SF 414

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for environmental, 
  1.4             natural resource, and agricultural purposes; food 
  1.5             licensing fees; administration of federal 
  1.6             reimbursements; furnishing equipment for natural 
  1.7             disaster relief; costs of administering certain school 
  1.8             lands; hazardous substance release recovery proceeds; 
  1.9             costs of assistance in cases of petroleum tank 
  1.10            releases; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 
  1.11            86.72, subdivision 1; 88.065; 92.46, subdivision 1; 
  1.12            115B.20, subdivision 1; and 115C.03, subdivision 9; 
  1.13            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.14            chapter 28A. 
  1.15  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.16  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.17     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.18  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  1.19  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.20  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.21  figures "1995," "1996," and "1997," where used in this act, mean 
  1.22  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  1.23  available for the year ending June 30, 1995, June 30, 1996, or 
  1.24  June 30, 1997, respectively.  
  1.25                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.26                            1996          1997           TOTAL
  1.27  General              $156,755,000   $153,558,000   $310,313,000
  1.28  Environmental          20,201,000     20,407,000     40,608,000
  1.29  Landfill Cleanup        5,659,000      5,623,000     11,282,000
  1.30  Petroleum Cleanup       2,684,000      2,659,000      5,343,000
  2.1   Metro Landfill
  2.2   Contingency Trust         134,000        134,000        268,000
  2.3   Special Revenue        10,356,000     10,363,000     20,719,000
  2.4   Natural Resources      18,727,000     18,628,000     37,355,000
  2.5   Game and Fish          51,052,000     50,567,000    101,619,000
  2.6   TOTAL                $265,568,000   $261,939,000   $527,507,000
  2.7                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.8                                          Available for the Year 
  2.9                                              Ending June 30 
  2.10                                            1996         1997 
  2.11  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  2.12  AGENCY  
  2.13  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  2.14  Appropriation                        $39,293,000    $37,444,000
  2.15                Summary by Fund
  2.16  General              11,362,000     9,361,000
  2.17  Environmental        18,591,000    18,797,000
  2.18  Landfill Cleanup      5,659,000     5,623,000
  2.19  Metro Landfill 
  2.20  Contingency Trust       134,000       134,000
  2.21  Special Revenue         863,000       870,000
  2.22  Petroleum Cleanup     2,684,000     2,659,000
  2.23  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.24  appropriation for each program are 
  2.25  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.26  Subd. 2.  Water Pollution Control 
  2.27       9,903,000      7,919,000
  2.28                Summary by Fund
  2.29  General               7,749,000     5,748,000
  2.30  Environmental         2,154,000     2,171,000
  2.31  $1,946,000 the first year is for grants 
  2.32  to local units of government for the 
  2.33  clean water partnership program.  Any 
  2.34  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  2.35  first year does not cancel and is 
  2.36  available for the second year of the 
  2.37  biennium. 
  2.38  Subd. 3.  Air Pollution Control 
  2.39       7,167,000      7,388,000
  2.40                Summary by Fund
  2.41  Environmental         6,304,000     6,518,000
  2.42  Special Revenue         863,000       870,000
  2.43  Subd. 4.  Groundwater and Solid Waste
  2.44  Pollution Control 
  3.1        7,989,000      7,965,000
  3.2                 Summary by Fund
  3.3   Environmental         3,199,000     3,213,000
  3.4   Metro Landfill 
  3.5   Contingency Trust       126,000       126,000
  3.6   Landfill Cleanup      4,664,000     4,626,000
  3.7   $50,000 is appropriated each year from 
  3.8   the landfill cleanup fund for transfer 
  3.9   to the commissioner of revenue to 
  3.10  enhance compliance and collection of 
  3.11  landfill assessments. 
  3.12  All money in the environmental 
  3.13  response, compensation, and compliance 
  3.14  account in the environmental fund not 
  3.15  otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  3.16  to the commissioners of the pollution 
  3.17  control agency and the department of 
  3.18  agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  3.19  Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  3.20  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (11), 
  3.21  (12), and (13).  At the beginning of 
  3.22  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  3.23  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  3.24  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  3.25  that maximizes the utilization of 
  3.26  resources and appropriately allocates 
  3.27  the money between the two agencies.  
  3.28  This appropriation is available until 
  3.29  June 30, 1997. 
  3.30  Any unencumbered balance from the 
  3.31  metropolitan landfill contingency 
  3.32  action trust fund remaining in the 
  3.33  first year does not cancel but is 
  3.34  available for the second year. 
  3.35  The unencumbered balances of the 
  3.36  appropriations made to the commissioner 
  3.37  of the pollution control agency in Laws 
  3.38  1993, chapter 172, section 2, from the 
  3.39  motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  3.40  environmental fund for grants and 
  3.41  administrative costs for development of 
  3.42  management alternatives for shredder 
  3.43  residue from recyclable steel shall not 
  3.44  cancel, but is available through June 
  3.45  30, 1997. 
  3.46  Subd. 5.  Hazardous Waste Pollution
  3.47  Control 
  3.48       6,317,000      6,188,000
  3.49                Summary by Fund
  3.50  General               1,710,000     1,710,000
  3.51  Environmental         2,371,000     2,275,000
  3.52  Petroleum Cleanup     2,236,000     2,203,000
  3.53  $100,000 the first year is from the 
  3.54  motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  3.55  environmental fund for expansion of 
  4.1   used oil collection sites and to 
  4.2   establish used oil filter sites.  Any 
  4.3   unencumbered balance in the first year 
  4.4   does not cancel and is available for 
  4.5   the second year of the biennium. 
  4.6   Subd. 6.  Policy and Operational Support
  4.7        7,917,000      7,984,000
  4.8                 Summary by Fund
  4.9   General               1,903,000     1,903,000
  4.10  Environmental         4,563,000     4,620,000
  4.11  Landfill Cleanup        995,000       997,000
  4.12  Metro Landfill
  4.13  Contingency               8,000         8,000
  4.14  Petroleum Cleanup       448,000       456,000
  4.15  The following amounts are appropriated 
  4.16  for the final phase of an environmental 
  4.17  computer compliance management system: 
  4.18  General                 400,000       400,000
  4.19  Petroleum Cleanup        32,000        32,000
  4.20  Environmental         2,055,000     2,055,000
  4.21  Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE
  4.22  Subdivision 1.  Total
  4.23  Appropriation                         20,487,000     20,487,000
  4.24                Summary by Fund
  4.25  General              19,146,000    19,146,000
  4.26  Environmental         1,341,000     1,341,000
  4.27  $14,008,000 the first year and 
  4.28  $14,008,000 the second year are for the 
  4.29  SCORE block grants to counties. 
  4.30  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  4.31  balances in the first year do not 
  4.32  cancel but are available for grants and 
  4.33  loans in the second year. 
  4.34  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  4.35  abatement account in the environmental 
  4.36  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  4.37  appropriated to the Office of 
  4.38  Environmental Assistance for the 
  4.39  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.40  473.844. 
  4.41  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD 
  4.42  Subdivision 1.  Total
  4.43  Appropriation                          5,274,000      5,074,000
  4.44  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.45  appropriation are specified in the 
  4.46  following subdivisions. 
  4.47  Subd. 2.  Biological Programs
  5.1          655,000        655,000 
  5.2   Subd. 3.  Operations
  5.3        4,619,000      4,419,000 
  5.4   $200,000 in the first year is for 
  5.5   computer systems. 
  5.6   Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  5.7   Subdivision 1.  Total  
  5.8   Appropriation                        154,644,000    153,647,000
  5.9                 Summary by Fund
  5.10  General              84,865,000    84,452,000
  5.11  Game and Fish        51,052,000    50,567,000 
  5.12  Natural Resources    18,727,000    18,628,000 
  5.13  Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  5.14       4,717,000      4,717,000
  5.15  $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  5.16  the second year are for iron ore 
  5.17  cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  5.18  the first year and $225,000 the second 
  5.19  year are available only as matched by 
  5.20  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  5.21  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  5.22  remaining in the first year does not 
  5.23  cancel but is available for the second 
  5.24  year. 
  5.25  $375,000 the first year and $375,000 
  5.26  the second year are for mineral 
  5.27  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  5.28  balance remaining in the first year 
  5.29  does not cancel but is available for 
  5.30  the second year.  
  5.31  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
  5.32  second year are for minerals 
  5.33  cooperative environmental research, of 
  5.34  which $30,000 the first year and 
  5.35  $30,000 the second year are available 
  5.36  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  5.37  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  5.38  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  5.39  first year does not cancel but is 
  5.40  available for the second year. 
  5.41  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management
  5.42       8,281,000      8,281,000
  5.43                Summary by Fund
  5.44  General               8,040,000     8,040,000
  5.45  Natural Resources       241,000       241,000
  5.46  $95,000 the first year and $95,000 the 
  5.47  second year are for a grant to the 
  5.48  Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
  5.49  50 percent of the cost of implementing 
  5.50  the comprehensive plan for the upper 
  5.51  Mississippi within areas under its 
  6.1   jurisdiction. 
  6.2   $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the 
  6.3   second year are for payment to the 
  6.4   Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
  6.5   implement its portion of the 
  6.6   comprehensive plan for the upper 
  6.7   Mississippi. 
  6.8   Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
  6.9       27,521,000     28,074,000
  6.10                Summary by Fund
  6.11  General              27,079,000    27,632,000
  6.12  Natural Resources       442,000       442,000
  6.13  $736,000 the first year and $736,000 
  6.14  the second year are for presuppression 
  6.15  and suppression costs of emergency fire 
  6.16  fighting.  If the appropriation for 
  6.17  either year is insufficient, the 
  6.18  appropriation for the other year is 
  6.19  available for it.  If these 
  6.20  appropriations are insufficient to 
  6.21  cover all costs of suppression, the 
  6.22  amount necessary to pay for emergency 
  6.23  firefighting expenses during the 
  6.24  biennium is appropriated from the 
  6.25  general fund. 
  6.26  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation
  6.27  Management
  6.28      23,825,000     23,854,000
  6.29                Summary by Fund
  6.30  General              23,138,000    23,172,000
  6.31  Natural Resources       687,000       682,000
  6.32  $687,000 the first year and $682,000 
  6.33  the second year are from the water 
  6.34  recreation account in the natural 
  6.35  resources fund for state park 
  6.36  development projects.  If the 
  6.37  appropriation in either year is 
  6.38  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  6.39  other year is available for it. 
  6.40  $2,238,000 the first year and 
  6.41  $2,238,000 the second year are for 
  6.42  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
  6.43  council for metropolitan area regional 
  6.44  parks maintenance and operation. 
  6.45  Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways
  6.46      11,399,000     11,086,000
  6.47                Summary by Fund
  6.48  General               1,177,000     1,177,000
  6.49  Game and Fish         1,334,000     1,021,000
  6.50  Natural Resources     8,888,000     8,888,000
  7.1   $2,249,000 the first year and 
  7.2   $2,249,000 the second year are from the 
  7.3   snowmobile trails and enforcement 
  7.4   account in the natural resources fund 
  7.5   for snowmobile grants-in-aid. 
  7.6   $355,000 the first year and $355,000 
  7.7   the second year are from the 
  7.8   all-terrain vehicle account in the 
  7.9   natural resources fund for all-terrain 
  7.10  vehicle grants-in-aid. 
  7.11  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
  7.12  the second year are from the water 
  7.13  recreation account in the natural 
  7.14  resources fund for a safe harbor 
  7.15  program on Lake Superior.  Any 
  7.16  unencumbered balance at the end of the 
  7.17  first year does not cancel and is 
  7.18  available for the second year.  
  7.19  The amounts spent by the commissioner 
  7.20  of natural resources from the 
  7.21  appropriations in Laws 1993, chapter 
  7.22  311, article 1, section 18, paragraph 
  7.23  (a), for off-highway motorcycles and 
  7.24  article 2, section 19, paragraph (a), 
  7.25  for off-road vehicles must be 
  7.26  reimbursed to the general fund by June 
  7.27  30, 1996. 
  7.28  Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
  7.29      35,205,000     35,140,000
  7.30                Summary by Fund
  7.31  General               2,456,000     2,456,000
  7.32  Game and Fish        30,650,000    30,650,000
  7.33  Natural Resources     2,099,000     2,034,000
  7.34  $955,000 the first year and $955,000 
  7.35  the second year are from the nongame 
  7.36  wildlife management account in the 
  7.37  natural resources fund for the purpose 
  7.38  of nongame wildlife management.  Any 
  7.39  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  7.40  first year does not cancel but is 
  7.41  available the second year.  
  7.42  $1,313,000 the first year and 
  7.43  $1,313,000 the second year are for the 
  7.44  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
  7.45  and fish, critical habitat, and 
  7.46  wetlands established under Minnesota 
  7.47  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
  7.48  2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
  7.49  first year does not cancel but is 
  7.50  available for use the second year. 
  7.51  $1,104,000 the first year and 
  7.52  $1,104,000 the second year are from the 
  7.53  wildlife acquisition account for only 
  7.54  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
  7.55  Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
  7.56  3.  
  7.57  $1,200,000 the first year and 
  7.58  $1,200,000 the second year are from the 
  8.1   deer habitat improvement account for 
  8.2   only the purposes specified in 
  8.3   Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
  8.4   subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
  8.5   $138,000 the first year and $138,000 
  8.6   the second year are from the deer and 
  8.7   bear management account for only the 
  8.8   purposes specified in Minnesota 
  8.9   Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
  8.10  1, paragraph (c). 
  8.11  $130,000 the first year and $130,000 
  8.12  the second year are from the game and 
  8.13  fish fund for deer and bear management 
  8.14  to include emergency deer feeding.  If 
  8.15  the appropriation for either year is 
  8.16  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  8.17  other year is available.  
  8.18  $661,000 the first year and $661,000 
  8.19  the second year are from the waterfowl 
  8.20  habitat improvement account for only 
  8.21  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
  8.22  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
  8.23  2. 
  8.24  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
  8.25  the second year are from the trout 
  8.26  stream management account for only the 
  8.27  purposes specified in Minnesota 
  8.28  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
  8.29  3. 
  8.30  $545,000 the first year and $545,000 
  8.31  the second year are from the pheasant 
  8.32  habitat improvement account for only 
  8.33  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
  8.34  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
  8.35  4. 
  8.36  $234,000 the first year and $234,000 
  8.37  the second year are from the game and 
  8.38  fish fund for activities relating to 
  8.39  reduction and prevention of property 
  8.40  damage by wildlife. 
  8.41  Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
  8.42      17,008,000     17,007,000
  8.43                Summary by Fund
  8.44  General               2,885,000     2,885,000
  8.45  Game and Fish        11,039,000    11,039,000
  8.46  Natural Resources     3,084,000     3,083,000
  8.47  $1,082,000 the first year and 
  8.48  $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
  8.49  water recreation account in the natural 
  8.50  resources fund for grants to counties 
  8.51  for boat and water safety. 
  8.52  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
  8.53  second year are for costs related to 
  8.54  the 1837 Treaty with the Chippewa. 
  8.55  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
  9.1       26,688,000     25,488,000
  9.2                 Summary by Fund
  9.3   General              15,373,000    14,373,000
  9.4   Game and Fish         8,029,000     7,857,000
  9.5   Natural Resources     3,286,000     3,258,000
  9.6   The commissioner of natural resources 
  9.7   shall have the authority to contract 
  9.8   with and make grants to nonprofit 
  9.9   agencies to carry out the purposes, 
  9.10  plans, and programs of the office of 
  9.11  youth programs, Minnesota conservation 
  9.12  corps. 
  9.13  $1,000,000 is appropriated in 1996 and 
  9.14  is available for transfer to the 
  9.15  attorney general's office for treaty 
  9.16  litigation expenses related to the 
  9.17  Mille Lacs and Fond du Lac cases.  Any 
  9.18  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  9.19  first year does not cancel but is 
  9.20  available for the second year. 
  9.21  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
  9.22  SOIL RESOURCES                        13,367,000     13,367,000
  9.23  $5,353,000 the first year and 
  9.24  $5,353,000 the second year are for 
  9.25  natural resources block grants to local 
  9.26  governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
  9.27  in each year is for a grant to the 
  9.28  north shore management board.  
  9.29  Grants must be matched with a 
  9.30  combination of local cash or in-kind 
  9.31  contributions.  The base grant portion 
  9.32  related to water planning must be 
  9.33  matched by an amount that would be 
  9.34  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
  9.35  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
  9.36  $1,599,000 the first year and 
  9.37  $1,599,000 the second year are for 
  9.38  grants to soil and water conservation 
  9.39  districts for general purposes and for 
  9.40  implementation of the RIM conservation 
  9.41  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
  9.42  board, expenditures may be made from 
  9.43  these appropriations for supplies and 
  9.44  services benefiting soil and water 
  9.45  conservation districts. 
  9.46  $2,120,000 the first year and 
  9.47  $2,120,000 the second year are for 
  9.48  grants to soil and water conservation 
  9.49  districts for cost-sharing contracts 
  9.50  for erosion control and water quality 
  9.51  management.  This appropriation is 
  9.52  available until expended. 
  9.53  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
  9.54  the second year are for grants to 
  9.55  watershed districts and other local 
  9.56  units of government in the southern 
  9.57  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
  9.58  flood plain management. 
 10.1   Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 10.2   program of grants does not cancel at 
 10.3   the end of the first year and is 
 10.4   available for the second year for the 
 10.5   same grant program. 
 10.6   Sec. 7.  AGRICULTURE 
 10.7   Subdivision 1.  Total 
 10.8   Appropriation                         24,765,000     24,091,000
 10.9                 Summary by Fund
 10.10  General              15,203,000    14,529,000
 10.11  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 10.12  Special Revenue       9,293,000     9,293,000
 10.13  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 10.14  appropriation for each program are 
 10.15  specified in the following subdivisions.
 10.16  Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
 10.17      17,313,000     17,313,000
 10.18                Summary by Fund
 10.19  General               7,933,000     7,933,000
 10.20  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 10.21  Special Revenue       9,111,000     9,111,000
 10.22  $269,000 the first year and $269,000 
 10.23  the second year are from the 
 10.24  environmental response, compensation, 
 10.25  and compliance account in the 
 10.26  environmental fund. 
 10.27  $4,070,000 the first year and 
 10.28  $4,070,000 the second year are 
 10.29  appropriated from the pesticide 
 10.30  regulatory account established under 
 10.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 18B.05 for 
 10.32  administration and enforcement of 
 10.33  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B. 
 10.34  $694,000 the first year and $694,000 
 10.35  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.36  the fertilizer inspection account 
 10.37  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.38  section 18C.131 for administration and 
 10.39  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.40  chapter 18C. 
 10.41  $431,000 the first year and $431,000 
 10.42  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.43  the seed potato inspection account 
 10.44  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.45  section 21.115 for administration and 
 10.46  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.47  sections 21.111 to 21.122. 
 10.48  $649,000 the first year and $649,000 
 10.49  the second year are appropriated from 
 10.50  the seed inspection fund established 
 10.51  under Minnesota Statutes, section 21.92 
 10.52  for administration and enforcement of 
 10.53  Minnesota Statutes, sections 21.80 to 
 11.1   21.92. 
 11.2   $691,000 the first year and $691,000 
 11.3   the second year are appropriated from 
 11.4   the commercial feed inspection account 
 11.5   established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.6   section 25.39, subdivision 4 for 
 11.7   administration and enforcement of 
 11.8   Minnesota Statutes, sections 25.35 to 
 11.9   25.44. 
 11.10  $617,000 the first year and $617,000 
 11.11  the second year are appropriated from 
 11.12  the fruit and vegetables inspection 
 11.13  account established under Minnesota 
 11.14  Statutes, section 27.07, subdivision 6 
 11.15  for administration and enforcement of 
 11.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 27.07. 
 11.17  $1,644,000 the first year and 
 11.18  $1,644,000 the second year are 
 11.19  appropriated from the dairy services 
 11.20  account established under Minnesota 
 11.21  Statutes, section 32.394, subdivision 
 11.22  9, for the purpose of dairy services 
 11.23  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 32. 
 11.24  $315,000 the first year and $315,000 
 11.25  the second year are appropriated from 
 11.26  the livestock weighing fund established 
 11.27  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.28  17A.11 for the purpose of livestock 
 11.29  weighing costs under Minnesota 
 11.30  Statutes, chapter 17A. 
 11.31  Subd. 3.  Promotion and Marketing 
 11.32       1,183,000      1,183,000
 11.33                 Summary by Fund
 11.34  General              1,001,000    1,001,000
 11.35  Special Revenue        182,000      182,000
 11.36  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.37  section 41A.09, subdivision 3, the 
 11.38  total payments from the ethanol 
 11.39  development account to all producers 
 11.40  may not exceed $28,000,000 for the 
 11.41  biennium ending June 30, 1997.  
 11.42  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 11.43  the second year are for ethanol 
 11.44  promotion and public education. 
 11.45  $71,000 the first year and $71,000 the 
 11.46  second year are for transfer to the 
 11.47  Minnesota grown matching account and 
 11.48  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
 11.49  grown promotion under Minnesota 
 11.50  Statutes, section 17.109. 
 11.51  $182,000 the first year and $182,000 
 11.52  the second year are from the 
 11.53  commodities research and promotion 
 11.54  account in the special revenue fund. 
 11.55  Subd. 4.  Administration and 
 11.56  Financial Service 
 12.1        6,269,000      5,595,000
 12.2   $250,000 the first year is for transfer 
 12.3   to the value-added agricultural product 
 12.4   revolving loan account in the special 
 12.5   revenue fund. 
 12.6   $250,000 the first year is for transfer 
 12.7   to the ethanol development account in 
 12.8   the special revenue fund. 
 12.9   $133,000 the first year and $59,000 the 
 12.10  second year are for debt servicing 
 12.11  costs for the rural finance authority 
 12.12  livestock expansion program.  These 
 12.13  amounts shall be transferred to the 
 12.14  debt service fund in the department of 
 12.15  finance. 
 12.16  $150,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 12.17  second year are for dairy policy 
 12.18  studies and federal milk marketing 
 12.19  order reform. 
 12.20  $285,000 the first year and $285,000 
 12.21  the second year are for family farm 
 12.22  security interest payment adjustments.  
 12.23  If the appropriation for either year is 
 12.24  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 12.25  other year is available for it.  No new 
 12.26  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
 12.27  1996 or 1997.  
 12.28  $197,000 the first year and $197,000 
 12.29  the second year are to manage the 
 12.30  family farm advocacy program. 
 12.31  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 12.32  second year are for the Northern Crops 
 12.33  Institute.  These appropriations may be 
 12.34  spent to purchase equipment and are 
 12.35  available until spent.  
 12.36  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 12.37  the second year are for grants to 
 12.38  agriculture information centers.  The 
 12.39  grants are only available on a match 
 12.40  basis.  The funds may be released at 
 12.41  the rate of two state dollars for each 
 12.42  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
 12.43  raised.  Any appropriated amounts not 
 12.44  matched by April 1 of each year are 
 12.45  available for other purposes within the 
 12.46  department. 
 12.47  $53,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
 12.48  second year are for payment of claims 
 12.49  relating to livestock damaged by 
 12.50  endangered animal species and 
 12.51  agricultural crops damaged by elk.  If 
 12.52  the appropriation for either year is 
 12.53  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 12.54  other year is available for it. 
 12.55  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 12.56  the second year are for the seaway port 
 12.57  authority of Duluth. 
 12.58  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
 12.59  second year is for a grant to the 
 12.60  Minnesota livestock breeder's 
 13.1   association. 
 13.2   Sec. 8.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH        2,165,000      2,217,000
 13.3   Sec. 9.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION
 13.4   RESEARCH INSTITUTE
 13.5   Total Appropriation                    4,130,000      4,130,000
 13.6                 Summary by Fund
 13.7   General               3,930,000     3,930,000
 13.8   Special Revenue         200,000       200,000
 13.9   $200,000 is appropriated each year from 
 13.10  the department of agriculture's 
 13.11  pesticide regulatory account. 
 13.12  Sec. 10.  MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
 13.13  BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                 134,000        138,000
 13.14  This appropriation is to be matched by 
 13.15  an equal amount from the state of 
 13.16  Wisconsin. 
 13.17  Sec. 11.  CITIZEN'S COUNCIL ON 
 13.18  VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK                   60,000         62,000
 13.19  Sec. 12.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 13.20  OF MINNESOTA                           1,141,000      1,174,000
 13.21  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 13.22  OF SCIENCE                                36,000         36,000
 13.23  Sec. 14.  MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 
 13.24  SOCIETY                                   72,000         72,000
 13.25     Sec. 15.  [28A.085] [ADDITIONAL FEE FOR CERTAIN 
 13.26  OPERATIONS.] 
 13.27     In addition to the fee prescribed by section 28A.08, retail 
 13.28  and wholesale food handlers, and wholesale food processors or 
 13.29  manufacturers, with gross annual sales in excess of $1,000,000 
 13.30  during the preceding license year, shall pay an additional fee 
 13.31  of $0.00004 for each dollar of gross annual sales in excess of 
 13.32  $1,000,000.  In no event, however, shall the fee imposed by 
 13.33  section 28A.08 combined with the additional fee imposed by this 
 13.34  section exceed $10,000 for any license year.  The fee imposed by 
 13.35  this section shall not be charged to: 
 13.36     (1) dairy plants, as defined in section 32.01; 
 13.37     (2) commercial canneries, as defined in section 31.31; 
 13.38     (3) food brokers, as defined in section 28A.05; or 
 13.39     (4) firms under the supervision of the United States 
 13.40  Department of Agriculture. 
 13.41     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86.72, 
 14.1   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 14.2      Subdivision 1.  Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
 14.3   federal reimbursements and match money received for the purposes 
 14.4   described in this chapter, regardless of the source of state 
 14.5   match, credit or value used to earn the reimbursement or match, 
 14.6   other than the federal match for state money appropriated to the 
 14.7   local recreation and natural areas grant-in-aid account, and 
 14.8   other than the federal great river road money, shall in the 
 14.9   first instance be credited to a federal receipt account by the 
 14.10  state agency receiving the reimbursement or match.  Any state 
 14.11  department or agency, including the Minnesota historical society 
 14.12  and the University of Minnesota, that receives reimbursements or 
 14.13  matching money as described above shall transfer those amounts 
 14.14  to the natural resources federal reimbursement account.  Costs 
 14.15  incurred by the department of natural resources in administering 
 14.16  federal reimbursements are appropriated annually to the 
 14.17  commissioner from the federal receipt account. 
 14.18     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 88.065, is 
 14.19  amended to read: 
 14.20     88.065 [EQUIPMENT FURNISHED.] 
 14.21     Subject to applicable provisions of state laws respecting 
 14.22  purchases, the commissioner of natural resources may purchase 
 14.23  for and furnish to any governmental subdivisions of the state 
 14.24  authorized to engage in wildfire prevention or suppression 
 14.25  natural disaster relief materials or equipment therefor, and may 
 14.26  transport, repair, and renovate wildfire prevention and 
 14.27  suppression natural disaster relief materials and equipment for 
 14.28  governmental subdivisions of the state.  The commissioner may 
 14.29  use any funds available for the purchase of wildfire prevention 
 14.30  or suppression natural disaster relief equipment or for its 
 14.31  repair, transportation, and renovation under federal grants, if 
 14.32  permitted by the terms thereof, or under state appropriations, 
 14.33  unless otherwise expressly provided.  Except as otherwise 
 14.34  authorized or permitted by federal or state laws or regulations, 
 14.35  the governmental subdivision receiving any such materials or 
 14.36  services shall reimburse the state for the cost.  All moneys 
 15.1   received in reimbursement shall be credited to the fund from 
 15.2   which the purchase, transportation, repair, or renovation was 
 15.3   made, and are hereby reappropriated annually and shall be 
 15.4   available for the same purpose as the original 
 15.5   appropriation.  As used in this section, "natural disaster 
 15.6   relief" means wildfire prevention or suppression, hazardous 
 15.7   material discharge control or cleanup, or flood or windstorm 
 15.8   relief. 
 15.9      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 92.46, 
 15.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 15.11     Subdivision 1.  [PUBLIC CAMPGROUNDS.] (a) The director may 
 15.12  designate suitable portions of the state lands withdrawn from 
 15.13  sale and not reserved, as provided in section 92.45, as 
 15.14  permanent state public campgrounds.  The director may have the 
 15.15  land surveyed and platted into lots of convenient size, and 
 15.16  lease them for cottage and camp purposes under terms and 
 15.17  conditions the director prescribes, subject to the provisions of 
 15.18  this section.  
 15.19     (b) A lease may not be for a term more than 20 years.  The 
 15.20  lease may allow renewal, from time to time, for additional terms 
 15.21  of no longer than 20 years each.  The lease may be canceled by 
 15.22  the commissioner 90 days after giving the person leasing the 
 15.23  land written notice of violation of lease conditions.  The lease 
 15.24  rate shall be based on the appraised value of leased land as 
 15.25  determined by the commissioner of natural resources and shall be 
 15.26  adjusted by the commissioner at the fifth, tenth, and 15th 
 15.27  anniversary of the lease, if the appraised value has increased 
 15.28  or decreased.  For leases that are renewed in 1991 and following 
 15.29  years, the lease rate shall be five percent of the appraised 
 15.30  value of the leased land.  The appraised value shall be the 
 15.31  value of the leased land without any private improvements and 
 15.32  must be comparable to similar land without any improvements 
 15.33  within the same county.  The minimum appraised value that the 
 15.34  commissioner assigns to the leased land must be substantially 
 15.35  equal to the county assessor's estimated market value of similar 
 15.36  land adjusted by the assessment/sales ratio as determined by the 
 16.1   department of revenue. 
 16.2      (c) By July 1, 1986, the commissioner of natural resources 
 16.3   shall adopt rules under chapter 14 to establish procedures for 
 16.4   leasing land under this section.  The rules shall be subject to 
 16.5   review and approval by the commissioners of revenue and 
 16.6   administration prior to the initial publication pursuant to 
 16.7   chapter 14 and prior to their final adoption.  The rules must 
 16.8   address at least the following: 
 16.9      (1) method of appraising the property; and 
 16.10     (2) an appeal procedure for both the appraised values and 
 16.11  lease rates. 
 16.12     (d) All money received from these leases must be credited 
 16.13  to the fund to which the proceeds of the land belong.  
 16.14     Notwithstanding section 16A.125 or any other law to the 
 16.15  contrary, 50 percent of the money received from the lease of 
 16.16  permanent school fund lands leased pursuant to this subdivision 
 16.17  shall be deposited into the permanent school trust fund.  
 16.18  However, in fiscal years 1994 and 1995 year 1996 and thereafter, 
 16.19  this money must be credited to the lakeshore leasing and sales 
 16.20  account in the permanent school fund and, subject to 
 16.21  appropriation, may be used is appropriated for use to survey, 
 16.22  appraise, and pay associated selling and leasing costs of lots 
 16.23  as required in this section and section 92.67, subdivision 3.  
 16.24  The money may not be used to pay the cost of surveying lots not 
 16.25  scheduled for sale.  Any money designated for deposit in the 
 16.26  permanent school fund that is not needed to survey, appraise, 
 16.27  and pay associated selling and leasing costs of lots, as 
 16.28  required in this section and section 92.67, shall be deposited 
 16.29  in the permanent school fund.  The commissioner shall add to the 
 16.30  appraised value of any lot offered for sale the costs of 
 16.31  surveying, appraising, and selling the lot, and shall first 
 16.32  deposit into the permanent school fund an amount equal to the 
 16.33  costs of surveying, appraising, and selling any lot paid out of 
 16.34  the permanent school fund.  Any remaining money shall be 
 16.35  deposited into any other contributing funds in proportion to the 
 16.36  contribution from each fund.  In no case may the commissioner 
 17.1   add to the appraised value of any lot offered for sale an amount 
 17.2   more than $700 for the costs of surveying and appraising the lot.
 17.3      Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115B.20, 
 17.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 17.5      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) The environmental 
 17.6   response, compensation, and compliance account is in the 
 17.7   environmental fund in the state treasury and may be spent only 
 17.8   for the purposes provided in subdivision 2.  
 17.9      (b) The commissioner of finance shall administer a response 
 17.10  account for the agency and the commissioner of agriculture to 
 17.11  take removal, response, and other actions authorized under 
 17.12  subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (4) and (11) to (13).  The 
 17.13  commissioner of finance shall transfer money from the response 
 17.14  account to the agency and the commissioner of agriculture to 
 17.15  take actions required under subdivision 2, clauses (1) to (4) 
 17.16  and (11) to (13).  
 17.17     (c) The commissioner of finance shall administer the 
 17.18  account in a manner that allows the commissioner of agriculture 
 17.19  and the agency to utilize the money in the account to implement 
 17.20  their removal and remedial action duties as effectively as 
 17.21  possible. 
 17.22     (d) Amounts appropriated to the commissioner of finance 
 17.23  under this subdivision shall not be included in the department 
 17.24  of finance budget but shall be included in the pollution control 
 17.25  agency and department of agriculture budgets. 
 17.26     (e) All money recovered by the state under section 115B.04 
 17.27  or any other law for injury to, destruction of, or loss of 
 17.28  natural resources resulting from the release of a hazardous 
 17.29  substance, or a pollutant or contaminant, shall be deposited in 
 17.30  the environmental response, compensation, and compliance account 
 17.31  in the environmental fund and is annually appropriated to the 
 17.32  commissioner of natural resources for purposes of subdivision 2, 
 17.33  clause (6), consistent with any applicable term of judgments, 
 17.34  consent decrees, consent orders, or other administration actions 
 17.35  requiring payments to the state for such purposes. 
 17.36     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 115C.03, 
 18.1   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 18.2      Subd. 9.  [REQUESTS FOR REVIEW, INVESTIGATION, AND 
 18.3   OVERSIGHT.] (a) The commissioner may, upon request:  
 18.4      (1) assist in determining whether a release has occurred; 
 18.5   and 
 18.6      (2) assist in or supervise the development and 
 18.7   implementation of reasonable and necessary corrective actions.  
 18.8      (b) Assistance may include review of agency records and 
 18.9   files and review and approval of a requester's investigation 
 18.10  plans and reports and corrective action plans and implementation.
 18.11     (c) Assistance may include the issuance of a written 
 18.12  determination that an owner or prospective buyer of real 
 18.13  property will not be a responsible person under section 
 18.14  115C.021, if the commissioner finds the release came from a tank 
 18.15  not located on the property.  The commissioner may also issue a 
 18.16  written confirmation that the real property was the site of a 
 18.17  release and that the tank from which the release occurred has 
 18.18  been removed or that the agency has issued a site closure letter 
 18.19  and has not revoked that status.  The issuance of the written 
 18.20  determination or confirmation applies to tanks not on the 
 18.21  property or removed only and does not affect liability for 
 18.22  releases from tanks that are on the property at the time of 
 18.23  purchase.  The written determination or confirmation extends to 
 18.24  the successors and assigns of the person to whom it originally 
 18.25  applied, if the successors and assigns are not otherwise 
 18.26  responsible for the release. 
 18.27     (d) The person requesting assistance under this subdivision 
 18.28  shall pay the agency for the agency's cost, as determined by the 
 18.29  commissioner, of providing assistance.  Money received by the 
 18.30  agency for assistance under this subdivision must be deposited 
 18.31  in the state treasury and credited to the an account in the 
 18.32  special revenue fund.  Money in this account is annually 
 18.33  appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of administering 
 18.34  this subdivision.