<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 888<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; appropriating money for environment, natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>resources, and tourism purposes; modifying fees; creating accounts; providing for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>disposition of certain receipts; modifying grant, contract, and lease provisions;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>modifying water safety provisions; modifying provisions to take, possess, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>transport wildlife; modifying duties and authority; providing for no net gain of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>state lands; modifying buffer requirements; modifying wetland provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>modifying invasive species provisions; modifying off-highway vehicle provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>modifying permit and license requirements; modifying Petroleum Tank Release <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>Cleanup Act; extending ban on open air swine basins; modifying environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>review; modifying Environmental Quality Board; requiring reports; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>rulemaking;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 84.01, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision; 84.027, subdivisions 14a, 14b, by adding subdivisions; 84.788, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivision 2; 84.793, subdivision 1; 84.82, subdivision 2; 84.925, subdivision 1;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>84.9256, subdivisions 1, 2; 84.946, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 84.992,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6; 84D.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 84D.04, subdivision 1; 84D.05,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision 1; 84D.108, subdivision 2a, by adding a subdivision; 84D.11, by adding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>a subdivision; 85.052, subdivision 1; 85.054, by adding a subdivision; 85.055, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivision 1; 85.22, subdivision 2a; 85.32, subdivision 1; 86B.313, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>1; 86B.511; 86B.701, subdivision 3; 88.01, subdivision 28; 88.523; 89.39; 90.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>subdivisions 8, 12, by adding a subdivision; 90.041, subdivision 2; 90.051; 90.101,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>subdivision 2; 90.14; 90.145, subdivision 2; 90.151, subdivision 1; 90.162; 90.252;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>93.47, subdivision 4; 93.481, subdivision 2; 93.50; 94.343, subdivision 9; 94.344,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>subdivision 9; 97A.015, subdivisions 39, 43, 45, 52, 53; 97A.045, subdivision 10;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>97A.075, subdivision 1; 97A.137, subdivision 5; 97A.201, subdivision 2, by adding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>a subdivision; 97A.301, subdivision 1; 97A.338; 97A.420, subdivision 1; 97A.421, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>subdivision 2a; 97B.031, subdivision 6; 97B.516; 97B.655, subdivision 1; 97C.401,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 2; 97C.501, subdivision 1; 97C.701, by adding a subdivision; 103B.101,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivision 12a; 103F.411, subdivision 1; 103F.48, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 103G.005,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivisions 10b, 10h, by adding a subdivision; 103G.222, subdivisions 1, 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>103G.2242, subdivision 2; 103G.2372, subdivision 1; 103G.271, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>6, 6a, 7, by adding a subdivision; 103G.287, subdivisions 1, 4; 103G.411; 114D.25,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>by adding a subdivision; 115B.41, subdivision 1; 115B.421; 115C.021, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>1, by adding a subdivision; 116.03, subdivision 2b, by adding subdivisions; 116.07,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>subdivision 4d, by adding subdivisions; 116.0714; 116C.03, subdivision 2; 116C.04,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>subdivision 2; 116D.04, subdivisions 2a, 10; 116D.045, subdivision 1; 160.06; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>168.1295, subdivision 1; 296A.18, subdivision 6a; Laws 2013, chapter 114, article
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>4, section 105; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 136;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, sections 6; 26; 46; proposing coding for new <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.41"></a><var>1.41</var>law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 85; 93; 97B; 115; 115B; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.42"></a><var>1.42</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 84.026, subdivision 3; 97B.031, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>97C.701, subdivisions 1a, 6; 97C.705; 97C.711; 116C.04, subdivisions 3, 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>Minnesota Rules, parts 6258.0100; 6258.0200; 6258.0300; 6258.0400; 6258.0500; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>6258.0600; 6258.0700, subparts 1, 4, 5; 6258.0800; 6258.0900.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>May 8, 2017<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 888 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>That the Senate recede from its amendment and that H. F. No. 888 be further amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</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.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
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               <td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general
         fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>The figures "2018" and "2019" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>"The first year" is fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. "The
         biennium" <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>is fiscal years 2018 and 2019. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30,
         2017, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</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.2.26"></a><var>2.26</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.2.27"></a><var>2.27</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.2.28"></a><var>2.28</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>2018</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2019</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY</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>
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</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> </b><b>96,036,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>91,666,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
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            <col width="126px"></col>
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            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 80,527,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">80,157,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,434,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,434,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Closed Landfill <br />
                  		Investment<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>The commissioner must present the agency's <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>biennial budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>to the legislature in a transparent way by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>agency division, including the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>budget bill and presentations of the budget to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>committees and divisions with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>over the agency's budget.<br />
         		
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Environmental Analysis and Outcomes</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,547,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,497,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
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               <td><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,316,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">181,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">181,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(a) $88,000 the first year and $88,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>second  year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>in implementing and participating in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>water-quality standards rulemaking process <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(2) enhanced economic analysis in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>water-quality standards rulemaking process, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>including more-specific analysis and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>identification of cost-effective permitting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>(3) developing statewide economic analyses <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>and templates to reduce the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>information and time required for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>municipalities to apply for variances from <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>water-quality standards; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>Authority to identify and advocate for the  <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>resources needed for municipalities to achieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>permit requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>(b) $204,000 the first year and $204,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>for a monitoring program under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>Statutes, section 116.454.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(c) $346,000 the first year and $346,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>for monitoring ambient air for hazardous <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>pollutants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(d) $90,000 the first year and $90,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>for duties related to harmful chemicals in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>children's products under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>sections 116.9401 to 116.9407. Of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>amount, $57,000 each year is transferred to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>the commissioner of health.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(e) $109,000 the first year and $109,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>for registration of wastewater laboratories.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>(f) $913,000 the first year and $913,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>to continue perfluorochemical biomonitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>in eastern-metropolitan communities, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>recommended by the Environmental Health <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>Tracking and Biomonitoring Advisory Panel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>and address other environmental health risks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>including air quality. The communities must <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>include Hmong and other immigrant farming <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>communities. Of this amount, up to $677,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>the first year and $677,000 the second year <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>are for transfer to the Department of Health.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>(g) $100,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>for impaired waters listing procedures required <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>under this 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.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Industrial</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,509,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,508,000<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.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,979,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">12,978,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">530,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">530,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>$530,000 the first year and $530,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>second year are from the remediation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>the leaking underground storage tank program <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>to investigate, clean up, and  prevent future <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>releases from underground petroleum storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>tanks and to the petroleum remediation <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>program for vapor assessment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>remediation. These same annual amounts are <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>transferred from the  petroleum tank fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>the remediation fund.<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.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Municipal</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,625,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,624,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(a) $162,000 the first year and $162,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>second  year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>(1) a municipal liaison to assist municipalities <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>in implementing and participating in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>water-quality standards rulemaking process <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>and navigating the NPDES/SDS permitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(2) enhanced economic analysis in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>water-quality standards rulemaking process, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>including more specific analysis and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>identification of cost-effective permitting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(3) development of statewide economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>analyses and templates to reduce the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>of information and time required for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>municipalities to apply for variances from <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>water quality standards; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(4) coordinating with the Public Facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>Authority to identify and advocate for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>resources needed for municipalities to achieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>permit requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(b) $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>for transfer to the Office of Administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>Hearings to establish sanitary districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>(c) $615,000 the first year and $614,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>for subsurface sewage treatment system <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>(SSTS) program administration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>community technical assistance and education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>including grants and technical assistance to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>communities for water-quality protection. Of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>this amount, $129,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>assistance to counties through grants for SSTS <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>program administration. A county receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>a grant from this appropriation must submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the results achieved with the grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>commissioner as part of its annual SSTS <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>report. Any unexpended balance in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>year does not cancel but is available in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>(d) $639,000 the first year and $640,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>to address the need for continued increased <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>activity in the areas of new technology review, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>technical assistance for local governments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>and enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>article 1, section 165.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>section 16A.28, the appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>encumbered on or before June 30, 2019, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>grants or contracts for subsurface sewage <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>treatment systems, surface water and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>groundwater assessments, storm water, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>water-quality protection in this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>are available until June 30, 2022.<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.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Operations</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,339,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,040,000<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.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,575,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,275,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">764,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">765,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>(a) $174,000 the first year and $174,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>second year are from the remediation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>purposes of the leaking underground storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>tank program to investigate, clean up, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>prevent future releases from underground <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>remediation program for vapor assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>and remediation. These same annual amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>are transferred from the  petroleum tank fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>to the remediation fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>(b) $400,000 the first year and $400,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>second  year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>to develop and maintain systems to support <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>permitting and  regulatory business processes <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>and agency data.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>(c) $300,000 the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>environmental fund for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>Metropolitan Council under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>Statutes, section 116.195, for wastewater <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>infrastructure to support waste to biofuel <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>development. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>and is available until June 30, 2019.<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.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Remediation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,645,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,644,000<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.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">904,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">904,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,741,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,740,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Closed Landfill <br />
                  		Investment<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>(a) All money for environmental response, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>compensation, and compliance in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>remediation fund not otherwise appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>is appropriated to the commissioners of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>Pollution Control Agency and agriculture for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>115B.20, subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), (3), <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>(6), and (7). At the beginning of each fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>year, the two commissioners shall jointly <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>submit an annual spending plan to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>commissioner of management and budget that <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>maximizes the use of resources and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>appropriately allocates the money between the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>two departments. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>available until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>(b) $432,000 the first year and $432,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>to manage contaminated sediment projects at <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>multiple sites identified in the St. Louis River <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>remedial action plan to restore water quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>in the St. Louis River area of concern. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>base budget for fiscal year 2020 is $432,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>and for fiscal year 2021 is $0.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>(c) $3,521,000 the first year and $3,520,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>the second year are from the remediation fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>for purposes of the leaking underground <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>storage  tank program to investigate, clean up, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>and prevent future releases from underground <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>remediation program for purposes of vapor <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>assessment and remediation. These same <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>annual amounts are transferred from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>petroleum tank fund to the remediation fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>(d) $252,000 the first year and $252,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>second year are from the remediation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>transfer to the commissioner of health for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>private water-supply monitoring and health <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>assessment costs in areas contaminated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>unpermitted mixed municipal solid waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>disposal facilities and drinking water <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>advisories and public information activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>for areas contaminated by hazardous releases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(e) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>section 115B.421, $4,000,000 the first year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>from the closed landfill investment fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>remedial investigations, feasibility studies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>engineering, and cleanup-related activities for <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>purposes of environmental response actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>at a priority qualified facility under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>Statutes, section 115B.406. By January 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>2018, the commissioner must submit a status <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>report to the chairs and ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>members of the house of representatives and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>senate committees and divisions with <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>jurisdiction over the environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>resources. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>is available until June 30, 2019.<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.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Resource Management and Assistance</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">33,137,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">33,119,000<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.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.35"></a><var>9.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">75,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">33,062,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">33,044,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>(a) Up to $150,000 the first year and $150,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>the second year may be transferred from the  <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>environmental fund to the small business <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>environmental improvement loan account <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>established in Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>116.993.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>(b) $500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>for competitive recycling grants under <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.565. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>appropriation is available until June 30, 2021. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>Any unencumbered grant and loan balances <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>in the first year do not cancel but are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>for grants and loans in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(c) $693,000 the first year and $693,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>for emission reduction activities and grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>small businesses and other nonpoint emission <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>reduction efforts. Any unencumbered grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>and loan balances in the first year do not <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>cancel but are available for grants and loans <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>(d) $19,750,000 the first year and $19,750,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>the second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>fund for SCORE block grants to counties.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>(e) $119,000 the first year and $119,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>for environmental assistance grants or loans <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.0716. <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>Any unencumbered grant and loan balances <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>in the first year do not cancel but are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>for grants and loans in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>(f) $68,000 the first year and $69,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>for subsurface sewage treatment system <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>(SSTS) program administration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>community technical assistance and education, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>including grants and technical assistance to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>communities for water-quality protection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>(g) $125,000 the first year and $126,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>to address the need for continued increased <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>activity in the areas of new technology review, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>technical assistance for local governments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>and enforcement under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>sections 115.55 to 115.58, and to complete the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>requirements of Laws 2003, chapter 128, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>article 1, section 165.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>(h) All money deposited in the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>fund for the metropolitan solid waste landfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>fee in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>section 473.843, and not otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>appropriated, is appropriated for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>of Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>(i) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>section 16A.28, the appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>encumbered on or before June 30, 2019, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>contracts or grants for environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>assistance awarded under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>section 115A.0716; technical and research <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>115A.152; technical assistance under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.52; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>pollution prevention assistance under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115D.04, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>available until June 30, 2021.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(j) $20,000 the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>environmental fund for four grants to local <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>units of government to assist with plastic bag <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>recycling efforts. Two of the grants must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>for local units of government in urban areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>and two of the grants to local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>government in rural areas of the state. By <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>January 15, 2018, grantees shall report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>commissioner on the activities and results of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>their efforts to increase plastic bag recycling. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<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.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Watershed</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 9,220,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,220,000<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.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"> 9,002,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">9,002,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">218,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">218,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>(a) $1,959,000 the first year and $1,959,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>the second year are from the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>fund for grants to delegated counties to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>administer the county feedlot program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 116.0711, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>subdivisions 2 and 3. Money remaining after <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>the first year is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>(b) $207,000 the first year and $207,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>for the costs of implementing general <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>operating permits for feedlots over 1,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>animal units.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(c) $118,000 the first year and $118,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>second year are from the remediation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>purposes of the leaking underground storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>tank program to investigate, clean up, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>prevent future releases from underground  <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>petroleum storage tanks, and to the petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>remediation program for vapor assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>and remediation. These same annual amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>are transferred from the petroleum tank fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>to the remediation fund.<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.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Environmental Quality Board</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,014,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,014,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>(a) $511,000 the first year and $511,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>for Environmental Quality Board operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>and support.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>(b) $503,000 the first year and $503,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>second year are from the environmental fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>for the Environmental Quality Board to lead <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>an interagency team to provide technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>assistance regarding the mining, processing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>and transporting of silica sand. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>up to $75,000 each year may be transferred to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>the commissioner of natural resources to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>review the implementation of the rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>by the commissioner pursuant to Laws 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>chapter 114, article 4, section 105, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(b), pertaining to the reclamation of silica sand <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>mines, to ensure that local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>reclamation programs are implemented in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>manner consistent with the rules.<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.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Transfers</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><a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>(a) The commissioner shall transfer up to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>$34,000,000 from the environmental fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>the remediation fund for the purposes of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>remediation fund under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>section 116.155, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>(b) The commissioner shall transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>$2,800,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $2,500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>in fiscal year 2019 and each year thereafter  <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>from the environmental fund in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>Statutes, section 16A.531, to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>of management and budget for deposit in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></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.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <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.14.4"></a><var>14.4</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>273,360,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>270,668,000</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.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">79,515,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">77,173,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">95,253,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">94,953,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">98,292,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">98,242,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</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.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</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.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</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">5,646,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,646,000<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.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,710,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,392,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,392,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">344,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(a) $319,000 the first year and $319,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>second year are for environmental research <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>relating to mine permitting, of which $200,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>each year is from the minerals management <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>account and $119,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>(b) $2,815,000 the first year and $2,815,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>the second year are from the minerals <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>fund for use as provided in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>section 93.2236, paragraph (c), for mineral <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>resource management, projects to enhance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>future mineral income, and projects to promote <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>new mineral resource opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>(c) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>account in the permanent school fund to secure <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>maximum long-term economic return from <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>the school trust lands consistent with fiduciary <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>responsibilities and sound natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>conservation and management principles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>(d) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>second year are for conservation easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>stewardship.<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.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Ecological and Water Resources</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">32,930,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">32,763,000<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.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">17,213,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">17,046,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,826,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,826,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,891,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">4,891,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>(a) $3,242,000 the first year and $3,242,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>the second year are from the invasive species <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>account in the natural resources fund and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>$3,206,000 the first year and $3,206,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>second year are from the general fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>management, public awareness, assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>and monitoring research, and water access <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>inspection to prevent the spread of invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>species; management of invasive plants in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>public waters; and management of terrestrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>invasive species on state-administered lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>(b) $5,000,000 the first year and $5,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>the second year are from the water <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>fund for only the purposes specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.27, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>(c) $124,000 the first year and $124,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>second year are for a grant to the Mississippi <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>Headwaters Board for up to 50 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>cost of implementing the comprehensive plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>for the upper Mississippi within areas under <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>the board's jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>(d) $10,000 the first year and $10,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>second year are for payment to the Leech Lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>Band of Chippewa Indians to implement the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>band's portion of the comprehensive plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>the upper Mississippi.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>(e) $264,000 the first year and $264,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>second year are for grants for up to 50 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>of the cost of implementation of the Red River <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>mediation agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>(f) $2,018,000 the first year and $2,018,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>fund for only the purposes specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>(g) $950,000 the first year and $950,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>second year are from the nongame wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>fund for the purpose of nongame wildlife <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>management. Notwithstanding Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>Statutes, section 290.431, $100,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>year and $100,000 the second year may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>used for nongame wildlife information, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>education, and promotion.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>(h) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>section 84.943, $13,000 the first year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>$13,000 the second year from the critical <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>habitat private sector matching account may <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>be used to publicize the critical habitat license <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>plate match program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>(i) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>the second year are from the general fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>the following activities:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>(1) financial reimbursement and technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>support to soil and water conservation districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>or other local units of government for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>groundwater level monitoring;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(2) surface water monitoring and analysis, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>including installation of monitoring gauges;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(3) groundwater analysis to assist with water <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>appropriation permitting decisions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>(4) permit application review incorporating <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>surface water and groundwater technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>analysis;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>(5) precipitation data and analysis to improve <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>the use of irrigation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>(6) information technology, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>electronic permitting and integrated data <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>(7) compliance and monitoring.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>(j) $167,000 the first year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>Koronis Lake Association for purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>removing and preventing aquatic invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>species. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>is available until June 30, 2022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>(k) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>second year are from the water management <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>economic impact analysis of groundwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>management area and water appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>permit plans required under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>Statutes, sections 103G.271, subdivision 8, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>and 103G.287, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>(l) $410,000 the first year and $410,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>second year are from the heritage enhancement <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>account in the game and fish fund for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>to the Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>Research Center at the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>Minnesota to prioritize, support, and develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>research-based solutions that can reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>effects of aquatic invasive species in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>Minnesota by preventing spread, controlling <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>populations, and managing ecosystems and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>advance knowledge to inspire action by others.<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.18.14"></a><var>18.14</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">45,781,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">45,281,000<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.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">28,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">28,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">16,144,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,644,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,287,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,287,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>(a) $7,145,000 the first year and $7,145,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>the second year are for prevention, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>presuppression, and suppression costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>emergency firefighting and other costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>incurred under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>88.12. The amount necessary to pay for <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>presuppression and suppression costs during <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>the biennium is appropriated from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>fund. By January 15 of each year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>commissioner of natural resources shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>a report to the chairs and ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>members of the house and senate committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>and divisions having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>environment and natural resources finance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>identifying all firefighting costs incurred and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.35"></a><var>18.35</var>reimbursements received in the prior fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>year. These appropriations may not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>transferred. Any reimbursement of firefighting <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>expenditures made to the commissioner from <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>any source other than federal mobilizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>must be deposited into the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>(b) $11,644,000 the first year and $11,644,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>the second year are from the forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>management investment account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>resources fund for only the purposes specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 89.039, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>(c) $1,287,000 the first year and $1,287,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>fund to advance ecological classification <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>systems (ECS) scientific management tools <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>for forest and invasive species management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>(d) $780,000 the first year and $780,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>second year are for the Forest Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>Council to implement the Sustainable Forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>Resources Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>(e) $500,000 the first year is from the forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>management investment account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>resources fund for a study of the ability to <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>sustainably harvest at least 1,000,000 cords <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>of wood annually on state-administered forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>lands. No later than January 2, 2018, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>commissioner must report the study's findings <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>to the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>over environment and natural resources policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>and finance. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>(f) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>the second year are from the forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>management investment account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>resources fund for state forest reforestation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>The base from the forest management <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>investment account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>fund for fiscal year 2020 and later is <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>$1,250,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>(g) $2,000,000 the first year and $2,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>the second year are from the forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>management investment account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>resources fund for the Next Generation Core <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>Forestry data system. The appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>available until June 30, 2021. The base from <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>the forest management investment account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>the natural resources fund for fiscal year 2020 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>and later is $500,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>(h) The base for the natural resources fund in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>fiscal year 2020 and later is $13,394,000.<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.20.17"></a><var>20.17</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">79,805,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">79,750,000<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.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">25,182,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">24,927,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">52,550,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,273,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,273,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>(a) $1,075,000 the first year and $1,075,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>the second year are from the water recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>enhancing public water-access facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(b) $5,740,000 the first year and $5,740,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>the second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>fund for state trail, park, and recreation area <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>operations. This appropriation is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>revenue deposited in the natural resources fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>paragraph (e), clause (2).<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(c) $17,350,000 the first year and $17,750,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>the second year are from the state parks <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>account in the natural resources fund for state <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>park and state recreation area operation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>maintenance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>(d) $1,005,000 the first year and $1,005,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>the second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>fund for park and trail grants to local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>government on land to be maintained for at <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>least 20 years for the purposes of the grants. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>This appropriation is from the revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>deposited in the natural resources fund under <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>paragraph (e), clause (4). Any unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>year and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>(e) $130,000 the first year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>fund, and $8,424,000 the first year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>$8,424,000 the second year are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>snowmobile trails and enforcement account <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>in the natural resources fund for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>snowmobile grants-in-aid program. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>unencumbered balance does not cancel at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>end of the first year and is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>(f) $1,685,000 the first year and $1,685,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>the second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>fund for the off-highway vehicle grants-in-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>program. Of this amount, $1,210,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>year and $1,210,000 the second year are from <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>the all-terrain vehicle account; $150,000 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>year is from the off-highway motorcycle <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>account; and $325,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>off-road vehicle account. Any unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>year and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>(g) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>second year are from the cross-country ski <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>account in the natural resources fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>grooming and maintaining cross-country ski <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>trails in state parks, trails, and recreation areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(h) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>second year are from the state land and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>conservation account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>fund for priorities established by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>commissioner for eligible state projects and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>administrative and planning activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>84.0264, and the federal Land and Water <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>Conservation Fund Act. Any unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>year and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>(i) $150,000 the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>all-terrain vehicle account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>resources fund for a grant to the city of Orr to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>predesign, design, and construct the Voyageur <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>all-terrain vehicle trail system, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>(1) design of the alignment for phase I of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>Voyageur all-terrain vehicle trail system and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>development of a preliminary phase II <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>alignment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>(2) completion of wetland delineation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>wetland permitting;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(3) completion of the engineering design and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>cost estimates for a snowmobile and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>off-highway vehicle bridge over the Vermilion <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>River to establish a trail connection; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>(4) completion of the master plan for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>Voyageur all-terrain vehicle trail system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>This is a onetime appropriation and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>available until June 30, 2020.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>(j) $125,000 the first year is from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>fund for all terrain vehicle grants-in-aid <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>program. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>(k) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>second year are from the general fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>matching grants for local parks and outdoor <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>recreation areas under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>section 85.019, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>(l) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>second year are from the general fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>matching grants for local trail connections <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>subdivision 4c.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>(m) $50,000 the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>all-terrain vehicle account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>resources fund for a grant to the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>Virginia to assist the Virginia Area All-Terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>Vehicle Club to plan, design, engineer, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>permit a comprehensive all-terrain vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>system in the Virginia area and to connect with <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>Recreation Area. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>appropriation and is available until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>2020.<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.23.29"></a><var>23.29</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">67,581,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">67,531,000<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.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,912,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,912,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">65,669,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">65,619,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(a) $8,167,000 the first year and $8,167,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>fund only for activities specified in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>clause (1). Notwithstanding Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, five percent of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>appropriation may be used for expanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>hunter and angler recruitment and retention.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>(b) $30,000 the first year is from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>fund for the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>to contract with a private entity to search for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>a site to construct a world-class shooting range <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>and club house for use by the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>High School League and for other regional, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>statewide, national, and international shooting <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>events. The commissioner must provide public <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>notice of the search, including making the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>public aware of the process through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>Department of Natural Resources' media <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>outlets, and solicit input on the location and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>building options for the facility. The siting <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>search process must include a public process <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>to determine if any business or individual is <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>interested in donating land for the facility, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>anticipated to be at least 500 acres. The site <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>search team must meet with interested third <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>parties affected by or interested in the facility. <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>The commissioner must submit a report with <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>the results of the site search to the chairs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>ranking minority members of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>committees and divisions with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>over environment and natural resources by <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>March 1, 2018. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>(c) $20,000 the first year is from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>fund for a study on the effects of lead shot on <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>wildlife on state lands. By January 15, 2018, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>the commissioner shall provide a report of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>study to the chairs and ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>members of the legislative committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>jurisdiction over natural resources policy and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>finance. This is a onetime appropriation.<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.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 7.<b>Enforcement</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">39,377,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">39,377,000<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.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,140,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,140,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,309,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,309,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,828,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,828,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</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.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>(a) $1,718,000 the first year and $1,718,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>the second year are from the general fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>enforcement efforts to prevent the spread of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>aquatic invasive species.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>(b) $1,580,000 the first year and $1,580,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>the second year are from the heritage <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>enhancement account in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>fund for only the purposes specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>paragraph (e), clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>(c) $1,082,000 the first year and $1,082,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>the second year are from the water recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>account in the natural resources fund for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>to counties for boat and water safety. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>unencumbered balance does not cancel at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>end of the first year and is available for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>(d) $315,000 the first year and $315,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>second year are from the snowmobile trails <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>and enforcement account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>resources fund for grants to local law <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>enforcement agencies for snowmobile <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>enforcement activities. Any unencumbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>balance does not cancel at the end of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>year and is available for the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>(e) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>second year are from the all-terrain vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>account for grants to qualifying organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>to assist in safety and environmental education <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>and monitoring trails on public lands under <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 84.9011. Grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>issued under this paragraph must be issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>through a formal agreement with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>organization. By December 15 each year, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>organization receiving a grant under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>paragraph shall report to the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>with details on expenditures and outcomes <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>from the grant. Of this appropriation, $25,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>each year is for administration of these grants. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>Any unencumbered balance does not cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>at the end of the first year and is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>(f) $510,000 the first year and $510,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>fund for grants to county law enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>agencies for off-highway vehicle enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>and public education activities based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>off-highway vehicle use in the county. Of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>amount, $498,000 each year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>all-terrain vehicle account; $11,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>is from the off-highway motorcycle account; <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>and $1,000 each year is from the off-road <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>vehicle account. The county enforcement <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>agencies may use money received under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>appropriation to make grants to other local <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>enforcement agencies within the county that <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>have a high concentration of off-highway <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>vehicle use. Of this appropriation, $25,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>each year is for administration of these grants. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>Any unencumbered balance does not cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>at the end of the first year and is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>the second year.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>(g) $1,000,000 each year is for recruiting, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>training, and maintaining additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>conservation officers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>(h) The commissioner may hold a conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>officer academy if necessary.<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.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 8.<b>Operations Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,920,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">0<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>$1,920,000 the first year is available for legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>costs. Of this amount, up to $500,000 may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>transferred to the Minnesota Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>Agency. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>is available until June 30, 2021.<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.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 9.<b>Pass Through Funds</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">320,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">320,000<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.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">320,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">320,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>$320,000 the first year and $320,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>fund for grants to be divided equally between <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>the city of St. Paul for the Como Park Zoo and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>Conservatory and the city of Duluth for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>Duluth Zoo. This appropriation is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>revenue deposited to the natural resources fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>paragraph (e), clause (5).<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.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 10.<b>Cancellation</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><a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>The remaining amount of the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>appropriation in Laws 2016, chapter 189, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>article 3, section 3, subdivision 3, for a grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>to the Koronis Lake Association, estimated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>be $167,000, is canceled on June 30, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>This subdivision is effective the day following <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>final enactment.<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.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <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>13,829,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>13,529,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>(a) $3,423,000 the first year and $3,423,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>the second year are for natural resources block <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>grants to local governments. Grants must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>matched with a combination of local cash or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>in-kind contributions. The base grant portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>related to water planning must be matched by <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>an amount as specified by Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>section 103B.3369. The board may reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>amount of the natural resources block grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>to a county by an amount equal to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>reduction in the county's general services <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>allocation to a soil and water conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>district from the county's previous year <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>allocation when the board determines that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>reduction was disproportionate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>(b) $3,116,000 the first year and $3,116,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>the second year are for grants to soil and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>conservation districts for the purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>103C.331, and for general purposes, nonpoint <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>engineering, and implementation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>stewardship of the reinvest in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>reserve program. Expenditures may be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>from these appropriations for supplies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>services benefiting soil and water conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>districts. Any district receiving a payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>under this paragraph shall maintain a Web <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>page that publishes, at a minimum, its annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>report, annual audit, annual budget, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>meeting notices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>(c) $260,000 the first year and $260,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>second year are for feedlot water quality cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>share grants for feedlots under 300 animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>units and nutrient and manure management <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>projects in watersheds where there are <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>impaired waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(d) $1,200,000 the first year and $1,200,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>the second year are for soil and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>conservation district cost-sharing contracts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>perennially vegetated riparian buffers, erosion <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>control, water retention and treatment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>other high-priority conservation practices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>(e) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>second year are for county cooperative weed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>management cost-share programs and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>restore native plants in selected invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>species management sites.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>(f) $761,000 the first year and $761,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>second year are for implementation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>enforcement, and oversight of the Wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>Conservation Act, including administration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>the wetland banking program and in-lieu fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>mechanism.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>(g) $300,000 the first year is for improving <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>the efficiency and effectiveness of Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>wetland regulatory programs through <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>continued examination of United States Clean <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>Water Act section 404 assumption including <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>negotiation of draft agreements with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>United States Environmental Protection <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>Agency and the United States Army Corps of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>Engineers, planning for an online permitting <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>system, upgrading the existing wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>banking database, and developing an in-lieu <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>fee wetland banking program as authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>by statute. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>(h) $166,000 the first year and $166,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>second year are to provide technical assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>to local drainage management officials and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>for the costs of the Drainage Work Group.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>(i) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>second year are for a grant to the Red River <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>Basin Commission for water quality and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>floodplain management, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>administration of programs. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>must be matched by nonstate funds. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>appropriation in either year is insufficient, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>appropriation in the other year is available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>(j) $140,000 the first year and $140,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>second year are for grants to Area II <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>Minnesota River Basin Projects for floodplain <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>management.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>(k) $125,000 the first year and $125,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>second year are for conservation easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>stewardship.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>(l) $240,000 the first year and $240,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>second year are for a grant to the Lower <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>Minnesota River Watershed District to defray <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>the annual cost of operating and maintaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>sites for dredge spoil to sustain the state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>national, and international commercial and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>recreational navigation on the lower Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>River.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>(m) $3,898,000 the first year and $3,898,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>the second year are for Board of Water and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>Soil Resources agency administration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>operations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>(n) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>section 103C.501, the board may shift <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>cost-share funds in this section and may adjust <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>the technical and administrative assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>portion of the grant funds to leverage federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>or other nonstate funds or to address <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>high-priority needs identified in local water <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>management plans or comprehensive water <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>management plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>(o) The appropriations for grants in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>are available until June 30, 2021. If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>appropriation for grants in either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>insufficient, the appropriation in the other year <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>(p) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>section 16B.97, the appropriations for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>in this section are exempt from Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>of Administration, Office of Grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>Management Policy 08-10 Grant Monitoring.<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.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>METROPOLITAN COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,540,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,540,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="94px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>2,540,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2,540,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>(a) $2,540,000 the first year and $2,540,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>the second year are for metropolitan area <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>regional parks operation and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>473.351.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>(b) $6,000,000 the first year and $6,000,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>the second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>fund for metropolitan area regional parks and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>trails maintenance and operations. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>appropriation is from the revenue deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>in the natural resources fund under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>Statutes, section 297A.94, paragraph (e), <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>clause (3).<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.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>CONSERVATION CORPS </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA</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="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</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.32.14"></a><var>32.14</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.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>Conservation Corps Minnesota may receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>money appropriated from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>fund under this section only as provided in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>agreement with the commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>resources.<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.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>ZOOLOGICAL BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,610,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,610,000</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.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2018<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2019<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,450,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,450,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</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.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>$160,000 the first year and $160,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>fund from the revenue deposited under <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>paragraph (e), clause (5).<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.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 8. <b>SCIENCE MUSEUM</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,079,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,079,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><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.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 9. <b>ADMINISTRATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>800,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>300,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>(a) $300,000 the first year and $300,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>account in the permanent school fund for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>school trust lands director. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>is to be used for securing long-term economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>return from the school trust lands consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>with fiduciary responsibilities and sound <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>natural resources conservation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>management principles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>(b) $500,000 the first year is from the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>forest suspense account in the permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>school fund for the school trust lands director <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>to initiate the private sale of surplus school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>trust lands identified according to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>Statutes, section 92.82, paragraph (d), <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>including but not limited to valuation <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>expenses, legal fees, and transactional staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>costs. This is a onetime appropriation and is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>available until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><table>
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            <col width="21.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 10. <b>EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>15,148,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>14,248,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>(a) To develop maximum private sector <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>involvement in tourism, $500,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>year and $500,000 the second year must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>matched by Explore Minnesota Tourism from <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>nonstate sources. Each $1 of state incentive <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>must be matched with $6 of private sector <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>funding. Cash match is defined as revenue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>the state or documented cash expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>directly expended to support Explore <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>Minnesota Tourism programs. Up to one-half <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>of the private sector contribution may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>in-kind or soft match. The incentive in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>year 2018 shall be based on fiscal year 2017 <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>private sector contributions. The incentive in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>fiscal year 2019 shall be based on fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>2018 private sector contributions. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>incentive is ongoing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>(b) Funding for the marketing grants is <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>available either year of the biennium. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>Unexpended grant funds from the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>are available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>(c) $100,000 each year is for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>Northern Lights International Music Festival.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>(d) $900,000 the first year is for the major <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>events grant program. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>appropriation and is available until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>2021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><table>
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            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 11. <b>REVENUE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>0</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>2,300,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>$2,300,000 the second year is for riparian <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>protection aid payments under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>Statutes, section 477A.21.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="12"></col>
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            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 6. <b>ADMINISTRATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>250,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>-0-</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>$250,000 the first year is from the state forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>suspense account in the permanent school fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>for the school trust lands director to initiate <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>real estate development projects on school <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>trust lands as determined by the school trust <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>lands director. This is a onetime appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>and is available until June 30, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var><b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES STATUTORY CHANGES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.01, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Legal counsel.</b> The commissioner of natural resources may appoint attorneys <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>or outside counsel to render title opinions, represent the department in severed mineral
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>interest forfeiture actions brought pursuant to section 93.55, and, notwithstanding
         any statute <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>to the contrary, represent the state in quiet title or title registration actions
         affecting land or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>interests in land administered by the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.027, subdivision 14a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14a. <b>Permitting efficiency</b><b>; public notice</b><b>.</b> (a) It is the goal of the state that <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>environmental and resource management permits be issued or denied within 90 days for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>Tier 1 permits or 150 days for Tier 2 permits following submission of a permit application.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall establish management systems designed
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>achieve the goal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>(b) The commissioner shall prepare an annual permitting efficiency report that includes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>statistics on meeting the goal in paragraph (a) and the criteria for Tier 1 and Tier 2 by permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>categories. The report is due August 1 each year. For permit applications that have
         not met <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>the goal, the report must state the reasons for not meeting the goal. In stating the
         reasons <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>for not meeting the goal, the commissioner shall separately identify delays caused
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>responsiveness of the proposer, lack of staff, scientific or technical disagreements,
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>level of public engagement. The report must specify the number of days from initial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>submission of the application to the day of determination that the application is
         complete. <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>The report must aggregate the data for the year and assess whether program or system
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>changes are necessary to achieve the goal. The report must be posted on the department's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>Web site and submitted to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over natural
         resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>policy and finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>(c) The commissioner shall allow electronic submission of environmental review and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>permit documents to the department.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>(d) Beginning July 1, 2011, Within 30 business days of application for a permit subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>to paragraph (a), the commissioner of natural resources shall notify the project proposer <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>permit applicant, in writing, whether the application is complete or incomplete. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>commissioner determines that an application is incomplete, the notice to the applicant
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>enumerate all deficiencies, citing specific provisions of the applicable rules and
         statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>and advise the applicant on how the deficiencies can be remedied. If the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>determines that the application is complete, the notice must confirm the application's
         Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>1 or Tier 2 permit status and, upon request of the permit applicant of an individual Tier 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>permit, provide the permit applicant with a schedule for reviewing the permit application. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>This paragraph does not apply to an application for a permit that is subject to a
         grant or loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>agreement under chapter 446A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>(e) When public notice of a draft individual Tier 2 permit is required, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>must issue the notice with the draft permit within 150 days of receiving a completed
         permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>application unless the permit applicant and the commissioner mutually agree to a different
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>date. Upon request of the permit applicant, the commissioner must provide a copy of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>draft permit to the permit applicant and consider comments on the draft permit from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>permit applicant before issuing the public notice.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.027, subdivision 14b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14b. <b>Expediting costs; reimbursement.</b> Permit applicants who wish to construct, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>reconstruct, modify, or operate a facility needing any permit from the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>natural resources to construct, reconstruct, or modify a project or to operate a facility may <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>offer to reimburse the department for the reasonable costs of staff time or consultant services <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>needed to expedite the preapplication process and permit development process through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>final decision on the permit, including the analysis of environmental review documents. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>The reimbursement shall be in addition to permit application fees imposed by law.
         When <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>the commissioner determines that additional resources are needed to develop the permit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>application in an expedited manner, and that expediting the development is consistent
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>permitting program priorities, the commissioner may accept the reimbursement. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>commissioner must give the permit applicant an estimate of costs for the expedited
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>to be incurred by the commissioner. The estimate must include a brief description
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>tasks to be performed, a schedule for completing the tasks, and the estimated cost
         for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>task. The proposer and the commissioner shall enter into a written agreement detailing
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>estimated costs for the expedited service to be incurred by the department and any
         recourse <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>available to the applicant if the department fails to comply with the schedule. The
         agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>must also identify staff anticipated to be assigned to the project and describe the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>commissioner's commitment to making assigned staff available for the project until
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>permit decision is made. The commissioner must not issue a permit until the applicant
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>paid all fees in full. The commissioner must refund any unobligated balance of fees
         paid. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>Reimbursements accepted by the commissioner are appropriated to the commissioner for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>the purpose of developing the permit or analyzing environmental review documents.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>Reimbursement by a permit applicant shall precede and not be contingent upon issuance
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>a permit; shall not affect the commissioner's decision on whether to issue or deny
         a permit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>what conditions are included in a permit, or the application of state and federal
         statutes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>rules governing permit determinations; and shall not affect final decisions regarding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>environmental review.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.027, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14c. <b>Irrevocability, suspensions, or expiration of permits; environmental </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var><b>review.</b> (a) If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation has not been enacted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>appropriate money to the commissioner of natural resources for environmental review
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>permitting activities of the Department of Natural Resources:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>(1) a permit granted by the commissioner may not be terminated or suspended for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>term of the permit nor shall it expire without the consent of the permittee, except
         for breach <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>or nonperformance of any condition of the permit by the permittee that is an imminent
         threat <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>to impair or destroy the environment or injure the health, safety, or welfare of the
         citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>of the state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>(2) environmental review and permit application work on environmental review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>permits filed before July 1 of that year must not be suspended or terminated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>(b) Paragraph (a), clause (1), applies until legislation appropriating money to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>commissioner for the environmental review and permitting activities is enacted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.027, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14d. <b>Unadopted rules.</b> (a) The commissioner of natural resources must not enforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>or attempt to enforce an unadopted rule. For the purposes of this subdivision, "unadopted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>rule" means a guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>similar pronouncement, if the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>statement, or similar pronouncement meets the definition of a rule as defined under
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>14.02, subdivision 4, but has not been adopted according to the rulemaking process
         provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>under chapter 14. If an unadopted rule is challenged under section 14.381, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>must overcome a presumption against the unadopted rule.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin,
         criterion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute,
         rule, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter
         14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>to amend or revise any such guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>statement, or similar pronouncement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.788, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> Registration is not required for off-highway motorcycles:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>(1) owned and used by the United States, an Indian tribal government, the state, another
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>state, or a political subdivision;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>(2) registered in another state or country that have not been within this state for
         more <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>than 30 consecutive days;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>(3) registered under chapter 168, when operated on forest roads to gain access to
         a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>forest campground;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>(4) used exclusively in organized track racing events;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>(5) operated on state or grant-in-aid trails by a nonresident possessing a nonresident
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>off-highway motorcycle state trail pass; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>(6) operated by a person participating in an event for which the commissioner has
         issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>a special use permit.; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>(7) operated on boundary trails and registered in another state or country providing
         equal <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>reciprocal registration or licensing exemptions for registrants of this state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.793, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions on youthful operators.</b> (a) A person six years or older but <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>less than 16 years of age operating an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>must possess a valid off-highway motorcycle safety certificate issued by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>(b) Except for operation on public road rights-of-way that is permitted under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>84.795
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 1, a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>operate an off-highway motorcycle along or on a public road right-of-way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>(c) A person under 12 years of age may not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>(2) operate an off-highway motorcycle on a public road right-of-way in the state;
         or<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>(3) operate an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters unless accompanied
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>by a person 18 years of age or older or participating in an event for which the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>has issued a special use permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>(d) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person less than
         16 <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>years of age may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk,
         county <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>state-aid, or county highway only if that person is accompanied by a person 18 years
         of age <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>or older who holds a valid driver's license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>(e) A person less than 16 years of age may operate an off-highway motorcycle on public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>road rights-of-way in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>84.795</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), only if <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>that person is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who holds a valid
         driver's <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a nonresident less than 16 years of age may operate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>an off-highway motorcycle on public lands or waters if the nonresident youth has in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>possession evidence of completing an off-road safety course offered by the Motorcycle
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>Safety Foundation or another state as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>84.791</statute_ref>, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.8031, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var><b>84.8031 GRANT-IN-AID APPLICATIONS; REVIEW PERIOD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>The commissioner must review an off-road vehicle grant-in-aid application and, if
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>approved, commence begin public review of the application within 60 days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>completed application has been locally approved and submitted to an area parks and
         trails <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>office. If the commissioner fails to approve or deny the application within 60 days
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>submission, the application is deemed approved and the commissioner must provide for
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>30-day public review period. If the commissioner denies an application, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>must provide the applicant with a written explanation for denying the application
         at the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>the applicant is notified of the denial.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Application, issuance, issuing fee.</b> (a) Application for registration or <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>reregistration shall be made to the commissioner or an authorized deputy registrar
         of motor <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>vehicles in a format prescribed by the commissioner and shall state the legal name
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>address of every owner of the snowmobile.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A person who purchases a snowmobile from a retail dealer shall make application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>for registration to the dealer at the point of sale. The dealer shall issue a dealer
         temporary <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>21-day registration permit to each purchaser who applies to the dealer for registration.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>temporary permit must contain the dealer's identification number and phone number.
         Each <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>retail dealer shall submit completed registration and fees to the deputy registrar
         at least once <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>a week. No fee may be charged by a dealer to a purchaser for providing the temporary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee, the commissioner or deputy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>registrar shall issue to the applicant, or provide to the dealer, an assigned registration
         number <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>or a commissioner or deputy registrar temporary 21-day permit. Once issued, the registration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>number must be affixed to the snowmobile in a clearly visible and permanent manner
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>enforcement purposes as the commissioner of natural resources shall prescribe. A dealer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>subject to paragraph (b) shall provide the registration materials or temporary permit
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>purchaser within the temporary 21-day permit period. The registration is not valid
         unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>signed by at least one owner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168.33</statute_ref>, shall also <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>be a deputy registrar of snowmobiles. The commissioner of natural resources in agreement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the accounting and procedural
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>requirements necessary to assure efficient handling of registrations and registration
         fees. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with these accounting and procedural requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) A fee of $2 In addition to that otherwise other fees prescribed by law shall be charged <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>for, an issuing fee of $4.50 is charged for each snowmobile registration renewal, duplicate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>or replacement registration card, and replacement decal and an issuing fee of $7 is
         charged <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>for each snowmobile registration and registration transfer issued by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) each snowmobile registered by the a registrar or a deputy registrar and the additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>fee shall be disposed of must be deposited in the manner provided in section 
         <statute_ref>168.33, <br />
            		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) each snowmobile registered by the commissioner and the additional fee shall must <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>account in the natural resources fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.925, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Program established.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish a <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>comprehensive all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training
         program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>including the preparation and dissemination of vehicle information and safety advice
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>public, the training of all-terrain vehicle operators, and the issuance of all-terrain
         vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>safety certificates to vehicle operators over the age of 12 years who successfully
         complete <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>the all-terrain vehicle environmental and safety education and training course. A parent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>guardian must be present at the hands-on training portion of the program for youth
         who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>six through ten years of age.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For the purpose of administering the program and to defray the expenses of training
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>and certifying vehicle operators, the commissioner shall collect a fee from each person
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>receives the training. The commissioner shall collect a fee, to include a $1 issuing
         fee for <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>licensing agents, for issuing a duplicate all-terrain vehicle safety certificate.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>commissioner shall establish both fees in a manner that neither significantly overrecovers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>nor underrecovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in providing the services.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>fees are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>apply. The fees may be established by the commissioner notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1283</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>Fee proceeds, except for the issuing fee for licensing agents under this subdivision,
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle account in the natural resources fund and
         the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>thereof, except for the electronic licensing system commission established by the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84.027, subdivision 15</statute_ref>, and issuing fees collected by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>commissioner, is appropriated annually to the Enforcement Division of the Department
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>Natural Resources for the administration of the programs. In addition to the fee established
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>by the commissioner, instructors may charge each person up to the established fee
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>for class materials and expenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner shall cooperate with private organizations and associations,
         private <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>and public corporations, and local governmental units in furtherance of the program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>established under this section. School districts may cooperate with the commissioner
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>volunteer instructors to provide space for the classroom portion of the training.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of public safety in regard to training
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>program subject matter and performance testing that leads to the certification of
         vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>operators. The commissioner shall incorporate a riding component in the safety education
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>and training program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.9256, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibitions on youthful operators.</b> (a) Except for operation on public <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>road rights-of-way that is permitted under section 
         <statute_ref>84.928</statute_ref> and as provided under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>(j), a driver's license issued by the state or another state is required to operate
         an all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>vehicle along or on a public road right-of-way.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A person under 12 years of age shall not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) operate an all-terrain vehicle on a public road right-of-way in the state; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands or waters, except as provided in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>paragraph (f).<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Except for public road rights-of-way of interstate highways, a person 12 years
         of age <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>but less than 16 years may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of
         a trunk, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>county state-aid, or county highway or operate on public lands and waters or state
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>grant-in-aid trails, only if that person possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety
         certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>issued by the commissioner and is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>holds a valid driver's license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) To be issued an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate, a person at least 12 years
         old, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>but less than 16 years old, must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) successfully complete the safety education and training program under section
         
         <statute_ref>84.925</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>subdivision 1, including a riding component; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) be able to properly reach and control the handle bars and reach the foot pegs
         while <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>sitting upright on the seat of the all-terrain vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) A person at least 11 six years of age may take the safety education and training <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>program and may receive an all-terrain vehicle safety certificate under paragraph
         (d), but <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>the certificate is not valid until the person reaches age 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) A person at least ten years of age but under 12 years of age may operate an all-terrain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>vehicle with an engine capacity up to 90cc 110cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>with straddle-style seating or up to 170cc if the vehicle is a class 1 all-terrain
         vehicle with <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>side-by-side-style seating on public lands or waters if accompanied by a parent or legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>guardian.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) A person under 15 years of age shall not operate a class 2 all-terrain vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) A person under the age of 16 may not operate an all-terrain vehicle on public
         lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>or waters or on state or grant-in-aid trails if the person cannot properly reach and
         control:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the handle bars and reach the foot pegs while sitting upright on the seat of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>all-terrain vehicle with straddle-style seating; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the steering wheel and foot controls of a class 1 all-terrain vehicle with <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>side-by-side-style seating while sitting upright in the seat with the seat belt fully
         engaged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), a nonresident at least 12 years old, but less than
         16 <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>years old, may make a direct crossing of a public road right-of-way of a trunk, county
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>state-aid, or county highway or operate an all-terrain vehicle on public lands and
         waters or <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>state or grant-in-aid trails if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>(1) the nonresident youth has in possession evidence of completing an all-terrain
         safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>course offered by the ATV Safety Institute or another state as provided in section
         
         <statute_ref>84.925</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>subdivision 3; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>(2) the nonresident youth is accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who
         holds <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>a valid driver's license.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>(j) A person 12 years of age but less than 16 years of age may operate an all-terrain
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>vehicle on the roadway, bank, slope, or ditch of a public road right-of-way as permitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>84.928</statute_ref> if the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>(1) possesses a valid all-terrain vehicle safety certificate issued by the commissioner;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>(2) is accompanied by a parent or legal guardian on a separate all-terrain vehicle.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.9256, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Helmet and seat belts required.</b> (a) A person less than 18 years of age shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>not ride as a passenger or as an operator of an all-terrain vehicle on public land,
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>waters, or on a public road right-of-way unless wearing a safety helmet approved by
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>commissioner of public safety.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) A person less than 18 years of age shall not ride as a passenger or as an operator
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>a class 2 an all-terrain vehicle without wearing a seat belt when provided by the manufacturer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.946, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Standards.</b> (a) An appropriation for asset preservation may be used only for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>capital expenditure on a capital asset previously owned by the state, within the meaning
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>generally accepted accounting principles as applied to public expenditures. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>of natural resources will consult with the commissioner of management and budget to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>extent necessary to ensure this and will furnish the commissioner of management and
         budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>a list of projects to be financed from the account in order of their priority. The
         legislature <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>assumes that many projects for preservation and replacement of portions of existing
         capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>assets will constitute betterments and capital improvements within the meaning of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>Constitution and capital expenditures under generally accepted accounting principles,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>will be financed more efficiently and economically under this section than by direct
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>appropriations for specific projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>(b) An appropriation for asset preservation must not be used to acquire land or to
         acquire <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>or construct buildings or other facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>(c) Capital budget expenditures for natural resource asset preservation and replacement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>projects must be for one or more of the following types of capital projects that support
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>existing programmatic mission of the department: code compliance including health
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>safety, Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, hazardous material abatement,
         access <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>improvement, or air quality improvement; building energy efficiency improvements using
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>current best practices; building or infrastructure repairs necessary to preserve the
         interior <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>and exterior of existing buildings; projects to remove life safety hazards such as building <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>code violations or structural defects; or renovation of other existing improvements to land, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>including but not limited to trails and bridges.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>(d) Up to ten percent of an appropriation awarded under this section may be used for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>design costs for projects eligible to be funded from this account in anticipation
         of future <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>funding from the account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.946, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Priorities; report.</b> The commissioner of natural resources must establish <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>priorities for natural resource asset preservation and replacement projects. By January
         15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>each year, the commissioner must submit to the commissioner of management and budget
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>a list of the projects that have been paid for with money from a natural resource
         asset <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>preservation and replacement appropriation during the preceding calendar year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.992, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Training and mentoring.</b> The commissioner must develop and implement a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>training program that adequately prepares Minnesota Naturalist Corps members for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>tasks assigned. Each corps member shall be is assigned a state park an interpretive naturalist <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>as a mentor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.992, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Uniform </b><b>patch</b><b> pin</b><b>.</b> Uniforms worn by members of the Minnesota Naturalist <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>Corps must have a patch pin that includes the name of the Minnesota Naturalist Corps and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>information that the program is funded by the clean water, land, and legacy amendment
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>the Minnesota Constitution adopted by the voters in November 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.992, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Eligibility.</b> A person is eligible to enroll in the Minnesota Naturalist Corps if <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>the person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>(1) is a permanent resident of the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>(2) is a participant in an approved college internship program or has a postsecondary <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>degree in a field related to natural resource resources, cultural history, interpretation, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>conservation related field; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>(3) has completed at least one year of postsecondary education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84.992, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Corps member status.</b> Minnesota Naturalist Corps members are not eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>for unemployment benefits if their services are excluded under section 
         <statute_ref>268.035</statute_ref>, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>20, and are not eligible for other benefits except workers' compensation. The corps members
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>are not employees of the state within the meaning of section 
         <statute_ref>43A.02</statute_ref>, subdivision 21.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Bait harvest from infested waters.</b> (a) Taking wild animals from infested <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited, except as provided in paragraph
         (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(c), or (d), and section 
         <statute_ref>97C.341</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) In waters that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as infested
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>17.4982, subdivision 6
         </statute_ref>, taking wild animals may be permitted for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes as provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>in a permit issued under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>watermilfoil, when the infested waters are listed solely because they contain Eurasian
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>watermilfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow traps
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>(c) In streams or rivers that are listed as infested waters, except those listed as
         infested <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>with certifiable diseases of fish, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>17.4982, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, the harvest <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and suckers for bait
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>hook and line for noncommercial personal use is allowed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>(1) fish taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water where caught
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>and while still on that water body. Where the river or stream is divided by barriers
         such as <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>dams, the fish must be caught and used on the same section of the river or stream;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>(2) fish taken under this paragraph may not be transported live from or off the water
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>(3) fish harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>(4) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>(5) fish taken under this paragraph must meet all other size restrictions and requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>as established in rules; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>(6) all species listed under this paragraph shall be included in the person's daily
         limit as <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>established in rules, if applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>(d) In the Mississippi River downstream of St. Anthony Falls and the St. Croix River
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>downstream of the dam at Taylors Falls, including portions described as <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>Minnesota-Wisconsin boundary waters in Minnesota Rules, part 6266.0500, subpart 1, items <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>A and B, the harvest of gizzard shad by cast net for noncommercial personal use as
         bait for <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>angling, as provided in a permit issued under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>, is allowed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) nontarget species must immediately be returned to the water;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>(2) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph must be used on the same body of water
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>where caught and while still on that water body. Where the river is divided by barriers
         such <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>as dams, the gizzard shad must be caught and used on the same section of the river;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>(3) gizzard shad taken under this paragraph may not be transported off the water body;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>(4) gizzard shad harvested under this paragraph may only be used in accordance with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>This paragraph expires December 1, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a listed infested water by permit issued
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other than waters
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>specified in the permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>(f) Bait intended for sale may not be held in infested water after taking and before
         sale, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>unless authorized under a license or permit according to Minnesota Rules, part 6216.0500.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Commercial fishing and turtle, frog, and crayfish harvesting restrictions </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var><b>in infested and noninfested waters.</b> (a) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>used for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested
         water that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>is listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases,
         as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>17.4982</statute_ref>, may not be used in any other waters. If a commercial licensee operates <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>in an infested water listed because it contains invasive fish, invertebrates, or certifiable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>diseases, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>17.4982</statute_ref>, all nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>for commercial fishing or turtle, frog, or crayfish harvesting in waters listed as
         infested with <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>invasive fish, invertebrates, or certifiable diseases, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>17.4982</statute_ref>, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>tagged with tags provided by the commissioner, as specified in the commercial licensee's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>license or permit. Tagged gear must not be used in water bodies other than those specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>in the license or permit. The permit may authorize department staff to remove tags
         after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>gear is decontaminated. This tagging requirement does not apply to commercial fishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>equipment used in Lake Superior.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>(b) All nets, traps, buoys, anchors, stakes, and lines used for commercial fishing
         or turtle, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>frog, or crayfish harvesting in an infested water that is listed solely because it
         contains <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>Eurasian watermilfoil must be dried for a minimum of ten days or frozen for a minimum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>of two days before they are used in any other waters, except as provided in this paragraph.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>Commercial licensees must notify the department's regional or area fisheries office
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>conservation officer before removing nets or equipment from an infested water listed
         solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil and before resetting those nets or equipment
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>any other waters. Upon notification, the commissioner may authorize a commercial licensee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>to move nets or equipment to another water without freezing or drying, if that water
         is listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>as infested solely because it contains Eurasian watermilfoil.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>(c) A commercial licensee must remove all aquatic macrophytes from nets and other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>equipment before placing the equipment into waters of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>(d) The commissioner shall provide a commercial licensee with a current listing of
         listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>infested waters at the time that a license or permit is issued.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Classes.</b> The commissioner shall, as provided in this chapter, classify <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>nonnative species of aquatic plants and wild animals, including subspecies, genotypes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>cultivars, hybrids, or genera of nonnative species, according to the following categories:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(1) prohibited invasive species, which may not be possessed, imported, purchased,
         sold, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>propagated, transported, or introduced except as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>84D.05</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>(2) regulated invasive species, which may not be introduced except as provided in
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>84D.07
         </statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>(3) unlisted nonnative species, which are subject to the classification procedure
         in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>84D.06
         </statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>(4) unregulated nonnative species, which are not subject to regulation under this
         chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibited activities.</b> A person may not possess, import, purchase, sell, <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>propagate, transport, or introduce a prohibited invasive species, except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>(1) under a permit issued by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>(2) in the case of purple loosestrife, as provided by sections 
         <statute_ref>18.75</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>18.88</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>(3) under a restricted species permit issued under section 
         <statute_ref>17.457</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>(4) when being transported to the department, or another destination as the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>may direct, in a sealed container for purposes of identifying the species or reporting
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>presence of the species;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>(5) when being transported for disposal as part of a harvest or control activity when
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>specifically authorized under a permit issued by the commissioner according to section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>103G.615
         </statute_ref>, when being transported for disposal as specified under a commercial fishing <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>license issued by the commissioner according to section 
         <statute_ref>97A.418</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.801</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.811</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>97C.825
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.831</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>97C.835</statute_ref>, or when being transported as specified by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>(6) when being removed from watercraft and equipment, or caught while angling, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>immediately returned to the water from which they came; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>(7) when being transported from riparian property to a legal disposal site that is
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>100 feet from any surface water, ditch, or seasonally flooded land, provided the prohibited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>invasive species are in a covered commercial vehicle specifically designed and used
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>hauling trash; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>(7) (8) as the commissioner may otherwise prescribe by rule.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.108, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Lake Minnetonka pilot study.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue an additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>permit to service providers to return to Lake Minnetonka water-related equipment with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>zebra mussels attached after the equipment has been seasonally stored, serviced, or
         repaired. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>The permit must include verification and documentation requirements and any other
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>conditions the commissioner deems necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>(b) Water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached may be returned only to Lake
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>Minnetonka (DNR Division of Waters number 27-0133) by service providers permitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>(c) The service provider's place of business must be within the Lake Minnetonka <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>Conservation District as established according to sections 
         <statute_ref>103B.601</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103B.645</statute_ref> or within <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>a municipality immediately bordering the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District's <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>boundaries.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>(d) A service provider applying for a permit under this subdivision must, if approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>for a permit and before the permit is valid, furnish a corporate surety bond in favor
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>state for $50,000 payable upon violation of this chapter while the service provider is acting <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>under a permit issued according to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>(e) This subdivision expires December 1, 2018 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.108, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Gull Lake pilot study.</b> (a) The commissioner may include an additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>Gull Narrows State Water Access Site, Government Point State Water Access Site, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>Gull East State Water Access Site on Gull Lake (DNR Division of Waters number 11-0305)
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>in Cass and Crow Wing Counties using the same authorities, general procedures, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 2a. Lake
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>providers participating in the Gull Lake targeted pilot study place of business must
         be located <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>in Cass or Crow Wing County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Gull Lake is implemented under this
         section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under
         Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Gull Lake targeted
         pilot study <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>recommendations and assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.108, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2c. <b>Cross Lake pilot study.</b> (a) The commissioner may include an additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>targeted pilot study to include water-related equipment with zebra mussels attached
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>Cross Lake #1 State Water Access Site on Cross Lake (DNR Division of Waters number
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>18-0312) in Crow Wing County using the same authorities, general procedures, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>requirements provided for the Lake Minnetonka pilot project in subdivision 2a. The
         place <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>of business of lake service providers participating in the Cross Lake targeted pilot
         study <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>must be located in Cass or Crow Wing County.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>(b) If an additional targeted pilot project for Cross Lake is implemented under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>section, the report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over natural resources required under
         Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 48, must also include the Cross Lake targeted
         pilot <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>study recommendations and assessments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>(c) This subdivision expires December 1, 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84D.11, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Permit for invasive carp.</b> The commissioner may issue a permit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>departmental divisions for tagging bighead, black, grass, or silver carp for research
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>control. Under the permit, the carp may be released into the water body from which
         the carp <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>was captured. This subdivision expires December 31, 2021.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 27. <b>[85.0507] FORT RIDGELY GOLF COURSE; GOLF CARTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>The commissioner may by contract, concession agreement, or lease, authorize the use
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>of golf carts on the golf course at Fort Ridgely State Park.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.052, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority to establish.</b> (a) The commissioner may establish, by written <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>order, provisions for the use of state parks for the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>(1) special parking space for automobiles or other motor-driven vehicles in a state
         park <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>or state recreation area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>(2) special parking spurs, campgrounds for automobiles, sites for tent camping, other <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>types of lodging, camping, or day use facilities, and special auto trailer coach parking spaces, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>for the use of the individual charged for the space or facility;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>(3) improvement and maintenance of golf courses already established in state parks,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>charging reasonable use fees; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>(4) providing water, sewer, and electric service to trailer or tent campsites and
         charging <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>a reasonable use fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>(b) Provisions established under paragraph (a) are exempt from section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1283</statute_ref> and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14. Section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>(c) For the purposes of this subdivision, "lodging" means an enclosed shelter, room,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>building with furnishings for overnight use.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.053, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Free permit; </b><b>military personnel</b><b>; exemption</b><b>.</b> (a) A one-day permit, Annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>permits under subdivision 4, shall 1 must be issued without a fee for a motor vehicle being <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>used by a person who is serving in to active military service personnel in any branch or unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>of the United States armed forces and who is stationed outside Minnesota, during the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>of active service and for 90 days immediately thereafter, if the or their dependents and to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>recipients of a Purple Heart medal. To qualify for a free permit under this subdivision,
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>person presents the person's current military orders must present qualifying military <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>identification or an annual pass for the United States military issued through the
         National <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass program to the park attendant on duty or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>designee of the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For purposes of this section, "active service" has the meaning given under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>190.05, subdivision 5c
         </statute_ref>, when performed outside Minnesota subdivision, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>shall establish what constitutes qualifying military identification in the State Register.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>(c) A permit is not required for a motor vehicle being used by military personnel or their
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>dependents who have in their possession the annual pass for United States military
         and their <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>dependents issued by the federal government for access to federal recreation sites For <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>vehicles permitted under paragraph (a), the permit or decal issued under this subdivision
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>valid only when displayed on a vehicle owned and occupied by the person to whom the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>permit is issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>(d) The commissioner may issue a daily vehicle permit free of charge to an individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>who qualifies under paragraph (a) and does not own or operate a motor vehicle.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.053, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Free </b><b>entrance</b><b> permit</b><b>; disabled veterans.</b> (a) The commissioner shall issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>an annual park permit for no charge to any veteran with a total and permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>service-connected disability, and a daily park permit to any resident veteran with any level <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>of service-connected disability, as determined by the United States Department of
         Veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>Affairs, who presents each year a copy of the veteran's determination letter or other official <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>form of validation issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the
         United <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>States Department of Defense to a park attendant or commissioner's designee. For the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>purposes of this section subdivision, "veteran" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>197.447</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For vehicles permitted under paragraph (a), the permit or decal issued under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>subdivision is valid only when displayed on a vehicle owned and occupied by the person
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>to whom the permit is issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner may issue a daily vehicle permit free of charge to an individual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>who qualifies under paragraph (a) and does not own or operate a motor vehicle.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.054, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 19. <b>Fort Ridgely golf course.</b> The commissioner may by contract, concession <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>agreement, or lease waive a state park permit and associated fee for motor vehicle
         entry or <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>parking for persons playing golf at the Fort Ridgely State Park golf course provided
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>the contract, concession agreement, or lease payment to the state is set, in part,
         to compensate <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>the state park system for the loss of the state park fees.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Fees.</b> The fee for state park permits for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>(1) an annual use of state parks is $25 $35;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>(2) a second or subsequent vehicle state park permit is $18 $26;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>(3) a state park permit valid for one day is $5 $7;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>(4) a daily vehicle state park permit for groups is $3 $5;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>(5) an annual permit for motorcycles is $20 $30;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(6) an employee's state park permit is without charge; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>(7) a state park permit for persons with disabilities under section 
         <statute_ref>85.053, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (3), is $12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>The fees specified in this subdivision include any sales tax required by state law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.22, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Receipts, appropriation.</b> All receipts derived from the rental or sale of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>park items, tours at Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, interpretation programs, educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>programs, and operation of Douglas Lodge shall be deposited in the state treasury and be <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>credited to the state parks working capital account. Receipts and expenses from Douglas
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>Lodge shall be tracked separately within the account. Money in the account is annually
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>appropriated for the purchase and payment of expenses attributable to items for resale
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>rental and operation of Douglas Lodge. Any excess receipts in this account are annually
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>appropriated for state park management and interpretive programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Areas marked</b><b> Designation</b><b>.</b> The commissioner of natural resources is <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>authorized in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and
         groups <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>when feasible to mark manage state water trails on the Lake Superior water trail under <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>section 85.0155 and on the following rivers, which have historic, recreational, and scenic <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>values: Little Fork, Big Fork, Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>Straight, Des Moines, Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>Pomme de Terre within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>from Benson in Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>of the North, Sauk, Otter Tail, Redwood, Blue Earth, Cedar, Shell Rock, and Vermilion in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>St. Louis County, North Fork of the Crow, and South Fork of the Crow Rivers, which have <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>historic and scenic values, and to mark appropriately. The commissioner may map and sign <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>points of interest, public water access sites, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards that are dangerous to canoe, kayak, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>watercraft travelers. The commissioner may maintain passageway for watercraft on state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>water trails.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 35. <b>[85.47] SPECIAL USE PERMITS; FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>Fees collected for special use permits to use state trails not on state forest, state
         park, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>state recreation area lands and for use of state water access sites must be deposited
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>natural resources fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 86B.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Exemptions.</b> A watercraft license is not required for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>(1) a watercraft that is covered by a license or number in full force and effect under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>federal law or a federally approved licensing or numbering system of another state,
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>watercraft that is owned by a person from another state and that state does not require
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>licensing that type of watercraft, and the watercraft has not been within this state for more <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a watercraft is laid up
         at dock <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another port in the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>(2) a watercraft from a country other than the United States that has not been within
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>state for more than 90 consecutive days, which does not include days that a watercraft
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>laid up at dock over winter or for repairs at a Lake Superior port or another port
         in the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>(3) a watercraft owned by the United States, an Indian tribal government, a state,
         or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>political subdivision of a state, except watercraft used for recreational purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>(4) a ship's lifeboat;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>(5) a watercraft that has been issued a valid marine document by the United States
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>government;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>(6) a waterfowl boat during waterfowl-hunting season;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>(7) a rice boat during the harvest season;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>(8) a seaplane;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>(9) a nonmotorized watercraft ten feet in length or less; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>(10) a watercraft that is covered by a valid license or number issued by a federally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>recognized Indian tribe in the state under a federally approved licensing or numbering
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>and that is owned by a member of that tribe.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 86B.313, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>General requirements.</b> (a) In addition to requirements of other laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>relating to watercraft, a person may not operate or permit the operation of a personal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>watercraft:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>(1) without each person on board the personal watercraft wearing a United States Coast <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>Guard (USCG) approved wearable personal flotation device with a that is approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>United States Coast Guard (USCG) and has a USCG label indicating it the flotation device <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>either is approved for or does not prohibit use with personal watercraft or water skiing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>(2) between one hour before sunset and 9:30 a.m.;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>(3) at greater than slow-no wake speed within 150 feet of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>(i) a shoreline;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>(ii) a dock;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>(iii) a swimmer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>(iv) a raft used for swimming or diving; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>(v) a moored, anchored, or nonmotorized watercraft;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>(4) while towing a person on water skis, a kneeboard, an inflatable craft, or any
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>device unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>(i) an observer is on board; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>(ii) the personal watercraft is equipped with factory-installed or factory-specified
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>accessory mirrors that give the operator a wide field of vision to the rear;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>(5) without the lanyard-type engine cutoff switch being attached to the person, clothing,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>or personal flotation device of the operator, if the personal watercraft is equipped
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>manufacturer with such a device;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>(6) if any part of the spring-loaded throttle mechanism has been removed, altered,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>tampered with so as to interfere with the return-to-idle system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>(7) to chase or harass wildlife;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>(8) through emergent or floating vegetation at other than a slow-no wake speed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>(9) in a manner that unreasonably or unnecessarily endangers life, limb, or property,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>including weaving through congested watercraft traffic, jumping the wake of another
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>watercraft within 150 feet of the other watercraft, or operating the watercraft while
         facing <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>backwards;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>(10) in any other manner that is not reasonable and prudent; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>(11) without a personal watercraft rules decal, issued by the commissioner, attached
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>the personal watercraft so as to be in full view of the operator.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>(b) Paragraph (a), clause (3), does not apply to a person operating a personal watercraft
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>to launch or land a person on water skis, a kneeboard, or similar device by the most
         direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>route to open water.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 86B.701, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Allocation of funding.</b> (a) Notwithstanding section 16A.41, expenditures <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>directly related to each appropriation's purpose made on or after January 1 of the
         fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>in which the grant is made or the date of work plan approval, whichever is later,
         are eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>for reimbursement unless otherwise provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>(b) The amount of funds to be allocated under subdivisions 1 and 2 and shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>determined by the commissioner on the basis of the following criteria:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>(1) the number of watercraft using the waters wholly or partially within the county;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>(2) the number of watercraft using particular bodies of water, wholly or partially
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>the county, in relation to the size of the body of water and the type, speed, and
         size of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>watercraft utilizing the water body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>(3) the amount of water acreage wholly or partially within the county;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>(4) the overall performance of the county in the area of boat and water safety;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>(5) special considerations, such as volume of transient or nonresident watercraft
         use, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>number of rental watercraft, extremely large bodies of water wholly or partially in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>county; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>(6) any other factor as determined by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>(b) (c) The commissioner may require reports from the counties, make appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>surveys or studies, or utilize local surveys or studies to determine the criteria
         required in <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>allocation funds.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 88.01, subdivision 28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 28. <b>Prescribed burn.</b> "Prescribed burn" means a fire that is intentionally ignited, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>managed, and controlled for the purpose of managing forests, prairies, or wildlife habitats <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>by an entity meeting certification requirements established by the commissioner for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>purpose of managing vegetation. A prescribed burn that has exceeded its prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>boundaries and requires immediate suppression action by a local fire department or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>agency with wildfire suppression responsibilities is considered a wildfire.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 88.523, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var><b>88.523 AUXILIARY FOREST CONTRACTS; SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>Upon application of the owner, any auxiliary forest contract may be made subject to
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>provisions of law enacted subsequent to the execution of the contract and in force
         at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>time of application, so far as not already applicable, with the approval of the county
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>and the commissioner of natural resources. A supplemental agreement in a form format <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>prescribed by the commissioner and approved by the attorney general must be executed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>the commissioner in behalf of the state and by the owner. The supplemental agreement
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>be filed and recorded in like manner as the supplemental contract under section 
         <statute_ref>88.49, <br />
            		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>, and takes effect upon filing and recording.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 89.39, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var><b>89.39 PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND PENALTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>Every individual, partnership, or private corporation to whom any planting stock is
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>supplied for planting on private land hereunder shall under sections 89.35 to 89.39 must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>execute an agreement, upon a form in a format approved by the attorney general <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>commissioner, to comply with all the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>89.35</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>89.39</statute_ref> and all <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>conditions prescribed by the commissioner hereunder thereunder. Any party to such an <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>agreement who shall violate any provision thereof shall, violates the agreement is, in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>to any other penalties that may be applicable, be liable to the state in a sum equal to three <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>times the reasonable value of the trees affected by the violation at the time the
         same trees <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>were shipped for planting; provided, that if such the trees are sold or offered for sale for <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>any purpose not herein authorized, such under sections 89.35 to 89.39, the penalty shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>is equal to three times the sale price. Such The penalties shall be are recoverable in a civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>action brought in the name of the state by the attorney general.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 1a. <b>Affiliate.</b> "Affiliate" means a person who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>(1) controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with any other person,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>including, without limitation, a partner, business entity with common ownership, or
         principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>of any business entity or a subsidiary, parent company, or holding company of any
         person; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>or<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>(2) bids as a representative for another person.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.01, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Permit holder.</b> "Permit holder" means the person or affiliate of the person who <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>is the signatory of a permit to cut timber on state lands.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.01, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12. <b>Responsible bidder.</b> "Responsible bidder" means a person or affiliate of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>person who is financially responsible; demonstrates the judgment, skill, ability, capacity,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>and integrity requisite and necessary to perform according to the terms of a permit
         issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>under this chapter; and is not currently debarred by another a government entity for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>cause.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.041, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Trespass on state lands.</b> The commissioner may compromise and settle, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>notification to the attorney general, upon terms the commissioner deems just, any claim of <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>the state for casual and involuntary trespass upon state lands or timber; provided
         that no <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>claim shall be settled for less than the full value of all timber or other materials
         taken in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>casual trespass or the full amount of all actual damage or loss suffered by the state
         as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>result. Upon request, the commissioner shall advise the Executive Council of any information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>acquired by the commissioner concerning any trespass on state lands, giving all details
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>names of witnesses and all compromises and settlements made under this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.051, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var><b>90.051 SUPERVISION OF SALES; BOND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>The department employee delegated to supervise state timber appraisals and sales shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>be bonded in a form to be prescribed by the attorney general commissioner and in the sum <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>of not less than $25,000, conditioned upon the faithful and honest performance of
         duties.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Sale list and notice.</b> At least 30 days before the date of sale, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>shall compile a list containing a description of each tract of land upon which any
         timber to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>be offered is situated and a statement of the estimated quantity of timber and of
         the appraised <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>price of each kind of timber thereon as shown by the report of the state appraiser.
         No <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>description shall be added after the list is posted and no timber shall be sold from
         land not <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>described in the list. Copies of the list shall must be furnished to all interested applicants. <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>At least 30 days before the date of sale, a copy of the list shall must be posted on the Internet <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>or conspicuously posted in the forest office or other public facility most accessible
         to potential <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>bidders at least 30 days prior to the date of sale. The commissioner shall cause a notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>be published once not less than one week before the date of sale in a legal newspaper
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>county or counties where the land is situated. The notice shall state the time and
         place of <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>the sale and the location at which further information regarding the sale may be obtained. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>The commissioner may give other published or posted notice as the commissioner deems
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>proper to reach prospective bidders.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var><b>90.14 AUCTION SALE PROCEDURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>(a) All state timber shall be offered and sold by the same unit of measurement as
         it was <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>appraised. No tract shall be sold to any person other than the purchaser responsible bidder <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>in whose name the bid was made. The commissioner may refuse to approve any and all
         bids <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>received and cancel a sale of state timber for good and sufficient reasons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>(b) The purchaser at any sale of timber shall, immediately upon the approval of the
         bid, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>or, if unsold at public auction, at the time of purchase at a subsequent sale under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>90.101
         </statute_ref>, subdivision 1, pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15 percent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>appraised value. In case any purchaser fails to make such payment, the purchaser shall
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>liable therefor to the state in a civil action, and the commissioner may reoffer the
         timber <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>for sale as though no bid or sale under section 
         <statute_ref>90.101</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, therefor had been <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>(c) In lieu of the scaling of state timber required by this chapter, a purchaser of
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>timber may, at the time of payment by the purchaser to the commissioner of 15 percent
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>the appraised value, elect in writing on a form format prescribed by the attorney general <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>commissioner to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate of the volume <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>of timber described in the permit, provided that the commissioner has expressly designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>the availability of such option for that tract on the list of tracts available for
         sale as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>90.101</statute_ref>. A purchaser who elects in writing on a form format prescribed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>attorney general commissioner to purchase a permit based solely on the appraiser's estimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>of the volume of timber described on the permit does not have recourse to the provisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>90.281</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>(d) In the case of a public auction sale conducted by a sealed bid process, tracts
         shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>awarded to the high bidder, who shall pay to the commissioner a down payment of 15
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>percent of the appraised value that must be received or postmarked within 14 days
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>date of the sealed bid opening. If a purchaser fails to make the down payment, the
         purchaser <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>is liable for the down payment to the state and the commissioner may offer the timber
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>sale to the next highest bidder as though no higher bid had been made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>(e) Except as otherwise provided by law, at the time the purchaser signs a permit
         issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>90.151</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall require the purchaser to make a bid guarantee <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>payment to the commissioner in an amount equal to 15 percent of the total purchase
         price <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>of the permit less the down payment amount required by paragraph (b) for any bid increase
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>in excess of $10,000 of the appraised value. If a required bid guarantee payment is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>submitted with the signed permit, no harvesting may occur, the permit cancels, and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>down payment for timber forfeits to the state. The bid guarantee payment forfeits
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>state if the purchaser and successors in interest fail to execute an effective permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.145, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Purchaser registration.</b> To facilitate the sale of permits issued under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>90.151
         </statute_ref>, the commissioner may establish a registration system to verify the qualifications
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>of a person or affiliate as a responsible bidder to purchase a timber permit. Any system <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>implemented by the commissioner shall be limited in scope to only that information
         that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>required for the efficient administration of the purchaser qualification requirements
         of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>chapter. The registration system established under this subdivision is not subject
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.151, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance; expiration.</b> (a) Following receipt of the down payment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>state timber required under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>90.191</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall issue a numbered <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>permit to the purchaser, in a form format approved by the attorney general commissioner, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>by the terms of which the purchaser shall be is authorized to enter upon the land, and to cut <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>and remove the timber therein described in the permit as designated for cutting in the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>of the state appraiser, according to the provisions of this chapter. The permit shall must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>correctly dated and executed by the commissioner and signed by the purchaser. If a
         permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>is not signed by the purchaser within 45 days from the date of purchase, the permit
         cancels <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>and the down payment for timber required under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref> forfeits to the state. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>commissioner may grant an additional period for the purchaser to sign the permit,
         not to <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>exceed ten business days, provided the purchaser pays a $200 penalty fee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The permit shall expire expires no later than five years after the date of sale as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>commissioner shall specify or as specified under section 
         <statute_ref>90.191</statute_ref>, and the timber shall must <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>be cut and removed within the time specified therein. If additional time is needed, the permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>holder must request, prior to before the expiration date, and may be granted, for good and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>sufficient reasons, up to 90 additional days for the completion of skidding, hauling,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>removing all equipment and buildings. All cut timber, equipment, and buildings not
         removed <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>from the land after expiration of the permit becomes the property of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner may grant an additional period of time not to exceed 240 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>for the removal of removing cut timber, equipment, and buildings upon receipt of a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>request by the permit holder for good and sufficient reasons. The permit holder may
         combine <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>in the written request under this paragraph the request for additional time under
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>(b).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.162, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var><b>90.162 SECURING TIMBER PERMITS WITH CUTTING BLOCKS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>In lieu of the security deposit equal to the value of all timber covered by the permit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>required by section 
         <statute_ref>90.161</statute_ref>, a purchaser of state timber may elect in writing on a form format <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>prescribed by the attorney general commissioner to give good and valid surety to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>of Minnesota equal to the purchase price for any designated cutting block identified
         on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>permit before the date the purchaser enters upon the land to begin harvesting the
         timber on <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>the designated cutting block.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 90.252, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var><b>90.252 SCALING AGREEMENT; WEIGHT MEASUREMENT SERVICES; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var><b>FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Scaling agreement.</b> The commissioner may enter into an agreement with <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>either a timber sale permittee, or the purchaser of the cut products, or both, so
         that the scaling <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>of the cut timber and the collection of the payment for the same can be consummated
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>the state. Such an The agreement shall must be approved as to form and content by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>attorney general commissioner and shall must provide for a bond or cash in lieu of a bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>and such other safeguards as are necessary to protect the interests of the state. The scaling
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>and payment collection procedure may be used for any state timber sale, except that
         no <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>permittee who is also the consumer shall both cut and scale the timber sold unless
         such the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>scaling is supervised by a state scaler.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Weight measurement services; fees.</b> The commissioner may enter into an <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>agreement with the owner or operator of any weight scale inspected, tested, and approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>under chapter 239 to provide weight measurements for the scaling of state timber according <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>90.251</statute_ref>. The agreement shall must be on a form in a format prescribed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>attorney general commissioner, shall become a becomes part of the official record of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>state timber permit so scaled, and shall must contain safeguards that are necessary to protect <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>the interests of the state. Except as otherwise provided by the commissioner, the
         cost of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>agreement to provide weight measurement of state timber shall must be paid by the permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>holder of any state timber permit so measured and the cost shall must be included in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>statement of the amount due for the permit under section 
         <statute_ref>90.181, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.25, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Lease requirements.</b> All leases for nonferrous metallic minerals or petroleum <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>must be approved by the Executive Council, and any other mineral lease issued pursuant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>to this section that covers 160 or more acres must be approved by the Executive Council.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>The rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants of all such leases shall be
         fixed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>the commissioner according to rules adopted by the commissioner, but no lease shall
         be for <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>a longer term than 50 years, and all rents, royalties, terms, conditions, and covenants
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>be fully set forth in each lease issued. No lease shall be canceled by the state for failure to <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>meet production requirements prior to the 36th year of the lease. The rents and royalties <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>shall be credited to the funds as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>93.22</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>applies to leases in effect or issued on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.47, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Administration and enforcement.</b> The commissioner shall administer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>enforce sections 
         <statute_ref>93.44</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>93.51</statute_ref> and the rules adopted pursuant hereto. In so doing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>commissioner may (1) conduct such investigations and inspections as the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>deems necessary for the proper administration of sections 
         <statute_ref>93.44</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>93.51</statute_ref>; (2) enter upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>any parts of the mining areas in connection with any such investigation and inspection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>without liability to the operator or landowner provided that reasonable prior notice
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>intention to do so shall have been given the operator or landowner; (3) conduct such
         research <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>or enter into contracts related to mining areas and the reclamation thereof as may
         be necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>to carry out the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>93.46</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>93.50; and (4) allocate surplus wetland credits <br />
            		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>that are approved by the commissioner under a permit to mine on or after July 1, 1991,
            and <br />
            		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>that are not otherwise deposited in a state wetland bank
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 1991.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.481, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Commissioner's review; hearing</b><b>; burden of proof</b><b>.</b> Within 120 days after <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>receiving the an application, or after receiving additional information requested, or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>holding a hearing as provided in this section the commissioner has deemed complete and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>filed, the commissioner shall grant the permit applied for, with or without modifications
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>conditions, or deny the application unless a contested case hearing is requested under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>93.483. If written objections to the proposed application are filed with the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>within 30 days after the last publication required pursuant to this section or within
         seven <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>days after publication in the case of an application to conduct lean ore stockpile
         removal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>by any person owning property which will be affected by the proposed operation or
         by any <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>federal, state, or local governmental agency having responsibilities affected by the
         proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>operations, a public hearing shall be held by the commissioner in the locality of
         the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>operations within 30 days of receipt of such written objections and after appropriate
         notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>and publication of the date, time, and location of the hearing. The commissioner's decision <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>to grant the permit, with or without modifications, or deny the application constitutes
         a final <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>order for purposes of section 93.50. The commissioner in granting a permit with or without <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>modifications shall determine that the reclamation or restoration planned for the operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>complies with lawful requirements and can be accomplished under available technology
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>and that a proposed reclamation or restoration technique is practical and workable
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>available technology. The commissioner may hold public meetings on the application.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 56. <b>[93.483] CONTESTED CASE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Petition for contested case hearing.</b> Any person owning property that <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>is adjacent to the proposed operation or any federal, state, or local government having
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>responsibilities affected by the proposed operation identified in the application
         for a permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>to mine under section 93.481 may file a petition with the commissioner to hold a contested
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>case hearing on the completed application. To be considered by the commissioner, a
         petition <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>must be submitted in writing, must contain the information specified in subdivision
         2, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>must be submitted to the commissioner within 30 days after the application is deemed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>complete and filed. In addition, the commissioner may, on the commissioner's own motion,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>order a contested case hearing on the completed application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Petition contents.</b> (a) A petition for a contested case hearing must include the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>(1) a statement of reasons or proposed findings supporting the commissioner's decision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>to hold a contested case hearing pursuant to the criteria in subdivision 3; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>(2) a statement of the issues proposed to be addressed by a contested case hearing
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>the specific relief requested or resolution of the matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>(b) To the extent known by the petitioner, a petition for a contested case hearing
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>also include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>(1) a proposed list of prospective witnesses to be called, including experts, with
         a brief <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>description of the proposed testimony or a summary of evidence to be presented at
         a contested <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>case hearing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>(2) a proposed list of publications, references, or studies to be introduced and relied
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>upon at a contested case hearing; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>(3) an estimate of time required for the petitioner to present the matter at a contested
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>case hearing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>(c) A petitioner is not bound or limited to the witnesses, materials, or estimated
         time <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>identified in the petition if the requested contested case is granted by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>(d) Any person may serve timely responses to a petition for a contested case hearing.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>The commissioner shall establish deadlines for responses to be submitted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Commissioner's decision to hold hearing.</b> The commissioner may grant the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>petition to hold a contested case hearing or order upon the commissioner's own motion
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>a contested case hearing be held if the commissioner finds that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>(1) there is a material issue of fact in dispute concerning the completed application
         before <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>(2) the commissioner has jurisdiction to make a determination on the disputed material
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>issue of fact; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>(3) there is a reasonable basis underlying a disputed material issue of fact so that
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>contested case hearing would allow the introduction of information that would aid
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>commissioner in resolving the disputed facts in order to make a final decision on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>completed application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Hearing upon demand of applicant.</b> If the commissioner denies an application, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>the applicant may, within 30 days after receipt of the commissioner's order denying
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>application, file a demand for a contested case.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Scope of hearing.</b> If the commissioner decides to hold a contested case hearing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>the commissioner shall identify the issues to be resolved and limit the scope and
         conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>of the hearing in accordance with applicable law, due process, and fundamental fairness.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>The commissioner may, before granting or ordering a contested case hearing, develop
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>proposed permit or permit conditions to inform the contested case. The contested case
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>hearing must be conducted in accordance with sections 14.57 to 14.62. The final decision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>by the commissioner to grant, with or without modifications or conditions, or deny
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>application after a contested case shall constitute a final order for purposes of
         section 93.50.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Consistency with administrative rules.</b> The commissioner shall construe the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>administrative procedures under Minnesota Rules, parts 6130.4800 and 6132.4000, in
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>manner that is consistent with this section. To the extent any provision of Minnesota
         Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>parts 6130.4800 and 6132.4000, conflicts with this section, this section controls.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 93.50, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var><b>93.50 APPEAL.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>Any person aggrieved by any final order, ruling, or decision of the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>appeal seek judicial review of such order, ruling, or decision in the manner provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>chapter 14 under sections 14.63 to 14.69.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 94.343, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Approval by </b><b>attorney general</b><b> commissioner</b><b>.</b> No exchange of class A land <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>shall be consummated unless the attorney general shall have given an opinion in writing <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>commissioner determines that the title to the land proposed to be conveyed to the state is <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>good and marketable, free from all liens and, with all encumbrances identified except <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>reservations herein authorized. The commissioner may use title insurance to aid in the title <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>determination. If required by the attorney general commissioner, the landowner shall must <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>submit an abstract of title and make and file with the commissioner an affidavit as
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>possession of the land, improvements, liens, and encumbrances thereon, and other matters
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>affecting the title.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 94.344, subdivision 9, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Approval of county attorney.</b> No exchange of class B land shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>consummated unless the title to the land proposed to be exchanged therefor shall is first be <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>approved by the county attorney in like manner as provided for approval by the attorney <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>general commissioner in case of class A land. The county attorney's opinion on the title <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>shall be is subject to approval by the attorney general commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 35a. <b>Portable shelter.</b> "Portable shelter" means a fish house, dark house, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>shelter that is set on the ice of state waters to provide shelter and that collapses,
         folds, or is <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>disassembled for transportation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, subdivision 39, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 39. <b>Protected wild animals.</b> "Protected wild animals" are the following wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>animals: means big game, small game, game fish, rough fish, minnows, leeches, alewives, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>ciscoes, chubs, and lake whitefish, and the subfamily Coregoninae, rainbow smelt, frogs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>turtles, clams, mussels, wolf, mourning doves, bats, snakes, salamanders, lizards, any animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>species listed as endangered, threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules,
         chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>6134, and wild animals that are protected by a restriction in the time or manner of taking,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>other than a restriction in the use of artificial lights, poison, or motor vehicles.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, subdivision 43, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 43. <b>Rough fish.</b> "Rough fish" means carp, buffalo, sucker, sheepshead, bowfin, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>burbot, cisco, gar, goldeye, and bullhead, except for any fish species listed as endangered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6134.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, subdivision 45, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 45. <b>Small game.</b> "Small game" means game birds, gray squirrel, fox squirrel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>cottontail rabbit, snowshoe hare, jack rabbit, raccoon, lynx, bobcat, short-tailed weasel, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>long-tailed weasel, wolf, red fox and gray fox, fisher, pine marten, opossum, badger, cougar, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>wolverine, muskrat, mink, otter, and beaver.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, subdivision 52, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 52. <b>Unprotected birds.</b> "Unprotected birds" means English sparrow, blackbird, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>starling, magpie, cormorant, common pigeon, Eurasian collared dove, chukar partridge, <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>quail other than bobwhite quail, and mute swan.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.015, subdivision 53, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 53. <b>Unprotected wild animals.</b> "Unprotected wild animals" means wild animals <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>that are not protected wild animals including weasel, coyote, plains pocket gopher, porcupine, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>striped skunk, and unprotected birds, except any animal species listed as endangered, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>threatened, or of special concern in Minnesota Rules, chapter 6134.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.045, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Reciprocal agreements on violations.</b> The commissioner, with the approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>of the attorney general, may enter into reciprocal agreements with game and fish authorities <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>in other states and the United States government to provide for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>(1) revocation of the appropriate Minnesota game and fish licenses of Minnesota residents
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>for violations of game and fish laws committed in signatory jurisdictions which that result <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>in license revocation in that jurisdiction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>(2) reporting convictions and license revocations of residents of signatory states
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>violations of game and fish laws of Minnesota to game and fish authorities in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>nonresident's state of residence; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>(3) release upon signature without posting of bail for residents of signatory states
         accused <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>of game and fish law violations in this state, providing for recovery, in the resident
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>jurisdiction, of fines levied if the citation is not answered in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>As used in this subdivision, "conviction" includes a plea of guilty or a forfeiture
         of bail.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Receipts.</b> The commissioner of management and budget shall credit to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>game and fish fund all money received under the game and fish laws and all income
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>state lands acquired by purchase or gift for game or fish purposes, including receipts
         from:<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>(1) licenses and permits issued;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>(2) fines and forfeited bail;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>(3) sales of contraband, wild animals, and other property under the control of the
         division, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>except as provided in section 97A.225, subdivision 8, clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>(4) fees from advanced education courses for hunters and trappers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>(5) reimbursements of expenditures by the division;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>(6) contributions to the division; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>(7) revenue credited to the game and fish fund under section 
         <statute_ref>297A.94, paragraph (e)</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>clause (1).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.075, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Deer, bear, and lifetime licenses.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>"deer license" means a license issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, subdivisions 2, clauses</statute_ref> (5), <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>(6), (7), (13), (14), and (15); 3, paragraph (a), clauses (2), (3), (4), (10), (11),
         and (12); and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var>8, paragraph (b), and licenses issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.301, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) $2 from each annual deer license and $2 annually from the lifetime fish and wildlife
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license issued under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.473, <br />
            		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>subdivision 4
         </statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer management account and is appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>commissioner for deer habitat improvement or deer management programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) $1 from each annual deer license and each bear license and $1 annually from the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund, established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.473, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, shall be credited to the deer and bear management <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>account and is appropriated to the commissioner for deer and bear management programs,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>including a computerized licensing system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) Fifty cents from each deer license is credited to the emergency deer feeding and
         wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>cervidae health management account and is appropriated for emergency deer feeding
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>wild cervidae health management. Money appropriated for emergency deer feeding and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>wild cervidae health management is available until expended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;When the unencumbered balance in the appropriation for emergency deer feeding and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>wild cervidae health management exceeds $2,500,000 at the end of a fiscal year, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>unencumbered balance in excess of $2,500,000 is canceled and available for deer and
         bear <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>management programs and computerized licensing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>(e) Fifty cents from each annual deer license and 50 cents annually from the lifetime
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>fish and wildlife trust fund established in section 
         <statute_ref>97A.4742</statute_ref>, for each license issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>section 
         <statute_ref>97A.473, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>account under subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1 of the year following the year the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>wolf is delisted under the federal Endangered Species Act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.137, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Portable stands.</b> Prior to the Saturday on or nearest September 16, A portable <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>stand may be left overnight in a wildlife management area by a person with a valid
         bear <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>license who is hunting within 100 yards of a bear bait site that is legally tagged and registered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>as prescribed under section 
         <statute_ref>97B.425</statute_ref> to take big game during the respective season. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>person leaving a portable stand overnight under this subdivision must affix a tag
         with: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>the person's name and address; (2) the licensee's driver's license number; or (3)
         the "MDNR#" <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>license identification number issued to the licensee. The tag must be affixed to the
         stand in <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>a manner that it can be read from the ground and be made of a material sufficient to withstand <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>weather conditions. A person leaving a portable stand overnight in a wildlife management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>area may not leave more than two portable stands in any one wildlife management area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.70.0"></a><a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.201, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Duty of </b><b>county attorneys and</b><b> peace officers.</b> County attorneys and All peace <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>officers must enforce the game and fish laws.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.71.0"></a><a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.201, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Prosecuting authority.</b> County attorneys are the primary prosecuting authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>for violations under section 97A.205, clause (5). Prosecution includes associated
         civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>forfeiture actions provided by law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.72.0"></a><a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.225, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Proceeds of sale.</b> After determining the expense The proceeds from the sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>after payment of the costs of seizing, towing, keeping, and selling the property, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>commissioner must pay the and satisfying valid liens from the proceeds according to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>court order. The remaining proceeds against the property must be distributed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>(1) 70 percent of the money or proceeds shall be deposited in the state treasury and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>credited to the game and fish fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>(2) 30 percent of the money or proceeds is considered a cost of forfeiting the property
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>and must be forwarded to the prosecuting authority that handled the forfeiture for
         deposit <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>as a supplement to its operating fund or similar fund for prosecutorial purposes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.73.0"></a><a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.301, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Misdemeanor.</b> Unless a different penalty is prescribed, a person is guilty <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>of a misdemeanor if that person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>(1) takes, buys, sells, transports or possesses a wild animal in violation of violates the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>game and fish laws;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>(2) aids or assists in committing the violation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>(3) knowingly shares in the proceeds of the violation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>(4) fails to perform a duty or comply with a requirement of the game and fish laws;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>(5) knowingly makes a false statement related to an affidavit regarding a violation
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>requirement of the game and fish laws; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>(6) violates or attempts to violate a rule under the game and fish laws.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.74.0"></a><a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.338, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var><b>97A.338 GROSS OVERLIMITS OF WILD ANIMALS; PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>(a) A person who takes, possesses, or transports wild animals over the legal limit, in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>closed season, or without a valid license, when the restitution value of the wild
         animals is <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>over $1,000 is guilty of a gross overlimit violation. Except as provided in paragraph (b), a <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>violation under this section paragraph is a gross misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>(b) If a wild animal involved in a gross overlimit violation is listed as a threatened
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var>endangered wild animal, the penalty in paragraph (a) does not apply unless more than
         one <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>animal is taken, possessed, or transported in violation of the game and fish laws.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.75.0"></a><a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.420, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Seizure.</b> (a) An enforcement officer shall immediately seize the license <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>of a person who unlawfully takes, transports, or possesses wild animals when the restitution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var>value of the wild animals exceeds $500. Except as provided in subdivisions 2, 4, and
         5, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var>person may not use or obtain any license to take the same type of wild animals involved,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>including a duplicate license, until an action is taken under subdivision 6. If the
         license <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>seized under this paragraph was for a big game animal, the license seizure applies
         to all <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>licenses to take big game issued to the individual. If the license seized under this
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>was for small game animals, the license seizure applies to all licenses to take small
         game <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>issued to the individual.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>(b) In addition to the license seizure under paragraph (a), if the restitution value
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>wild animals unlawfully taken, possessed, or transported is $5,000 $1,000 or more, all other <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>game and fish licenses held by the person shall be immediately seized. Except as provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>in subdivision 2, 4, or 5, the person may not obtain any game or fish license or permit,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>including a duplicate license, until an action is taken under subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>(c) A person may not take wild animals covered by a license seized under this subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>until an action is taken under subdivision 6.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.76.0"></a><a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.421, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Issuance after conviction; gross overlimits.</b> (a) A person may not obtain a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>license to take a wild animal and is prohibited from taking wild animals for ten years
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>the date of conviction of a violation when the restitution value of the wild animals
         is $2,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>or more.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>(b) A person may not obtain a license to take a wild animal and is prohibited from taking
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>wild animals for a period of five years after the date of conviction of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>(1) a violation when the restitution value of the wild animals is $5,000 $1,000 or more, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>but less than $2,000; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>(2) a violation when the restitution value of the wild animals exceeds $500 and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>violation occurs within ten years of one or more previous license revocations under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>(b) (c) A person may not obtain a license to take the type of wild animals involved in a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>violation when the restitution value of the wild animals exceeds $500 and is prohibited
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>taking the type of wild animals involved in the violation for a period of three years after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>date of conviction of a violation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>(c) (d) The time period of multiple revocations under paragraph (a) or (b), clause (2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>shall be are consecutive and no wild animals of any kind may be taken during the entire <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>revocation period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>(e) If a wild animal involved in the conviction is listed as a threatened or endangered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>wild animal, the revocations under this subdivision do not apply unless more than
         one animal <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>is taken, possessed, or transported in violation of the game and fish laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>(d) (f) The court may not stay or reduce the imposition of license revocation provisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>under this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.77.0"></a><a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97A.441, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Angling and spearing; disabled residents.</b> (a) A person authorized to <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>issue licenses must issue, without a fee, licenses to take fish by angling or spearing
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>resident who is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>(1) blind;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>(2) a recipient of Supplemental Security Income for the aged, blind, and disabled;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>(3) a recipient of Social Security aid to the disabled under United States Code, title
         42, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>section 416, paragraph (i)(l), or section 423(d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>(4) a recipient of workers' compensation based on a finding of total and permanent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>disability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>(5) 65 years of age or older and was qualified under clause (2) or (3) at the age
         of 64; <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>or<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>(6) permanently disabled and meets the disability requirements for Supplemental Security
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>Income or Social Security aid to the disabled under United States Code, title 42,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>416, paragraph (i)(l), or section 423(d);<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>(7) receiving aid under the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, United States
         Code, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>title 45, section 231a(a)(1)(v); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>(8) a former employee of the United States Postal Service receiving disability pay
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>United States Code, title 5, section 8337.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>(b) A driver's license or Minnesota identification card bearing the applicable designation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>171.07, subdivision 17</statute_ref>, serves as satisfactory evidence to obtain a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>under this subdivision at all agent locations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.78.0"></a><a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.031, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Scopes</b><b>; age 60 or over</b><b>.</b> A person age 60 or over may use a muzzleloader with <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>a scope to take deer during the muzzleloader season. The scope may have magnification
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>capabilities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.79.0"></a><a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 79. <b>[97B.032] RULES LIMITING USE OF LEAD SHOT PROHIBITED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall not adopt rules further restricting the
         use <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>of lead shot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var>applies to rules adopted on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.80.0"></a><a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.071, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var><b>97B.071 </b><b>BLAZE ORANGE</b><b> CLOTHING</b><b> REQUIREMENTS</b><b>; BLAZE ORANGE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var><b>OR BLAZE PINK</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person's cap and outer clothing above
         the waist, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>excluding sleeves and gloves, is blaze orange or blaze pink. Blaze orange or blaze pink <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>includes a camouflage pattern of at least 50 percent blaze orange or blaze pink within each <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>foot square. This section does not apply to migratory-waterfowl hunters on waters
         of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>state or in a stationary shooting location or to trappers on waters of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), and in addition to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>requirement in paragraph (a), a person may not take small game other than turkey,
         migratory <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>birds, raccoons, and predators, except while trapping, unless a visible portion of
         at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>article of the person's clothing above the waist is blaze orange or blaze pink. This paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>does not apply to a person when in a stationary location while hunting deer by archery
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>when hunting small game by falconry.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe an alternative color in cases where <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>paragraph (a) or (b) would violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993,
         Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>Law 103-141.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) A violation of paragraph (b) shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable
         only by <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>a safety warning.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.81.0"></a><a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.405, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var><b>97B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially
         select <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>previously applied and have not been selected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>(b) If the commissioner limits the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>paragraph (a), the commissioner must reserve one permit and give first preference
         for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>permit to a resident of a Minnesota veterans home.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) (c) A person selected through a drawing must purchase a license by August 1. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>remaining available licenses not purchased shall be issued to any eligible person
         as prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>by the commissioner on a first-come, first-served basis beginning three business days
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>August 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.82.0"></a><a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.431, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var><b>97B.431 BEAR-HUNTING OUTFITTERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var>without a bear-hunting-outfitter license. A bear-hunting outfitter is not required
         to have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>license to take bear unless the outfitter is attempting to shoot a bear. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear-hunting-outfitter license
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>under which one person serves as the bear-hunting outfitter and one other person is
         eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 
         <statute_ref>97A.475, <br />
            		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>subdivision 16
         </statute_ref>, is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses. The commissioner must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>require a person to have certification or training in first aid or CPR to be eligible
         for a license <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.83.0"></a><a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.516, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var><b>97B.516 ELK MANAGEMENT PLAN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>(a) The commissioner of natural resources must adopt an elk management plan that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>(1) recognizes the value and uniqueness of elk;<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>(2) provides for integrated management of an elk population in harmony with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>environment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>(3) affords optimum recreational opportunities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must not manage an elk herd in <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, or Beltrami Counties in a manner that would increase the size <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>of the herd, including adoption or implementation of an elk management plan designed
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>increase an elk herd, unless the commissioner of agriculture verifies that crop and
         fence <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>damages paid under section 
         <statute_ref>3.7371</statute_ref> and attributed to the herd have not increased for at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>(c) At least 60 days prior to implementing a plan to increase an elk herd, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>commissioners of natural resources and agriculture must hold a joint public meeting
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>county where the elk herd to be increased is located. At the meeting, the commissioners
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>must present evidence that crop and fence damages have not increased in the prior
         two years <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>and must detail the practices that will be used to reduce elk conflicts with area
         landowners.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.84.0"></a><a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.655, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Owners and occupants may take certain animals.</b> A person or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>person's agent may take bats, snakes, salamanders, lizards, weasel, mink, squirrel, rabbit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>hare, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver on land owned or occupied
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>person where the animal is causing damage. The person or the person's agent may take the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>animal without a license and in any manner except by poison, or artificial lights in the closed <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>season or by poison. Raccoons may be taken under this subdivision with artificial lights <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>during open season. A person that or the person's agent who kills mink, raccoon, bobcat, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver under this subdivision must notify a conservation
         officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>or employee of the Fish and Wildlife Division within 24 hours after the animal is
         killed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.85.0"></a><a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.315, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Lines.</b> An angler may not use more than one line except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>(1) two lines may be used to take fish through the ice; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>(2) the commissioner may, by rule, authorize the use of two lines in areas designated
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>the commissioner in Lake Superior; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>(3) two lines may be used to take fish during the open-water season, except on waters
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>during a catch and release season for any species, by a resident or nonresident angler
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>purchases a second-line endorsement for $5. Of the amount collected from purchases
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>second-line endorsements, 50 percent must be spent on walleye stocking.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective March 1, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.86.0"></a><a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.355, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>Portable shelters.</b> (a) A person using a portable shelter that is not identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>under subdivision 1 may not leave the portable shelter unattended between midnight and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>sunrise and must remain within 200 feet of the shelter while the shelter is on the ice of state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>(b) If a person leaves the portable shelter unattended any time between midnight and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>one hour before sunrise or is not within 200 feet of the portable shelter, the portable
         shelter <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>must be licensed as provided under subdivision 2.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.87.0"></a><a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.401, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Walleye</b><b>; northern pike</b><b>.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>may have no more than one walleye larger than 20 inches and one northern pike larger than <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>30 inches in possession. This subdivision does not apply to boundary waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) The restrictions in paragraph (a) do not apply to boundary waters.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.88.0"></a><a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.501, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Minnow retailers.</b> (a) A person may not be a minnow retailer without <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>a minnow retailer license except as provided in subdivisions 2, paragraph (d), and
         3. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>person must purchase a minnow retailer license for each minnow retail outlet operated,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>except as provided by subdivision 2, paragraph (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>(b) A minnow retailer must obtain a minnow retailer's vehicle license for each motor
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>vehicle used by the minnow retailer to transport more than 12 dozen minnows to the
         minnow <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>retailer's place of business, except as provided in subdivision 3. A minnow retailer is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>required to obtain a minnow retailer's vehicle license:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>(1) as provided in subdivision 3;<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>(2) if the minnow retailer is licensed as a resort under section 157.16, is transporting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>minnows purchased from a minnow dealer's place of business directly to the resort,
         possesses <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>a detailed receipt, including the date and time of purchase, and presents the receipt
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>minnows for inspection upon request; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>(3) if minnows are being transported by common carrier and information is provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>that allows the commissioner to find out the location of the shipment in the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.89.0"></a><a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.515, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Permit for transportation</b><b>; importation</b><b>.</b> (a) A person may transport live <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>minnows through the state with a permit from the commissioner. The permit must state
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>name and address of the person, the number and species of minnows, the point of entry
         into <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>the state, the destination, and the route through the state. The permit is not valid
         for more <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>than 12 hours after it is issued. A person must not import minnows into the state except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>(b) Minnows transported under this subdivision must be in a tagged container. The
         tag <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>number must correspond with tag numbers listed on the minnow transportation permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>(c) The commissioner may require the person transporting minnow species found on <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>the official list of viral hemorrhagic septicemia susceptible species published by
         the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services, to
         provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>health certification for viral hemorrhagic septicemia. The certification must disclose
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>incidentally isolated replicating viruses, and must be dated within the 12 months
         preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>transport.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>(d) Golden shiner minnows may be imported as provided in this subdivision. Golden
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>shiner minnows that are imported must be certified as healthy according to Arkansas
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>standards in accordance with the Arkansas baitfish certification program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>(e) Golden shiner minnows must be certified free of viral hemorrhagic septicemia,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>infectious hematopoietic necrosis, infectious pancreatic necrosis, spring viremia
         of carp <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>virus, fathead minnow nidovirus, heterosporis, aeromonas salmonicida, and yersinia
         ruckeri.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>(f) Golden shiner minnows must originate from a biosecure facility that has tested
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>negative for invasive species.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>(g) Only a person that holds a Minnesota wholesale minnow dealer's license issued
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>section 97C.501, subdivision 2, may obtain a permit to import golden shiner minnows.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.90.0"></a><a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97C.701, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Harvesting mussel shells.</b> Live mussels may not be harvested. A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>possessing a valid resident or nonresident angling license or a person not required
         to have <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>an angling license to take fish may take and possess at any time, for personal use
         only, not <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>more than 24 whole shells or 48 shell halves of dead freshwater mussels. Mussel shells
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>be harvested in waters of the state where fish may be taken by angling. Mussel shells
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>be harvested by hand-picking only and may not be purchased or sold.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.91.0"></a><a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103B.101, subdivision 12a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 12a. <b>Authority to issue penalty orders.</b> (a) A county or watershed district with <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>jurisdiction or The Board of Water and Soil Resources may issue an order requiring violations <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>of the water resources riparian protection requirements under sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.415</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>103F.421</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>and 
         <statute_ref>103F.48</statute_ref> to be corrected and administratively assessing monetary penalties up to $500 <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>for noncompliance commencing on day one of the 11th month after the noncompliance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>notice was issued. The proceeds collected from an administrative penalty order issued
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>this section must be remitted to the county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>noncompliant site, or otherwise remitted to the Board of Water and Soil Resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>(b) Before exercising this authority, the Board of Water and Soil Resources must adopt
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>a plan containing procedures for the issuance of administrative penalty orders by local <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>governments and the board as authorized in this subdivision. This plan, and any subsequent <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>amendments, will become effective 30 days after being published in the State Register.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>initial plan must be published in the State Register no later than July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>(c) Administrative penalties may be reissued and appealed under paragraph (a) according
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>103F.48, subdivision 9</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.92.0"></a><a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.411, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority.</b> The Board of Water and Soil Resources, in consultation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>counties, soil and water conservation districts, and other appropriate agencies, shall
         adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>a model ordinance and rules that serve as a guide for local governments that have adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>a soil loss ordinance to implement sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.401</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.455</statute_ref> and provide administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>procedures for the board for sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.401</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.455</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.93.0"></a><a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>(b) "Board" means the Board of Water and Soil Resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>(c) "Buffer" means an area consisting of perennial vegetation, excluding invasive
         plants <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>and noxious weeds, adjacent to all bodies of water within the state and that protects
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>water resources of the state from runoff pollution; stabilizes soils, shores, and
         banks; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>protects or provides riparian corridors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>(d) "Buffer protection map" means buffer maps established and maintained by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>(e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>(f) "Executive director" means the executive director of the Board of Water and Soil
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>Resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>(g) "Local water management authority" means a watershed district, metropolitan water
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>management organization, or county operating separately or jointly in its role as
         local water <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>management authority under chapter 103B or 103D.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>(h) "Normal water level" means the level evidenced by the long-term presence of surface
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>water as indicated directly by hydrophytic plants or hydric soils or indirectly determined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>via hydrological models or analysis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>(i) "Public waters" has the meaning given in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.005, subdivision 15</statute_ref>. The term <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>means public waters as used in this section applies to waters that are on the public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>inventory as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.201</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>(j) "With jurisdiction" means a board determination that the county or watershed district <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>that has adopted a rule, ordinance, or official controls providing procedures for the issuance <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>of administrative penalty orders, enforcement, and appeals for purposes of this section and <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103B.101, subdivision 12a</statute_ref> that has notified the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.94.0"></a><a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Water resources riparian protection requirements on public waters and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var><b>public drainage systems.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), landowners owning <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>property adjacent to a water body identified and mapped on a buffer protection map
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>maintain a buffer to protect the state's water resources as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>(1) for all public waters that have a shoreland classification, the more restrictive of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>(i) a 50-foot average width, 30-foot minimum width, continuous buffer of perennially
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>rooted vegetation; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>(ii) the state shoreland standards and criteria adopted by the commissioner under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>103F.211
         </statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>(2) for public drainage systems established under chapter 103E and public waters that <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>do not have a shoreland classification, a 16.5-foot minimum width continuous buffer as <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. The buffer vegetation shall not impede future <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>maintenance of the ditch.<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>(b) A landowner owning property adjacent to a water body identified in a buffer protection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>map and whose property is used for cultivation farming may meet the requirements under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>paragraph (a) by adopting an alternative riparian water quality practice, or combination
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>structural, vegetative, and management practices, based on the Natural Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>Conservation Service Field Office Technical Guide or other practices approved by the
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>soil and water conservation district board, that provide water quality protection comparable <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>to the buffer protection for the water body that the property abuts. Included in these
         practices <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>are retention ponds and alternative measures that prevent overland flow to the water
         resource. <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.33"></a><var>79.33</var>A landowner, authorized agent, or operator may request the soil and water conservation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>district to make a determination whether a specific alternative water quality practice
         would <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>meet the applicable requirements under this section. If a landowner, authorized agent,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>operator has requested, at least 90 days before the applicable effective date under
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>(e), that the soil and water conservation district make a determination, then the
         landowner <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>must not be found noncompliant until the soil and water conservation district has
         notified <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>the landowner, agent, or operator in writing whether the practice would meet the applicable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>(c) The width of a buffer on public waters must be measured from the top or crown
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>the bank. Where there is no defined bank, measurement must be from the edge of the
         normal <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>water level. The width of the buffer on public drainage systems must be measured as
         provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>103E.021, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>(d) Upon request by a landowner or authorized agent or operator of a landowner, a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>technical professional employee or contractor of the soil and water conservation district
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>its delegate may issue a validation of compliance with the requirements of this subdivision.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>The soil and water conservation district validation may be appealed to the board as
         described <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>in subdivision 9.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>(e) Buffers or alternative water quality practices required under paragraph (a) or
         (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>must be in place on or before:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>(1) November 1, 2017 2019, for public waters; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>(2) November 1, 2018 2020, for public drainage systems.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>(f) Nothing in this section limits the eligibility of a landowner or authorized agent
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>operator of a landowner to participate in federal or state conservation programs,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>enrolling or reenrolling in federal conservation programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>(g) After the effective date of this section, a person planting buffers or water quality
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>protection practices to meet the requirements in paragraph (a) must use only seed
         mixes <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>that are certified to be free of Palmer amaranth or other noxious weed seeds. The
         board, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>county, or a watershed district must not take corrective action under subdivision
         7 against <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>a landowner who does not have seed available to comply with this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.95.0"></a><a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103F.48, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Corrective actions.</b> (a) If the soil and water conservation district determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>a landowner is not in compliance with this section, and the landowner has declined state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>federal assistance to pay 100 percent of the cost to establish buffers or other water
         resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>protection measures approved by the board and annual payments or an easement for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>land, the district must notify the county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>noncompliant site and the board. The county or watershed district with jurisdiction
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>board must provide the landowner with a list of corrective actions needed to come
         into <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>compliance and a practical timeline to meet the requirements in this section. The
         county or <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>watershed district with jurisdiction must provide a copy of the corrective action
         notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>(b) A county or watershed district exercising jurisdiction under this subdivision
         and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>enforcement authority granted in section 
         <statute_ref>103B.101, subdivision 12a</statute_ref>, shall affirm their <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>jurisdiction and identify the ordinance, rule, or other official controls to carry
         out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>compliance provisions of this section and section 
         <statute_ref>103B.101, subdivision 12a</statute_ref>, by notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>the board prior to March 31, 2017. A county or watershed district must provide notice to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>the board at least 60 days prior to the effective date of a subsequent decision on
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var>jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>(c) If the landowner does not comply with the list of actions and timeline provided,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>county or watershed district may enforce this section under the authority granted in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>103B.101, subdivision 12a
         </statute_ref>, or by rule of the watershed district or ordinance or other official <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>control of the county. Before exercising administrative penalty authority, a county or <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>watershed district must adopt a plan consistent with the plan adopted by the board
         containing <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>procedures for the issuance of administrative penalty orders and may issue orders
         beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>November 1, 2017. If a county or watershed district with jurisdiction over the noncompliant <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>site has not adopted a plan, rule, ordinance, or official control under this paragraph,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>board must enforce this section under the authority granted in section 
         <statute_ref>103B.101, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>12a
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>(d) If the county, watershed district, or board determines that sufficient steps have
         been <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>taken to fully resolve noncompliance, all or part of the penalty may be forgiven.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>(e) An order issued under paragraph (c) may be appealed to the board as provided under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>subdivision 9.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>(f) A corrective action is not required for conditions resulting from a flood or other
         act <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>of nature.<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>(g) A landowner agent or operator of a landowner may not remove or willfully degrade
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>a riparian buffer or water quality practice, wholly or partially, unless the agent
         or operator <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.34"></a><var>81.34</var>has obtained a signed statement from the property owner stating that the permission
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>work has been granted by the unit of government authorized to approve the work in
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>section or that a buffer or water quality practice is not required as validated by
         the soil and <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>water conservation district. Removal or willful degradation of a riparian buffer or
         water <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>quality practice, wholly or partially, by an agent or operator is a separate and independent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>offense and may be subject to the corrective actions and penalties in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>(h) A county or watershed district or the board shall not enforce this section unless
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>federal or state assistance is available to the landowner to pay 100 percent of the
         cost to <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>establish buffers or other water resource protection measures approved by the board
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>annual payments or an easement for the land.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.96.0"></a><a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.005, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8a. <b>Constructed management facilities for storm water.</b> "Constructed <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>management facilities for storm water" means ponds, basins, holding tanks, cisterns,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>infiltration trenches and swales, or other best management practices that have been
         designed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>constructed, and operated to store or treat storm water in accordance with local,
         state, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>federal requirements.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.97.0"></a><a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.005, subdivision 10b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10b. <b>Greater than 80 percent area.</b> "Greater than 80 percent area" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>county or, watershed, or, for purposes of wetland replacement, bank service area where 80 <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>percent or more of the presettlement wetland acreage is intact and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>(1) ten percent or more of the current total land area is wetland; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>(2) 50 percent or more of the current total land area is state or federal land.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.98.0"></a><a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.005, subdivision 10h, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10h. <b>Less than 50 percent area.</b> "Less than 50 percent area" means a county or, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>watershed, or, for purposes of wetland replacement, bank service area with less than 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>percent of the presettlement wetland acreage intact or any county or, watershed, or bank <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>service area not defined as a "greater than 80 percent area" or "50 to 80 percent area."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.99.0"></a><a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) Wetlands must not be drained or filled, wholly or <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>partially, unless replaced by actions that provide at least equal public value under
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>replacement plan approved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, a replacement plan under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>local governmental unit's comprehensive wetland protection and management plan approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>by the board under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>, or, if a permit to mine is required under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>93.481
         </statute_ref>, under a mining reclamation plan approved by the commissioner under the permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>to mine. Project-specific wetland replacement plans submitted as part of a project for which
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>a permit to mine is required and approved by the commissioner on or after July 1,
         1991, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>may include surplus wetland credits to be allocated by the commissioner to offset
         future <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>mining-related wetland impacts under any permits to mine held by the permittee, the
         operator, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>the permittee's or operator's parent, an affiliated subsidiary, or an assignee pursuant
         to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>assignment under section 93.481, subdivision 5. For project-specific wetland replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>completed prior to wetland impacts authorized or conducted under a permit to mine
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>the Great Lakes and Rainy River watershed basins, those basins shall be considered
         a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>watershed for purposes of determining wetland replacement ratios. Mining reclamation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>plans shall apply the same principles and standards for replacing wetlands that are
         applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>to mitigation plans approved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>. The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>provide notice of an application for wetland replacement under a permit to mine to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>county in which the impact is proposed and the county in which a mitigation site is
         proposed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>Public value must be determined in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref> or a comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>wetland protection and management plan established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>. Sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>103G.221
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2372</statute_ref> also apply to excavation in permanently and semipermanently <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>flooded areas of types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Replacement must be guided by the following principles in descending order of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>priority:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) avoiding the direct or indirect impact of the activity that may destroy or diminish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>the wetland;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) minimizing the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the wetland activity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>and its implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected
         wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>environment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>operations during the life of the activity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) compensating for the impact by restoring a wetland; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.33"></a><var>83.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute wetland resources
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.34"></a><var>83.34</var>or environments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;For a project involving the draining or filling of wetlands in an amount not exceeding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>10,000 square feet more than the applicable amount in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2241, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>paragraph (a), the local government unit may make an on-site sequencing determination
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>without a written alternatives analysis from the applicant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) If a wetland is located in a cultivated field, then replacement must be accomplished
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>through restoration only without regard to the priority order in paragraph (b), provided
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>the altered wetland is not converted to a nonagricultural use for at least ten years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) If a wetland is replaced under paragraph (c), or drained under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2241, <br />
            		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (b) or (e), the local government unit may require a deed restriction <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>that prohibits nonagricultural use for at least ten years. The local government unit
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>require the deed restriction if it determines the wetland area drained is at risk
         of conversion <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>to a nonagricultural use within ten years based on the zoning classification, proximity
         to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>municipality or full service road, or other criteria as determined by the local government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Restoration and replacement of wetlands must be accomplished in accordance with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>the ecology of the landscape area affected and ponds that are created primarily to
         fulfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>storm water management, and water quality treatment requirements may not be used to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>satisfy replacement requirements under this chapter unless the design includes pretreatment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>of runoff and the pond is functioning as a wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) Except as provided in paragraph (g), for a wetland or public waters wetland located
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>on nonagricultural land, replacement must be in the ratio of two acres of replaced
         wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>for each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) For a wetland or public waters wetland located on agricultural land or in a greater
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>than 80 percent area, replacement must be in the ratio of one acre of replaced wetland
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) Wetlands that are restored or created as a result of an approved replacement plan
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>subject to the provisions of this section for any subsequent drainage or filling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) Except in a greater than 80 percent area, only wetlands that have been restored
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>previously drained or filled wetlands, wetlands created by excavation in nonwetlands,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>wetlands created by dikes or dams along public or private drainage ditches, or wetlands
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>created by dikes or dams associated with the restoration of previously drained or
         filled <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>wetlands may be used for wetland replacement according to rules adopted under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.84.33"></a><var>84.33</var>103G.2242, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>. Modification or conversion of nondegraded naturally occurring <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.34"></a><var>84.34</var>wetlands from one type to another are not eligible for wetland replacement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) The Technical Evaluation Panel established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>2
         </statute_ref>, shall ensure that sufficient time has occurred for the wetland to develop wetland
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>characteristics of soils, vegetation, and hydrology before recommending that the wetland
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>be deposited in the statewide wetland bank. If the Technical Evaluation Panel has
         reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>to believe that the wetland characteristics may change substantially, the panel shall
         postpone <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>its recommendation until the wetland has stabilized.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(k) This section and sections 
         <statute_ref>103G.223</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>103G.2364</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>103G.2365 </statute_ref>apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>to the state and its departments and agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(l) For projects involving draining or filling of wetlands associated with a new public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>transportation project, and for projects expanded solely for additional traffic capacity,
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>transportation authorities may purchase credits from the board at the cost to the
         board to <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>establish credits. Proceeds from the sale of credits provided under this paragraph
         are <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>appropriated to the board for the purposes of this paragraph. For the purposes of
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>paragraph, "transportation project" does not include an airport project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(m) A replacement plan for wetlands is not required for individual projects that result
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>in the filling or draining of wetlands for the repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>replacement of a currently serviceable existing state, city, county, or town public
         road <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>necessary, as determined by the public transportation authority, to meet state or
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>design or safety standards or requirements, excluding new roads or roads expanded
         solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>for additional traffic capacity lanes. This paragraph only applies to authorities
         for public <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>transportation projects that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) minimize the amount of wetland filling or draining associated with the project
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>consider mitigating important site-specific wetland functions on site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) except as provided in clause (3), submit project-specific reports to the board,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>Technical Evaluation Panel, the commissioner of natural resources, and members of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>public requesting a copy at least 30 days prior to construction that indicate the
         location, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>amount, and type of wetlands to be filled or drained by the project or, alternatively,
         convene <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>an annual meeting of the parties required to receive notice to review projects to
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>commenced during the upcoming year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) for minor and emergency maintenance work impacting less than 10,000 square feet,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>submit project-specific reports, within 30 days of commencing the activity, to the
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>that indicate the location, amount, and type of wetlands that have been filled or
         drained.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Those required to receive notice of public transportation projects may appeal <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>minimization, delineation, and on-site mitigation decisions made by the public transportation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>authority to the board according to the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision 9</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>Technical Evaluation Panel shall review minimization and delineation decisions made
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.3"></a><var>86.3</var>the public transportation authority and provide recommendations regarding on-site
         mitigation <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.4"></a><var>86.4</var>if requested to do so by the local government unit, a contiguous landowner, or a member
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.5"></a><var>86.5</var>of the Technical Evaluation Panel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.6"></a><var>86.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Except for state public transportation projects, for which the state Department of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.7"></a><var>86.7</var>Transportation is responsible, the board must replace the wetlands, and wetland areas
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.8"></a><var>86.8</var>public waters if authorized by the commissioner or a delegated authority, drained
         or filled <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.9"></a><var>86.9</var>by public transportation projects on existing roads.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.10"></a><var>86.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Public transportation authorities at their discretion may deviate from federal and
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.11"></a><var>86.11</var>design standards on existing road projects when practical and reasonable to avoid
         wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.12"></a><var>86.12</var>filling or draining, provided that public safety is not unreasonably compromised.
         The local <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.13"></a><var>86.13</var>road authority and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for any tort
         claim <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.14"></a><var>86.14</var>for injury to persons or property arising from travel on the highway and related to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.15"></a><var>86.15</var>deviation from the design standards for construction or reconstruction under this
         paragraph. <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.16"></a><var>86.16</var>This paragraph does not preclude an action for damages arising from negligence in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.17"></a><var>86.17</var>construction or maintenance on a highway.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.18"></a><var>86.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(n) If a landowner seeks approval of a replacement plan after the proposed project
         has <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.19"></a><var>86.19</var>already affected the wetland, the local government unit may require the landowner
         to replace <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.20"></a><var>86.20</var>the affected wetland at a ratio not to exceed twice the replacement ratio otherwise
         required.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.21"></a><var>86.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(o) A local government unit may request the board to reclassify a county or watershed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.22"></a><var>86.22</var>on the basis of its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. After receipt
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.23"></a><var>86.23</var>satisfactory documentation from the local government, the board shall change the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.24"></a><var>86.24</var>classification of a county or watershed. If requested by the local government unit,
         the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.25"></a><var>86.25</var>must assist in developing the documentation. Within 30 days of its action to approve
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.26"></a><var>86.26</var>change of wetland classifications, the board shall publish a notice of the change
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.27"></a><var>86.27</var>Environmental Quality Board Monitor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.28"></a><var>86.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(p) One hundred citizens who reside within the jurisdiction of the local government
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.29"></a><var>86.29</var>may request the local government unit to reclassify a county or watershed on the basis
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.30"></a><var>86.30</var>its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. In support of their petition,
         the citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.31"></a><var>86.31</var>shall provide satisfactory documentation to the local government unit. The local government
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.32"></a><var>86.32</var>unit shall consider the petition and forward the request to the board under paragraph
         (o) or <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.33"></a><var>86.33</var>provide a reason why the petition is denied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.86.34"></a><var>86.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 1991.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.100.0"></a><a id="pl.87.1"></a><var>87.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.222, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.2"></a><var>87.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Wetland replacement siting.</b> (a) Impacted wetlands in a 50 to Impacted <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.3"></a><var>87.3</var>wetlands outside of a greater than 80 percent area must not be replaced in a 50 to greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.4"></a><var>87.4</var>than 80 percent area or in a less than 50 percent area. Impacted wetlands in a less than 50 <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.5"></a><var>87.5</var>percent area must be replaced in a less than 50 percent area. All wetland replacement must <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.6"></a><var>87.6</var>follow this priority order:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.7"></a><var>87.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) on site or in the same minor watershed as the impacted wetland;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.8"></a><var>87.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) in the same watershed as the impacted wetland;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.9"></a><var>87.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) in the same county or wetland bank service area as the impacted wetland; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.10"></a><var>87.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) in another wetland bank service area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.11"></a><var>87.11</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), wetland banking credits approved according to a
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.12"></a><var>87.12</var>complete wetland banking application submitted to a local government unit by April
         1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.13"></a><var>87.13</var>1996, may be used to replace wetland impacts resulting from public transportation
         projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.14"></a><var>87.14</var>statewide.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.15"></a><var>87.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), the priority order for replacement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.16"></a><var>87.16</var>by wetland banking begins at paragraph (a), clause (3), according to rules adopted
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.17"></a><var>87.17</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.18"></a><var>87.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) When reasonable, practicable, and environmentally beneficial replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.19"></a><var>87.19</var>opportunities are not available in siting priorities listed in paragraph (a), the
         applicant may <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.20"></a><var>87.20</var>seek opportunities at the next level.<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.21"></a><var>87.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) For the purposes of this section, "reasonable, practicable, and environmentally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.22"></a><var>87.22</var>beneficial replacement opportunities" are defined as opportunities that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.23"></a><var>87.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) take advantage of naturally occurring hydrogeomorphological conditions and require
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.24"></a><var>87.24</var>minimal landscape alteration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.25"></a><var>87.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) have a high likelihood of becoming a functional wetland that will continue in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.26"></a><var>87.26</var>perpetuity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.27"></a><var>87.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) do not adversely affect other habitat types or ecological communities that are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.28"></a><var>87.28</var>important in maintaining the overall biological diversity of the area; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.87.29"></a><var>87.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) are available and capable of being done after taking into consideration cost,
         existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.87.30"></a><var>87.30</var>technology, and logistics consistent with overall project purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.1"></a><var>88.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) Regulatory agencies, local government units, and other entities involved in wetland
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.2"></a><var>88.2</var>restoration shall collaborate to identify potential replacement opportunities within
         their <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.3"></a><var>88.3</var>jurisdictional areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.4"></a><var>88.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) The board must establish wetland replacement ratios and wetland bank service area
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.5"></a><var>88.5</var>priorities to implement the siting and targeting of wetland replacement and encourage
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.6"></a><var>88.6</var>use of high priority areas for wetland replacement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.7"></a><var>88.7</var>(h) Wetland replacement sites identified in accordance with the priority order for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.8"></a><var>88.8</var>replacement siting in paragraph (a) as part of the completion of an adequate environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.9"></a><var>88.9</var>impact statement may be approved for a replacement plan under section 93.481, 103G.2242,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.10"></a><var>88.10</var>or 103G.2243 without further modification related to the priority order, notwithstanding
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.11"></a><var>88.11</var>availability of new mitigation sites or availability of credits after completion of
         an adequate <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.12"></a><var>88.12</var>environmental impact statement. Wetland replacement plan applications must be submitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.13"></a><var>88.13</var>within one year of the adequacy determination of the environmental impact statement
         to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.14"></a><var>88.14</var>eligible for approval under this paragraph.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.101.0"></a><a id="pl.88.15"></a><var>88.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.223, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.16"></a><var>88.16</var><b>103G.223 CALCAREOUS FENS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.88.17"></a><var>88.17</var>(a) Calcareous fens, as identified by the commissioner by written order published in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.18"></a><var>88.18</var>State Register, may not be filled, drained, or otherwise degraded, wholly or partially,
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.19"></a><var>88.19</var>any activity, unless the commissioner, under an approved management plan, decides
         some <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.20"></a><var>88.20</var>alteration is necessary. Identifications made by the commissioner are not subject
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.21"></a><var>88.21</var>rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 
         <statute_ref>14.386</statute_ref> does not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.22"></a><var>88.22</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must allow temporary reductions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.23"></a><var>88.23</var>in groundwater resources on a seasonal basis under an approved management plan for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.24"></a><var>88.24</var>appropriating water.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.102.0"></a><a id="pl.88.25"></a><var>88.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.2242, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.88.26"></a><var>88.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Rules.</b> (a) The board, in consultation with the commissioner, shall adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.27"></a><var>88.27</var>rules governing the approval of wetland value replacement plans under this section
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.28"></a><var>88.28</var>public-waters-work permits affecting public waters wetlands under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.245</statute_ref>. These <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.29"></a><var>88.29</var>rules must address the criteria, procedure, timing, and location of acceptable replacement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.30"></a><var>88.30</var>of wetland values and may address the state establishment and administration of a
         wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.31"></a><var>88.31</var>banking program for public and private projects, including provisions for an in-lieu
         fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.88.32"></a><var>88.32</var>program; the administrative, monitoring, and enforcement procedures to be used; and
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.1"></a><var>89.1</var>procedure for the review and appeal of decisions under this section. In the case of
         peatlands, <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.2"></a><var>89.2</var>the replacement plan rules must consider the impact on carbon. Any in-lieu fee program
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.3"></a><var>89.3</var>established by the board must conform with Code of Federal Regulations, title 33,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.4"></a><var>89.4</var>332.8, as amended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.5"></a><var>89.5</var>(b) After the adoption of the rules, a replacement plan must be approved by a resolution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.6"></a><var>89.6</var>of the governing body of the local government unit, consistent with the provisions
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.7"></a><var>89.7</var>rules or a comprehensive wetland protection and management plan approved under section
         <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.89.8"></a><var>89.8</var>103G.2243
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.9"></a><var>89.9</var>(c) If the local government unit fails to apply the rules, or fails to implement a
         local <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.10"></a><var>89.10</var>comprehensive wetland protection and management plan established under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.89.11"></a><var>89.11</var>103G.2243
         </statute_ref>, the government unit is subject to penalty as determined by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.12"></a><var>89.12</var>(d) When making a determination under rules adopted pursuant to this subdivision on
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.13"></a><var>89.13</var>whether a rare natural community will be permanently adversely affected, consideration
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.14"></a><var>89.14</var>measures to mitigate any adverse effect on the community must be considered.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.103.0"></a><a id="pl.89.15"></a><var>89.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.2242, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.16"></a><var>89.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Evaluation.</b> (a) Questions concerning the public value, location, size, or type <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.17"></a><var>89.17</var>of a wetland shall be submitted to and determined by a Technical Evaluation Panel
         after an <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.18"></a><var>89.18</var>on-site inspection. The Technical Evaluation Panel shall be composed of a technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.19"></a><var>89.19</var>professional employee of the board, a technical professional employee of the local
         soil and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.20"></a><var>89.20</var>water conservation district or districts, a technical professional with expertise
         in water <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.21"></a><var>89.21</var>resources management appointed by the local government unit, and a technical professional
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.22"></a><var>89.22</var>employee of the Department of Natural Resources for projects affecting public waters
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.23"></a><var>89.23</var>wetlands adjacent to public waters. The panel shall use the "United States Army Corps
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.24"></a><var>89.24</var>Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual" (January 1987), including updates, supplementary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.25"></a><var>89.25</var>guidance, and replacements, if any, "Wetlands of the United States" (United States
         Fish and <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.26"></a><var>89.26</var>Wildlife Service Circular 39, 1971 edition), and "Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.27"></a><var>89.27</var>Habitats of the United States" (1979 edition). The panel shall provide the wetland
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.28"></a><var>89.28</var>determination and recommendations on other technical matters to the local government
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.29"></a><var>89.29</var>that must approve a replacement plan, sequencing, exemption determination, no-loss
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.30"></a><var>89.30</var>determination, or wetland boundary or type determination and may recommend approval
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.31"></a><var>89.31</var>or denial of the plan. The authority must consider and include the decision of the
         Technical <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.32"></a><var>89.32</var>Evaluation Panel in their approval or denial of a plan or determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.89.33"></a><var>89.33</var>(b) A member of the Technical Evaluation Panel that has a financial interest in a
         wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.89.34"></a><var>89.34</var>bank or management responsibility to sell or make recommendations in their official
         capacity <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.1"></a><var>90.1</var>to sell credits from a publicly owned wetland bank must disclose that interest, in
         writing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.2"></a><var>90.2</var>to the Technical Evaluation Panel and the local government unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.3"></a><var>90.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) (c) Persons conducting wetland or public waters boundary delineations or type <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.4"></a><var>90.4</var>determinations are exempt from the requirements of chapter 326. The board may develop
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.5"></a><var>90.5</var>a professional wetland delineator certification program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.6"></a><var>90.6</var>(c) (d) The board must establish an interagency team to assist in identifying and evaluating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.7"></a><var>90.7</var>potential wetland replacement sites. The team must consist of members of the Technical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.8"></a><var>90.8</var>Evaluation Panel and representatives from the Department of Natural Resources; the
         Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.9"></a><var>90.9</var>Control Agency; the United States Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul district; and
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.10"></a><var>90.10</var>organizations as determined by the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.104.0"></a><a id="pl.90.11"></a><var>90.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.2372, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.12"></a><var>90.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority; orders.</b> (a) The commissioner of natural resources, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.13"></a><var>90.13</var>conservation officers, and peace officers shall enforce laws preserving and protecting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.14"></a><var>90.14</var>groundwater quantity, wetlands, and public waters. The commissioner of natural resources,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.15"></a><var>90.15</var>a conservation officer, or a peace officer may issue a cease and desist order to stop
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.16"></a><var>90.16</var>illegal activity adversely affecting groundwater quantity, a wetland, or public waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.17"></a><var>90.17</var>(b) In the order, or by separate order, the commissioner, conservation officer, or
         peace <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.18"></a><var>90.18</var>officer may require restoration or replacement of the wetland or public waters, as
         determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.19"></a><var>90.19</var>by the local soil and water conservation district for wetlands and the commissioner
         of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.20"></a><var>90.20</var>resources for public waters. Restoration or replacement orders may be recorded or
         filed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.21"></a><var>90.21</var>the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles, as appropriate, in the county
         where <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.22"></a><var>90.22</var>the real property is located by the commissioner of natural resources, conservation
         officers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.23"></a><var>90.23</var>or peace officers as a deed restriction on the property that runs with the land and
         is binding <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.24"></a><var>90.24</var>on the owners, successors, and assigns until the conditions of the order are met or
         the order <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.25"></a><var>90.25</var>is rescinded. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>386.77</statute_ref>, the agency shall pay the applicable filing fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.26"></a><var>90.26</var>for any document filed under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.27"></a><var>90.27</var>(c) If a court has ruled that there has not been a violation of the restoration or
         replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.28"></a><var>90.28</var>order, an order may not be recorded or filed under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.90.29"></a><var>90.29</var>(d) If an order was recorded before a court finding that there has not been a violation
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.30"></a><var>90.30</var>an order was filed before the effective date of this section and the deed restriction
         would <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.31"></a><var>90.31</var>have been in violation of paragraph (c), the commissioner must remove the deed restriction
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.32"></a><var>90.32</var>if the owner of the property requests the commissioner to remove it. Within 30 days
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.90.33"></a><var>90.33</var>receiving the request for removal from the owner, the commissioner must contact, in
         writing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.1"></a><var>91.1</var>the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles where the order is recorded
         or filed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.2"></a><var>91.2</var>along with all applicable fees, and have the order removed. Within 30 days of receiving
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.3"></a><var>91.3</var>notification from the office of the county recorder or registrar of titles that the
         order has <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.4"></a><var>91.4</var>been removed, the commissioner must inform the owner that the order has been removed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.5"></a><var>91.5</var>and provide the owner with a copy of any documentation provided by the office of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.6"></a><var>91.6</var>county recorder or registrar of titles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.7"></a><var>91.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.105.0"></a><a id="pl.91.8"></a><var>91.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.9"></a><var>91.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Permit required.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the state, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.10"></a><var>91.10</var>person, partnership, or association, private or public corporation, county, municipality,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.11"></a><var>91.11</var>other political subdivision of the state may not appropriate or use waters of the
         state without <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.12"></a><var>91.12</var>a water-use permit from the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.13"></a><var>91.13</var>(b) This section does not apply to the following water uses:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.14"></a><var>91.14</var>(1) use for a water supply by less than 25 persons for domestic purposes, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.15"></a><var>91.15</var>required by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.287</statute_ref>, subdivision 4, paragraph (b).;<br />
         		 <a id="pl.91.16"></a><var>91.16</var>(2) nonconsumptive diversion of a surface water of the state from its natural channel
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.17"></a><var>91.17</var>the production of hydroelectric or hydromechanical power at structures that were in
         existence <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.18"></a><var>91.18</var>on and before July 1, 1937, including repowering, upgrades, or additions to those
         facilities; <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.19"></a><var>91.19</var>or<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.20"></a><var>91.20</var>(3) appropriation or use of storm water collected and used to reduce storm-water runoff
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.21"></a><var>91.21</var>volume, treat storm water, or sustain groundwater supplies when water is extracted
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.22"></a><var>91.22</var>constructed management facilities for storm water.<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.23"></a><var>91.23</var>(c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for appropriation of water to
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.24"></a><var>91.24</var>governmental subdivision or to the general public. The general permit may authorize
         more <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.25"></a><var>91.25</var>than one project and the appropriation or use of more than one source of water. Water-use
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.26"></a><var>91.26</var>permit processing fees and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 
         <statute_ref>103G.281, <br />
            		<a id="pl.91.27"></a><var>91.27</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, are required for each project or water source that is included under a general <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.28"></a><var>91.28</var>permit, except that no fee is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 gallons
         annually.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.106.0"></a><a id="pl.91.29"></a><var>91.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.91.30"></a><var>91.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Water-use permit processing fee.</b> (a) Except as described in paragraphs (b) <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.31"></a><var>91.31</var>to (g), a water-use permit processing fee must be prescribed by the commissioner in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.91.32"></a><var>91.32</var>accordance with the schedule of fees in this subdivision for each water-use permit
         in force <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.1"></a><var>92.1</var>at any time during the year. Fees collected under this paragraph are credited to the
         water <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.2"></a><var>92.2</var>management account in the natural resources fund. The schedule is as follows, with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.3"></a><var>92.3</var>stated fee in each clause applied to the total amount appropriated:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.4"></a><var>92.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) $140 for amounts not exceeding 50,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.5"></a><var>92.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) $3.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 50,000,000 gallons but less
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.6"></a><var>92.6</var>than 100,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.7"></a><var>92.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) $4 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 100,000,000 gallons but less
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.8"></a><var>92.8</var>150,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.9"></a><var>92.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) $4.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 150,000,000 gallons but less
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.10"></a><var>92.10</var>than 200,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.11"></a><var>92.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) $5 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 200,000,000 gallons but less
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.12"></a><var>92.12</var>250,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.13"></a><var>92.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) $5.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 250,000,000 gallons but less
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.14"></a><var>92.14</var>than 300,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.15"></a><var>92.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) $6 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 300,000,000 gallons but less
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.16"></a><var>92.16</var>350,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.17"></a><var>92.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) $6.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 350,000,000 gallons but less
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.18"></a><var>92.18</var>than 400,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.19"></a><var>92.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) $7 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 400,000,000 gallons but less
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.20"></a><var>92.20</var>450,000,000 gallons per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.21"></a><var>92.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(10) $7.50 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 450,000,000 gallons but
         less <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.22"></a><var>92.22</var>than 500,000,000 gallons per year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.23"></a><var>92.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(11) $8 per 1,000,000 gallons for amounts greater than 500,000,000 gallons per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.24"></a><var>92.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) For once-through cooling systems, a water-use processing fee must be prescribed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.25"></a><var>92.25</var>by the commissioner in accordance with the following schedule of fees for each water-use
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.26"></a><var>92.26</var>permit in force at any time during the year:<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.27"></a><var>92.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) for nonprofit corporations and school districts, $200 per 1,000,000 gallons; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.28"></a><var>92.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) for all other users, $420 per 1,000,000 gallons.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.29"></a><var>92.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The fee is payable based on the amount of water appropriated during the year and,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.92.30"></a><var>92.30</var>except as provided in paragraph (f), the minimum fee is $100.<br />
         		<a id="pl.92.31"></a><var>92.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) For water-use processing fees other than once-through cooling systems:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.1"></a><var>93.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the fee for a city of the first class may not exceed $250,000 per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.2"></a><var>93.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the fee for other entities for any permitted use may not exceed:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.3"></a><var>93.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) $60,000 per year for an entity holding three or fewer permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.4"></a><var>93.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) $90,000 per year for an entity holding four or five permits; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.5"></a><var>93.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(iii) $300,000 per year for an entity holding more than five permits;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.6"></a><var>93.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the fee for agricultural irrigation may not exceed $750 per year;<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.7"></a><var>93.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the fee for a municipality that furnishes electric service and cogenerates steam
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.8"></a><var>93.8</var>home heating may not exceed $10,000 for its permit for water use related to the cogeneration
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.9"></a><var>93.9</var>of electricity and steam; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.10"></a><var>93.10</var>(5) the fee for a facility that temporarily diverts a water of the state from its
         natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.11"></a><var>93.11</var>channel to produce hydroelectric or hydromechanical power may not exceed $5,000 per
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.12"></a><var>93.12</var>year. A permit for such a facility does not count toward the number of permits held
         by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.13"></a><var>93.13</var>entity as described in paragraph (d); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.14"></a><var>93.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) (6) no fee is required for a project involving the appropriation of surface water to
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.15"></a><var>93.15</var>prevent flood damage or to remove flood waters during a period of flooding, as determined
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.16"></a><var>93.16</var>by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.17"></a><var>93.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) Failure to pay the fee is sufficient cause for revoking a permit. A penalty of
         ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.18"></a><var>93.18</var>percent per month calculated from the original due date must be imposed on the unpaid
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.19"></a><var>93.19</var>balance of fees remaining 30 days after the sending of a second notice of fees due.
         A fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.20"></a><var>93.20</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.93.21"></a><var>93.21</var>governmental agency holding a water appropriation permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.22"></a><var>93.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The minimum water-use processing fee for a permit issued for irrigation of agricultural
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.23"></a><var>93.23</var>land is $20 for years in which:<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.24"></a><var>93.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) there is no appropriation of water under the permit; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.25"></a><var>93.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the permit is suspended for more than seven consecutive days between May 1 and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.26"></a><var>93.26</var>October 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.93.27"></a><var>93.27</var>(g) The commissioner shall waive the water-use permit fee for installations and projects
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.28"></a><var>93.28</var>that use storm water runoff or where public entities are diverting water to treat
         a water <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.29"></a><var>93.29</var>quality issue and returning the water to its source without using the water for any
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.30"></a><var>93.30</var>purpose, unless the commissioner determines that the proposed use adversely affects
         surface <br />
         		<a id="pl.93.31"></a><var>93.31</var>water or groundwater.<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.1"></a><var>94.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) A surcharge of $30 per million gallons in addition to the fee prescribed in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.2"></a><var>94.2</var>(a) shall be applied to the volume of water used in each of the months of June, July,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.3"></a><var>94.3</var>August that exceeds the volume of water used in January for municipal water use, irrigation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.4"></a><var>94.4</var>of golf courses, and landscape irrigation. The surcharge for municipalities with more
         than <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.5"></a><var>94.5</var>one permit shall be determined based on the total appropriations from all permits
         that supply <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.6"></a><var>94.6</var>a common distribution system.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.107.0"></a><a id="pl.94.7"></a><var>94.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.8"></a><var>94.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6a. <b>Fees for past unpermitted appropriations.</b> An entity that appropriates water <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.9"></a><var>94.9</var>without a required permit under subdivision 1 must pay the applicable water-use permit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.10"></a><var>94.10</var>processing fee specified in subdivision 6 for the period during which the unpermitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.11"></a><var>94.11</var>appropriation occurred. The fees for unpermitted appropriations are required for the
         previous <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.12"></a><var>94.12</var>seven calendar years after being notified of the need for a permit. This fee is in
         addition to <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.13"></a><var>94.13</var>any other fee or penalty assessed. The commissioner may waive payment of fees for
         past <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.14"></a><var>94.14</var>unpermitted appropriations for a residential system permitted under subdivision 5,
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.15"></a><var>94.15</var>(b), or for a hydroelectric or hydromechanical facility that temporarily diverts a water
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.16"></a><var>94.16</var>the state from its natural channel.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.108.0"></a><a id="pl.94.17"></a><var>94.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.18"></a><var>94.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Transfer of permit.</b> A water-use permit may be transferred to a successive <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.19"></a><var>94.19</var>owner of real property if the permittee conveys the real property where the source
         of water <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.20"></a><var>94.20</var>is located. The new owner must notify the commissioner immediately after the conveyance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.21"></a><var>94.21</var>and request transfer of the permit. If notified, the commissioner must transfer the permit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.22"></a><var>94.22</var>the successive owner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.109.0"></a><a id="pl.94.23"></a><var>94.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.271, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.24"></a><var>94.24</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.94.25"></a><var>94.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Management plans; economic impacts.</b> Before requiring a change to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.26"></a><var>94.26</var>management plan for appropriating water, the commissioner must provide estimates of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.27"></a><var>94.27</var>economic impact of any new restriction or policy on existing and future groundwater
         users <br />
         		<a id="pl.94.28"></a><var>94.28</var>in the affected area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.110.0"></a><a id="pl.95.1"></a><var>95.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.287, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.2"></a><var>95.2</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Applications for groundwater appropriations; preliminary well </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.95.3"></a><var>95.3</var><b>construction approval.</b> (a) Groundwater use permit applications are not complete until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.4"></a><var>95.4</var>applicant has supplied:<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.5"></a><var>95.5</var>(1) a water well record as required by section 
         <statute_ref>103I.205</statute_ref>, subdivision 9, information on <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.6"></a><var>95.6</var>the subsurface geologic formations penetrated by the well and the formation or aquifer
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.7"></a><var>95.7</var>will serve as the water source, and geologic information from test holes drilled to
         locate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.8"></a><var>95.8</var>site of the production well;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.9"></a><var>95.9</var>(2) the maximum daily, seasonal, and annual pumpage rates and volumes being requested;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.10"></a><var>95.10</var>(3) information on groundwater quality in terms of the measures of quality commonly
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.11"></a><var>95.11</var>specified for the proposed water use and details on water treatment necessary for
         the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.12"></a><var>95.12</var>use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.13"></a><var>95.13</var>(4) the results of an aquifer test completed according to specifications approved
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.14"></a><var>95.14</var>commissioner. The test must be conducted at the maximum pumping rate requested in
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.15"></a><var>95.15</var>application and for a length of time adequate to assess or predict impacts to other
         wells and <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.16"></a><var>95.16</var>surface water and groundwater resources. The permit applicant is responsible for all
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.17"></a><var>95.17</var>related to the aquifer test, including the construction of groundwater and surface
         water <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.18"></a><var>95.18</var>monitoring installations, and water level readings before, during, and after the aquifer
         test; <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.19"></a><var>95.19</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.20"></a><var>95.20</var>(5) the results of any assessments conducted by the commissioner under paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.21"></a><var>95.21</var>(b) The commissioner may waive an application requirement in this subdivision if the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.22"></a><var>95.22</var>information provided with the application is adequate to determine whether the proposed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.23"></a><var>95.23</var>appropriation and use of water is sustainable and will protect ecosystems, water quality,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.24"></a><var>95.24</var>and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.95.25"></a><var>95.25</var>(c) The commissioner shall provide an assessment of a proposed well needing a <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.26"></a><var>95.26</var>groundwater appropriation permit. The commissioner shall evaluate the information
         submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.27"></a><var>95.27</var>as required under section 
         <statute_ref>103I.205, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (f), and determine whether the <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.28"></a><var>95.28</var>anticipated appropriation request is likely to meet the applicable requirements of
         this chapter. <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.29"></a><var>95.29</var>If the appropriation request is likely to meet applicable requirements, the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.30"></a><var>95.30</var>shall provide the person submitting the information with a letter providing preliminary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.31"></a><var>95.31</var>approval to construct the well and the requirements, including test-well information, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.95.32"></a><var>95.32</var>will be needed to obtain the permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.1"></a><var>96.1</var>(d) The commissioner must provide an applicant denied a groundwater use permit or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.2"></a><var>96.2</var>issued a groundwater use permit that is reduced or restricted from the original request
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.3"></a><var>96.3</var>all information the commissioner used in making the determination, including hydrographs,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.4"></a><var>96.4</var>flow tests, aquifer tests, topographic maps, field reports, photographs, and proof
         of equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.5"></a><var>96.5</var>calibration.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.111.0"></a><a id="pl.96.6"></a><var>96.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.287, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.7"></a><var>96.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Groundwater management areas.</b> (a) The commissioner may designate <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.8"></a><var>96.8</var>groundwater management areas and limit total annual water appropriations and uses
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.9"></a><var>96.9</var>a designated area to ensure sustainable use of groundwater that protects ecosystems,
         water <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.10"></a><var>96.10</var>quality, and the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Water appropriations
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.11"></a><var>96.11</var>and uses within a designated management area must be consistent with a groundwater
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.12"></a><var>96.12</var>management area plan approved by the commissioner that addresses water conservation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.13"></a><var>96.13</var>requirements and water allocation priorities established in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.261</statute_ref>. At least 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.14"></a><var>96.14</var>days prior to implementing or modifying a groundwater management area plan under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.15"></a><var>96.15</var>subdivision, the commissioner shall consult with the advisory team established in
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.16"></a><var>96.16</var>(c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.17"></a><var>96.17</var>(b) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>103G.271, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), and Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.18"></a><var>96.18</var>Rules, within designated groundwater management areas, the commissioner may require
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.19"></a><var>96.19</var>general permits as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.271, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (c), for water <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.20"></a><var>96.20</var>users using less than 10,000 gallons per day or 1,000,000 gallons per year and water
         suppliers <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.21"></a><var>96.21</var>serving less than 25 persons for domestic purposes. The commissioner may waive the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.22"></a><var>96.22</var>requirements under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.281</statute_ref> for general permits issued under this paragraph, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.23"></a><var>96.23</var>the fee specified in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.301, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph (c), does not apply to general <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.24"></a><var>96.24</var>permits issued under this paragraph.<br />
         		<a id="pl.96.25"></a><var>96.25</var>(c) When designating a groundwater management area, the commissioner shall assemble
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.26"></a><var>96.26</var>an advisory team to assist in developing a groundwater management area plan for the
         area. <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.27"></a><var>96.27</var>The advisory team members shall be selected from public and private entities that
         have an <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.28"></a><var>96.28</var>interest in the water resources affected by the groundwater management area. A majority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.29"></a><var>96.29</var>of the advisory team members shall be public and private entities that currently hold
         water-use <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.30"></a><var>96.30</var>permits for water appropriations from the affected water resources. The commissioner
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.31"></a><var>96.31</var>consult with the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Minnesota Counties,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.32"></a><var>96.32</var>Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Townships
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.33"></a><var>96.33</var>in appointing the local government representatives to the advisory team. The advisory
         team <br />
         		<a id="pl.96.34"></a><var>96.34</var>may also include representatives from the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.1"></a><var>97.1</var>Colleges and Universities, other institutions of higher learning in Minnesota, political
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.2"></a><var>97.2</var>subdivisions with jurisdiction over water issues, nonprofits with expertise in water,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.3"></a><var>97.3</var>federal agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.4"></a><var>97.4</var>(d) Before making a change under a groundwater management area plan, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.5"></a><var>97.5</var>commissioner must provide estimates of the economic effect of any new restriction
         or policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.6"></a><var>97.6</var>on existing and future groundwater users in the affected area.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.112.0"></a><a id="pl.97.7"></a><var>97.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 103G.411, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.8"></a><var>97.8</var><b>103G.411 STIPULATION OF LOW-WATER MARK.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.9"></a><var>97.9</var>If the state is a party in a civil action relating to the navigability or ownership
         of the bed <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.10"></a><var>97.10</var>of a body of water, river, or stream, the commissioner, in behalf of the state, with the approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.11"></a><var>97.11</var>of the attorney general, may agree by written stipulation with a riparian owner who is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.12"></a><var>97.12</var>party to the action on the location of the ordinary low-water mark on the riparian
         land of <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.13"></a><var>97.13</var>the party. After the stipulation is executed by all parties, it must be presented
         to the judge <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.14"></a><var>97.14</var>of the district court where the action is pending for approval. If the stipulation
         is approved, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.15"></a><var>97.15</var>the judge shall make and enter an order providing that the final judgment when entered
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.16"></a><var>97.16</var>conform to the location of the ordinary, low-water mark as provided for in the stipulation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.17"></a><var>97.17</var>as it relates to the parties to the stipulation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.113.0"></a><a id="pl.97.18"></a><var>97.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 114D.25, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.19"></a><var>97.19</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.20"></a><var>97.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Impaired waters list; public notice and process.</b> The commissioner of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.21"></a><var>97.21</var>Pollution Control Agency must allow at least 60 days for public comment after publishing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.22"></a><var>97.22</var>the draft impaired waters list required under the federal Clean Water Act. A person
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.23"></a><var>97.23</var>petition the agency to hold a contested case hearing on the draft impaired waters
         list. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.24"></a><var>97.24</var>valid basis for challenging an impairment determination includes, but is not limited
         to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.25"></a><var>97.25</var>agency reliance on data that do not reflect recent significant infrastructure investments
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.26"></a><var>97.26</var>documented pollutant reductions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.114.0"></a><a id="pl.97.27"></a><var>97.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 114. <b>[115.051] REVIEW OF PROPOSED ACTIONS OF THE POLLUTION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.28"></a><var>97.28</var><b>CONTROL AGENCY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.97.29"></a><var>97.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.97.30"></a><var>97.30</var>(b) "Local government unit" means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.31"></a><var>97.31</var>public utilities commission, sanitary district, or an organization formed for the
         joint exercise <br />
         		<a id="pl.97.32"></a><var>97.32</var>of powers under section 471.59.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.1"></a><var>98.1</var>(c) "Proposed action" means an action that is all of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.2"></a><var>98.2</var>(1) being considered by the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or has been
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.3"></a><var>98.3</var>undertaken by the commissioner but is not yet final;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.4"></a><var>98.4</var>(2) would, once final, constitute one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.5"></a><var>98.5</var>(i) the issuance, amendment, modification, or denial of a water quality standard under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.6"></a><var>98.6</var>section 115.44, a water-related permit, a total maximum daily load (TMDL) study, or
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.7"></a><var>98.7</var>watershed restoration and protection strategy (WRAPS); or<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.8"></a><var>98.8</var>(ii) another action or decision undertaken pursuant to the commissioner's authority
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.9"></a><var>98.9</var>this chapter or chapter 114D that is or would be eligible for a contested case hearing
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.10"></a><var>98.10</var>chapter 14 or that would constitute rulemaking under that chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.11"></a><var>98.11</var>(d) "Requisite number" means five or more if the proposed action is rulemaking under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.12"></a><var>98.12</var>chapter 14. The term means one or more if the proposed action is one that is or would
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.13"></a><var>98.13</var>eligible for a contested case hearing under chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.14"></a><var>98.14</var>(e) "Review petition" means a written petition of a local government unit adopted
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.15"></a><var>98.15</var>resolution of the applicable governing body that describes the need for review by
         an expert <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.16"></a><var>98.16</var>review panel of the scientific basis of a proposed action that potentially affects
         the petitioner.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.98.17"></a><var>98.17</var>(f) "Review proceeding" means a proceeding under chapter 14 of the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.18"></a><var>98.18</var>Administrative Hearings to review a proposed action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.19"></a><var>98.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Office of Administrative Hearings review of scientific basis for proposed </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.98.20"></a><var>98.20</var><b>action.</b> In any review proceeding, the administrative law judge must examine the <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.21"></a><var>98.21</var>administrative record and, without deference to the commissioner, independently determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.22"></a><var>98.22</var>from the record whether:<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.23"></a><var>98.23</var>(1) the proposed action is based on reliable scientific data and analyses, as confirmed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.24"></a><var>98.24</var>by publicly available peer-reviewed literature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.25"></a><var>98.25</var>(2) every test, measurement, or model the commissioner relied on in support of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.26"></a><var>98.26</var>proposed action was used by the commissioner for the purpose for which the test, <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.27"></a><var>98.27</var>measurement, or model was designed, consistent with generally accepted and peer-reviewed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.28"></a><var>98.28</var>scientific practice;<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.29"></a><var>98.29</var>(3) the proposed action is consistent with the findings of any applicable external
         peer <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.30"></a><var>98.30</var>review panel the commissioner convened under section 115.035; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.98.31"></a><var>98.31</var>(4) the proposed action is based on a demonstrated, significant causal relationship
         between <br />
         		<a id="pl.98.32"></a><var>98.32</var>the parameters of concern and the water-quality objective at issue, not the correlation
         alone. <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.1"></a><var>99.1</var>When a causal relationship may be confounded by other factors, the reviewing authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.2"></a><var>99.2</var>must determine whether the relevance and effect of those factors were assessed to
         ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.3"></a><var>99.3</var>the predicted causal relationship is valid.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.99.4"></a><var>99.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Effect of Office of Administrative Hearings finding of inadequate basis for </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.99.5"></a><var>99.5</var><b>proposed action.</b> If an administrative law judge determines that any of the conditions set <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.6"></a><var>99.6</var>forth in subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (4), are not satisfied, then:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.7"></a><var>99.7</var>(1) if the proposed action was a proposed rule, the administrative law judge must
         find <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.8"></a><var>99.8</var>that the need for or reasonableness of the rule has not been established pursuant
         to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.9"></a><var>99.9</var>14.14, subdivision 2; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.10"></a><var>99.10</var>(2) if the proposed action was before the Office of Administrative Hearings as part
         of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.11"></a><var>99.11</var>contested case hearing, the administrative law judge must include this finding in
         the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.12"></a><var>99.12</var>required by sections 14.48 to 14.56, which shall constitute the final decision in
         the case.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.13"></a><var>99.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>When independent expert review panel required; composition.</b> The Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.14"></a><var>99.14</var>of Administrative Hearings must convene an expert review panel to review the scientific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.15"></a><var>99.15</var>basis of a proposed action when it receives the requisite number of review petitions
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.16"></a><var>99.16</var>finds, based on its independent review of the petitions, that the petitions demonstrate
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.17"></a><var>99.17</var>existence of a material scientific dispute regarding the scientific validity of the
         commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.18"></a><var>99.18</var>proposed action. The Office of Administrative Hearings shall issue an order granting
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.19"></a><var>99.19</var>denying a petition within 30 days of its receipt of the petition. A review panel must
         consist <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.20"></a><var>99.20</var>of three independent experts with qualifications in the subject matter of the scientific
         dispute <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.21"></a><var>99.21</var>who are employed neither by the Pollution Control Agency nor by a petitioner to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.22"></a><var>99.22</var>proceeding and who are not directly or indirectly involved with the work conducted
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.23"></a><var>99.23</var>contracted by the agency. The composition of the panel must be determined as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.24"></a><var>99.24</var>(1) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must select one expert satisfying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.25"></a><var>99.25</var>the requirements of this subdivision;<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.26"></a><var>99.26</var>(2) the petitioners must jointly select one expert satisfying the requirements of
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.27"></a><var>99.27</var>subdivision; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.28"></a><var>99.28</var>(3) the two experts selected under clauses (1) and (2) must mutually agree to a third
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.29"></a><var>99.29</var>expert satisfying the requirements of this subdivision. If the two experts are unable
         to agree <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.30"></a><var>99.30</var>on a third expert, the Office of Administrative Hearings must make the appointment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.99.31"></a><var>99.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Conduct of independent expert review panel.</b> Upon granting a petition for <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.32"></a><var>99.32</var>independent expert review, the Office of Administrative Hearings must, as soon as
         practicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.99.33"></a><var>99.33</var>thereafter, issue an order establishing the independent expert review panel, identifying
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.1"></a><var>100.1</var>independent experts selected pursuant to subdivision 4. This order must include a
         statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.2"></a><var>100.2</var>of the specific scientific issues or questions in dispute to be submitted for review
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.3"></a><var>100.3</var>panel. The commissioner and all petitioners must agree on the issues or questions
         in dispute <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.4"></a><var>100.4</var>to be submitted for review. If they cannot agree on one or more issues or questions,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.5"></a><var>100.5</var>Office of Administrative Hearings must determine the issue or questions to be submitted
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.6"></a><var>100.6</var>giving substantial consideration to the questions raised in any petitions it has received.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.7"></a><var>100.7</var>panel must review the scientific evidence relevant to those issues or questions as
         found in <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.8"></a><var>100.8</var>the petitions, the administrative record for the proposed action, and the results
         of any external <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.9"></a><var>100.9</var>peer review conducted according to section 115.035, in accordance with the guidance
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.10"></a><var>100.10</var>the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Peer Review Handbook. The panel
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.11"></a><var>100.11</var>must submit a written opinion on the scientific validity of the commissioner's approach
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.12"></a><var>100.12</var>is in controversy. If the panel finds deficiencies, the panel must recommend how the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.13"></a><var>100.13</var>deficiencies can be corrected. The written opinion shall become part of the administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.14"></a><var>100.14</var>record and must be submitted to the Office of Administrative Hearings, which shall
         send a <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.15"></a><var>100.15</var>written copy of the opinion to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, all
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.16"></a><var>100.16</var>petitioners, and the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.17"></a><var>100.17</var>and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources policy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.18"></a><var>100.18</var>and finance.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.100.19"></a><var>100.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Status of action pending independent expert panel review.</b> Once the Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.20"></a><var>100.20</var>of Administrative Hearings has received the requisite number of review petitions,
         it must <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.21"></a><var>100.21</var>notify the Pollution Control Agency of this fact and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.22"></a><var>100.22</var>(1) the Pollution Control Agency shall not grant or deny a contested case petition
         filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.23"></a><var>100.23</var>by the local government unit on the proposed action that is the subject of a petition
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.24"></a><var>100.24</var>otherwise proceed towards finalizing the proposed action until the Office of Administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.25"></a><var>100.25</var>Hearings denies the petition for independent expert review, or if the petition is
         granted, it <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.26"></a><var>100.26</var>has received and considered the written opinion required by subdivision 5; and<br />
         		 <a id="pl.100.27"></a><var>100.27</var>(2) the Office of Administrative Hearings shall not conduct the review required by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.28"></a><var>100.28</var>subdivision 2 until it has received the written opinion required by subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.100.29"></a><var>100.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Chapter 14 requirements must be followed.</b> Nothing in this section shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.30"></a><var>100.30</var>construed to abrogate or otherwise repeal any of the procedural requirements of chapter
         14. <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.31"></a><var>100.31</var>Upon receipt of a written opinion pursuant to subdivision 5, the Pollution Control
         Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.32"></a><var>100.32</var>and the Office of Administrative Hearings shall make the opinion available to the
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.33"></a><var>100.33</var>for review and continue to follow all applicable provisions of chapter 14, including
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.100.34"></a><var>100.34</var>comment and hearing requirements.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.101.1"></a><var>101.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Timing of review petition submission.</b> A review petition submitted to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.2"></a><var>101.2</var>Office of Administrative Hearings must be submitted within the time period for filing
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.3"></a><var>101.3</var>contested case petition or prior to the expiration of the public comment period as
         noticed <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.4"></a><var>101.4</var>in the statement of intent to adopt the rule, as applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.5"></a><var>101.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>This section is supplementary.</b> The duties and procedures set forth in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.6"></a><var>101.6</var>section are supplementary and applicable to those set forth in section 14.091.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.115.0"></a><a id="pl.101.7"></a><var>101.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 115. <b>[115.542] NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLICLY OWNED </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.8"></a><var>101.8</var><b>WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.101.9"></a><var>101.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purpose of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.10"></a><var>101.10</var>the meanings given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.11"></a><var>101.11</var>(1) "permit" means a national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.12"></a><var>101.12</var>or state disposal system (SDS) permit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.13"></a><var>101.13</var>(2) "permit applicant" means a person or entity submitting an application for a new
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.14"></a><var>101.14</var>permit or renewal, modification, or revocation of an existing permit for a publicly
         owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.15"></a><var>101.15</var>wastewater treatment facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.16"></a><var>101.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Applicability.</b> This section applies to all draft permits and permits for publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.17"></a><var>101.17</var>owned wastewater treatment facilities for which the commissioner of the Pollution
         Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.18"></a><var>101.18</var>Agency makes a preliminary determination whether to issue or deny.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.19"></a><var>101.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Notice requirements.</b> The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.20"></a><var>101.20</var>provide a permit applicant with a copy of the draft permit and any fact sheets required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.21"></a><var>101.21</var>agency rules at least 30 days before the distribution and public notice of the permit
         application <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.22"></a><var>101.22</var>and preliminary determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.23"></a><var>101.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Public comment period.</b> The commissioner must prepare and issue a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.24"></a><var>101.24</var>notice of a completed application and the commissioner's preliminary determination
         as to <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.25"></a><var>101.25</var>whether the permit should be issued or denied. The public comment period must be at
         least <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.26"></a><var>101.26</var>60 days for permit applications under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.116.0"></a><a id="pl.101.27"></a><var>101.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115B.39, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.101.28"></a><var>101.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) In addition to the definitions in this subdivision, the definitions <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.29"></a><var>101.29</var>in sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.03</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>115B.02</statute_ref> apply to sections 
         <statute_ref>115B.39</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115B.445</statute_ref>, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.101.30"></a><var>101.30</var>specifically modified in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.1"></a><var>102.1</var>(b) "Cleanup order" means a consent order between responsible persons and the agency
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.2"></a><var>102.2</var>or an order issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under section
         106 <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.3"></a><var>102.3</var>of the federal Superfund Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.4"></a><var>102.4</var>(c) "Closure" means actions to prevent or minimize the threat to public health and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.5"></a><var>102.5</var>environment posed by a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility that has stopped
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.6"></a><var>102.6</var>accepting waste by controlling the sources of releases or threatened releases at the
         facility. <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.7"></a><var>102.7</var>"Closure" includes removing contaminated equipment and liners; applying final cover;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.8"></a><var>102.8</var>grading and seeding final cover; installing wells, borings, and other monitoring devices;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.9"></a><var>102.9</var>constructing groundwater and surface water diversion structures; and installing gas
         control <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.10"></a><var>102.10</var>systems and site security systems, as necessary. The commissioner may authorize use
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.11"></a><var>102.11</var>final cover that includes processed materials that meet the requirements in Code of
         Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.12"></a><var>102.12</var>Regulations, title 40, section 503.32, paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.13"></a><var>102.13</var>(d) "Closure upgrade" means construction activity that will, at a minimum, modify
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.14"></a><var>102.14</var>existing cover so that it satisfies current rule requirements for mixed municipal
         solid waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.15"></a><var>102.15</var>land disposal facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.16"></a><var>102.16</var>(e) "Contingency action" means organized, planned, or coordinated courses of action
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.17"></a><var>102.17</var>be followed in case of fire, explosion, or release of solid waste, waste by-products,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.18"></a><var>102.18</var>leachate that could threaten human health or the environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.19"></a><var>102.19</var>(f) "Corrective action" means steps taken to repair facility structures including
         liners, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.20"></a><var>102.20</var>monitoring wells, separation equipment, covers, and aeration devices and to bring
         the facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.21"></a><var>102.21</var>into compliance with design, construction, groundwater, surface water, and air emission
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.22"></a><var>102.22</var>standards.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.23"></a><var>102.23</var>(g) "Custodial" or "custodial care" means actions taken for the care, maintenance, and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.24"></a><var>102.24</var>monitoring of closure actions at a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility after
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.25"></a><var>102.25</var>completion of the postclosure period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.26"></a><var>102.26</var>(h) "Decomposition gases" means gases produced by chemical or microbial activity <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.27"></a><var>102.27</var>during the decomposition of solid waste.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.28"></a><var>102.28</var>(h) (i) "Dump materials" means nonhazardous mixed municipal solid wastes disposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.29"></a><var>102.29</var>at a Minnesota waste disposal site other than a qualified facility prior to 1973.<br />
         		<a id="pl.102.30"></a><var>102.30</var>(i) (j) "Environmental response action" means response action at a qualified facility, <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.31"></a><var>102.31</var>including corrective action, closure, postclosure care; contingency action; environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.102.32"></a><var>102.32</var>studies, including remedial investigations and feasibility studies; engineering, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.1"></a><var>103.1</var>remedial design; removal; remedial action; site construction; and other similar cleanup-related
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.2"></a><var>103.2</var>activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.3"></a><var>103.3</var>(j) (k) "Environmental response costs" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.4"></a><var>103.4</var>(1) costs of environmental response action, not including legal or administrative
         expenses; <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.5"></a><var>103.5</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.6"></a><var>103.6</var>(2) costs required to be paid to the federal government under section 107(a) of the
         federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.7"></a><var>103.7</var>Superfund Act, as amended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.8"></a><var>103.8</var>(l) "Priority qualified facility" means a qualified facility that is on the list of
         priorities <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.9"></a><var>103.9</var>for the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
         Act <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.10"></a><var>103.10</var>and the Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act; has received notice under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.11"></a><var>103.11</var>section 115B.40, subdivision 3; has failed to comply with section 115B.40, subdivision
         4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.12"></a><var>103.12</var>and has not entered into a binding agreement with the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.13"></a><var>103.13</var>(k) (m) "Postclosure" or "postclosure care" means actions taken for the care, maintenance,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.14"></a><var>103.14</var>and monitoring of closure actions at a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.15"></a><var>103.15</var>(l) (n) "Qualified facility" means a mixed municipal solid waste disposal facility as <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.16"></a><var>103.16</var>described in the most recent agency permit, including adjacent property used for solid
         waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.17"></a><var>103.17</var>disposal that did not occur under a permit from the agency, that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.18"></a><var>103.18</var>(1)(i) is or was permitted by the agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.19"></a><var>103.19</var>(ii) stopped accepting solid waste, except demolition debris, for disposal by April
         9, <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.20"></a><var>103.20</var>1994; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.21"></a><var>103.21</var>(iii) stopped accepting demolition debris for disposal by June 1, 1994, except that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.22"></a><var>103.22</var>demolition debris may be accepted until May 1, 1995, at a permitted area where disposal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.23"></a><var>103.23</var>of demolition debris is allowed, if the area where the demolition debris is deposited
         is at <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.24"></a><var>103.24</var>least 50 feet from the fill boundary of the area where mixed municipal solid waste
         was <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.25"></a><var>103.25</var>deposited; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.26"></a><var>103.26</var>(2) is or was permitted by the agency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.103.27"></a><var>103.27</var>(i) stopped accepting waste by January 1, 2000, except that demolition debris, industrial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.28"></a><var>103.28</var>waste, and municipal solid waste combustor ash may be accepted until January 1, 2001,
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.29"></a><var>103.29</var>a permitted area where disposal of such waste is allowed, if the area where the waste
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.30"></a><var>103.30</var>deposited is at least 50 feet from the fill boundary of the area where mixed municipal
         solid <br />
         		<a id="pl.103.31"></a><var>103.31</var>waste was deposited; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.1"></a><var>104.1</var>(ii) stopped accepting waste by January 1, 2019, and is located in a county that meets
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.2"></a><var>104.2</var>all applicable recycling goals in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.551</statute_ref> and that has arranged for all mixed <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.3"></a><var>104.3</var>municipal solid waste generated in the county to be delivered to and processed by
         a resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.4"></a><var>104.4</var>recovery facility located in the county for at least 20 years; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.5"></a><var>104.5</var>(3) is or was permitted by the agency and stopped accepting mixed municipal solid
         waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.6"></a><var>104.6</var>and industrial waste for disposal by January 1, 2009, and for which the postclosure
         care <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.7"></a><var>104.7</var>period ended on July 26, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.117.0"></a><a id="pl.104.8"></a><var>104.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115B.40, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.9"></a><var>104.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Qualified facility not under cleanup order; duties.</b> (a) The owner or operator <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.10"></a><var>104.10</var>of a qualified facility that is not subject to a cleanup order shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.11"></a><var>104.11</var>(1) complete closure activities at the facility, or enter into a binding agreement
         with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.12"></a><var>104.12</var>commissioner to do so, as provided in paragraph (e), within one year from the date
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.13"></a><var>104.13</var>owner or operator is notified by the commissioner under subdivision 3 of the closure
         activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.14"></a><var>104.14</var>that are necessary to properly close the facility in compliance with facility's permit,
         closure <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.15"></a><var>104.15</var>orders, or enforcement agreement with the agency, and with the solid waste rules in
         effect <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.16"></a><var>104.16</var>at the time the facility stopped accepting waste;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.17"></a><var>104.17</var>(2) undertake or continue postclosure or custodial care at the facility until the date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.18"></a><var>104.18</var>notice of compliance under subdivision 7;<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.19"></a><var>104.19</var>(3) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115B.39, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.20"></a><var>104.20</var>(l) (n), clause (1), transfer to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the remediation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.21"></a><var>104.21</var>fund established in section 
         <statute_ref>116.155</statute_ref> any funds required for proof of financial responsibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.22"></a><var>104.22</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>116.07, subdivision 4h</statute_ref>, that remain after facility closure and any postclosure <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.23"></a><var>104.23</var>care and response action undertaken by the owner or operator at the facility including,
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.24"></a><var>104.24</var>proof of financial responsibility is provided through a letter of credit or other
         financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.25"></a><var>104.25</var>instrument or mechanism that does not accumulate money in an account, the amount that
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.26"></a><var>104.26</var>would have accumulated had the owner or operator utilized a trust fund, less any amount
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.27"></a><var>104.27</var>used for closure, postclosure care, and response action at the facility; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.104.28"></a><var>104.28</var>(4) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115B.39, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.29"></a><var>104.29</var>(l) (n), clause (2), transfer to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the remediation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.30"></a><var>104.30</var>fund established in section 
         <statute_ref>116.155</statute_ref> an amount of cash that is equal to the sum of their <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.31"></a><var>104.31</var>approved current contingency action cost estimate and the present value of their approved
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.32"></a><var>104.32</var>estimated remaining postclosure care costs required for proof of financial responsibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.104.33"></a><var>104.33</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>116.07, subdivision 4h</statute_ref>.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.1"></a><var>105.1</var>(5) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 115B.39, subdivision 2,
         paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.2"></a><var>105.2</var>(n), clause (3), transfer to the commissioner of revenue for deposit in the remediation
         fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.3"></a><var>105.3</var>established in section 116.155 an amount of cash that is equal to any funds required
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.4"></a><var>105.4</var>proof of financial responsibility under section 116.07, subdivision 4h, that remain
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.5"></a><var>105.5</var>facility closure and any postclosure and custodial care and response action undertaken
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.6"></a><var>105.6</var>the owner or operator at the facility have been reimbursed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.7"></a><var>105.7</var>(b) The owner or operator of a qualified facility that is not subject to a cleanup
         order <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.8"></a><var>105.8</var>shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.9"></a><var>105.9</var>(1) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115B.39, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.10"></a><var>105.10</var>(l) (n), clause (1), provide the commissioner with a copy of all applicable comprehensive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.11"></a><var>105.11</var>general liability insurance policies and other liability policies relating to property
         damage, <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.12"></a><var>105.12</var>certificates, or other evidence of insurance coverage held during the life of the
         facility; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.13"></a><var>105.13</var>(2) enter into a binding agreement with the commissioner to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.14"></a><var>105.14</var>(i) in the case of qualified facilities defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115B.39, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.15"></a><var>105.15</var>(l) (n), clause (1), take any actions necessary to preserve the owner or operator's rights
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.16"></a><var>105.16</var>payment or defense under insurance policies included in clause (1); cooperate with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.17"></a><var>105.17</var>commissioner in asserting claims under the policies; and, within 60 days of a request
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.18"></a><var>105.18</var>the commissioner, but no earlier than July 1, 1996, assign only those rights under
         the policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.19"></a><var>105.19</var>related to environmental response costs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.20"></a><var>105.20</var>(ii) cooperate with the commissioner or other persons acting at the direction of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.21"></a><var>105.21</var>commissioner in taking additional environmental response actions necessary to address
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.22"></a><var>105.22</var>releases or threatened releases and to avoid any action that interferes with environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.23"></a><var>105.23</var>response actions, including allowing entry to the property and to the facility's records
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.24"></a><var>105.24</var>allowing entry and installation of equipment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.25"></a><var>105.25</var>(iii) refrain from developing or altering the use of property described in any permit
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.26"></a><var>105.26</var>the facility except after consultation with the commissioner and in conformance with
         any <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.27"></a><var>105.27</var>conditions established by the commissioner for that property, including use restrictions,
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.28"></a><var>105.28</var>protect public health and welfare and the environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.105.29"></a><var>105.29</var>(c) The owner or operator of a qualified facility defined in section 
         <statute_ref>115B.39, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.105.30"></a><var>105.30</var>2
         </statute_ref>, paragraph (l) (n), clause (1), that is a political subdivision may use a portion of any funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.31"></a><var>105.31</var>established for response at the facility, which are available directly or through
         a financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.32"></a><var>105.32</var>instrument or other financial arrangement, for closure or postclosure care at the
         facility if <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.33"></a><var>105.33</var>funds available for closure or postclosure care are inadequate and shall assign the
         rights to <br />
         		<a id="pl.105.34"></a><var>105.34</var>any remainder to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.1"></a><var>106.1</var>(d) The agreement required in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be in writing and must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.2"></a><var>106.2</var>apply to and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the owner. The owner shall
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.3"></a><var>106.3</var>record the agreement, or a memorandum approved by the commissioner that summarizes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.4"></a><var>106.4</var>the agreement, with the county recorder or registrar of titles of the county where
         the property <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.5"></a><var>106.5</var>is located.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.6"></a><var>106.6</var>(e) A binding agreement entered into under paragraph (a), clause (1), may include
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.7"></a><var>106.7</var>provision that the owner or operator will reimburse the commissioner for the costs
         of closing <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.8"></a><var>106.8</var>the facility to the standard required in that clause.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.118.0"></a><a id="pl.106.9"></a><var>106.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 118. <b>[115B.406] STATE RESPONSE AT PRIORITY QUALIFIED FACILITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.106.10"></a><var>106.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Environmental response action.</b> The agency may take any environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.11"></a><var>106.11</var>response action at a priority qualified facility that the agency deems necessary to
         protect <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.12"></a><var>106.12</var>the public health or welfare or the environment. Before taking any action, the agency
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.13"></a><var>106.13</var>take actions as provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.14"></a><var>106.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Request for action to owner or operator of priority qualified facility.</b> The <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.15"></a><var>106.15</var>agency shall request the owner or operator of a priority qualified facility to take
         actions that <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.16"></a><var>106.16</var>the agency deems reasonable and necessary to protect the public health or welfare
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.17"></a><var>106.17</var>environment, stating the reasons for the actions; a reasonable time for beginning
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.18"></a><var>106.18</var>completing the actions, taking into account the urgency of the actions for protecting
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.19"></a><var>106.19</var>public health or welfare or the environment; and the intention of the agency to take
         action <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.20"></a><var>106.20</var>if the requested actions are not taken as requested.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.21"></a><var>106.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Action to compel performance.</b> When the owner or operator of the priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.22"></a><var>106.22</var>qualified facility fails to take response actions or make reasonable progress in completing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.23"></a><var>106.23</var>response actions requested as provided in subdivision 2, the attorney general may
         bring an <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.24"></a><var>106.24</var>action in the name of the state to compel performance of the requested response actions.
         If <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.25"></a><var>106.25</var>a person having any right, title, or interest in and to the real property where the
         facility is <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.26"></a><var>106.26</var>located or where response actions are proposed to be taken is not a person responsible
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.27"></a><var>106.27</var>the environment, the person may be joined as an indispensable party in an action to
         compel <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.28"></a><var>106.28</var>performance to ensure that the requested response actions can be taken on that property
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.29"></a><var>106.29</var>the owner or operator.<br />
         		<a id="pl.106.30"></a><var>106.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Determination of failure to act.</b> If the agency determines that the actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.31"></a><var>106.31</var>requested under this section will not be taken by the owner or operator of the priority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.32"></a><var>106.32</var>qualified facility in the manner and within the time requested, the agency may undertake
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.33"></a><var>106.33</var>any environmental response action it deems necessary for the protection of the public
         health <br />
         		<a id="pl.106.34"></a><var>106.34</var>or welfare or the environment under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.1"></a><var>107.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Civil penalties.</b> Any owner or operator of a priority qualified facility that fails <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.2"></a><var>107.2</var>to take the actions under this section shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil
         penalty in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.3"></a><var>107.3</var>amount to be determined by the court of not more than $20,000 per day for each day
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.4"></a><var>107.4</var>the owner or operator fails to take reasonable and necessary response actions or to
         make <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.5"></a><var>107.5</var>reasonable progress in completing response actions requested by the agency. The penalty
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.6"></a><var>107.6</var>provided under this subdivision may be recovered by an action brought by the attorney
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.7"></a><var>107.7</var>general in the name of the state in a separate action in the District Court of Ramsey
         County. <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.8"></a><var>107.8</var>All penalties recovered under this subdivision must be deposited in the remediation
         fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.9"></a><var>107.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6. <b>Investigation and testing.</b> The agency may undertake investigations, monitoring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.10"></a><var>107.10</var>surveys, testing, and other similar activities necessary or appropriate to identify
         the existence <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.11"></a><var>107.11</var>and extent of the contamination at the priority qualified facility and the extent
         of danger.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.12"></a><var>107.12</var>In addition, the agency may undertake planning, legal, fiscal, economic, engineering,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.13"></a><var>107.13</var>architectural, and other studies or investigations necessary or appropriate to plan
         and direct <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.14"></a><var>107.14</var>a response action, to recover the costs of the response action, and to enforce this
         section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.15"></a><var>107.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Duty to compel information.</b> Any person who the agency has determined to <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.16"></a><var>107.16</var>have information regarding the priority qualified facility or the owner or operator
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.17"></a><var>107.17</var>priority qualified facility must furnish to the agency any information that person
         may have <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.18"></a><var>107.18</var>or may reasonably obtain that is relevant to the priority qualified facility or the
         owner or <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.19"></a><var>107.19</var>operator. The agency upon presentation of credentials may examine and copy any books,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.20"></a><var>107.20</var>papers, records, memoranda, or data of any person who has a duty to provide information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.21"></a><var>107.21</var>to the agency and may enter upon any property, public or private, to take any action
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.22"></a><var>107.22</var>authorized by this section, including obtaining information from any person who has
         a duty <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.23"></a><var>107.23</var>to provide the information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.24"></a><var>107.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Program operations.</b> Upon the owner or operator's failure to act, the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.25"></a><var>107.25</var>shall conduct the program operations under section 115B.412, subdivisions 1 and 2,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.26"></a><var>107.26</var>any other environmental response action the agency deems necessary to protect public
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.27"></a><var>107.27</var>health, welfare, and the environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.107.28"></a><var>107.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 9. <b>Recovering expenses.</b> Any reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.29"></a><var>107.29</var>agency or commissioner under this section, including all response costs and administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.30"></a><var>107.30</var>and legal expenses, may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney general
         against <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.31"></a><var>107.31</var>the owner or operator of the priority qualified facility. The agency's certification
         of expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.32"></a><var>107.32</var>is prima facie evidence that the expenses are reasonable and necessary. Any expenses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.33"></a><var>107.33</var>incurred under this section that are recovered by the attorney general under sections
         115.071 <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.34"></a><var>107.34</var>and 116.072 or any other law, including any award of attorney's fees, must be deposited
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.107.35"></a><var>107.35</var>the remediation fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.1"></a><var>108.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Environmental response costs; liens.</b> All environmental response costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.2"></a><var>108.2</var>including administrative and legal expenses, incurred by the commissioner at a priority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.3"></a><var>108.3</var>qualified facility before the date of notice of compliance under section 115B.40,
         subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.4"></a><var>108.4</var>7, constitute a lien in favor of the state upon any real property located in the state,
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.5"></a><var>108.5</var>than homestead property, owned by the owner or operator who is subject to the requirements
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.6"></a><var>108.6</var>of section 115B.40, subdivision 4 or 5. A lien under this subdivision attaches when
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.7"></a><var>108.7</var>environmental response costs are first incurred and continues until the lien is satisfied
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.8"></a><var>108.8</var>becomes unenforceable as for an environmental lien under section 514.672. Notice,
         filing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.9"></a><var>108.9</var>and release of the lien are governed by sections 514.671 to 514.676, except where
         those <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.10"></a><var>108.10</var>requirements specifically are related to only cleanup action expenses as defined in
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.11"></a><var>108.11</var>514.671. Relative priority of a lien under this subdivision is governed by section
         514.672, <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.12"></a><var>108.12</var>except that a lien attached to property that was included in any permit for the solid
         waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.13"></a><var>108.13</var>disposal facility takes precedence over all other liens regardless of when the other
         liens <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.14"></a><var>108.14</var>were or are perfected. Amounts received to satisfy all or a part of a lien must be
         deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.15"></a><var>108.15</var>in the remediation fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.16"></a><var>108.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.119.0"></a><a id="pl.108.17"></a><var>108.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 119. <b>[115B.407] SETTLEMENT AT PRIORITY QUALIFIED FACILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.108.18"></a><var>108.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Settlements; general authority.</b> In addition to the general authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.19"></a><var>108.19</var>vested in the agency to settle any claims under sections 115B.01 to 115B.18, and 115B.40
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.20"></a><var>108.20</var>to 115B.445, the agency may exercise the settlement authorities provided in subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.21"></a><var>108.21</var>2 to 5.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.108.22"></a><var>108.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Settlement agreement.</b> The commissioner must enter into a settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.23"></a><var>108.23</var>agreement with an eligible person under subdivision 3 who requests a settlement, under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.24"></a><var>108.24</var>which the commissioner settles with the eligible person and indemnifies and holds
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.25"></a><var>108.25</var>eligible person harmless for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.26"></a><var>108.26</var>(1) all legal responsibility, liability, or potential liability for environmental
         response <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.27"></a><var>108.27</var>costs and natural resources damages related to the qualified facility, including any
         and all <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.28"></a><var>108.28</var>liability and potential liability for legal and administrative costs and expenses
         incurred or <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.29"></a><var>108.29</var>to be incurred by the state or federal government or reimbursed by the state or federal
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.30"></a><var>108.30</var>government;<br />
         		<a id="pl.108.31"></a><var>108.31</var>(2) all legal liability or potential liability under the federal Comprehensive Environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.32"></a><var>108.32</var>Response, Compensation, and Liability Act related to the priority qualified facility,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.108.33"></a><var>108.33</var>any and all liability and potential liability for costs incurred by the federal government
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.1"></a><var>109.1</var>cleaning up the site and legal and administrative costs and expenses incurred or to
         be incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.2"></a><var>109.2</var>by the state or federal government or reimbursed by the state or federal government;
         and<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.3"></a><var>109.3</var>(3) all legal liability or potential liability that has been asserted, could have
         been asserted, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.4"></a><var>109.4</var>or may be asserted in the future against the eligible person under state or federal
         law, common <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.5"></a><var>109.5</var>law, or other legal theory related to the qualified facility, including any claim
         by any person <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.6"></a><var>109.6</var>or entity for contribution regarding any matters to which the indemnity applies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.7"></a><var>109.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Eligible persons.</b> (a) A person who is not an owner or operator of a priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.8"></a><var>109.8</var>qualified facility is eligible to enter into a settlement agreement with the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.9"></a><var>109.9</var>provided the person agrees to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.10"></a><var>109.10</var>(1) waive all claims for environmental response costs related to the facility against
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.11"></a><var>109.11</var>persons other than the owner or operator;<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.12"></a><var>109.12</var>(2) provide the commissioner with a copy of all applicable comprehensive general <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.13"></a><var>109.13</var>liability insurance policies and other liability insurance policies relating to property
         damage, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.14"></a><var>109.14</var>certificates, or other evidence of insurance coverage held during the life of the
         facility; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.15"></a><var>109.15</var>(3) enter into a binding agreement with the commissioner to take any actions necessary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.16"></a><var>109.16</var>to preserve the person's rights to payment or defense under insurance policies, cooperate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.17"></a><var>109.17</var>with the commissioner in asserting the claims under the policies, and assign those
         rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.18"></a><var>109.18</var>under the policies related to environmental response costs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.19"></a><var>109.19</var>(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "insurance" has the meaning given in section
         60A.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.20"></a><var>109.20</var>subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.21"></a><var>109.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Recovery for illegal actions.</b> The settlement of eligible persons under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.22"></a><var>109.22</var>section does not prevent the commissioner from recovering costs for illegal actions
         at priority <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.23"></a><var>109.23</var>qualified facilities as provided in section 115B.402.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.24"></a><var>109.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Commissioner's duties.</b> (a) In consideration of the settlor's agreement to enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.25"></a><var>109.25</var>into an agreement under this section, the commissioner must not sue or take administrative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.26"></a><var>109.26</var>action against the settlor, must agree to release the settlor from the liabilities
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.27"></a><var>109.27</var>subdivision 1, and must indemnify and hold the settlor harmless and defend against
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.28"></a><var>109.28</var>claims or liability for state or federal environmental response actions at the priority
         qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.29"></a><var>109.29</var>facility that is the subject of the agreement and claims made by the owner or operator
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.30"></a><var>109.30</var>the priority qualified facility under state or federal law for payment of response
         costs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.31"></a><var>109.31</var>related costs at the priority qualified facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.109.32"></a><var>109.32</var>(b) To the extent allowed under applicable law, a person who enters into a settlement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.109.33"></a><var>109.33</var>agreement under this section is not liable for claims for contribution regarding matters
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.1"></a><var>110.1</var>addressed in the agreement. As a condition of the agreement, the person must waive
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.2"></a><var>110.2</var>person's rights to seek contribution for any amounts paid on the person's behalf under
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.3"></a><var>110.3</var>agreement. This section does not limit the state's ability to seek contribution on
         the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.4"></a><var>110.4</var>behalf.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.5"></a><var>110.5</var>(c) The commissioner, on behalf of the state, shall enter into an agreement with the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.6"></a><var>110.6</var>United States Environmental Protection Agency to settle all federal claims at a priority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.7"></a><var>110.7</var>qualified facility to release all nonowner potentially responsible parties, including
         to not <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.8"></a><var>110.8</var>seek recovery from nonowner potentially responsible parties for costs incurred related
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.9"></a><var>110.9</var>the priority qualified facility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.10"></a><var>110.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.120.0"></a><a id="pl.110.11"></a><var>110.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 120. <b>[115B.408] ACQUISITION OF PRIORITY QUALIFIED FACILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.110.12"></a><var>110.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Legislative findings.</b> The legislature recognizes the need to protect the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.13"></a><var>110.13</var>public health and welfare and the environment at priority qualified facilities and
         that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.14"></a><var>110.14</var>not being managed to protect the public health or welfare or the environment. It is
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.15"></a><var>110.15</var>public interest to direct the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to acquire
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.16"></a><var>110.16</var>necessary interests in land at the priority qualified facility and to conduct environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.17"></a><var>110.17</var>response action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.18"></a><var>110.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Acquisition.</b> The agency may acquire interests in land by donation or eminent <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.19"></a><var>110.19</var>domain without undue delay, under section 115B.17, subdivision 15, at the priority
         qualified <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.20"></a><var>110.20</var>facility. Acquisition by condemnation under this section may include fee title acquisition.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.21"></a><var>110.21</var>After acquiring interests in land, the commissioner must begin the process of protecting
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.22"></a><var>110.22</var>public health and welfare and the environment through environmental response action
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.23"></a><var>110.23</var>according to sections 115B.39 to 115B.414.<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.24"></a><var>110.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Disposition of property acquired for response action.</b> (a) If the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.25"></a><var>110.25</var>determines that real or personal property acquired by the agency for response action
         is no <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.26"></a><var>110.26</var>longer needed for response action purposes, the commissioner may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.27"></a><var>110.27</var>(1) transfer the property to the commissioner of administration to be disposed of
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.28"></a><var>110.28</var>manner required for other surplus property subject to conditions the commissioner
         determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.29"></a><var>110.29</var>necessary to protect the public health and welfare or the environment or to comply
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.30"></a><var>110.30</var>federal law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.110.31"></a><var>110.31</var>(2) transfer the property to another state agency, a political subdivision, or special
         purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.110.32"></a><var>110.32</var>district; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.1"></a><var>111.1</var>(3) if required by federal law, take actions and dispose of the property as required
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.2"></a><var>111.2</var>federal law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.3"></a><var>111.3</var>(b) If the commissioner determines that real or personal property acquired by the
         agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.4"></a><var>111.4</var>for response action must be operated, maintained, or monitored after completion of
         other <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.5"></a><var>111.5</var>phases of the response action, the commissioner may transfer ownership of the property
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.6"></a><var>111.6</var>another state agency, a political subdivision, or special purpose district that agrees
         to accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.7"></a><var>111.7</var>the property. A state agency, political subdivision, or special purpose district is
         authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.8"></a><var>111.8</var>to accept and implement the terms and conditions of a transfer under this paragraph.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.9"></a><var>111.9</var>commissioner may set terms and conditions for the transfer that the commissioner considers
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.10"></a><var>111.10</var>reasonable and necessary to ensure proper operation, maintenance, and monitoring of
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.11"></a><var>111.11</var>response actions, protect the public health and welfare and the environment, and comply
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.12"></a><var>111.12</var>with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The state agency, political
         subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.13"></a><var>111.13</var>or special purpose district to which the property is transferred is not liable under
         this chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.14"></a><var>111.14</var>solely as a result of acquiring the property or acting in accordance with the terms
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.15"></a><var>111.15</var>conditions of the transfer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.16"></a><var>111.16</var>(c) If the agency acquires property under this section, the commissioner may lease
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.17"></a><var>111.17</var>grant an easement in the property to a person during the implementation of response
         actions <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.18"></a><var>111.18</var>if the lease or easement is compatible with or necessary for response action implementation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.19"></a><var>111.19</var>(d) The proceeds of a sale, lease, or other transfer of property under this subdivision
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.20"></a><var>111.20</var>the commissioner or by the commissioner of administration must be deposited in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.21"></a><var>111.21</var>remediation fund. Any share of the proceeds that the agency is required by federal
         law or <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.22"></a><var>111.22</var>regulation to reimburse to the federal government is appropriated from the account
         to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.23"></a><var>111.23</var>agency for that purpose. Except for section 94.16, subdivision 2, section 94.16 does
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.24"></a><var>111.24</var>apply to real property sold by the commissioner of administration that was acquired
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.25"></a><var>111.25</var>this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.111.26"></a><var>111.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.121.0"></a><a id="pl.111.27"></a><var>111.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 121. <b>[115B.409] OTHER REMEDIES PRESERVED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.111.28"></a><var>111.28</var>The owner of real property is barred from bringing legal action or using any remedy
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.29"></a><var>111.29</var>available under any other provision of state or federal law, including common law,
         to recover <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.30"></a><var>111.30</var>for personal injury, disease, economic loss, or response costs arising out of a release
         of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.31"></a><var>111.31</var>hazardous substance or for removal or the costs of removal of that hazardous substance.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.32"></a><var>111.32</var>Sections 115B.40 to 115B.408 shall not be considered, interpreted, or construed in
         any way <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.33"></a><var>111.33</var>as reflecting a determination, in whole or in part, of policy regarding the inapplicability
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.111.34"></a><var>111.34</var>strict liability or strict liability doctrines under any other state or federal law,
         including <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.1"></a><var>112.1</var>common law, to activities past, present, or future, by the owner of real property
         relating to <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.2"></a><var>112.2</var>hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants, or other similar activities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.122.0"></a><a id="pl.112.3"></a><var>112.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 122. <b>[115B.4091] DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.112.4"></a><var>112.4</var>All amounts paid to the state under sections 115B.406 to 115B.409 must be deposited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.5"></a><var>112.5</var>in the state treasury and credited equally to the remediation fund and the closed
         landfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.6"></a><var>112.6</var>investment fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.7"></a><var>112.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.123.0"></a><a id="pl.112.8"></a><var>112.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115C.021, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.9"></a><var>112.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>General rule.</b> Except as provided in subdivisions 2 to 4 5, a person is <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.10"></a><var>112.10</var>responsible for a release from a tank if the person is an owner or operator of the
         tank at any <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.11"></a><var>112.11</var>time during or after the release.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.124.0"></a><a id="pl.112.12"></a><var>112.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 124. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 115C.021, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.13"></a><var>112.13</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.14"></a><var>112.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Heating fuel oil vendor.</b> A heating fuel oil vendor is not a responsible person <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.15"></a><var>112.15</var>for a heating fuel oil release at a residential location if the release was caused
         solely by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.16"></a><var>112.16</var>failure of a tank owned by the homeowner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.125.0"></a><a id="pl.112.17"></a><var>112.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 125. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.18"></a><var>112.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2b. <b>Permitting efficiency.</b> (a) It is the goal of the state that environmental and <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.19"></a><var>112.19</var>resource management permits be issued or denied within 90 days for Tier 1 permits
         or 150 <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.20"></a><var>112.20</var>days for Tier 2 permits following submission of a permit application. The commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.21"></a><var>112.21</var>the Pollution Control Agency shall establish management systems designed to achieve
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.22"></a><var>112.22</var>goal. For the purposes of this section, "Tier 1 permits" are permits that do not require
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.23"></a><var>112.23</var>individualized actions or public comment periods, and "Tier 2 permits" are permits
         that <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.24"></a><var>112.24</var>require individualized actions or public comment periods.<br />
         		<a id="pl.112.25"></a><var>112.25</var>(b) The commissioner shall prepare an annual permitting efficiency report that includes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.26"></a><var>112.26</var>statistics on meeting the goal in paragraph (a) and the criteria for Tier 1 and Tier 2 by permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.27"></a><var>112.27</var>categories. The report is due August 1 each year. For permit applications that have
         not met <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.28"></a><var>112.28</var>the goal, the report must state the reasons for not meeting the goal. In stating the
         reasons <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.29"></a><var>112.29</var>for not meeting the goal, the commissioner shall separately identify delays caused
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.30"></a><var>112.30</var>responsiveness of the proposer, lack of staff, scientific or technical disagreements,
         or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.112.31"></a><var>112.31</var>level of public engagement. The report must specify the number of days from initial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.1"></a><var>113.1</var>submission of the application to the day of determination that the application is
         complete. <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.2"></a><var>113.2</var>The report must aggregate the data for the year and assess whether program or system
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.3"></a><var>113.3</var>changes are necessary to achieve the goal. The report must be posted on the agency's
         Web <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.4"></a><var>113.4</var>site and submitted to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority members of
         the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.5"></a><var>113.5</var>of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over environment policy
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.6"></a><var>113.6</var>finance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.7"></a><var>113.7</var>(c) The commissioner shall allow electronic submission of environmental review and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.8"></a><var>113.8</var>permit documents to the agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.9"></a><var>113.9</var>(d) Beginning July 1, 2011, Within 30 business days of application for a permit subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.10"></a><var>113.10</var>to paragraph (a), the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall notify the
         project <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.11"></a><var>113.11</var>proposer permit applicant, in writing, whether the application is complete or incomplete. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.12"></a><var>113.12</var>the commissioner determines that an application is incomplete, the notice to the applicant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.13"></a><var>113.13</var>must enumerate all deficiencies, citing specific provisions of the applicable rules
         and statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.14"></a><var>113.14</var>and advise the applicant on how the deficiencies can be remedied. If the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.15"></a><var>113.15</var>determines that the application is complete, the notice must confirm the application's
         Tier <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.16"></a><var>113.16</var>1 or Tier 2 permit status and, upon request of the permit applicant of an individual Tier 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.17"></a><var>113.17</var>permit, provide the permit applicant with a schedule for reviewing the permit application. <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.18"></a><var>113.18</var>This paragraph does not apply to an application for a permit that is subject to a
         grant or loan <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.19"></a><var>113.19</var>agreement under chapter 446A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.20"></a><var>113.20</var>(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "permit professional" means an individual not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.21"></a><var>113.21</var>employed by the Pollution Control Agency who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.22"></a><var>113.22</var>(1) has a professional license issued by the state of Minnesota in the subject area
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.23"></a><var>113.23</var>permit;<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.24"></a><var>113.24</var>(2) has at least ten years of experience in the subject area of the permit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.25"></a><var>113.25</var>(3) abides by the duty of candor applicable to employees of the Pollution Control
         Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.26"></a><var>113.26</var>under agency rules and complies with all applicable requirements under chapter 326.<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.27"></a><var>113.27</var>(f) Upon the agency's request, an applicant relying on a permit professional must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.28"></a><var>113.28</var>participate in a meeting with the agency before submitting an application:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.29"></a><var>113.29</var>(1) at least two weeks prior to the preapplication meeting, the applicant must submit
         at <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.30"></a><var>113.30</var>least the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.31"></a><var>113.31</var>(i) project description, including, but not limited to, scope of work, primary emissions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.113.32"></a><var>113.32</var>points, discharge outfalls, and water intake points;<br />
         		<a id="pl.113.33"></a><var>113.33</var>(ii) location of the project, including county, municipality, and location on the
         site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.1"></a><var>114.1</var>(iii) business schedule for project completion; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.2"></a><var>114.2</var>(iv) other information requested by the agency at least four weeks prior to the scheduled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.3"></a><var>114.3</var>meeting; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.4"></a><var>114.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) during the preapplication meeting, the agency shall provide for the applicant
         at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.5"></a><var>114.5</var>the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.6"></a><var>114.6</var>(i) an overview of the permit review program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.7"></a><var>114.7</var>(ii) a determination of which specific application or applications will be necessary
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.8"></a><var>114.8</var>complete the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.9"></a><var>114.9</var>(iii) a statement notifying the applicant if the specific permit being sought requires
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.10"></a><var>114.10</var>mandatory public hearing or comment period;<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.11"></a><var>114.11</var>(iv) a review of the timetable established in the permit review program for the specific
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.12"></a><var>114.12</var>permit being sought; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.13"></a><var>114.13</var>(v) a determination of what information must be included in the application, including
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.14"></a><var>114.14</var>a description of any required modeling or testing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.15"></a><var>114.15</var>(g) The applicant may select a permit professional to undertake the preparation of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.16"></a><var>114.16</var>permit application and draft permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.17"></a><var>114.17</var>(h) If a preapplication meeting was held, the agency shall, within seven business
         days <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.18"></a><var>114.18</var>of receipt of an application, notify the applicant and submitting permit professional
         that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.19"></a><var>114.19</var>application is complete or is denied, specifying the deficiencies of the application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.20"></a><var>114.20</var>(i) Upon receipt of notice that the application is complete, the permit professional
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.21"></a><var>114.21</var>submit to the agency a timetable for submitting a draft permit. The permit professional
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.22"></a><var>114.22</var>submit a draft permit on or before the date provided in the timetable. Within 60 days
         after <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.23"></a><var>114.23</var>the close of the public comment period, the commissioner shall notify the applicant
         whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.24"></a><var>114.24</var>the permit can be issued.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.25"></a><var>114.25</var>(j) Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify:<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.26"></a><var>114.26</var>(1) any requirement of law that is necessary to retain federal delegation to or assumption
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.27"></a><var>114.27</var>by the state; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.28"></a><var>114.28</var>(2) the authority to implement a federal law or program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.114.29"></a><var>114.29</var>(k) The permit application and draft permit shall identify or include as an appendix
         all <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.30"></a><var>114.30</var>studies and other sources of information used to substantiate the analysis contained
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.114.31"></a><var>114.31</var>permit application and draft permit. The commissioner shall request additional studies,
         if <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.1"></a><var>115.1</var>needed, and the project proposer permit applicant shall submit all additional studies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.2"></a><var>115.2</var>information necessary for the commissioner to perform the commissioner's responsibility
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.3"></a><var>115.3</var>to review, modify, and determine the completeness of the application and approve the
         draft <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.4"></a><var>115.4</var>permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.126.0"></a><a id="pl.115.5"></a><var>115.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.6"></a><var>115.6</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.7"></a><var>115.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 7. <b>Draft permits; public notice.</b> When public notice of a draft individual Tier 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.8"></a><var>115.8</var>permit is required, the commissioner must issue the notice with the draft permit within
         150 <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.9"></a><var>115.9</var>days of receiving a completed permit application unless the permit applicant and the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.10"></a><var>115.10</var>commissioner mutually agree to a different date. Upon request of the permit applicant,
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.11"></a><var>115.11</var>commissioner must provide a copy of the draft permit to the permit applicant and consider
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.12"></a><var>115.12</var>comments on the draft permit from the permit applicant before issuing the public notice.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.127.0"></a><a id="pl.115.13"></a><var>115.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.14"></a><var>115.14</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.15"></a><var>115.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 8. <b>Clean Air Act settlement money.</b> "Clean Air Act settlement money" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.16"></a><var>115.16</var>money required to be paid to the state as a result of litigation or settlements of
         alleged <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.17"></a><var>115.17</var>violations of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401
         et seq., <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.18"></a><var>115.18</var>or rules adopted thereunder, by an automobile manufacturer. The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.19"></a><var>115.19</var>management and budget must establish the Clean Air Act settlement account in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.20"></a><var>115.20</var>environmental fund. Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.21"></a><var>115.21</var>management and budget must deposit Clean Air Act settlement money into the Clean Air
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.22"></a><var>115.22</var>Act settlement account. Clean Air Act settlement money must not be spent until it
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.23"></a><var>115.23</var>specifically appropriated by law. The commissioner of management and budget must <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.24"></a><var>115.24</var>eliminate the Clean Air Act settlement account in the environmental fund after all
         Clean <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.25"></a><var>115.25</var>Air Act settlement money has been expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.128.0"></a><a id="pl.115.26"></a><var>115.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 128. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07, subdivision 4d, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.115.27"></a><var>115.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4d. <b>Permit fees.</b> (a) The agency may collect permit fees in amounts not greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.28"></a><var>115.28</var>than those necessary to cover the reasonable costs of developing, reviewing, and acting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.29"></a><var>115.29</var>upon applications for agency permits and implementing and enforcing the conditions
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.30"></a><var>115.30</var>permits pursuant to agency rules. Permit fees shall not include the costs of litigation.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.31"></a><var>115.31</var>fee schedule must reflect reasonable and routine direct and indirect costs associated
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.32"></a><var>115.32</var>permitting, implementation, and enforcement. The agency may impose an additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.115.33"></a><var>115.33</var>enforcement fee to be collected for a period of up to two years to cover the reasonable
         costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.1"></a><var>116.1</var>of implementing and enforcing the conditions of a permit under the rules of the agency.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.2"></a><var>116.2</var>Any money collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the environmental fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.3"></a><var>116.3</var>(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the agency shall collect an annual fee from the
         owner <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.4"></a><var>116.4</var>or operator of all stationary sources, emission facilities, emissions units, air contaminant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.5"></a><var>116.5</var>treatment facilities, treatment facilities, potential air contaminant storage facilities,
         or storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.6"></a><var>116.6</var>facilities subject to a notification, permit, or license requirement under this chapter,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.7"></a><var>116.7</var>subchapters I and V of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section
         7401 <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.8"></a><var>116.8</var>et seq., or rules adopted thereunder. The annual fee shall be used to pay for all
         direct and <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.9"></a><var>116.9</var>indirect reasonable costs, including legal costs, required to develop and administer
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.10"></a><var>116.10</var>notification, permit, or license program requirements of this chapter, subchapters
         I and V <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.11"></a><var>116.11</var>of the federal Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et seq.,
         or rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.12"></a><var>116.12</var>adopted thereunder. Those costs include the reasonable costs of reviewing and acting
         upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.13"></a><var>116.13</var>an application for a permit; implementing and enforcing statutes, rules, and the terms
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.14"></a><var>116.14</var>conditions of a permit; emissions, ambient, and deposition monitoring; preparing generally
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.15"></a><var>116.15</var>applicable regulations; responding to federal guidance; modeling, analyses, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.16"></a><var>116.16</var>demonstrations; preparing inventories and tracking emissions; and providing information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.17"></a><var>116.17</var>to the public about these activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.18"></a><var>116.18</var>(c) The agency shall set fees that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.19"></a><var>116.19</var>(1) will result in the collection, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.20"></a><var>116.20</var>(b), of an amount not less than $25 per ton of each volatile organic compound; pollutant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.21"></a><var>116.21</var>regulated under United States Code, title 42, section 7411 or 7412 (section 111 or
         112 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.22"></a><var>116.22</var>the federal Clean Air Act); and each pollutant, except carbon monoxide, for which
         a national <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.23"></a><var>116.23</var>primary ambient air quality standard has been promulgated;<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.24"></a><var>116.24</var>(2) may result in the collection, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.25"></a><var>116.25</var>(b), of an amount not less than $25 per ton of each pollutant not listed in clause
         (1) that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.26"></a><var>116.26</var>regulated under this chapter or air quality rules adopted under this chapter; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.27"></a><var>116.27</var>(3) shall collect, in the aggregate, from the sources listed in paragraph (b), the
         amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.28"></a><var>116.28</var>needed to match grant funds received by the state under United States Code, title
         42, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.29"></a><var>116.29</var>7405 (section 105 of the federal Clean Air Act).<br />
         		<a id="pl.116.30"></a><var>116.30</var>The agency must not include in the calculation of the aggregate amount to be collected
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.31"></a><var>116.31</var>under clauses (1) and (2) any amount in excess of 4,000 tons per year of each air
         pollutant <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.32"></a><var>116.32</var>from a source. The increase in air permit fees to match federal grant funds shall
         be a surcharge <br />
         		<a id="pl.116.33"></a><var>116.33</var>on existing fees. The commissioner may not collect the surcharge after the grant funds
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.1"></a><var>117.1</var>become unavailable. In addition, the commissioner shall use nonfee funds to the extent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.2"></a><var>117.2</var>practical to match the grant funds so that the fee surcharge is minimized.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.3"></a><var>117.3</var>(d) To cover the reasonable costs described in paragraph (b), the agency shall provide
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.4"></a><var>117.4</var>in the rules promulgated under paragraph (c) for an increase in the fee collected
         in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.5"></a><var>117.5</var>year by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the most recent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.6"></a><var>117.6</var>calendar year ending before the beginning of the year the fee is collected exceeds
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.7"></a><var>117.7</var>Consumer Price Index for the calendar year 1989. For purposes of this paragraph the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.8"></a><var>117.8</var>Consumer Price Index for any calendar year is the average of the Consumer Price Index
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.9"></a><var>117.9</var>all-urban consumers published by the United States Department of Labor, as of the
         close <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.10"></a><var>117.10</var>of the 12-month period ending on August 31 of each calendar year. The revision of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.11"></a><var>117.11</var>Consumer Price Index that is most consistent with the Consumer Price Index for calendar
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.12"></a><var>117.12</var>year 1989 shall be used.<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.13"></a><var>117.13</var>(e) Any money collected under paragraphs (b) to (d) must be deposited in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.14"></a><var>117.14</var>environmental fund and must be used solely for the activities listed in paragraph
         (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.117.15"></a><var>117.15</var>(f) Permit applicants who wish to construct, reconstruct, or modify a facility project may <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.16"></a><var>117.16</var>offer to reimburse the agency for the reasonable costs of staff time or consultant services <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.17"></a><var>117.17</var>needed to expedite the preapplication process and permit development process through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.18"></a><var>117.18</var>final decision on the permit, including the analysis of environmental review documents. <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.19"></a><var>117.19</var>The reimbursement shall be in addition to permit application fees imposed by law.
         When <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.20"></a><var>117.20</var>the agency determines that it needs additional resources to develop the permit application
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.21"></a><var>117.21</var>in an expedited manner, and that expediting the development is consistent with permitting
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.22"></a><var>117.22</var>program priorities, the agency may accept the reimbursement. The commissioner must give <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.23"></a><var>117.23</var>the applicant an estimate of costs to be incurred by the commissioner. The estimate
         must <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.24"></a><var>117.24</var>include a brief description of the tasks to be performed, a schedule for completing
         the tasks, <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.25"></a><var>117.25</var>and the estimated cost for each task. The applicant and the commissioner must enter
         into a <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.26"></a><var>117.26</var>written agreement detailing the estimated costs for the expedited permit decision-making
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.27"></a><var>117.27</var>process to be incurred by the agency and any recourse available to the applicant if
         the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.28"></a><var>117.28</var>fails to meet the schedule. The agreement must also identify staff anticipated to
         be assigned <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.29"></a><var>117.29</var>to the project and describe the commissioner's commitment to make assigned staff available
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.30"></a><var>117.30</var>for the project until the permit decision is made. The commissioner must not issue
         a permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.31"></a><var>117.31</var>until the applicant has paid all fees in full. The commissioner must refund any unobligated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.32"></a><var>117.32</var>balance of fees paid. Reimbursements accepted by the agency are appropriated to the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.33"></a><var>117.33</var>for the purpose of developing the permit or analyzing environmental review documents.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.34"></a><var>117.34</var>Reimbursement by a permit applicant shall precede and not be contingent upon issuance
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.117.35"></a><var>117.35</var>a permit; shall not affect the agency's decision on whether to issue or deny a permit,
         what <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.1"></a><var>118.1</var>conditions are included in a permit, or the application of state and federal statutes
         and rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.2"></a><var>118.2</var>governing permit determinations; and shall not affect final decisions regarding environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.3"></a><var>118.3</var>review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.4"></a><var>118.4</var>(g) The fees under this subdivision are exempt from section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.129.0"></a><a id="pl.118.5"></a><var>118.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 129. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.6"></a><var>118.6</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.7"></a><var>118.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 13. <b>Irrevocability, suspensions, or expiration of permits; environmental </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.118.8"></a><var>118.8</var><b>review.</b> (a) If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation has not been enacted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.9"></a><var>118.9</var>appropriate money to the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency for environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.10"></a><var>118.10</var>review and permitting activities of the agency:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.11"></a><var>118.11</var>(1) a permit granted by the commissioner may not be terminated or suspended for the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.12"></a><var>118.12</var>term of the permit nor shall it expire without the consent of the permittee, except
         for breach <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.13"></a><var>118.13</var>or nonperformance of any condition of the permit by the permittee that is an imminent
         threat <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.14"></a><var>118.14</var>to impair or destroy the environment or injure the health, safety, or welfare of the
         citizens <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.15"></a><var>118.15</var>of the state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.16"></a><var>118.16</var>(2) environmental review and permit application work on environmental review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.17"></a><var>118.17</var>permits filed before July 1 of that year must not be suspended or terminated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.18"></a><var>118.18</var>(b) Paragraph (a), clause (1), applies until legislation appropriating money to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.19"></a><var>118.19</var>commissioner for the environmental review and permitting activities is enacted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.130.0"></a><a id="pl.118.20"></a><var>118.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 130. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.21"></a><var>118.21</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.118.22"></a><var>118.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 14. <b>Unadopted rules.</b> The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.23"></a><var>118.23</var>not seek to implement in a permit or enforce a penalty based upon an agency policy,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.24"></a><var>118.24</var>guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.25"></a><var>118.25</var>pronouncement if the policy, guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.26"></a><var>118.26</var>standard, or pronouncement has not been adopted under the rulemaking process under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.27"></a><var>118.27</var>chapter 14. In any proceeding under section 14.381, the commissioner has the burden
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.118.28"></a><var>118.28</var>proving the action is not prohibited.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.131.0"></a><a id="pl.119.1"></a><var>119.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 131. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.07, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.2"></a><var>119.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.3"></a><var>119.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 15. <b>Limitation regarding certain policies, guidelines, and other interpretive </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.4"></a><var>119.4</var><b>statements.</b> (a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must not seek to <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.5"></a><var>119.5</var>implement or enforce against any person a policy, guideline, or other interpretive
         statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.6"></a><var>119.6</var>that meets the definition of a rule under section 14.02, subdivision 4, if the policy,
         guideline, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.7"></a><var>119.7</var>or other interpretive statement has not been adopted as a rule according to chapter
         14. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.8"></a><var>119.8</var>any proceeding under chapter 14 challenging agency action prohibited by this subdivision,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.9"></a><var>119.9</var>the reviewing authority must independently and without deference to the agency determine
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.10"></a><var>119.10</var>whether the agency violated this subdivision. The agency must overcome the presumption
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.11"></a><var>119.11</var>that the agency action may not be enforced as a rule.<br />
         		 <a id="pl.119.12"></a><var>119.12</var>(b) If the commissioner incorporates by reference an internal guideline, bulletin,
         criterion, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.13"></a><var>119.13</var>manual standard, interpretive statement, or similar pronouncement into a statute,
         rule, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.14"></a><var>119.14</var>standard, the commissioner must follow the rulemaking process provided under chapter
         14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.15"></a><var>119.15</var>to amend or revise the guideline, bulletin, criterion, manual standard, interpretive
         statement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.16"></a><var>119.16</var>or similar pronouncement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.132.0"></a><a id="pl.119.17"></a><var>119.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 132. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116.0714, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.18"></a><var>119.18</var><b>116.0714 NEW OPEN AIR SWINE BASINS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.19"></a><var>119.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or a county board shall not approve
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.20"></a><var>119.20</var>any permits for the construction of new open air swine basins, except that existing
         facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.21"></a><var>119.21</var>may use one basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons as part of a permitted waste treatment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.22"></a><var>119.22</var>program for resolving pollution problems or to allow conversion of an existing basin
         of less <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.23"></a><var>119.23</var>than 1,000,000 gallons to a different animal type, provided all standards are met.
         This section <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.24"></a><var>119.24</var>expires June 30, 2017 2022.<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.25"></a><var>119.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.133.0"></a><a id="pl.119.26"></a><var>119.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 133. <b>[116.083] PROPANE SCHOOL BUS REBATE PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.119.27"></a><var>119.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For the purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.28"></a><var>119.28</var>the meanings given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.29"></a><var>119.29</var>(1) "propane school bus" means a school bus fueled by propane and used by a school
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.30"></a><var>119.30</var>or under contract with the school to transport pupils to or from a school or to or
         from <br />
         		<a id="pl.119.31"></a><var>119.31</var>school-related activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.119.32"></a><var>119.32</var>(2) "school" means a Minnesota school district or Minnesota charter school; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.1"></a><var>120.1</var>(3) "school bus" means a type A, B, C, or D school bus under section 169.011, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.2"></a><var>120.2</var>71.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.3"></a><var>120.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Rebate eligibility.</b> (a) Schools that purchase a propane school bus are eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.4"></a><var>120.4</var>for a rebate under this section. A school that contracts for pupil transportation
         may apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.5"></a><var>120.5</var>for a rebate on behalf of the school bus contractor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.6"></a><var>120.6</var>(b) Propane school buses must be registered and licensed in Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.7"></a><var>120.7</var>(c) The cost of an original equipment manufacturer propane school bus purchased is
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.8"></a><var>120.8</var>eligible for a rebate under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.9"></a><var>120.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Rebate amounts.</b> Rebates under this section may be issued for no more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.10"></a><var>120.10</var>25 percent of the cost of a propane school bus, not to exceed $25,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.11"></a><var>120.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Maximum rebate allowed.</b> A school may receive no more than five propane <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.12"></a><var>120.12</var>school bus rebates per year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.13"></a><var>120.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Funding.</b> $1,500,000 is annually appropriated from the Clean Air Act settlement <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.14"></a><var>120.14</var>account in the environmental fund to the agency for grants under this section. The
         grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.15"></a><var>120.15</var>must be awarded through a request for proposal process established by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.16"></a><var>120.16</var>and must comply with the litigation or settlement order providing receipts to the
         account.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.134.0"></a><a id="pl.120.17"></a><var>120.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 134. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116C.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.18"></a><var>120.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> The members of the board are the commissioner of administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.19"></a><var>120.19</var>the commissioner of commerce, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.20"></a><var>120.20</var>commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.21"></a><var>120.21</var>health, the commissioner of employment and economic development, the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.22"></a><var>120.22</var>transportation, and the chair of the Board of Water and Soil Resources, and a representative <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.23"></a><var>120.23</var>of the governor's office designated by the governor. The governor shall appoint five eight <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.24"></a><var>120.24</var>members from the general public to the board, one from each congressional district, subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.25"></a><var>120.25</var>to the advice and consent of the senate. At least two of The five public members must have <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.26"></a><var>120.26</var>knowledge of and be conversant in water management issues in the state environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.27"></a><var>120.27</var>review or permitting. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>15.06, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.28"></a><var>120.28</var>members of the board may not delegate their powers and responsibilities as board members
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.29"></a><var>120.29</var>to any other person.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.135.0"></a><a id="pl.120.30"></a><var>120.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 135. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116C.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.120.31"></a><var>120.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Jurisdiction.</b> (a) The board shall determine which environmental problems of <br />
         		<a id="pl.120.32"></a><var>120.32</var>interdepartmental concern to state government shall be considered by the board. The
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.1"></a><var>121.1</var>shall initiate interdepartmental investigations into those matters that it determines
         are in <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.2"></a><var>121.2</var>need of study. Topics for investigation may include but need not be limited to future
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.3"></a><var>121.3</var>population and settlement patterns, air and water resources and quality, solid waste
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.4"></a><var>121.4</var>management, transportation and utility corridors, economically productive open space,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.5"></a><var>121.5</var>energy policy and need, growth and development, and land use planning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.6"></a><var>121.6</var>(b) The board shall review programs of state agencies that significantly affect the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.7"></a><var>121.7</var>environment and coordinate those it determines are interdepartmental in nature, and
         insure <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.8"></a><var>121.8</var>agency compliance with state environmental policy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.9"></a><var>121.9</var>(c) The board may review environmental rules and criteria for granting and denying <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.10"></a><var>121.10</var>permits by state agencies and may resolve conflicts involving state agencies with
         regard to <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.11"></a><var>121.11</var>programs, rules, permits and procedures significantly affecting the environment, provided
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.12"></a><var>121.12</var>that such resolution of conflicts is consistent with state environmental policy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.13"></a><var>121.13</var>(d) State agencies shall submit to the board all proposed legislation of major significance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.14"></a><var>121.14</var>relating to the environment and the board shall submit a report to the governor and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.15"></a><var>121.15</var>legislature with comments on such major environmental proposals of state agencies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.136.0"></a><a id="pl.121.16"></a><var>121.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 136. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.17"></a><var>121.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2a. <b>When prepared.</b> (a) Where there is potential for significant environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.18"></a><var>121.18</var>effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall be preceded
         by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.19"></a><var>121.19</var>detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.20"></a><var>121.20</var>The environmental impact statement shall be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.21"></a><var>121.21</var>document which describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.22"></a><var>121.22</var>impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and their impacts,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.23"></a><var>121.23</var>explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an action could be mitigated.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.24"></a><var>121.24</var>The environmental impact statement shall also analyze those economic, employment,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.25"></a><var>121.25</var>sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action be implemented. To ensure
         its <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.26"></a><var>121.26</var>use in the decision-making process, the environmental impact statement shall be prepared
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.27"></a><var>121.27</var>as early as practical in the formulation of an action.<br />
         		<a id="pl.121.28"></a><var>121.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) (b) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.29"></a><var>121.29</var>impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall be prepared
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.30"></a><var>121.30</var>as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.31"></a><var>121.31</var>section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet shall is not be required for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.32"></a><var>121.32</var>expansion of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.09, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.33"></a><var>121.33</var>or the conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of
         a biobutanol <br />
         		<a id="pl.121.34"></a><var>121.34</var>facility as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.15</statute_ref>, subdivision 2d, based on the capacity of the expanded <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.1"></a><var>122.1</var>or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if the ethanol
         plant or <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.2"></a><var>122.2</var>biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories of actions for
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.3"></a><var>122.3</var>environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The responsible governmental
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.4"></a><var>122.4</var>for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which an environmental assessment
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.5"></a><var>122.5</var>worksheet is prepared shall be is the state agency with the greatest responsibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.6"></a><var>122.6</var>supervising or approving the project as a whole.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.7"></a><var>122.7</var>(c) A mandatory environmental impact statement shall is not be required for a facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.8"></a><var>122.8</var>or plant located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.9"></a><var>122.9</var>125,000,000 gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, or produces
         less <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.10"></a><var>122.10</var>than 400,000 tons of chemicals annually, if the facility or plant is: an ethanol plant,
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.11"></a><var>122.11</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.09, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, paragraph (b); a biobutanol facility, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.12"></a><var>122.12</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.15</statute_ref>, subdivision 2d; or a cellulosic biofuel facility. A facility or plant that <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.13"></a><var>122.13</var>only uses a cellulosic feedstock to produce chemical products for use by another facility
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.14"></a><var>122.14</var>a feedstock shall is not be considered a fuel conversion facility as used in rules adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.15"></a><var>122.15</var>under this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.16"></a><var>122.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) (d) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the completion
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.17"></a><var>122.17</var>of an environmental assessment worksheet by publishing the notice in at least one
         newspaper <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.18"></a><var>122.18</var>of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is proposed, by posting
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.19"></a><var>122.19</var>notice on a Web site that has been designated as the official publication site for
         publication <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.20"></a><var>122.20</var>of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political subdivision in which
         the project <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.21"></a><var>122.21</var>is proposed, or in any other manner determined by the board and shall provide copies
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.22"></a><var>122.22</var>the environmental assessment worksheet to the board and its member agencies. Comments
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.23"></a><var>122.23</var>on the need for an environmental impact statement may be submitted to the responsible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.24"></a><var>122.24</var>governmental unit during a 30-day period following publication of the notice that
         an <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.25"></a><var>122.25</var>environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. The responsible governmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.26"></a><var>122.26</var>unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact statement shall be based on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.27"></a><var>122.27</var>environmental assessment worksheet and the comments received during the comment period,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.28"></a><var>122.28</var>and shall be made within 15 days after the close of the comment period. The board's
         chair <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.29"></a><var>122.29</var>may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon the request
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.30"></a><var>122.30</var>responsible governmental unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.122.31"></a><var>122.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) (e) An environmental assessment worksheet shall also be prepared for a proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.32"></a><var>122.32</var>action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 individuals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.33"></a><var>122.33</var>who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed project has
         received <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.34"></a><var>122.34</var>final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates that, because of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.122.35"></a><var>122.35</var>nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for significant environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.1"></a><var>123.1</var>effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental assessment worksheet
         shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.2"></a><var>123.2</var>be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall determine the appropriate
         responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.3"></a><var>123.3</var>governmental unit and forward the petition to it. A decision on the need for an environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.4"></a><var>123.4</var>assessment worksheet shall be made by the responsible governmental unit within 15
         days <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.5"></a><var>123.5</var>after the petition is received by the responsible governmental unit. The board's chair
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.6"></a><var>123.6</var>extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 additional days upon request of the responsible
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.7"></a><var>123.7</var>governmental unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.8"></a><var>123.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) (f) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.9"></a><var>123.9</var>4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.10"></a><var>123.10</var>review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.11"></a><var>123.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the proposed action is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.12"></a><var>123.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.13"></a><var>123.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative capacity
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.14"></a><var>123.14</var>of less than 1,000 animal units;<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.15"></a><var>123.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.16"></a><var>123.16</var>proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.17"></a><var>123.17</var>Control Agency feedlot rules; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.18"></a><var>123.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business
         days <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.19"></a><var>123.19</var>prior to before the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.20"></a><var>123.20</var>animal feedlot facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.21"></a><var>123.21</var>regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is
         in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.22"></a><var>123.22</var>to other exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.23"></a><var>123.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) (g) The board may, prior to before final approval of a proposed project, require <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.24"></a><var>123.24</var>preparation of an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental
         unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.25"></a><var>123.25</var>selected by the board for any action where environmental review under this section
         has not <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.26"></a><var>123.26</var>been specifically provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.123.27"></a><var>123.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) (h) An early and open process shall be utilized to limit the scope of the environmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.28"></a><var>123.28</var>impact statement to a discussion of those impacts, which that, because of the nature or <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.29"></a><var>123.29</var>location of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects.
         The same <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.30"></a><var>123.30</var>process shall be utilized to determine the form, content, and level of detail of the statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.31"></a><var>123.31</var>as well as the alternatives which that are appropriate for consideration in the statement. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.32"></a><var>123.32</var>addition, the permits which that will be required for the proposed action shall be identified <br />
         		<a id="pl.123.33"></a><var>123.33</var>during the scoping process. Further, the process shall identify those permits for
         which <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.1"></a><var>124.1</var>information will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.2"></a><var>124.2</var>board shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.3"></a><var>124.3</var>determinations reached in the process shall be incorporated into the order requiring
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.4"></a><var>124.4</var>preparation of an environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.5"></a><var>124.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) (i) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid duplication
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.6"></a><var>124.6</var>and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review and between
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.7"></a><var>124.7</var>environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.8"></a><var>124.8</var>needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits or other actions
         required <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.9"></a><var>124.9</var>for a proposed project shall be developed in conjunction with the preparation of an
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.10"></a><var>124.10</var>environmental impact statement. When an environmental impact statement is prepared
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.11"></a><var>124.11</var>a project requiring multiple permits for which two or more agencies' decision processes
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.12"></a><var>124.12</var>include either mandatory or discretionary hearings before a hearing officer prior to before <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.13"></a><var>124.13</var>the agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies may, notwithstanding any law or
         rule to <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.14"></a><var>124.14</var>the contrary, conduct the hearings in a single consolidated hearing process if requested
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.15"></a><var>124.15</var>the proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction over a permit that is included in the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.16"></a><var>124.16</var>consolidated hearing shall participate. The responsible governmental unit shall establish
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.17"></a><var>124.17</var>appropriate procedures for the consolidated hearing process, including procedures
         to ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.18"></a><var>124.18</var>that the consolidated hearing process is consistent with the applicable requirements
         for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.19"></a><var>124.19</var>permit regarding the rights and duties of parties to the hearing, and shall utilize
         the earliest <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.20"></a><var>124.20</var>applicable hearing procedure to initiate the hearing. All agencies having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.21"></a><var>124.21</var>a permit identified in the draft environmental impact statement must accept and begin
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.22"></a><var>124.22</var>reviewing any permit application upon publication of the notice of preparation of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.23"></a><var>124.23</var>environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.24"></a><var>124.24</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) (j) An environmental impact statement shall be prepared and its adequacy determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.25"></a><var>124.25</var>within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by consent
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.26"></a><var>124.26</var>parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental unit shall
         determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.27"></a><var>124.27</var>the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 days after notice
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.28"></a><var>124.28</var>published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, the board chooses
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.29"></a><var>124.29</var>determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an environmental impact
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.30"></a><var>124.30</var>statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental unit shall have
         60 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.31"></a><var>124.31</var>to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.124.32"></a><var>124.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) (k) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.33"></a><var>124.33</var>responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.34"></a><var>124.34</var>this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.124.35"></a><var>124.35</var>adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.1"></a><var>125.1</var>statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.2"></a><var>125.2</var>unit shall identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.3"></a><var>125.3</var>used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental
         impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.4"></a><var>125.4</var>statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if
         needed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.5"></a><var>125.5</var>and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.6"></a><var>125.6</var>the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify,
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.7"></a><var>125.7</var>determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.137.0"></a><a id="pl.125.8"></a><var>125.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 137. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116D.04, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.9"></a><var>125.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 10. <b>Review.</b> A person aggrieved by a final decision on the need for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.10"></a><var>125.10</var>environmental assessment worksheet, the need for an environmental impact statement,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.11"></a><var>125.11</var>the adequacy of an environmental impact statement is entitled to judicial review of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.12"></a><var>125.12</var>decision under sections 
         <statute_ref>14.63</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.68</statute_ref>. A petition for a writ of certiorari by an aggrieved <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.13"></a><var>125.13</var>person for judicial review under sections 
         <statute_ref>14.63</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>14.68</statute_ref> must be filed with the Court of <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.14"></a><var>125.14</var>Appeals and served on the responsible governmental unit not more than 30 45 days after <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.15"></a><var>125.15</var>the party receives the final decision and order of the responsible governmental unit provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.16"></a><var>125.16</var>notice of the decision as required by law. Proceedings for review under this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.17"></a><var>125.17</var>be instituted by serving a petition for a writ of certiorari personally or by certified
         mail upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.18"></a><var>125.18</var>the responsible governmental unit and by promptly filing the proof of service in the
         Office <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.19"></a><var>125.19</var>of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts and the matter will proceed in the manner provided
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.20"></a><var>125.20</var>the Rules of Civil Appellate Procedure. A copy of the petition must be provided to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.21"></a><var>125.21</var>attorney general at the time of service. Copies of the writ must be served, personally
         or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.22"></a><var>125.22</var>certified mail, upon the responsible governmental unit and the project proposer. The
         filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.23"></a><var>125.23</var>of the writ of certiorari does not stay the enforcement of any other governmental
         action, <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.24"></a><var>125.24</var>provided that the responsible governmental unit may stay enforcement or the Court
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.25"></a><var>125.25</var>Appeals may order a stay upon terms it deems proper. A bond may be required under
         section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.125.26"></a><var>125.26</var>562.02
         </statute_ref> unless at the time of hearing on the application for the bond the petitioner-relator
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.27"></a><var>125.27</var>has shown that the claim is likely to succeed on the merits. The board may initiate
         judicial <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.28"></a><var>125.28</var>review of decisions referred to herein and the board or a project proposer may intervene
         as <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.29"></a><var>125.29</var>of right in any proceeding brought under this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.138.0"></a><a id="pl.125.30"></a><var>125.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 138. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116D.045, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.31"></a><var>125.31</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Assessment.</b> The board shall must by rule adopt procedures to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.125.32"></a><var>125.32</var>(1) assess the proposer of a specific action for the responsible governmental unit's <br />
         		<a id="pl.125.33"></a><var>125.33</var>reasonable costs of preparing, reviewing, and distributing the environmental impact
         statement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.1"></a><var>126.1</var>The costs shall must be determined by the responsible governmental unit pursuant according <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.2"></a><var>126.2</var>to the rules promulgated adopted by the board; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.3"></a><var>126.3</var>(2) authorize a proposer of a specific action to prepare a draft environmental impact
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.4"></a><var>126.4</var>statement for that action for submission to and review, modification, and determination
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.5"></a><var>126.5</var>completeness and adequacy by the responsible governmental unit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.139.0"></a><a id="pl.126.6"></a><var>126.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 139. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 160.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.7"></a><var>126.7</var><b>160.06 TRAIL OR PORTAGE DEDICATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.126.8"></a><var>126.8</var>Any trail or portage between public or navigable bodies of water or from public or
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.9"></a><var>126.9</var>navigable water to a public highway in this state which that has been in continued and <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.10"></a><var>126.10</var>uninterrupted use by the general public for 15 years or more as a trail or portage
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.11"></a><var>126.11</var>purposes of travel, shall be is deemed to have been dedicated to the public as a trail or <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.12"></a><var>126.12</var>portage. This section shall apply applies only to forest trails on established state water trails <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.13"></a><var>126.13</var>canoe routes and the public shall have has the right to use the same for the purposes of travel <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.14"></a><var>126.14</var>to the same extent as public highways. The width of all trails and portages dedicated
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.15"></a><var>126.15</var>user shall be is eight feet on each side of the centerline of the trail or portage.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.140.0"></a><a id="pl.126.16"></a><var>126.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 140. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 168.1295, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.17"></a><var>126.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>General requirements and procedures.</b> (a) The commissioner shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.18"></a><var>126.18</var>issue state parks and trails plates to an applicant who:<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.19"></a><var>126.19</var>(1) is a registered owner of a passenger automobile, recreational vehicle, one ton
         pickup <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.20"></a><var>126.20</var>truck, or motorcycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.21"></a><var>126.21</var>(2) pays a fee of $10 to cover the costs of handling and manufacturing the plates;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.22"></a><var>126.22</var>(3) pays the registration tax required under section 
         <statute_ref>168.013</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.23"></a><var>126.23</var>(4) pays the fees required under this chapter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.24"></a><var>126.24</var>(5) contributes a minimum of $50 $60 annually to the state parks and trails donation <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.25"></a><var>126.25</var>account established in section 
         <statute_ref>85.056</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.26"></a><var>126.26</var>(6) complies with this chapter and rules governing registration of motor vehicles
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.27"></a><var>126.27</var>licensing of drivers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.126.28"></a><var>126.28</var>(b) The state parks and trails plate application must indicate that the contribution
         specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.29"></a><var>126.29</var>under paragraph (a), clause (5), is a minimum contribution to receive the plate and
         that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.126.30"></a><var>126.30</var>applicant may make an additional contribution to the account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.1"></a><var>127.1</var>(c) State parks and trails plates may be personalized according to section 
         <statute_ref>168.12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.2"></a><var>127.2</var>subdivision 2a.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.141.0"></a><a id="pl.127.3"></a><var>127.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 141. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 282.018, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.4"></a><var>127.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Land on or adjacent to public waters.</b> (a) All land which is the property <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.5"></a><var>127.5</var>of the state as a result of forfeiture to the state for nonpayment of taxes, regardless
         of whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.6"></a><var>127.6</var>the land is held in trust for taxing districts, and which borders on or is adjacent
         to meandered <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.7"></a><var>127.7</var>lakes and other public waters and watercourses, and the live timber growing or being
         thereon, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.8"></a><var>127.8</var>is hereby withdrawn from sale except as hereinafter provided. The authority having
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.9"></a><var>127.9</var>jurisdiction over the timber on any such of these lands may sell the timber as otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.10"></a><var>127.10</var>provided by law for cutting and removal under such the conditions as the authority may <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.11"></a><var>127.11</var>prescribe in accordance with approved, sustained yield forestry practices. The authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.12"></a><var>127.12</var>having jurisdiction over the timber shall reserve such the timber and impose such the <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.13"></a><var>127.13</var>conditions as the authority deems necessary for the protection of watersheds, wildlife
         habitat, <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.14"></a><var>127.14</var>shorelines, and scenic features. Within the area in Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.15"></a><var>127.15</var>described in the Act of Congress approved July 10, 1930 (46 Stat. 1020), the timber
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.16"></a><var>127.16</var>tax-forfeited lands shall be subject to like restrictions as are now imposed by that
         act on <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.17"></a><var>127.17</var>federal lands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.18"></a><var>127.18</var>(b) Of all tax-forfeited land bordering on or adjacent to meandered lakes and other
         public <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.19"></a><var>127.19</var>waters and watercourses and so withdrawn from sale, a strip two rods in width, the
         ordinary <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.20"></a><var>127.20</var>high-water mark being the waterside boundary thereof, and the land side boundary thereof
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.21"></a><var>127.21</var>being a line drawn parallel to the ordinary high-water mark and two rods distant landward
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.22"></a><var>127.22</var>therefrom, hereby is reserved for public travel thereon, and whatever the conformation
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.23"></a><var>127.23</var>the shore line or conditions require, the authority having jurisdiction over such these lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.24"></a><var>127.24</var>shall reserve a wider strip for such these purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.127.25"></a><var>127.25</var>(c) Any tract or parcel of land which has 150 feet or less of waterfront may be sold
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.26"></a><var>127.26</var>the authority having jurisdiction over the land, in the manner otherwise provided
         by law <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.27"></a><var>127.27</var>for the sale of such the lands, if the authority determines that it is in the public interest to <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.28"></a><var>127.28</var>do so. Any tract or parcel of land within a plat of record bordering on or adjacent to <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.29"></a><var>127.29</var>meandered lakes and other public waters and watercourses may be sold by the authority
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.30"></a><var>127.30</var>having jurisdiction over the land, in the manner otherwise provided by law for the
         sale of <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.31"></a><var>127.31</var>the lands, if the authority determines that it is in the public interest to do so.
         If the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.32"></a><var>127.32</var>having jurisdiction over the land is not the commissioner of natural resources, the
         land may <br />
         		<a id="pl.127.33"></a><var>127.33</var>not be offered for sale without the prior approval of the commissioner of natural
         resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.1"></a><var>128.1</var>(d) Where the authority having jurisdiction over lands withdrawn from sale under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.2"></a><var>128.2</var>section is not the commissioner of natural resources, the authority may submit proposals
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.3"></a><var>128.3</var>for disposition of the lands to the commissioner. The commissioner of natural resources
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.4"></a><var>128.4</var>shall evaluate the lands and their public benefits and make recommendations on the
         proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.5"></a><var>128.5</var>dispositions to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over natural resources.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.6"></a><var>128.6</var>The commissioner shall include any recommendations of the commissioner for disposition
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.7"></a><var>128.7</var>of lands withdrawn from sale under this section over which the commissioner has jurisdiction.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.8"></a><var>128.8</var>The commissioner's recommendations may include a public sale, sale to a private party,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.9"></a><var>128.9</var>acquisition by the Department of Natural Resources for public purposes, or a cooperative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.10"></a><var>128.10</var>management agreement with, or transfer to, another unit of government.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.142.0"></a><a id="pl.128.11"></a><var>128.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 142. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 282.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.12"></a><var>128.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Timber sales; land leases and uses.</b> (a) The county auditor, with terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.13"></a><var>128.13</var>and conditions set by the county board, may sell timber upon any tract that may be
         approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.14"></a><var>128.14</var>by the natural resources commissioner. The sale of timber shall be made for cash at
         not less <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.15"></a><var>128.15</var>than the appraised value determined by the county board to the highest bidder after
         not less <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.16"></a><var>128.16</var>than one week's published notice in an official paper within the county. Any timber
         offered <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.17"></a><var>128.17</var>at the public sale and not sold may thereafter be sold at private sale by the county
         auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.18"></a><var>128.18</var>at not less than the appraised value thereof, until the time as the county board may
         withdraw <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.19"></a><var>128.19</var>the timber from sale. The appraised value of the timber and the forestry practices
         to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.20"></a><var>128.20</var>followed in the cutting of said timber shall be approved by the commissioner of natural
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.21"></a><var>128.21</var>resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.128.22"></a><var>128.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Payment of the full sale price of all timber sold on tax-forfeited lands shall
         be made <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.23"></a><var>128.23</var>in cash at the time of the timber sale, except in the case of oral or sealed bid auction
         sales, <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.24"></a><var>128.24</var>the down payment shall be no less than 15 percent of the appraised value, and the
         balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.25"></a><var>128.25</var>shall be paid prior to entry. In the case of auction sales that are partitioned and
         sold as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.26"></a><var>128.26</var>single sale with predetermined cutting blocks, the down payment shall be no less than
         15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.27"></a><var>128.27</var>percent of the appraised price of the entire timber sale which may be held until the
         satisfactory <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.28"></a><var>128.28</var>completion of the sale or applied in whole or in part to the final cutting block.
         The value of <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.29"></a><var>128.29</var>each separate block must be paid in full before any cutting may begin in that block.
         With <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.30"></a><var>128.30</var>the permission of the county contract administrator the purchaser may enter unpaid
         blocks <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.31"></a><var>128.31</var>and cut necessary timber incidental to developing logging roads as may be needed to
         log <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.32"></a><var>128.32</var>other blocks provided that no timber may be removed from an unpaid block until separately
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.33"></a><var>128.33</var>scaled and paid for. If payment is provided as specified in this paragraph as security
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.34"></a><var>128.34</var>paragraph (a) and no cutting has taken place on the contract, the county auditor may
         credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.128.35"></a><var>128.35</var>the security provided, less any down payment required for an auction sale under this
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.1"></a><var>129.1</var>paragraph, to any other contract issued to the contract holder by the county under
         this chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.2"></a><var>129.2</var>to which the contract holder requests in writing that it be credited, provided the
         request and <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.3"></a><var>129.3</var>transfer is made within the same calendar year as the security was received.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.4"></a><var>129.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The county board may sell any timber, including biomass, as appraised or scaled.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.5"></a><var>129.5</var>Any parcels of land from which timber is to be sold by scale of cut products shall
         be so <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.6"></a><var>129.6</var>designated in the published notice of sale under paragraph (a), in which case the
         notice shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.7"></a><var>129.7</var>contain a description of the parcels, a statement of the estimated quantity of each
         species <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.8"></a><var>129.8</var>of timber, and the appraised price of each species of timber for 1,000 feet, per cord
         or per <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.9"></a><var>129.9</var>piece, as the case may be. In those cases any bids offered over and above the appraised
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.10"></a><var>129.10</var>prices shall be by percentage, the percent bid to be added to the appraised price
         of each of <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.11"></a><var>129.11</var>the different species of timber advertised on the land. The purchaser of timber from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.12"></a><var>129.12</var>parcels shall pay in cash at the time of sale at the rate bid for all of the timber
         shown in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.13"></a><var>129.13</var>notice of sale as estimated to be standing on the land, and in addition shall pay
         at the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.14"></a><var>129.14</var>rate for any additional amounts which the final scale shows to have been cut or was
         available <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.15"></a><var>129.15</var>for cutting on the land at the time of sale under the terms of the sale. Where the
         final scale <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.16"></a><var>129.16</var>of cut products shows that less timber was cut or was available for cutting under
         terms of <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.17"></a><var>129.17</var>the sale than was originally paid for, the excess payment shall be refunded from the
         forfeited <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.18"></a><var>129.18</var>tax sale fund upon the claim of the purchaser, to be audited and allowed by the county
         board <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.19"></a><var>129.19</var>as in case of other claims against the county. No timber, except hardwood pulpwood,
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.20"></a><var>129.20</var>be removed from the parcels of land or other designated landings until scaled by a
         person <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.21"></a><var>129.21</var>or persons designated by the county board and approved by the commissioner of natural
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.22"></a><var>129.22</var>resources. Landings other than the parcel of land from which timber is cut may be
         designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.23"></a><var>129.23</var>for scaling by the county board by written agreement with the purchaser of the timber.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.24"></a><var>129.24</var>county board may, by written agreement with the purchaser and with a consumer designated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.25"></a><var>129.25</var>by the purchaser when the timber is sold by the county auditor, and with the approval
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.26"></a><var>129.26</var>the commissioner of natural resources, accept the consumer's scale of cut products
         delivered <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.27"></a><var>129.27</var>at the consumer's landing. No timber shall be removed until fully paid for in cash.
         Small <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.28"></a><var>129.28</var>amounts of timber not exceeding $3,000 500 cords in appraised valuation volume may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.29"></a><var>129.29</var>sold for not less than the full appraised value at private sale to individual persons
         without <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.30"></a><var>129.30</var>first publishing notice of sale or calling for bids, provided that in case of a sale
         involving a <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.31"></a><var>129.31</var>total appraised value of more than $200 the sale shall be made subject to final settlement
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.32"></a><var>129.32</var>on the basis of a scale of cut products in the manner above provided and not more
         than two <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.33"></a><var>129.33</var>of the sales, directly or indirectly to any individual shall be in effect at one time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.129.34"></a><var>129.34</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.129.35"></a><var>129.35</var>individuals, corporations or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private
         sale, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.1"></a><var>130.1</var>at the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for use as cottage
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.2"></a><var>130.2</var>camp sites and for agricultural purposes and for the purpose of taking and removing
         of hay, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.3"></a><var>130.3</var>stumpage, sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, and black dirt from the land, and for garden
         sites <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.4"></a><var>130.4</var>and other temporary uses provided that no leases shall be for a period to exceed ten
         years; <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.5"></a><var>130.5</var>provided, further that any leases involving a consideration of more than $12,000 per
         year, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.6"></a><var>130.6</var>except to an organized subdivision of the state shall first be offered at public sale
         in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.7"></a><var>130.7</var>manner provided herein for sale of timber. Upon the sale of any leased land, it shall
         remain <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.8"></a><var>130.8</var>subject to the lease for not to exceed one year from the beginning of the term of
         the lease. <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.9"></a><var>130.9</var>Any rent paid by the lessee for the portion of the term cut off by the cancellation
         shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.10"></a><var>130.10</var>refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the lessee, to be audited
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.11"></a><var>130.11</var>allowed by the county board as in case of other claims against the county.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.12"></a><var>130.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may lease tax-forfeited land
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.13"></a><var>130.13</var>individuals, corporations, or organized subdivisions of the state at public or private
         sale, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.14"></a><var>130.14</var>the prices and under the terms as the county board may prescribe, for the purpose
         of taking <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.15"></a><var>130.15</var>and removing for use for road construction and other purposes tax-forfeited stockpiled
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.16"></a><var>130.16</var>iron-bearing material. The county auditor must determine that the material is needed
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.17"></a><var>130.17</var>suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of a road, tailings basin, settling
         basin, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.18"></a><var>130.18</var>dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and that the use
         would <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.19"></a><var>130.19</var>be in the best interests of the public. No lease shall exceed ten years. The use of
         a stockpile <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.20"></a><var>130.20</var>for these purposes must first be approved by the commissioner of natural resources.
         The <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.21"></a><var>130.21</var>request shall be deemed approved unless the requesting county is notified to the contrary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.22"></a><var>130.22</var>by the commissioner of natural resources within six months after receipt of a request
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.23"></a><var>130.23</var>approval for use of a stockpile. Once use of a stockpile has been approved, the county
         may <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.24"></a><var>130.24</var>continue to lease it for these purposes until approval is withdrawn by the commissioner
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.25"></a><var>130.25</var>natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.26"></a><var>130.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(f) The county auditor, with the approval of the county board is authorized to grant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.27"></a><var>130.27</var>permits, licenses, and leases to tax-forfeited lands for the depositing of stripping,
         lean ores, <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.28"></a><var>130.28</var>tailings, or waste products from mines or ore milling plants, or to use for facilities
         needed <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.29"></a><var>130.29</var>to recover iron-bearing oxides from tailings basins or stockpiles, or for a buffer
         area needed <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.30"></a><var>130.30</var>for a mining operation, upon the conditions and for the consideration and for the
         period of <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.31"></a><var>130.31</var>time, not exceeding 25 years, as the county board may determine. The permits, licenses,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.32"></a><var>130.32</var>leases are subject to approval by the commissioner of natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.130.33"></a><var>130.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(g) Any person who removes any timber from tax-forfeited land before said timber has
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.130.34"></a><var>130.34</var>been scaled and fully paid for as provided in this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.1"></a><var>131.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(h) The county auditor may, with the approval of the county board, and without first
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.2"></a><var>131.2</var>offering at public sale, grant leases, for a term not exceeding 25 years, for the
         removal of <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.3"></a><var>131.3</var>peat and for the production or removal of farm-grown closed-loop biomass as defined
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.4"></a><var>131.4</var>section 
         <statute_ref>216B.2424, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or short-rotation woody crops from tax-forfeited lands <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.5"></a><var>131.5</var>upon the terms and conditions as the county board may prescribe. Any lease for the
         removal <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.6"></a><var>131.6</var>of peat, farm-grown closed-loop biomass, or short-rotation woody crops from tax-forfeited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.7"></a><var>131.7</var>lands must first be reviewed and approved by the commissioner of natural resources
         if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.8"></a><var>131.8</var>lease covers 320 or more acres. No lease for the removal of peat, farm-grown closed-loop
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.9"></a><var>131.9</var>biomass, or short-rotation woody crops shall be made by the county auditor pursuant
         to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.10"></a><var>131.10</var>section without first holding a public hearing on the auditor's intention to lease.
         One printed <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.11"></a><var>131.11</var>notice in a legal newspaper in the county at least ten days before the hearing, and
         posted <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.12"></a><var>131.12</var>notice in the courthouse at least 20 days before the hearing shall be given of the
         hearing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.13"></a><var>131.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(i) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (c) to the contrary, the St. Louis
         County <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.14"></a><var>131.14</var>auditor may, at the discretion of the county board, sell timber to the party who bids
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.15"></a><var>131.15</var>highest price for all the several kinds of timber, as provided for sales by the commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.16"></a><var>131.16</var>of natural resources under section 
         <statute_ref>90.14</statute_ref>. Bids offered over and above the appraised price <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.17"></a><var>131.17</var>need not be applied proportionately to the appraised price of each of the different
         species <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.18"></a><var>131.18</var>of timber.<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.19"></a><var>131.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(j) In lieu of any payment or deposit required in paragraph (b), as directed by the
         county <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.20"></a><var>131.20</var>board and under terms set by the county board, the county auditor may accept an irrevocable
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.21"></a><var>131.21</var>bank letter of credit in the amount equal to the amount otherwise determined in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.22"></a><var>131.22</var>(b). If an irrevocable bank letter of credit is provided under this paragraph, at
         the written <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.23"></a><var>131.23</var>request of the purchaser, the county may periodically allow the bank letter of credit
         to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.24"></a><var>131.24</var>reduced by an amount proportionate to the value of timber that has been harvested
         and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.25"></a><var>131.25</var>which the county has received payment. The remaining amount of the bank letter of
         credit <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.26"></a><var>131.26</var>after a reduction under this paragraph must not be less than 20 percent of the value
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.27"></a><var>131.27</var>timber purchased. If an irrevocable bank letter of credit or cash deposit is provided
         for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.28"></a><var>131.28</var>down payment required in paragraph (b), and no cutting of timber has taken place on
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.29"></a><var>131.29</var>contract for which a letter of credit has been provided, the county may allow the
         transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.30"></a><var>131.30</var>of the letter of credit to any other contract issued to the contract holder by the
         county under <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.31"></a><var>131.31</var>this chapter to which the contract holder requests in writing that it be credited.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.143.0"></a><a id="pl.131.32"></a><var>131.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 143. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 296A.18, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.131.33"></a><var>131.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 6a. <b>Computation of nonhighway use amounts.</b> The nonhighway use amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.131.34"></a><var>131.34</var>determined in subdivisions 2 to 6 must be transferred from the highway user tax distribution
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.1"></a><var>132.1</var>fund to the accounts as provided for in sections 
         <statute_ref>84.794</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>84.803</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>84.83</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>84.927</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>86B.706</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.2"></a><var>132.2</var>These amounts, together with interest and penalties for delinquency in payment, paid
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.3"></a><var>132.3</var>collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, must be computed for each six-month
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.4"></a><var>132.4</var>period ending June 30 and December 31 and must be transferred on November 1 and June <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.5"></a><var>132.5</var>April 1 following each six-month period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.144.0"></a><a id="pl.132.6"></a><var>132.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 144. <b>[471.9998] MERCHANT BAGS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.7"></a><var>132.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Citation.</b> This section may be cited as the Consumer Choice Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.8"></a><var>132.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Merchant option.</b> All merchants, itinerant vendors, and peddlers doing business <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.9"></a><var>132.9</var>in this state shall have the option to provide customers a paper, plastic, or reusable
         bag for <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.10"></a><var>132.10</var>the packaging of any item or good purchased, provided the purchase is of a size and
         manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.11"></a><var>132.11</var>commensurate with the use of paper, plastic, or reusable bags.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.12"></a><var>132.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Prohibition; bag ban or tax.</b> Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.13"></a><var>132.13</var>political subdivision shall impose any ban, fee, or tax upon the use of paper, plastic,
         or <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.14"></a><var>132.14</var>reusable bags for packaging of any item or good purchased from a merchant, itinerant
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.15"></a><var>132.15</var>vendor, or peddler.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.16"></a><var>132.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective May 31, 2017. Ordinances existing on <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.17"></a><var>132.17</var>the effective date of this section that would be prohibited under this section are
         invalid as <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.18"></a><var>132.18</var>of the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.145.0"></a><a id="pl.132.19"></a><var>132.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 145. <b>[477A.21] RIPARIAN PROTECTION AID.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.132.20"></a><var>132.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.21"></a><var>132.21</var>meanings given:<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.22"></a><var>132.22</var>(1) "buffer protection map" has the meaning given under section 103F.48, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.23"></a><var>132.23</var>1; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.24"></a><var>132.24</var>(2) "public watercourses" means public waters and public drainage systems subject
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.25"></a><var>132.25</var>riparian protection requirements under section 103F.48.<br />
         		<a id="pl.132.26"></a><var>132.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Certifications to commissioner.</b> (a) The Board of Water and Soil Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.27"></a><var>132.27</var>must certify to the commissioner of revenue, on or before July 1 each year, which
         counties <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.28"></a><var>132.28</var>and watershed districts have affirmed their jurisdiction under section 103F.48 and
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.29"></a><var>132.29</var>proportion of centerline miles of public watercourses, and miles of public drainage
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.30"></a><var>132.30</var>ditches on the buffer protection map, within each county and each watershed district
         within <br />
         		<a id="pl.132.31"></a><var>132.31</var>the county with affirmed jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.1"></a><var>133.1</var>(b) On or before July 1 each year, the commissioner of natural resources shall certify
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.2"></a><var>133.2</var>the commissioner of revenue the statewide and countywide number of centerline miles
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.3"></a><var>133.3</var>public watercourses and miles of public drainage system ditches on the buffer protection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.4"></a><var>133.4</var>map.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.5"></a><var>133.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Distribution.</b> (a) A county that is certified under subdivision 2, or that portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.6"></a><var>133.6</var>of a county containing a watershed district certified under subdivision 2, is eligible
         to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.7"></a><var>133.7</var>aid under this section to enforce and implement the riparian protection and water
         quality <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.8"></a><var>133.8</var>practices under section 103F.48. Each county's preliminary aid amount is equal to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.9"></a><var>133.9</var>proportion calculated under paragraph (b) multiplied by the appropriation received
         each <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.10"></a><var>133.10</var>year by the commissioner for purposes of payments under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.11"></a><var>133.11</var>(b) The commissioner must compute each county's proportion. A county's proportion
         is <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.12"></a><var>133.12</var>equal to the ratio of the sum in clause (1) to the sum in clause (2):<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.13"></a><var>133.13</var>(1) the sum of the total number of acres in the county classified as class 2a under
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.14"></a><var>133.14</var>273.13, subdivision 23, the countywide number of centerline miles of public watercourses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.15"></a><var>133.15</var>on the buffer protection map, and the countywide number of miles of public drainage
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.16"></a><var>133.16</var>ditches on the buffer protection map; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.17"></a><var>133.17</var>(2) the sum of the statewide total number of acres classified as class 2a under section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.18"></a><var>133.18</var>273.13, subdivision 23, the statewide total number of centerline miles of public watercourses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.19"></a><var>133.19</var>on the buffer protection map, and the statewide total number of public drainage system
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.20"></a><var>133.20</var>miles on the buffer protection map.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.21"></a><var>133.21</var>(c) Aid to a county must not be greater than $200,000 or less than $50,000. If the
         sum <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.22"></a><var>133.22</var>of the preliminary aids payable to counties under paragraph (a) is greater or less
         than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.23"></a><var>133.23</var>appropriation received by the commissioner, the commissioner of revenue must calculate
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.24"></a><var>133.24</var>the percentage of adjustment necessary so that the total of the aid under paragraph
         (a) equals <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.25"></a><var>133.25</var>the total amount received by the commissioner, subject to the minimum and maximum
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.26"></a><var>133.26</var>amounts specified in this paragraph. The minimum and maximum amounts under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.27"></a><var>133.27</var>paragraph must be adjusted by the ratio of the actual amount appropriated to $10,000,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.28"></a><var>133.28</var>(d) If only a portion of a county is certified as eligible to receive aid under subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.29"></a><var>133.29</var>2, the aid otherwise payable to that county under this section must be multiplied
         by a fraction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.30"></a><var>133.30</var>the numerator of which is the buffer protection map miles of the certified watershed
         districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.31"></a><var>133.31</var>contained within the county and the denominator of which is the total buffer protection
         map <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.32"></a><var>133.32</var>miles of the county.<br />
         		<a id="pl.133.33"></a><var>133.33</var>(e) Any aid that would otherwise be paid to a county or portion of a county that is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.133.34"></a><var>133.34</var>certified under subdivision 2 shall be paid to the Board of Water and Soil Resources
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.1"></a><var>134.1</var>enforcing and implementing the riparian protection and water quality practices under
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.2"></a><var>134.2</var>103F.48.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.3"></a><var>134.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Payments.</b> The commissioner of revenue must compute the amount of riparian <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.4"></a><var>134.4</var>protection aid payable to each eligible county and to the Board of Water and Soil
         Resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.5"></a><var>134.5</var>under this section. On or before August 1 each year, the commissioner must certify
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.6"></a><var>134.6</var>amount to be paid to each county and the Board of Water and Soil Resources in the
         following <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.7"></a><var>134.7</var>year, except that the payments for 2017 must be certified by July 15, 2017. The commissioner
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.8"></a><var>134.8</var>must pay riparian protection aid to counties and to the Board of Water and Soil Resources
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.9"></a><var>134.9</var>in the same manner and at the same time as aid payments under section 477A.015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.10"></a><var>134.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.11"></a><var>134.11</var>applies to aids payable in 2017 and thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.146.0"></a><a id="pl.134.12"></a><var>134.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 146. Laws 2000, chapter 486, section 4, as amended by Laws 2001, chapter 182, <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.13"></a><var>134.13</var>section 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.14"></a><var>134.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>[BOATHOUSE LEASES; SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.134.15"></a><var>134.15</var><b>PARK.]</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.134.16"></a><var>134.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(a) In 1965, United States Steel Corporation conveyed land to the state of Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.17"></a><var>134.17</var>that was included in the Soudan underground mine state park, with certain lands at
         Stuntz <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.18"></a><var>134.18</var>Bay subject to leases outstanding for employee boathouse sites.<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.19"></a><var>134.19</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>85.011</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>85.012, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.134.20"></a><var>134.20</var>86A.05, subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, upon the expiration of a boathouse lease described under paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.21"></a><var>134.21</var>(a), the commissioner of natural resources shall offer a new lease to the party in
         possession <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.22"></a><var>134.22</var>at the time of lease expiration, or, if there has been a miscellaneous lease issued
         by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.23"></a><var>134.23</var>Department of Natural Resources due to expiration of a lease described under paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.24"></a><var>134.24</var>(a), upon its expiration to the lessee. The new lease shall be issued under the terms
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.25"></a><var>134.25</var>conditions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>92.50</statute_ref>, with the following limitations except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.26"></a><var>134.26</var>follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.27"></a><var>134.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the term of the lease shall be for the lifetime of the party being issued a renewed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.28"></a><var>134.28</var>lease and, if transferred, for the lifetime of the party to whom the lease is transferred;<br />
         		<a id="pl.134.29"></a><var>134.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the new lease shall provide that the lease may be transferred only once and the
         transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.30"></a><var>134.30</var>must be to a person within the third degree of kindred or first cousin according to
         civil law; <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.31"></a><var>134.31</var>and<br />
         		 <a id="pl.134.32"></a><var>134.32</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the commissioner shall limit the number of lessees per lease to no more than two
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.134.33"></a><var>134.33</var>persons who have attained legal age; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.1"></a><var>135.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the lease amount must not exceed 50 percent of the average market rate, based
         on <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.2"></a><var>135.2</var>comparable private lease rates, as determined once every five years per lease.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.3"></a><var>135.3</var>At the time of the new lease, the commissioner may offer, and after agreement with
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.4"></a><var>135.4</var>leaseholder, lease equivalent alternative sites to the leaseholder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.5"></a><var>135.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(c) The commissioner shall not cancel a boathouse lease described under paragraphs
         (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.6"></a><var>135.6</var>and (b) except for noncompliance with the lease agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.7"></a><var>135.7</var>(d) The commissioner must issue a written receipt to the lessee for each lease payment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.8"></a><var>135.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(d) By January 15, 2001, the commissioner of natural resources shall report to the
         senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.9"></a><var>135.9</var>and house environment and natural resources policy and finance committees on boathouse
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.10"></a><var>135.10</var>leases in state parks. The report shall include information on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.11"></a><var>135.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) the number of boathouse leases;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.12"></a><var>135.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) the number of leases that have forfeited;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.13"></a><var>135.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) the expiration dates of the leases;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.14"></a><var>135.14</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) the historical significance of the boathouses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.15"></a><var>135.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) recommendations on the inclusion of the land described in paragraph (d) within
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.16"></a><var>135.16</var>park boundary; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.17"></a><var>135.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) any other relevant information on the leases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.18"></a><var>135.18</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(e) The commissioner of natural resources shall contact U.S.X. Corporation and local
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.19"></a><var>135.19</var>units of government regarding the inclusion of the following lands within Soudan <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.20"></a><var>135.20</var>underground mine state park:<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.21"></a><var>135.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in Section 13, Township 62
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.22"></a><var>135.22</var>North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.23"></a><var>135.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in the S1/2-SE1/4 of Section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.24"></a><var>135.24</var>14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.25"></a><var>135.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) NE1/4-SE1/4 and E1/2-NE1/4 of Section 22, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.26"></a><var>135.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in Section 23, Township 62
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.27"></a><var>135.27</var>North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.28"></a><var>135.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.135.29"></a><var>135.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in Section 25, Township 62 North,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.135.30"></a><var>135.30</var>Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.1"></a><var>136.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in Section 26, Township 62 North,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.2"></a><var>136.2</var>Range 15 West;<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.3"></a><var>136.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(8) NE1/4-SE1/4 and SE1/4-NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 62 North, Range 15 West; <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.4"></a><var>136.4</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.5"></a><var>136.5</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(9) NW1/4 of Section 19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.6"></a><var>136.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.7"></a><var>136.7</var>applies to monthly lease payments made on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.147.0"></a><a id="pl.136.8"></a><var>136.8</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 147. Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section 105, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.9"></a><var>136.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 105. <b>RULES; SILICA SAND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.136.10"></a><var>136.10</var>(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall may adopt rules pertaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.11"></a><var>136.11</var>to the control of particulate emissions from silica sand projects. The rulemaking
         is exempt <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.12"></a><var>136.12</var>from Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>14.125</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.13"></a><var>136.13</var>(b) The commissioner of natural resources shall adopt rules pertaining to the reclamation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.14"></a><var>136.14</var>of silica sand mines. The rulemaking is exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>14.125</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.15"></a><var>136.15</var>(c) By January 1, 2014, the Department of Health shall adopt an air quality health-based
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.16"></a><var>136.16</var>value for silica sand.<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.17"></a><var>136.17</var>(d) The Environmental Quality Board shall may amend its rules for environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.18"></a><var>136.18</var>review, adopted under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116D, for silica sand mining and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.19"></a><var>136.19</var>processing to take into account the increased activity in the state and concerns over
         the size <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.20"></a><var>136.20</var>of specific operations. The Environmental Quality Board shall consider whether the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.21"></a><var>136.21</var>requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>116C.991</statute_ref>, should remain part of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.22"></a><var>136.22</var>environmental review requirements for silica sand and whether the requirements should
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.23"></a><var>136.23</var>different for different geographic areas of the state. The rulemaking is exempt from
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.24"></a><var>136.24</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>14.125</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.148.0"></a><a id="pl.136.25"></a><var>136.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 148. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 136, is amended <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.26"></a><var>136.26</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.136.27"></a><var>136.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 136. <b>WILD RICE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.136.28"></a><var>136.28</var>(a) Until the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency amends rules refining the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.29"></a><var>136.29</var>wild rice water quality standard in Minnesota Rules, part 7050.0224, subpart 2, to consider <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.30"></a><var>136.30</var>all independent research and publicly funded research and to include criteria for
         identifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.136.31"></a><var>136.31</var>waters and a list of waters subject to the standard, implementation of the wild rice
         water <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.1"></a><var>137.1</var>quality standard in Minnesota Rules, part 7050.0224, subpart 2, shall be limited to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.2"></a><var>137.2</var>following, unless the permittee requests additional conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.3"></a><var>137.3</var>(1) when issuing, modifying, or renewing national pollutant discharge elimination
         system <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.4"></a><var>137.4</var>(NPDES) or state disposal system (SDS) permits, the agency shall endeavor to protect
         wild <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.5"></a><var>137.5</var>rice, and in doing so shall be limited by the following conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.6"></a><var>137.6</var>(i) the agency shall not require permittees to expend money for design or implementation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.7"></a><var>137.7</var>of sulfate treatment technologies or other forms of sulfate mitigation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.8"></a><var>137.8</var>(ii) the agency may require sulfate minimization plans in permits; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.9"></a><var>137.9</var>(2) the agency shall not list waters containing natural beds of wild rice as impaired
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.10"></a><var>137.10</var>sulfate under section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title
         33, <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.11"></a><var>137.11</var>section 1313, until the rulemaking described in this paragraph takes effect.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.12"></a><var>137.12</var>(b) Upon the rule described in paragraph (a) taking effect, the agency may reopen
         permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.13"></a><var>137.13</var>issued or reissued after the effective date of this section as needed to include numeric
         permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.14"></a><var>137.14</var>limits based on the wild rice water quality standard.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.15"></a><var>137.15</var>(c) The commissioner shall complete the rulemaking described in paragraph (a) by <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.16"></a><var>137.16</var>January 15, 2018 2019.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.149.0"></a><a id="pl.137.17"></a><var>137.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 149. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 26, the effective date, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.18"></a><var>137.18</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.19"></a><var>137.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective May 1, 2017 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.20"></a><var>137.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from April 30, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.150.0"></a><a id="pl.137.21"></a><var>137.21</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 150. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 46, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.137.22"></a><var>137.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 46. <b>PRESCRIBED BURN REQUIREMENTS; REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.137.23"></a><var>137.23</var>The commissioner of natural resources, in cooperation with prescribed burning <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.24"></a><var>137.24</var>professionals, nongovernmental organizations, and local and federal governments, must
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.25"></a><var>137.25</var>develop criteria for certifying an entity to conduct a prescribed burn under a general an open <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.26"></a><var>137.26</var>burning permit. The certification requirements must include training, equipment, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.27"></a><var>137.27</var>experience requirements and include an apprentice program to allow entities without
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.28"></a><var>137.28</var>experience to become certified. The commissioner must establish provisions for decertifying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.29"></a><var>137.29</var>entities. The commissioner must not require additional certification or requirements
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.30"></a><var>137.30</var>burns conducted as part of normal agricultural practices not currently subject to
         prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.137.31"></a><var>137.31</var>burn specifications. The commissioner must submit a report with recommendations and
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.1"></a><var>138.1</var>any legislative changes needed to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.2"></a><var>138.2</var>representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over environment
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.3"></a><var>138.3</var>natural resources by January 15, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.151.0"></a><a id="pl.138.4"></a><var>138.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 151. <b>DEMOLITION DEBRIS LANDFILL PERMITTING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.5"></a><var>138.5</var>A solid waste permit issued by the Pollution Control Agency to an existing class I
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.6"></a><var>138.6</var>demolition debris landfill facility that is operating under the Pollution Control
         Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.7"></a><var>138.7</var>Demolition Landfill Guidance, issued August 2005, is extended pursuant to Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.8"></a><var>138.8</var>Rules, part 7001.0160, for a period of five years, unless a new permit is issued for
         the facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.9"></a><var>138.9</var>by the Pollution Control Agency after the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.10"></a><var>138.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.152.0"></a><a id="pl.138.11"></a><var>138.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 152. <b>ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY BOARD MEMBERSHIP TRANSITION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.12"></a><var>138.12</var>(a) Until the governor has appointed members of the Environmental Quality Board from
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.13"></a><var>138.13</var>each congressional district as required under this act, this section governs membership
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.14"></a><var>138.14</var>the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.15"></a><var>138.15</var>(b) The citizen members of the board as of July 1, 2017, shall continue to serve until
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.16"></a><var>138.16</var>expiration of their terms.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.17"></a><var>138.17</var>(c) No later than October 1, 2017, the governor shall appoint board members from the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.18"></a><var>138.18</var>first, second, seventh, and eighth congressional districts for terms to begin January
         2, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.19"></a><var>138.19</var>(d) No later than October 1, 2018, the governor shall appoint a board member from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.20"></a><var>138.20</var>third congressional district for a term to begin January 8, 2019.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.21"></a><var>138.21</var>(e) No later than October 1, 2019, the governor shall appoint a board member from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.22"></a><var>138.22</var>fourth congressional district for a term to begin January 7, 2020.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.23"></a><var>138.23</var>(f) No later than October 1, 2020, the governor shall appoint a board member from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.24"></a><var>138.24</var>fifth congressional district for a term to begin January 5, 2021.<br />
         		<a id="pl.138.25"></a><var>138.25</var>(g) No later than October 1, 2021, the governor shall appoint a commissioner from
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.26"></a><var>138.26</var>sixth congressional district for a term to begin January 4, 2022.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.153.0"></a><a id="pl.138.27"></a><var>138.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 153. <b>SAND DUNES STATE FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLAN REQUIRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.138.28"></a><var>138.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Forest management.</b> When managing the Sand Dunes State Forest, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.138.29"></a><var>138.29</var>commissioner of natural resources must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.1"></a><var>139.1</var>(1) not convert additional land to oak savanna or convert oak savanna to nonforest
         land <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.2"></a><var>139.2</var>unless it is done as a result of a contract entered into before the effective date
         of this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.3"></a><var>139.3</var>(2) require all prairie seeds planted to be from native species of a local ecotype
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.4"></a><var>139.4</var>Sherburne or Benton County; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.5"></a><var>139.5</var>(3) comply with the Minnesota Forest Resources Council's guidelines for aesthetics
         in <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.6"></a><var>139.6</var>residential areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.7"></a><var>139.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 2. <b>Prescribed burns; notification.</b> At least 40 days before conducting a prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.8"></a><var>139.8</var>burn, the commissioner must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.9"></a><var>139.9</var>(1) publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.10"></a><var>139.10</var>(2) notify the county and township in writing; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.11"></a><var>139.11</var>(3) notify residents within a quarter mile of the prescribed burn in writing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.12"></a><var>139.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>School trust lands.</b> Nothing in this section restricts the ability of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.13"></a><var>139.13</var>commissioner or the school trust lands director from managing school trust lands within
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.14"></a><var>139.14</var>the Sand Dunes State Forest for long-term economic return.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.15"></a><var>139.15</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 4. <b>Township road.</b> If the commissioner of natural resources finds that any portion <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.16"></a><var>139.16</var>of 233rd Avenue within the Sand Dunes State Forest is not owned by the township, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.17"></a><var>139.17</var>commissioner must convey an easement over and across state-owned lands administered
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.18"></a><var>139.18</var>by the commissioner to the township under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.63, for the
         width <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.19"></a><var>139.19</var>of 233rd Avenue.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.20"></a><var>139.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Sunset.</b> This section expires two years from the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.21"></a><var>139.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.154.0"></a><a id="pl.139.22"></a><var>139.22</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 154. <b>WATER USE PERMIT AND DATA COLLECTION; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.139.23"></a><var>139.23</var>(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.0895 and 103G.223, or other law
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.24"></a><var>139.24</var>to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources must issue, upon application,
         a water <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.25"></a><var>139.25</var>use permit for calcareous fens located in Pipestone County. The permittee must agree
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.26"></a><var>139.26</var>the following permit conditions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.27"></a><var>139.27</var>(1) the permit is for a term of 15 years, but may be revoked after five years if paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.28"></a><var>139.28</var>(b) applies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.139.29"></a><var>139.29</var>(2) water use under the permit is limited to irrigation of agricultural crops at a
         rate of <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.30"></a><var>139.30</var>no more than 800 gallons per minute in accordance with an irrigation plan submitted
         with <br />
         		<a id="pl.139.31"></a><var>139.31</var>the water use permit application;<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.1"></a><var>140.1</var>(3) the permittee must pay for the irrigation system installed during the term of
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.2"></a><var>140.2</var>permit; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.3"></a><var>140.3</var>(4) installation of the irrigation system must minimize disturbance to the existing
         plant <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.4"></a><var>140.4</var>community in the calcareous fens. The commissioner must provide technical advice for
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.5"></a><var>140.5</var>installation of the irrigation system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.6"></a><var>140.6</var>(b) If, at any time after five years of water use, the commissioner determines the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.7"></a><var>140.7</var>drawdown of water from the fens endangers the continued sustainability of the calcareous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.8"></a><var>140.8</var>fens, the commissioner may revoke the permit. If the commissioner revokes the permit
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.9"></a><var>140.9</var>before the permit's expiration date, the permittee must be reimbursed for the cost
         of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.10"></a><var>140.10</var>irrigation system, prorated over the full 15-year term of the original permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.11"></a><var>140.11</var>(c) The commissioner must monitor the calcareous fens to collect data on the effects
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.12"></a><var>140.12</var>water use from the fens for the duration of the permit. If the commissioner concludes
         that, <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.13"></a><var>140.13</var>based on collected data, the calcareous fens remain viable after 15 years of water
         use, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.14"></a><var>140.14</var>commissioner must renew the water use permit for an additional 15 years, free of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.15"></a><var>140.15</var>condition imposed under paragraph (a), clause (1).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.155.0"></a><a id="pl.140.16"></a><var>140.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 155. <b>HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.17"></a><var>140.17</var><b>PLAN.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.18"></a><var>140.18</var>(a) The commissioner of natural resources must work with the commissioner of the Iron
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.19"></a><var>140.19</var>Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and representatives from the city of Calumet,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.20"></a><var>140.20</var>Itasca County, and the Western Mesabi Mine Planning Board to create an alternate operating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.21"></a><var>140.21</var>model for local management and operation of Hill-Annex Mine State Park until mining
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.22"></a><var>140.22</var>resumes on the property. The commissioner of natural resources must submit a management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.23"></a><var>140.23</var>and operation plan to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.24"></a><var>140.24</var>and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over environment and natural
         resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.25"></a><var>140.25</var>by January 15, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.26"></a><var>140.26</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(b) In fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019, the level of service and hours of operation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.27"></a><var>140.27</var>at Hill-Annex Mine State Park must be maintained at fiscal year 2016 levels.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.156.0"></a><a id="pl.140.28"></a><var>140.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 156. <b>BASE BUDGET REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.140.29"></a><var>140.29</var>(a) The commissioners of natural resources and the Pollution Control Agency must each
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.140.30"></a><var>140.30</var>submit a report that contains the details of their base budgets, by fiscal year, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.31"></a><var>140.31</var>(1) appropriation riders for the previous biennium and the year the rider was first
         used;<br />
         		<a id="pl.140.32"></a><var>140.32</var>(2) anticipated appropriation riders for the fiscal years 2020-2021 biennium;<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.1"></a><var>141.1</var>(3) statutory appropriations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.2"></a><var>141.2</var>(4) an explanation on the use of funds for each appropriation not covered by a rider.<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.3"></a><var>141.3</var>(b) The reports must be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.4"></a><var>141.4</var>house of representatives and senate committees and divisions with jurisdiction over
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.5"></a><var>141.5</var>environment and natural resources by October 15, 2018.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.157.0"></a><a id="pl.141.6"></a><var>141.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 157. <b>RULEMAKING; MINNOW LICENSES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.141.7"></a><var>141.7</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall amend Minnesota Rules, part 6254.0100,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.8"></a><var>141.8</var>subpart 2, to conform with Minnesota Statutes, section 97C.501, subdivision 1. The
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.9"></a><var>141.9</var>commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.10"></a><var>141.10</var>subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and Minnesota Statutes,
         section <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.11"></a><var>141.11</var>14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.158.0"></a><a id="pl.141.12"></a><var>141.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 158. <b>CANCELLATION OF PERMITS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.141.13"></a><var>141.13</var>Water-use permits issued before July 1, 2017, for water use exempted under Minnesota
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.14"></a><var>141.14</var>Statutes, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (3), are canceled
         effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.15"></a><var>141.15</var>July 1, 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.159.0"></a><a id="pl.141.16"></a><var>141.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 159. <b>RULEMAKING; EFFLUENT LIMITATION COMPLIANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.141.17"></a><var>141.17</var>(a) The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall amend Minnesota Rules,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.18"></a><var>141.18</var>part 7001.0150, subpart 2, item A, by inserting the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.19"></a><var>141.19</var>"For a municipality that constructs a publicly owned treatment works facility to comply
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.20"></a><var>141.20</var>with a new or modified effluent limitation, compliance with any new or modified effluent
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.21"></a><var>141.21</var>limitation adopted after construction begins that would require additional capital
         investment <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.22"></a><var>141.22</var>is required no sooner than 16 years after the date of initiation of operation of the
         facility."<br />
         		<a id="pl.141.23"></a><var>141.23</var>(b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.24"></a><var>141.24</var>section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section, and
         Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.25"></a><var>141.25</var>Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided under Minnesota Statutes,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.26"></a><var>141.26</var>section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.160.0"></a><a id="pl.141.27"></a><var>141.27</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 160. <b>DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.141.28"></a><var>141.28</var><b>ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.141.29"></a><var>141.29</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other law relating to the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.141.30"></a><var>141.30</var>disposition of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited land, the St. Louis County
         Board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.1"></a><var>142.1</var>deposit any money received from the sale of tax-forfeited land purchased by the Fond
         du <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.2"></a><var>142.2</var>Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa with money appropriated under Laws 2014, chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.3"></a><var>142.3</var>256, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), into an environmental trust
         fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.4"></a><var>142.4</var>established by the county. The principal from the sale of the land may not be expended.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.5"></a><var>142.5</var>The county may spend interest earned on the principal only for purposes related to
         improving <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.6"></a><var>142.6</var>natural resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.7"></a><var>142.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.</b>This section is effective the day after <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.8"></a><var>142.8</var>the St. Louis County Board and its chief clerical officer timely complete their compliance
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.9"></a><var>142.9</var>with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.161.0"></a><a id="pl.142.10"></a><var>142.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 161. <b>ACTION TO OBTAIN ACCESS PROHIBITED; CLEARWATER </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.142.11"></a><var>142.11</var><b>COUNTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.142.12"></a><var>142.12</var>Before July 1, 2018, the commissioner of natural resources must not initiate a civil
         action <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.13"></a><var>142.13</var>or otherwise seek to obtain access to land administered by the commissioner via a
         private <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.14"></a><var>142.14</var>road connected to County Road 27, located in Clearwater County, Township 147, Range
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.15"></a><var>142.15</var>32 or Range 33.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.16"></a><var>142.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.162.0"></a><a id="pl.142.17"></a><var>142.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 162. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.142.18"></a><var>142.18</var>In Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall replace all
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.19"></a><var>142.19</var>references to Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (l), with
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.20"></a><var>142.20</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39, subdivision 2, paragraph (n), and shall make
         all other <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.21"></a><var>142.21</var>necessary changes to preserve the meaning of the text and to conform with the paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.22"></a><var>142.22</var>relettering in this act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.163.0"></a><a id="pl.142.23"></a><var>142.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 163. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.142.24"></a><var>142.24</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 84.026, subdivision 3; 97B.031, subdivision 5;
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.25"></a><var>142.25</var>97C.701, subdivisions 1a and 6; 97C.705; 97C.711; and 116C.04, subdivisions 3 and
         4, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.26"></a><var>142.26</var>repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.27"></a><var>142.27</var>(b) Minnesota Rules, parts 6258.0100; 6258.0200; 6258.0300; 6258.0400; 6258.0500; <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.28"></a><var>142.28</var>6258.0600; 6258.0700, subparts 1, 4, and 5; 6258.0800; and 6258.0900, are repealed."<br />
         		<a id="pl.142.29"></a><var>142.29</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.142.30"></a><var>142.30</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.142.31"></a><var>142.31</var>relating to state government; appropriating money for environment, natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.142.32"></a><var>142.32</var>resources, and tourism purposes; modifying fees; providing for disposition of <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.1"></a><var>143.1</var>certain receipts; modifying grant, contract, and lease provisions; modifying state
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.2"></a><var>143.2</var>park permit requirements; modifying water safety provisions; modifying provisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.3"></a><var>143.3</var>to take, possess, and transport wildlife; modifying duties and authority; modifying
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.4"></a><var>143.4</var>Minnesota Naturalist Corps provisions; modifying prescribed burn provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.5"></a><var>143.5</var>modifying timber sales provisions; providing for certain contested case hearings,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.6"></a><var>143.6</var>appeals, and reviews; modifying landfill cleanup program; modifying tax-forfeited
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.7"></a><var>143.7</var>land provisions; providing for consumer choice in merchant bags; modifying buffer
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.8"></a><var>143.8</var>requirements; providing for riparian protection aid; modifying the Water Law; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.9"></a><var>143.9</var>modifying invasive species provisions; modifying off-highway vehicle provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.10"></a><var>143.10</var>modifying permit and license requirements; modifying Petroleum Tank Release <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.11"></a><var>143.11</var>Cleanup Act; extending ban on open air swine basins; modifying environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.12"></a><var>143.12</var>review; modifying Environmental Quality Board; requiring reports; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.13"></a><var>143.13</var>rulemaking;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 84.01, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.14"></a><var>143.14</var>subdivision; 84.027, subdivisions 14a, 14b, by adding subdivisions; 84.788, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.15"></a><var>143.15</var>subdivision 2; 84.793, subdivision 1; 84.8031; 84.82, subdivision 2; 84.925, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.16"></a><var>143.16</var>subdivision 1; 84.9256, subdivisions 1, 2; 84.946, subdivision 2, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.17"></a><var>143.17</var>subdivision; 84.992, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6; 84D.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 84D.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.18"></a><var>143.18</var>subdivision 1; 84D.05, subdivision 1; 84D.108, subdivision 2a, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.19"></a><var>143.19</var>subdivisions; 84D.11, by adding a subdivision; 85.052, subdivision 1; 85.053, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.20"></a><var>143.20</var>subdivisions 8, 10; 85.054, by adding a subdivision; 85.055, subdivision 1; 85.22,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.21"></a><var>143.21</var>subdivision 2a; 85.32, subdivision 1; 86B.301, subdivision 2; 86B.313, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.22"></a><var>143.22</var>1; 86B.701, subdivision 3; 88.01, subdivision 28; 88.523; 89.39; 90.01, subdivisions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.23"></a><var>143.23</var>8, 12, by adding a subdivision; 90.041, subdivision 2; 90.051; 90.101, subdivision
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.24"></a><var>143.24</var>2; 90.14; 90.145, subdivision 2; 90.151, subdivision 1; 90.162; 90.252; 93.25, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.25"></a><var>143.25</var>subdivision 2; 93.47, subdivision 4; 93.481, subdivision 2; 93.50; 94.343, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.26"></a><var>143.26</var>subdivision 9; 94.344, subdivision 9; 97A.015, subdivisions 39, 43, 45, 52, 53, by
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.27"></a><var>143.27</var>adding a subdivision; 97A.045, subdivision 10; 97A.055, subdivision 2; 97A.075, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.28"></a><var>143.28</var>subdivision 1; 97A.137, subdivision 5; 97A.201, subdivision 2, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.29"></a><var>143.29</var>subdivision; 97A.225, subdivision 8; 97A.301, subdivision 1; 97A.338; 97A.420, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.30"></a><var>143.30</var>subdivision 1; 97A.421, subdivision 2a; 97A.441, subdivision 1; 97B.031, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.31"></a><var>143.31</var>subdivision 6; 97B.071; 97B.405; 97B.431; 97B.516; 97B.655, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.32"></a><var>143.32</var>97C.315, subdivision 1; 97C.355, subdivision 2a; 97C.401, subdivision 2; 97C.501,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.33"></a><var>143.33</var>subdivision 1; 97C.515, subdivision 2; 97C.701, by adding a subdivision; 103B.101,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.34"></a><var>143.34</var>subdivision 12a; 103F.411, subdivision 1; 103F.48, subdivisions 1, 3, 7; 103G.005,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.35"></a><var>143.35</var>subdivisions 10b, 10h, by adding a subdivision; 103G.222, subdivisions 1, 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.36"></a><var>143.36</var>103G.223; 103G.2242, subdivisions 1, 2; 103G.2372, subdivision 1; 103G.271, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.37"></a><var>143.37</var>subdivisions 1, 6, 6a, 7, by adding a subdivision; 103G.287, subdivisions 1, 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.38"></a><var>143.38</var>103G.411; 114D.25, by adding a subdivision; 115B.39, subdivision 2; 115B.40, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.39"></a><var>143.39</var>subdivision 4; 115C.021, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 116.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.40"></a><var>143.40</var>subdivision 2b, by adding subdivisions; 116.07, subdivision 4d, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.41"></a><var>143.41</var>subdivisions; 116.0714; 116C.03, subdivision 2; 116C.04, subdivision 2; 116D.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.42"></a><var>143.42</var>subdivisions 2a, 10; 116D.045, subdivision 1; 160.06; 168.1295, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.43"></a><var>143.43</var>282.018, subdivision 1; 282.04, subdivision 1; 296A.18, subdivision 6a; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.44"></a><var>143.44</var>2000, chapter 486, section 4, as amended; Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 4, section
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.45"></a><var>143.45</var>105; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 136; Laws 2016,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.46"></a><var>143.46</var>chapter 189, article 3, sections 6; 26; 46; proposing coding for new law in <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.47"></a><var>143.47</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapters 85; 93; 97B; 115; 115B; 116; 471; 477A; repealing <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.48"></a><var>143.48</var>Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 84.026, subdivision 3; 97B.031, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.49"></a><var>143.49</var>97C.701, subdivisions 1a, 6; 97C.705; 97C.711; 116C.04, subdivisions 3, 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.50"></a><var>143.50</var>Minnesota Rules, parts 6258.0100; 6258.0200; 6258.0300; 6258.0400; 6258.0500; <br />
         		<a id="pl.143.51"></a><var>143.51</var>6258.0600; 6258.0700, subparts 1, 4, 5; 6258.0800; 6258.0900."<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <col width="42px"></col>
            <col width="252px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.1"></a><var>144.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.2"></a><var>144.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.3"></a><var>144.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.4"></a><var>144.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Dan Fabian<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Josh Heintzeman<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.5"></a><var>144.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.6"></a><var>144.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Chris Swedzinski<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Mark Uglem<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.7"></a><var>144.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.8"></a><var>144.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Rob Ecklund<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.9"></a><var>144.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
                  		<span width="2em"></span></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.10"></a><var>144.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.11"></a><var>144.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Bill Ingebrigtsen<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Carrie Ruud<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.12"></a><var>144.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.13"></a><var>144.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Torrey N. Westrom<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Andrew Mathews<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.14"></a><var>144.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.144.15"></a><var>144.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>David J. Tomassoni<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </div>