner or a designated representative shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var>determine the nature, scope, and frequency of examinations under this section conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var>by examiners under section 
         <statute_ref>60A.031</statute_ref>. These examinations may cover all aspects of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>insurer's assets, condition, affairs, and operations and may include and be supplemented <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>by audit procedures performed by independent certified public accountants. Scheduling <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>of examinations will take into account all relevant matters with respect to the insurer's <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>condition, including results of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var>Insurance Regulatory Information Systems, changes in management, results of market <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>conduct examinations, and audited financial reports. The type of examinations performed <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>by examiners under this section must be compliance examinations, targeted examinations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>and comprehensive examinations. <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>(b) Compliance examinations will consist of a review of the accountant's workpapers <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>defined under this section and a general review of the insurer's corporate affairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>insurance operations to determine compliance with the Minnesota insurance laws and <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>the rules of the Department of Commerce. The examiners may perform alternative or <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>additional examination procedures to supplement those performed by the accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>when the examiners determine that the procedures are necessary to verify the financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>condition of the insurer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>(c) Targeted examinations may cover limited areas of the insurer's operations as <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>the commissioner may deem appropriate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>(d) Comprehensive examinations will be performed when the report of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>accountant as provided for in subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the notification required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>subdivision 7, paragraph (c), the results of compliance or targeted examinations, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var>circumstances indicate in the judgment of the commissioner or a designated representative <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.33"></a><var>109.33</var>that a complete examination of the condition and affairs of the insurer is necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.34"></a><var>109.34</var>(e) Upon completion of each targeted, compliance, or comprehensive examination, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.35"></a><var>109.35</var>the examiner appointed by the commissioner shall make a full and true report on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.36"></a><var>109.36</var>results of the examination. Each report shall include a general description of the audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>procedures performed by the examiners and the procedures of the accountant that <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>the examiners may have utilized to supplement their examination procedures and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>procedures that were performed by the registered independent certified public accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>if included as a supplement to the examination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 22. <b>Penalties.</b> An annual statement, report, or document related to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var>business of insurance must not be filed with the commissioner or issued to the public if it <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>is signed by anyone who is represented in the instrument as an "accountant," unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>person is qualified as defined by this section. A violation of this subdivision is a violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>72A.19</statute_ref> and punishable in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>72A.25</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>(a) Domestic insurers retaining a certified public accountant <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>on the effective date of this section who qualify as independent shall comply with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var>section for the year ending December 31, 2010, and each year thereafter unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var>commissioner permits otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>(b) Domestic insurers not retaining a certified public accountant on the effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>date of this section who qualifies as independent shall meet the following schedule for <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>compliance unless the commissioner permits otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>(1) As of December 31, 2010, file with the commissioner an audited financial report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>(2) For the year ending December 31, 2010, and each year thereafter, such insurers <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>shall file with the commissioner all reports and communication required by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>(c) Foreign insurers shall comply with this section for the year ending December 31, <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var>2010, and each year thereafter, unless the commissioner permits otherwise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>(d) The requirements of subdivision 7, paragraph (b), are in effect for audits of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>year beginning January 1, 2010, and thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>(e) The requirements of subdivision 15 are in effect January 1, 2010. An insurer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>group of insurers that is not required to have independent audit committee members or <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var>only a majority of independent audit committee members, as opposed to a supermajority, <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>because the total written and assumed premium is below the threshold and subsequently <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>becomes subject to one of the independence requirements due to changes in premium has <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>one year following the year the threshold is exceeded, but not earlier than January 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>2010, to comply with the independence requirements. Likewise, an insurer that becomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var>subject to one of the independence requirements as a result of a business combination <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var>has one calendar year following the date of acquisition or combination to comply with <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.33"></a><var>110.33</var>the independence requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.34"></a><var>110.34</var>(f) An insurer or group of insurers that is not required to file a report because the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.35"></a><var>110.35</var>written premium is below the threshold and subsequently becomes subject to the reporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.36"></a><var>110.36</var>requirements has two years following the year the threshold is exceeded, but not earlier <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>than December 31, 2010, to file a report. Likewise, an insurer acquired in a business <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>combination has two calendar years following the date of acquisition or combination to <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>comply with the reporting requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>(g) The requirements and provisions contained in this section are effective January <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>1, 2010, and thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 60B.03, subdivision 15, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Insolvency.</b> "Insolvency" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>(a) For an insurer organized under sections 
         <statute_ref>67A.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>67A.26</statute_ref>, the inability to pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var>any uncontested debt as it becomes due or any other loss within 30 days after the due date <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>specified in the first assessment notice issued pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>67A.17</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>(b) For any other insurer, that it is unable to pay its debts or meet its obligations <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>as they mature or that its assets do not exceed its liabilities plus the greater of (1) any <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>capital and surplus required by law to be constantly maintained, or (2) its authorized and <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>issued capital stock. For purposes of this subdivision, "assets" includes one-half of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>maximum total assessment liability of the policyholders of the insurer, and "liabilities" <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>includes reserves required by law. For policies issued on the basis of unlimited assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>liability, the maximum total liability, for purposes of determining solvency only, shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>deemed to be that amount that could be obtained if there were 100 percent collection of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>assessment at the rate of ten mills per dollar of insurance written by it and in force.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 60L.02, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Additional requirements.</b> (a) In order to be eligible to be governed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>60L.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>60L.15</statute_ref>, the insurer must meet the requirements specified under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>subdivision.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>(b) The insurer shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>(1) have been in continuous operation for a minimum of five years; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var>(2) maintain a minimum claims-paying, financial strength, or equivalent rating from <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization in one of the organization's <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>three highest rating categories for the time period during which sections 
         <statute_ref>60L.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>60L.15</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>apply to the insurer. For purposes of this subdivision, the rating must be based on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>review of the insurer by the nationally recognized statistical rating organization with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>cooperation of the insurer; must not depend on a guarantee or other credit enhancement <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>from another entity; and must not be modified or otherwise qualified to show dependence <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.33"></a><var>111.33</var>of the rating on the performance or a contractual obligation of, or the insurer's affiliation <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.34"></a><var>111.34</var>with, another insurer.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>(c) The insurer or an affiliate, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>60D.15, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>insurer shall employ at least one individual as a professional investment manager for <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>the insurer's investments whom the board of directors or trustees of the insurer finds <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>is qualified on the basis of experience, education or training, competence, personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>integrity, and who conducts professional investment management activities in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>with the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct of the Association for <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var>Investment Management and Research. For purposes of complying with this paragraph, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>an employee of an affiliate may only be used if they are responsible for managing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>insurer's investments.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>(d) The board of directors of the insurer must annually adopt a resolution finding <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>that the insurer or an affiliate, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>60D.15, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, of the insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>has employed a professional investment manager for the insurer's investments with <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var>sufficient expertise and has sufficient other resources to implement and monitor the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>insurer's investment policies and strategies.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>(e) In the report required under section 
         <statute_ref>60A.129 60A.1291, subdivision 3 12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>paragraph (l), the insurer's independent auditor shall not have identified any significant <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>deficiencies in the insurer's internal control structure related to investments during any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>the five years immediately preceding the date on which sections 
         <statute_ref>60L.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>60L.15</statute_ref> begin to <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>apply to the insurer, and as long as sections 
         <statute_ref>60L.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>60L.15</statute_ref> apply to the insurer.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>[61A.258] PRENEED INSURANCE PRODUCTS; MINIMUM </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var><b>MORTALITY STANDARDS FOR RESERVES AND NONFORFEITURE VALUES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>have the meanings given them:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>(1) "2001 CSO Mortality Table (2001 CSO)" means that mortality table, consisting <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>of separate rates of mortality for male and female lives, developed by the American <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>Academy of Actuaries CSO Task Force from the Valuation Basic Mortality Table <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>developed by the Society of Actuaries Individual Life Insurance Valuation Mortality <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>Task Force, and adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>(NAIC) in December 2002. The 2001 CSO Mortality Table (2001 CSO) is included in <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>the Proceedings of the NAIC (2nd Quarter 2002). Unless the context indicates otherwise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>the "2001 CSO Mortality Table (2001 CSO)" includes both the ultimate form of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.32"></a><var>112.32</var>table and the select and ultimate form of that table and includes both the smoker and <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.33"></a><var>112.33</var>nonsmoker mortality tables and the composite mortality tables. It also includes both the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.34"></a><var>112.34</var>age-nearest-birthday and age-last-birthday bases of the mortality tables;<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>(2) "Ultimate 1980 CSO" means the Commissioners' 1980 Standard Ordinary Life <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>Valuation Mortality Tables (1980 CSO) without ten-year selection factors, incorporated <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>into the 1980 amendments to the NAIC Standard Valuation Law approved in December <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>1983; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>(3) "preneed insurance" is any life insurance policy or certificate that is issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>in combination with, in support of, with an assignment to, or as a guarantee for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>prearrangement agreement for goods and services to be provided at the time of and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>immediately following the death of the insured. Goods and services may include, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>are not limited to embalming, cremation, body preparation, viewing or visitation, coffin <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>or urn, memorial stone, and transportation of the deceased. The status of the policy or <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>contract as preneed insurance is determined at the time of issue in accordance with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>policy form filing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Minimum valuation mortality standards.</b> For preneed insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>contracts, the minimum mortality standard for determining reserve liabilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var>nonforfeiture values for both male and female insureds shall be the Ultimate 1980 CSO.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Minimum valuation interest rate standards.</b> (a) The interest rates used <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>in determining the minimum standard for valuation of preneed insurance shall be the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>calendar year statutory valuation interest rates as defined in section 61A.25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>(b) The interest rates used in determining the minimum standard for nonforfeiture <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>values for preneed insurance shall be the calendar year statutory nonforfeiture interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>rates as defined in section 61A.24.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Minimum valuation method standards.</b> (a) The method used in <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>determining the standard for the minimum valuation of reserves of preneed insurance shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var>be the method defined in section 61A.25.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var>(b) The method used in determining the standard for the minimum nonforfeiture <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>values for preneed insurance shall be the method defined in section 61A.24.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION RULES.</b>(a) This section is effective January <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>1, 2009, and applies to preneed insurance policies and certificates issued on or after that <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var>date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>(b) For preneed insurance policies issued on or after the effective date of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>section and before January 1, 2012, the 2001 CSO may be used as the minimum standard <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.32"></a><var>113.32</var>for reserves and minimum standard for nonforfeiture benefits for both male and female <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.33"></a><var>113.33</var>insureds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.34"></a><var>113.34</var>(c) If an insurer elects to use the 2001 CSO as a minimum standard for any policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.35"></a><var>113.35</var>issued on or after the effective date of this section and before January 1, 2012, the insurer <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>shall provide, as a part of the actuarial opinion memorandum submitted in support of <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>the company's asset adequacy testing, an annual written notification to the domiciliary <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var>commissioner. The notification shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>(1) a complete list of all preneed policy forms that use the 2001 CSO as a minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>standard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>(2) a certification signed by the appointed actuary stating that the reserve <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>methodology employed by the company in determining reserves for the preneed policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>issued after the effective date and using the 2001 CSO as a minimum standard, develops <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>adequate reserves (For the purposes of this certification, the preneed insurance policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>using the 2001 CSO as a minimum standard cannot be aggregated with any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>policies.); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>(3) supporting information regarding the adequacy of reserves for preneed insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>policies issued after the effective date of this section and using the 2001 CSO as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>minimum standard for reserves.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>(d) Preneed insurance policies issued on or after January 1, 2012, must use the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>Ultimate 1980 CSO in the calculation of minimum nonforfeiture values and minimum <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>reserves.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 61B.19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Limitation of benefits.</b> The benefits for which the association may become <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>liable shall in no event exceed the lesser of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>(1) the contractual obligations for which the insurer is liable or would have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>liable if it were not an impaired or insolvent insurer; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>(2) subject to the limitation in clause (5), with respect to any one life, regardless of <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>the number of policies or contracts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>(i) $300,000 $500,000 in life insurance death benefits, but not more than $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>$130,000 in net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values for life insurance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>(ii) $300,000 $500,000 in health insurance benefits, including any net cash surrender <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>and net cash withdrawal values;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>(iii) $100,000 $250,000 in annuity net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>(iv) $300,000 $410,000 in present value of annuity benefits for structured settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var>annuities or for annuities in regard to which periodic annuity benefits, for a period of not <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.32"></a><var>114.32</var>less than the annuitant's lifetime or for a period certain of not less than ten years, have <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.33"></a><var>114.33</var>begun to be paid, on or before the date of impairment or insolvency; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.34"></a><var>114.34</var>(3) subject to the limitations in clauses (5) and (6), with respect to each individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.35"></a><var>114.35</var>resident participating in a retirement plan, except a defined benefit plan, established under <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var>section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>December 31, 1992, covered by an unallocated annuity contract, or the beneficiaries <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>of each such individual if deceased, in the aggregate, $100,000 $250,000 in net cash <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>surrender and net cash withdrawal values;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var>(4) where no coverage limit has been specified for a covered policy or benefit, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var>coverage limit shall be $300,000 $500,000 in present value;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var>(5) in no event shall the association be liable to expend more than $300,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>$500,000 in the aggregate with respect to any one life under clause (2), items (i), (ii), (iii), <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>(iv), and clause (4), and any one individual under clause (3);<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>(6) in no event shall the association be liable to expend more than $7,500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>$10,000,000 with respect to all unallocated annuities of a retirement plan, except a defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>benefit plan, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1992. If total claims from a plan exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>$7,500,000 $10,000,000, the $7,500,000 $10,000,000 shall be prorated among the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>claimants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>(7) for purposes of applying clause (2)(ii) and clause (5), with respect only to <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>health insurance benefits, the term "any one life" applies to each individual covered by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>health insurance policy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>(8) where covered contractual obligations are equal to or less than the limits stated in <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>this subdivision, the association will pay the difference between the covered contractual <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var>obligations and the amount credited by the estate of the insolvent or impaired insurer, if <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>that amount has been determined or, if it has not, the covered contractual limit, subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>to the association's right of subrogation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>(9) where covered contractual obligations exceed the limits stated in this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>the amount payable by the association will be determined as though the covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>contractual obligations were equal to those limits. In making the determination, the estate <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>shall be deemed to have credited the covered person the same amount as the estate would <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>credit a covered person with contractual obligations equal to those limits; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>(10) the following illustrates how the principles stated in clauses (8) and (9) apply. <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>The example illustrated concerns hypothetical claims subject to the limit stated in clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>(2)(iii). The principles stated in clauses (8) and (9), and illustrated in this clause, apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.32"></a><var>115.32</var>to claims subject to any limits stated in this subdivision.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.115.33"></a><var>115.33</var>CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS OF:<br />
            		
         </div>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="11.5"></col>
            <col width="15"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="8.5"></col>
            <col width="11.5"></col>
            <col width="5"></col>
            <col width="8.5"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">Estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="2" align="right">Guaranty <br />
                  		Association<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">0% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">25% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 12,500<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 37,500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">50% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">75% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 37,500<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 12,500<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.14"></a><var>116.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">Estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="2" align="right">Guaranty <br />
                  		Association<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">0% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">25% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">50% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">75% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">Estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="2" align="right">Guaranty <br />
                  		Association<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">0% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 0<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">25% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">50% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 50,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top">75% recovery <br />
                  		from estate<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 150,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td valign="top"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="top">$ 25,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>For purposes of this subdivision, the commissioner shall determine the discount rate <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>to be used in determining the present value of annuity benefits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var>and applies to member insurers who are first determined to be impaired or insolvent on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</var>after that date. Member insurers who are subject to an order of impairment in effect on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>effective date but are not declared insolvent until after the effective date shall continue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>be governed by the law in effect prior to the effective date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 61B.28, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Prohibited sales practice.</b> No person, including an insurer, agent, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>affiliate of an insurer, shall make, publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>public, or cause directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>or placed before the public, in any newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter, or poster, or over any radio station or television <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>station, or in any other way, an advertisement, announcement, or statement, written or <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>oral, which uses the existence of the Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>Association for the purpose of sales, solicitation, or inducement to purchase any form of <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>insurance covered by sections 
         <statute_ref>61B.18</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>61B.32</statute_ref>. The notice required by subdivision 8 <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>is not a violation of this subdivision nor is it a violation of this subdivision to explain <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>verbally to an applicant or potential applicant the coverage provided by the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association at any time during the application process <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>or thereafter. This subdivision does not apply to the Minnesota Life and Health Insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>Guaranty Association or an entity that does not sell or solicit insurance. A person violating <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 61B.28, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Form.</b> The form of notice referred to in subdivision 7, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>is as follows:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>"....................<br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.117.32"></a><var>117.32</var>....................<br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.117.33"></a><var>117.33</var>....................<br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>(insert name, current address, and<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>telephone number of insurer)<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>NOTICE CONCERNING POLICYHOLDER RIGHTS IN AN<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>INSOLVENCY UNDER THE MINNESOTA LIFE AND HEALTH<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION LAW<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>If the insurer that issued your life, annuity, or health insurance policy becomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>impaired or insolvent, you are entitled to compensation for your policy from the assets of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var>that insurer. The amount you recover will depend on the financial condition of the insurer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var>In addition, residents of Minnesota who purchase life insurance, annuities, or health <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>insurance from insurance companies authorized to do business in Minnesota are protected, <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>SUBJECT TO LIMITS AND EXCLUSIONS, in the event the insurer becomes financially <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>impaired or insolvent. This protection is provided by the Minnesota Life and Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>Insurance Guaranty Association.<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>Minnesota Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>(insert current<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var>address and telephone number)<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var>The maximum amount the guaranty association will pay for all policies issued on <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>one life by the same insurer is limited to $300,000 $500,000. Subject to this $300,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>$500,000 limit, the guaranty association will pay up to $300,000 $500,000 in life <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>insurance death benefits, $100,000 $130,000 in net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>values for life insurance, $300,000 $500,000 in health insurance benefits, including any <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var>net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values, $100,000 $250,000 in annuity net <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values, $300,000 $410,000 in present value of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>annuity benefits for annuities which are part of a structured settlement or for annuities <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>in regard to which periodic annuity benefits, for a period of not less than the annuitant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>lifetime or for a period certain of not less than ten years, have begun to be paid on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>before the date of impairment or insolvency, or if no coverage limit has been specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>for a covered policy or benefit, the coverage limit shall be $300,000 $500,000 in present <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.29"></a><var>118.29</var>value. Unallocated annuity contracts issued to retirement plans, other than defined benefit <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.30"></a><var>118.30</var>plans, established under section 401, 403(b), or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.31"></a><var>118.31</var>1986, as amended through December 31, 1992, are covered up to $100,000 $250,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.32"></a><var>118.32</var>net cash surrender and net cash withdrawal values, for Minnesota residents covered by <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.33"></a><var>118.33</var>the plan provided, however, that the association shall not be responsible for more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.34"></a><var>118.34</var>$7,500,000 $10,000,000 in claims from all Minnesota residents covered by the plan. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.35"></a><var>118.35</var>total claims exceed $7,500,000 $10,000,000, the $7,500,000 $10,000,000 shall be prorated <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.36"></a><var>118.36</var>among all claimants. These are the maximum claim amounts. Coverage by the guaranty <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.37"></a><var>118.37</var>association is also subject to other substantial limitations and exclusions and requires <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.38"></a><var>118.38</var>continued residency in Minnesota. If your claim exceeds the guaranty association's limits, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>you may still recover a part or all of that amount from the proceeds of the liquidation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>the insolvent insurer, if any exist. Funds to pay claims may not be immediately available. <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>The guaranty association assesses insurers licensed to sell life and health insurance in <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var>Minnesota after the insolvency occurs. Claims are paid from this assessment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>THE COVERAGE PROVIDED BY THE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION IS NOT <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>A SUBSTITUTE FOR USING CARE IN SELECTING INSURANCE COMPANIES <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>THAT ARE WELL MANAGED AND FINANCIALLY STABLE. IN SELECTING AN <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>INSURANCE COMPANY OR POLICY, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON COVERAGE <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>BY THE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>THIS NOTICE IS REQUIRED BY MINNESOTA STATE LAW TO ADVISE <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>POLICYHOLDERS OF LIFE, ANNUITY, OR HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>OF THEIR RIGHTS IN THE EVENT THEIR INSURANCE CARRIER BECOMES <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>FINANCIALLY INSOLVENT. THIS NOTICE IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THE <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>COMPANY CURRENTLY HAS ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. ALL LIFE, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>ANNUITY, AND HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>THIS NOTICE."<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>Additional language may be added to the notice if approved by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var>prior to its use in the form. This section does not apply to fraternal benefit societies <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>regulated under chapter 64B.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.01, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var><b>67A.01 NUMBER OF MEMBERS REQUIRED, PROPERTY AND </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var><b>TERRITORY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Number of members.</b> (a) It shall be lawful for any number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>persons, not less than 25, residing in adjoining townships counties in this state, who shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var>collectively own property worth at least $50,000, to form themselves into a corporation <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var>for mutual insurance against loss or damage by the perils listed in section 
         <statute_ref>67A.13</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the company shall operate in no <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var>more than 150 adjoining townships in the aggregate at the same time. The company may, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>if approval has been granted by the commissioner, operate in more than 150 adjoining <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>townships in the aggregate at the same time, subject to a maximum of 300 townships. <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>If the company confines its operations to one county it may transact business in that <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.32"></a><var>119.32</var>county by so providing in its certificate of incorporation. In case of merger of two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.33"></a><var>119.33</var>more companies having contiguous territories, the surviving company in the merger may <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.34"></a><var>119.34</var>transact business in the entire territory of the merged companies, but the territory of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.35"></a><var>119.35</var>surviving company in the merger must not be larger than 300 townships.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Authorized territory.</b> (a) A township mutual fire insurance company may <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>be authorized to write business in up to nine adjoining counties in the aggregate at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>same time. If policyholder surplus is at least $500,000 as reported in the company's last <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>annual financial statement filed with the commissioner, the company may, if approval has <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>been granted by the commissioner, be authorized to write business in ten or more counties <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>in the aggregate at the same time, subject to a maximum of 20 adjoining counties, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>accordance with the following schedule:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="10"></col>
            <col width="9.9"></col>
            <col width="9.9"></col>
            <col width="10.1"></col>
            <col width="10.1"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Number of <br />
                  		Counties<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">Surplus <br />
                  		Requirement<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>10<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">$500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>11<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">600,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>12<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">700,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>13<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>14<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">900,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>15<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>16<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>17<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>18<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>19<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>20<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">1,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>(b) In the case of a merger of two or more companies having contiguous territories, <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var>the surviving company in the merger may transact business in the entire territory of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>merged companies; however, the territory of the surviving company in the merger may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>be larger than 20 counties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>(c) A township mutual fire insurance company may write new and renewal insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>on property in cities within the company's authorized territory having a population less <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>than 25,000. A township mutual may continue to write new and renewal insurance once <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>the population increases to 25,000 or greater provided that amended and restated articles <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>are filed with the commissioner along with a certification that such city's population has <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>increased to 25,000 or greater.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>(d) A township mutual fire insurance company may write new and renewal insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.32"></a><var>120.32</var>on property in cities within the company's authorized territory with a population of 25,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.33"></a><var>120.33</var>or greater, but less than 150,000, if approval has been granted by the commissioner. <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>No township mutual fire insurance company shall insure any property in cities with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>population of 150,000 or greater.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>(e) If a township mutual fire insurance company provides evidence to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>commissioner that the company had insurance in force on December 31, 2007, in a city <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>within the company's authorized territory with a population of 25,000 or greater, but less <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>than 150,000, the company may write new and renewal insurance on property in that city <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>provided that the company files amended and restated articles by July 31, 2010, naming <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>that city.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var><b>67A.06 POWERS OF CORPORATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>Every corporation formed under the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>67A.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>67A.26</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>shall have power:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>(1) to have succession by its corporate name for the time stated in its certificate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>incorporation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>(2) to sue and be sued in any court;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>(3) to have and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>(4) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, and to hold, enjoy, improve, lease, <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>encumber, and convey all real and personal property necessary for the purpose of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>organization, subject to such limitations as may be imposed by law or by its articles of <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>incorporation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>(5) to elect or appoint in such manner as it may determine all necessary or proper <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>officers, agents, boards, and committees, fix their compensation, and define their powers <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var>and duties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>(6) to make and amend consistently with law bylaws providing for the management <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>of its property and the regulation and government of its affairs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>(7) to wind up and liquidate its business in the manner provided by chapter 60B; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>(8) to indemnify certain persons against expenses and liabilities as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>section 
         <statute_ref>302A.521</statute_ref>. In applying section 
         <statute_ref>302A.521</statute_ref> for this purpose, the term "members" <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>shall be substituted for the terms "shareholders" and "stockholders."; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>(9) to eliminate or limit a director's personal liability to the company or its members <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var>for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. A company shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>eliminate or limit the liability of a director:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.33"></a><var>121.33</var>(i) for breach of loyalty to the company or its members;<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.34"></a><var>121.34</var>(ii) for acts or omissions made in bad faith or with intentional misconduct or <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.35"></a><var>121.35</var>knowing violation of law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>(iii) for transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>(iv) for acts or omissions occurring before the date that the provisions in the articles <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>eliminating or limiting liability become effective.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.07, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var><b>67A.07 PRINCIPAL OFFICE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>The principal office of a township mutual fire insurance company shall be located in <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>a township or in a city in a township county in which the company is authorized to do <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>business.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Kinds of property</b><b>; property outside authorized territory</b><b>.</b> (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var>Township mutual fire insurance companies may insure qualified property. Qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>property means dwellings, household goods, appurtenant structures, farm buildings, farm <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>personal property, churches, church personal property, county fair buildings, community <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var>and township meeting halls and their usual contents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>(b) Township mutual fire insurance companies may extend coverage to include <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var>an insured's secondary property if the township mutual fire insurance company covers <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var>qualified property belonging to the insured. Secondary property means any real or <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>personal property that is not considered qualified property for a township mutual fire <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>insurance company to cover under this chapter. The maximum amount of coverage that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>township mutual fire insurance company may write for secondary property is 25 percent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</var>the total limit of liability of the policy issued to an insured covering the qualified property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var>(c) A township mutual fire insurance company may insure any real or personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var>property, including qualified or secondary property, subject to the limitations in <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (b), located outside the limits of the territory in which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>company is authorized by its certificate or articles of incorporation to transact business, if <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>the company is already covering qualified property belonging to the insured, inside the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>limits of the company's territory.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>(d) A township mutual fire insurance company may insure property temporarily <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>outside of the authorized territory of the township mutual fire insurance company.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.122.30"></a><var>122.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.14, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.31"></a><var>122.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Amount of insurable risk.</b> No township mutual fire insurance company <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.32"></a><var>122.32</var>shall insure or reinsure a single risk or hazard in a larger sum than the greater of $3,000, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.33"></a><var>122.33</var>one tenth of its net assets plus two tenths of a mill of its insurance in force; provided that <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>no portion of any such risk or hazard which shall have been reinsured, as authorized by <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</var>the laws of this state, shall be included in determining the limitation of risk prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var>by this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>[67A.175] SURPLUS REQUIREMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Minimum.</b> Township mutual fire insurance companies shall maintain <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>a minimum policyholders' surplus of $300,000 at all times.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Corrective action plan; filing.</b> A township mutual fire insurance company <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var>that falls below the $300,000 minimum surplus requirement must file a corrective action <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>plan with the commissioner. The plan shall state how the company will correct its surplus <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>deficiency. The plan must be submitted within 45 days of the company falling below the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var>minimum surplus level.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Corrective action plan; commissioner's notification.</b> Within 30 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var>after the submission by a township mutual fire insurance company of a corrective action <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var>plan, the commissioner shall notify the insurer whether the plan may be implemented or <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>is, in the judgment of the commissioner, unsatisfactory. If the commissioner determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>the plan is unsatisfactory, the notification to the company must set forth the reasons for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>determination, and may set forth proposed revisions that will render the plan satisfactory <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.18"></a><var>123.18</var>in the judgment of the commissioner. Upon notification from the commissioner, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</var>insurer shall prepare a revised corrective action plan that may incorporate by reference <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>any revisions proposed by the commissioner, and shall submit the revised plan to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>commissioner within 45 days.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 67A.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>By member.</b> Any member may terminate membership in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>company by giving written notice or returning the member's policy to the secretary and <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>paying the withdrawing member's share of all existing claims.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Annual audits.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 60A.129, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.28"></a><var>123.28</var>repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Township mutual insured properties, joint or partial risks, and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var><b>assessments.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 67A.14, subdivision 5; 67A.17; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>67A.19, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.1"></a><var>124.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Banking procedures; real estate tax records.</b> Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.2"></a><var>124.2</var>2675.2180, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.3"></a><var>124.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Debt prorating companies.</b> Minnesota Rules, parts 2675.7100; <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var>2675.7110; 2675.7120; 2675.7130; and 2675.7140, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Guaranty association; inflation indexing.</b> Minnesota Statutes 2008, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>section 61B.19, subdivision 6, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var><b>DEBT MANAGEMENT SERVICES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 45.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> As used in chapters 45 to 83, 155A,  332, 332A, 332B, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>345, and 359, and sections 
         <statute_ref>325D.30</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>325D.42</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>326B.802</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>326B.885</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>386.61</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</var>386.78
         </statute_ref>, unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms defined in this section have <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.13"></a><var>124.13</var>the meanings given them. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 46.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>General.</b> The commissioner of commerce, referred to in chapters 46 <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>to 59A, and chapter 332A, and 332B as the commissioner, is vested with all the powers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.17"></a><var>124.17</var>authority, and privileges which, prior to the enactment of Laws 1909, chapter 201, were <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</var>conferred by law upon the public examiner, and shall take over all duties in relation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var>state banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings associations, and other financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>institutions within the state which, prior to the enactment of chapter 201, were imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var>upon the public examiner. The commissioner of commerce shall exercise a constant <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var>supervision, either personally or through the examiners herein provided for, over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>books and affairs of all state banks, savings banks, trust companies, savings associations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>credit unions, industrial loan and thrift companies, and other financial institutions doing <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>business within this state; and shall, through examiners, examine each financial institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>at least once every 24 calendar months. In satisfying this examination requirement, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var>commissioner may accept reports of examination prepared by a federal agency having <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var>comparable supervisory powers and examination procedures. With the exception of <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>industrial loan and thrift companies which do not have deposit liabilities and licensed <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.30"></a><var>124.30</var>regulated lenders, it shall be the principal purpose of these examinations to inspect and <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.31"></a><var>124.31</var>verify the assets and liabilities of each and so far investigate the character and value of <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.32"></a><var>124.32</var>the assets of each institution as to determine with reasonable certainty that the values are <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.33"></a><var>124.33</var>correctly carried on its books. Assets and liabilities shall be verified in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.34"></a><var>124.34</var>methods of procedure which the commissioner may determine to be adequate to carry out <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>the intentions of this section. It shall be the further purpose of these examinations to <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var>assess the adequacy of capital protection and the capacity of the institution to meet usual <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>and reasonably anticipated deposit withdrawals and other cash commitments without <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>resorting to excessive borrowing or sale of assets at a significant loss, and to investigate <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>each institution's compliance with applicable laws and rules. Based on the examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>findings, the commissioner shall make a determination as to whether the institution <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>is being operated in a safe and sound manner. None of the above provisions limits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>commissioner in making additional examinations as deemed necessary or advisable. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var>commissioner shall investigate the methods of operation and conduct of these institutions <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>and their systems of accounting, to ascertain whether these methods and systems are <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>in accordance with law and sound banking principles. The commissioner may make <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>requirements as to records as deemed necessary to facilitate the carrying out of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>commissioner's duties and to properly protect the public interest. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>examine, or cause to be examined by these examiners, on oath, any officer, director, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>trustee, owner, agent, clerk, customer, or depositor of any financial institution touching <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>the affairs and business thereof, and may issue, or cause to be issued by the examiners, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>subpoenas, and administer, or cause to be administered by the examiners, oaths. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>case of any refusal to obey any subpoena issued under the commissioner's direction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>the refusal may at once be reported to the district court of the district in which the bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>or other financial institution is located, and this court shall enforce obedience to these <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var>subpoenas in the manner provided by law for enforcing obedience to subpoenas of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>court. In all matters relating to official duties, the commissioner of commerce has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>power possessed by courts of law to issue subpoenas and cause them to be served and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>enforced, and all officers, directors, trustees, and employees of state banks, savings banks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>trust companies, savings associations, and other financial institutions within the state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>and all persons having dealings with or knowledge of the affairs or methods of these <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>institutions, shall afford reasonable facilities for these examinations, make returns and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>reports to the commissioner of commerce as the commissioner may require; attend and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>answer, under oath, the commissioner's lawful inquiries; produce and exhibit any books, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>accounts, documents, and property as the commissioner may desire to inspect, and in all <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var>things aid the commissioner in the performance of duties. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.125.32"></a><var>125.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 46.05, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.33"></a><var>125.33</var><b>46.05 SUPERVISION OVER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.125.34"></a><var>125.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Every state bank, savings bank, trust company, savings association, debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.35"></a><var>125.35</var>services provider, debt settlement services provider, and other financial institutions shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>be at all times under the supervision and subject to the control of the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var>of commerce. If, and whenever in the performance of duties, the commissioner finds <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>it necessary to make a special investigation of any financial institution under the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>commissioner's supervision, and other than a complete examination, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>shall make a charge therefor to include only the necessary costs thereof. Such a fee shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>be payable to the commissioner on the commissioner's making a request for payment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 46.131, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Assessment authority.</b> Each bank, trust company, savings bank, savings <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>association, regulated lender, industrial loan and thrift company, credit union, motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>vehicle sales finance company, debt management services provider, debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>services provider, and insurance premium finance company organized under the laws of <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>this state or required to be administered by the commissioner of commerce shall pay <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>into the state treasury its proportionate share of the cost of maintaining the Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>of Commerce.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 325E.311, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Telephone solicitation.</b> "Telephone solicitation" means any voice <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>communication over a telephone line for the purpose of encouraging the purchase or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>rental of, or investment in, property, goods, or services, whether the communication is <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>made by a live operator, through the use of an automatic dialing-announcing device as <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>325E.26, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or by other means. Telephone solicitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>does not include communications:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) to any residential subscriber with that subscriber's prior express invitation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>permission; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) by or on behalf of any person or entity with whom a residential subscriber has a <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>prior or current business or personal relationship.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>Telephone solicitation also does not include communications if the caller is identified by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>caller identification service and the call is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) by or on behalf of an organization that is identified as a nonprofit organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>under state or federal law, unless the organization is a debt management services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>332A.02</statute_ref> or a debt settlement services provider defined in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.31"></a><var>126.31</var>332B.02;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.32"></a><var>126.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) by a person soliciting without the intent to complete, and who does not in <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.33"></a><var>126.33</var>fact complete, the sales presentation during the call, but who will complete the sales <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>presentation at a later face-to-face meeting between the solicitor who makes the call <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>and the prospective purchaser; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) by a political party as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>200.02, subdivision 6</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Advertise.</b> "Advertise" means to solicit business through any means or <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>medium.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Controlling or affiliated party.</b> "Controlling or affiliated party" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>any person or entity that controls or is controlled, directly or indirectly controlling, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>controlled by, or is under common control with another person. Controlling or affiliated <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var>party includes, but is not limited to, employees, officers, independent contractors, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var>corporations, partnerships, and limited liability corporations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.8.0"></a><a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Creditor.</b> "Creditor" means any party:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>(1) named by the debtor as a creditor in the debt management services plan or debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.18"></a><var>127.18</var>management services agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</var>(2) that acquires or holds the debt; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>(3) to whom interactions with the debt management services is assigned in relation <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>to the debt listed in the debt management services plan or debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>agreement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.9.0"></a><a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.24"></a><var>127.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Debt management services provider.</b> "Debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</var>provider" means any person offering or providing debt management services to a debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>domiciled in this state, regardless of whether or not a fee is charged for the services and <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>regardless of whether the person maintains a physical presence in the state. This term <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.28"></a><var>127.28</var>includes any person to whom debt management services are delegated, and does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</var>include services performed by the following when engaged in the regular course of their <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>respective businesses and professions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) attorneys at law, escrow agents, accountants, broker-dealers in securities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) state or national banks, credit unions, trust companies, savings associations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>title insurance companies, insurance companies, and all other lending institutions duly <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var>authorized to transact business in Minnesota, provided no fee is charged for the service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) persons who, as employees on a regular salary or wage of an employer not <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>engaged in the business of debt management, perform credit services for their employer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) public officers acting in their official capacities and persons acting as a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>management services provider pursuant to court order;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) any person while performing services incidental to the dissolution, winding up, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>or liquidation of a partnership, corporation, or other business enterprise;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the state, its political subdivisions, public agencies, and their employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) credit unions and collection agencies, provided no fee is charged for the service <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var>that the services are provided to a creditor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) "qualified organizations" designated as representative payees for purposes of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>Social Security and Supplemental Security Income Representative Payee System and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-508;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) accelerated mortgage payment providers. "Accelerated mortgage payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>providers" are persons who, after satisfying the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>332.30</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>332.303
         </statute_ref>, receive funds to make mortgage payments to a lender or lenders, on behalf <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>of mortgagors, in order to exceed regularly scheduled minimum payment obligations <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var>under the terms of the indebtedness. The term does not include: (i) persons or entities <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var>described in clauses (1) to (8); (ii) mortgage lenders or servicers, industrial loan and <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>thrift companies, or regulated lenders under chapter 56; or (iii) persons authorized to <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>make loans under section 
         <statute_ref>47.20, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. For purposes of this clause and sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>332.30
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>332.303</statute_ref>, "lender" means the original lender or that lender's assignee, whichever <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>is the current mortgage holder;<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) trustees, guardians, and conservators; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) debt settlement services providers. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.10.0"></a><a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Debt management services.</b> "Debt management services" means the <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>provision of any one or more of the following services in connection with debt incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.31"></a><var>128.31</var>primarily for personal, family, or household services:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.32"></a><var>128.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) managing the financial affairs of an individual by distributing income or money <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.33"></a><var>128.33</var>to the individual's creditors; <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.34"></a><var>128.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) receiving funds for the purpose of distributing the funds among creditors in <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.35"></a><var>128.35</var>payment or partial payment of obligations of a debtor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) adjusting, prorating, pooling, or liquidating the indebtedness of a debtor  whereby <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>a debt management services provider assists in managing the financial affairs of a debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>by distributing periodic payments to the debtor's creditors from funds that the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>management services provider receives from the debtor and where the primary purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>the services is to effect full repayment of debt incurred primarily for personal, family, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>household services. <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>Any person so engaged or holding out as so engaged is deemed to be engaged in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>provision of debt management services regardless of whether or not a fee is charged for <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>such services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.11.0"></a><a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Debtor.</b> "Debtor" means the person for whom the debt prorating service <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>is management services are performed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.12.0"></a><a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.02, subdivision 13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Debt settlement </b><b>services </b><b>provider.</b> "Debt settlement services provider" <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>means any person engaging in or holding out as engaging in the business of negotiating, <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>adjusting, or settling debt incurred primarily for personal, family, or household purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>without holding or receiving the debtor's funds or personal property and without paying <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>the debtor's funds to, or distributing the debtor's property among, creditors has the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>meaning given in section 332B.02, subdivision 11. The term shall not include persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>listed in subdivision 8, clauses (1) to (10).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.13.0"></a><a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Right of action on bond.</b> If the registrant has failed to account to a debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>or distribute to the debtor's creditors the amounts required by this chapter and, or has <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>failed to perform any of the services promised in  the debt management services agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>between the debtor and registrant, the registrant is in default. The debtor or the debtor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>legal representative or receiver, the commissioner, or the attorney general, shall have, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>addition to all other legal remedies, a right of action in the name of the debtor on the bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var>or the security given under this section, for loss suffered by the debtor, not exceeding the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>face amount of the bond or security, and without the necessity of joining the registrant <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.30"></a><var>129.30</var>in the suit or action based on the default.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.14.0"></a><a id="pl.129.31"></a><var>129.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.32"></a><var>129.32</var><b>332A.08 DENIAL OF REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner, with notice to the applicant by certified mail sent to the address <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>listed on the application, may deny an application for a registration upon finding that <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>the applicant:<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) has submitted an application required under section 
         <statute_ref>332A.04</statute_ref> that contains <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information. An application is <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>incomplete if it does not include all the information required in section 
         <statute_ref>332A.04</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) has failed to pay any fee or pay or maintain any bond required by this chapter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>or failed to comply with any order, decision, or finding of the commissioner made under <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>and within the authority of this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) has violated any provision of this chapter or any rule or direction lawfully made <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var>by the commissioner under and within the authority of this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) or any controlling or affiliated party has ever been convicted of a crime or found <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>civilly liable for an offense involving moral turpitude, including forgery, embezzlement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var>other similar offense or violation, or any violation of a federal or state law or regulation <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var>in connection with activities relating to the rendition of debt management services or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var>any consumer fraud, false advertising, deceptive trade practices, or similar consumer <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>protection law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) has had a registration or license previously revoked or suspended in this state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>any other state or the applicant or licensee has been permanently or temporarily enjoined <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>by any court of competent jurisdiction from engaging in or continuing any conduct or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>practice involving any aspect of the debt management services provider business; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>any controlling or affiliated party has been an officer, director, manager, or shareholder <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>owning more than a ten percent interest in a debt management services provider whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>registration has previously been revoked or suspended in this state or any other state, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>who has been permanently or temporarily enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>from engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice involving any aspect of the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var>management services provider business;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) has made any false statement or representation to the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) is insolvent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) refuses to fully comply with an investigation or examination of the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>management services provider by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.33"></a><var>130.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) has improperly withheld, misappropriated, or converted any money or properties <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.34"></a><var>130.34</var>received in the course of doing business;<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.35"></a><var>130.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) has failed to have a trust account with an actual cash balance equal to or greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.36"></a><var>130.36</var>than the sum of the escrow balances of each debtor's account;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) has defaulted in making payments to creditors on behalf of debtors as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>by agreements between the provider and debtor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) has used fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest practices, or demonstrated <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>incompetence, untrustworthiness, or financial irresponsibility in this state or elsewhere; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>(13) has been shown to have engaged in a pattern of failing to perform the services <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>promised.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.15.0"></a><a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var><b>332A.10 WRITTEN DEBT MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Written agreement required.</b> (a) A debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>provider may not perform any debt management services or receive any money related <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var>to a debt management services plan until the provider has obtained a debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>services agreement that contains all  terms of the agreement between the debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>services provider and the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>(b) A debt management services agreement must: <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>(1) be in writing, dated, and signed by the debt management services provider and <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>(2) conspicuously indicate whether or not the debt management services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>is registered with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and include any registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>number; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>(3) be written in the debtor's primary language if the debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.21"></a><var>131.21</var>provider advertised in that language. <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.22"></a><var>131.22</var>(c) The registrant must furnish the debtor with a copy of the signed contract upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.23"></a><var>131.23</var>execution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.24"></a><var>131.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Actions prior to written agreement.</b> No person may provide debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.25"></a><var>131.25</var>management services for a debtor or execute a debt management services agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.26"></a><var>131.26</var>unless the person first has:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.27"></a><var>131.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) provided the debtor individualized counseling and educational information <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.28"></a><var>131.28</var>that, at a minimum, addresses managing household finances, managing credit and debt, <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.29"></a><var>131.29</var>budgeting, and personal savings strategies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.30"></a><var>131.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) prepared in writing and provided to the debtor, in a form that the debtor may <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.31"></a><var>131.31</var>keep, an individualized financial analysis and a proposed debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.32"></a><var>131.32</var>plan listing the debtor's known debts with specific recommendations regarding actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.33"></a><var>131.33</var>the debtor should take to reduce or eliminate the amount of the debts, including written <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.34"></a><var>131.34</var>disclosure that debt management services are not suitable for all debtors and that there are <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.35"></a><var>131.35</var>other ways, including bankruptcy, to deal with indebtedness;<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) made a determination supported by an individualized financial analysis that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var>debtor can reasonably meet the requirements of the proposed debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var>plan and that there is a net tangible benefit to the debtor of entering into the proposed debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var>management services plan; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) prepared, in a form the debtor may keep, a written list identifying all known <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var>creditors of the debtor that the provider reasonably expects to participate in the plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var>and the creditors, including secured creditors, that the provider reasonably expects not <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var>to participate; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var>(5) disclosed, in addition to the written disclosure on the agreement required under <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var>subdivision 1, whether or not the debt management services provider is registered with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var>Minnesota Department of Commerce and any registration number.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Required terms.</b> (a) Each debt management services agreement must <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var>contain the following terms, which must be disclosed prominently and clearly in bold print <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var>on the front page of the agreement, segregated by bold lines from all other information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var>the page:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.16"></a><var>132.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the origination fee amount to be paid by the debtor and whether all or a portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.17"></a><var>132.17</var>of the initial origination fee amount is refundable or nonrefundable;<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.18"></a><var>132.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the monthly fee amount or percentage to be paid by the debtor; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.19"></a><var>132.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the total amount of fees reasonably anticipated to be paid by the debtor over <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.20"></a><var>132.20</var>the term of the agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.21"></a><var>132.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Each debt management services agreement must also contain the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.22"></a><var>132.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a disclosure that if the amount of debt owed is increased by interest, late fees, <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.23"></a><var>132.23</var>over the limit fees, and other amounts imposed by the creditors, the length of the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.24"></a><var>132.24</var>management services agreement will be extended and remain in force and that the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.25"></a><var>132.25</var>dollar charges agreed upon may increase at the rate agreed upon in the original contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.26"></a><var>132.26</var>agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.27"></a><var>132.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a prominent statement describing the terms upon which the debtor may cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.28"></a><var>132.28</var>the contract as set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>332A.11</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.29"></a><var>132.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a detailed description of all services to be performed by the debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.30"></a><var>132.30</var>services provider for the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.31"></a><var>132.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the debt management services provider's refund policy; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.32"></a><var>132.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the debt management services provider's principal business address and the name <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.33"></a><var>132.33</var>and address of its agent in this state authorized to receive service of process.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.34"></a><var>132.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Prohibited terms.</b> The following terms shall not be included in the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.35"></a><var>132.35</var>management services agreement:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.36"></a><var>132.36</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a hold harmless clause;<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.1"></a><var>133.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a confession of judgment, or a power of attorney to confess judgment against the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.2"></a><var>133.2</var>debtor or appear as the debtor in any judicial proceeding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.3"></a><var>133.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a waiver of the right to a jury trial, if applicable, in any action brought by <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.4"></a><var>133.4</var>or against a debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.5"></a><var>133.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an assignment of or an order for payment of wages or other compensation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.6"></a><var>133.6</var>services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.7"></a><var>133.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) a provision in which the debtor agrees not to assert any claim or defense arising <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.8"></a><var>133.8</var>out of the debt management services agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.9"></a><var>133.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) a waiver of any provision of this chapter or a release of any obligation required <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.10"></a><var>133.10</var>to be performed on the part of the debt management services provider; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.11"></a><var>133.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) a mandatory arbitration clause or a clause selecting a law other than the laws of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.12"></a><var>133.12</var>Minnesota under which the debt management services agreement or any other dispute <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.13"></a><var>133.13</var>involving the provision of debt management services is governed or enforced.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.14"></a><var>133.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5.  <b>New debt management services agreements; modification of existing </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.133.15"></a><var>133.15</var><b>agreements.</b> (a) Separate and additional debt management services agreements that <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.16"></a><var>133.16</var>comply with this chapter may be entered into by the debt management services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.17"></a><var>133.17</var>and the debtor provided that no additional initial origination fee may be charged by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.18"></a><var>133.18</var>debt management services provider. <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.19"></a><var>133.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Any modification of an existing debt management services agreement, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.20"></a><var>133.20</var>any increase in the number or amount of debts included in the debt management service <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.21"></a><var>133.21</var>services agreement, must be in writing and signed by both parties, except that the signature <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.22"></a><var>133.22</var>of the debtor is not required if: <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.23"></a><var>133.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a creditor is added to or deleted from a debt management services agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.24"></a><var>133.24</var>at the request of the debtor or a debtor voluntarily increases the amount of a payment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.25"></a><var>133.25</var>provided the debt management services provider must provide an updated payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.26"></a><var>133.26</var>schedule to the debtor within seven days; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.27"></a><var>133.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the payment amount to a creditor in the agreement increases by $10 or less <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.28"></a><var>133.28</var>and the total payment amount to all creditors increases a total of $20 or less as a result <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.29"></a><var>133.29</var>of incorrect or incomplete information provided by the debtor regarding the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.30"></a><var>133.30</var>debt owed a creditor, provided the debt management services provider must notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.31"></a><var>133.31</var>debtor of the increase within seven days. <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.32"></a><var>133.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No fees, charges, or other consideration may be demanded from the debtor for <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.33"></a><var>133.33</var>the modification, other than an increase in the amount of the monthly maintenance fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.34"></a><var>133.34</var>established in the original debt management services agreement. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.16.0"></a><a id="pl.133.35"></a><var>133.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.1"></a><var>134.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Notice of debtor's right to cancel.</b> A debt management services <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.2"></a><var>134.2</var>agreement must contain, on its face, in an easily readable typeface type immediately <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.3"></a><var>134.3</var>adjacent to the space for signature by the debtor, the following notice: "Right To Cancel: <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.4"></a><var>134.4</var>You have the right to cancel this contract at any time on ten days' written notice." <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.17.0"></a><a id="pl.134.5"></a><var>134.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.6"></a><var>134.6</var><b>332A.14 PROHIBITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.134.7"></a><var>134.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A registrant No debt management services provider shall not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.8"></a><var>134.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) purchase from a creditor any obligation of a debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.9"></a><var>134.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) use, threaten to use, seek to have used, or seek to have threatened the use of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.10"></a><var>134.10</var>legal process, including but not limited to garnishment and repossession of personal <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.11"></a><var>134.11</var>property, against any debtor while the debt management services agreement between the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.12"></a><var>134.12</var>registrant and the debtor remains executory;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.13"></a><var>134.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) advise, counsel, or encourage a debtor to stop paying a creditor until a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.14"></a><var>134.14</var>management services plan is in place, or imply, infer, encourage, or in any other way <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.15"></a><var>134.15</var>indicate, that it is advisable to stop paying a creditor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.16"></a><var>134.16</var>(4) sanction or condone the act by a debtor of ceasing payments or imply, infer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.17"></a><var>134.17</var>or in any manner indicate that the act of ceasing payments is advisable or beneficial to <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.18"></a><var>134.18</var>the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.19"></a><var>134.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (5) require as a condition of performing debt management services the purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.20"></a><var>134.20</var>of any services, stock, insurance, commodity, or other property or any interest therein <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.21"></a><var>134.21</var>either by the debtor or the registrant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.22"></a><var>134.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) (6) compromise any debts unless the prior written or contractual approval of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.23"></a><var>134.23</var>debtor has been obtained to such compromise and unless such compromise inures solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.24"></a><var>134.24</var>to the benefit of the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.25"></a><var>134.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) (7) receive from any debtor as security or in payment of any fee a promissory <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.26"></a><var>134.26</var>note or other promise to pay or any mortgage or other security, whether as to real or <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.27"></a><var>134.27</var>personal property;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.28"></a><var>134.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) (8) lend money or provide credit to any debtor if any interest or fee is charged, <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.29"></a><var>134.29</var>or directly or indirectly collect any fee for referring, advising, procuring, arranging, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.30"></a><var>134.30</var>assisting a consumer in obtaining any extension of credit or other debtor service from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.31"></a><var>134.31</var>lender or debt management services provider;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.32"></a><var>134.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) (9) structure a debt management services agreement that would result in negative <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.33"></a><var>134.33</var>amortization of any debt in the plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.34"></a><var>134.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) (10) engage in any unfair, deceptive, or unconscionable act or practice in <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.35"></a><var>134.35</var>connection with any service provided to any debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.1"></a><var>135.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) (11) offer, pay, or give any material cash fee, gift, bonus, premium, reward, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.2"></a><var>135.2</var>other compensation to any person for referring any prospective customer to the registrant <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.3"></a><var>135.3</var>or for enrolling a debtor in a debt management services plan, or provide any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.4"></a><var>135.4</var>incentives for employees or agents of the debt management services provider to induce <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.5"></a><var>135.5</var>debtors to enter into a debt management services plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.6"></a><var>135.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(11) (12) receive any cash, fee, gift, bonus, premium, reward, or other compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.7"></a><var>135.7</var>from any person other than the debtor or a person on the debtor's behalf in connection <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.8"></a><var>135.8</var>with activities as a registrant, provided that this paragraph does not apply to a registrant <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.9"></a><var>135.9</var>which is a bona fide nonprofit corporation duly organized under chapter 317A or under <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.10"></a><var>135.10</var>the similar laws of another state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.11"></a><var>135.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(12) (13) enter into a contract with a debtor unless a thorough written budget analysis <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.12"></a><var>135.12</var>indicates that the debtor can reasonably meet the requirements of the financial adjustment <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.13"></a><var>135.13</var>plan and will be benefited by the plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.14"></a><var>135.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(13) (14) in any way charge or purport to charge or provide any debtor credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.15"></a><var>135.15</var>insurance in conjunction with any contract or agreement involved in the debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.16"></a><var>135.16</var>services plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.17"></a><var>135.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(14) (15) operate or employ a person who is an employee or owner of a collection <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.18"></a><var>135.18</var>agency or process-serving business; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.19"></a><var>135.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) (16) solicit, demand, collect, require, or attempt to require payment of a sum <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.20"></a><var>135.20</var>that the registrant states, discloses, or advertises to be a voluntary contribution to a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.21"></a><var>135.21</var>management services provider or designee from the debtor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.18.0"></a><a id="pl.135.22"></a><var>135.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 332A.16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.23"></a><var>135.23</var><b>332A.16 ADVERTISEMENT OF DEBT MANAGEMENT SERVICES </b><b>PLANS</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.135.24"></a><var>135.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No debt management services provider may make false, deceptive, or misleading <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.25"></a><var>135.25</var>statements or omissions about the rates, terms, or conditions of an actual or proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.26"></a><var>135.26</var>debt management services plan or its debt management services, or create the likelihood <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.27"></a><var>135.27</var>of consumer confusion or misunderstanding regarding its services, including but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.28"></a><var>135.28</var>limited to the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.29"></a><var>135.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) represent that the debt management services provider is a nonprofit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.30"></a><var>135.30</var>not-for-profit, or has similar status or characteristics if some or all of the debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.31"></a><var>135.31</var>services will be provided by a for-profit company that is a controlling or affiliated party to <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.32"></a><var>135.32</var>the debt management services provider; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.33"></a><var>135.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) make any communication that gives the impression that the debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.34"></a><var>135.34</var>services provider is acting on behalf of a government agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.19.0"></a><a id="pl.136.1"></a><var>136.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>[332B.02] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.136.2"></a><var>136.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.3"></a><var>136.3</var>for the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.4"></a><var>136.4</var>them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.5"></a><var>136.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Accreditation.</b> "Accreditation" means certification as an accredited credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.6"></a><var>136.6</var>counseling provider by the Council on Accreditation, the Bureau Veritas Certification <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.7"></a><var>136.7</var>North America, Inc., or BSI Management Systems America, Inc.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.8"></a><var>136.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Advertise.</b> "Advertise" means to solicit business through any means or <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.9"></a><var>136.9</var>medium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.10"></a><var>136.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Aggregate debt.</b> "Aggregate debt" means the total of principal and interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.11"></a><var>136.11</var>that is owed by the debtor to the creditors at the time of execution of the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.12"></a><var>136.12</var>agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.13"></a><var>136.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Attorney general.</b> "Attorney general" means the attorney general of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.14"></a><var>136.14</var>state of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.15"></a><var>136.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Commissioner.</b> "Commissioner" means the commissioner of commerce.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.16"></a><var>136.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Controlling or affiliated party.</b> "Controlling or affiliated party" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.17"></a><var>136.17</var>any person or entity that controls or is controlled, directly or indirectly, or is under <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.18"></a><var>136.18</var>common control with another person. Controlling or affiliated party includes, but is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.19"></a><var>136.19</var>limited to, employees, officers, independent contractors, corporations, partnerships, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.20"></a><var>136.20</var>limited liability corporations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.21"></a><var>136.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Credit counseling.</b> "Credit counseling" means the provision of counseling <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.22"></a><var>136.22</var>and advice on managing household finances, including but not limited to, managing credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.23"></a><var>136.23</var>and debt, budgeting, and personal savings.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.24"></a><var>136.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Creditor.</b> "Creditor" means any party:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.25"></a><var>136.25</var>(1) named by the debtor as a creditor in the debt settlement services plan or debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.26"></a><var>136.26</var>settlement services agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.27"></a><var>136.27</var>(2) that acquires or holds the debt; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.28"></a><var>136.28</var>(3) to whom interactions with the debt settlement services is assigned in relation to <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.29"></a><var>136.29</var>the debt listed in the debt settlement services plan or debt settlement services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.30"></a><var>136.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Debt settlement services.</b> "Debt settlement services" means any one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.31"></a><var>136.31</var>more of the following activities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.32"></a><var>136.32</var>(1) offering to provide advice, or offering to act or acting as an intermediary between <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.33"></a><var>136.33</var>a debtor and one or more of the debtor's creditors, where the primary purpose of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.34"></a><var>136.34</var>advice or action is to obtain a settlement for less than the full amount of debt, whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.1"></a><var>137.1</var>in principal, interest, fees, or other charges, incurred primarily for personal, family, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.2"></a><var>137.2</var>household purposes including, but not limited to, offering debt negotiation, debt reduction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.3"></a><var>137.3</var>or debt relief services; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.4"></a><var>137.4</var>(2) advising, encouraging, assisting, or counseling a debtor to accumulate funds in <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.5"></a><var>137.5</var>an account for future payment of a reduced amount of debt to one or more of the debtor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.6"></a><var>137.6</var>creditors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.7"></a><var>137.7</var>Any person so engaged or holding out as so engaged is deemed to be engaged in <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.8"></a><var>137.8</var>the provision of debt settlement services, regardless of whether or not a fee is charged for <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.9"></a><var>137.9</var>such services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.10"></a><var>137.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Debt settlement services agreement.</b> "Debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.11"></a><var>137.11</var>agreement" means the written contract between the debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.12"></a><var>137.12</var>and the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.13"></a><var>137.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Debt settlement services plan.</b> "Debt settlement services plan" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.14"></a><var>137.14</var>the debtor's individualized package of debt settlement services set forth in the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.15"></a><var>137.15</var>settlement services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.16"></a><var>137.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 13. <b>Debt settlement services provider.</b> "Debt settlement services provider" <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.17"></a><var>137.17</var>means any person offering or providing debt settlement services to a debtor domiciled <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.18"></a><var>137.18</var>in this state, regardless of whether or not a fee is charged for the services and regardless <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.19"></a><var>137.19</var>of whether the person maintains a physical presence in the state. The term includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.20"></a><var>137.20</var>any person to whom debt settlement duties are delegated. The term shall not include <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.21"></a><var>137.21</var>persons listed in section 332A.02, subdivision 8, clauses (1) to (10), or a debt management <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.22"></a><var>137.22</var>services provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.23"></a><var>137.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Lead generator.</b> "Lead generator" means a person that, without providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.24"></a><var>137.24</var>debt settlement services: (1) solicits debtors to engage in debt settlement through mail, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.25"></a><var>137.25</var>in person, or electronic Web site-based solicitation or any other means, (2) acts as an <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.26"></a><var>137.26</var>intermediary or referral agent between a debtor and an entity actually providing debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.27"></a><var>137.27</var>settlement services, or (3) obtains a debtor's personally identifiable information and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.28"></a><var>137.28</var>transmits that information to a debt settlement services provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.29"></a><var>137.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Person.</b> "Person" means an individual, firm, partnership, association, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.30"></a><var>137.30</var>or corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.31"></a><var>137.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Registrant.</b> "Registrant" means any person registered by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.32"></a><var>137.32</var>commissioner pursuant to this chapter and, where used in conjunction with an act or <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.33"></a><var>137.33</var>omission required or prohibited by this chapter, shall mean any person performing debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.34"></a><var>137.34</var>settlement services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.20.0"></a><a id="pl.138.1"></a><var>138.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>[332B.03] REQUIREMENT OF REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.2"></a><var>138.2</var>On or after August 1, 2009, it is unlawful for any person, whether or not located <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.3"></a><var>138.3</var>in this state, to operate as a debt settlement services provider or provide debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.4"></a><var>138.4</var>services including, but not limited to, offering, advertising, or executing or causing to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.5"></a><var>138.5</var>executed any debt settlement services or debt settlement services agreement, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.6"></a><var>138.6</var>authorized by law, without first becoming registered as provided in this chapter. Debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.7"></a><var>138.7</var>settlement services providers may continue to provide debt settlement services without <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.8"></a><var>138.8</var>complying with this chapter to those debtors who entered into a contract to participate <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.9"></a><var>138.9</var>in a debt settlement services plan prior to August 1, 2009, but may not enter into a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.10"></a><var>138.10</var>settlement services agreement with a debt on or after August 1, 2009, without complying <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.11"></a><var>138.11</var>with this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.21.0"></a><a id="pl.138.12"></a><var>138.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[332B.04] REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.13"></a><var>138.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Form.</b> Application for registration to operate as a debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.14"></a><var>138.14</var>services provider in this state must be made in writing to the commissioner, under oath, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.15"></a><var>138.15</var>the form prescribed by the commissioner, and must contain:<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.16"></a><var>138.16</var>(1) the full name of each principal of the entity applying;<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.17"></a><var>138.17</var>(2) the address, which must not be a post office box, and the telephone number and, <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.18"></a><var>138.18</var>if applicable, the e-mail address, of the applicant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.19"></a><var>138.19</var>(3) consent to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.20"></a><var>138.20</var>(4) the name and address of the registered agent authorized to accept service of <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.21"></a><var>138.21</var>process on behalf of the applicant or appointment of the commissioner as the applicant's <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.22"></a><var>138.22</var>agent for purposes of accepting service of process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.23"></a><var>138.23</var>(5) disclosure of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.24"></a><var>138.24</var>(i) whether any controlling or affiliated party has ever been convicted of a crime <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.25"></a><var>138.25</var>or found civilly liable for an offense involving moral turpitude, including forgery, <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.26"></a><var>138.26</var>embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, larceny, extortion, conspiracy to <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.27"></a><var>138.27</var>defraud, or any other similar offense or violation, or any violation of a federal or state <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.28"></a><var>138.28</var>law or regulation in connection with activities relating to the rendition of debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.29"></a><var>138.29</var>services or involving any consumer fraud, false advertising, deceptive trade practices, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.30"></a><var>138.30</var>similar consumer protection law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.31"></a><var>138.31</var>(ii) any judgments, private or public litigation, tax liens, written complaints, <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.32"></a><var>138.32</var>administrative actions, or investigations by any government agency against the applicant <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.33"></a><var>138.33</var>or any officer, director, manager, or shareholder owning more than five percent interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.34"></a><var>138.34</var>in the applicant, unresolved or otherwise, filed or otherwise commenced within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.35"></a><var>138.35</var>preceding ten years;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.1"></a><var>139.1</var>(iii) whether the applicant or any person employed by the applicant has had a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.2"></a><var>139.2</var>of having defaulted in the payment of money collected for others, including the discharge <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.3"></a><var>139.3</var>of debts through bankruptcy proceedings; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.4"></a><var>139.4</var>(iv) whether the applicant's license or registration to provide debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.5"></a><var>139.5</var>in any other state has ever been revoked or suspended;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.6"></a><var>139.6</var>(6) a copy of the applicant's standard debt settlement services agreement that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.7"></a><var>139.7</var>applicant intends to execute with debtors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.8"></a><var>139.8</var>(7) proof of accreditation, unless the applicant submits an affidavit attesting that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.9"></a><var>139.9</var>applicant does not provide credit counseling services; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.10"></a><var>139.10</var>(8) any other information and material as the commissioner may require.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.11"></a><var>139.11</var>The commissioner may, for good cause shown, temporarily waive any requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.12"></a><var>139.12</var>of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.13"></a><var>139.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Term and scope of registration.</b> A registration is effective until 11:59 <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.14"></a><var>139.14</var>p.m. on December 31 of the year for which the application for registration is filed or until <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.15"></a><var>139.15</var>it is surrendered by the registrant or revoked or suspended by the commissioner. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.16"></a><var>139.16</var>registration is limited solely to the business of providing debt settlement services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.17"></a><var>139.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fees; bond.</b> An applicant for registration as a debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.18"></a><var>139.18</var>provider must comply with the requirements of section 332A.04, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.19"></a><var>139.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Right of action on bond.</b> If the registrant has failed to account to a debtor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.20"></a><var>139.20</var>or has failed to perform any of the services promised, the registrant is in default. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.21"></a><var>139.21</var>debtor or the debtor's legal representative or receiver, the commissioner, or the attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.22"></a><var>139.22</var>general, shall have, in addition to all other legal remedies, a right of action in the name of <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.23"></a><var>139.23</var>the debtor on the bond or the security given under this section, for loss suffered by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.24"></a><var>139.24</var>debtor, not exceeding the face amount of the bond or security, and without the necessity of <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.25"></a><var>139.25</var>joining the registrant in the suit or action based on the default.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.26"></a><var>139.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Registrant list.</b> The commissioner must maintain a list of registered debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.27"></a><var>139.27</var>settlement services providers. The list must be made available to the public in written <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.28"></a><var>139.28</var>form upon request and on the Department of Commerce Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.29"></a><var>139.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Renewal of registration.</b> Each year, each registrant under the provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.30"></a><var>139.30</var>of this chapter must, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days before its registration is to <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.31"></a><var>139.31</var>expire, apply to the commissioner for renewal of its registration on a form prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.32"></a><var>139.32</var>the commissioner. The application must be signed by the registrant under penalty of <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.33"></a><var>139.33</var>perjury, contain current information on all matters required in the original application, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.34"></a><var>139.34</var>be accompanied by a payment of $250. The registrant must maintain a continuous surety <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.35"></a><var>139.35</var>bond that satisfies the requirements of section 332A.04, subdivision 4. The renewal is <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.1"></a><var>140.1</var>effective for one year. The commissioner may, for good cause shown, temporarily waive <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.2"></a><var>140.2</var>any requirement of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.22.0"></a><a id="pl.140.3"></a><var>140.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>[332B.05] DENIAL, SUSPENSION, REVOCATION, OR </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.4"></a><var>140.4</var><b>NONRENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.5"></a><var>140.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Denial.</b> The commissioner, with notice to the applicant by certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.6"></a><var>140.6</var>mail sent to the address listed on the application, may deny an application for a registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.7"></a><var>140.7</var>for any of the reasons specified under section 332A.08.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.8"></a><var>140.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal.</b> The commissioner may suspend, <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.9"></a><var>140.9</var>revoke, or refuse to renew any registration issued under this chapter, or may levy a civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.10"></a><var>140.10</var>penalty under section 45.027, or any combination of actions, if the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.11"></a><var>140.11</var>provider or any controlling or affiliated person has committed any act or omission for <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.12"></a><var>140.12</var>which the commissioner could have refused to issue an initial registration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.13"></a><var>140.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Procedure.</b> Suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal must be upon notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.14"></a><var>140.14</var>and under the conditions prescribed in section 332A.09, subdivision 1. Upon issuance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.15"></a><var>140.15</var>an order suspending, revoking, or refusing to renew a registration, the commissioner:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.16"></a><var>140.16</var>(1) shall follow the procedure established in section 332A.09, subdivision 2; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.17"></a><var>140.17</var>(2) may follow the procedure specified in section 332A.09, subdivision 3, concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.18"></a><var>140.18</var>the appointment of a receiver for funds of sanctioned registrants.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.23.0"></a><a id="pl.140.19"></a><var>140.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>[332B.06] WRITTEN DEBT SETTLEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.20"></a><var>140.20</var><b>DISCLOSURES; TRUST ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.21"></a><var>140.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Written agreement required.</b> (a) A debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.22"></a><var>140.22</var>provider may not perform, or impose any charges or receive any payment for, any debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.23"></a><var>140.23</var>settlement services until the provider and the debtor have executed a debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.24"></a><var>140.24</var>services agreement that contains all terms of the agreement between the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.25"></a><var>140.25</var>services provider and the debtor and complies with all the applicable requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.26"></a><var>140.26</var>this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.27"></a><var>140.27</var>(b) A debt settlement services agreement must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.28"></a><var>140.28</var>(1) be in writing, dated, and signed by the debt settlement services provider and <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.29"></a><var>140.29</var>the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.30"></a><var>140.30</var>(2) conspicuously indicate whether or not the debt settlement services provider is <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.31"></a><var>140.31</var>registered with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and include any registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.32"></a><var>140.32</var>number; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.33"></a><var>140.33</var>(3) be written in the debtor's primary language if the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.34"></a><var>140.34</var>provider advertises in that language.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.1"></a><var>141.1</var>(c) The registrant must furnish the debtor with a copy of the signed contract upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.2"></a><var>141.2</var>execution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.3"></a><var>141.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Actions prior to executing a written agreement.</b> No person may provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.4"></a><var>141.4</var>debt settlement services for a debtor or execute a debt settlement services agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.5"></a><var>141.5</var>unless the person first has: <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.6"></a><var>141.6</var>(1) informed the debtor, in writing, that debt settlement is not appropriate for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.7"></a><var>141.7</var>debtors and that there are other ways to deal with debt, including using credit counseling <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.8"></a><var>141.8</var>or debt management services, or filing bankruptcy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.9"></a><var>141.9</var>(2) prepared in writing and provided to the debtor, in a form the debtor may keep, <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.10"></a><var>141.10</var>an individualized financial analysis of the debtor's financial circumstances, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.11"></a><var>141.11</var>income and liabilities, and made a determination supported by the individualized financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.12"></a><var>141.12</var>analysis that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.13"></a><var>141.13</var>(i) the debt settlement plan proposed for addressing the debt is suitable for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.14"></a><var>141.14</var>individual debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.15"></a><var>141.15</var>(ii) the debtor can reasonably meet the requirements of the proposed debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.16"></a><var>141.16</var>services plan; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.17"></a><var>141.17</var>(iii) based on the totality of the circumstances, there is a net tangible benefit to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.18"></a><var>141.18</var>debtor of entering into the proposed debt settlement services plan; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.19"></a><var>141.19</var>(3) provided, on a document separate from any other document, the total amount and <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.20"></a><var>141.20</var>an itemization of fees, including any origination fees, monthly fees, and settlement fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.21"></a><var>141.21</var>reasonably anticipated to be paid by the debtor over the term of the agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.22"></a><var>141.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Determination concerning creditor participation.</b> (a) Before executing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.23"></a><var>141.23</var>debt settlement services agreement or providing any services, a debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.24"></a><var>141.24</var>provider must make a determination, supported by sufficient bases, which creditors listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.25"></a><var>141.25</var>by the debtor are reasonably likely, and which are not reasonably likely, to participate in <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.26"></a><var>141.26</var>the debt settlement services plan set forth in the debt settlement services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.27"></a><var>141.27</var>(b) A debt settlement services provider has a defense against a claim that no <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.28"></a><var>141.28</var>sufficient basis existed to make a determination that a creditor was likely to participate if <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.29"></a><var>141.29</var>the debt settlement services provider can produce:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.30"></a><var>141.30</var>(1) written confirmation from the creditor that, at the time the determination was <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.31"></a><var>141.31</var>made, the creditor and the debt settlement services provider were engaged in negotiations <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.32"></a><var>141.32</var>to settle a debt for another debtor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.33"></a><var>141.33</var>(2) evidence that the provider and the creditor had entered into a settlement of a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.34"></a><var>141.34</var>within the six months prior to the date of the determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.35"></a><var>141.35</var>(c) The debt settlement services provider must notify the debtor as soon as <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.36"></a><var>141.36</var>practicable after the provider has made a determination of the likelihood of participation <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.1"></a><var>142.1</var>or nonparticipation of all the creditors listed for inclusion in the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.2"></a><var>142.2</var>agreement or debt settlement services plan. If not all creditors listed in the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.3"></a><var>142.3</var>services agreement are reasonably likely to participate in the debt settlement services plan, <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.4"></a><var>142.4</var>the debt settlement services provider must obtain the written authorization from the debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.5"></a><var>142.5</var>to proceed with the debt settlement services agreement without the likely participation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.6"></a><var>142.6</var>all listed creditors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.7"></a><var>142.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Disclosures.</b> (a) A person offering to provide or providing debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.8"></a><var>142.8</var>services must disclose both orally and in writing whether or not the person is registered <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.9"></a><var>142.9</var>with the Minnesota Department of Commerce and any registration number.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.10"></a><var>142.10</var>(b) No person may provide debt settlement services unless the person first has <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.11"></a><var>142.11</var>provided, both orally and in writing, on a single sheet of paper, separate from any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.12"></a><var>142.12</var>document or writing, the following verbatim notice:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.13"></a><var>142.13</var>CAUTION<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.14"></a><var>142.14</var>We CANNOT GUARANTEE that you will successfully reduce or eliminate your <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.15"></a><var>142.15</var>debt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.16"></a><var>142.16</var>If you stop paying your creditors, there is a strong likelihood some or all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.17"></a><var>142.17</var>following may happen:<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.18"></a><var>142.18</var>&#8226; YOUR WAGES OR BANK ACCOUNT MAY STILL BE GARNISHED.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.19"></a><var>142.19</var>&#8226; YOU MAY STILL BE CONTACTED BY CREDITORS.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.20"></a><var>142.20</var>&#8226; YOU MAY STILL BE SUED BY CREDITORS for the money you owe.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.21"></a><var>142.21</var>&#8226; FEES, INTEREST, AND OTHER CHARGES WILL CONTINUE TO MOUNT <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.22"></a><var>142.22</var>UP DURING THE (INSERT NUMBER) MONTHS THIS PLAN IS IN EFFECT.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.23"></a><var>142.23</var>Even if we do settle your debt, YOU MAY STILL HAVE TO PAY TAXES on <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.24"></a><var>142.24</var>the amount forgiven.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.25"></a><var>142.25</var>Your credit rating may be adversely affected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.26"></a><var>142.26</var>(c) The heading, "CAUTION," must be in bold, underlined, 28-point type, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.27"></a><var>142.27</var>remaining text must be in 14-point type, with a double space between each statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.28"></a><var>142.28</var>(d) The disclosures and notices required under this subdivision must be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.29"></a><var>142.29</var>in the debtor's primary language if the debt settlement services provider advertises in <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.30"></a><var>142.30</var>that language.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.31"></a><var>142.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Required terms.</b> (a) Each debt settlement services agreement must contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.32"></a><var>142.32</var>on the front page of the agreement, segregated by bold lines from all other information <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.33"></a><var>142.33</var>on the page and disclosed prominently and clearly in bold print, the total amount and an <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.34"></a><var>142.34</var>itemization of fees, including any origination fees, monthly fees, and settlement fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.35"></a><var>142.35</var>reasonably anticipated to be paid by the debtor over the term of the agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.36"></a><var>142.36</var>(b) Each debt settlement services agreement must also contain the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.1"></a><var>143.1</var>(1) a prominent statement describing the terms upon which the debtor may cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.2"></a><var>143.2</var>the contract as set forth in section 332B.07;<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.3"></a><var>143.3</var>(2) a detailed description of all services to be performed by the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.4"></a><var>143.4</var>services provider for the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.5"></a><var>143.5</var>(3) the debt settlement services provider's refund policy;<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.6"></a><var>143.6</var>(4) the debt settlement services provider's principal business address, which must <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.7"></a><var>143.7</var>not be a post office box, and the name and address of its agent in this state authorized to <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.8"></a><var>143.8</var>receive service of process; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.9"></a><var>143.9</var>(5) the name of each creditor the debtor has listed and the aggregate debt owed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.10"></a><var>143.10</var>each creditor that will be the subject of settlement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.11"></a><var>143.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Prohibited terms.</b> A debt settlement services agreement may not contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.12"></a><var>143.12</var>any of the terms prohibited under section 332A.10, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.13"></a><var>143.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>New debt settlement services agreements; modifications of existing </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.143.14"></a><var>143.14</var><b>agreements.</b> (a) Separate and additional debt settlement services agreements that comply <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.15"></a><var>143.15</var>with this chapter may be entered into by the debt settlement services provider and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.16"></a><var>143.16</var>debtor, provided that no additional origination fee may be charged by the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.17"></a><var>143.17</var>services provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.18"></a><var>143.18</var>(b) Any modification of an existing debt settlement services agreement, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.19"></a><var>143.19</var>any increase in the number or amount of debts included in the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.20"></a><var>143.20</var>agreement, must be in writing and signed by both parties. No fee may be charged to <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.21"></a><var>143.21</var>modify an existing agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.22"></a><var>143.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8.  <b>Funds held in trust.</b> Debtor funds may be held in trust for the purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.23"></a><var>143.23</var>of writing exchange checks for no longer than 42 days. If the registrant holds debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.24"></a><var>143.24</var>funds, the registrant must maintain a separate trust account, except that the registrant may <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.25"></a><var>143.25</var>commingle debtor funds with the registrant's own funds, in the form of an imprest fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.26"></a><var>143.26</var>to the extent necessary to ensure maintenance of a minimum balance, if the financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.27"></a><var>143.27</var>institution at which the trust account is held requires a minimum balance to avoid the <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.28"></a><var>143.28</var>assessment of fees or penalties for failure to maintain a minimum balance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.24.0"></a><a id="pl.143.29"></a><var>143.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. <b>[332B.07] RIGHT TO CANCEL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.143.30"></a><var>143.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Debtor's right to cancel.</b> (a) A debtor has the right to cancel a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.31"></a><var>143.31</var>settlement services agreement without cause at any time upon ten days' written notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.32"></a><var>143.32</var>to the debt settlement services provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.143.33"></a><var>143.33</var>(b) In the event of cancellation, the debt settlement services provider must, within <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.34"></a><var>143.34</var>ten days of the cancellation, notify the debtor's creditors with whom the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.1"></a><var>144.1</var>services provider is or has been, under the terms of the debt settlement agreement, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.2"></a><var>144.2</var>communication, of the cancellation and immediately refund all fees paid by the debtor to <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.3"></a><var>144.3</var>the debt settlement services provider that exceed the fees allowed under section 332B.09.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.4"></a><var>144.4</var>(c) Upon cancellation, the debt settlement services provider must cease collection of <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.5"></a><var>144.5</var>any monthly fees beginning in the month following cancellation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.6"></a><var>144.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Notice of debtor's right to cancel.</b> A debt settlement services agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.7"></a><var>144.7</var>must contain, on its face, in an easily readable type immediately adjacent to the space for <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.8"></a><var>144.8</var>signature by the debtor, the following notice: "Right to Cancel: You have the right to <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.9"></a><var>144.9</var>cancel this contract at any time on ten days' written notice."<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.10"></a><var>144.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Automatic termination.</b> Upon the payment of all listed or settled debts <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.11"></a><var>144.11</var>and fees, the debt settlement services agreement must automatically terminate, and all <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.12"></a><var>144.12</var>funds held by the debt settlement services provider that exceed the fees allowed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.13"></a><var>144.13</var>section 332B.09 must be immediately returned to the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.14"></a><var>144.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Debt settlement services provider's right to cancel.</b> (a) A debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.15"></a><var>144.15</var>services provider may cancel a debt settlement services agreement with good cause upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.16"></a><var>144.16</var>30 days' written notice to the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.17"></a><var>144.17</var>(b) Within ten days after the cancellation, the debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.18"></a><var>144.18</var>must notify the debtor's creditors with whom the debt settlement services provider is or <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.19"></a><var>144.19</var>has been, under the terms of the debt settlement services agreement, in communication, <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.20"></a><var>144.20</var>of the cancellation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.21"></a><var>144.21</var>(c) Upon cancellation, the debt settlement services provider must cease collection of <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.22"></a><var>144.22</var>any monthly fees beginning in the month following cancellation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.23"></a><var>144.23</var>(d) A debt settlement services provider is entitled to the full amount of the fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.24"></a><var>144.24</var>provided for in the debt settlement services agreement if the provider can show that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.25"></a><var>144.25</var>(1) the provider obtained a settlement offer from the creditor or creditors in <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.26"></a><var>144.26</var>accordance with the debt settlement services agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.27"></a><var>144.27</var>(2) the debtor rejected the settlement offer; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.144.28"></a><var>144.28</var>(3) within the period contemplated in the debt settlement services agreement, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.29"></a><var>144.29</var>debtor entered into a settlement agreement with the same creditor or creditors for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.30"></a><var>144.30</var>amount equal to or lower than the settlement offer obtained by the provider.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.25.0"></a><a id="pl.144.31"></a><var>144.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>[332B.08] BOOKS, RECORDS, AND INFORMATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.144.32"></a><var>144.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Records retention; annual report.</b> Every registrant must keep, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.33"></a><var>144.33</var>use in the registrant's business, such books, accounts, and records, including electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.144.34"></a><var>144.34</var>records, as will enable the commissioner to determine whether the registrant is complying <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.1"></a><var>145.1</var>with this chapter and the rules, orders, and directives adopted by the commissioner under <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.2"></a><var>145.2</var>this chapter. Every registrant must preserve such books, accounts, and records for at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.3"></a><var>145.3</var>six years after making the final entry on any transaction recorded therein. Examinations <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.4"></a><var>145.4</var>of the books, records, and method of operations conducted under the supervision of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.5"></a><var>145.5</var>commissioner shall be done at the cost of the registrant. The cost must be assessed as <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.6"></a><var>145.6</var>determined under section 46.131.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.7"></a><var>145.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Annual report.</b> On or before March 15 of each calendar year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.8"></a><var>145.8</var>each registrant must file a report with the commissioner containing information the <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.9"></a><var>145.9</var>commissioner may require about the preceding calendar year. The report must be in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.10"></a><var>145.10</var>form the commissioner prescribes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.11"></a><var>145.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Statements to debtors.</b> (a) Each registrant must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.12"></a><var>145.12</var>(1) maintain and make available records and accounts that will enable each debtor to <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.13"></a><var>145.13</var>ascertain the amounts paid to the creditors, if any. A statement showing amounts received <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.14"></a><var>145.14</var>from the debtor, disbursements, if any, to each creditor, amounts that any creditor has <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.15"></a><var>145.15</var>agreed to as payment in full for any debt owed the creditor by the debtor, fees deducted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.16"></a><var>145.16</var>the registrant, and other information the commissioner may prescribe, must be furnished <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.17"></a><var>145.17</var>by the registrant to the debtor at least monthly and, in addition, upon any cancellation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.18"></a><var>145.18</var>termination of the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.19"></a><var>145.19</var>(2) include in the statement furnished to debtors a list of all activities conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.20"></a><var>145.20</var>pursuant to the contract, including the nature of communications and progress of <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.21"></a><var>145.21</var>negotiations with each creditor during the reporting period; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.22"></a><var>145.22</var>(3) prepare and retain in the file of each debtor a written analysis of the debtor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.23"></a><var>145.23</var>income and expenses to substantiate that the plan of payment is feasible and practicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.145.24"></a><var>145.24</var>(b) Each debtor must have reasonable access, without cost, by electronic or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.25"></a><var>145.25</var>means, to information in the registrant's files applicable to the debtor. These statements, <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.26"></a><var>145.26</var>records, and accounts must otherwise remain confidential, except for duly authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.27"></a><var>145.27</var>state and government officials, the commissioner, the attorney general, the debtor, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.28"></a><var>145.28</var>the debtor's representative and designees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.26.0"></a><a id="pl.145.29"></a><var>145.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. <b>[332B.09] FEES; WITHDRAWAL OF CREDITORS; NOTIFICATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.145.30"></a><var>145.30</var><b>TO DEBTOR OF SETTLEMENT OFFER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.145.31"></a><var>145.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Choice of fee structure.</b> A debt settlement services provider may <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.32"></a><var>145.32</var>calculate fees on a percentage of debt basis or on a percentage of savings basis. The fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.145.33"></a><var>145.33</var>structure shall be clearly disclosed and explained in the debt settlement services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.1"></a><var>146.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Fees as a percentage of debt.</b> (a) The total amount of the fees claimed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.2"></a><var>146.2</var>demanded, charged, collected, or received under this subdivision shall be calculated as <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.3"></a><var>146.3</var>15 percent of the aggregate debt. A debt settlement services provider that calculates <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.4"></a><var>146.4</var>fees as a percentage of debt may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.5"></a><var>146.5</var>(1) charge an origination fee, which may be designated by the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.6"></a><var>146.6</var>services provider as nonrefundable, of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.7"></a><var>146.7</var>(i) $200 on aggregate debt of less than $20,000; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.8"></a><var>146.8</var>(ii) $400 on aggregate debt of $20,000 or more;<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.9"></a><var>146.9</var>(2) charge a monthly fee of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.10"></a><var>146.10</var>(i) no greater than $50 per month on aggregate debt of less than $40,000; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.11"></a><var>146.11</var>(ii) no greater than $60 per month on aggregate debt of $40,000 or more; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.12"></a><var>146.12</var>(3) charge a settlement fee for the remainder of the allowable fees, which may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.13"></a><var>146.13</var>demanded and collected no earlier than upon delivery to the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.14"></a><var>146.14</var>provider by a creditor of a bona fide written settlement offer consistent with the terms of <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.15"></a><var>146.15</var>the debt settlement services agreement. A settlement fee may be assessed for each debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.16"></a><var>146.16</var>settled, but the sum total of the origination fee, the monthly fee, and the settlement fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.17"></a><var>146.17</var>may not exceed 15 percent of the aggregate debt.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.18"></a><var>146.18</var>(b) When a settlement offer is obtained by a debt settlement services provider from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.19"></a><var>146.19</var>creditor, the collection of any monthly fees shall cease beginning the month following the <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.20"></a><var>146.20</var>month in which the settlement offer was obtained by the debt settlement services provider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.21"></a><var>146.21</var>(c) In no event may more than 40 percent of the total amount of fees allowable be <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.22"></a><var>146.22</var>claimed, demanded, charged, collected, or received by a debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.23"></a><var>146.23</var>any earlier than upon delivery to the debt settlement services provider by a creditor of <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.24"></a><var>146.24</var>a bona fide written settlement offer consistent with the terms of the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.25"></a><var>146.25</var>services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.26"></a><var>146.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fees as a percentage of savings.</b> (a) The total amount of the fees claimed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.27"></a><var>146.27</var>demanded, charged, collected, or received under this subdivision shall be calculated as 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.28"></a><var>146.28</var>percent of the savings actually negotiated by the debt settlement services provider. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.29"></a><var>146.29</var>savings shall be calculated as the difference between the aggregate debt that is stated <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.30"></a><var>146.30</var>in the debt settlement services agreement at the time of its execution and total amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.31"></a><var>146.31</var>that the debtor actually pays to settle all the debts stated in the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.32"></a><var>146.32</var>agreement, provided that only savings resulting from concessions actually negotiated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.33"></a><var>146.33</var>the debt settlement services provider may be counted. A debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.34"></a><var>146.34</var>that calculates fees as a percentage of debt may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.146.35"></a><var>146.35</var>(1) charge an origination fee, which may be designated by the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.146.36"></a><var>146.36</var>services provider as nonrefundable, of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.1"></a><var>147.1</var>(i) $300 on aggregate debt of less than $20,000; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.2"></a><var>147.2</var>(ii) $500 on aggregate debt of $20,000 or more;<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.3"></a><var>147.3</var>(2) charge a monthly fee of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.4"></a><var>147.4</var>(i) no greater than $65 on aggregate debt of less than $40,000; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.5"></a><var>147.5</var>(ii) no greater than $75 on aggregate debt of $40,000 or more; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.6"></a><var>147.6</var>(3) charge a settlement fee for the remainder of the allowable fees, which may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.7"></a><var>147.7</var>demanded and collected no earlier than upon delivery to the debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.8"></a><var>147.8</var>provider by a creditor of a bona fide, final written settlement offer consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.9"></a><var>147.9</var>terms of the debt settlement services agreement. A settlement fee may be assessed for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.10"></a><var>147.10</var>debt settled, but the sum total of the origination fee, the monthly fee, and the settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.11"></a><var>147.11</var>fee may not exceed 30 percent of the savings, as calculated under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.12"></a><var>147.12</var>(b) The collection of monthly fees shall cease under this subdivision when the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.13"></a><var>147.13</var>total of monthly fees and the origination fee equals 50 percent of the total fees allowable <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.14"></a><var>147.14</var>under this subdivision. For the purposes of this subdivision, 50 percent of the total fees <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.15"></a><var>147.15</var>allowable shall assume a settlement of 50 cents on the dollar.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.16"></a><var>147.16</var>(c) In no event may more than 50 percent of the total amount of fees allowable be <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.17"></a><var>147.17</var>claimed, demanded, charged, collected, or received by a debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.18"></a><var>147.18</var>any earlier than upon delivery to the debt settlement services provider by a creditor of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.19"></a><var>147.19</var>bona fide, final written settlement offer consistent with the terms of the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.20"></a><var>147.20</var>services agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.21"></a><var>147.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Fees exclusive.</b> No fees, charges, assessments, or any other compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.22"></a><var>147.22</var>may be claimed, demanded, charged, collected, or received other than the fees allowed <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.23"></a><var>147.23</var>under this section. Any fees collected in excess of those allowed under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.24"></a><var>147.24</var>be immediately returned to the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.25"></a><var>147.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Withdrawal of creditor.</b> Whenever a creditor withdraws from a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.26"></a><var>147.26</var>settlement services plan, the debt settlement services provider must promptly notify the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.27"></a><var>147.27</var>debtor of the withdrawal, identify the creditor, and inform the debtor of the right to modify <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.28"></a><var>147.28</var>the debt settlement services agreement, unless at least 50 percent of the listed creditors <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.29"></a><var>147.29</var>withdraw, in which case the debt settlement services provider must notify the debtor of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.30"></a><var>147.30</var>debtor's right to cancel. In no case may this notice be provided more than 15 days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.31"></a><var>147.31</var>debt settlement services provider learns of the creditor's decision to withdraw from a plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.147.32"></a><var>147.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Timely notification of settlement offer.</b> A debt settlement services <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.33"></a><var>147.33</var>provider must make all reasonable efforts to notify the debtor within 24 hours of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.147.34"></a><var>147.34</var>settlement offer made by a creditor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.27.0"></a><a id="pl.147.35"></a><var>147.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. <b>[332B.10] PROHIBITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.148.1"></a><var>148.1</var>No debt settlement services provider shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.2"></a><var>148.2</var>(1) engage in any activity, act, or omission prohibited under section 332A.14;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.3"></a><var>148.3</var>(2) promise, guarantee, or directly or indirectly imply, infer, or in any manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.4"></a><var>148.4</var>represent that any debt will be settled prior to the presentation to the debtor of an offer by <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.5"></a><var>148.5</var>the creditors participating in the debt settlement plan to settle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.6"></a><var>148.6</var>(3) misrepresent the timing of negotiations with creditors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.7"></a><var>148.7</var>(4) imply, infer, or in any manner represent that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.8"></a><var>148.8</var>(i) fees, interest, and other charges will not continue to accrue prior to the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.9"></a><var>148.9</var>debts are settled;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.10"></a><var>148.10</var>(ii) wages or bank accounts are not subject to garnishment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.11"></a><var>148.11</var>(iii) creditors will not continue to contact the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.12"></a><var>148.12</var>(iv) the debtor is not subject to legal action; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.13"></a><var>148.13</var>(v) the debtor will not be subject to tax consequences for the portion of any debts <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.14"></a><var>148.14</var>forgiven;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.15"></a><var>148.15</var>(5) execute a power of attorney or any other agreement, oral or written, express <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.16"></a><var>148.16</var>or implied, that extinguishes or limits the debtor's right at any time to contract or <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.17"></a><var>148.17</var>communicate with any creditor or the creditor's right at any time to communicate with <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.18"></a><var>148.18</var>the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.19"></a><var>148.19</var>(6) exercise or attempt to exercise a power of attorney after an individual has <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.20"></a><var>148.20</var>terminated an agreement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.21"></a><var>148.21</var>(7) state, imply, infer, or, in any other manner, indicate that entering into a debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.22"></a><var>148.22</var>settlement services agreement or settling debts will either have no effect on, or improve, <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.23"></a><var>148.23</var>the debtor's credit, credit rating, and credit score;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.24"></a><var>148.24</var>(8) challenge a debt without the written consent of the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.25"></a><var>148.25</var>(9) make any false or misleading claim regarding a creditor's right to collect a debt;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.26"></a><var>148.26</var>(10) falsely represent that the debt settlement services provider can negotiate better <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.27"></a><var>148.27</var>settlement terms with a creditor than the debtor alone can negotiate;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.28"></a><var>148.28</var>(11) provide or offer to provide legal advice or legal services unless the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.29"></a><var>148.29</var>providing or offering to provide legal advice is licensed to practice law in the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.30"></a><var>148.30</var>(12) misrepresent that it is authorized or competent to furnish legal advice or <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.31"></a><var>148.31</var>perform legal services; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.148.32"></a><var>148.32</var>(13) settle a debt or lead an individual to believe that a payment to a creditor is in <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.33"></a><var>148.33</var>settlement of a debt to the creditor unless, at the time of settlement, the individual receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.148.34"></a><var>148.34</var>a certification from the creditor that the payment is in full settlement of the debt.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.28.0"></a><a id="pl.149.1"></a><var>149.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. <b>[332B.11] ADVERTISEMENT AND SOLICITATION OF DEBT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.2"></a><var>149.2</var><b>SETTLEMENT SERVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.3"></a><var>149.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Advertisement.</b> No debt settlement services provider or lead <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.4"></a><var>149.4</var>generator may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.5"></a><var>149.5</var>(1) make any false, deceptive, or misleading statements or omissions about the rates, <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.6"></a><var>149.6</var>terms, or conditions of an actual or proposed debt settlement services plan, or create the <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.7"></a><var>149.7</var>likelihood of consumer confusion or misunderstanding regarding its services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.8"></a><var>149.8</var>(2) represent that the debt settlement services provider is a nonprofit, not-for-profit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.9"></a><var>149.9</var>or has similar status or characteristics if some or all of the debt settlement services will <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.10"></a><var>149.10</var>be provided by a for-profit company that is a controlling or affiliated party to the debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.11"></a><var>149.11</var>settlement services provider;<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.12"></a><var>149.12</var>(3) make any communication that gives the impression that the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.13"></a><var>149.13</var>services provider is acting on behalf of a government agency; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.14"></a><var>149.14</var>(4) represent, claim, imply, or infer that secured debts may be settled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.15"></a><var>149.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Solicitation by lead generators.</b> (a) In all print, electronic, and nonprint <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.16"></a><var>149.16</var>solicitations, including Web sites and radio or television advertising, a lead generator must <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.17"></a><var>149.17</var>prominently make the following verbatim disclosure: "This company does not actually <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.18"></a><var>149.18</var>provide any debt settlement, debt consolidation, or other credit counseling services. We <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.19"></a><var>149.19</var>ONLY refer you to companies that want to provide some or all of those services."<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.20"></a><var>149.20</var>(b) A lead generator may not, in any advertising or solicitation to debtors:<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.21"></a><var>149.21</var>(1) represent that any service is guaranteed; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.149.22"></a><var>149.22</var>(2) misrepresent the benefits of its services or debt settlement or consolidation in <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.23"></a><var>149.23</var>comparison to credit counseling, debt management, or bankruptcy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.29.0"></a><a id="pl.149.24"></a><var>149.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. <b>[332B.12] DEBT SETTLEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.25"></a><var>149.25</var><b>RESCISSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.26"></a><var>149.26</var>Any debtor has the right to rescind any debt settlement services agreement with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.27"></a><var>149.27</var>debt settlement services provider that commits a material violation of this chapter. On <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.28"></a><var>149.28</var>rescission, all fees paid to the debt settlement services provider or any other person other <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.29"></a><var>149.29</var>than creditors of the debtor must be returned to the debtor entering into the debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.30"></a><var>149.30</var>services agreement within ten days of rescission of the debt settlement services agreement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.30.0"></a><a id="pl.149.31"></a><var>149.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. <b>[332B.13] ENFORCEMENT; REMEDIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.149.32"></a><var>149.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Violation as deceptive practice.</b> A violation of any of the provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.149.33"></a><var>149.33</var>of this chapter is considered an unfair or deceptive trade practice under section 8.31, <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.1"></a><var>150.1</var>subdivision 1. A private right of action under section 8.31 by an aggrieved debtor is in <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.2"></a><var>150.2</var>the public interest.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.3"></a><var>150.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Private right of action.</b> (a) A debt settlement provider who fails to <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.4"></a><var>150.4</var>comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or a lead generator who violates section <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.5"></a><var>150.5</var>332B.11, is liable under this section in an individual action for the sum of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.6"></a><var>150.6</var>(1) actual, incidental, and consequential damages sustained by the debtor as a result <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.7"></a><var>150.7</var>of the failure; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.8"></a><var>150.8</var>(2) statutory damages of up to $5,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.9"></a><var>150.9</var>(b) A debt settlement provider who fails to comply with any of the provisions of <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.10"></a><var>150.10</var>this chapter, or a lead generator who violates section 332B.11, is liable to the named <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.11"></a><var>150.11</var>plaintiffs under this section in a class action for the amount that each named plaintiff <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.12"></a><var>150.12</var>could recover under paragraph (a), clause (1), and to the other class members for such <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.13"></a><var>150.13</var>amount as the court may allow.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.14"></a><var>150.14</var>(c) In determining the amount of statutory damages, the court shall consider, among <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.15"></a><var>150.15</var>other relevant factors:<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.16"></a><var>150.16</var>(1) the frequency, nature, and persistence of noncompliance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.17"></a><var>150.17</var>(2) the extent to which the noncompliance was intentional; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.18"></a><var>150.18</var>(3) in the case of a class action, the number of debtors adversely affected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.19"></a><var>150.19</var>(d) A plaintiff or class successful in a legal or equitable action under this section is <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.20"></a><var>150.20</var>entitled to the costs of the action, plus reasonable attorney fees.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.21"></a><var>150.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Injunctive relief.</b> (a) A debtor may sue a debt settlement services provider <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.22"></a><var>150.22</var>for temporary or permanent injunctive or other appropriate equitable relief to prevent <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.23"></a><var>150.23</var>violations of any provision of this chapter. A court must grant injunctive relief on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.24"></a><var>150.24</var>showing that the debt settlement services provider has violated any provision of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.25"></a><var>150.25</var>chapter, or in the case of a temporary injunction, on a showing that the debtor is likely to <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.26"></a><var>150.26</var>prevail on allegations that the debt settlement services provider violated any provision <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.27"></a><var>150.27</var>of this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.28"></a><var>150.28</var>(b) A debtor may sue a lead generator for temporary or permanent injunctive or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.29"></a><var>150.29</var>appropriate equitable relief to prevent violations of section 332B.11. A court must grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.30"></a><var>150.30</var>injunctive relief on a showing that the lead generator has violated section 332B.11, or in <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.31"></a><var>150.31</var>the case of a temporary injunction, on a showing that the debtor is likely to prevail on <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.32"></a><var>150.32</var>allegations that the lead generator violated section 332B.11.<br />
         		<a id="pl.150.33"></a><var>150.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Remedies cumulative.</b> The remedies provided in this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.150.34"></a><var>150.34</var>cumulative and do not restrict any remedy that is otherwise available. The provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.1"></a><var>151.1</var>of this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other requirements, rights, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.2"></a><var>151.2</var>remedies, and penalties provided by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.151.3"></a><var>151.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Public enforcement.</b> The attorney general shall enforce this chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.4"></a><var>151.4</var>under section 8.31.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.31.0"></a><a id="pl.151.5"></a><var>151.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>[332B.14] INVESTIGATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.151.6"></a><var>151.6</var>At any reasonable time, the commissioner may examine the books and records of <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.7"></a><var>151.7</var>every registrant and of any person engaged in the business of providing debt settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.8"></a><var>151.8</var>services. The commissioner, once during any calendar year, may require the submission <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.9"></a><var>151.9</var>of an audit prepared by a certified public accountant of the books and records of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.10"></a><var>151.10</var>registrant. If the registrant has, within one year previous to the commissioner's demand, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.11"></a><var>151.11</var>had an audit prepared for some other purpose, this audit may be submitted to satisfy the <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.12"></a><var>151.12</var>requirement of this section. The commissioner may investigate any complaint concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.13"></a><var>151.13</var>violations of this chapter and may require the attendance and sworn testimony of witnesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.14"></a><var>151.14</var>and the production of documents."<br />
         		<a id="pl.151.15"></a><var>151.15</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.151.16"></a><var>151.16</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.151.17"></a><var>151.17</var>relating to state government; appropriating money for environment, natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.18"></a><var>151.18</var>resources, and energy; authorizing sale of gift cards and certificates; establishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.19"></a><var>151.19</var>composting competitive grant program; modifying regulation of storm water <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.20"></a><var>151.20</var>discharges; modifying waste management reporting requirements; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.21"></a><var>151.21</var>nonresident all-terrain vehicle state trail pass; modifying horse trail and state park <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.22"></a><var>151.22</var>pass requirements; extending certain land sale requirements; prohibiting certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.23"></a><var>151.23</var>sales of outdoor recreation system lands; providing for exchange of riparian land; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.24"></a><var>151.24</var>requiring disclosure of certain chemicals in children's products by manufacturers; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.25"></a><var>151.25</var>requiring plastic yard waste bags to be compostable and establishing labeling <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.26"></a><var>151.26</var>standards; modifying feedlot permit and grant provisions; authorizing uses of <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.27"></a><var>151.27</var>the Hennepin County solid and hazardous waste fund; modifying greenhouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.28"></a><var>151.28</var>gas emissions provisions and requiring a registry; establishing, modifying, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.29"></a><var>151.29</var>and authorizing fees and surcharges; providing for disposition of certain fees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.30"></a><var>151.30</var>modifying and establishing assessments for certain regulatory expenses; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.31"></a><var>151.31</var>modifying prior appropriations; prohibiting certain reorganizations; providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.32"></a><var>151.32</var>fish consumption advisories in different languages; limiting use of certain funds; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.33"></a><var>151.33</var>requiring studies and reports; appropriating money to Department of Commerce <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.34"></a><var>151.34</var>and Public Utilities Commission to finance activities related to commerce and <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.35"></a><var>151.35</var>energy; providing for green enterprise assistance; modifying provisions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.36"></a><var>151.36</var>insurance audits, insurers and insurance products, certain financial institutions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.37"></a><var>151.37</var>regulated activities related to certain mortgage transactions and professionals, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.38"></a><var>151.38</var>and debt management and debt settlement services; providing penalties and <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.39"></a><var>151.39</var>remedies;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 45.011, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.40"></a><var>151.40</var>45.027, subdivision 1; 46.04, subdivision 1; 46.05; 46.131, subdivision 2; 47.58, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.41"></a><var>151.41</var>subdivision 1; 47.60, subdivisions 1, 3, 6; 48.21; 58.05, subdivision 3; 58.06, <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.42"></a><var>151.42</var>subdivision 2; 58.126; 58.13, subdivision 1; 60A.124; 60A.14, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.43"></a><var>151.43</var>1; 60B.03, subdivision 15; 60L.02, subdivision 3; 61B.19, subdivision 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.44"></a><var>151.44</var>61B.28, subdivisions 4, 8; 67A.01; 67A.06; 67A.07; 67A.14, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.45"></a><var>151.45</var>1, 7; 67A.18, subdivision 1; 84.0835, subdivision 3; 84.415, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.151.46"></a><var>151.46</var>5, by adding a subdivision; 84.63; 84.631; 84.632; 84.922, subdivision 1a; <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.1"></a><var>152.1</var>84D.15, subdivision 2; 85.015, subdivision 1b; 85.053, subdivision 10; 85.46, <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.2"></a><var>152.2</var>subdivisions 3, 4, 7; 92.685; 93.481, subdivisions 1, 3, 5, 7; 94.342, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.3"></a><var>152.3</var>3; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 103G.271, subdivision 6; 103G.301, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.4"></a><var>152.4</var>3; 115.03, subdivision 5c; 115.073; 115.56, subdivision 4; 115.77, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.5"></a><var>152.5</var>1; 115A.1314, subdivision 2; 115A.557, subdivision 1; 115A.931; 116.0711; <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.6"></a><var>152.6</var>116.41, subdivision 2; 116C.834, subdivision 1; 216B.62, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.7"></a><var>152.7</var>adding a subdivision; 216H.10, subdivision 7; 216H.11; 325E.311, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.8"></a><var>152.8</var>6; 332A.02, subdivisions 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, by adding subdivisions; 332A.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.9"></a><var>152.9</var>subdivision 6; 332A.08; 332A.10; 332A.11, subdivision 2; 332A.14; 332A.16; <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.10"></a><var>152.10</var>Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended; Laws 2007, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.11"></a><var>152.11</var>57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.12"></a><var>152.12</var>4, subdivision 7; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.13"></a><var>152.13</var>60A; 61A; 67A; 84; 86A; 93; 115A; 116; 116J; 216H; 325E; 383B; proposing <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.14"></a><var>152.14</var>coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 332B; repealing Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.15"></a><var>152.15</var>Statutes 2008, sections 60A.129; 61B.19, subdivision 6; 67A.14, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.16"></a><var>152.16</var>67A.17; 67A.19; Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 5, section 30; Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.152.17"></a><var>152.17</var>parts 2675.2180; 2675.7100; 2675.7110; 2675.7120; 2675.7130; 2675.7140."<br />
         		We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.House Conferees: (Signed) Jean Wagenius, Bill Hilty, Kate Knuth, Rick Hansen, Jenifer LoonSenate Conferees: (Signed) Ellen Anderson, Tom Saxhaug, Satveer Chaudhary, Dennis Frederickson, Patricia Torres Ray
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               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.2"></a><var>153.2</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>House Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.3"></a><var>153.3</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.4"></a><var>153.4</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Jean Wagenius<br />
                  		
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               <td>Bill Hilty<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.5"></a><var>153.5</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.6"></a><var>153.6</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Kate Knuth<br />
                  		
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               <td>Rick Hansen<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.8"></a><var>153.8</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Jenifer Loon<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.9"></a><var>153.9</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Senate Conferees:<span width="2em"></span>(Signed)<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.10"></a><var>153.10</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.11"></a><var>153.11</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Ellen Anderson<br />
                  		
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               <td>Tom Saxhaug<br />
                  		
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               <td><a id="pl.153.12"></a><var>153.12</var><br />
                  		
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               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.153.13"></a><var>153.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Satveer Chaudhary<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Dennis Frederickson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.153.14"></a><var>153.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.153.15"></a><var>153.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Patricia Torres Ray<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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