1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for ecological services to 
1.3 	support implementation of the Clean Water Legacy Act.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 	$3,000,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for collecting and 
1.8 	delivering ecological information on Minnesota's waters to state agencies, local units of 
1.9 	government, and individual citizens to support implementation of the Clean Water Legacy 
1.10 	Act, Minnesota Statutes, chapter 114D. The money is appropriated in each year as follows: 
1.11 	(1) $250,000 for expanded biological assessment of Minnesota's waters; (2) $1,250,000 
1.12 	for collecting natural resource data and delivering the data to local units of government to 
1.13 	support the development of TMDL plans; and (3) $1,500,000 for expanding the protection 
1.14 	and restoration of Minnesota's waters.