SF 106

5th Engrossment - 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; adding 
  1.5             provisions relating to native vegetation; modifying 
  1.6             provisions relating to disposition of certain revenues 
  1.7             from state trust lands, sales of software, 
  1.8             agricultural and environmental loans and grants, food 
  1.9             handlers, ethanol and oxygenated fuels, registration 
  1.10            fees for recreational vehicles and boats, the 
  1.11            citizen's council on Voyageurs National Park, local 
  1.12            recreation grants, state trails and canal and boating 
  1.13            routes, zoo admission charges, watercraft surcharge, 
  1.14            trout and salmon stamp, deer hunting licenses, water 
  1.15            information, watershed district rules, sewage sludge, 
  1.16            expenditure of money in the environmental trust fund, 
  1.17            well sealing grants, pollution control agency fees, 
  1.18            used motor oil and filters, and payments in lieu of 
  1.19            taxes; establishing the Passing on the Farm Center; 
  1.20            adding provisions relating to forest resource 
  1.21            management; establishing special critical habitat 
  1.22            license plates; authorizing establishment of a 
  1.23            shooting area in Sand Dunes State Forest; abolishing 
  1.24            the harmful substance compensation board and account; 
  1.25            extending performance reporting requirements; 
  1.26            providing for easements across state trails in certain 
  1.27            circumstances; establishing a council and task forces; 
  1.28            repealing requirements relating to fish taken in 
  1.29            Canada; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 
  1.30            15.50, by adding a subdivision; 15.91, subdivision 1; 
  1.31            16A.125; 16B.405, subdivision 2; 17.117, subdivisions 
  1.32            2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, and by adding 
  1.33            subdivisions; 28A.03; 28A.08; 41A.09, by adding 
  1.34            subdivisions; 41B.02, subdivision 20; 41B.03, 
  1.35            subdivision 6; 41B.04, subdivision 17; 41B.043, 
  1.36            subdivisions 1b, 2, and 3; 41B.045, subdivision 2; 
  1.37            41B.046, subdivision 1, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.38            84.631; 84.788, subdivision 3; 84.798, subdivision 3; 
  1.39            84.82, subdivision 2; 84.922, subdivision 2; 84.943, 
  1.40            subdivision 3; 84B.11, subdivision 1; 85.015, 
  1.41            subdivision 11, and by adding a subdivision; 85.019; 
  1.42            85.32, subdivision 1; 85A.02, subdivision 17; 86.72, 
  1.43            subdivision 1; 86B.415, subdivisions 7 and 8; 86B.870, 
  1.44            subdivision 1; 89.001, subdivision 8; 92.46, 
  1.45            subdivision 1; 97C.305, subdivision 1; 103A.43; 
  1.46            103D.335, subdivision 19; 103F.725, subdivision 1a; 
  2.1             103H.151, by adding a subdivision; 103I.331, 
  2.2             subdivision 4; 115A.03, subdivision 29; 115A.908, 
  2.3             subdivision 3; 115B.20, subdivision 1; 115B.25, 
  2.4             subdivision 1a; 115B.26, subdivision 2; 115B.41, 
  2.5             subdivision 1; 115B.42; 115C.03, subdivision 9; 
  2.6             116.07, subdivision 4d; 116.12, subdivision 1; 116.96, 
  2.7             subdivision 5; 116C.69, subdivision 3; 116P.11; 
  2.8             239.011, subdivision 2; 239.54; 239.791, subdivision 
  2.9             8; 296.02, by adding a subdivision; 325E.10, 
  2.10            subdivision 1; 325E.11; 446A.07, subdivision 8; 
  2.11            446A.071, subdivision 2; 473.845, subdivision 2; 
  2.12            477A.12; and 477A.14; Laws 1992, chapter 558, section 
  2.13            17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  2.14            Statutes, chapters 17; 28A; 84; 89; 116; 168; 177; and 
  2.15            325E; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
  2.16            Statutes, chapter 89A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  2.17            1994, sections 28A.08, subdivision 2; 41A.09, 
  2.18            subdivisions 2, 3, and 5; 97A.531, subdivisions 2, 3, 
  2.19            4, 5, and 6; 97B.301, subdivision 5; 115B.26, 
  2.20            subdivision 1; 239.791, subdivisions 4, 5, 6, and 9; 
  2.21            296.02, subdivision 7; 325E.0951, subdivision 5; and 
  2.22            446A.071, subdivision 7; Laws 1993, chapter 172, 
  2.23            section 10. 
  2.24  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.25  Section 1.  [ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.26     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.27  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  2.28  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.29  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.30  figures "1995," "1996," and "1997," where used in this act, mean 
  2.31  that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.32  available for the year ending June 30, 1995, June 30, 1996, or 
  2.33  June 30, 1997, respectively.  
  2.34                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  2.35               1995        1996           1997          TOTAL
  2.36  General   $  140,000  $161,448,000   $157,190,000  $318,778,000
  2.37  Environmental           20,952,000     21,217,000    42,169,000
  2.38  Solid Waste  130,000     5,819,000      5,743,000    11,692,000
  2.39  Petroleum Tank           2,386,000      2,659,000     5,045,000
  2.40  Metro Landfill 
  2.41  Contingency Trust          134,000        134,000       268,000
  2.42  Special 
  2.43  Revenue      122,000    10,386,000     10,379,000    20,887,000
  2.44  Natural Resources       18,818,000     19,145,000    37,963,000
  2.45  Game and Fish           51,477,000     51,339,000   102,816,000
  2.46  Environmental 
  2.47  Trust      2,240,000    15,604,000        -0-        17,844,000
  2.48  Minnesota      
  2.49  Future Resources        15,083,000        -0-        15,083,000
  3.1   Oil Overcharge           2,055,000        -0-         2,055,000
  3.2   Permanent University       -0-            500,000       500,000
  3.3   Highway User  
  3.4   Tax Distribution            50,000        -0-            50,000
  3.5   Great Lakes  
  3.6   Protection                130,000                       130,000 
  3.7   TOTAL      2,632,000   304,342,000    268,306,000   575,280,000
  3.8                                              APPROPRIATIONS 
  3.9                                          Available for the Year 
  3.10                                             Ending June 30 
  3.11                               1995         1996         1997 
  3.12  Sec. 2.  POLLUTION CONTROL    
  3.13  AGENCY  
  3.14  Subdivision 1.  Total           
  3.15  Appropriation             130,000     39,891,000    38,183,000
  3.16                Summary by Fund
  3.17  General              11,572,000     9,441,000
  3.18  Environmental        19,342,000    19,607,000
  3.19  Solid Waste  130,000  5,679,000     5,643,000
  3.20  Metro Landfill 
  3.21  Contingency             134,000       134,000
  3.22  Special Revenue         778,000       699,000
  3.23  Petroleum Tank        2,386,000     2,659,000
  3.24  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.25  appropriation for each program are 
  3.26  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.27  Subd. 2.  Water Pollution Control 
  3.28      11,178,000      9,109,000
  3.29                Summary by Fund
  3.30  General               8,104,000     6,123,000
  3.31  Environmental         3,074,000     2,986,000
  3.32  $1,946,000 the first year is for grants 
  3.33  to local units of government for the 
  3.34  clean water partnership program.  Any 
  3.35  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  3.36  first year does not cancel and is 
  3.37  available for the second year of the 
  3.38  biennium. 
  3.39  General fund money appropriated for the 
  3.40  nonpoint source pollution Minnesota 
  3.41  River project must be matched by 
  3.42  federal dollars. 
  3.43  Of this amount, $855,000 in each fiscal 
  3.44  year is for grants for county 
  3.45  administration of the feedlot permit 
  3.46  program.  This amount is transferred to 
  3.47  the board of water and soil resources 
  4.1   for disbursement in accordance with 
  4.2   Minnesota Statutes, section 103B.3369, 
  4.3   in cooperation with the pollution 
  4.4   control agency.  Grants must be matched 
  4.5   with a combination of local cash and/or 
  4.6   in-kind contributions.  Counties 
  4.7   receiving these grants shall submit an 
  4.8   annual report to the pollution control 
  4.9   agency regarding activities conducted 
  4.10  under the grant, expenditures made, and 
  4.11  local match contributions.  First 
  4.12  priority for funding shall be given to 
  4.13  counties that have requested and 
  4.14  received delegation from the pollution 
  4.15  control agency for processing of animal 
  4.16  feedlot permit applications under 
  4.17  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.07, 
  4.18  subdivision 7.  Delegated counties 
  4.19  shall be eligible to receive a grant of 
  4.20  $5,000 plus either:  $15 multiplied by 
  4.21  the number of livestock or poultry 
  4.22  farms with sales greater than $10,000, 
  4.23  as reported in the 1992 Census of 
  4.24  Agriculture, published by the United 
  4.25  States Bureau of Census; or $25 
  4.26  multiplied by the number of feedlots 
  4.27  with greater than ten animal units as 
  4.28  determined by a level 2 or level 3 
  4.29  feedlot inventory conducted in 
  4.30  accordance with the Feedlot Inventory 
  4.31  Guidebook published by the board of 
  4.32  water and soil resources, dated June 
  4.33  1991.  To receive the additional 
  4.34  funding that is based on the county 
  4.35  feedlot inventory, the county shall 
  4.36  submit a copy of the inventory to the 
  4.37  pollution control agency.  Any 
  4.38  remaining money is for distribution to 
  4.39  all counties on a competitive basis 
  4.40  through the challenge grant process for 
  4.41  the conducting of feedlot inventories, 
  4.42  development of delegated county feedlot 
  4.43  programs, and for information and 
  4.44  education or technical assistance 
  4.45  efforts to reduce feedlot-related 
  4.46  pollution hazards. 
  4.47  The governor shall appoint an advisory 
  4.48  task force to examine the point source 
  4.49  permitting program in the water quality 
  4.50  division of the agency.  The task force 
  4.51  must include representatives of 
  4.52  industrial and municipal permittees 
  4.53  regulated by the agency and 
  4.54  environmental interest groups.  The 
  4.55  task force shall report to the governor 
  4.56  and chairs of the senate finance and 
  4.57  house of representatives ways and means 
  4.58  committees, and chairs of the 
  4.59  environmental policy and finance 
  4.60  committees and divisions of the senate 
  4.61  and house of representatives by 
  4.62  November 30, 1995.  The report must 
  4.63  address the following issues:  (1) what 
  4.64  constitutes an adequate point source 
  4.65  permitting program; (2) what the 
  4.66  associated costs are of running an 
  4.67  adequate program; (3) how these costs 
  4.68  should be allocated and funded; (4) 
  4.69  load-based fees; (5) fees for 
  4.70  permittees that have violations 
  5.1   requiring enforcement actions; (6) how 
  5.2   to improve public access to information 
  5.3   concerning toxic pollutants in 
  5.4   permitted discharges; and (7) a time 
  5.5   reporting system to improve tracking of 
  5.6   resource usage.  The task force expires 
  5.7   on December 1, 1995. 
  5.8   The pollution control agency shall, by 
  5.9   January 1, 1996, provide the chairs of 
  5.10  the house environment and natural 
  5.11  resources finance committee and the 
  5.12  senate environmental and natural 
  5.13  resources finance division with the 
  5.14  following information: 
  5.15  (1) a list of all wastewater treatment 
  5.16  facility upgrade and construction 
  5.17  projects the agency has identified as 
  5.18  necessary to meet existing and proposed 
  5.19  water quality standards and 
  5.20  regulations; 
  5.21  (2) an estimate of the total project 
  5.22  costs and an estimate in the increase 
  5.23  in sewer service rates resulting from 
  5.24  these project costs; 
  5.25  (3) a list of existing and proposed 
  5.26  state water quality standards that are 
  5.27  not required under federal law; 
  5.28  (4) a list of existing and proposed 
  5.29  state water quality standards that are 
  5.30  more stringent than is necessary to 
  5.31  comply with federal law; and 
  5.32  (5) recommendations from the agency for 
  5.33  alternative methods to prioritize the 
  5.34  projects listed in clause (1).  
  5.35  The commissioner is required to comply 
  5.36  with this mandate only to the extent 
  5.37  that funding is available to perform 
  5.38  the additional oversight and 
  5.39  engineering and fiscal review. 
  5.40  $165,000 in the second year is for the 
  5.41  operation of water quality monitoring 
  5.42  stations. 
  5.43  Subd. 3.  Air Pollution Control 
  5.44       7,082,000      7,217,000
  5.45                Summary by Fund
  5.46  Environmental         6,304,000     6,518,000
  5.47  Special Revenue         778,000       699,000
  5.48  Up to $100,000 in fiscal year 1996 and 
  5.49  $150,000 in fiscal year 1997 may be 
  5.50  transferred to the small business 
  5.51  environmental loan account established 
  5.52  in Minnesota Statutes, section 116.992. 
  5.53  $200,000 each year is for a monitoring 
  5.54  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.55  section 116.454. 
  6.1   By February 1, 1996, the pollution 
  6.2   control agency, in consultation with 
  6.3   the public utilities commission, the 
  6.4   department of public service, 
  6.5   representatives from the electric 
  6.6   utility industry, and other interested 
  6.7   parties, shall: 
  6.8   (1) conduct an assessment of the effect 
  6.9   that the market for the sale of sulphur 
  6.10  dioxide emission credits by entities 
  6.11  within the state has had on the state's 
  6.12  environment; and 
  6.13  (2) make recommendations to the 
  6.14  legislature regarding measures the 
  6.15  state could take to increase the 
  6.16  positive effect of this market on the 
  6.17  environment, including whether the 
  6.18  legislature should create a sulphur 
  6.19  dioxide reduction fund into which the 
  6.20  proceeds of the sale of sulphur dioxide 
  6.21  emission credits could be placed and 
  6.22  used to fund programs for the reduction 
  6.23  of sulphur dioxide emissions. 
  6.24  Subd. 4.  Groundwater and Solid Waste
  6.25  Management 
  6.26       8,009,000      7,985,000
  6.27                Summary by Fund
  6.28  Environmental         3,199,000     3,213,000
  6.29  Metro Landfill 
  6.30  Contingency             126,000       126,000
  6.31  Solid Waste           4,684,000     4,646,000
  6.32  $1,000,000 is transferred from the 
  6.33  motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  6.34  environmental fund to the environmental 
  6.35  response, compensation, and compliance 
  6.36  account in the environmental fund and 
  6.37  is appropriated as provided in this 
  6.38  subdivision. 
  6.39  All money in the environmental 
  6.40  response, compensation, and compliance 
  6.41  account in the environmental fund not 
  6.42  otherwise appropriated is appropriated 
  6.43  to the commissioners of the pollution 
  6.44  control agency and the department of 
  6.45  agriculture for purposes of Minnesota 
  6.46  Statutes, section 115B.20, subdivision 
  6.47  2, clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (11), 
  6.48  (12), and (13).  At the beginning of 
  6.49  each fiscal year, the two commissioners 
  6.50  shall jointly submit an annual spending 
  6.51  plan to the commissioner of finance 
  6.52  that maximizes the utilization of 
  6.53  resources and appropriately allocates 
  6.54  the money between the two agencies.  
  6.55  This appropriation is available until 
  6.56  June 30, 1997. 
  6.57  Any unencumbered balance from the 
  6.58  metropolitan landfill contingency 
  6.59  action trust fund remaining in the 
  6.60  first year does not cancel but is 
  7.1   available for the second year. 
  7.2   The unencumbered balances of the 
  7.3   appropriations made to the commissioner 
  7.4   of the pollution control agency in Laws 
  7.5   1993, chapter 172, section 2, from the 
  7.6   motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  7.7   environmental fund for grants and 
  7.8   administrative costs for development of 
  7.9   management alternatives for shredder 
  7.10  residue from recyclable steel shall not 
  7.11  cancel, but is available through June 
  7.12  30, 1997. 
  7.13  $5,517,000 from the balance in the 
  7.14  motor vehicle transfer account in the 
  7.15  environmental fund, shall be 
  7.16  transferred to the general fund by June 
  7.17  30, 1997. 
  7.18  $50,000 is appropriated each year from 
  7.19  the solid waste fund for transfer to 
  7.20  the commissioner of revenue to enhance 
  7.21  compliance and collection of solid 
  7.22  waste assessments. 
  7.23  Subd. 5.  Hazardous Waste Management 
  7.24       5,800,000      6,069,000
  7.25                Summary by Fund
  7.26  General               1,660,000     1,660,000
  7.27  Environmental         2,202,000     2,206,000
  7.28  Petroleum Cleanup     1,938,000     2,203,000
  7.29  $100,000 the first year is transferred 
  7.30  from the motor vehicle transfer account 
  7.31  to be credited to the used motor oil 
  7.32  reimbursement account. 
  7.33  Subd. 6.  Policy and Operational 
  7.34  Support 
  7.35       7,822,000      7,803,000
  7.36                Summary by Fund
  7.37  General               1,808,000     1,658,000
  7.38  Environmental         4,563,000     4,684,000
  7.39  Solid Waste             995,000       997,000
  7.40  Metro Landfill
  7.41  Contingency               8,000         8,000
  7.42  Petroleum Tank          448,000       456,000
  7.43  The following amounts are appropriated 
  7.44  for the final phase of an environmental 
  7.45  computer compliance management system: 
  7.46  General                 400,000       400,000
  7.47  Environmental         2,055,000     2,055,000
  7.48  Petroleum Tank           32,000        32,000
  8.1   Subd. 7.  Deficiency Appropriation
  8.2   $130,000 is appropriated from the 
  8.3   landfill cleanup fund to the 
  8.4   commissioner of the pollution control 
  8.5   agency for fiscal year 1995 for 
  8.6   rulemaking under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.7   section 115A.47, and activities related 
  8.8   to defense of the statute in federal 
  8.9   court. 
  8.10  Sec. 3.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL 
  8.11  ASSISTANCE                            20,487,000     20,487,000
  8.12                Summary by Fund
  8.13  General              19,146,000    19,146,000
  8.14  Environmental         1,341,000     1,341,000
  8.15  $14,008,000 the first year and 
  8.16  $14,008,000 the second year are for the 
  8.17  SCORE block grants to counties. 
  8.18  Any unencumbered grant and loan 
  8.19  balances in the first year do not 
  8.20  cancel but are available for grants and 
  8.21  loans in the second year. 
  8.22  All money in the metropolitan landfill 
  8.23  abatement account in the environmental 
  8.24  fund not otherwise appropriated is 
  8.25  appropriated to the office of 
  8.26  environmental assistance for the 
  8.27  purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.28  473.844. 
  8.29  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD 
  8.30  Subdivision 1.  Total
  8.31  Appropriation                          5,274,000      5,074,000
  8.32  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  8.33  appropriation are specified in the 
  8.34  following subdivisions. 
  8.35  Subd. 2.  Biological Programs
  8.36         655,000        655,000 
  8.37  Subd. 3.  Operations
  8.38       4,619,000      4,419,000 
  8.39  $200,000 in the first year is for 
  8.40  computer systems.  
  8.41  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  8.42  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  8.43  Appropriation             140,000    159,063,000    158,878,000
  8.44                Summary by Fund
  8.45  General   140,000    88,698,000    87,824,000
  8.46  Game and Fish        51,477,000    51,339,000 
  8.47  Natural Resources    18,788,000    19,115,000
  8.48  Permanent University    -0-           500,000
  9.1   Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
  9.2   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  9.3   appropriation for each program are 
  9.4   specified in the following subdivisions.
  9.5   Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management
  9.6        4,717,000      4,717,000
  9.7                 Summary by Fund
  9.8   General               4,717,000     4,217,000
  9.9   Permanent University    -0-           500,000
  9.10  $311,000 the first year and $311,000 
  9.11  the second year are for iron ore 
  9.12  cooperative research, of which $225,000 
  9.13  the first year and $225,000 the second 
  9.14  year are available only as matched by 
  9.15  $1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
  9.16  state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
  9.17  remaining in the first year does not 
  9.18  cancel but is available for the second 
  9.19  year. 
  9.20  $375,000 the first year and $375,000 
  9.21  the second year are for mineral 
  9.22  diversification.  Any unencumbered 
  9.23  balance remaining in the first year 
  9.24  does not cancel but is available for 
  9.25  the second year.  
  9.26  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
  9.27  second year are for minerals 
  9.28  cooperative environmental research, of 
  9.29  which $30,000 the first year and 
  9.30  $30,000 the second year are available 
  9.31  only as matched by $1 of nonstate money 
  9.32  for each $1 of state money.  Any 
  9.33  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  9.34  first year does not cancel but is 
  9.35  available for the second year. 
  9.36  $500,000 the second year is from the 
  9.37  university lands and minerals suspense 
  9.38  account in the permanent university 
  9.39  fund for activities of the commissioner 
  9.40  to protect, improve, administer, 
  9.41  manage, and otherwise enhance the 
  9.42  mineral value of university lands.  
  9.43  This is a one-time appropriation.  The 
  9.44  board of regents of the University of 
  9.45  Minnesota is requested to discuss 
  9.46  options with the commissioner of 
  9.47  natural resources to determine a method 
  9.48  to calculate reasonable costs of the 
  9.49  commissioner to maintain the university 
  9.50  trust lands.  
  9.51  Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management
  9.52       8,781,000      8,706,000
  9.53                Summary by Fund
  9.54  General               8,540,000     8,465,000
  9.55  Natural Resources       241,000       241,000
 10.1   $95,000 the first year and $95,000 the 
 10.2   second year are for a grant to the 
 10.3   Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
 10.4   50 percent of the cost of implementing 
 10.5   the comprehensive plan for the upper 
 10.6   Mississippi within areas under its 
 10.7   jurisdiction.  
 10.8   $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the 
 10.9   second year are for payment to the 
 10.10  Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians to 
 10.11  implement its portion of the 
 10.12  comprehensive plan for the upper 
 10.13  Mississippi.  
 10.14  $50,000 is for development and 
 10.15  administration of contracts with water 
 10.16  well contractors for exploratory 
 10.17  drilling and installation of 
 10.18  observation wells to characterize the 
 10.19  geologic and hydrologic conditions in 
 10.20  the southwest region of the state where 
 10.21  water supplies are difficult to 
 10.22  locate.  This appropriation is 
 10.23  available until June 30, 1997, and is 
 10.24  contingent on the receipt by the 
 10.25  commissioner of $50,000 in nonstate 
 10.26  money.  Results must be reported to the 
 10.27  legislative water commission by 
 10.28  February 15, 1996, and February 15, 
 10.29  1997. 
 10.30  $25,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 
 10.31  1996 under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.32  103G.701, to the commissioner of 
 10.33  natural resources for a grant, 
 10.34  requiring no local match, to Morrison 
 10.35  county for improving water flow along 
 10.36  the easterly shoreline of the 
 10.37  Mississippi river near Highway 10 in 
 10.38  Morrison county, notwithstanding 
 10.39  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.701, 
 10.40  subdivision 4. 
 10.41  Subd. 4.  Forest Management 
 10.42      30,121,000     31,148,000
 10.43                Summary by Fund
 10.44  General              29,679,000    30,706,000
 10.45  Natural Resources       442,000       442,000
 10.46  $2,736,000 the first year and 
 10.47  $2,736,000 the second year are for 
 10.48  presuppression and suppression costs of 
 10.49  emergency fire fighting.  If the 
 10.50  appropriation for either year is 
 10.51  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 10.52  other year is available for it.  If 
 10.53  these appropriations are insufficient 
 10.54  to cover all costs of suppression, the 
 10.55  amount necessary to pay for emergency 
 10.56  firefighting expenses during the 
 10.57  biennium is appropriated from the 
 10.58  general fund.  If money is spent under 
 10.59  the appropriation in the preceding 
 10.60  sentence, the commissioner of natural 
 10.61  resources shall, by the 15th day of the 
 10.62  following month, report on how the 
 11.1   money was spent to the chairs of the 
 11.2   senate finance committee, the house of 
 11.3   representatives ways and means 
 11.4   committee, the finance division of the 
 11.5   senate environment and natural 
 11.6   resources committee, and the house of 
 11.7   representatives environment and natural 
 11.8   resources finance committee.  The 
 11.9   appropriations may not be transferred.  
 11.10  Of this appropriation, $585,000 the 
 11.11  first year and $1,430,000 the second 
 11.12  year are for implementing the planned 
 11.13  timber harvest on state land.  In 
 11.14  implementing the planned harvest, the 
 11.15  department shall follow existing 
 11.16  guidelines for protection of forest 
 11.17  resource values.  By November 1, 1996, 
 11.18  and November 1, 1997, the commissioner 
 11.19  shall submit to the senate environment 
 11.20  and natural resources finance division 
 11.21  and the house environment and natural 
 11.22  resources finance committee a report 
 11.23  that includes:  (1) the planned harvest 
 11.24  levels for the preceding fiscal year 
 11.25  and the fiscal year in which the report 
 11.26  is being submitted, and documentation 
 11.27  of the methodology used to determine 
 11.28  these levels; (2) the volume of, and 
 11.29  revenue from, timber sales on state 
 11.30  land during the preceding fiscal year; 
 11.31  and (3) a description of the resource 
 11.32  protection guidelines followed in 
 11.33  implementing the planned harvest. 
 11.34  $730,000 the first year and $1,007,000 
 11.35  the second year are for implementation 
 11.36  of the generic environmental impact 
 11.37  statement on timber harvesting.  Of 
 11.38  these amounts, $140,000 the first year 
 11.39  and $140,000 the second year are for 
 11.40  transfer to the forest resources 
 11.41  council for the council's activities 
 11.42  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89A. 
 11.43  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 in 
 11.44  the second year is an increase in 
 11.45  appropriation to the Minnesota 
 11.46  conservation corps. 
 11.47  $75,000 is appropriated in the first 
 11.48  year to preserve and enhance oak 
 11.49  savannah stands in Ramsey county and 
 11.50  the city of St. Paul. 
 11.51  $20,000 in the first year is for 
 11.52  construction of a recreational shooting 
 11.53  area at Sand Dunes state forest. 
 11.54  Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
 11.55  Management 
 11.56      140,000     23,850,000     23,879,000
 11.57                Summary by Fund
 11.58  General   140,000    23,163,000    23,197,000
 11.59  Natural Resources       687,000       682,000
 11.60  $687,000 the first year and $682,000 
 12.1   the second year are from the water 
 12.2   recreation account in the natural 
 12.3   resources fund for state park 
 12.4   development projects.  If the 
 12.5   appropriation in either year is 
 12.6   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 12.7   other year is available for it. 
 12.8   $2,238,000 the first year and 
 12.9   $2,238,000 the second year are for 
 12.10  payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
 12.11  council for metropolitan area regional 
 12.12  parks maintenance and operation. 
 12.13  $50,000 in the first year and $50,000 
 12.14  in the second year are for operational 
 12.15  costs at Cuyuna Country State 
 12.16  Recreation Area. 
 12.17  In operating a work training program 
 12.18  for unemployed and underemployed 
 12.19  individuals for the 1995 parks season, 
 12.20  the commissioner of natural resources 
 12.21  shall implement the 1995 tentative 
 12.22  agreement with AFSCME, with any 
 12.23  modifications mutually agreed to by the 
 12.24  commissioner and AFSCME.  The 
 12.25  commissioner may not operate a work 
 12.26  training program for unemployed and 
 12.27  underemployed individuals during the 
 12.28  1996 and 1997 park seasons unless the 
 12.29  terms and conditions of employment of 
 12.30  such individuals have been negotiated 
 12.31  and an agreement on these issues has 
 12.32  been reached with the exclusive 
 12.33  bargaining representatives of employees 
 12.34  pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 12.35  179A.  Negotiations for the 1996 and 
 12.36  1997 park seasons must begin by 
 12.37  November 1 of the preceding year. 
 12.38  The commissioner of natural resources 
 12.39  shall develop an implementation plan, 
 12.40  including estimated costs and uses, for 
 12.41  an electronic permit tracking system 
 12.42  that would allow the identification and 
 12.43  tracking of state park users.  The 
 12.44  commissioner shall submit the plan by 
 12.45  January 15, 1996, to the chairs of the 
 12.46  senate and house of representatives 
 12.47  environment and natural resources 
 12.48  committees, the finance division of the 
 12.49  senate environment and natural 
 12.50  resources committee, and the house of 
 12.51  representatives environment and natural 
 12.52  resources finance committee. 
 12.53  The commissioner shall prepare a 
 12.54  five-year plan for using available 
 12.55  funds to construct or modify for 
 12.56  accessibility to persons with physical 
 12.57  disabilities at least one trail in each 
 12.58  state park containing trails. 
 12.59  For 1995 - $140,000 
 12.60  $140,000 in fiscal year 1995 is 
 12.61  appropriated for replacement of 
 12.62  equipment and the contents of the 
 12.63  building destroyed by arson fire at 
 12.64  William O'Brien State Park. 
 13.1   Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
 13.2   Management 
 13.3       11,437,000     11,086,000
 13.4                 Summary by Fund
 13.5   General               1,215,000     1,177,000
 13.6   Game and Fish         1,334,000     1,021,000
 13.7   Natural Resources     8,888,000     8,888,000
 13.8   $2,249,000 the first year and 
 13.9   $2,249,000 the second year are from the 
 13.10  snowmobile trails and enforcement 
 13.11  account in the natural resources fund 
 13.12  for snowmobile grants-in-aid. 
 13.13  $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
 13.14  the second year are from the water 
 13.15  recreation account in the natural 
 13.16  resources fund for a safe harbor 
 13.17  program on Lake Superior.  Any 
 13.18  unencumbered balance at the end of the 
 13.19  first year does not cancel and is 
 13.20  available for the second year.  
 13.21  The amounts spent by the commissioner 
 13.22  of natural resources from the 
 13.23  appropriations in Laws 1993, chapter 
 13.24  311, article 1, section 18, paragraph 
 13.25  (a), for off-highway motorcycles and 
 13.26  article 2, section 19, paragraph (a), 
 13.27  for off-road vehicles must be 
 13.28  reimbursed to the general fund by June 
 13.29  30, 1996. 
 13.30  Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife Management
 13.31      35,555,000     35,490,000
 13.32                Summary by Fund
 13.33  General               2,656,000     2,656,000
 13.34  Game and Fish        30,800,000    30,800,000
 13.35  Natural Resources     2,099,000     2,034,000
 13.36  $300,000 each year is for resource 
 13.37  population surveys in the 1837 treaty 
 13.38  area.  Of this amount, $100,000 each 
 13.39  year is from the game and fish fund. 
 13.40  $955,000 the first year and $955,000 
 13.41  the second year are from the nongame 
 13.42  wildlife management account in the 
 13.43  natural resources fund for the purpose 
 13.44  of nongame wildlife management.  Any 
 13.45  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 13.46  first year does not cancel but is 
 13.47  available the second year.  
 13.48  $1,313,000 the first year and 
 13.49  $1,313,000 the second year are for the 
 13.50  reinvest in Minnesota programs of game 
 13.51  and fish, critical habitat, and 
 13.52  wetlands established under Minnesota 
 13.53  Statutes, section 84.95, subdivision 
 13.54  2.  Any unencumbered balance for the 
 14.1   first year does not cancel but is 
 14.2   available for use the second year. 
 14.3   $1,104,000 the first year and 
 14.4   $1,104,000 the second year are from the 
 14.5   wildlife acquisition account for only 
 14.6   the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.7   Statutes, section 97A.071, subdivision 
 14.8   3. 
 14.9   $1,200,000 the first year and 
 14.10  $1,200,000 the second year are from the 
 14.11  deer habitat improvement account for 
 14.12  only the purposes specified in 
 14.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.075, 
 14.14  subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
 14.15  $138,000 the first year and $138,000 
 14.16  the second year are from the deer and 
 14.17  bear management account for only the 
 14.18  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.19  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.20  1, paragraph (c). 
 14.21  $130,000 the first year and $130,000 
 14.22  the second year are from the game and 
 14.23  fish fund for deer and bear management 
 14.24  to include emergency deer feeding.  If 
 14.25  the appropriation for either year is 
 14.26  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 14.27  other year is available.  
 14.28  $661,000 the first year and $661,000 
 14.29  the second year are from the waterfowl 
 14.30  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.31  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.32  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.33  2. 
 14.34  $400,000 the first year and $400,000 
 14.35  the second year are from the trout and 
 14.36  salmon management account for only the 
 14.37  purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.38  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.39  3. 
 14.40  $545,000 the first year and $545,000 
 14.41  the second year are from the pheasant 
 14.42  habitat improvement account for only 
 14.43  the purposes specified in Minnesota 
 14.44  Statutes, section 97A.075, subdivision 
 14.45  4. 
 14.46  $284,000 the first year and $284,000 
 14.47  the second year are from the game and 
 14.48  fish fund for activities relating to 
 14.49  reduction and prevention of property 
 14.50  damage by wildlife.  $50,000 each year 
 14.51  is for emergency damage abatement 
 14.52  materials. 
 14.53  Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
 14.54      17,586,000     18,490,000
 14.55                Summary by Fund
 14.56  General               2,971,000     3,110,000
 14.57  Game and Fish        11,370,000    11,710,000
 15.1   Natural Resources     3,145,000     3,570,000
 15.2   Solid Waste             100,000       100,000
 15.3   $1,082,000 the first year and 
 15.4   $1,082,000 the second year are from the 
 15.5   water recreation account in the natural 
 15.6   resources fund for grants to counties 
 15.7   for boat and water safety. 
 15.8   The commissioner shall maintain 
 15.9   historic levels of overtime and retain 
 15.10  field-based conservation officer 
 15.11  positions except in the event of 
 15.12  unanticipated budget shortfalls or 
 15.13  unallotments.  The commissioner may 
 15.14  reduce these items in proportion with 
 15.15  other reductions in the division. 
 15.16  $50,000 is appropriated in the second 
 15.17  year to add one area-wide conservation 
 15.18  officer in the seven-county 
 15.19  metropolitan area. 
 15.20  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 15.21  second year are for costs related to 
 15.22  the 1837 Treaty with the Chippewa. 
 15.23  $100,000 each year is from the solid 
 15.24  waste fund for solid waste enforcement 
 15.25  activities under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.26  section 116.073. 
 15.27  Subd. 9.  Operations Support
 15.28      26,643,000     24,989,000
 15.29                Summary by Fund
 15.30  General              15,384,000    13,923,000
 15.31  Game and Fish         7,973,000     7,808,000
 15.32  Natural Resources     3,286,000     3,258,000
 15.33  The commissioner of natural resources 
 15.34  may contract with and make grants to 
 15.35  nonprofit agencies to carry out the 
 15.36  purposes, plans, and programs of the 
 15.37  office of youth programs, Minnesota 
 15.38  conservation corps. 
 15.39  $750,000 in the first year is for 
 15.40  transfer to the attorney general's 
 15.41  office for treaty litigation expenses 
 15.42  related to the Mille Lacs and Fond du 
 15.43  Lac cases. 
 15.44  Any telephone services offered through 
 15.45  the information center must be provided 
 15.46  toll-free for all residents of the 
 15.47  state. 
 15.48  $150,000 in the second year is 
 15.49  appropriated to the commissioner of 
 15.50  natural resources for the southeast 
 15.51  asian information and outreach program. 
 15.52  The appropriation of $50,000 from the 
 15.53  game and fish fund contained in Laws 
 15.54  1993, chapter 172, section 5, 
 16.1   subdivision 8, to consolidate 
 16.2   enforcement arrest ledgers, is 
 16.3   available until June 30, 1996. 
 16.4   $5,000 the first year is for the 
 16.5   hydrologic task force expenses. 
 16.6   $8,000 from the natural resources fund 
 16.7   and $55,000 from the game and fish fund 
 16.8   in the first year is for design work on 
 16.9   a revenue accounting system.  The 
 16.10  department must meet any requirements 
 16.11  contained in the information policy 
 16.12  office evaluation of the project before 
 16.13  expending any funds from this 
 16.14  appropriation. 
 16.15  $250,000 is appropriated in the first 
 16.16  year to be transferred to the director 
 16.17  of the office of strategic and 
 16.18  long-range planning.  The money is to 
 16.19  be used for a grant to the Northern 
 16.20  Counties Land Use Coordinating Board, 
 16.21  contingent on the board receiving 
 16.22  $125,000 in local matching funds.  The 
 16.23  grant is to be used for developing a 
 16.24  coordinated planning process and 
 16.25  comprehensive land use plans pursuant 
 16.26  to policy goals in the National 
 16.27  Environmental Policy Act, United States 
 16.28  Code, title 42, section 4331. 
 16.29  If the Morrison county board determines 
 16.30  that Morrison county did not comply 
 16.31  with tax-forfeiture laws with respect 
 16.32  to property owned in 1977 by Richard T. 
 16.33  Peterson, Route No. 6, Little Falls, 
 16.34  MN, 56345, in Morrison county, referred 
 16.35  to by Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 
 16.36  13, section 15, whose ownership he lost 
 16.37  to the state in a disputed 
 16.38  tax-forfeiture, then Morrison county is 
 16.39  authorized to pay $6,000 to Richard and 
 16.40  Nancy Peterson.  If the county payment 
 16.41  is made, $6,000 is also appropriated 
 16.42  from the general fund to the 
 16.43  commissioner of natural resources for 
 16.44  payment to Richard and Nancy Peterson 
 16.45  and shall be paid to him within 60 days 
 16.46  of the payment by the county.  The sum 
 16.47  of $12,000 represents the value of the 
 16.48  property at the time of the forfeiture 
 16.49  on August 16, 1982, and interest since 
 16.50  that date.  This paragraph is not a 
 16.51  finding or attribution of 
 16.52  responsibility on the part of the 
 16.53  state, the county, or Richard and Nancy 
 16.54  Peterson.  Under Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.55  section 645.023, subdivision 1, the 
 16.56  authority granted to the county by this 
 16.57  paragraph takes effect without local 
 16.58  approval. 
 16.59  Subd. 10.  Integrated Resource 
 16.60  Management Pilot Project 
 16.61         373,000        373,000
 16.62  The commissioner of natural resources 
 16.63  shall develop a pilot project for 
 16.64  implementation of a sustainable, 
 17.1   multiple-use natural resources 
 17.2   management system, including budgeting, 
 17.3   that is based on appropriate natural 
 17.4   resource management boundaries.  In 
 17.5   developing the project, the 
 17.6   commissioner shall include hunting, 
 17.7   fishing, outdoor recreation, 
 17.8   agriculture, and other interested 
 17.9   groups.  The commissioner shall 
 17.10  coordinate project activities with 
 17.11  activities of the pollution control 
 17.12  agency, the board of water and soil 
 17.13  resources, the department of 
 17.14  agriculture, the department of health, 
 17.15  and local governmental units.  $173,000 
 17.16  each year is for community 
 17.17  environmental assistance.  $200,000 
 17.18  each year is for geographic information 
 17.19  system implementation. 
 17.20  Six members of the legislature may 
 17.21  serve as liaisons between the 
 17.22  legislature and the commissioner in the 
 17.23  development of the pilot project.  The 
 17.24  chairs of the senate environment and 
 17.25  natural resources committee and the 
 17.26  finance division of the committee may 
 17.27  jointly appoint three members of the 
 17.28  senate to act as liaisons, at least one 
 17.29  of whom must be a member of the 
 17.30  minority caucus.  The chairs of the 
 17.31  house environment and natural resources 
 17.32  committee and the environment and 
 17.33  natural resources finance committee may 
 17.34  jointly appoint three members of the 
 17.35  house to act as liaisons, at least one 
 17.36  of whom must be a member of the 
 17.37  minority caucus.  Legislative staff 
 17.38  may, at the direction of the 
 17.39  legislative liaisons, participate in 
 17.40  the development of the pilot project. 
 17.41  The commissioner shall submit a 
 17.42  preliminary plan by November 15, 1995, 
 17.43  and a final plan by February 15, 1996, 
 17.44  to the senate environment and natural 
 17.45  resources finance division and the 
 17.46  house environment and natural resources 
 17.47  finance committee.  The preliminary and 
 17.48  final plans must include any plans of 
 17.49  the commissioner to transfer personnel 
 17.50  to the regions in which the pilot 
 17.51  project is to be implemented.  
 17.52  Of the amounts appropriated in this 
 17.53  section, none of the money for fiscal 
 17.54  year 1997 for activities in regions 4 
 17.55  and 5 may be spent until the final plan 
 17.56  for the pilot project has been approved 
 17.57  by the legislature. 
 17.58  Nothing in this subdivision alters any 
 17.59  restrictions in law relating to allowed 
 17.60  uses of revenues credited to the 
 17.61  general, game and fish, and natural 
 17.62  resources funds. 
 17.63  Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND 
 17.64  SOIL RESOURCES                        13,719,000     13,947,000
 17.65  $5,353,000 the first year and 
 18.1   $5,353,000 the second year are for 
 18.2   natural resources block grants to local 
 18.3   governments.  Of this amount, $50,000 
 18.4   in each year is for a grant to the 
 18.5   north shore management board and 
 18.6   $35,000 in each year is for a grant to 
 18.7   the St. Louis River board. 
 18.8   The board shall reduce the amount of 
 18.9   the natural resource block grant to a 
 18.10  county by an amount equal to any 
 18.11  reduction in the county's general 
 18.12  services allocation to a soil and water 
 18.13  conservation district from the county's 
 18.14  1994 allocation. 
 18.15  Grants must be matched with a 
 18.16  combination of local cash or in-kind 
 18.17  contributions.  The base grant portion 
 18.18  related to water planning must be 
 18.19  matched by an amount that would be 
 18.20  raised by a levy under Minnesota 
 18.21  Statutes, section 103B.3369.  
 18.22  $1,826,000 the first year and 
 18.23  $2,054,000 the second year are for 
 18.24  grants to soil and water conservation 
 18.25  districts for general purposes and for 
 18.26  implementation of the RIM conservation 
 18.27  reserve program.  Upon approval of the 
 18.28  board, expenditures may be made from 
 18.29  these appropriations for supplies and 
 18.30  services benefiting soil and water 
 18.31  conservation districts. 
 18.32  $2,120,000 the first year and 
 18.33  $2,120,000 the second year are for 
 18.34  grants to soil and water conservation 
 18.35  districts for cost-sharing contracts 
 18.36  for erosion control and water quality 
 18.37  management.  This appropriation is 
 18.38  available until expended. 
 18.39  $189,000 the first year and $189,000 
 18.40  the second year are for grants to 
 18.41  watershed districts and other local 
 18.42  units of government in the southern 
 18.43  Minnesota river basin study area 2 for 
 18.44  floodplain management. 
 18.45  Any unencumbered balance in the board's 
 18.46  program of grants does not cancel at 
 18.47  the end of the first year and is 
 18.48  available for the second year for the 
 18.49  same grant program. 
 18.50  Sec. 7.  AGRICULTURE 
 18.51  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 18.52  Appropriation                         24,812,000    23,646,000
 18.53                Summary by Fund
 18.54  General              15,135,000    13,897,000
 18.55  Environmental           269,000       269,000
 18.56  Special 
 18.57  Revenue     122,000   9,408,000     9,480,000
 18.58  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 19.1   appropriation for each program are 
 19.2   specified in the following subdivisions.
 19.3   Subd. 2.  Protection Service 
 19.4       17,058,000     16,787,000
 19.5                 Summary by Fund
 19.6   General               7,581,000     7,238,000
 19.7   Environmental           269,000       269,000
 19.8   Special
 19.9   Revenue     122,000   9,208,000     9,280,000
 19.10  $269,000 the first year and $269,000 
 19.11  the second year are from the 
 19.12  environmental response, compensation, 
 19.13  and compliance account in the 
 19.14  environmental fund. 
 19.15  $4,070,000 the first year and 
 19.16  $4,070,000 the second year are 
 19.17  appropriated from the pesticide 
 19.18  regulatory account established under 
 19.19  Minnesota Statutes, section 18B.05, for 
 19.20  administration and enforcement of 
 19.21  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 18B. 
 19.22  $694,000 the first year and $694,000 
 19.23  the second year are appropriated from 
 19.24  the fertilizer inspection account 
 19.25  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.26  section 18C.131, for administration and 
 19.27  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.28  chapter 18C. 
 19.29  $431,000 the first year and $431,000 
 19.30  the second year are appropriated from 
 19.31  the seed potato inspection fund 
 19.32  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.33  section 21.115, for administration and 
 19.34  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.35  sections 21.111 to 21.122. 
 19.36  $695,000 the first year and $695,000 
 19.37  the second year are appropriated from 
 19.38  the seed inspection fund established 
 19.39  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 19.40  21.92, for administration and 
 19.41  enforcement of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.42  sections 21.80 to 21.92. 
 19.43  $691,000 the first year and $691,000 
 19.44  the second year are appropriated from 
 19.45  the commercial feed inspection account 
 19.46  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.47  section 25.39, subdivision 4, for 
 19.48  administration and enforcement of 
 19.49  Minnesota Statutes, sections 25.35 to 
 19.50  25.44. 
 19.51  $668,000 the first year and $668,000 
 19.52  the second year are appropriated from 
 19.53  the fruit and vegetables inspection 
 19.54  account established under Minnesota 
 19.55  Statutes, section 27.07, subdivision 6, 
 19.56  for administration and enforcement of 
 19.57  Minnesota Statutes, section 27.07. 
 20.1   $1,644,000 the first year and 
 20.2   $1,716,000 the second year are 
 20.3   appropriated from the dairy services 
 20.4   account established under Minnesota 
 20.5   Statutes, section 32.394, subdivision 
 20.6   9, for the purpose of dairy services 
 20.7   under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 32. 
 20.8   $315,000 the first year and $315,000 
 20.9   the second year are appropriated from 
 20.10  the livestock weighing fund established 
 20.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 20.12  17A.11, for the purpose of livestock 
 20.13  weighing costs under Minnesota 
 20.14  Statutes, chapter 17A. 
 20.15  $100,000 each year is appropriated from 
 20.16  the general fund for a contract with 
 20.17  the Minnesota institute for sustainable 
 20.18  agriculture to gather, evaluate, 
 20.19  publish, and disseminate sustainable 
 20.20  agriculture information to a broad 
 20.21  audience through both printed and 
 20.22  electronic means.  The Minnesota 
 20.23  institute for sustainable agriculture 
 20.24  must work in cooperation with the 
 20.25  department of agriculture in carrying 
 20.26  out this activity.  By January 15, 
 20.27  1997, the executive director of the 
 20.28  Minnesota institute for sustainable 
 20.29  agriculture must provide a progress 
 20.30  report to the legislative water 
 20.31  commission on its activities funded 
 20.32  under this section. 
 20.33  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.34  section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, the 
 20.35  commissioner need not increase fees to 
 20.36  recover general fund appropriations 
 20.37  made before July 1, 1995, to supplement 
 20.38  fee-supported activities or made for 
 20.39  fiscal year 1996 for dairy services 
 20.40  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 32, 
 20.41  or for grain inspections under 
 20.42  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 17B. 
 20.43  $180,000 each year is for the 
 20.44  biological control program.  
 20.45  For 1995 - $122,000 
 20.46  There is appropriated $122,000 in 
 20.47  fiscal year 1995 from the seed potato 
 20.48  inspection fund to reimburse the 
 20.49  general fund appropriation to the 
 20.50  department of agriculture for costs 
 20.51  incurred in building the seed potato 
 20.52  facility located in East Grand Forks. 
 20.53  Subd. 3.  Promotion and Marketing 
 20.54       1,146,000      1,146,000
 20.55                 Summary by Fund
 20.56  General                954,000      954,000
 20.57  Special Revenue        192,000      192,000
 20.58  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.59  section 41A.09, subdivision 3, the 
 21.1   total payments from the ethanol 
 21.2   development account to all producers 
 21.3   may not exceed $25,000,000 for the 
 21.4   biennium ending June 30, 1997.  If the 
 21.5   total amount for which all producers 
 21.6   are eligible in a quarter exceeds the 
 21.7   amount available for payments, the 
 21.8   commissioner shall make the payments on 
 21.9   a pro rata basis. 
 21.10  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 21.11  the second year are for ethanol 
 21.12  promotion and public education. 
 21.13  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 21.14  the second year must be spent for the 
 21.15  WIC coupon program. 
 21.16  $71,000 the first year and $71,000 the 
 21.17  second year are for transfer to the 
 21.18  Minnesota grown matching account and 
 21.19  may be used as grants for Minnesota 
 21.20  grown promotion under Minnesota 
 21.21  Statutes, section 17.109. 
 21.22  $192,000 the first year and $192,000 
 21.23  the second year are from the 
 21.24  commodities research and promotion 
 21.25  account in the special revenue fund. 
 21.26  Subd. 4.  Administration and 
 21.27  Financial Assistance 
 21.28       6,608,000      5,713,000
 21.29                 Summary by Fund
 21.30  General              6,600,000    5,705,000
 21.31  Special Revenue          8,000        8,000
 21.32  $1,200,000 from the balance in the 
 21.33  special account created in Minnesota 
 21.34  Statutes, section 41.61, shall be 
 21.35  transferred to the general fund by June 
 21.36  30, 1997. 
 21.37  $150,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 21.38  second year are for dairy policy 
 21.39  studies and federal milk marketing 
 21.40  order reform. 
 21.41  $285,000 the first year and $285,000 
 21.42  the second year are for family farm 
 21.43  security interest payment adjustments.  
 21.44  If the appropriation for either year is 
 21.45  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 21.46  other year is available for it.  No new 
 21.47  loans may be approved in fiscal year 
 21.48  1996 or 1997.  
 21.49  $199,000 the first year and $199,000 
 21.50  the second year are for the family farm 
 21.51  advocacy program. 
 21.52  $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
 21.53  second year are for grants to farmers 
 21.54  for demonstration projects involving 
 21.55  sustainable agriculture.  If a project 
 21.56  cost is more than $25,000, the amount 
 21.57  above $25,000 must be cost-shared at a 
 22.1   state-applicant ratio of one to one.  
 22.2   Priorities must be given for projects 
 22.3   involving multiple parties.  Up to 
 22.4   $20,000 each year may be used for 
 22.5   dissemination of information about the 
 22.6   demonstration grant projects.  If the 
 22.7   appropriation for either year is 
 22.8   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 22.9   other is available. 
 22.10  $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
 22.11  second year are for the Northern Crops 
 22.12  Institute.  These appropriations may be 
 22.13  spent to purchase equipment and are 
 22.14  available until spent.  
 22.15  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
 22.16  the second year are for grants to 
 22.17  agriculture information centers.  The 
 22.18  grants are only available on a match 
 22.19  basis.  The funds may be released at 
 22.20  the rate of $4 of state money for each 
 22.21  $1 of matching nonstate money that is 
 22.22  raised.  Any appropriated amounts not 
 22.23  matched by April 1 of each year are 
 22.24  available for other purposes within the 
 22.25  department, of which $10,000 each year 
 22.26  may be used for farm safety programs 
 22.27  and remains available until June 30, 
 22.28  1997. 
 22.29  $53,000 the first year and $53,000 the 
 22.30  second year are for payment of claims 
 22.31  relating to livestock damaged by 
 22.32  threatened or endangered animal species 
 22.33  and agricultural crops damaged by elk.  
 22.34  If the appropriation for either year is 
 22.35  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 22.36  other year is available for it. 
 22.37  $115,000 the first year and $115,000 
 22.38  the second year are for the seaway port 
 22.39  authority of Duluth. 
 22.40  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
 22.41  second year is for a grant to the 
 22.42  Minnesota livestock breeder's 
 22.43  association. 
 22.44  $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
 22.45  second year are for the passing on the 
 22.46  farm center under Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.47  section 17.985.  This appropriation is 
 22.48  available only to the extent matched 
 22.49  with nonstate money. 
 22.50  $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
 22.51  second year are for grants to the 
 22.52  University of Minnesota for applied 
 22.53  research on odor control at feedlots.  
 22.54  This appropriation is available only if 
 22.55  matched by the same amount in nonstate 
 22.56  money.  The research must provide:  (1) 
 22.57  an evaluation of cost-effective covers 
 22.58  for manure storage structures; and (2) 
 22.59  development of economical means of 
 22.60  altering the biological activity in 
 22.61  manure storage structures to reduce 
 22.62  odor emissions. 
 22.63  $25,000 the first year is for a grant 
 23.1   to the University of Minnesota for 
 23.2   research into the effects feedlots have 
 23.3   on the value of nearby property.  The 
 23.4   research must take into account the 
 23.5   distance the property is from the 
 23.6   feedlot, the type of feedlot, and be 
 23.7   based on actual sales of property near 
 23.8   feedlots. 
 23.9   $150,000 is for a grant to the beaver 
 23.10  damage control joint powers board 
 23.11  formed by the counties of Beltrami, 
 23.12  Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, 
 23.13  Red Lake, Mahnomen, Norman, Becker, 
 23.14  Hubbard, Itasca, Kittson, Koochiching, 
 23.15  St. Louis, Roseau, and Lake of the 
 23.16  Woods for the purpose of beaver damage 
 23.17  control.  The grant must be matched by 
 23.18  at least $80,000 from the joint powers 
 23.19  board.  The joint powers board may 
 23.20  enter into an agreement with the Red 
 23.21  Lake Band of Chippewa Indians for 
 23.22  participation by the band in the joint 
 23.23  powers board's beaver damage control 
 23.24  program.  This appropriation is 
 23.25  available until June 30, 1997. 
 23.26  Notwithstanding any other law to the 
 23.27  contrary, for fiscal year 1995 $800,000 
 23.28  from the general fund may be 
 23.29  transferred to the special account 
 23.30  created in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 23.31  17B.15, subdivision 1, to provide an 
 23.32  operating loan to the grain inspection 
 23.33  and weighing account.  The commissioner 
 23.34  of agriculture shall repay the loan 
 23.35  from the special account by June 30, 
 23.36  1997. 
 23.37  $50,000 in the first year shall be used 
 23.38  by the commissioner of agriculture as a 
 23.39  grant for a pilot project for an 
 23.40  anaerobic digestion plant for the 
 23.41  management of animal manures and 
 23.42  research of other appropriate 
 23.43  technologies for management of animal 
 23.44  manures.  
 23.45  $350,000 the first year is for transfer 
 23.46  to the ethanol development account in 
 23.47  the special revenue fund. 
 23.48  $200,000 the first year is for transfer 
 23.49  to the value added agriculture product 
 23.50  revolving loan account in the special 
 23.51  revenue fund. 
 23.52  $20,000 in the first year is to provide 
 23.53  staff and research support for the 
 23.54  livestock processing markets task force.
 23.55  Sec. 8.  BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH        2,165,000      2,217,000
 23.56  Sec. 9.  MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN
 23.57  BOUNDARY AREA COMMISSION                 164,000        168,000
 23.58                Summary by Fund
 23.59  General                 134,000       138,000
 23.60  Natural Resources        30,000        30,000
 24.1   This appropriation is only available to 
 24.2   the extent it is matched by an equal 
 24.3   amount from the state of Wisconsin. 
 24.4   $60,000 is from the water recreation 
 24.5   account in the natural resources fund 
 24.6   for the St. Croix management and 
 24.7   stewardship program. 
 24.8   Sec. 10.  CITIZEN'S COUNCIL ON 
 24.9   VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK                   59,000         60,000
 24.10  Sec. 11.  SCIENCE MUSEUM 
 24.11  OF MINNESOTA                           1,108,000      1,108,000
 24.12  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ACADEMY 
 24.13  OF SCIENCE                                36,000         36,000
 24.14  Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA HORTICULTURAL 
 24.15  SOCIETY                                   72,000         72,000
 24.16  Sec. 14.  AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION
 24.17  RESEARCH INSTITUTE                     4,330,000      4,330,000
 24.18                Summary by Fund
 24.19  General               4,130,000     4,130,000
 24.20  Special Revenue         200,000       200,000
 24.21  $200,000 each year is for a grant to 
 24.22  the natural resources research 
 24.23  institute for hybrid tree management 
 24.24  research and development of an 
 24.25  implementation plan for establishing 
 24.26  hybrid tree plantations in the state.  
 24.27  This appropriation is available to the 
 24.28  extent matched by $2 of nonstate money 
 24.29  for each $1 of state money. 
 24.30  Sec. 15.  ATTORNEY GENERAL                40,000
 24.31  This appropriation is from the solid 
 24.32  waste fund for the voluntary insurance 
 24.33  buy-out program evaluation required by 
 24.34  Laws 1994, chapter 639, article 2, 
 24.35  section 5. 
 24.36  Sec. 16.  PUBLIC SAFETY                   50,000
 24.37  $50,000 is appropriated from the 
 24.38  highway user tax distribution fund to 
 24.39  the commissioner of public safety for 
 24.40  costs of handling and manufacturing 
 24.41  special license plates under section 85.
 24.42  Sec. 17.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC AND 
 24.43  LONG-RANGE PLANNING                      100,000        100,000 
 24.44  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
 24.45  the second year are for the sustainable 
 24.46  development initiatives round table. 
 24.47  Sec. 18.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  100,000
 24.48  This appropriation is from the general 
 24.49  fund to the commissioner of trade and 
 24.50  economic development for grants to 
 24.51  political subdivisions for projects 
 24.52  that provide for improved resource 
 24.53  management, tourism promotion, and 
 25.1   economic development for American 
 25.2   resorts on the Minnesota-Ontario border 
 25.3   area of Lake of the Woods, Rainy River, 
 25.4   and Rainy Lake. 
 25.5   Sec. 19.  MINNESOTA RESOURCES 
 25.6   Subdivision 1.  Total 
 25.7   Appropriation                         32,872,000
 25.8                 Summary by Fund
 25.9   Minnesota Future 
 25.10  Resources Fund      15,083,000
 25.11  Environment and 
 25.12  Natural Resources 
 25.13  Trust Fund          15,604,000
 25.14  Of this appropriation $3,144,000 is 
 25.15  trust fund acceleration. 
 25.16  Oil Overcharge 
 25.17  Money in the Special 
 25.18  Revenue Fund         2,055,000
 25.19  Great Lakes Protection 
 25.20  Account                130,000
 25.21  The amounts in this section are 
 25.22  appropriated for the biennium ending 
 25.23  June 30, 1997.  Unless otherwise 
 25.24  provided, the projects in this section 
 25.25  must be completed and final products 
 25.26  delivered by June 30, 1997. 
 25.27  Subd. 2.  Definitions 
 25.28  (a) "Future resources fund" means the 
 25.29  Minnesota future resources fund 
 25.30  referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.31  section 116P.13. 
 25.32  (b) "Trust fund" means the Minnesota 
 25.33  environment and natural resources trust 
 25.34  fund referred to in Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.35  section 116P.02, subdivision 6. 
 25.36  (c) "Trust fund acceleration" means the 
 25.37  money referred to in Minnesota 
 25.38  Statutes, section 116P.11, paragraph 
 25.39  (b), clause (4). 
 25.40  (d) "Oil overcharge money" means the 
 25.41  money referred to in Minnesota 
 25.42  Statutes, section 4.071, subdivision 2. 
 25.43  (e) "Great lakes protection account" 
 25.44  means the account referred to in 
 25.45  Minnesota Statutes, section 116Q.02. 
 25.46  Subd. 3.  Legislative Commission 
 25.47  on Minnesota Resources                   702,000
 25.48  $308,000 of this appropriation is from 
 25.49  the future resources fund and $394,000 
 25.50  is from the trust fund, pursuant to 
 25.51  Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.09, 
 25.52  subdivision 5. 
 25.53  Subd. 4.  Parks and Trails 
 26.1   (a) METROPOLITAN REGIONAL 
 26.2   PARK SYSTEM                            3,950,000
 26.3   This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.4   fund for payment by the commissioner of 
 26.5   natural resources to the metropolitan 
 26.6   council for subgrants to rehabilitate, 
 26.7   develop, acquire, and retrofit the 
 26.8   metropolitan regional park system 
 26.9   consistent with the metropolitan 
 26.10  council regional recreation open space 
 26.11  capital improvement program and 
 26.12  subgrants for regional trails, 
 26.13  consistent with an updated regional 
 26.14  trail plan.  $1,666,000 of this 
 26.15  appropriation is from the trust fund 
 26.16  acceleration. 
 26.17  This appropriation may be used for the 
 26.18  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 26.19  are expressly included in the work 
 26.20  program approved by the legislative 
 26.21  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 26.22  This project must be completed and 
 26.23  final products delivered by December 
 26.24  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 26.25  available until that date. 
 26.26  (b) STATE PARK AND RECREATION AREA 
 26.27  ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, BETTERMENT, 
 26.28  AND REHABILITATION                     3,150,000
 26.29  This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.30  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 26.31  resources as follows:  (1) for state 
 26.32  park and recreation area acquisition 
 26.33  $1,070,000, of which up to $670,000 may 
 26.34  be used for state trail acquisition of 
 26.35  a critical nature; (2) for state park 
 26.36  and recreation area development 
 26.37  $680,000; and (3) for betterment and 
 26.38  rehabilitation of state parks and 
 26.39  recreation areas $1,400,000.  The use 
 26.40  of the Minnesota conservation corps is 
 26.41  encouraged in the rehabilitation and 
 26.42  development. 
 26.43  $1,384,000 of this appropriation is 
 26.44  from the trust fund acceleration.  The 
 26.45  commissioner must submit grant requests 
 26.46  for supplemental funding for federal 
 26.47  ISTEA money in eligible categories and 
 26.48  report the results to the legislative 
 26.49  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 26.50  This project must be completed and 
 26.51  final products delivered by December 
 26.52  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 26.53  available until that date. 
 26.54  (c) STATE TRAIL REHABILITATION 
 26.55  AND ACQUISITION                          250,000
 26.56  This appropriation is from the trust 
 26.57  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 26.58  resources for state trail plan 
 26.59  priorities.  $94,000 of this 
 26.60  appropriation is from the trust fund 
 26.61  acceleration.  The commissioner must 
 26.62  submit grant requests for supplemental 
 27.1   funding for federal ISTEA money and 
 27.2   report the results to the legislative 
 27.3   commission on Minnesota resources. 
 27.4   This project must be completed and 
 27.5   final products delivered by December 
 27.6   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 27.7   available until that date. 
 27.8   (d) WATER ACCESS                         600,000
 27.9   This appropriation is from the trust 
 27.10  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 27.11  resources to accelerate public water 
 27.12  access acquisition and development 
 27.13  statewide.  Access includes boating 
 27.14  access, fishing piers, and shoreline 
 27.15  access.  Up to $100,000 of this 
 27.16  appropriation may be used for a 
 27.17  cooperative project to acquire and 
 27.18  develop land, local park facilities, an 
 27.19  access trail, and a boat access at the 
 27.20  LaRue pit otherwise consistent with the 
 27.21  water access program. 
 27.22  This project must be completed and 
 27.23  final products delivered by December 
 27.24  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 27.25  available until that date. 
 27.26  (e) LOCAL GRANTS                       1,800,000
 27.27  This appropriation is from the future 
 27.28  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 27.29  natural resources to provide matching 
 27.30  grants, as follows:  (1) $500,000 to 
 27.31  local units of government for local 
 27.32  park and recreation areas; (2) $500,000 
 27.33  to local units of government for 
 27.34  natural and scenic areas pursuant to 
 27.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019; (3) 
 27.36  $400,000 to local units of government 
 27.37  for trail linkages between communities, 
 27.38  trails, and parks; and (4) $400,000 for 
 27.39  a conservation partners program, a 
 27.40  statewide pilot to encourage private 
 27.41  organizations and local governments to 
 27.42  cost share enhancement of fish, 
 27.43  wildlife, and native plant habitats; 
 27.44  and research and surveys of fish and 
 27.45  wildlife, and related education 
 27.46  activities.  Conservation partners 
 27.47  grants may be up to $10,000 each and 
 27.48  must be equally matched.  In addition 
 27.49  to the required work program, grants 
 27.50  may not be approved until grant 
 27.51  proposals to be funded have been 
 27.52  submitted to the legislative commission 
 27.53  on Minnesota resources and the 
 27.54  commission has either made a 
 27.55  recommendation or allowed 60 days to 
 27.56  pass without making a recommendation.  
 27.57  The above appropriations are available 
 27.58  half for the metropolitan area as 
 27.59  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 27.60  473.121, subdivision 2, and half for 
 27.61  outside of the metropolitan area.  For 
 27.62  the purpose of this paragraph, match 
 27.63  includes nonstate contributions either 
 27.64  cash or in-kind. 
 28.1   This project must be completed and 
 28.2   final products delivered by December 
 28.3   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 28.4   available until that date. 
 28.5   (f) MINNEAPOLIS PARK AND 
 28.6   TRAIL CONNECTIONS                        141,000
 28.7   This appropriation is from the future 
 28.8   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 28.9   transportation for half of the 
 28.10  nonfederal match of ISTEA projects for 
 28.11  the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 28.12  board to develop park and trail 
 28.13  connections including:  Minnehaha park 
 28.14  to Mendota bridge, Stone Arch bridge to 
 28.15  bridge number 9 on West River Parkway, 
 28.16  Boom island to St. Anthony Parkway, and 
 28.17  West River Parkway to Shingle Creek 
 28.18  Parkway.  The Minneapolis park and 
 28.19  recreation board must apply for and 
 28.20  receive approval of the federal money 
 28.21  in order to receive this appropriation. 
 28.22  This project must be completed and 
 28.23  final products delivered by December 
 28.24  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 28.25  available until that date. 
 28.26  (g) LOCAL SHARE FOR ISTEA 
 28.27  FEDERAL PROJECTS                         300,000
 28.28  This appropriation is from oil 
 28.29  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 28.30  administration for half of the 
 28.31  nonfederal match of ISTEA projects 
 28.32  for:  (1) Chisago county, $150,000 for 
 28.33  a trail between North Branch and Forest 
 28.34  Lake township; and (2) the St. Louis 
 28.35  and Lake counties regional rail 
 28.36  authority, $150,000 for the development 
 28.37  of approximately 40 miles of a 
 28.38  multipurpose recreational trail 
 28.39  system.  Chisago county and the St. 
 28.40  Louis and Lake counties regional rail 
 28.41  authority must apply for and receive 
 28.42  approval of the federal money in order 
 28.43  to receive these appropriations. 
 28.44  This project must be completed and 
 28.45  final products delivered by December 
 28.46  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 28.47  available until that date. 
 28.48  (h) PINE POINT PARK REST STATION         100,000
 28.49  This appropriation is from the future 
 28.50  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 28.51  natural resources for an agreement with 
 28.52  Washington county to construct a rest 
 28.53  station on the Gateway segment of the 
 28.54  Willard Munger state trail in 
 28.55  compliance with the Americans with 
 28.56  Disabilities Act.  This appropriation 
 28.57  must be matched by at least $30,000 of 
 28.58  nonstate money. 
 28.59  (i) INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER 
 28.60  INFORMATION SYSTEM                        45,000
 28.61  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.1   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 29.2   trade and economic development, office 
 29.3   of tourism, for an agreement with 
 29.4   Explore Lake County, Inc. to develop a 
 29.5   pilot multimedia interactive computer 
 29.6   information system at the R. J. Houle 
 29.7   visitor information center. 
 29.8   (j) UPPER SIOUX AGENCY STATE PARK        200,000
 29.9   This appropriation to the commissioner 
 29.10  of natural resources is from the future 
 29.11  resources fund for bathroom and shower 
 29.12  facilities at Upper Sioux Agency State 
 29.13  Park. 
 29.14  (k) GRAIN BELT MISSISSIPPI 
 29.15  RIVERFRONT DEVELOPMENT                   500,000
 29.16  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.17  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 29.18  natural resources for a contract with 
 29.19  the metropolitan council for a subgrant 
 29.20  to the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 29.21  board, which shall cooperate with the 
 29.22  Minneapolis community development 
 29.23  agency to create riverfront 
 29.24  recreational park and marina facilities 
 29.25  through acquisition and development of 
 29.26  Mississippi riverfront property.  This 
 29.27  appropriation is contingent on this 
 29.28  facility being designated part of the 
 29.29  metropolitan regional park and open 
 29.30  space system.  This appropriation is 
 29.31  also contingent on the Guthrie 
 29.32  theater's occupancy of the Grain Belt 
 29.33  Brewery. 
 29.34  (l) WILDCAT REGIONAL PARK                 40,000
 29.35  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.36  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 29.37  natural resources for an agreement with 
 29.38  Houston county to construct an 
 29.39  off-channel boat ramp on the 
 29.40  Mississippi River, and wingwalls to 
 29.41  protect the ramp and existing swimming 
 29.42  beach. 
 29.43  Subd. 5.  Management Approaches 
 29.44  (a) LOCAL RIVER PLANNING - 
 29.45  CONTINUATION                             140,000
 29.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 29.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 29.48  natural resources for the third 
 29.49  biennium of a three-biennium project to 
 29.50  assist counties statewide in developing 
 29.51  comprehensive plans for the management 
 29.52  and protection of rivers through grants 
 29.53  for up to two-thirds of the cost that 
 29.54  address locally identified issues while 
 29.55  maintaining consistency with state 
 29.56  floodplain and shoreland laws and local 
 29.57  water plans.  For the purpose of this 
 29.58  paragraph, the nonstate portion 
 29.59  includes contributions either cash or 
 29.60  in-kind.  The appropriation in Laws 
 29.61  1993, chapter 172, section 14, 
 29.62  subdivision 11, paragraph (b), is 
 30.1   available until June 30, 1997. 
 30.2   (b) CANNON RIVER WATERSHED STRATEGIC 
 30.3   PLAN:  INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT             325,000
 30.4   $245,000 of this appropriation is from 
 30.5   the trust fund and $80,000 is from the 
 30.6   future resources fund to the board of 
 30.7   water and soil resources for an 
 30.8   agreement with the Cannon River 
 30.9   Watershed Partnership to implement 
 30.10  activities in the Cannon River 
 30.11  watershed through matching grants and 
 30.12  technical assistance.  This 
 30.13  appropriation must be matched by at 
 30.14  least $81,000 of nonstate money. 
 30.15  This project must be completed and 
 30.16  final products delivered by December 
 30.17  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 30.18  available until that date. 
 30.19  (c) TRI-COUNTY LEECH LAKE 
 30.20  WATERSHED PROJECT                        300,000
 30.21  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.22  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 30.23  natural resources for an agreement with 
 30.24  Cass county in cooperation with the 
 30.25  Tri-County Leech Lake Watershed project 
 30.26  for integrated resource management in 
 30.27  the watershed through baseline data, 
 30.28  public information and education, and 
 30.29  pilot projects. 
 30.30  (d) BLUFFLANDS LANDSCAPE                 630,000 
 30.31  $450,000 of this appropriation is from 
 30.32  the trust fund and $180,000 is from the 
 30.33  future resources fund to the 
 30.34  commissioner of natural resources to 
 30.35  assist communities in developing a 
 30.36  management framework for the scenic and 
 30.37  biological resources of the Mississippi 
 30.38  valley blufflands landscape and to 
 30.39  foster integrated decisions and citizen 
 30.40  commitment to long-term resource 
 30.41  protection.  $304,000 is for a 
 30.42  cooperative agreement with 
 30.43  Architectural Environments; at least 
 30.44  $40,000 of this amount must be used for 
 30.45  demonstration and implementation 
 30.46  activities.  $236,000 is for a 
 30.47  cooperative agreement with Historic 
 30.48  Bluff Country.  $90,000 is for expenses 
 30.49  within the department of natural 
 30.50  resources.  This appropriation must be 
 30.51  matched by at least $50,000 of nonstate 
 30.52  money. 
 30.53  (e) GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ BEACH 
 30.54  RIDGES:  MINING AND PROTECTION            85,000
 30.55  This appropriation is from the future 
 30.56  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 30.57  natural resources to coordinate a 
 30.58  long-term plan for the beach ridges in 
 30.59  Clay county that balances protection of 
 30.60  native prairies with a sustainable 
 30.61  aggregate industry. 
 31.1   (f) ATMOSPHERIC MERCURY EMISSIONS, 
 31.2   DEPOSITION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST 
 31.3   EVALUATION                               575,000
 31.4   This appropriation is from the future 
 31.5   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.6   the pollution control agency for a 
 31.7   mercury emission inventory and 
 31.8   quantification of mercury atmospheric 
 31.9   deposition.  $50,000 is for an 
 31.10  evaluation of the external costs of 
 31.11  mercury emissions from Minnesota 
 31.12  sources. 
 31.13  (g) MERCURY DEPOSITION AND 
 31.14  LAKE QUALITY TRENDS                      250,000
 31.15  $120,000 of this appropriation is from 
 31.16  the future resources fund and $130,000 
 31.17  is from the Great Lakes protection 
 31.18  account to the commissioner of the 
 31.19  pollution control agency for an 
 31.20  agreement with the University of 
 31.21  Minnesota-Duluth to synthesize and 
 31.22  interpret a five-year (1990-1994) 
 31.23  mercury deposition database and 
 31.24  evaluate water quality and fish 
 31.25  contamination trends for 80 high-value 
 31.26  lakes and compare it with historic 
 31.27  data.  This is to be done in 
 31.28  cooperation with the pollution control 
 31.29  agency.  Data compatibility 
 31.30  requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 31.31  this appropriation. 
 31.32  (h) FEEDLOT AND MANURE MANAGEMENT 
 31.33  PRACTICES ASSISTANCE                     200,000
 31.34  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.35  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.36  agriculture to accelerate adoption of 
 31.37  and changes in feedlot and manure 
 31.38  management practices through research, 
 31.39  economic analysis, and enhanced program 
 31.40  design and delivery.  $100,000 of this 
 31.41  appropriation is for an agreement with 
 31.42  the University of Minnesota for 
 31.43  evaluation of manure effluent 
 31.44  treatments. 
 31.45  (i) WATER QUALITY IMPACTS OF FEEDLOT 
 31.46  POLLUTION CONTROL SYSTEMS                300,000
 31.47  This appropriation is from the future 
 31.48  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 31.49  the pollution control agency to 
 31.50  evaluate earthen manure storage basins 
 31.51  and vegetated filter strips for effects 
 31.52  on ground and surface water quality by 
 31.53  monitoring seepage and runoff.  This 
 31.54  appropriation must be matched by at 
 31.55  least $267,000 of nonstate 
 31.56  contributions, either cash or in-kind. 
 31.57  This project must be completed and 
 31.58  final products delivered by December 
 31.59  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 31.60  available until that date. 
 31.61  (j) SHORELAND SEPTIC INVENTORY 
 31.62  AND EDUCATION                            145,000
 32.1   This appropriation is from the future 
 32.2   resources fund to the board of water 
 32.3   and soil resources in cooperation with 
 32.4   the pollution control agency for an 
 32.5   agreement with Hubbard county to 
 32.6   inventory the Mantrap watershed for 
 32.7   failing septic systems and education 
 32.8   and enforcement efforts to implement 
 32.9   upgrading of the systems.  In the work 
 32.10  program for this project required under 
 32.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 116P.05, 
 32.12  subdivision 2, paragraph (c), Hubbard 
 32.13  county shall include documentation that 
 32.14  the county is actively pursuing 
 32.15  adoption of a countywide ordinance to 
 32.16  regulate individual sewage treatment 
 32.17  systems. 
 32.18  (k) ALTERNATIVE INDIVIDUAL SEWAGE 
 32.19  TREATMENT SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
 32.20  DEMONSTRATION                            425,000
 32.21  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.22  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 32.23  the pollution control agency to develop 
 32.24  and demonstrate reliable, low cost 
 32.25  alternative designs for septic systems 
 32.26  in areas with seasonally high water 
 32.27  tables, and designs for removal of 
 32.28  nitrogen by septic systems. 
 32.29  (l) PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABLE 
 32.30  DEVELOPMENT                              200,000
 32.31  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.32  fund to the director of the office of 
 32.33  strategic and long-range planning for 
 32.34  the environmental quality board to 
 32.35  evaluate government barriers to 
 32.36  sustainable development in agriculture, 
 32.37  energy, manufacturing, and settlement 
 32.38  and to recommend strategies to address 
 32.39  priority barriers to sustainable 
 32.40  development. 
 32.41  (m) UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
 32.42  PROTECTION PROJECT                       200,000
 32.43  This appropriation is from the future 
 32.44  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 32.45  natural resources for an agreement with 
 32.46  the Mississippi headwaters board in 
 32.47  cooperation with the metropolitan 
 32.48  council to protect the Mississippi 
 32.49  river from water quality impairment.  
 32.50  This appropriation must be matched by 
 32.51  at least $100,000 of nonstate 
 32.52  contributions, either cash or in-kind. 
 32.53  (n) FOREST MANAGEMENT TO MAINTAIN 
 32.54  STRUCTURAL AND SPECIES DIVERSITY         160,000
 32.55  This appropriation is from the trust 
 32.56  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 32.57  resources to document forest management 
 32.58  practices in a pilot area, assess the 
 32.59  long-term effects of current and 
 32.60  alternative timber harvest practices on 
 32.61  structural aspects of biological 
 32.62  diversity (especially old-growth forest 
 33.1   characteristics), and prepare forest 
 33.2   management guidelines to maintain these 
 33.3   features in commercial forests. 
 33.4   (o) ACCELERATED NATIVE GRASS AND FORBS 
 33.5   ON ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY                    150,000
 33.6   This appropriation is from the trust 
 33.7   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 33.8   resources in cooperation with the 
 33.9   interagency roadside committee to 
 33.10  accelerate native plant establishment 
 33.11  and management in roadsides using 
 33.12  integrated resource management 
 33.13  techniques including educational 
 33.14  materials about benefits of low 
 33.15  maintenance and biologically diverse 
 33.16  roadsides statewide. 
 33.17  This project must be completed and 
 33.18  final products delivered by December 
 33.19  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 33.20  available until that date. 
 33.21  (p) ACCELERATED LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT 
 33.22  ACTIVITIES IN WHITEWATER WATERSHED        60,000
 33.23  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.24  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.25  natural resources to expand activities 
 33.26  in the Whitewater watershed through 
 33.27  shared funding and staffing to assist 
 33.28  and coordinate with the Whitewater 
 33.29  watershed project on landscape 
 33.30  management activities such as 
 33.31  sustainable land use, watershed 
 33.32  restoration, and improved water quality.
 33.33  (q) SUSTAINABLE GRASSLAND CONSERVATION 
 33.34  AND UTILIZATION                          125,000
 33.35  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.36  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.37  natural resources to develop integrated 
 33.38  grassland projects in northwest 
 33.39  Minnesota and to evaluate different 
 33.40  management strategies. 
 33.41  (r) DEVELOPING, EVALUATING, AND 
 33.42  PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE FARMING SYSTEMS    225,000
 33.43  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.44  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.45  agriculture for an agreement with the 
 33.46  Whitewater joint powers board to 
 33.47  develop and evaluate farming systems 
 33.48  for impacts on ecosystems, 
 33.49  profitability, and quality of life 
 33.50  through on-farm research, experiment 
 33.51  station research, watershed 
 33.52  demonstration farms, and education.  
 33.53  This appropriation must be matched by 
 33.54  at least $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 33.55  (s) COOPERATIVES TO PROMOTE 
 33.56  SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES 
 33.57  AND RESEARCH                             100,000
 33.58  This appropriation is from the future 
 33.59  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 33.60  agriculture for an agreement with the 
 34.1   sustainable farming association of 
 34.2   Minnesota to promote sustainable 
 34.3   farming practices by strengthening 
 34.4   farmer-based demonstration and 
 34.5   education networks of the sustainable 
 34.6   farming association and by forming a 
 34.7   pilot cooperative of on-farm and 
 34.8   southwest experiment station research.  
 34.9   This appropriation must be matched by 
 34.10  at least $15,000 of nonstate money. 
 34.11  (t) RECYCLED BIOSOLIDS PRODUCT USED 
 34.12  TO RECLAIM DISTURBED AREAS               200,000
 34.13  This appropriation is from the oil 
 34.14  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 34.15  administration for payment to the 
 34.16  metropolitan council in cooperation 
 34.17  with N-Viro, Minnesota to increase the 
 34.18  market for biosolids by demonstrating 
 34.19  the use of N-Viro soil for reclamation 
 34.20  through a program of research and field 
 34.21  and public demonstrations. 
 34.22  Subd. 6.  Environmental Education 
 34.23  (a) LEOPOLD EDUCATION PROJECT 
 34.24  CURRICULUM                               100,000
 34.25  This appropriation is from the trust 
 34.26  fund to the office of environmental 
 34.27  assistance for an agreement with 
 34.28  Pheasants Forever, Inc. to provide 
 34.29  teacher training in the use of the 
 34.30  Leopold education project conservation 
 34.31  ethics curriculum.  This appropriation 
 34.32  must be matched by at least $50,000 of 
 34.33  nonstate money. 
 34.34  (b) ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 
 34.35  TEACHER TRAINING                         500,000
 34.36  This appropriation is from the trust 
 34.37  fund to the office of environmental 
 34.38  assistance in cooperation with the 
 34.39  environmental education advisory board 
 34.40  to develop and deliver statewide 
 34.41  environmental education training for 
 34.42  preservice and in-service teachers. 
 34.43  (c) SHARING ENVIRONMENTAL 
 34.44  EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE                      200,000
 34.45  This appropriation is from the trust 
 34.46  fund to the office of environmental 
 34.47  assistance in cooperation with the 
 34.48  environmental education advisory board 
 34.49  to plan and develop an information data 
 34.50  exchange and service center that 
 34.51  coordinates the collection, evaluation, 
 34.52  dissemination, and promotion of 
 34.53  environmental education resources and 
 34.54  programs. 
 34.55  (d) ENVIRONMENTAL VIDEO RESOURCE 
 34.56  LIBRARY AND PUBLIC TELEVISION SERIES     250,000
 34.57  This appropriation is from the future 
 34.58  resources fund to the office of 
 34.59  environmental assistance in cooperation 
 34.60  with the environmental education 
 35.1   advisory board for an agreement with 
 35.2   Twin Cities Public Television to create 
 35.3   a resource information center for 
 35.4   environmental video and to produce and 
 35.5   broadcast an environmental television 
 35.6   series about Minnesota environmental 
 35.7   achievements. 
 35.8   (e) DEVELOPMENT, ASSIMILATION, AND 
 35.9   DISTRIBUTION OF WOLF EDUCATIONAL 
 35.10  MATERIALS                                100,000
 35.11  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.12  resources fund to the office of 
 35.13  environmental assistance for an 
 35.14  agreement with the International Wolf 
 35.15  Center to collect and develop written, 
 35.16  electronic, and photographic 
 35.17  audio-visual material about wolf 
 35.18  ecology, recovery, and management for 
 35.19  electronic distribution.  This 
 35.20  appropriation must be matched by at 
 35.21  least $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 35.22  (f) ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION GRANTS 
 35.23  FOR MINNESOTA SCHOOLS                    200,000
 35.24  This appropriation is from the trust 
 35.25  fund to the department of natural 
 35.26  resources for an agreement with St. 
 35.27  Olaf college for the school nature area 
 35.28  project matching grants to schools for 
 35.29  school area nature sites.  This 
 35.30  appropriation must be matched by at 
 35.31  least $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 35.32  (g) ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENTAL 
 35.33  EDUCATION NETWORK                        250,000
 35.34  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.35  resources fund to the office of 
 35.36  environmental assistance for an 
 35.37  agreement with the University of 
 35.38  Minnesota raptor center to develop a 
 35.39  program for student participation in 
 35.40  satellite-tracking research, data 
 35.41  collection and dissemination using 
 35.42  INTERNET, workshops, material 
 35.43  development, and off-site classroom 
 35.44  experience.  This appropriation must be 
 35.45  matched by at least $38,000 of nonstate 
 35.46  money. 
 35.47  (h) THREE RIVERS INITIATIVE              750,000
 35.48  This appropriation is from the future 
 35.49  resources fund to the Science Museum of 
 35.50  Minnesota to develop exhibits and 
 35.51  programs focusing on the Mississippi, 
 35.52  Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers. 
 35.53  (i) INTERACTIVE COMPUTER EXHIBIT ON 
 35.54  MINNESOTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES       150,000
 35.55  This appropriation is from oil 
 35.56  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 35.57  administration for an agreement with 
 35.58  the Izaak Walton League of America, 
 35.59  midwest office in cooperation with the 
 35.60  Science Museum of Minnesota to develop 
 35.61  and disseminate an interactive 
 36.1   multimedia computer exhibit on 
 36.2   renewable energy resources. 
 36.3   (j) TREES FOR TEENS:  TRAINING, 
 36.4   RESOURCES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, 
 36.5   SERVICE                                   75,000
 36.6   This appropriation is from the future 
 36.7   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.8   natural resources for an agreement with 
 36.9   Twin Cities Tree Trust to develop a 
 36.10  pilot program and curriculum materials 
 36.11  for educating high school students 
 36.12  about urban forestry and assisting them 
 36.13  in carrying out peer education and 
 36.14  community service projects.  This 
 36.15  project must be done in cooperation 
 36.16  with the Minnesota releaf program. 
 36.17  (k) REDWOOD FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 
 36.18  NO. 637 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROJECT  250,000
 36.19  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.20  resources fund to the office of 
 36.21  environmental assistance for an 
 36.22  agreement with the Redwood Falls school 
 36.23  district to accelerate development of 
 36.24  an outdoor environmental learning 
 36.25  center and to integrate environmental 
 36.26  education into the K-12 curriculum.  
 36.27  Project development will include 
 36.28  prairie access improvements including a 
 36.29  trail system, establishment of a 
 36.30  wetland, and an arboretum. 
 36.31  (l) TOGETHER OUTDOORS MINNESOTA          575,000
 36.32  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.33  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.34  natural resources for an agreement with 
 36.35  Wilderness Inquiry for diversity 
 36.36  specialist training, training of 
 36.37  outdoor service professionals to 
 36.38  provide inclusive programming, and 
 36.39  diversity networking, including the 
 36.40  development of a directory of 
 36.41  recreation facility accessibility.  
 36.42  This appropriation must be matched by 
 36.43  at least $80,000 of nonstate money. 
 36.44  This project must be completed and 
 36.45  final products delivered by December 
 36.46  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 36.47  available until that date. 
 36.48  (m) ENHANCED NATURAL RESOURCE 
 36.49  OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASIAN-PACIFIC 
 36.50  MINNESOTANS                              150,000
 36.51  This appropriation is from the future 
 36.52  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 36.53  natural resources for the second 
 36.54  biennium of funding for community 
 36.55  outreach, cultural collaboration, 
 36.56  training, and education to increase 
 36.57  Asians' participation and understanding 
 36.58  of natural resources management.  
 36.59  Supplemental funding must be requested 
 36.60  and the results reported to the 
 36.61  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 36.62  resources. 
 37.1   (n) DELIVER ECOLOGICAL INFORMATION 
 37.2   AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO 
 37.3   LOCAL GOVERNMENTS                        100,000
 37.4   This appropriation is from the future 
 37.5   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.6   natural resources to provide 
 37.7   interpretation of ecological data 
 37.8   collected by the county biological 
 37.9   survey. 
 37.10  (o) NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION 
 37.11  PUBLIC EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PROJECT   100,000
 37.12  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.13  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.14  the pollution control agency for an 
 37.15  agreement with the city of St. Paul for 
 37.16  a joint project with the city of 
 37.17  Minneapolis to conduct surveys and 
 37.18  develop and implement nonpoint source 
 37.19  pollution public education.  This 
 37.20  appropriation must be matched by at 
 37.21  least $12,000 of nonstate money. 
 37.22  (p) WHITETAIL DEER RESOURCE CENTER        50,000
 37.23  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.24  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.25  natural resources for an agreement with 
 37.26  the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association 
 37.27  to develop a facility and operations 
 37.28  plan.  This appropriation must be 
 37.29  matched by $50,000 of nonstate money. 
 37.30  (q) GORDON GULLION CHAIR IN FOREST 
 37.31  WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION          350,000
 37.32  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.33  resources fund to the University of 
 37.34  Minnesota to establish an endowed chair 
 37.35  in forest wildlife research and 
 37.36  education to develop forest and 
 37.37  wildlife sustainable management 
 37.38  practices.  This appropriation must be 
 37.39  matched by at least $350,000 of 
 37.40  nonstate money.  This project must be 
 37.41  completed and final products delivered 
 37.42  by December 31, 1997, and the 
 37.43  appropriation is available until that 
 37.44  date. 
 37.45  (r) NEY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER              100,000 
 37.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.48  natural resources for an agreement with 
 37.49  Le Sueur county to develop an 
 37.50  environmental learning center in the 
 37.51  Minnesota River Valley near Henderson.  
 37.52  The appropriation shall be used to 
 37.53  convert existing buildings to 
 37.54  classrooms, add restroom facilities and 
 37.55  improve access, and remove unneeded 
 37.56  structures. 
 37.57  (s) LAWNDALE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER        400,000
 37.58  This appropriation is from the future 
 37.59  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 37.60  natural resources for an agreement with 
 38.1   Lawndale Environmental Foundation to 
 38.2   develop an environmental learning 
 38.3   center near Herman with emphasis on 
 38.4   prairie, wetlands, and agricultural 
 38.5   themes.  This appropriation must be 
 38.6   matched by at least $100,000 of 
 38.7   nonstate money. 
 38.8   Subd. 7.  Natural Resource Data 
 38.9   (a) ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS INITIATIVE  350,000
 38.10  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.11  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.12  resources to create the framework for 
 38.13  an integrated, statewide network for 
 38.14  selecting and monitoring environmental 
 38.15  indicators to assess and communicate 
 38.16  Minnesota's environmental health status 
 38.17  and trends.  The work program must be 
 38.18  submitted to the environmental quality 
 38.19  board for review before approval by the 
 38.20  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 38.21  resources.  Data compatibility 
 38.22  requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 38.23  this appropriation. 
 38.24  (b) ASSESSING WETLAND QUALITY WITH 
 38.25  ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS                    275,000
 38.26  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.27  fund to the board of water and soil 
 38.28  resources for an agreement with the 
 38.29  University of Minnesota to develop 
 38.30  plant and animal indicators of wetland 
 38.31  quality, establish a system of 
 38.32  reference natural wetlands for 
 38.33  comparative monitoring, and develop 
 38.34  guidelines for wetland assessment and 
 38.35  monitoring to guide replacement wetland 
 38.36  monitoring.  Data compatibility 
 38.37  requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 38.38  this appropriation. 
 38.39  (c) COUNTY BIOLOGICAL 
 38.40  SURVEY - CONTINUATION                    900,000
 38.41  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.42  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.43  resources for the fifth biennium of a 
 38.44  proposed 12-biennium project to 
 38.45  accelerate the county biological survey 
 38.46  for the systematic collection, 
 38.47  interpretation, and distribution of 
 38.48  data on the distribution and ecology of 
 38.49  rare plants, animals, and natural 
 38.50  communities.  Data compatibility 
 38.51  requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 38.52  this appropriation. 
 38.53  (d) FOREST BIRD DIVERSITY 
 38.54  INITIATIVE - CONTINUATION                400,000
 38.55  This appropriation is from the trust 
 38.56  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 38.57  resources for the third biennium of a 
 38.58  proposed six-biennium project for a 
 38.59  comprehensive monitoring and research 
 38.60  program that develops management tools 
 38.61  to maintain diversity of forest birds 
 38.62  and establishes benchmarks for using 
 39.1   birds as ecological indicators of 
 39.2   forest health.  Data compatibility 
 39.3   requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 39.4   this appropriation.  This project must 
 39.5   be completed and final products 
 39.6   delivered by December 31, 1997, and the 
 39.7   appropriation is available until that 
 39.8   date. 
 39.9   (e) BASE MAPS FOR 1990s - FINAL 
 39.10  PHASE CONTINUATION                       600,000
 39.11  This appropriation is from the trust 
 39.12  fund to the director of the office of 
 39.13  strategic and long-range planning to 
 39.14  provide the third biennium of a 
 39.15  three-biennium state match for a 
 39.16  federal program to complete statewide 
 39.17  coverage of orthophoto maps and 
 39.18  complete the update mapping for the 
 39.19  state's most obsolete topographic 
 39.20  maps.  Data compatibility requirements 
 39.21  in subdivision 14 apply to this 
 39.22  appropriation. 
 39.23  (f) COMPLETION OF STATEWIDE LAND USE 
 39.24  UPDATE - CONTINUATION                    380,000
 39.25  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.26  resources fund to the director of the 
 39.27  office of strategic and long-range 
 39.28  planning, in cooperation with the board 
 39.29  of water and soil resources, for an 
 39.30  agreement with the association of 
 39.31  Minnesota counties for the third and 
 39.32  final biennium to complete the update 
 39.33  of the land use map for Minnesota, 
 39.34  complete conversion of the data to 
 39.35  computer format, and make the data 
 39.36  available to users.  Data compatibility 
 39.37  requirements in subdivision 14 apply to 
 39.38  this appropriation. 
 39.39  (g) FILLMORE COUNTY SOIL 
 39.40  SURVEY UPDATE                             65,000
 39.41  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.42  resources fund to the board of water 
 39.43  and soil resources to provide half of 
 39.44  the nonfederal share to begin a 
 39.45  three-biennium project to update the 
 39.46  Fillmore county soil survey into a 
 39.47  digitized and manuscript format.  Data 
 39.48  compatibility requirements in 
 39.49  subdivision 14 apply to this 
 39.50  appropriation. 
 39.51  (h) MINNESOTA RIVER TILE SYSTEM 
 39.52  RESEARCH - CONTINUATION                  150,000
 39.53  This appropriation is from the future 
 39.54  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 39.55  the pollution control agency for the 
 39.56  second biennium of a two-biennium 
 39.57  project to continue research on the 
 39.58  impact of and best management practices 
 39.59  for surface tile inlets. 
 39.60  (i) SUGARLOAF SITE ASSESSMENT AND 
 39.61  INTERPRETATION                            70,000
 40.1   This appropriation is from the future 
 40.2   resources fund to the commissioner of 
 40.3   natural resources for an agreement with 
 40.4   the Sugarloaf Interpretive Center 
 40.5   Association for inventories, native 
 40.6   habitat restoration, and the 
 40.7   interpretation of the natural and 
 40.8   cultural characteristics of Sugarloaf 
 40.9   Cove.  The data collection must be 
 40.10  coordinated with the department of 
 40.11  natural resources natural heritage 
 40.12  program.  Reasonable public use and 
 40.13  access must be provided.  This 
 40.14  appropriation must be matched by 
 40.15  $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 40.16  (j) MICROBIAL DETERIORATION OF ASPHALT 
 40.17  MATERIALS AND ITS PREVENTION              60,000
 40.18  This appropriation is from the oil 
 40.19  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 40.20  administration for a transfer to the 
 40.21  commissioner of transportation to 
 40.22  survey microbial deterioration of 
 40.23  asphalt-bituminous materials in 
 40.24  cooperation with Bemidji state 
 40.25  university or other research 
 40.26  institutions. 
 40.27  (k) ANALYSIS OF LANDS ENROLLED
 40.28  IN CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM          200,000  
 40.29  This appropriation is from the 
 40.30  Minnesota future resources fund to the 
 40.31  commissioner of agriculture for 
 40.32  continuing the analysis of lands 
 40.33  enrolled in the conservation reserve 
 40.34  program relative to nonpoint source 
 40.35  pollution, developing land management 
 40.36  options for lands emerging from the 
 40.37  program, and developing the capability 
 40.38  to target future program funds for the 
 40.39  greatest environmental benefit. 
 40.40  Subd. 8.  Urban Natural Resources 
 40.41  (a) URBAN WILDLIFE HABITAT PROGRAM       150,000
 40.42  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.43  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 40.44  natural resources for an agreement with 
 40.45  the St. Paul neighborhood energy 
 40.46  consortium to provide workshops and 
 40.47  native planting materials to households 
 40.48  for landscaping for wildlife, 
 40.49  demonstrating plant diversity, and 
 40.50  alternative lawn care practices in the 
 40.51  urban environment.  This project must 
 40.52  be done in cooperation with the 
 40.53  department of natural resources nongame 
 40.54  wildlife and releaf programs.  This 
 40.55  appropriation must be matched by at 
 40.56  least $35,000 of nonstate money. 
 40.57  (b) GARDENING PROGRAM - STATEWIDE        300,000
 40.58  This appropriation is from the future 
 40.59  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 40.60  natural resources for an agreement with 
 40.61  the sustainable resources center for a 
 40.62  joint project with the Minnesota 
 41.1   horticultural society - Minnesota Green 
 41.2   and Duluth Plant-A-Lot community garden 
 41.3   program to provide technical assistance 
 41.4   on community plantings, food gardens, 
 41.5   trees, native plants, and 
 41.6   environmentally sound horticultural and 
 41.7   land use practices.  This appropriation 
 41.8   must be matched by at least $3,000 in 
 41.9   nonstate money. 
 41.10  (c) RELEAF:  PLANTING FOR ENERGY 
 41.11  CONSERVATION IN COMMUNITIES              400,000
 41.12  This appropriation is from the oil 
 41.13  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 41.14  administration for an agreement with 
 41.15  the department of natural resources for 
 41.16  the second biennium of a project to 
 41.17  achieve the strategic planting of 
 41.18  predominately native shade trees and 
 41.19  community windbreaks for statewide 
 41.20  energy conservation and carbon dioxide 
 41.21  abatement through acceleration of the 
 41.22  Minnesota releaf program by providing 
 41.23  grants administered on a reimbursement 
 41.24  basis.  The program shall be 
 41.25  administered to maximize local 
 41.26  contributions on a cash and service 
 41.27  basis. 
 41.28  (d) MAPLEWOOD INNOVATIVE STORM 
 41.29  WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT                 100,000
 41.30  This appropriation is from the future 
 41.31  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 41.32  the pollution control agency for an 
 41.33  agreement with the city of Maplewood to 
 41.34  design, construct, and monitor a 
 41.35  demonstration stormwater management 
 41.36  system.  This appropriation must be 
 41.37  matched by at least $165,000 of 
 41.38  nonstate money. 
 41.39  (e) PHALEN WETLAND RESTORATION           115,000
 41.40  This appropriation is from the trust 
 41.41  fund to the board of water and soil 
 41.42  resources for an agreement with the 
 41.43  city of St. Paul to restore a wetland 
 41.44  at the south end of Lake Phalen.  This 
 41.45  appropriation must be matched by at 
 41.46  least $50,000 in nonstate money. 
 41.47  (f) WETLAND RESTORATION AND 
 41.48  ENHANCEMENT TO CREATE COMMUNITY AMENITY 
 41.49  AND FORM                                 200,000
 41.50  This appropriation is from the trust 
 41.51  fund to the director of the office of 
 41.52  strategic and long-range planning for 
 41.53  an agreement with the University of 
 41.54  Minnesota to provide technical design 
 41.55  assistance to help five communities 
 41.56  create restored and enhanced wetlands 
 41.57  that reinforce community form and 
 41.58  emphasize habitat creation, water 
 41.59  quality, and recreational amenities. 
 41.60  (g) METROPOLITAN AREA GROUNDWATER 
 41.61  MODEL TO PREDICT CONTAMINANT MOVEMENT    250,000
 42.1   This appropriation is from the trust 
 42.2   fund to the commissioner of the 
 42.3   pollution control agency to develop and 
 42.4   apply a tool to improve prediction of 
 42.5   contaminant movement in groundwater at 
 42.6   contamination sites in the metropolitan 
 42.7   area using a flexible regional 
 42.8   groundwater flow model.  Data 
 42.9   compatibility requirements in 
 42.10  subdivision 14 apply to this 
 42.11  appropriation. 
 42.12  (h) ARBORETUM BOUNDARY LAND 
 42.13  ACQUISITION                              680,000
 42.14  This appropriation is from the future 
 42.15  resources fund to the University of 
 42.16  Minnesota for a grant to the University 
 42.17  of Minnesota landscape arboretum 
 42.18  foundation to expand the boundary of 
 42.19  the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and, 
 42.20  if money is available after the 
 42.21  intended acquisition, to develop a 
 42.22  wetland restoration demonstration.  
 42.23  This appropriation must be matched by 
 42.24  at least $400,000 nonstate money. 
 42.25  Subd. 9.  Fisheries 
 42.26  (a) STATEWIDE EXPERIMENTAL 
 42.27  FISHING REGULATIONS                      650,000
 42.28  This appropriation is from the future 
 42.29  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 42.30  natural resources for baseline data 
 42.31  collection to evaluate experimental 
 42.32  fishing regulations. 
 42.33  This project must be completed and 
 42.34  final products delivered by December 
 42.35  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 42.36  available until that date. 
 42.37  (b) RIM - ACCELERATE FISHERIES 
 42.38  ACQUISITION FOR ANGLER ACCESS            300,000
 42.39  This appropriation is from the trust 
 42.40  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 42.41  resources to provide increased angler 
 42.42  access by accelerating easement and fee 
 42.43  title acquisition of land adjacent to 
 42.44  streams and lakes, including access for 
 42.45  non-boat owners and urban users. 
 42.46  This project must be completed and 
 42.47  final products delivered by December 
 42.48  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 42.49  available until that date. 
 42.50  (c) RIM - ACCELERATE STATEWIDE 
 42.51  FISHERIES HABITAT DEVELOPMENT, 
 42.52  HATCHERY REHABILITATION, AND 
 42.53  STREAM FLOW PROTECTION                 1,000,000
 42.54  $555,000 of this appropriation is from 
 42.55  the trust fund and $445,000 is from the 
 42.56  future resources fund to the 
 42.57  commissioner of natural resources to 
 42.58  implement projects for the acquisition, 
 42.59  restoration, improvement, and 
 42.60  development of fisheries habitat and 
 43.1   hatchery rehabilitation.  Up to 
 43.2   $215,000 of the trust fund 
 43.3   appropriation is available to continue 
 43.4   the stream flow protection program for 
 43.5   the second biennium of a proposed 
 43.6   eight-biennium effort to establish a 
 43.7   watershed level stream habitat database 
 43.8   and develop the tools to set protected 
 43.9   flows for ecosystem diversity.  Data 
 43.10  compatibility requirements in 
 43.11  subdivision 14 apply to this 
 43.12  appropriation. 
 43.13  This project must be completed and 
 43.14  final products delivered by December 
 43.15  31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 43.16  available until that date. 
 43.17  Subd. 10.  Wildlife 
 43.18  (a) RIM - ACCELERATE WILDLIFE 
 43.19  LAND ACQUISITION                         650,000
 43.20  $510,000 of this appropriation is from 
 43.21  the trust fund and $140,000 is from the 
 43.22  future resources fund to the 
 43.23  commissioner of natural resources to 
 43.24  accelerate acquisition activities in 
 43.25  the reinvest in Minnesota program by 
 43.26  acquiring land identified in North 
 43.27  American waterfowl management plan 
 43.28  project areas.  This appropriation must 
 43.29  first be used for projects qualifying 
 43.30  for a match, which may include costs 
 43.31  for acquisition, enhancements, and 
 43.32  wetland restoration. 
 43.33  (b) RIM - ACCELERATE CRITICAL 
 43.34  HABITAT MATCH PROGRAM                    250,000
 43.35  This appropriation is from the trust 
 43.36  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 43.37  resources to accelerate the reinvest in 
 43.38  Minnesota program to acquire and 
 43.39  improve critical habitat for game and 
 43.40  nongame fish, wildlife, and native 
 43.41  plants under Minnesota Statutes, 
 43.42  section 84.943.  Projects must occur in 
 43.43  both urban and rural areas. 
 43.44  (c) RIM - ACCELERATE WILDLIFE 
 43.45  HABITAT STEWARDSHIP                      450,000
 43.46  This appropriation is from the future 
 43.47  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 43.48  natural resources for improvement of 
 43.49  wildlife habitat and natural plant 
 43.50  communities statewide, both urban and 
 43.51  rural public lands, to protect and 
 43.52  enhance wildlife, native plant species, 
 43.53  and ecological diversity. 
 43.54  (d) BIOMASS PRODUCTION, MANAGEMENT AND 
 43.55  RESTORATION OF BRUSHLAND HABITATS        200,000
 43.56  This appropriation is from the future 
 43.57  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 43.58  natural resources for an agreement with 
 43.59  the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 
 43.60  cooperation with the natural resources 
 43.61  research institute and the Minnesota 
 44.1   Sharptailed Grouse Society to assess 
 44.2   brushland harvesting, brushland as 
 44.3   wildlife habitat, and habitat 
 44.4   management strategies. 
 44.5   This project must be completed and 
 44.6   final products delivered by December 
 44.7   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 44.8   available until that date. 
 44.9   (e) TURN IN POACHERS YOUTH ACTIVITY BOOK  50,000
 44.10  This appropriation is from the future 
 44.11  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 44.12  natural resources for an agreement with 
 44.13  TIP, Inc. to print and disseminate an 
 44.14  activity book to inform and educate 
 44.15  children about poaching and its impact 
 44.16  on natural resources, and to promote 
 44.17  ethical hunting and fishing.  This 
 44.18  appropriation must be matched by at 
 44.19  least $12,500 of nonstate money. 
 44.20  Subd. 11.  Energy 
 44.21  (a) INTER-CITY ELECTRIC VEHICLE 
 44.22  TRANSPORTATION DEMONSTRATION             150,000
 44.23  This appropriation is from the oil 
 44.24  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 44.25  administration for an agreement with 
 44.26  Minnesota Power and Light Company to 
 44.27  develop and evaluate an electric 
 44.28  vehicle infrastructure with charging 
 44.29  stations for use between Duluth and St. 
 44.30  Paul, including installation of a 
 44.31  charging station at the state of 
 44.32  Minnesota central motor pool location.  
 44.33  This appropriation must be matched by 
 44.34  at least $30,000 of nonstate money. 
 44.35  (b) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND 
 44.36  ENERGY ON FAMILY FARMS                   200,000
 44.37  This appropriation is from the oil 
 44.38  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 44.39  administration for an agreement with 
 44.40  the sustainable resources center to 
 44.41  provide technical assistance and 
 44.42  technology transfer for the development 
 44.43  of wind energy harvesting. 
 44.44  (c) ONE-MEGAWATT HYBRID ELECTRICAL 
 44.45  GENERATION SIMULATION PROJECT             50,000
 44.46  This appropriation is from the oil 
 44.47  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 44.48  administration for an agreement with 
 44.49  Dan Mar & Associates in cooperation 
 44.50  with the agriculture utilization 
 44.51  research institute for a simulation 
 44.52  project using biofuel electrical 
 44.53  generation to firm up wind power to 
 44.54  provide electrical energy on demand. 
 44.55  (d) AVIAN POPULATION ANALYSIS FOR 
 44.56  WIND POWER GENERATION REGIONS             75,000
 44.57  This appropriation is from the oil 
 44.58  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 44.59  administration for an agreement with 
 45.1   American Wind Energy Association to 
 45.2   identify and assess significant avian 
 45.3   activity areas within identified wind 
 45.4   farm corridors in Minnesota.  This 
 45.5   appropriation must be matched by at 
 45.6   least $75,000 of nonstate money. 
 45.7   This project must be completed and 
 45.8   final products delivered by December 
 45.9   31, 1997, and the appropriation is 
 45.10  available until that date. 
 45.11  (e) ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC 
 45.12  ICE ARENAS                               470,000
 45.13  This appropriation is from the oil 
 45.14  overcharge money to the commissioner of 
 45.15  administration for an agreement with 
 45.16  the Center for Energy and Environment 
 45.17  to assess, install, and evaluate energy 
 45.18  and indoor air quality improvements in 
 45.19  at least 25 publicly owned ice arenas 
 45.20  located throughout Minnesota.  Projects 
 45.21  receiving funding from this 
 45.22  appropriation must be in compliance 
 45.23  with the indoor ice facilities prime 
 45.24  ice time and gender preference 
 45.25  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 45.26  section 15.98.  This appropriation is 
 45.27  for up to 50 percent of the cost of 
 45.28  retrofit activities. 
 45.29  Subd. 12.  Historic 
 45.30  (a) RESTORE HISTORIC MISSISSIPPI 
 45.31  RIVER MILL SITE                          120,000
 45.32  This appropriation is from the future 
 45.33  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 45.34  historical society for a subgrant to 
 45.35  the Minneapolis park and recreation 
 45.36  board to implement an agreement with 
 45.37  Crown Hydro Company to restore 
 45.38  gatehouse foundations, construct 
 45.39  catwalks and lighting through the 
 45.40  tailrace tunnels, and restore and 
 45.41  display the historic turbine of the 
 45.42  historic Crown roller mill.  This 
 45.43  activity must be done in cooperation 
 45.44  with the St. Anthony falls heritage 
 45.45  board.  Reasonable public use and 
 45.46  access must be provided.  This 
 45.47  appropriation must be matched by at 
 45.48  least $120,000 of nonstate money.  This 
 45.49  appropriation is contingent on the 
 45.50  receipt of all applicable hydropower 
 45.51  and other public agency approvals. 
 45.52  (b) POND-DAKOTA MISSION 
 45.53  RESTORATION                              270,000
 45.54  This appropriation is from the future 
 45.55  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 45.56  historical society for an agreement 
 45.57  with the city of Bloomington to 
 45.58  continue the restoration of the Pond 
 45.59  house and Dakota Indian mission site.  
 45.60  This appropriation must be matched by 
 45.61  $80,000 of nonstate money. 
 45.62  (c) JOSEPH R. BROWN INTERPRETIVE 
 46.1   CENTER RESTORATION PROJECT                75,000
 46.2   This appropriation is from the future 
 46.3   resources fund to the Minnesota 
 46.4   historical society for an agreement 
 46.5   with the Sibley county historical 
 46.6   society for building restoration and 
 46.7   renovation activities on the 1879 
 46.8   Sibley county courthouse, to be used as 
 46.9   the Joseph R. Brown interpretive 
 46.10  center.  This appropriation must be 
 46.11  matched by at least $5,000 of nonstate 
 46.12  money. 
 46.13  (d) HERITAGE TRAILS                      200,000
 46.14  This appropriation is from the future 
 46.15  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 46.16  historical society to plan and 
 46.17  construct trails for at least three 
 46.18  historic sites and for trail 
 46.19  interpretive material and equipment. 
 46.20  (e) RESTORATION OF HISTORIC ELBA 
 46.21  FIRE TOWER                                73,000
 46.22  This appropriation is from the future 
 46.23  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 46.24  natural resources for an agreement with 
 46.25  the Elba booster club, in consultation 
 46.26  with the Minnesota historical society, 
 46.27  for restoration and the development of 
 46.28  interpretive materials and to provide 
 46.29  access to the Elba fire tower for safe 
 46.30  recreational and educational use.  This 
 46.31  project must be available for 
 46.32  reasonable public use and access. 
 46.33  (f) MANAGING MINNESOTA SHIPWRECKS        100,000
 46.34  This appropriation is from the future 
 46.35  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 46.36  historical society to survey historic 
 46.37  north shore shipping facilities and 
 46.38  shipwrecks, survey shipwrecks in 
 46.39  Minnesota inland lakes and rivers, 
 46.40  organize a conference on underwater 
 46.41  cultural resources, and revise the 
 46.42  management plan.  Supplemental funding 
 46.43  must be requested and the results 
 46.44  reported to the legislative commission 
 46.45  on Minnesota resources. 
 46.46  (g) LAC QUI PARLE MISSION
 46.47  HISTORICAL TRAIL                         181,000
 46.48  This appropriation is from the future 
 46.49  resources fund to the Minnesota 
 46.50  historical society to construct a 
 46.51  mile-long trail for hiking and biking, 
 46.52  including an overlook at the site of 
 46.53  the historic Lac Qui Parle Mission.  
 46.54  The trail must be accessible by persons 
 46.55  with disabilities. 
 46.56  Subd. 13.  Biological Control 
 46.57  (a) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF 
 46.58  EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL AND PURPLE 
 46.59  LOOSESTRIFE - CONTINUATION               300,000
 47.1   $250,000 of this appropriation is from 
 47.2   the trust fund and $50,000 is from the 
 47.3   future resources fund to the 
 47.4   commissioner of natural resources for 
 47.5   the second biennium of a five-biennium 
 47.6   project to develop biological controls 
 47.7   for Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 47.8   loosestrife.  This project must be 
 47.9   completed and final products delivered 
 47.10  by December 31, 1997, and the 
 47.11  appropriation is available until that 
 47.12  date. 
 47.13  (b) BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF OVERLAND 
 47.14  SPREAD OF OAK WILT                        90,000
 47.15  This appropriation is from the future 
 47.16  resources fund to the commissioner of 
 47.17  agriculture in cooperation with the 
 47.18  University of Minnesota to improve 
 47.19  application methods for enhancing 
 47.20  natural biological control of the 
 47.21  overland spread of oak wilt. 
 47.22  (c) BENEFICIAL FUNGAL INOCULUM FOR 
 47.23  PRAIRIE AND WETLAND RECLAMATION          100,000
 47.24  This appropriation is from the trust 
 47.25  fund to the commissioner of 
 47.26  transportation for an agreement with 
 47.27  the University of Minnesota for the 
 47.28  characterization and development of 
 47.29  inoculum production methods for soil 
 47.30  fungi associated with the roots of 
 47.31  native and naturalized Minnesota plants 
 47.32  in prairies and wetlands to assist in 
 47.33  restoration projects. 
 47.34  Subd. 14.  Data Compatibility 
 47.35  Requirements 
 47.36  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 47.37  1997, the data collected by the 
 47.38  projects funded under this section that 
 47.39  have common value for natural resource 
 47.40  planning and management must conform to 
 47.41  information architecture as defined in 
 47.42  guidelines and standards adopted by the 
 47.43  information policy office.  Data review 
 47.44  committees may be established to 
 47.45  develop or comment on plans for data 
 47.46  integration and distribution and shall 
 47.47  submit semiannual status reports to the 
 47.48  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 47.49  resources on their findings.  In 
 47.50  addition, the data must be provided to 
 47.51  and integrated with the Minnesota land 
 47.52  management information center's 
 47.53  geographic databases with the 
 47.54  integration costs borne by the activity 
 47.55  receiving funding under this section. 
 47.56  Subd. 15.  Project Requirements 
 47.57  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
 47.58  appropriations in this section that any 
 47.59  agency or entity receiving the 
 47.60  appropriation must comply with 
 47.61  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116P. 
 47.62  Subd 16.  Match Requirements 
 48.1   Appropriations in this section that 
 48.2   must be matched and for which the match 
 48.3   has not been committed by January 1, 
 48.4   1996, must be canceled.  Unless 
 48.5   specifically authorized, in-kind 
 48.6   contributions may not be counted as 
 48.7   match. 
 48.8   Subd. 17.  Payment Conditions and 
 48.9   Capital Equipment Expenditures 
 48.10  All agreements, grants, or contracts 
 48.11  referred to in this section must be 
 48.12  administered on a reimbursement basis.  
 48.13  Payment must be made upon receiving 
 48.14  documentation that reimbursable amounts 
 48.15  have been expended, except that 
 48.16  reasonable amounts may be advanced to 
 48.17  projects in order to accommodate cash 
 48.18  flow needs.  The advances must be 
 48.19  approved as part of the work program.  
 48.20  No expenditures for capital equipment 
 48.21  are allowed unless expressly authorized 
 48.22  in the project work program. 
 48.23  Subd. 18.  Purchase of Recycled and 
 48.24  Recyclable Materials 
 48.25  A political subdivision, public or 
 48.26  private corporation, or other entity 
 48.27  that receives an appropriation in this 
 48.28  section must use the appropriation in 
 48.29  compliance with Minnesota Statutes, 
 48.30  sections 16B.121 to 16B.123, requiring 
 48.31  the purchase of recycled, repairable, 
 48.32  and durable materials, the purchase of 
 48.33  uncoated paper stock, and the use of 
 48.34  soy-based ink, the same as if it were a 
 48.35  state agency. 
 48.36  Subd. 19.  Carryforward 
 48.37  (a) Except as provided in paragraph 
 48.38  (b), the availability of the 
 48.39  appropriations for the following 
 48.40  projects is extended to December 31, 
 48.41  1995; on that date the appropriations 
 48.42  cancel and no further payment is 
 48.43  authorized:  Laws 1993, chapter 172, 
 48.44  section 14, subdivisions 3, paragraphs 
 48.45  (a), (f), and (i); 6, paragraph (b); 9; 
 48.46  10, paragraphs (a), (c), (g), (p), (q), 
 48.47  and (r); and 12, paragraphs (a), (b), 
 48.48  (c), (h), (j), and (l). 
 48.49  (b) The availability of the 
 48.50  appropriations for the following 
 48.51  projects is extended to December 31, 
 48.52  1996; on that date the appropriations 
 48.53  cancel and no further payment is 
 48.54  authorized:  (1) Laws 1993, chapter 
 48.55  172, section 14, subdivisions 3, 
 48.56  paragraph (c); 4, paragraph (e); 10, 
 48.57  paragraphs (d), (f), and (o); 12, 
 48.58  paragraphs (f) and (g); in subdivision 
 48.59  10, paragraph (b), the Bloomington East 
 48.60  and West Bush Lake picnic areas; and, 
 48.61  in subdivision 10, paragraph (c), Cedar 
 48.62  Lake trail development and the Dakota 
 48.63  North regional trail in South St. Paul; 
 48.64  and (2) Laws 1994, chapter 632, article 
 49.1   2, section 6, local recreation grants 
 49.2   and Silver Bay harbor. 
 49.3   Subd. 20.  Energy Conservation 
 49.4   A recipient to whom an appropriation is 
 49.5   made in this section for a capital 
 49.6   improvement project shall ensure that 
 49.7   the project complies with the 
 49.8   applicable energy conservation 
 49.9   standards contained in law, including 
 49.10  Minnesota Statutes, sections 216C.19 to 
 49.11  216C.21, and rules adopted thereunder.  
 49.12  The recipient may use the energy 
 49.13  planning and intervention and energy 
 49.14  technologies units of the department of 
 49.15  public service to obtain information 
 49.16  and technical assistance on energy 
 49.17  conservation and alternative energy 
 49.18  development relating to the planning 
 49.19  and construction of the capital 
 49.20  improvement project. 
 49.21  Sec. 20.  ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 
 49.22  The following amounts are appropriated 
 49.23  from the Minnesota environment and 
 49.24  natural resources trust fund referred 
 49.25  to in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 49.26  116P.02, subdivision 6.  The 
 49.27  appropriations are available until 
 49.28  December 31, 1995, and are subject to 
 49.29  the provisions of Laws 1993, chapter 
 49.30  172, section 14, subdivisions 14 to 18. 
 49.31  If revenues are insufficient to meet 
 49.32  these appropriations, the commissioner 
 49.33  of finance shall reduce the amounts 
 49.34  proportionately. 
 49.35  (a) STATE PARK AND RECREATION  
 49.36  AREA ACQUISITION                       1,120,000
 49.37  This appropriation is to the 
 49.38  commissioner of natural resources for 
 49.39  acquisition of land within the 
 49.40  statutory boundaries of state parks and 
 49.41  recreation areas. 
 49.42  (b) METROPOLITAN REGIONAL PARKS AND
 49.43  TRAILS ACQUISITION                     1,120,000
 49.44  This appropriation is to the 
 49.45  commissioner of natural resources for 
 49.46  payment to the metropolitan council for 
 49.47  subgrants to acquire parks and trails 
 49.48  consistent with the metropolitan 
 49.49  council regional recreation open space 
 49.50  capital improvement plan. 
 49.51  This appropriation may be used for the 
 49.52  purchase of homes only if the purchases 
 49.53  are expressly included in the work 
 49.54  program approved by the legislative 
 49.55  commission on Minnesota resources. 
 49.56  (c) The projects in this section must 
 49.57  be completed and final products 
 49.58  delivered by December 31, 1995, and the 
 49.59  appropriations are available until that 
 49.60  date. 
 50.1   Sec. 21.  MINNESOTA FUTURE RESOURCES 
 50.2   FUND TRANSFER 
 50.3   As cash flow in the Minnesota future 
 50.4   resources fund permits, but no later 
 50.5   than June 30, 1997, the commissioner of 
 50.6   finance, in consultation with the 
 50.7   director of the legislative commission 
 50.8   on Minnesota resources, shall transfer 
 50.9   $1,460,000 from the unencumbered 
 50.10  balance in the fund to the general fund.
 50.11  Sec. 22.  MINNESOTA CONSERVATION FUND TRANSFER
 50.12  The commissioner of finance shall 
 50.13  transfer in the beginning of the 
 50.14  biennium, $2,500,000 from the Minnesota 
 50.15  conservation fund created by Minnesota 
 50.16  Statutes, section 40A.151, to the 
 50.17  general fund. 
 50.18  Sec. 23.  HARMFUL SUBSTANCE 
 50.19  COMPENSATION ACCOUNT TRANSFER 
 50.20  The commissioner of finance shall 
 50.21  transfer the remaining balance of the 
 50.22  harmful substance compensation account, 
 50.23  established in Minnesota Statutes, 
 50.24  section 115B.26, subdivision 1, to the 
 50.25  general fund. 
 50.26     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15.50, is 
 50.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 50.28     Subd. 10.  [NATIVE VEGETATION PLANTING.] As part of its 
 50.29  comprehensive plan and adopted zoning rules, the board shall 
 50.30  give priority to the planting of native trees and shrubs, or 
 50.31  native grasses wherever appropriate, within the capitol area. 
 50.32     Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15.91, 
 50.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 50.34     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of sections 
 50.35  15.90 to 15.92, "agency" means a department or agency, as 
 50.36  designated in section 15.01 and, the pollution control agency, 
 50.37  and the agricultural utilization research institute established 
 50.38  in section 116O.09. 
 50.39     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16A.125, is 
 50.40  amended to read: 
 50.41     16A.125 [STATE FOREST TRUST LANDS.] 
 50.42     Subd. 5.  [SUSPENSE ACCOUNT FOREST TRUST LANDS.] The term 
 50.43  "state forest trust fund lands" as used in this subdivision, 
 50.44  means public land in trust under the constitution set apart as 
 50.45  "forest lands under the authority of the commissioner" of 
 51.1   natural resources as defined by section 89.001, subdivision 13. 
 51.2      The commissioner of finance and the treasurer shall credit 
 51.3   the revenue from the forest trust fund lands to the forest 
 51.4   suspense account.  The account must specify the trust funds 
 51.5   interested in the lands and the respective receipts of the lands.
 51.6      After a fiscal year, the commissioner of finance shall 
 51.7   certify the total costs incurred for forestry during that year 
 51.8   under appropriations for the protection, improvement, 
 51.9   administration, and management of state forest trust fund 
 51.10  lands and construction and improvement of forest roads to 
 51.11  enhance the forest value of the lands.  The certificate must 
 51.12  specify the trust funds interested in the lands.  The 
 51.13  commissioner of natural resources shall supply the commissioner 
 51.14  of finance with the information needed for the certificate. 
 51.15     After a fiscal year, the commissioner and the treasurer 
 51.16  shall distribute the receipts credited to the suspense account 
 51.17  during that fiscal year as follows: 
 51.18     (a) The amount of the certified costs incurred by the state 
 51.19  for forest management during the fiscal year shall be 
 51.20  transferred to the general fund.  
 51.21     (b) The balance of the receipts shall then be returned 
 51.22  prorated to the trust funds in proportion to their respective 
 51.23  interests in the lands which produced the receipts. 
 51.24     Subd. 5a.  [APPROPRIATION FROM STATE FOREST DEVELOPMENT 
 51.25  ACCOUNT.] Money accruing and credited to the state forest 
 51.26  development account is appropriated to the division of forestry 
 51.27  in the department of natural resources to apply state forest 
 51.28  resource management policy and plans to forest trust fund 
 51.29  lands.  The appropriation is supervised and controlled by the 
 51.30  commissioner of natural resources. 
 51.31     The appropriation shall be spent according to law and 
 51.32  remains available until spent.  The appropriation is not 
 51.33  available for spending until any estimates required by law are 
 51.34  approved by the commissioner of finance.  An obligation to spend 
 51.35  money may not be made unless there is an available balance not 
 51.36  otherwise encumbered in the appropriation.  
 52.1      Subd. 6.  [DEFINITION; ACCOUNTING AND DISTRIBUTION.] The 
 52.2   term "state trust fund lands," as used in this section, means 
 52.3   any state school lands or other public lands subject to trust 
 52.4   provisions under the state constitution.  
 52.5      Beginning July 1, 1955, the commissioner of finance and the 
 52.6   state treasurer shall keep a separate account of all receipts 
 52.7   derived from the royalties on, or the sale or lease of, any 
 52.8   minerals from such trust fund lands to be known as the state 
 52.9   lands and minerals suspense account, specifying the trust funds 
 52.10  interested in such lands and the receipts therefrom, 
 52.11  respectively.  
 52.12     As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year 
 52.13  after July 1, 1955, the commissioner of finance, upon the 
 52.14  information supplied by the commissioner of natural resources, 
 52.15  which the commissioner of natural resources is herewith directed 
 52.16  to furnish, shall determine and certify to the commissioner of 
 52.17  finance and the state treasurer the total costs incurred by the 
 52.18  state during such year under appropriations heretofore made for 
 52.19  the administration and management of such trust fund lands by 
 52.20  the division of lands and forestry, or any other agency so 
 52.21  administering and managing, specifying the trust funds 
 52.22  interested in such lands, respectively. 
 52.23     As soon as practicable after the end of each fiscal year 
 52.24  beginning with the year ending June 30, 1956, the commissioner 
 52.25  of finance and the state treasurer shall distribute the receipts 
 52.26  credited to the state lands and minerals suspense account during 
 52.27  such fiscal year as follows: 
 52.28     All of the costs incurred by the state for the purposes 
 52.29  aforesaid during such fiscal year and certified as hereinbefore 
 52.30  provided, shall be transferred to the general fund as 
 52.31  reimbursement for appropriations heretofore made for the 
 52.32  purposes aforesaid.  The balances of said receipts shall be 
 52.33  transferred to the state trust funds concerned in accordance 
 52.34  with their respective interests in the minerals from which the 
 52.35  receipts were derived. 
 52.36     Subd. 6a.  [UNIVERSITY LANDS.] (a) As used in this section, 
 53.1   "university lands" means lands granted by the federal government 
 53.2   for the support of the University of Minnesota, as described in 
 53.3   Laws 1851, chapter 3, section 2. 
 53.4      (b) All revenue from minerals on university lands must be 
 53.5   credited to the university lands and minerals suspense account.  
 53.6   Money in the account must be transferred to the permanent 
 53.7   university fund, except for amounts appropriated to cover 
 53.8   reasonable costs incurred by the commissioner of natural 
 53.9   resources to protect, improve, administer, manage, and otherwise 
 53.10  enhance the mineral value of university lands. 
 53.11     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.405, 
 53.12  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 53.13     Subd. 2.  [SOFTWARE SALE FUND.] (a) Except as provided in 
 53.14  paragraph (b), proceeds of the sale or licensing of software 
 53.15  products or services by the commissioner must be credited to the 
 53.16  intertechnologies revolving fund.  If a state agency other than 
 53.17  the department of administration has contributed to the 
 53.18  development of software sold or licensed under this section, the 
 53.19  commissioner may reimburse the agency by discounting computer 
 53.20  services provided to that agency. 
 53.21     (b) Proceeds of the sale or licensing of software products 
 53.22  or services developed by the pollution control agency, or custom 
 53.23  developed by a vendor for the agency, must be credited to the 
 53.24  environmental fund. 
 53.25     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 53.26  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 53.27     Subd. 2.  [AUTHORITY.] The commissioner shall establish, 
 53.28  adopt rules for, and implement a program to work with make loans 
 53.29  to local units of government, federal authorities, lending 
 53.30  institutions, and other appropriate organizations to who will in 
 53.31  turn provide loans to landowners and businesses for facilities, 
 53.32  fixtures, equipment, or other sustainable practices that prevent 
 53.33  or mitigate sources of nonpoint source water pollution.  The 
 53.34  commissioner shall establish pilot projects to develop 
 53.35  procedures for implementing the program.  The commissioner shall 
 53.36  develop administrative guidelines to implement the pilot 
 54.1   projects specifying criteria, standards, and procedures for 
 54.2   making loans. 
 54.3      Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 54.4   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 54.5      Subd. 4.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section, 
 54.6   the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given 
 54.7   them. 
 54.8      (a) "Applicant" means a county or a local government unit 
 54.9   designated by a county under subdivision 8, paragraph (a).  
 54.10     (b) "Authority" means the Minnesota public facilities 
 54.11  authority as established in section 446A.03. 
 54.12     (c) "Best management practices" has the meaning given in 
 54.13  sections 103F.711, subdivision 3, and 103H.151, subdivision 2. 
 54.14     (d) "Chair" means the chair of the board of water and soil 
 54.15  resources or the designee of the chair. 
 54.16     (e) "Borrower" means an individual farmer, an agriculture 
 54.17  supply business, or rural landowner applying for a low-interest 
 54.18  loan. 
 54.19     (f) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture or 
 54.20  the designee of the commissioner. 
 54.21     (g) "Comprehensive water management plan" means a state 
 54.22  approved and locally adopted plan authorized under section 
 54.23  103B.231, 103B.255, 103B.311, 103C.331, 103D.401, or 103D.405. 
 54.24     (h) "County Local allocation request" means a loan 
 54.25  allocation request from an applicant to implement agriculturally 
 54.26  related best management practices defined in paragraph (c). 
 54.27     (i) "Lender agreement" means an a loan agreement entered 
 54.28  into between the commissioner and, a local lender, and the 
 54.29  applicant, if different from the local lender.  The agreement 
 54.30  will contain terms and conditions of the loan that will include 
 54.31  but need not be limited to general loan provisions, loan 
 54.32  management requirements, application of payments, loan term 
 54.33  limits, allowable expenses, and fee limitations. 
 54.34     (j) "Local government unit" means a county, soil and water 
 54.35  conservation district, or an organization formed for the joint 
 54.36  exercise of powers under section 471.59. 
 55.1      (k) "Local lender" means a local government unit as defined 
 55.2   in paragraph (j), a state or federally chartered bank, a savings 
 55.3   and loan association, a state or federal credit union, a 
 55.4   nonprofit economic development organization approved by the 
 55.5   commissioner, or Farm Credit Services. 
 55.6      (l) "Nonpoint source" has the meaning given in section 
 55.7   103F.711, subdivision 6. 
 55.8      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 55.9   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 55.10     Subd. 6.  [APPLICATION.] (a) The commissioner must 
 55.11  prescribe forms and establish an application process for 
 55.12  applicants to apply for a county local allocation request.  The 
 55.13  application must include but need not be limited to (1) the 
 55.14  geographic area served; (2) the type and estimated cost of 
 55.15  activities or projects for which they are seeking a loan 
 55.16  allocation; (3) a ranking of proposed activities or projects; 
 55.17  and (4) the designation of the local lender and lending 
 55.18  practices the applicant local lender intends to use to issue the 
 55.19  loans to the borrowers, if a local lender other than the 
 55.20  applicant is to be used. 
 55.21     (b) In an area of the state where a county allocation 
 55.22  request has not been requested or has been rejected, application 
 55.23  forms must be available for a borrower to apply directly to the 
 55.24  commissioner for a loan under this program. 
 55.25     (c) If a county local allocation request is rejected, the 
 55.26  applicant must be notified in writing as to the reasons for the 
 55.27  rejection and given 30 days to submit a revised application.  
 55.28  The revised application shall be reviewed according to the same 
 55.29  procedure used to review the initial application. 
 55.30     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 55.31  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 55.32     Subd. 7.  [PAYMENTS.] (a) Payments made from the water 
 55.33  pollution control revolving fund must be made in accordance with 
 55.34  applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the 
 55.35  payments. 
 55.36     (b) Payments from the commissioner to the local lender must 
 56.1   be disbursed on a cost-incurred basis.  Local lenders shall 
 56.2   submit payment requests at least quarterly but not more than 
 56.3   monthly.  Payment requests must be reviewed and approved by the 
 56.4   commissioner.  The payment request form must itemize all costs 
 56.5   by major elements and show eligible and ineligible costs. 
 56.6      (c) The commissioner may initiate recision of an allocation 
 56.7   granted in a lender agreement as provided in subdivision 11, 
 56.8   paragraph (d), if the local lender fails to enter into loans 
 56.9   with borrowers equaling the total allocation granted within one 
 56.10  year from the date of the lender agreement or fails to have the 
 56.11  total amount of allocated funds drawn down through payment 
 56.12  requests within two years.  An additional year to draw down the 
 56.13  undisbursed portion of an allocation may be granted by the 
 56.14  commissioner under extenuating circumstances. 
 56.15     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 56.16  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 56.17     Subd. 8.  [APPLICANT; BORROWERS.] (a) A county may submit a 
 56.18  county local allocation request as defined in subdivision 4, 
 56.19  paragraph (h).  A county or a group of counties may designate 
 56.20  another local government unit as defined in subdivision 4, 
 56.21  paragraph (j), to submit a county local allocation request. 
 56.22     (b) If a county does not submit a county local allocation 
 56.23  request, and does not designate another local government unit, a 
 56.24  soil and water conservation district may submit a county local 
 56.25  allocation request.  In all instances, there may be only one 
 56.26  request from a county.  The applicant must coordinate and submit 
 56.27  requests on behalf of other units of government within the 
 56.28  geographic jurisdiction of the applicant. 
 56.29     (c) Borrowers may apply directly to the commissioner if the 
 56.30  commissioner does not receive or approve a county allocation 
 56.31  request from the county, designated local government unit, or 
 56.32  soil and water conservation district in which the proposed 
 56.33  activities would be carried out. 
 56.34     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 56.35  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 56.36     Subd. 9.  [REVIEW AND RANKING OF ALLOCATION REQUESTS.] (a) 
 57.1   The commissioner shall chair the subcommittee established in 
 57.2   section 103F.761, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), for purposes of 
 57.3   reviewing and ranking county local allocation requests.  The 
 57.4   rankings must be in order of priority and shall provide 
 57.5   financial assistance within the limits of the funds available.  
 57.6   In carrying out the review and ranking, the subcommittee must 
 57.7   consist of, at a minimum, the chair, representatives of the 
 57.8   pollution control agency, United States Department of 
 57.9   Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, United 
 57.10  States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, 
 57.11  Association of Minnesota Counties, and other agencies or 
 57.12  associations as the commissioner, the chair, and agency 
 57.13  determine are appropriate.  The review and ranking shall take 
 57.14  into consideration other related state or federal programs. 
 57.15     (b) The subcommittee shall use the criteria listed below in 
 57.16  carrying out the review and ranking: 
 57.17     (1) whether the proposed activities are identified in a 
 57.18  comprehensive water management plan as priorities; 
 57.19     (2) whether the applicant intends to establish a revolving 
 57.20  loan program under subdivision 10, paragraph (b); 
 57.21     (3) the potential that the proposed activities have for 
 57.22  improving or protecting surface and groundwater quality; 
 57.23     (4) the extent that the proposed activities support 
 57.24  areawide or multijurisdictional approaches to protecting water 
 57.25  quality based on defined watershed; 
 57.26     (5) whether the activities are needed for compliance with 
 57.27  existing water related laws or rules; 
 57.28     (6) whether the proposed activities demonstrate 
 57.29  participation, coordination, and cooperation between local units 
 57.30  of government and other public agencies; 
 57.31     (7) whether there is coordination with other public and 
 57.32  private funding sources and programs; and 
 57.33     (8) whether there are off-site public benefits such as 
 57.34  preventing downstream degradation and siltation; and 
 57.35     (9) the proposed interest rate. 
 57.36     Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, is 
 58.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 58.2      Subd. 9a.  [AUTHORITY OF APPLICANTS.] Applicants may enter 
 58.3   into a lender agreement designating a local lender.  Applicants 
 58.4   designating themselves as the local lender may enter into 
 58.5   contracts for loan review, processing, and servicing. 
 58.6      Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 58.7   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 58.8      Subd. 10.  [AUTHORITY OF APPLICANTS LOCAL LENDERS.] (a) 
 58.9   Applicants Local lenders may enter into lender agreements with 
 58.10  borrowers to finance projects under this section the 
 58.11  commissioner. 
 58.12     (b) Applicants Local lenders may establish revolving loan 
 58.13  programs enter into loan agreements with borrowers to finance 
 58.14  projects under this section. 
 58.15     (c) In approving county allocation requests, the 
 58.16  commissioner shall allow applicants to provide loans under 
 58.17  revolving loan programs established under paragraph (b), until 
 58.18  50 percent of the amount appropriated and available under 
 58.19  subdivision 3 has been allocated to applicants establishing 
 58.20  these programs.  In approving any additional county allocation 
 58.21  requests, the commissioner may allow applicants to provide loans 
 58.22  under these programs Local lenders may establish revolving loan 
 58.23  programs to finance projects under this section. 
 58.24     (d) Local lenders, including applicants designating 
 58.25  themselves as the local lender, may enter into participation 
 58.26  agreements with other lenders.  Local lenders may also enter 
 58.27  into contracts with other lenders for the limited purposes of 
 58.28  loan review, processing and servicing, or to enter into loan 
 58.29  agreements with borrowers to finance projects under this 
 58.30  section.  Other lenders entering into contracts with local 
 58.31  lenders under this section must meet the definition of local 
 58.32  lender in subdivision 4, must comply with all provisions of the 
 58.33  lender agreement and this section, and must guarantee repayment 
 58.34  of the loan funds to the local lender.  In no case may there be 
 58.35  more than one local lender per county or more than one revolving 
 58.36  fund per county. 
 59.1      Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 59.2   subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 59.3      Subd. 11.  [BORROWER ELIGIBILITY; TERMS; REPAYMENT; 
 59.4   RECISION.] (a) Local lenders shall use the following criteria in 
 59.5   addition to other criteria they deem necessary in determining 
 59.6   the eligibility of borrowers for loans: 
 59.7      (1) whether the activity is certified by a local unit of 
 59.8   government as meeting priority needs identified in a 
 59.9   comprehensive water management plan and is in compliance with 
 59.10  accepted standards, specifications, or criteria; 
 59.11     (2) whether the activity is certified as eligible under 
 59.12  Environmental Protection Agency or other applicable guidelines; 
 59.13  and 
 59.14     (3) whether the repayment is assured from the borrower. 
 59.15     (b) Local lenders shall set the terms and conditions of 
 59.16  loans to borrowers, except that no loan to an individual 
 59.17  borrower may exceed $50,000.  In all instances, local lenders 
 59.18  must provide for sufficient collateral or protection for the 
 59.19  loan principal.  They are responsible for collecting repayments 
 59.20  by borrowers.  For direct loans, the borrower must provide 
 59.21  sufficient collateral and repay the loan according to a mutually 
 59.22  prearranged schedule with the commissioner. 
 59.23     (c) A The local lender is responsible for repaying the 
 59.24  principal of a loan to the commissioner.  The terms of repayment 
 59.25  will be identified in the lender agreement.  If defaults occur, 
 59.26  it is the responsibility of the local lender to obtain repayment 
 59.27  from the borrower.  Default on the part of individual borrowers 
 59.28  shall have no effect on the local lender's responsibility to 
 59.29  repay its loan from the commissioner whether or not the local 
 59.30  lender fully recovers defaulted amounts from individual 
 59.31  borrowers.  For revolving loan programs established under 
 59.32  subdivision 10, paragraph (b) (c), the lender agreement must 
 59.33  provide that: 
 59.34     (1) repayment of principal to the commissioner must 
 59.35  begin no later than ten years after the date of the applicant 
 59.36  receives the allocation lender agreement and must be repaid in 
 60.1   full no later than 20 years after the date of the lender 
 60.2   agreement; and 
 60.3      (2) after the initial ten-year period, the local lender 
 60.4   shall not write any additional loans, and any existing principal 
 60.5   balance held by the local lender shall be immediately repaid to 
 60.6   the commissioner; 
 60.7      (3) after the initial ten-year period, all principal 
 60.8   received by the local lender from borrowers shall be repaid to 
 60.9   the commissioner as it is received; and 
 60.10     (4) the applicant shall report to the commissioner annually 
 60.11  regarding the past and intended uses of the money in the 
 60.12  revolving loan program. 
 60.13     (d) Continued availability of the allocation granted in the 
 60.14  lender agreement is contingent upon commissioner approval of the 
 60.15  annual report.  The commissioner shall review the annual report 
 60.16  to ensure the past and future uses of the funds are consistent 
 60.17  with the comprehensive water management plan and the lender 
 60.18  agreement.  If the commissioner concludes the past or intended 
 60.19  uses of the money are not consistent with the comprehensive 
 60.20  water management plan or the lender agreement, the commissioner 
 60.21  shall rescind the allocation granted under the lender agreement. 
 60.22  Such recision shall result in termination of available 
 60.23  allocation, the immediate repayment of any unencumbered funds 
 60.24  held by the local lender in a revolving loan fund, and the 
 60.25  repayment of the principal portion of loan repayments to the 
 60.26  commissioner as they are received.  The lender agreement shall 
 60.27  reflect the commissioner's rights under this paragraph. 
 60.28     (e) A local lender shall receive certification from local 
 60.29  government unit staff that a project has been satisfactorily 
 60.30  completed prior to releasing the final loan disbursement. 
 60.31     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 60.32  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 60.33     Subd. 14.  [FEES; LOAN SERVICES AND INTEREST.] (a) 
 60.34  Origination fees charged directly to borrowers by local lenders 
 60.35  upon executing a loan shall not exceed one-half of one percent 
 60.36  of the loan amount.  Servicing fees Interest assessed to loan 
 61.1   repayments by the local lender must not exceed two three percent 
 61.2   interest on outstanding principal amounts if the local lender is 
 61.3   a local government unit, or three percent interest on 
 61.4   outstanding principal amounts if the local lender is a state or 
 61.5   federally chartered bank, savings and loan association, a state 
 61.6   or federal credit union, or an entity of Farm Credit Services. 
 61.7      (b) The local lender shall create a principal account to 
 61.8   which the principal portions of individual borrower loan 
 61.9   repayments will be credited. 
 61.10     (c) Any interest earned on outstanding loan balances not 
 61.11  separated as repayments are received and before the principal 
 61.12  amounts are deposited in the principal account shall be added to 
 61.13  the principal portion of the loan to the local lender and must 
 61.14  be paid to the commissioner when the principal is due under the 
 61.15  lender agreement. 
 61.16     (d) Any interest earned on the principal account must be 
 61.17  added to the principal portion of the loan to the local lender 
 61.18  and must be paid to the commissioner when the principal is due 
 61.19  under the lender agreement. 
 61.20     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, 
 61.21  subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
 61.22     Subd. 16.  [ASSESSMENT AGAINST REAL PROPERTY LIENS AGAINST 
 61.23  PROPERTY.] A county may assess and charge against real property 
 61.24  amounts loaned and servicing fees for projects funded under this 
 61.25  section.  The auditor of the county where the project is located 
 61.26  shall extend the amounts assessed and charged on the tax roll of 
 61.27  the county against the real property on which the project is 
 61.28  located. (a) Unless a county determines otherwise, at the time 
 61.29  of the disbursement of funds on a loan to a borrower under this 
 61.30  section, the principal balance due plus accrued interest on the 
 61.31  principal balance as provided by this section becomes a lien in 
 61.32  favor of the county making the loan upon the real property on 
 61.33  which the project is located.  The lien must be first and prior 
 61.34  to all other liens against the property, including state tax 
 61.35  liens, whether filed before or after the placing of a lien under 
 61.36  this subdivision, except liens for special assessments by the 
 62.1   county under applicable special assessments laws, which liens 
 62.2   shall be of equal rank with the lien created under this 
 62.3   subdivision.  A lien in favor of the county shall be first and 
 62.4   prior as provided in this subdivision only if the county making 
 62.5   the loan gives written notice of the intent to make the loan 
 62.6   under this subdivision to all other persons having a recorded 
 62.7   interest in the real property subject to the lien, no less than 
 62.8   30 days prior to the disbursement of the funds, and receives an 
 62.9   agreement to subordinate superior lien positions held by all 
 62.10  other lenders having a recorded interest in the real property 
 62.11  subject to the lien.  This lien and subordination agreement must 
 62.12  be recorded against the real estate in the county recorder's 
 62.13  office or filed with the registrar of titles for the county or 
 62.14  counties in which the property is located.  The county may bill 
 62.15  amounts due on the loan on the tax statement for the property.  
 62.16  Enforcement of the lien created by this subdivision shall, at 
 62.17  the county's option, be in the manner set forth in chapter 580 
 62.18  or 581.  When the amount due plus interest has been paid, the 
 62.19  county shall file a satisfaction of the lien created under this 
 62.20  subdivision. 
 62.21     (b) A county may also secure amounts due on a loan under 
 62.22  this section by taking a purchase money security interest in 
 62.23  equipment in accordance with chapter 336, article 9, and may 
 62.24  enforce the purchase money security interest in accordance with 
 62.25  chapters 336, article 9, and 565. 
 62.26     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 17.117, is 
 62.27  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 62.28     Subd. 17.  [REFERENDUM EXEMPTION.] For the purpose of 
 62.29  obtaining a loan from the commissioner, a local government unit 
 62.30  may provide to the commissioner its general obligation note.  
 62.31  All obligations incurred by a local government unit in obtaining 
 62.32  a loan from the commissioner must be in accordance with chapter 
 62.33  475, except that so long as the obligations are issued to 
 62.34  evidence a loan from the commissioner to the local government 
 62.35  unit, an election is not required to authorize the obligations 
 62.36  issued, and the amount of the obligations shall not be included 
 63.1   in determining the net indebtedness of the local government unit 
 63.2   under the provisions of any law or chapter limiting the 
 63.3   indebtedness. 
 63.4      Sec. 40.  [17.231] [NATIVE GRASSES AND WILDFLOWER SEED 
 63.5   PRODUCTION INCENTIVE LOAN PROGRAM.] 
 63.6      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] (a) The commissioner shall 
 63.7   prepare a plan to establish a seed production loan program to 
 63.8   provide loans that enable people to begin or expand efforts to 
 63.9   develop and produce new, local-origin, native grass, and native 
 63.10  wildflower seed species. 
 63.11     (b) In the plan, the commissioner shall use the ecological 
 63.12  regions identified by the commissioner of natural resources 
 63.13  covering the entire state.  In the plan, the commissioner shall 
 63.14  design the loan program to produce at least ten local variety 
 63.15  native grass species and 40 local variety native wildflower 
 63.16  species for each region.  In the plan, the commissioner shall 
 63.17  look at the possibility of producing 100 acres of native grass 
 63.18  seed production and ten acres of native wildflower seed 
 63.19  production in each region. 
 63.20     Sec. 41.  [17.985] [PASSING ON THE FARM CENTER.] 
 63.21     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES.] The Passing on the 
 63.22  Farm Center is established as a part of Southwest Technical 
 63.23  College in Granite Falls to assist individuals beginning farming 
 63.24  and family farming operations.  The center shall also assist in 
 63.25  facilitating the transition of farming operations from 
 63.26  established farmers to beginning farmers by creating and 
 63.27  maintaining an information base inventorying land and facilities 
 63.28  available for acquisition and bringing them together to increase 
 63.29  the number of family farming operations in this state.  The 
 63.30  objectives of the center include, but are not limited to, the 
 63.31  following: 
 63.32     (1) using the services of a certified public accountant, 
 63.33  real estate agents, and attorneys to provide education in estate 
 63.34  planning and farm transfer programs for interested retiring 
 63.35  farmers; 
 63.36     (2) assessing needs of beginning farmers and retiring 
 64.1   farmers in order to identify program and service opportunities 
 64.2   including developing statewide apprenticeship programs between 
 64.3   beginning and retiring farmers; and 
 64.4      (3) developing, coordinating, and delivering statewide 
 64.5   through Southwest Technical College in Granite Falls and other 
 64.6   entities, as appropriate, targeted education to beginning 
 64.7   farmers and retiring farm families. 
 64.8      Subd. 2.  [PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.] Programs and services 
 64.9   provided by the center must include, but are not limited to, the 
 64.10  development of skills and knowledge in farm estate planning and 
 64.11  other topics related to intergenerational farm transfer.  The 
 64.12  center shall develop and distribute a detailed questionnaire for 
 64.13  interested retired farmers and landowners and beginning farmers 
 64.14  for the purpose of connecting them with each other and to 
 64.15  develop computerized lists.  The center shall coordinate to the 
 64.16  extent practicable with agricultural information centers. 
 64.17     Subd. 3.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The center shall submit a report 
 64.18  annually to the legislature on or before February 1.  The report 
 64.19  shall include, but is not limited to, recommendations for 
 64.20  methods by which more individuals may be encouraged to enter 
 64.21  agriculture. 
 64.22     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 28A.03, is 
 64.23  amended to read: 
 64.24     28A.03 [DEFINITIONS.] 
 64.25     As used in sections 28A.01 to 28A.16 the terms defined in 
 64.26  this section shall have the following meanings: 
 64.27     (a) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of agriculture of 
 64.28  the state of Minnesota. 
 64.29     (b) "Person" means any individual, firm, corporation, 
 64.30  company, association, cooperative or partnership and includes 
 64.31  any trustee, receiver, assignee or other similar representative 
 64.32  thereof. 
 64.33     (c) "Place of business" means every location where food or 
 64.34  food items are manufactured, processed, sold, stored or handled, 
 64.35  including buildings, locations, permanent or portable 
 64.36  structures, carnivals, circuses, fairs, or any other permanent 
 65.1   or temporary location. 
 65.2      Any vehicle or similar mobile unit from which food is sold 
 65.3   shall be considered a place of business for purposes of this 
 65.4   section if the food therefrom has been manufactured, packaged or 
 65.5   dispensed from bulk, or processed in any manner thereon. 
 65.6      (d) "Food" includes every article used for, entering into 
 65.7   the consumption of, or used or intended for use in the 
 65.8   preparation of food, drink, confectionery, or condiment for 
 65.9   humans, whether simple, mixed or compound. 
 65.10     (1) "Perishable food" is food which includes, but is not 
 65.11  limited to fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, and other products 
 65.12  which need protection from extremes of temperatures in order to 
 65.13  avoid decomposition by microbial growth or otherwise. 
 65.14     (2) "Readily perishable food" is food or a food ingredient 
 65.15  consisting in whole or in part of milk, milk products, eggs, 
 65.16  meat, fish, poultry or other food or food ingredient which is 
 65.17  capable of supporting rapid and progressive growth of infectious 
 65.18  or toxigenic microorganisms. 
 65.19     (3) "Frozen food" is food which is processed and preserved 
 65.20  by freezing in accordance with good commercial practices and 
 65.21  which is intended to be sold in the frozen state. 
 65.22     (4) For the purposes of this definition, packaged food in 
 65.23  hermetically sealed containers processed by heat to prevent 
 65.24  spoilage; packaged pickles; jellies, jams and condiments in 
 65.25  sealed containers; bakery products such as bread, rolls, buns, 
 65.26  donuts, fruit-filled pies and pastries; dehydrated packaged 
 65.27  food; and dry or packaged food so low in moisture content as to 
 65.28  preclude development of microorganisms are not "perishable 
 65.29  food," "readily perishable food," or "frozen food" within the 
 65.30  meaning of definitions (1), (2) and (3) herein when they are 
 65.31  stored and handled in accordance with good commercial practices. 
 65.32     (e) "Sell and sale" includes the keeping, offering, or 
 65.33  exposing for sale, use, transporting, transferring, negotiating, 
 65.34  soliciting, or exchange of food, the having in possession with 
 65.35  intent to sell, use, transport, negotiate, solicit, or exchange 
 65.36  the same and the storing, or carrying thereof in aid of traffic 
 66.1   therein whether done or permitted in person or through others. 
 66.2      (f) "Principal mode of business" means that type of 
 66.3   business described under either (a), (b), (c) or (d) in section 
 66.4   28A.05 within which category the greatest amount of the 
 66.5   applicant's food business lies. 
 66.6      (g) "Custom processor"  means a person who slaughters 
 66.7   animals or processes noninspected meat for the owner of the 
 66.8   animals, and returns the meat products derived from the 
 66.9   slaughter or processing to the owner.  "Custom processor"  does 
 66.10  not include a person who slaughters animals or poultry or 
 66.11  processes meat for the owner of the animals or poultry on the 
 66.12  farm or premises of the owner of the animals, meat, or poultry.  
 66.13  For the purpose of this clause, "animals" or "meat" do not 
 66.14  include poultry or game animals or meat derived therefrom. 
 66.15     (h) "Major violation" includes conditions that cause food 
 66.16  products to become adulterated, as defined in section 31.121, or 
 66.17  fraudulently misbranded, as defined in section 31.123.  
 66.18     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 28A.08, is 
 66.19  amended to read: 
 66.20     28A.08 [LICENSE FEES; PENALTIES.] 
 66.21     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] License fees, penalties for late 
 66.22  renewal of licenses, and penalties for not obtaining a license 
 66.23  before conducting business in food handling that are set in this 
 66.24  section apply to the sections named except as provided under 
 66.25  section 28A.09.  Except as specified herein, bonds and 
 66.26  assessments based on number of units operated or volume handled 
 66.27  or processed which are provided for in said laws shall not be 
 66.28  affected, nor shall any penalties for late payment of said 
 66.29  assessments, nor shall inspection fees, be affected by this 
 66.30  chapter.  The penalties may be waived by the commissioner. 
 66.31     Subd. 2.  [FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996.] 
 66.32                                                    Penalties 
 66.33  Type of food handler                    License  Late     No
 66.34                                          Fee      Renewal  License
 66.35                                          Effective
 66.36                                          July 1, 1995
 67.1   1.   Retail food handler
 67.2        (a) Having gross sales of only
 67.3        prepackaged nonperishable food
 67.4        of less than $15,000 for 
 67.5        the immediately previous 
 67.6        license or fiscal year and 
 67.7        filing a statement with the 
 67.8        commissioner                       $ 40 42  $ 15     $ 25
 67.9        (b) Having under $15,000 gross
 67.10       sales including food preparation 
 67.11       or having $15,000 to $50,000 
 67.12       gross sales for the immediately 
 67.13       previous license or fiscal year    $ 55 58  $ 15     $ 25
 67.14       (c) Having $50,000 to $250,000 
 67.15       gross sales for the immediately                          
 67.16       previous license or fiscal year    $105 111 $ 35     $ 75
 67.17       (d) Having $250,000 to 
 67.18       $1,000,000 gross sales for the 
 67.19       immediately previous license or 
 67.20       fiscal year                        $180 191 $ 50     $100
 67.21       (e) Having $1,000,000 to 
 67.22       $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 67.23       immediately previous license or 
 67.24       fiscal year                        $500 530 $100     $175
 67.25       (f) Having $5,000,000 to
 67.26       $10,000,000 gross sales for the
 67.27       immediately previous license or
 67.28       fiscal year                        $700 742 $150     $300
 67.29       (g) Having over $10,000,000
 67.30       gross sales for the immediately
 67.31       previous license or fiscal year    $800 848 $200     $350
 67.32  2.   Wholesale food handler
 67.33       (a) Having gross sales or service
 67.34       of less than $25,000 for the
 67.35       immediately previous license or
 67.36       fiscal year                        $ 50     $ 15     $ 15
 68.1        (b) Having gross sales or
 68.2        service of less than
 68.3        $25,000 to $250,000
 68.4        gross sales or service
 68.5        for the immediately previous 
 68.6        license or fiscal year             $200 212 $ 50     $100
 68.7        (b) (c) Having $250,000 to
 68.8        $1,000,000 gross sales or 
 68.9        service from a mobile 
 68.10       unit without a separate food
 68.11       storage facility for the 
 68.12       immediately previous license 
 68.13       or fiscal year                     $318     $ 75     $150
 68.14       (d) Having $250,000 to 
 68.15       $1,000,000 gross sales or
 68.16       service not covered under 
 68.17       paragraph (c) for the immediately 
 68.18       previous license or fiscal year    $400 424 $100     $200
 68.19       (c) (e) Having $1,000,000
 68.20       to $5,000,000 gross sales or
 68.21       service for the immediately 
 68.22       previous license or fiscal year    $500 530 $125     $250
 68.23       (d) (f) Having over $5,000,000
 68.24       gross sales for the immediately
 68.25       previous license or fiscal year    $575 610 $150     $300
 68.26  3.   Food broker                        $100 106 $ 30     $ 50
 68.27  4.   Wholesale food processor
 68.28       or manufacturer 
 68.29       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 68.30       than $250,000 for the immediately
 68.31       previous license or fiscal year    $275 292 $ 75     $150
 68.32       (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 68.33       gross sales for the immediately 
 68.34       previous license or fiscal year    $400 424 $100     $200
 68.35       (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 68.36       $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 69.1        immediately previous license or 
 69.2        fiscal year                        $500 530 $125     $250
 69.3        (d) Having over $5,000,000
 69.4        gross sales for the immediately
 69.5        previous license or fiscal year    $575 610 $150     $300
 69.6   5.   Wholesale food processor of
 69.7        meat or poultry products
 69.8        under supervision of the
 69.9        U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 69.10       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 69.11       than $250,000 for the immediately 
 69.12       previous license or fiscal year    $150 159 $ 50     $ 75
 69.13       (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 69.14       gross sales for the immediately
 69.15       previous license or fiscal year    $225 239 $ 75     $125
 69.16       (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 69.17       $5,000,000 gross sales for the
 69.18       immediately previous license or 
 69.19       fiscal year                        $275 292 $ 75     $150
 69.20       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 69.21       gross sales for the immediately
 69.22       previous license or fiscal year    $325 345 $100     $175
 69.23  6.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 69.24       having the permission of the
 69.25       commissioner to use the name
 69.26       Minnesota farmstead cheese         $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 69.27  7.   Nonresident frozen dairy 
 69.28       manufacturer                       $200     $ 50     $ 75
 69.29  8.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 69.30       processing less than 70,000
 69.31       pounds per year of cultured
 69.32       dairy food as defined in section
 69.33       32.486, subdivision 1,
 69.34       paragraph (b)                      $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 69.35  9.   A milk marketing organization
 69.36       without facilities for processing
 70.1        or manufacturing that
 70.2        purchases milk from milk
 70.3        producers for delivery to a
 70.4        licensed wholesale food processor
 70.5        or manufacturer                    $ 50     $ 15     $ 25
 70.6      Subd. 3.  [FEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1996.] 
 70.7                                                     Penalties 
 70.8   Type of food handler                    License  Late     No
 70.9                                           Fee      Renewal  License
 70.10                                          Effective
 70.11                                          July 1, 1996
 70.12  1.   Retail food handler
 70.13       (a) Having gross sales of only
 70.14       prepackaged nonperishable food
 70.15       of less than $15,000 for 
 70.16       the immediately previous 
 70.17       license or fiscal year and 
 70.18       filing a statement with the 
 70.19       commissioner                       $ 45     $ 15     $ 25
 70.20       (b) Having under $15,000 gross
 70.21       sales including food preparation 
 70.22       or having $15,000 to $50,000 
 70.23       gross sales for the immediately 
 70.24       previous license or fiscal year    $ 61     $ 15     $ 25
 70.25       (c) Having $50,000 to $250,000 
 70.26       gross sales for the immediately  
 70.27       previous license or fiscal year    $118     $ 35     $ 75
 70.28       (d) Having $250,000 to 
 70.29       $1,000,000 gross sales for the 
 70.30       immediately previous license or 
 70.31       fiscal year                        $202     $ 50     $100
 70.32       (e) Having $1,000,000 to 
 70.33       $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 70.34       immediately previous license or 
 70.35       fiscal year                        $562     $100     $175
 70.36       (f) Having $5,000,000 to
 71.1        $10,000,000 gross sales for the
 71.2        immediately previous license or
 71.3        fiscal year                        $787     $150     $300
 71.4        (g) Having over $10,000,000
 71.5        gross sales for the immediately
 71.6        previous license or fiscal year    $899     $200     $350
 71.7   2.   Wholesale food handler
 71.8        (a) Having gross sales or
 71.9        service of less than $25,000
 71.10       for the immediately previous 
 71.11       license or fiscal year             $ 50     $ 15     $ 15
 71.12       (b) Having $25,000 to
 71.13       $250,000 gross sales or
 71.14       service for the immediately 
 71.15       previous license or fiscal year    $225     $ 50     $100
 71.16       (c) Having $250,000
 71.17       to $1,000,000 gross sales or
 71.18       service from a mobile unit
 71.19       without a separate food facility
 71.20       for the immediately previous
 71.21       license or fiscal year             $337     $ 75     $150
 71.22       (d) Having $250,000
 71.23       to $1,000,000 gross sales or
 71.24       service not covered under paragraph 
 71.25       (c) for the immediately 
 71.26       previous license or fiscal year    $449     $100     $200
 71.27       (e) Having $1,000,000 to $5,000,000
 71.28       gross sales or service for the
 71.29       immediately previous license or
 71.30       fiscal year                        $562     $125     $250
 71.31       (f) Having over $5,000,000 gross
 71.32       sales for the immediately previous
 71.33       license or fiscal year             $647     $150     $300
 71.34  3.   Food broker                        $112     $ 30     $ 50
 71.35  4.   Wholesale food processor
 71.36       or manufacturer 
 72.1        (a) Having gross sales of less 
 72.2        than $250,000 for the immediately
 72.3        previous license or fiscal year    $310     $ 75     $150
 72.4        (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 72.5        gross sales for the immediately 
 72.6        previous license or fiscal year    $449     $100     $200
 72.7        (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 72.8        $5,000,000 gross sales for the 
 72.9        immediately previous license or 
 72.10       fiscal year                        $562     $125     $250
 72.11       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 72.12       gross sales for the immediately
 72.13       previous license or fiscal year    $647     $150     $300
 72.14  5.   Wholesale food processor of
 72.15       meat or poultry products
 72.16       under supervision of the
 72.17       U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 72.18       (a) Having gross sales of less 
 72.19       than $250,000 for the immediately 
 72.20       previous license or fiscal year    $169     $ 50     $ 75
 72.21       (b) Having $250,000 to $1,000,000 
 72.22       gross sales for the immediately
 72.23       previous license or fiscal year    $253     $ 75     $125
 72.24       (c) Having $1,000,000 to
 72.25       $5,000,000 gross sales for the
 72.26       immediately previous license or 
 72.27       fiscal year                        $310     $ 75     $150
 72.28       (d) Having over $5,000,000
 72.29       gross sales for the immediately
 72.30       previous license or fiscal year    $366     $100     $175
 72.31  6.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 72.32       having the permission of the
 72.33       commissioner to use the name
 72.34       Minnesota farmstead cheese         $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 72.35  7.   Nonresident frozen dairy 
 72.36       manufacturer                       $200     $ 50     $ 75
 73.1   8.   Wholesale food manufacturer
 73.2        processing less than 70,000
 73.3        pounds per year of cultured
 73.4        dairy food as defined in section
 73.5        32.486, subdivision 1,
 73.6        paragraph (b)                      $ 30     $ 10     $ 15
 73.7   9.   A milk marketing organization
 73.8        without facilities for processing
 73.9        or manufacturing that
 73.10       purchases milk from milk
 73.11       producers for delivery to a
 73.12       licensed wholesale food processor
 73.13       or manufacturer                    $ 50     $ 15     $ 25
 73.14     Sec. 44.  [28A.085] [REINSPECTION FEES.] 
 73.15     Subdivision 1.  [VIOLATIONS; PROHIBITED ACTS.] The 
 73.16  commissioner may charge a reinspection fee for each reinspection 
 73.17  of a food handler that: 
 73.18     (1) is found with a major violation of requirements in 
 73.19  chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 31A, 32, 33, or 34, or rules adopted 
 73.20  under one of those chapters; 
 73.21     (2) is found with a violation of section 31.02, 31.161, or 
 73.22  31.165, and requires a follow-up inspection after an 
 73.23  administrative meeting held pursuant to section 31.14; or 
 73.24     (3) fails to correct equipment and facility deficiencies as 
 73.25  required in rules adopted under chapter 28, 29, 30, 31, 31A, 32, 
 73.26  or 34.  The first reinspection of a firm with gross food sales 
 73.27  under $1,000,000 must be assessed at $25.  The fee for a firm 
 73.28  with gross food sales over $1,000,000 is $50.  The fee for a 
 73.29  subsequent reinspection of a firm for the same violation is 50 
 73.30  percent of their current license fee.  The establishment must be 
 73.31  issued written notice of violations with a reasonable date for 
 73.32  compliance listed on the notice.  An initial inspection relating 
 73.33  to a complaint is not a reinspection. 
 73.34     Subd. 2.  [MARKET WITHDRAWAL; FOOD SAFETY EMERGENCY.] A 
 73.35  food handler that requires a reinspection due to adulteration or 
 73.36  misbranded foods that result in a food being recalled from 
 74.1   commerce may be assessed for reasonable and direct reinspection 
 74.2   costs incurred by the commissioner, including personnel, travel, 
 74.3   laboratory analysis, and attorney general costs.  Reinspection 
 74.4   related to floods, earthquakes, storms, accidental fires, and 
 74.5   power outages are excluded.  The commissioner, upon request of 
 74.6   the food handler, shall provide, within a reasonable time, an 
 74.7   estimate of the anticipated cost for resolving the food safety 
 74.8   emergency. 
 74.9      Subd. 3.  [MANNER AND TIMING OF PAYMENT.] Unless an appeal 
 74.10  is filed under subdivision 5, a food handler must pay all fees 
 74.11  and assessments in the manner and timing requested by the 
 74.12  commissioner.  If a timely appeal is requested, the fees and 
 74.13  assessments are stayed until a decision on the appeal is issued 
 74.14  by the hearing officer.  A license may not be renewed until all 
 74.15  fees and penalties under this chapter are paid. 
 74.16     Subd. 4.  [DEPOSIT; APPROPRIATION.] All reinspection fees 
 74.17  and assessments collected must be deposited in the state 
 74.18  treasury and are credited to an account in the special revenue 
 74.19  fund.  Money in the account, including interest accrued, is 
 74.20  appropriated to the commissioner to pay the expenses relating to 
 74.21  reinspections conducted under the chapters listed in subdivision 
 74.22  1. 
 74.23     Subd. 5.  [APPEALS.] Food handlers may appeal reinspection 
 74.24  fees and assessments to the department hearing officer within 30 
 74.25  days of receipt of the notice of fee assessment.  The appeal 
 74.26  must be submitted to the commissioner in writing. 
 74.27     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 74.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 74.29     Subd. 1a.  [ETHANOL PRODUCTION GOAL.] It is a goal of the 
 74.30  state that ethanol production plants in the state attain a total 
 74.31  annual production level of 220,000,000 gallons.  
 74.32     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 74.33  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 74.34     Subd. 2a.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purposes of this section 
 74.35  the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given 
 74.36  them. 
 75.1      (a) "Ethanol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol derived from 
 75.2   agricultural products, including potatoes, cereal, grains, 
 75.3   cheese whey, and sugar beets; forest products; or other 
 75.4   renewable resources, including residue and waste generated from 
 75.5   the production, processing, and marketing of agricultural 
 75.6   products, forest products, and other renewable resources, that: 
 75.7      (1) meets all of the specifications in ASTM specification D 
 75.8   4806-88; and 
 75.9      (2) is denatured with unleaded gasoline or rubber 
 75.10  hydrocarbon solvent as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, 
 75.11  title 27, parts 211 and 212, as adopted by the Bureau of 
 75.12  Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms of the United States Treasury 
 75.13  Department. 
 75.14     (b) "Wet alcohol" means agriculturally derived fermentation 
 75.15  ethyl alcohol having a purity of at least 50 percent but less 
 75.16  than 99 percent. 
 75.17     (c) "Anhydrous alcohol" means fermentation ethyl alcohol 
 75.18  derived from agricultural products as described in paragraph 
 75.19  (a), but that does not meet ASTM specifications or is not 
 75.20  denatured and is shipped in bond for further processing. 
 75.21     (d) "Ethanol plant" means a plant at which ethanol, 
 75.22  anhydrous alcohol, or wet alcohol is produced. 
 75.23     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 75.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 75.25     Subd. 3a.  [PAYMENTS.] (a) The commissioner of agriculture 
 75.26  shall make cash payments to producers of ethanol, anhydrous 
 75.27  alcohol, and wet alcohol located in the state.  These payments 
 75.28  shall apply only to ethanol, anhydrous alcohol, and wet alcohol 
 75.29  fermented in the state and produced at plants that have begun 
 75.30  production by June 30, 2000.  For the purpose of this 
 75.31  subdivision, an entity that holds a controlling interest in more 
 75.32  than one ethanol plant is considered a single producer.  The 
 75.33  amount of the payment for each producer's annual production is: 
 75.34     (1) except as provided in paragraph (b), for each gallon of 
 75.35  ethanol or anhydrous alcohol produced on or before June 30, 
 75.36  2000, or ten years after the start of production, whichever is 
 76.1   later, 20 cents per gallon; and 
 76.2      (2) for each gallon produced of wet alcohol on or before 
 76.3   June 30, 2000, or ten years after the start of production, 
 76.4   whichever is later, a payment in cents per gallon calculated by 
 76.5   the formula "alcohol purity in percent divided by five," and 
 76.6   rounded to the nearest cent per gallon, but not less than 11 
 76.7   cents per gallon. 
 76.8      The producer payments for anhydrous alcohol and wet alcohol 
 76.9   under this section may be paid to either the original producer 
 76.10  of anhydrous alcohol or wet alcohol or the secondary processor, 
 76.11  at the option of the original producer, but not to both. 
 76.12     (b) If the level of production at an ethanol plant 
 76.13  increases due to an increase in the production capacity of the 
 76.14  plant and the increased production begins by June 30, 2000, the 
 76.15  payment under paragraph (a), clause (1), applies to the 
 76.16  additional increment of production until ten years after the 
 76.17  increased production began. 
 76.18     (c) The commissioner shall make payments to producers of 
 76.19  ethanol or wet alcohol in the amount of 1.5 cents for each 
 76.20  kilowatt hour of electricity generated using closed-loop biomass 
 76.21  in a cogeneration facility at an ethanol plant located in the 
 76.22  state.  Payments under this paragraph shall be made only for 
 76.23  electricity generated at cogeneration facilities that begin 
 76.24  operation by June 30, 2000.  The payments apply to electricity 
 76.25  generated on or before the date ten years after the producer 
 76.26  first qualifies for payment under this paragraph.  Total 
 76.27  payments under this paragraph in any fiscal year may not exceed 
 76.28  $750,000.  For the purposes of this paragraph: 
 76.29     (1) "closed-loop biomass" means any organic material from a 
 76.30  plant that is planted for the purpose of being used to generate 
 76.31  electricity or for multiple purposes that include being used to 
 76.32  generate electricity; and 
 76.33     (2) "cogeneration" means the combined generation of: 
 76.34     (i) electrical or mechanical power; and 
 76.35     (ii) steam or forms of useful energy, such as heat, that 
 76.36  are used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling 
 77.1   purposes. 
 77.2      (d) The total payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to all 
 77.3   producers may not exceed $30,000,000 in a fiscal year.  Total 
 77.4   payments under paragraphs (a) and (b) to a producer in a fiscal 
 77.5   year may not exceed $3,000,000. 
 77.6      (e) By the last day of October, January, April, and July, 
 77.7   each producer shall file a claim for payment for ethanol, 
 77.8   anhydrous alcohol, and wet alcohol production during the 
 77.9   preceding three calendar months.  A producer with more than one 
 77.10  plant shall file a separate claim for each plant.  A producer 
 77.11  shall file a separate claim for the original production capacity 
 77.12  of each plant and for each additional increment of production 
 77.13  that qualifies under paragraph (b).  A producer that files a 
 77.14  claim under this subdivision shall include a statement of the 
 77.15  producer's total ethanol, anhydrous alcohol, and wet alcohol 
 77.16  production in Minnesota during the quarter covered by the claim, 
 77.17  including anhydrous alcohol and wet alcohol produced or received 
 77.18  from an outside source.  A producer shall file a separate claim 
 77.19  for any amount claimed under paragraph (c).  For each claim and 
 77.20  statement of total ethanol, anhydrous alcohol, and wet alcohol 
 77.21  production filed under this subdivision, the volume of ethanol, 
 77.22  anhydrous alcohol, and wet alcohol production or amounts of 
 77.23  electricity generated using closed-loop biomass must be examined 
 77.24  by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with 
 77.25  standards established by the American Institute of Certified 
 77.26  Public Accountants. 
 77.27     (f) Payments shall be made November 15, February 15, May 
 77.28  15, and August 15.  A separate payment shall be made for each 
 77.29  claim filed.  The total quarterly payment to a producer under 
 77.30  this paragraph, excluding amounts paid under paragraph (c), may 
 77.31  not exceed $750,000.  If the total amount for which all 
 77.32  producers are eligible in a quarter under paragraphs (a) and (b) 
 77.33  exceeds $7,500,000, the commissioner shall make payments in the 
 77.34  order in which the portion of production capacity covered by 
 77.35  each claim went into production.  If the total amount of ethanol 
 77.36  or wet alcohol production reported for a quarter under paragraph 
 78.1   (e) equals or exceeds 55,000,000 gallons: 
 78.2      (1) payments under this subdivision do not apply to the 
 78.3   amount produced in excess of 55,000,000 gallons; 
 78.4      (2) the commissioner shall make payments to producers in 
 78.5   the order in which the portion of production capacity covered by 
 78.6   each claim began production; and 
 78.7      (3) only those producers that receive payments for the 
 78.8   quarter, or received payments under paragraph (a) or (b) in an 
 78.9   earlier quarter, will be eligible for future ethanol or wet 
 78.10  alcohol production payments under this subdivision. 
 78.11     (g) If the total amount for which all producers are 
 78.12  eligible in a quarter under paragraph (c) exceeds the amount 
 78.13  available for payments, the commissioner shall make payments in 
 78.14  the order in which the plants covered by the claims began 
 78.15  generating electricity using closed-loop biomass. 
 78.16     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41A.09, is 
 78.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 78.18     Subd. 5a.  [EXPIRATION.] This section expires June 30, 
 78.19  2010, and the unobligated balance of each appropriation under 
 78.20  this section on that date reverts to the general fund. 
 78.21     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.02, 
 78.22  subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
 78.23     Subd. 20.  [ETHANOL PRODUCTION FACILITY.] "Ethanol 
 78.24  production facility" means a facility that ferments, distills, 
 78.25  dewaters, or otherwise produces ethanol as defined in section 
 78.26  41A.09, subdivision 2 2a, paragraph (a). 
 78.27     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.03, 
 78.28  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
 78.29     Subd. 6.  [APPLICATION FEE.] The authority may impose a 
 78.30  reasonable nonrefundable application fee for each application 
 78.31  submitted for a beginning farmer loan or a seller-sponsored 
 78.32  loan.  The application fee is initially $50.  The authority may 
 78.33  review the fee annually and make adjustments as necessary.  The 
 78.34  fee must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to an 
 78.35  account in the special revenue fund.  Money in the account is 
 78.36  appropriated to the commissioner for administrative expenses of 
 79.1   the beginning farmer and seller-sponsored loan programs. 
 79.2      Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.04, 
 79.3   subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
 79.4      Subd. 17.  [APPLICATION AND ORIGINATION FEE.] The authority 
 79.5   may impose a reasonable nonrefundable application fee for each 
 79.6   application and an origination fee for each loan issued under 
 79.7   the loan restructuring program.  The origination fee is 1.5 
 79.8   percent of the authority's participation interest in the loan 
 79.9   and the application fee is $50.  The authority may review the 
 79.10  fees annually and make adjustments as necessary.  The fees must 
 79.11  be deposited in the state treasury and credited to an account in 
 79.12  the special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated 
 79.13  to the commissioner for administrative expenses of the loan 
 79.14  restructuring program. 
 79.15     Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 79.16  subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
 79.17     Subd. 1b.  [LOAN PARTICIPATION.] The authority may 
 79.18  participate in an agricultural improvement loan with an eligible 
 79.19  lender to a farmer who meets the requirements of section 41B.03, 
 79.20  subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), and who are actively engaged 
 79.21  in farming.  Participation is limited to 45 percent of the 
 79.22  principal amount of the loan or $50,000 $100,000, whichever is 
 79.23  less.  The interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's 
 79.24  participation interest may be different than the interest rates 
 79.25  and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan.
 79.26     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 79.27  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 79.28     Subd. 2.  [SPECIFICATIONS.] No direct loan may exceed 
 79.29  $35,000 or $50,000 $100,000 for a loan participation or be made 
 79.30  to refinance an existing debt.  Each direct loan and 
 79.31  participation must be secured by a mortgage on real property and 
 79.32  such other security as the authority may require. 
 79.33     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.043, 
 79.34  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 79.35     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION AND ORIGINATION FEE.] The authority 
 79.36  may impose a reasonable nonrefundable application fee for each 
 80.1   application for a direct loan or participation and an 
 80.2   origination fee for each direct loan issued under the 
 80.3   agricultural improvement loan program.  The origination fee 
 80.4   initially shall be set at 1.5 percent and the application fee at 
 80.5   $50.  The authority may review the fees annually and make 
 80.6   adjustments as necessary.  The fees must be deposited in the 
 80.7   state treasury and credited to an account in the special revenue 
 80.8   fund.  Money in this account is appropriated to the commissioner 
 80.9   for administrative expenses of the agricultural improvement loan 
 80.10  program. 
 80.11     Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.045, 
 80.12  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 80.13     Subd. 2.  [LOAN PARTICIPATION.] The authority may 
 80.14  participate in a livestock expansion loan with an eligible 
 80.15  lender to a livestock farmer who meets the requirements of 
 80.16  section 41B.03, subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), and who are 
 80.17  actively engaged in a livestock operation.  Participation is 
 80.18  limited to 45 percent of the principal amount of the loan or 
 80.19  $100,000 $250,000, whichever is less.  The interest rates and 
 80.20  repayment terms of the authority's participation interest may be 
 80.21  different from the interest rates and repayment terms of the 
 80.22  lender's retained portion of the loan.  Loans under this program 
 80.23  must not be included in the lifetime limitation calculated under 
 80.24  section 41B.03, subdivision 1. 
 80.25     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.046, 
 80.26  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 80.27     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of this section:
 80.28     (1) "Agricultural commodity" has the meaning given in 
 80.29  section 17.90. 
 80.30     (1) (2) "Agricultural product processing facility" means 
 80.31  land, buildings, structures, fixtures, and improvements located 
 80.32  or to be located in Minnesota and used or operated primarily for 
 80.33  the processing or production of marketable products 
 80.34  from agriculture crops agricultural commodities, including waste 
 80.35  and residues from agriculture crops agricultural commodities, 
 80.36  but, except as provided in subdivision 4a, not including 
 81.1   livestock or livestock products, poultry or poultry products, or 
 81.2   wood or wood products. 
 81.3      (2) (3) "Value-added agricultural product" means a product 
 81.4   derived from an agricultural crops commodity, including waste 
 81.5   and residues from agricultural crops commodities, but, except as 
 81.6   provided in subdivision 4a, not including livestock or livestock 
 81.7   products, poultry or poultry products, or wood or wood products, 
 81.8   which are processed by an agricultural product processing 
 81.9   facility. 
 81.10     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 41B.046, is 
 81.11  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 81.12     Subd. 4a.  [CERTAIN LIVESTOCK PROCESSING FACILITIES 
 81.13  ELIGIBLE.] An applicant may be eligible for a loan under this 
 81.14  section if: 
 81.15     (1) the facility is owned and operated by a cooperative 
 81.16  organized under chapter 308A.  For purposes of this subdivision, 
 81.17  "owned and operated" includes a contractual arrangement with 
 81.18  another entity to provide management and operations services for 
 81.19  a facility owned by the cooperative; and 
 81.20     (2) its agricultural product processing facility is located 
 81.21  in Minnesota and operated primarily for the processing of 
 81.22  livestock. 
 81.23     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.631, is 
 81.24  amended to read: 
 81.25     84.631 [ROAD EASEMENTS ACROSS STATE LANDS.] 
 81.26     Except as provided in section 85.015, subdivision 1b, the 
 81.27  commissioner, on behalf of the state, may convey a road easement 
 81.28  across state land under the commissioner's jurisdiction other 
 81.29  than school trust land, to a private person requesting an 
 81.30  easement for access to property owned by the person only if the 
 81.31  following requirements are met:  (1) there are no reasonable 
 81.32  alternatives to obtain access to the property; and (2) the 
 81.33  exercise of the easement will not cause significant adverse 
 81.34  environmental or natural resource management impacts.  The 
 81.35  commissioner shall: 
 81.36     (1) require the applicant to pay the market value of the 
 82.1   easement; 
 82.2      (2) provide that the easement reverts to the state in the 
 82.3   event of nonuse; and 
 82.4      (3) impose other terms and conditions of use as necessary 
 82.5   and appropriate under the circumstances.  
 82.6      Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.788, 
 82.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 82.8      Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION; ISSUANCE; REPORTS.] Application for 
 82.9   registration or continued registration must be made to the 
 82.10  commissioner or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles 
 82.11  on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form must state 
 82.12  the name and address of every owner of the off-highway 
 82.13  motorcycle and must be signed by at least one owner.  Upon 
 82.14  receipt of the application and the appropriate fee, the 
 82.15  commissioner shall assign a registration number that must be 
 82.16  affixed to the motorcycle in a manner prescribed by the 
 82.17  commissioner.  The commissioner shall develop a registration 
 82.18  system to register vehicles under this section.  A deputy 
 82.19  registrar of motor vehicles acting under section 168.33, is also 
 82.20  a deputy registrar of off-highway motorcycles.  The commissioner 
 82.21  of natural resources in agreement with the commissioner of 
 82.22  public safety may prescribe the accounting and procedural 
 82.23  requirements necessary to ensure efficient handling of 
 82.24  registrations and registration fees.  Deputy registrars shall 
 82.25  strictly comply with the accounting and procedural 
 82.26  requirements.  A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to other fees 
 82.27  prescribed by law is charged for each off-highway motorcycle 
 82.28  registered by: 
 82.29     (1) a deputy registrar and must be deposited in the 
 82.30  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 82.31  kept if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 82.32     (2) the commissioner and must be deposited in the state 
 82.33  treasury and credited to the off-highway motorcycle account. 
 82.34     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.798, 
 82.35  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 82.36     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION; ISSUANCE.] Application for 
 83.1   registration or continued registration must be made to the 
 83.2   commissioner, or an authorized deputy registrar of motor 
 83.3   vehicles on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form 
 83.4   must state the name and address of every owner of the off-road 
 83.5   vehicle and must be signed by at least one owner.  Upon receipt 
 83.6   of the application and the appropriate fee, the commissioner 
 83.7   shall register the off-road vehicle and assign a registration 
 83.8   number that must be affixed to the vehicle in accordance with 
 83.9   subdivision 4.  A deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting 
 83.10  under section 168.33 is also a deputy registrar of off-road 
 83.11  vehicles.  The commissioner of natural resources in cooperation 
 83.12  with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 83.13  accounting and procedural requirements necessary to ensure 
 83.14  efficient handling of registrations and registration fees.  
 83.15  Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with the accounting and 
 83.16  procedural requirements.  A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to 
 83.17  other fees prescribed by law must be charged for each off-road 
 83.18  vehicle registered by: 
 83.19     (1) a deputy registrar, and must be deposited in the 
 83.20  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 83.21  retained if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 83.22     (2) the commissioner and must be deposited in the state 
 83.23  treasury and credited to the off-road vehicle account. 
 83.24     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.82, 
 83.25  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 83.26     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION, ISSUANCE, REPORTS, ADDITIONAL 
 83.27  FEE.] (a) Application for registration or reregistration shall 
 83.28  be made to the commissioner of natural resources, or the 
 83.29  commissioner of public safety or an authorized deputy registrar 
 83.30  of motor vehicles in such form as the commissioner of public 
 83.31  safety shall prescribe, and shall state the name and address of 
 83.32  every owner of the snowmobile and be signed by at least one 
 83.33  owner.  
 83.34     (b) A person who purchases a snowmobile from a retail 
 83.35  dealer shall make application for registration to the dealer at 
 83.36  the point of sale.  The dealer shall issue a temporary 
 84.1   registration permit to each purchaser who applies to the dealer 
 84.2   for registration.  The temporary registration is valid for 60 
 84.3   days from the date of issue.  Each retail dealer shall submit 
 84.4   completed registration and fees to the deputy registrar at least 
 84.5   once a week.  Upon receipt of the application and the 
 84.6   appropriate fee as hereinafter provided, such snowmobile shall 
 84.7   be registered and a registration number assigned which shall be 
 84.8   affixed to the snowmobile in such manner as the commissioner of 
 84.9   natural resources shall prescribe. 
 84.10     (c) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting pursuant 
 84.11  to section 168.33, shall also be a deputy registrar of 
 84.12  snowmobiles.  The commissioner of natural resources in agreement 
 84.13  with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 84.14  accounting and procedural requirements necessary to assure 
 84.15  efficient handling of registrations and registration fees.  
 84.16  Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with these accounting 
 84.17  and procedural requirements.  
 84.18     (d) A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to that otherwise 
 84.19  prescribed by law shall be charged for: 
 84.20     (1) each snowmobile registered by the registrar or a deputy 
 84.21  registrar. and the additional fee shall be disposed of in the 
 84.22  manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 2; or 
 84.23     (2) each snowmobile registered by the commissioner and the 
 84.24  additional fee shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
 84.25  credited to the snowmobile trails and enforcement account in the 
 84.26  natural resources fund.  
 84.27     Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.922, 
 84.28  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 84.29     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION, ISSUANCE, REPORTS.] (a) Application 
 84.30  for registration or continued registration shall be made to the 
 84.31  commissioner of natural resources, the commissioner of public 
 84.32  safety or an authorized deputy registrar of motor vehicles on a 
 84.33  form prescribed by the commissioner.  The form must state the 
 84.34  name and address of every owner of the vehicle and be signed by 
 84.35  at least one owner. 
 84.36     (b) Upon receipt of the application and the appropriate fee 
 85.1   the commissioner shall register the vehicle and assign a 
 85.2   registration number that must be affixed to the vehicle in a 
 85.3   manner prescribed by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall 
 85.4   use the snowmobile registration system to register vehicles 
 85.5   under this section.  
 85.6      (c) Each deputy registrar of motor vehicles acting under 
 85.7   section 168.33, is also a deputy registrar of all-terrain 
 85.8   vehicles.  The commissioner of natural resources in agreement 
 85.9   with the commissioner of public safety may prescribe the 
 85.10  accounting and procedural requirements necessary to assure 
 85.11  efficient handling of registrations and registration fees. 
 85.12  Deputy registrars shall strictly comply with the accounting and 
 85.13  procedural requirements.  
 85.14     (d) A fee of 50 cents $2 in addition to other fees 
 85.15  prescribed by law shall be charged for each vehicle registered 
 85.16  by: 
 85.17     (1) a deputy registrar, and shall be deposited in the 
 85.18  treasury of the jurisdiction where the deputy is appointed, or 
 85.19  retained if the deputy is not a public official; or 
 85.20     (2) the commissioner, and shall be deposited to the state 
 85.21  treasury and credited to the all-terrain vehicle account in the 
 85.22  natural resources fund.  
 85.23     Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84.943, 
 85.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 85.25     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE MATCHED BY PRIVATE 
 85.26  FUNDS.] Appropriations transferred to the critical habitat 
 85.27  private sector matching account and money credited to the 
 85.28  account under section 168.1296, subdivision 5, may be expended 
 85.29  only to the extent that they are matched equally with 
 85.30  contributions to the account from private sources or by funds 
 85.31  contributed to the nongame wildlife management account.  The 
 85.32  private contributions may be made in cash or in contributions of 
 85.33  land or interests in land that are designated by the 
 85.34  commissioner of natural resources as program acquisitions.  
 85.35  Appropriations transferred to the account that are not matched 
 85.36  within three years from the date of the appropriation shall 
 86.1   cancel to the source of the appropriation.  For the purposes of 
 86.2   this section, the private contributions of land or interests in 
 86.3   land shall be valued in accordance with their appraised value. 
 86.4      Sec. 64.  [84.964] [INTERAGENCY NATIVE VEGETATION TASK 
 86.5   FORCE.] 
 86.6      (a) An interagency task force on native plant conservation 
 86.7   is established composed of the commissioners or their designees 
 86.8   of the departments of agriculture, natural resources, 
 86.9   transportation, and the pollution control agency and the 
 86.10  executive director or designee of the board of water and soil 
 86.11  resources.  The commissioner of natural resources or the 
 86.12  commissioner's designee shall chair the task force. 
 86.13     (b) The purpose of the task force is to identify priority 
 86.14  conservation needs for native plants and their habitats in the 
 86.15  ecological regions of the state, and to coordinate 
 86.16  implementation of interagency programs to address those needs.  
 86.17  The task force shall also ensure, to the greatest extent 
 86.18  practicable, that native plant species and communities are 
 86.19  maintained, enhanced, restored, or established on public lands, 
 86.20  and are promoted on private lands. 
 86.21     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 84B.11, 
 86.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 86.23     Subdivision 1.  (a) The governor shall appoint, except for 
 86.24  the legislative members, a citizen's council on Voyageurs 
 86.25  National Park, consisting of 17 members as follows: 
 86.26     Four residents of Koochiching county; 
 86.27     Four residents of St. Louis county; 
 86.28     Five residents of the state at large from outside 
 86.29  Koochiching and St. Louis counties; 
 86.30     Two members of the state senate to be appointed by the 
 86.31  committee on committees; 
 86.32     Two members of the state house of representatives to be 
 86.33  appointed by the speaker of the house. 
 86.34     (b) The governor shall designate one of the appointees to 
 86.35  serve as chair and the committee may elect such other officers 
 86.36  as it deems necessary.  Members shall be appointed so as to 
 87.1   represent differing viewpoints and interest groups on the 
 87.2   facilities included in and around the park.  Legislator 
 87.3   Legislative members shall serve for the term of the legislative 
 87.4   office to which they were elected.  The terms, compensation and 
 87.5   removal of nonlegislator nonlegislative members of the council 
 87.6   shall be as provided in section 15.059.  Notwithstanding section 
 87.7   15.059, subdivision 5, the council shall continue to exist.  
 87.8      (c) The executive committee of the council consists of the 
 87.9   legislative members and the chair.  The executive committee 
 87.10  shall act on matters of personnel, out-of-state trips by members 
 87.11  of the council, and nonroutine monetary issues. 
 87.12     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.015, is 
 87.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 87.14     Subd. 1b.  [EASEMENTS FOR INGRESS AND 
 87.15  EGRESS.] Notwithstanding section 16A.695, when a trail is 
 87.16  established under this section, a private property owner who has 
 87.17  a preexisting right of ingress and egress over the trail 
 87.18  right-of-way is granted, without charge, a permanent easement 
 87.19  for ingress and egress purposes only.  The easement is limited 
 87.20  to the preexisting crossing and reverts to the state upon 
 87.21  abandonment.  Nothing in this subdivision is intended to 
 87.22  diminish or alter any written or recorded easement that existed 
 87.23  before the state acquired the land for the trail. 
 87.24     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.015, 
 87.25  subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
 87.26     Subd. 11.  [WILLARD MUNGER TRAIL, RAMSEY, ANOKA, 
 87.27  WASHINGTON, CHISAGO, PINE, AND CARLTON COUNTIES.] (a) The trail 
 87.28  shall originate in the vicinity of Arden Hills, Ramsey county, 
 87.29  and thence extend northeasterly, traversing Anoka and Washington 
 87.30  counties to the vicinity of Taylors Falls in Chisago county; 
 87.31  thence northwesterly and northerly to St. Croix state park in 
 87.32  Pine county; thence northerly to Jay Cooke state park in Carlton 
 87.33  county, and there terminate.  
 87.34     (b) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and 
 87.35  hiking. 
 87.36     (c) Additional trails shall be established that extend the 
 88.1   Willard Munger trail to include Proctor and Hermantown in St. 
 88.2   Louis county. 
 88.3      Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.019, is 
 88.4   amended to read: 
 88.5      85.019 [GRANTS-IN-AID FOR RECREATIONAL BETTERMENT LOCAL 
 88.6   RECREATION GRANTS.] 
 88.7      Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS DEFINITION.] (a) For purposes 
 88.8   of this section, the terms in this subdivision have the meanings 
 88.9   given, except as otherwise expressly provided or indicated by 
 88.10  the context. 
 88.11     (b) "Athletic courts" means special surface area and 
 88.12  supporting equipment or structures, such as nets, hoops, and 
 88.13  walls, that can be used for active games that have definite 
 88.14  boundaries and are played on a marked surface, limited to 
 88.15  basketball, volleyball, handball, and tennis. 
 88.16     (c) "Metropolitan council" and "metropolitan area" have the 
 88.17  meanings given in section 473.121. 
 88.18     (d) "unit of government" means a county, city and statutory 
 88.19  or home rule charter city, or town, school district, public 
 88.20  post-secondary educational institution, special park district, 
 88.21  or an elected park and recreation board having control over 
 88.22  parks, parkways, playgrounds, and trees in a city of the first 
 88.23  class. 
 88.24     Subd. 2.  [GRANTS FOR PARKS AND TRAILS OUTDOOR RECREATION 
 88.25  AREAS.] The commissioner shall administer a program to provide 
 88.26  grants to units of government located within standard 
 88.27  metropolitan statistical areas, as designated by the United 
 88.28  States Office of Management and Budget, but outside of the 
 88.29  metropolitan area defined in section 473.121.  The grants shall 
 88.30  be for up to 50 percent of the costs or $50,000, whichever is 
 88.31  less, of acquisition and betterment by units of government of 
 88.32  public land and improvements needed for parks, trails, 
 88.33  conservatories, zoos, and other special use facilities having 
 88.34  recreational significance for the entire population of the 
 88.35  particular standard metropolitan statistical area.  
 88.36  Appropriations made for this purpose shall be expended with the 
 89.1   approval of the governor after consultation with the legislative 
 89.2   advisory commission.  The legislative commission on Minnesota 
 89.3   resources shall make recommendations to the legislative advisory 
 89.4   commission regarding the expenditures.  The local contribution 
 89.5   required shall be not less than ten percent.  The program shall 
 89.6   be administered so as to ensure the maximum possible use of 
 89.7   available federal money outdoor recreation areas and facilities. 
 89.8      Subd. 3.  [GRANTS FOR TRAILS IN LOCAL PARKS.] The 
 89.9   commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 89.10  units of government for the betterment of public land and 
 89.11  improvements needed for recreational trails in parks owned and 
 89.12  operated by units of government.  A grant shall not exceed 40 
 89.13  percent of the costs of the betterment of the trail.  To be 
 89.14  eligible for a grant, a unit of government must provide at least 
 89.15  ten percent of the cost of the betterment of the trail. 
 89.16     Subd. 4.  [GRANTS FOR LOCAL OUTDOOR ATHLETIC COURTS.] The 
 89.17  commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 89.18  units of government for the betterment of public land and 
 89.19  improvements needed for local athletic courts.  A grant may not 
 89.20  exceed 50 percent of the costs of the betterment of the athletic 
 89.21  court.  To be eligible for a grant, a unit of government must 
 89.22  provide at least 50 percent of the costs of the betterment of 
 89.23  the athletic court.  In making grants the commissioner shall 
 89.24  consider, among other factors, evidence of cooperation between 
 89.25  units of government, local need and available financial 
 89.26  resources, and court locations that encourage maximum use, 
 89.27  patronage, and availability. 
 89.28     Subd. 4a.  [GRANTS FOR NATURAL AND SCENIC AREAS.] The 
 89.29  commissioner shall administer a program to provide grants to 
 89.30  units of government and school districts for the acquisition and 
 89.31  betterment of natural and scenic areas such as blufflands, 
 89.32  prairies, shorelands, wetlands, and wooded areas.  A grant may 
 89.33  not exceed 50 percent or $50,000, whichever is less, of the 
 89.34  costs of acquisition and betterment of land acquired under this 
 89.35  subdivision. 
 89.36     Subd. 5.  [POWERS; RULES.] The commissioner has all powers 
 90.1   necessary and convenient to establish programs for recreational 
 90.2   betterment grants-in-aid for parks, trails, and athletic courts 
 90.3   under implement this section, including the authority to adopt 
 90.4   rules for the program under chapter 14. 
 90.5      Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85.32, 
 90.6   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 90.7      Subdivision 1.  [AREAS MARKED.] The commissioner of natural 
 90.8   resources is authorized in cooperation with local units of 
 90.9   government and private individuals and groups when feasible to 
 90.10  mark canoe and boating routes on the Little Fork, Big Fork, 
 90.11  Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, 
 90.12  Straight, Des Moines, Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, 
 90.13  Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre, and Crow rivers which 
 90.14  have historic and scenic values and to mark appropriately points 
 90.15  of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, 
 90.16  waterfalls, whirlpools, and other serious hazards which are 
 90.17  dangerous to canoe and watercraft travelers. 
 90.18     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 85A.02, 
 90.19  subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
 90.20     Subd. 17.  [ADDITIONAL POWERS.] The board may establish a 
 90.21  schedule of charges for admission to or the use of the Minnesota 
 90.22  zoological garden or any related facility.  The board shall have 
 90.23  a policy admitting elementary school children at no charge when 
 90.24  they are part of an organized school activity.  The Minnesota 
 90.25  zoological garden must be open to the public without admission 
 90.26  charges at least two days each month will offer free admission 
 90.27  throughout the year to economically disadvantaged Minnesota 
 90.28  citizens equal to ten percent of the average annual attendance.  
 90.29  However, the zoo may charge at any time for parking, special 
 90.30  services, and for admission to special facilities for the 
 90.31  education, entertainment, or convenience of visitors.  The board 
 90.32  may provide for the purchase, reproduction, and sale of gifts, 
 90.33  souvenirs, publications, informational materials, food and 
 90.34  beverages, and grant concessions for the sale of these items. 
 90.35     Sec. 71.  [MINNESOTA ZOO FREE ADMISSION PLAN.] 
 90.36     By July 1, 1995, the board shall develop a plan to 
 91.1   implement the offer of free admission to economically 
 91.2   disadvantaged Minnesota citizens, and provide a copy of the plan 
 91.3   to the chairs of the senate environment and natural resources 
 91.4   finance division and the house environment and natural resources 
 91.5   finance committee. 
 91.6      Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86.72, 
 91.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 91.8      Subdivision 1.  Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
 91.9   federal reimbursements and match money received for the purposes 
 91.10  described in this chapter, regardless of the source of state 
 91.11  match, credit or value used to earn the reimbursement or match, 
 91.12  other than the federal match for state money appropriated to the 
 91.13  local recreation and natural areas grant-in-aid account, and 
 91.14  other than the federal great river road money, shall in the 
 91.15  first instance be credited to a federal receipt account by the 
 91.16  state agency receiving the reimbursement or match.  Any state 
 91.17  department or agency, including the Minnesota historical society 
 91.18  and the University of Minnesota, that receives reimbursements or 
 91.19  matching money as described above shall transfer those amounts 
 91.20  to the natural resources federal reimbursement account.  Amounts 
 91.21  sufficient to pay the costs incurred by the department of 
 91.22  natural resources in administering federal reimbursements are 
 91.23  appropriated annually to the commissioner from the federal 
 91.24  receipt account. 
 91.25     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.415, 
 91.26  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 91.27     Subd. 7.  [WATERCRAFT SURCHARGE.] A $5 surcharge is placed 
 91.28  on each watercraft licensed under subdivisions 1 to 5 for 
 91.29  control, public awareness, law enforcement, monitoring, and 
 91.30  research of nuisance aquatic exotic species such as zebra 
 91.31  mussel, purple loosestrife, and Eurasian water milfoil in public 
 91.32  waters and public wetlands.  The surcharge is $5 until December 
 91.33  31, 1996, and $3 thereafter. 
 91.34     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.415, 
 91.35  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 91.36     Subd. 8.  [REGISTRAR'S FEE.] (a) In addition to the license 
 92.1   fee, a fee of 50 cents $2 shall be charged for a watercraft 
 92.2   license: 
 92.3      (1) issued through the registrar or a deputy registrar of 
 92.4   motor vehicles.  
 92.5      (b) and the additional fee shall be disposed of in the 
 92.6   manner provided in section 168.33, subdivision 2; or 
 92.7      (2) issued through the commissioner and the additional fee 
 92.8   shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
 92.9   water recreation account. 
 92.10     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 86B.870, 
 92.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 92.12     Subdivision 1.  [FEES.] (a) The fee to be paid to the 
 92.13  commissioner: 
 92.14     (1) for issuing an original certificate of title, including 
 92.15  the concurrent notation of an assignment of the security 
 92.16  interest and its subsequent release or satisfaction, is $15; 
 92.17     (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
 92.18  certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of an 
 92.19  assignment of the security interest and its subsequent release 
 92.20  or satisfaction, is $10; 
 92.21     (3) for transferring the interest of an owner and issuing a 
 92.22  new certificate of title, is $10; 
 92.23     (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
 92.24  noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
 92.25  the security interest, is $1; and 
 92.26     (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, is $4. 
 92.27     (b) In addition to other statutory fees and taxes, a filing 
 92.28  fee of $3.25 $3.50 is imposed on every application.  The filing 
 92.29  fee must be shown as a separate item on title renewal notices 
 92.30  sent by the commissioner. 
 92.31     Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 89.001, 
 92.32  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 92.33     Subd. 8.  "Forest resources" means those natural assets of 
 92.34  forest lands, including timber and other forest crops,; 
 92.35  biological diversity; recreation,; fish and wildlife habitat,; 
 92.36  wilderness,; rare and distinctive flora and fauna,; air,; 
 93.1   water,; soil,; and educational, aesthetic, and historic values.
 93.2      Sec. 77.  [89.021] [Subd. 45.] [SHOOTING AREA WITHIN SAND 
 93.3   DUNES STATE FOREST.] The commissioner of natural resources shall 
 93.4   design and establish a noncompetitive recreational shooting area 
 93.5   within Sand Dunes state forest.  The area shall be suitable for 
 93.6   sighting in legal handguns, rifles, and shotguns. 
 93.7      Discharge of firearms for purposes other than lawful 
 93.8   hunting is prohibited on state lands in the Sand Dunes State 
 93.9   Forest, except in the area developed as a shooting area.  
 93.10  Discharge of firearms for the purpose of lawful hunting is 
 93.11  permitted during the open seasons for taking of wild animals 
 93.12  unless restricted by rule. 
 93.13     Sec. 78.  [89A.01] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 93.14     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICABILITY.] Unless the language or 
 93.15  context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, 
 93.16  the following terms, for the purpose of this chapter, have the 
 93.17  meanings given. 
 93.18     Subd. 2.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] "Advisory committee" means 
 93.19  the forest resources research advisory committee established 
 93.20  under section 89A.08. 
 93.21     Subd. 3.  [BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY.] "Biological diversity" 
 93.22  means the variety and abundance of species, their genetic 
 93.23  composition, and the communities and landscapes in which they 
 93.24  occur, including the ecological structures, functions, and 
 93.25  processes occurring at all of these levels. 
 93.26     Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
 93.27  commissioner of natural resources or agent of the commissioner. 
 93.28     Subd. 5.  [COUNCIL.] "Council" means the Minnesota forest 
 93.29  resources council established by section 89A.03. 
 93.30     Subd. 6.  [DEPARTMENT.] "Department" means the department 
 93.31  of natural resources. 
 93.32     Subd. 7.  [FOREST RESOURCES.] "Forest resources" has the 
 93.33  meaning given in section 89.001, subdivision 8. 
 93.34     Subd. 8.  [GUIDELINES.] "Guidelines" means the 
 93.35  comprehensive timber harvesting and forest management guidelines 
 93.36  developed under section 89A.05. 
 94.1      Subd. 9.  [LANDSCAPE.] "Landscape" means a heterogenous 
 94.2   land area composed of interacting sustainable forest resources 
 94.3   that are defined by natural features and socially defined 
 94.4   attributes. 
 94.5      Subd. 10.  [LANDSCAPE-LEVEL.] "Landscape-level" means 
 94.6   typically long-term or broad-based efforts that may require 
 94.7   extensive analysis or planning over large areas that may involve 
 94.8   or require coordination across land ownerships. 
 94.9      Subd. 11.  [REGIONAL COMMITTEE.] "Regional committee" means 
 94.10  a regional forest resources committee established under section 
 94.11  89A.06. 
 94.12     Subd. 12.  [SITE-LEVEL.] "Site-level" means efforts 
 94.13  affecting operational procedures used in the planning and 
 94.14  implementation of timber harvesting and forest management 
 94.15  activities on an individual site or local scale. 
 94.16     Subd. 13.  [SUSTAINABLE.] "Sustainable" means meeting the 
 94.17  needs of the present without compromising the ability of future 
 94.18  generations to meet their own needs. 
 94.19     Sec. 79.  [89A.02] [POLICY.] 
 94.20     It is the policy of the state to: 
 94.21     (1) pursue the sustainable management, use, and protection 
 94.22  of the state's forest resources to achieve the state's economic, 
 94.23  environmental, and social goals; 
 94.24     (2) encourage cooperation and collaboration between public 
 94.25  and private sectors in the management of the state's forest 
 94.26  resources; 
 94.27     (3) recognize and consider forest resource issues, 
 94.28  concerns, and impacts at the site and landscape levels; and 
 94.29     (4) recognize the broad array of perspectives regarding the 
 94.30  management, use, and protection of the state's forest resources, 
 94.31  and establish processes and mechanisms that seek and incorporate 
 94.32  these perspectives in the planning and management of the state's 
 94.33  forest resources. 
 94.34     Nothing in this chapter abolishes, repeals, or negates any 
 94.35  existing authorities, policies, programs, or activities of the 
 94.36  commissioner or other statutory authorities related to managing 
 95.1   and protecting state's forest resources. 
 95.2      Sec. 80.  [89A.03] [MINNESOTA FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL.] 
 95.3      Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The Minnesota forest 
 95.4   resources council has 13 members appointed by the governor.  
 95.5   Council membership must include one representative from each of 
 95.6   the following: 
 95.7      (1) an organization representing environmental interests 
 95.8   within the state; 
 95.9      (2) an organization representing the interests of 
 95.10  management of game species; 
 95.11     (3) a conservation organization; 
 95.12     (4) an association representing forest products industry 
 95.13  within the state; 
 95.14     (5) a commercial logging contractor active in a forest 
 95.15  product association; 
 95.16     (6) a statewide association representing the resort and 
 95.17  tourism industry; 
 95.18     (7) a faculty or researcher of a Minnesota research or 
 95.19  higher educational institution; 
 95.20     (8) an owner of nonindustrial, private forest land of 40 
 95.21  acres or more; 
 95.22     (9) an agricultural woodlot owner; 
 95.23     (10) the department; 
 95.24     (11) a county land commissioner who is a member of the 
 95.25  Minnesota association of county land commissioners; 
 95.26     (12) the United States Forest Service unit with land 
 95.27  management responsibility in Minnesota; and 
 95.28     (13) a labor organization with membership having an 
 95.29  interest in forest resource issues. 
 95.30     Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE.] The council shall develop 
 95.31  recommendations to the governor and to federal, state, county, 
 95.32  and local governments with respect to forest resource policies 
 95.33  and practices that result in the sustainable management, use, 
 95.34  and protection of the state's forest resources.  The policies 
 95.35  and practices must: 
 95.36     (1) acknowledge the interactions of complex sustainable 
 96.1   forest resources, multiple ownership patterns, and local to 
 96.2   international economic forces; 
 96.3      (2) give equal consideration to the long-term economic, 
 96.4   ecological, and social needs and limits of the state's forest 
 96.5   resources; 
 96.6      (3) foster the productivity of the state's forests to 
 96.7   provide a diversity of sustainable benefits at site levels and 
 96.8   landscape levels; 
 96.9      (4) enhance the ability of the state's forest resources to 
 96.10  provide future benefits and services; 
 96.11     (5) foster no net loss of forest land in Minnesota: 
 96.12     (6) encourage appropriate mixes of forest cover types and 
 96.13  age classes within landscapes to promote biological diversity 
 96.14  and viable forest-dependent fish and wildlife habitats; 
 96.15     (7) encourage collaboration and coordination with multiple 
 96.16  constituencies in planning and managing the state's forest 
 96.17  resources; and 
 96.18     (8) address the environmental impacts and their mitigations 
 96.19  as recommended in the generic environmental impact statement on 
 96.20  timber harvesting. 
 96.21     Subd. 3.  [COUNCIL MEETINGS.] The council shall establish 
 96.22  procedures for conducting its meetings in accordance with 
 96.23  section 471.705 that include provisions for seeking and 
 96.24  incorporating public input. 
 96.25     Subd. 4.  [COUNCIL OFFICERS AND STAFF.] The council shall 
 96.26  elect a chair from among its members.  The council may employ an 
 96.27  executive director and administrative assistant.  Technical 
 96.28  expertise that will enable the council to carry out its 
 96.29  functions must be provided to the council by those interests 
 96.30  represented on the council. 
 96.31     Subd. 5.  [MEMBERSHIP REGULATION.] Terms, compensation, 
 96.32  nomination, appointment, and removal of council members are 
 96.33  governed by section 15.059.  Section 15.059, subdivision 5, does 
 96.34  not govern the expiration date of the council.  
 96.35     Subd. 6.  [REPORT.] By January 1, 1997, the council shall 
 96.36  prepare a report to the governor and legislature on the status 
 97.1   of the state's forest resources, and strategic directions to 
 97.2   provide for their management, use, and protection.  Information 
 97.3   generated by the reporting requirements in this chapter must be 
 97.4   incorporated in the council's report.  To the extent possible, 
 97.5   the council's report must also identify the activities and 
 97.6   accomplishments of various programs that directly affect the 
 97.7   state's forest resources. 
 97.8      Subd. 7.  [REVIEW OF FOREST RESOURCES PLAN AND ASSESSMENT.] 
 97.9   The council shall undertake a review of the forest resource 
 97.10  management plan and forest assessment requirements contained in 
 97.11  section 89.011, and report to the commissioner no later than 
 97.12  July 1, 1996, on the appropriateness and effectiveness of these 
 97.13  requirements, including recommendations for enhancing existing 
 97.14  forest resource planning processes.  The council shall review 
 97.15  draft statewide and district forest resource planning documents, 
 97.16  and incorporate the findings, including any recommendation, of 
 97.17  such reviews in its biennial report specified in subdivision 6. 
 97.18     Sec. 81.  [89A.04] [PARTNERSHIP.] 
 97.19     It is the policy of the state to encourage forest 
 97.20  landowners, forest managers, and loggers to establish a 
 97.21  partnership in which the implementation of council 
 97.22  recommendations can occur in a timely and coordinated manner 
 97.23  across ownerships.  The partnership shall serve as a forum for 
 97.24  discussing operational implementation issues and problem solving 
 97.25  related to forest resources management and planning concerns, 
 97.26  and be responsive to the recommendations of the council.  This 
 97.27  partnership shall also actively foster collaboration and 
 97.28  coordination among forest managers and landowners in addressing 
 97.29  landscape-level operations and concerns.  In fulfilling its 
 97.30  responsibilities as identified in this chapter, the council 
 97.31  shall seek input from and consult with the partnership. 
 97.32     Sec. 82.  [89A.05] [TIMBER HARVESTING AND FOREST MANAGEMENT 
 97.33  GUIDELINES.] 
 97.34     Subdivision 1.  [DEVELOPMENT.] The council shall coordinate 
 97.35  the development of comprehensive timber harvesting and forest 
 97.36  management guidelines.  The guidelines must address the water, 
 98.1   air, soil, biotic, recreational, and aesthetic resources found 
 98.2   in forest ecosystems by focusing on those impacts commonly 
 98.3   associated with applying site-level forestry practices.  The 
 98.4   guidelines must reflect a range of practical and sound practices 
 98.5   based on the best available scientific information, and be 
 98.6   integrated to minimize conflicting recommendations while being 
 98.7   easy to understand and implement.  Best management practices 
 98.8   previously developed for forest management must be incorporated 
 98.9   into the guidelines.  The council shall periodically review and, 
 98.10  when deemed necessary, update the guidelines. 
 98.11     Subd. 2.  [ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.] Before the 
 98.12  implementation of timber harvesting and forest management 
 98.13  guidelines, new site-level practices and landscape-level 
 98.14  programs, the council shall analyze the costs of new site-level 
 98.15  practices and landscape-level programs.  When the analysis 
 98.16  concludes that new landscape-level programs and site-level 
 98.17  practices will result in adverse economic effects, including 
 98.18  decreased timber supply and negative effects on tourism, 
 98.19  opportunities to offset those effects must be explored.  The 
 98.20  council shall also: 
 98.21     (1) identify and quantify forest and timberland acreages 
 98.22  that will no longer be available for harvest; and 
 98.23     (2) encourage public resource agencies to provide 
 98.24  sustainable, predictable supplies of high-quality forest 
 98.25  resource benefits, including timber supplies that are consistent 
 98.26  with their multiple mandates and diverse management objectives.  
 98.27  These benefits should be provided by public resource agencies in 
 98.28  proportion to their forest land's capability to do so. 
 98.29     Subd. 3.  [APPLICATION.] The timber harvesting and forest 
 98.30  management guidelines are voluntary.  Prior to their actual use, 
 98.31  the council shall develop guideline implementation goals for 
 98.32  each major forest land ownership category.  If the information 
 98.33  developed as a result of the monitoring programs established in 
 98.34  section 89A.07 indicates the implementation goals for the 
 98.35  guidelines are not being met and the council determines 
 98.36  significant adverse impacts are occurring, the council shall 
 99.1   recommend to the governor additional measures to address those 
 99.2   impacts.  The council shall incorporate the recommendations as 
 99.3   part of the council's biennial report required by section 
 99.4   89A.03, subdivision 6. 
 99.5      Sec. 83.  [89A.06] [LANDSCAPE-LEVEL FOREST RESOURCE 
 99.6   PLANNING AND COORDINATION.] 
 99.7      Subdivision 1.  [FRAMEWORK.] The council shall establish a 
 99.8   framework that will enable long-range strategic planning and 
 99.9   landscape coordination to occur, to the extent possible, across 
 99.10  all forested regions of the state and across all ownerships.  
 99.11  The framework must include: 
 99.12     (1) identification of the landscapes within which 
 99.13  long-range strategic planning of forest resources can occur, 
 99.14  provided that the landscapes must be delineated based on broadly 
 99.15  defined ecological units and existing classification systems, 
 99.16  yet recognize existing political and administrative boundaries 
 99.17  and planning processes; 
 99.18     (2) a statement of principles and goals for landscape-based 
 99.19  forest resource planning; and 
 99.20     (3) identification of a general process by which 
 99.21  landscape-based forest resource planning can occur, provided 
 99.22  that the process must give considerable latitude to design 
 99.23  planning processes that fit the unique needs and resources of 
 99.24  each landscape; reflect a balanced consideration of the 
 99.25  economic, social, and environmental conditions and needs of each 
 99.26  landscape; and interface and establish formats that are 
 99.27  compatible with other landscape-based forest resource plans. 
 99.28     Subd. 2.  [REGIONAL FOREST RESOURCE COMMITTEES.] To foster 
 99.29  landscape-based forest resource planning, the council shall 
 99.30  establish regional forest resource committees.  The regional 
 99.31  committees must: 
 99.32     (1) include representative interests in a particular region 
 99.33  that are committed to and involved in landscape planning and 
 99.34  coordination activities; 
 99.35     (2) serve as a forum for landowners, managers, and 
 99.36  representative interests to discuss landscape forest resource