1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; extending availability of grant money for removing 
1.3 	and preventing aquatic invasive species;amending Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 
1.4 	3, section 3, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 3, section 3, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

1.7 | Subd. 3.Ecological and Water Resources | | -0- | | 612,000
1.8 	$187,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
1.9 	Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed 
1.10 	District to match equal funds from the North 
1.11 	Dakota State Water Commission and North 
1.12 	Dakota water boards to conduct hydraulic 
1.13 	modeling of alternative floodway options for 
1.14 	the reach including and upstream and 
1.15 	downstream of the Minnesota and North 
1.16 	Dakota agricultural levies in the vicinity of 
1.17 	Oslo, Minnesota. The modeling must include 
1.18 	evaluating removal of floodway flow 
1.19 	obstructions, channel obstructions, 
1.20 	transportation access, and equalization of 
1.21 	agricultural levy protection. The project must 
1.22 	be conducted in partnership with the border 
1.23 	township association group representing four 
1.24 	Minnesota townships and the city of Oslo and 
2.1 	the three adjacent townships in North Dakota. 
2.2 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
2.3 	available until June 30, 2018.
2.4 	$200,000 the second year is for a grant to the 
2.5 	Koronis Lake Association for purposes of 
2.6 	removing and preventing aquatic invasive 
2.7 	species. This is a onetime appropriation. This 
2.8 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2022.
2.9 	$225,000 the second year is from the water 
2.10 	management account in the natural resources 
2.11 	fund for water appropriation monitoring, 
2.12 	modeling, and reporting for the Cold Spring 
2.13 	Creek area as required under this act. This is 
2.14 	a onetime appropriation and is available until 
2.15 	June 30, 2022.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.