<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 2164<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to natural resources; providing for apprentice riders; modifying aquatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>invasive species provisions; modifying local government trail authority; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>modifying enforcement provisions; modifying certain bait provisions; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>prior appropriations; modifying and eliminating certain reporting, plan, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>meeting requirements; eliminating loan program; modifying La Salle Lake <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>State Recreation Area administration; prohibiting commissioner of natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>resources from purchasing land at more than 20 percent above estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>market value; modifying waste management provisions; clarifying certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>environmental review; eliminating certain fees; modifying toxic pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>prevention requirements; modifying certain standards for stationary sources; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>extending prohibition on new open air swine basins; modifying local water <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>management; modifying acid deposition control requirements; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>sewage sludge management; modifying Wetland Conservation Act; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>for continued operation of the Minnesota Zoological Garden, and state parks <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>and recreation areas when biennial appropriations have not been enacted; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>requiring the availability of game and fish licenses by electronic transaction; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>creating citizen's board; authorizing and clarifying the use of general permits; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>modifying mineral lease provisions; modifying authority of Executive Council; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>modifying provisions for Three Rivers Park District; prohibiting sale of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>children's products containing formaldehyde; modifying state park permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>provisions; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>Statutes 2010, sections 9.071; 84.027, subdivision 15; 84.0272, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>84.0895, subdivision 7; 84.631; 84.67; 84.91, subdivision 1; 84D.05, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>1; 85.018, subdivision 2; 85.052, subdivision 3; 85.053, subdivision 7; 85.055, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>subdivision 2; 85.20, subdivision 1; 85.46, subdivision 1; 85A.04, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>1; 86B.331, subdivision 1; 90.031, subdivision 4; 92.45; 92.50, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>93.17, subdivision 3; 93.1925, subdivision 1; 93.20, subdivisions 2, 30, 38; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>93.2236; 93.25, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 97A.401, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>97A.421, subdivision 4a; 103A.43; 103B.101, subdivisions 2, 7, 10, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivisions; 103B.311, subdivision 4; 103B.3363, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>103B.3369; 103B.355; 103G.2241, subdivision 9; 103G.2242, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>103G.245, subdivision 3; 103G.271, subdivision 1; 103G.301, subdivisions 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>4, 5, 5a; 103G.611, by adding a subdivision; 103H.175, subdivision 3; 115.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>by adding a subdivision; 115.06, subdivision 4; 115.073; 115.42; 115A.15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>subdivision 5; 115A.411; 115A.551, subdivisions 2a, 4; 115A.557, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>4; 115D.08; 116.011; 116.02, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6; 116.03, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>116.06, subdivision 22; 116.0714; 116.10; 116C.833, subdivision 2; 116D.04, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>adding a subdivision; 216C.055; 216H.07, subdivision 3; 383B.68, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.41"></a><var>1.41</var>1, 4, by adding a subdivision; 473.149, subdivisions 1, 6; 473.846; Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.42"></a><var>1.42</var>Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 84.027, subdivision 14a; 84D.01, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.43"></a><var>1.43</var>15a; 84D.03, subdivision 3; 84D.09, subdivision 2; 84D.10, subdivisions 1, 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>84D.105, subdivision 2; 84D.13, subdivision 5; 97C.341; 103G.222, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>1; 103G.615, subdivisions 1, 2; 115A.1320, subdivision 1; 116.03, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>2b; 116D.04, subdivision 2a; Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2010, chapter 362, section 2, subdivision 7; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, subdivision 7; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 8, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84; 86B; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>92; 103B; 103G; 115; 115A; 116; 161; 574; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>2010, sections 84.946, subdivision 3; 86A.12, subdivision 5; 89.06; 90.042; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>97A.4742, subdivision 4; 103G.705; 115.447; 115A.07, subdivision 2; 115A.965, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>subdivision 7; 116.02, subdivisions 7, 8; 216H.07, subdivision 4; 383B.68, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>subdivisions 2, 3; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 86B.508; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>86B.811, subdivision 1a; Laws 2011, chapter 107, section 105; Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>parts 7002.0025, subpart 2a; 7011.7030; 7021.0010, subpart 3; 7021.0050, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>subparts 1, 2, 3; 7041.0500, subparts 5, 6, 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>April 26, 2012<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>The Honorable Kurt Zellers<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>The Honorable Michelle L. Fischbach<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 2164 report that we have agreed upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>the items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 2164 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Section 1. <b>[15.985] ADVISORY INSPECTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(a) Upon the voluntary request of a person to a state agency for an advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>inspection for the purpose of complying with state law, the agency must, except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>provided in paragraphs (f) and (g), conduct an advisory inspection. An agency is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>required to conduct an advisory inspection if the agency has a regularly scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>inspection that would occur within 90 days after the request for the advisory inspection, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>or if before an advisory inspection is requested, the agency has notified the person that <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>it will be conducting an inspection within 45 days. If an advisory inspection results in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>findings that potentially could make a person subject to a fine or other penalty imposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>by the agency, the agency must notify the person in writing of those findings within ten <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>days of the inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var>(1) Except as provided in clause (2), if within 60 days of receiving notice, the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.38"></a><var>2.38</var>notifies the agency that it has corrected the situation that made the person potentially <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.39"></a><var>2.39</var>subject to the fine or penalty, and the agency later determines that the situation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.40"></a><var>2.40</var>corrected, the agency may not impose a fine or penalty as a result of the findings in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.41"></a><var>2.41</var>advisory inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) For violations of chapter 177, if the person notifies the agency within the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>period for remedying violations required under the applicable section of chapter 177 that it <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>has corrected the situation that made the person potentially subject to the fine or penalty, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>and the agency later determines that the situation is corrected, the agency may not impose <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>a fine or penalty as a result of the finding in the advisory inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) A person may not request more than one advisory inspection from the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>agency in a calendar year. A person may not request an advisory inspection after an <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>inspection resulting in a fine or other penalty has been determined and the violator notified <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>of the amount to be paid, until fines or penalties have been paid or settled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>(b) For purposes of this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>(1) "inspection" includes an examination of real or personal property or an audit or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>other examination of financial or other documents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>(2) "penalty" includes a civil or administrative fine or other financial sanction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(3) "person" includes a real person and businesses, including corporations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>partnerships, limited liability companies, and unincorporated associations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>(4) "state agency" means a department, agency, board, commission, constitutional <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>office, or other group in the executive branch of state government.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(c) If an agency revises, amends, extends, or adds additional violations to a notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>the person has 60 days from the date of those changes to correct the situation without fine <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>or penalty. For violations of chapter 177, the person has the time period for remedying <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>violations under the applicable section of chapter 177 to correct the situation without <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>fine or penalty.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) An agency conducting an inspection under this section may impose and collect <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>from the person requesting the inspection a fee equal to the costs incurred by the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>related to the inspection. Fees under this section shall be considered charges for goods <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>and services provided for the direct and primary use of a private individual, business, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>other entity under section 16A.1283, paragraph (b), clause (3). Fee revenue collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>under this section must be deposited in an appropriate fund other than the general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>and is appropriated from that fund to the agency collecting the fee for the purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>conducting inspections under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit or interfere with an agency offering similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>programs that allow independent audits or inspections, including the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>improvement program under chapter 114C. If a person conducts a self-audit under chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>114C, the terms and conditions of this section do not apply. For advisory inspections <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>conducted by the Pollution Control Agency, terms and conditions of sections 114C.20 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.36"></a><var>3.36</var>144C.28 shall be used instead of those in paragraphs (a) to (c) and (g).<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(f) If agency staff resources are limited, an agency must give higher priority to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>the agency's regular inspections over advisory inspections under this section. Insofar as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>conducting advisory inspections reduces an agency's costs, the savings must be reflected <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>in the charges for advisory inspections. Before hiring additional staff complement for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>purposes of this section, an agency must report to the chairs and ranking minority members <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>of the legislative budget committees with jurisdiction over the agency documenting: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>the demand for advisory inspections and why additional staff complement is needed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>meet the demand; and (2) that the revenue generated by advisory inspections will cover the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>expenses of the additional staff complement. If a person requests an advisory inspection, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>but the agency does not have staff resources necessary to conduct the advisory inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>before a regular inspection is conducted, and the regular inspection results in findings that <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>could make a person subject to a fine or penalty, the agency must take into account the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>person's request for an advisory inspection and the person's desire to take corrective action <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>before taking any enforcement action against the person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>(g) This section does not apply to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>(1) criminal penalties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>(2) situations in which implementation of this section is prohibited by federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>law or would result in loss of federal funding or in other federal sanctions or in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>implementation would interfere with multistate agreements, international agreements, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>agreements between state and federal regulatory agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>(3) conduct constituting fraud;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>(4) violations in a manner that endangers human life or presents significant risk of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>major injury or severe emotional harm to humans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(5) violations that are part of a pattern that has occurred repeatedly and shows <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>willful intent;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>(6) violations for which it may be demonstrated that the alternative inspections <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>process is being used to avoid enforcement;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>(7) violations that occur within three years of violating an applicable law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>(8) the Department of Revenue;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(9) the Workers' Compensation Division at the Department of Labor and Industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(10) violations of vehicle size weight limits under sections 169.80 to 169.88;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(11) commercial motor vehicle inspections under section 169.781 and motor carrier <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>regulations under chapter 221;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>(12) the Dairy and Food Inspection Division of the Department of Agriculture, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>division provides free inspections similar to those under this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(13) state inspections or surveys of hospitals, nursing homes, outpatient surgical <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>centers, supervised living facilities, board and lodging with special services,  home care, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>housing with services and assisted living settings, hospice, and supplemental nursing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>services agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>(14) examinations of health maintenance organizations or county-based purchasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>entities regulated under chapter 62D;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>(15) special transportation services under section 174.30; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(16) entities regulated by the Department of Commerce's Financial Institutions and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Insurance Divisions for purposes of regulatory requirements of those divisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>If an agency determines that this section does not apply due to situations specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>clause (2), the agency must report the basis for that determination to the chairs and ranking <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>(h) An agency may terminate an advisory inspection and proceed as if an inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>were a regular inspection if, in the process of conducting an advisory inspection, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>agency finds a situation that the agency determines: could lead to criminal penalties; <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>endangers human life or presents significant risk of major injury or severe emotional <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>harm to humans; presents a severe and imminent threat to animals, food, feed, crops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>commodities, or the environment; or evidences a pattern of willful violations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2012.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.0895, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>General exceptions.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue permits and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>prescribe conditions for an act otherwise prohibited by subdivision 1 if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(1) the act is for the purpose of zoological, educational, or scientific study;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>(2) the act enhances the propagation or survival of the affected species;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>(3) the act prevents injury to persons or property; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>(4) the social and economic benefits of the act outweigh the harm caused by it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>(b) The commissioner may issue a general permit to a governmental subdivision or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>to the general public to conduct one or more acts described in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(c) A member of an endangered species may not be destroyed under paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>clause (3) or (4), until all alternatives, including live trapping and transplantation, have <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>been evaluated and rejected. The commissioner may prescribe conditions to propagate <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>a species or subspecies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>~~(c)~~ (d) A person may capture or destroy a member of an endangered species, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>permit, to avoid an immediate and demonstrable threat to human life or property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>~~(d)~~ (e) The commissioner must give approval under this subdivision for forest <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>management, including permit, sale, or lease of land for timber harvesting.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.67, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var><b>84.67 FORESTS FOR THE FUTURE REVOLVING ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A forests for the future revolving account is created in the natural resources fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>acquisition of forest lands that meet the eligibility criteria in section 
         <statute_ref>84.66, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>The commissioner shall sell the lands acquired under this section, subject to an easement <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>84.66</statute_ref>. Money received from the sale of forest lands acquired <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>under this section and interest earned on the account shall be deposited into the account. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>~~The commissioner must file a report to the house of representatives Ways and Means~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>~~and the senate Finance Committees and the environment and natural resources finance~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>~~committees or divisions of the senate and house of representatives by October 1 of each~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>~~year indicating all purchases of forest land using money from this account and sales of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>~~forest land for which revenue is deposited into this account.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>[84.76] APPRENTICE RIDER VALIDATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For the purpose of this section, "accompanied by" means <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>within a distance of another person that permits uninterrupted visual contact and verbal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>communication.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Apprentice rider requirements.</b> Notwithstanding sections 84.793, <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>84.862, 84.925, and 84.9256, a person who is age 12 or over and who does not possess a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>required safety certificate may participate in up to two trail-riding events sponsored by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>commissioner in state parks, state trails, state recreation areas, and state forests that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>designed to involve apprentice riders. The person must be accompanied by an adult with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>valid safety certificate. All vehicles must be properly registered for use in Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.91, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Acts prohibited.</b> (a) No owner or other person having charge or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>control of any snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle shall authorize or permit any individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>the person knows or has reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>substance or other substance to operate the snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>this state or on the ice of any boundary water of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>(b) No owner or other person having charge or control of any snowmobile or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>all-terrain vehicle shall knowingly authorize or permit any person, who by reason of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>any physical or mental disability is incapable of operating the vehicle, to operate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle anywhere in this state or on the ice of any boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>water of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>(c) A person who operates or is in physical control of a snowmobile or all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>vehicle anywhere in this state or on the ice of any boundary water of this state is subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>to chapter 169A. In addition to the applicable sanctions under chapter 169A, a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>who is convicted of violating section 
         <statute_ref>169A.20</statute_ref> or an ordinance in conformity with it <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>while operating a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle, or who refuses to comply with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>lawful request to submit to testing under sections 
         <statute_ref>169A.50</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169A.53</statute_ref> or an ordinance <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>in conformity with it, shall be prohibited from operating ~~the~~ a snowmobile or all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>vehicle for a period of one year. The commissioner shall notify the person of the time <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>period during which the person is prohibited from operating a snowmobile or all-terrain <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>vehicle.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>(d) Administrative and judicial review of the operating privileges prohibition is <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>governed by section 
         <statute_ref>97B.066, subdivisions 7 to 9</statute_ref>, if the person does not have a prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>impaired driving conviction or prior license revocation, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169A.03</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>Otherwise, administrative and judicial review of the prohibition is governed by section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>169A.53
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>(e) The court shall promptly forward to the commissioner and the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>Public Safety copies of all convictions and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>section and chapters 169 and 169A relating to snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>(f) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b), or an ordinance in conformity with <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>either of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor. A person who operates a snowmobile or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>all-terrain vehicle during the time period the person is prohibited from operating a vehicle <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>under paragraph (c) is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[84.972] PRAIRIE AND GRASSLANDS PUBLIC GRAZING PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>The commissioner of natural resources shall establish a prairie and grasslands public <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>grazing program. The commissioner shall enter into cooperative farming agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>or lease agreements with livestock owners to annually graze prairie and grasslands <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>administered by the commissioner where grazing will enhance wildlife habitat. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>commissioner shall maintain a list of lands grazed under the program describing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>location, acreage, and years grazed. The program shall have a goal of being financially <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>self-sufficient. Unless otherwise provided by law, revenues received under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>shall be deposited in the game and fish fund and are appropriated to the commissioner for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.35"></a><var>7.35</var>purposes of the program.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.01, subdivision 15a, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15a. <b>Service provider.</b> "Service provider" means an individual who or entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>that installs or removes water-related equipment or structures from waters of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>for hire or as a service provided as a benefit of membership in a yacht club, boat club, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>marina, or similar organization. Service provider does not include a person working <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>under the supervision of an individual with a valid service provider permit issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>section 
         <statute_ref>84D.108</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.03, subdivision 3, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Bait harvest from infested waters.</b> (a) Taking wild animals from infested <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>waters for bait or aquatic farm purposes is prohibited, except as provided in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>(b) and section 
         <statute_ref>97C.341</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In waters that are designated as infested waters, except those designated because <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>they contain prohibited invasive species of fish or certifiable diseases of fish, as defined <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>17.4982, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, taking wild animals may be permitted for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) commercial taking of wild animals for bait and aquatic farm purposes according <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>to a permit issued under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>, subject to rules adopted by the commissioner; ~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) bait purposes for noncommercial personal use in waters that contain Eurasian <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>water milfoil, when the infested waters are designated solely because they contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>Eurasian water milfoil and if the equipment for taking is limited to cylindrical minnow <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>traps not exceeding 16 inches in diameter and 32 inches in length; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>(3) harvest of bullheads, goldeyes, mooneyes, sheepshead (freshwater drum), and <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>suckers for bait from streams or rivers designated as infested waters, by hook and line for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>noncommercial personal use. Other provisions that apply to this clause are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>(i) fish taken under this clause must be used on the same body of water where caught <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>and while still on that water body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>(ii) fish taken under this clause may not be transported live from or off the water <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>(iii) fish harvested under this clause may only be used in accordance with this section;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>(iv) any other use of wild animals used for bait from infested waters is prohibited;<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(v) fish taken under this clause must meet all other size restrictions and requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>as established in rules; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>(vi) all species listed under this clause shall be included in the person's daily limit as <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>established in rules, if applicable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Equipment authorized for minnow harvest in a designated infested water by <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>permit issued under paragraph (b) may not be transported to, or used in, any waters other <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>than waters specified in the permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84D.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Prohibited activities.</b> A person may not possess, import, purchase, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>sell, propagate, transport, or introduce a prohibited invasive species, except:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>(1) under a permit issued by the commissioner under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>(2) in the case of purple loosestrife, as provided by sections 
         <statute_ref>18.75</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>18.88</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>(3) under a restricted species permit issued under section 
         <statute_ref>17.457</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(4) when being transported to the department, or another destination as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>commissioner may direct, in a sealed container for purposes of identifying the species <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>or reporting the presence of the species;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>(5) when being transported for disposal as part of a harvest or control activity <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>when specifically authorized under a permit issued by the commissioner according to <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103G.615</statute_ref>, when being transported for disposal as specified under a commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>fishing license issued by the commissioner according to section 
         <statute_ref>97A.418</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.801</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>97C.811
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.825</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>97C.831</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>97C.835</statute_ref>, or when being transported as specified by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>(6) when the specimen has been lawfully acquired dead and, in the case of plant <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>species, all seeds are removed or are otherwise secured in a sealed container;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>(7) in the form of herbaria or other preserved specimens;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>(8) when being removed from watercraft and equipment, or caught while angling, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>and immediately returned to the water from which they came; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>(9) as the commissioner may otherwise prescribe by rule.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.09, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exceptions.</b> Unless otherwise prohibited by law, a person may transport <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>aquatic macrophytes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) that are duckweeds in the family Lemnaceae;<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for disposal as part of a harvest or control activity ~~conducted~~ when specifically <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>authorized under an aquatic plant management permit pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>103G.615</statute_ref>, under <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>permit pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>84D.11</statute_ref>, or as specified by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for purposes of constructing shooting or observation blinds in amounts sufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>for that purpose, provided that the aquatic macrophytes are emergent and cut above the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>waterline;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) when legally purchased or traded by or from commercial or hobbyist sources for <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>aquarium, wetland or lakeshore restoration, or ornamental purposes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) when harvested for personal or commercial use if in a motor vehicle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) to the department, or another destination as the commissioner may direct, in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>sealed container for purposes of identifying a species or reporting the presence of a species;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) when transporting commercial aquatic plant harvesting or control equipment to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>suitable location for purposes of cleaning any remaining aquatic macrophytes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) that are wild rice harvested under section 
         <statute_ref>84.091</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) in the form of fragments of emergent aquatic macrophytes incidentally <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>transported in or on watercraft or decoys used for waterfowl hunting during the waterfowl <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>season; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) when removing water-related equipment from waters of the state for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>of cleaning off aquatic macrophytes before leaving a water access site.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.10, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Launching prohibited.</b> A person may not place or attempt to place <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>into waters of the state ~~a watercraft, a trailer, or~~ water-related equipment, including aquatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>plant harvesting or control equipment that has aquatic macrophytes, zebra mussels, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>prohibited invasive species attached except as provided in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.10, subdivision 4, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Persons transporting water-related equipment.</b> (a) When leaving waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>of the state a person must drain water-related equipment holding water and live wells and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>bilges by removing the drain plug before transporting the water-related equipment off <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>the water access site or riparian property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Drain plugs, bailers, valves, or other devices used to control the draining of water <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>from ballast tanks, bilges, and live wells must be removed or opened while transporting <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>water-related equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Emergency response vehicles and equipment may be transported on a public road <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>with the drain plug or other similar device replaced only after all water has been drained <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>from the equipment upon leaving the water body.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Portable bait containers used by licensed aquatic farms, portable bait containers <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>when fishing through the ice except on waters designated infested for viral hemorrhagic <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>septicemia, and marine sanitary systems are exempt from this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A person must not dispose of bait in waters of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>(f) A boat lift, dock, swim raft, or associated equipment that has been removed <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>from any water body may not be placed in another water body until a minimum of 21 <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>days have passed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.105, subdivision 2, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Inspector authority.</b> (a) The commissioner shall train and authorize <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>individuals to inspect water-related equipment for aquatic macrophytes, aquatic invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>species, and water. The commissioner may enter into a delegation agreement with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>tribal or local government where inspection authority as provided under paragraphs (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>(g), and (h) is delegated to tribal and local governments that assume all legal, financial, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>and administrative responsibilities for inspection programs on some or all public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>within their jurisdiction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>(b) Inspectors may visually and tactilely inspect watercraft and water-related <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>equipment to determine whether aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, or water <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>is present. If a person transporting watercraft or water-related equipment refuses to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>take required corrective actions or fails to comply with an order under section 
         <statute_ref>84D.10</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>subdivision 3, an inspector who is not a licensed peace officer shall refer the violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>to a conservation officer or other licensed peace officer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>(c) In addition to paragraph (b), a conservation officer or other licensed peace officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>may inspect any watercraft or water-related equipment that is stopped at a water access <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>site, any other public location in the state, or a private location where the watercraft or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>water-related equipment is in plain view, if the officer determines there is reason to believe <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>that aquatic invasive species, aquatic macrophytes, or water is present on the watercraft or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>water-related equipment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>(d) Conservation officers or other licensed peace officers may utilize check stations <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>in locations, or in proximity to locations, where watercraft or other water-related <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>equipment is placed into or removed from waters of the state. Any check stations shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>operated in a manner that minimizes delays to vehicles, equipment, and their occupants.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>(e) Conservation officers or other licensed peace officers may order water-related <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>equipment to be removed from a water body if the commissioner determines such action is <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>needed to implement aquatic invasive species control measures.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(f) The commissioner may require mandatory inspections of water-related equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>before a person places or removes water-related equipment into or out of a water body. <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>Inspection stations may be located at or near public water accesses or in locations that <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>allow for servicing multiple water bodies. The commissioner shall ensure that inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>stations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>(1) have adequate staffing to minimize delays to vehicles and their occupants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>(2) allow for reasonable travel times between public accesses and inspection stations <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>if inspection is required before placing water-related equipment into a water body;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>(3) are located so as not to create traffic delays or public safety issues;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>(4) have decontamination equipment available to bring water-related equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>into compliance; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>(5) do not reduce the capacity or hours of operation of public water accesses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>(g) The commissioner may authorize tribal and local governments that enter into <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>a delegation agreement with the commissioner to conduct mandatory inspections of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>water-related equipment at specified locations within a defined area before a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>places or removes water-related equipment into or out of a water body. Tribal and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>governments that are authorized to conduct inspections under this paragraph must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>(1) assume all legal, financial, and administrative responsibilities for implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>the mandatory inspections, alone or in agreement with other tribal or local governments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>(2) employ inspectors that have been trained and authorized by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>(3) conduct inspections and decontamination measures in accordance with guidelines <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>approved by the commissioner;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>(4) have decontamination equipment available at inspection stations or identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>alternative decontamination equipment locations within a reasonable distance of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>inspection station that can bring water-related equipment into compliance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>(5) provide for inspection station locations that do not create traffic delays or public <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>safety issues; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>(6) submit a plan approved by the commissioner according to paragraph (h).<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>(h) Plans required under paragraph (g) must address:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>(1) no reduction in capacity or hours of operation of public accesses and fees that <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>do not discourage or limit use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>(2) reasonable travel times between public accesses and inspection stations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>(3) adequate staffing to minimize wait times and provide adequate hours of operation <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>at inspection stations and public accesses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>(4) adequate enforcement capacity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>(5) measures to address inspections of water-related equipment at public water <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>accesses for commercial entities and private riparian land owners; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>(6) other elements as required by the commissioner to ensure statewide consistency, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>appropriate inspection and decontamination protocols, and protection of the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>resources, public safety, and access to public waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>(i) A government unit authorized to conduct inspections under this subdivision must <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>submit an annual report to the commissioner summarizing the results and issues related <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>to implementing the inspection program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>(j) The commissioner may waive the plan requirement in paragraph (g) for inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>programs where authorized inspectors are placed directly at one or more water access <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>sites, with no requirement for a person to travel from the water access for inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>or decontamination, and no local ordinance or other regulation requiring a mandatory <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>inspection before placing watercraft or water-related equipment into a water body or after <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>watercraft or water-related equipment are removed from a water body.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.108, subdivision 1, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Service provider permit required.</b> (a) Service providers must apply <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>for and obtain a permit from the commissioner before providing any services described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>section 
         <statute_ref>84D.01, subdivision 15a</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(b) Service providers must have a valid permit in possession while providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>services described in section 
         <statute_ref>84D.01, subdivision 15a</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>(c) Service providers must display the service provider permit decal issued with <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>their permit. The decal must be completely affixed by its own adhesive on the inside of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>the extreme lower corner of the driver's windshield of the vehicle being operated while <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>providing services described in section 84D.01, subdivision 15a.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 84D.13, subdivision 5, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Civil penalties.</b> (a) A civil citation issued under this section must impose <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>the following penalty amounts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for transporting aquatic macrophytes in violation of section 
         <statute_ref>84D.09</statute_ref>, ~~$50~~ $100;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state water-related equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>that has aquatic macrophytes attached, ~~$100~~ $200;<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for unlawfully possessing or transporting a prohibited invasive species other <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>than an aquatic macrophyte, ~~$250~~ $500;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for placing or attempting to place into waters of the state water-related equipment <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>that has prohibited invasive species attached when the waters are not designated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>commissioner as being infested with that invasive species, $500 ~~for the first offense and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>~~$1,000 for each subsequent offense~~;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) for intentionally damaging, moving, removing, or sinking a buoy marking, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>prescribed by rule, Eurasian water milfoil, $100;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) for failing to have drain plugs or similar devices removed or opened while <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>transporting water-related equipment or for failing to remove plugs, open valves, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>drain water from water-related equipment, other than marine sanitary systems, before <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>leaving waters of the state, ~~$50~~ $100; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for transporting infested water off riparian property without a permit as required <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>by rule, $200.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>(b) A civil citation that is issued to a person who has one or more prior convictions <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>or final orders for violations of this chapter is subject to twice the penalty amounts listed <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.018, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Authority of local government.</b> (a) A local government unit that receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>state grants-in-aid for any trail, with the concurrence of the commissioner, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>landowner or land lessee, may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(1) designate the trail for use by snowmobiles or for nonmotorized use from <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>December 1 to April 1 of any year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>(2) issue any permit required under subdivisions 3 to 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(b) A local government unit that receives state grants-in-aid under section 
         <statute_ref>84.794, <br />
            		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>84.803, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>84.927, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, for any trail, with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>concurrence of the commissioner, and landowner or land lessee, may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>(1) designate the trail specifically for use at various times of the year by all-terrain or <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>off-road vehicles or off-highway motorcycles, for nonmotorized use such as ski touring, <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>snowshoeing, and hiking, and for multiple use~~, but not for motorized and nonmotorized~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>~~use at the same time~~; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>(2) issue any permit required under subdivisions 3 to 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>(c) A local unit of government that receives state grants-in-aid for any trail, with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>concurrence of the commissioner and landowner or land lessee, may designate certain trails <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>for joint use by snowmobiles, off-highway motorcycles, all-terrain and off-road vehicles.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.052, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Fee for certain parking and campsite use.</b> (a) An individual using spaces <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>in state parks under subdivision 1, clause (2), shall be charged daily rates determined and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>set by the commissioner in a manner and amount consistent with the type of facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>provided for the accommodation of guests in a particular park and with similar facilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>offered for tourist camping and similar use in the area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>(b) The fee for special parking spurs, campgrounds for automobiles, sites for tent <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>camping, and special auto trailer coach parking spaces is one-half of the fee set in <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>paragraph (a) on Sunday through Thursday of each week for a physically disabled person:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>(1) with a motor vehicle that has disability plates issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.021, <br />
            		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>; ~~or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>(2) who possesses a certificate issued under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>(3) who possesses an interagency access pass for state residents with permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>disabilities, issued by the federal government under the Federal Lands Recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>Enhancement Act.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.053, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Disabled persons.</b> (a) The commissioner shall prescribe and issue special <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>state park permits for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>(1) a physically disabled person with a motor vehicle (i) that has disability plates <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>issued under section 
         <statute_ref>168.021, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, or (ii) who has a permanent disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>certificate issued under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345</statute_ref> and who can demonstrate proof of ownership of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>the vehicle for which the state park permit is being purchased or proof of a leasehold <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>interest in the vehicle for a term at least as long as the term of the permit; ~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>(2) a physically disabled person who: (i) does not own or operate a motor vehicle; <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>(ii) possesses a statement certified under section 
         <statute_ref>169.345, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>; and (iii) applies <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>to the commissioner in writing; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>(3) a permanently disabled person who possesses an interagency access pass for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>people with permanent disabilities, issued by the federal government under the Federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>Lands Recreation Enhancement Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>(b) ~~Except~~ For vehicles permitted under paragraph (a), clause ~~(2)~~ (1), the permit or <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>the decal issued under this subdivision is valid only when displayed on a vehicle owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>and occupied by the person to whom the permit is issued.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Violation of rules.</b> (a) Any person who, within the limits of any ~~state~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>~~park, state monument, state recreation area, state wayside, or area of state land reserved~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>~~from sale, as provided by Laws 1923, chapter 430~~ outdoor recreation unit established in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>chapter 86A, shall willfully cut, injure, or destroy any live tree, shrub, timber, evergreen, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>or ornamental plant of any kind, or who shall willfully injure, remove, destroy, deface, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>or mutilate any guideboard, guidepost, furniture, fixture, improvement, monument, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>tablet, or other property of the state of any kind, or who shall willfully violate, or fail <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>to comply with, any rule of the commissioner adopted ~~and promulgated in accordance~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>~~with the provisions of Laws 1923, chapter 430, shall be~~ according to section 86A.06, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>(b) Violations under paragraph (a) adopted for wildlife management areas described <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>in section 86A.05, subdivision 8, are misdemeanors, consistent with game and fish law <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>penalties defined in section 97A.301, subdivision 1, clause (6).<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>(c) If a different penalty is provided in another section of law for the violation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>the person is charged under that section of law, the penalty specified for the violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>will control over the penalty specified in paragraphs (a) and (b). Violations relating to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>the taking of wild animals are subject to the penalties as specified in the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>laws described in section 97A.011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Pass in possession.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), while <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>riding, leading, or driving a horse on lands administered by the commissioner, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>forest roads and forest roads rights-of-way, a person 16 years of age or over shall carry in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>immediate possession a valid horse pass. The pass must be available for inspection by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>peace officer, a conservation officer, or an employee designated under section 
         <statute_ref>84.0835</statute_ref>. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>person who violates any provision of this subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A valid horse pass is not required under this section for a person riding, leading, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>or driving a horse on property that is owned by the person or the person's spouse, child, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>parent, or guardian.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[86B.13] AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> The commissioner shall establish a statewide course <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>in preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species. The commissioner must develop an <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>educational course and testing program that address identification of aquatic invasive <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>species and best practices to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species when moving <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>water-related equipment, as defined under section 84D.01, subdivision 18a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Aquatic invasive species trailer decal.</b> The commissioner shall issue an <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>aquatic invasive species trailer decal for each trailer owned by a person that satisfactorily <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>completes the required course of instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Contracting for services.</b> The commissioner may contract for services to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>provide training and testing services under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Aquatic invasive species trailer decal display required.</b> (a) A person <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>may not transport watercraft or water-related equipment, as defined under section 84D.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>subdivision 18a, with a trailer unless the person has an aquatic invasive species trailer <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>decal issued under this section. Temporary authorizations valid for seven days can be <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>requested by persons that have not completed the required course of instruction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>(b) Aquatic invasive species trailer decals are valid for three years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>(c) The aquatic invasive species trailer decal must be adhered to the side of the trailer <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>frame tongue near the hitch in a manner that it is readily visible and does not interfere with <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>the display of any registration requirements under section 169.79.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>(d) Aquatic invasive species trailer decals are not transferable.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(e) Violation of this section shall not result in a penalty, but is punishable only <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>by a warning.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Subdivision 4 is effective July 1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 86B.331, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Acts prohibited.</b> (a) An owner or other person having charge or <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>control of a motorboat may not authorize or allow an individual the person knows or has <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>reason to believe is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled or other substance to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>operate the motorboat in operation on the waters of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>(b) An owner or other person having charge or control of a motorboat may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>knowingly authorize or allow a person, who by reason of a physical or mental disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>is incapable of operating the motorboat, to operate the motorboat in operation on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>waters of this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>(c) A person who operates or is in physical control of a motorboat on the waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>of this state is subject to chapter 169A. In addition to the applicable sanctions under <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>chapter 169A, a person who is convicted of violating section 
         <statute_ref>169A.20</statute_ref> or an ordinance <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>in conformity with it while operating a motorboat, shall be prohibited from operating <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>~~the~~ a motorboat on the waters of this state for a period of 90 days between May 1 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>October 31, extending over two consecutive years if necessary. If the person operating the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>motorboat refuses to comply with a lawful demand to submit to testing under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.17.35"></a><var>17.35</var>169A.50
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>169A.53</statute_ref> or an ordinance in conformity with it, the person shall be prohibited <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>from operating ~~the~~ a motorboat for a period of one year. The commissioner shall notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>the person of the period during which the person is prohibited from operating a motorboat.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>(d) Administrative and judicial review of the operating privileges prohibition is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>governed by section 
         <statute_ref>97B.066, subdivisions 7 to 9</statute_ref>, if the person does not have a prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>impaired driving conviction or prior license revocation, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>169A.03</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>Otherwise, administrative and judicial review of the prohibition is governed by section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>169A.53
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>(e) The court shall promptly forward to the commissioner and the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>Public Safety copies of all convictions and criminal and civil sanctions imposed under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>section and chapters 169 and 169A relating to motorboats.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>(f) A person who violates paragraph (a) or (b), or an ordinance in conformity with <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>either of them, is guilty of a misdemeanor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>(g) For purposes of this subdivision, a motorboat "in operation" does not include a <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>motorboat that is anchored, beached, or securely fastened to a dock or other permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>mooring, or a motorboat that is being rowed or propelled by other than mechanical means.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 93.2236, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var><b>93.2236 MINERALS MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>(a) The minerals management account is created as an account in the natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>resources fund. Interest earned on money in the account accrues to the account. Money in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>the account may be spent or distributed only as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>(b) If the balance in the minerals management account exceeds $3,000,000 on June <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>30, the amount exceeding $3,000,000 must be distributed to the permanent school fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>~~and~~, the permanent university fund, and taxing districts as provided in section 93.22, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The amount distributed to each fund must be in the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>proportion as the total mineral lease revenue received in the previous biennium from school <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>trust lands ~~and~~, university lands, and lands held by the state in trust for taxing districts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>(c) Subject to appropriation by the legislature, money in the minerals management <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>account may be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for mineral resource <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>management and projects to enhance future mineral income and promote new mineral <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>resource opportunities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.401, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Commissioner's authority.</b> The commissioner may issue special <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>permits for the activities in this section. A special permit may be issued in the form of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>general permit to a governmental subdivision or to the general public to conduct one or <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>more activities under subdivisions 2 to 7.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97A.421, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Suspension for failure to appear in court or pay a fine or surcharge.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>When a court reports to the commissioner that a person: (1) has failed to appear in court <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>~~under the summons issued~~ in response to a notice to appear or fails to comply with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>orders of the court regarding the appearance or proceedings for a violation of the game <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>and fish laws; or (2) has been convicted of violating a provision of the game and fish <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>laws, has been sentenced to the payment of a fine or had a surcharge levied against them, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>and refused or failed to comply with that sentence or to pay the fine or surcharge, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>commissioner shall suspend the game and fish license and permit privileges of the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>until notified by the court that the person has appeared in court under clause (1) or that any <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>fine or surcharge due the court has been paid under clause (2).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 97C.341, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var><b>97C.341 CERTAIN AQUATIC LIFE PROHIBITED FOR BAIT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>(a) A person may not use live minnows imported from outside of the state, game <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>fish, goldfish, or carp for bait. The commissioner may, by written order published in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>the State Register, authorize use of game fish eggs as bait and prescribe restrictions on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>their use. The order is exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>14.386
         </statute_ref> does not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>(b) A person may not import or possess live, frozen, or processed bait from known <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>waters where viral hemorrhagic septicemia has been identified as being present~~,~~: (1) <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>unless the bait has been processed to inactivate viral hemorrhagic septicemia in a manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner; or (2) except as provided in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>(c). For purposes of this paragraph, "bait" includes fish, aquatic worms, amphibians, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>invertebrates, and insects used for taking wild animals in waters of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Cisco and rainbow smelt taken under rules adopted by the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>be used as:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) fresh or frozen bait only on Lake Superior; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) bait that has been processed to inactivate viral hemorrhagic septicemia in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>manner prescribed by rules adopted by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>(d) To ensure that frozen or dead fish being brought into the state are not in violation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>of paragraph (b), the following paperwork must accompany the shipment. Documents <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>must be open for inspection by the commissioner at any reasonable time. All documents <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>must be available to purchasers of these bait items. Each container or package of frozen or <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>dead fish must have the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>(1) water body source;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>(2) lot number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>(3) company contact including name, phone, and address;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>(4) date of packaging and labeling; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>(5) valid negative fish health certification from the source water body.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103A.43, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var><b>103A.43 WATER ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Environmental Quality Board shall consolidate the assessments required <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>in paragraphs (b) and (c) with the policy report in section 
         <statute_ref>103A.204</statute_ref> and submit a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>report to the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>environment, natural resources, and agriculture and the Legislative-Citizen Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>on Minnesota Resources by September 15, 2010, and every five years thereafter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Pollution Control Agency and the Department of Agriculture shall provide ~~a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>~~biennial~~ an assessment and analysis of water quality, groundwater degradation trends, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>efforts to reduce, prevent, minimize, and eliminate degradation of water. The assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>and analysis must include an analysis of relevant monitoring data.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Department of Natural Resources shall provide an assessment and analysis <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>of the quantity of surface and ground water in the state and the availability of water to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>meet the state's needs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Voting members.</b> (a) The members are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>(1) three county commissioners;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>(2) three soil and water conservation district supervisors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>(3) three watershed district or watershed management organization representatives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>(4) three citizens who are not employed by, or the appointed or elected officials of, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>state governmental office, board, or agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>(5) one township officer;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>(6) two elected city officials, one of whom must be from a city located in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>metropolitan area, as defined under section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>(7) the commissioner of agriculture;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>(8) the commissioner of health;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>(9) the commissioner of natural resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(10) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>(11) the director of the University of Minnesota Extension Service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>(b) Members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6), must be distributed across the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>with at least four members but not more than six members from the metropolitan area, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>as defined by section 
         <statute_ref>473.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>~~; and one from each of the current soil and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>~~water conservation administrative regions~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>(c) Members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6), are appointed by the governor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>In making the appointments, the governor may consider persons recommended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Minnesota Association of Townships, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Association of Soil and Water Conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>Districts, and the Minnesota Association of Watershed Districts. The list submitted by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>association must contain at least three nominees for each position to be filled.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>(d) The membership terms, compensation, removal of members and filling of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>vacancies on the board for members in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6), are as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>15.0575</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.29.0"></a><a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Hearings</b><b>, orders,</b><b> and rulemaking.</b> The board may hold public hearings <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>and adopt rules and orders necessary to execute its duties.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.30.0"></a><a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8a. <b>Bylaws and conflict of interest.</b> The board shall adopt bylaws that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>include provisions to prevent or address conflict of interest.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.31.0"></a><a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, subdivision 10, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Committee for dispute resolution.</b> A committee of the board is <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>established to hear and resolve disputes, appeals, and interventions under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>103A.301
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103A.341</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103B.101; 103B.231</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103B.345</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103D.535</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>103D.537</statute_ref>; and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>103G.2242, subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>. ~~The committee consists of two of the three citizen members;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>~~one county commissioner member; one soil and water conservation district supervisor~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>~~member; and one watershed district or watershed management organization representative~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>~~member.~~ The committee is appointed by the board chair. The board shall adopt bylaws <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>governing committee membership and duties.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.32.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Local water management coordination.</b> (a) The board may adopt <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>resolutions, policies, or orders that allow a comprehensive plan, local water management <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>plan, or watershed management plan, developed or amended, approved and adopted, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D to serve as substitutes for one another or be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>replaced with a comprehensive watershed management plan. The board may also develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>criteria for incorporating or coordinating the elements of metropolitan county groundwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>plans in accordance with section 103B.255. The board shall, to the extent practicable, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>incorporate a watershed approach when adopting the resolutions, policies, or orders, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>shall establish a suggested watershed boundary framework for development, approval, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>adoption, and coordination of plans.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>(b) The board shall work with local government stakeholders and others to foster <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>mutual understanding and develop recommendations for local water management and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>related state water management policy and programs. The board may convene informal <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>working groups or work teams to develop information, education, and recommendations. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>Local government units may develop and carry out TMDL implementation plans, or their <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>equivalent, as provided in chapter 114D, as part of the local water management plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>responsibilities under chapters 103B, 103C, and 103D.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.33.0"></a><a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.101, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Local water management boundary and plan determinations and </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var><b>appeals.</b> (a) Local government units may either submit a request for a plan boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>determination as part of a plan approval request or apply separately for a plan boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>determination from the board before requesting plan approval. Local government units <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>must provide written documentation of the rationale and justification for the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>boundary. The board may request additional information needed to make a plan boundary <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>determination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>(b) Local government units may appeal a board decision to deny approval of a plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>or the establishment of a plan boundary. An appeal of a board decision may be taken to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>state Court of Appeals and must be considered an appeal from a contested case decision <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>for purposes of judicial review under sections 14.63 to 14.69. Local government units <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>may request the board's dispute resolution committee or executive director to hear and <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>make recommendations to resolve boundary and plan implementation disputes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.34.0"></a><a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.311, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Water plan requirements.</b> (a) A local water management plan must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>(1) cover the entire area within a county;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>(2) address water problems in the context of watershed units and groundwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>(3) be based upon principles of sound hydrologic management of water, effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>environmental protection, and efficient management;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>(4) be consistent with local water management plans prepared by counties and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>watershed management organizations wholly or partially within a single watershed unit or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>groundwater system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(5) the local water management plan must specify the period covered by the local <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>water management plan and must extend at least five years but no more than ten years from <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>the date the board approves the local water management plan. Local water management <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>plans that contain revision dates inconsistent with this section must comply with that date, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>provided it is not more than ten years beyond the date of board approval. ~~A two-year~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>~~extension of the revision date of a local water management plan may be granted by the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>~~board, provided no projects are ordered or commenced during the period of the extension.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>(b) Existing water and related land resources plans, including plans related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>agricultural land preservation programs developed pursuant to chapter 40A, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>fully utilized in preparing the local water management plan. Duplication of the existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>plans is not required.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.35.0"></a><a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.3363, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Comprehensive watershed management plan.</b> "Comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>watershed management plan" means a plan to manage the water and related natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>resources of a watershed that consists of the plans listed in subdivision 3 or a separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>plan that has been approved as a substitute by the board and adopted by local units <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>of government for the same or additional purposes. The comprehensive watershed <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>management plan shall be consistent with the goals of section 103A.212 and may address <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>the goals in sections 103A.201 to 103A.211, and chapter 114D.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.36.0"></a><a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>[103B.3367] WATER PLAN EXTENSIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>The board may grant extensions with or without conditions of the revision date of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>comprehensive local water management plan or a comprehensive watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>plan.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.37.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.3369, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var><b>103B.3369 LOCAL WATER RESOURCES </b><b>RESTORATION, </b><b>PROTECTION</b><b>,</b><b> </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var><b>AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Assistance priorities.</b> State agencies may give priority to local <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>government unit requests that are part of or responsive to a comprehensive plan, local <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>water management plan, watershed management plan, or comprehensive watershed <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>management plan, developed or amended, approved and adopted, according to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>103B, 103C, 103D, or 114D, when administering programs for water-related financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>and technical assistance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment.</b> A local water resources restoration, protection, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>management program is established. The board may provide financial assistance to local <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>units of government for activities that restore, protect, or manage water and related land <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>quality. The activities include planning, zoning, official controls, best management <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>practices, capital projects, and other activities to implement a comprehensive plan, local <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>water management ~~plans~~ plan, or watershed management plan, developed or amended, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>adopted and approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Contracts.</b> A local unit of government may contract to implement <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>programs. An explanation of the program responsibilities proposed to be contracted must <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>accompany grant requests. A local unit of government that contracts is responsible for <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>ensuring that state funds are properly expended and for providing an annual report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>board describing expenditures of funds and program accomplishments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Financial assistance.</b> A base grant may be awarded to a county that <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>provides a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>implementation tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>at a rate determined by the board. ~~The minimum amount of the water implementation tax~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>~~shall be a tax rate times the adjusted net tax capacity of the county for the preceding year.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>~~The rate shall be the rate, rounded to the nearest .001 of a percent, that, when applied~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>~~to the adjusted net tax capacity for all counties, raises the amount of $1,500,000. The~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>~~base grant will be in an amount equal to $37,500 less the amount raised by the local~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>~~match. If the amount necessary to implement the local water plan for the county is less~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>~~than $37,500, the amount of the base grant shall be the amount that, when added to the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>~~match amount, equals the amount required to implement the plan. For counties where~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>~~the tax rate generates an amount equal to or greater than $18,750, the base grant shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>~~be in an amount equal to $18,750.~~ The board may award performance-based grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>local units of government that are responsible for implementing elements of applicable <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>portions of watershed management plans, comprehensive plans, local water management <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, developed or amended, adopted <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>and approved, according to chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D. Upon request by a local <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>government unit, the board may also award performance-based grants to local units of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>government to carry out TMDL implementation plans as provided in chapter 114D, if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>TMDL implementation plan has been incorporated into the local water management plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>according to the procedures for approving comprehensive plans, watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>plans, local water management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>under chapter 103B, 103C, or 103D, or if the TMDL implementation plan has undergone <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>a public review process. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, the board may award <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>performance-based grants on an advanced basis.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. ~~<b>Limitations</b>~~<b> Conditions</b><b>.</b> (a) Grants provided to implement programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>under this section must be reviewed by the state agency having statutory program authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>to assure compliance with minimum state standards. At the request of the state agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>commissioner, the board shall revoke the portion of a grant used to support a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>not in compliance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>(b) Grants may be provided to develop ~~or revise~~, amend, or implement local water <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>management plans ~~may not be awarded for a time longer than two years~~, comprehensive <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>plans, watershed management plans, or comprehensive watershed management plans, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>approved and adopted, according to chapter 103B, 103C, 103D, or 114D.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>(c) A local unit of government may not request or be awarded grants for project <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>implementation unless a comprehensive plan, local water management ~~water~~ plan ~~has~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>~~been adopted~~, watershed management plan, or comprehensive watershed management <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>plan has been developed or amended, adopted and approved, according to chapter 103B, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>103C, or 103D.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Performance criteria.</b> The board shall develop and utilize <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>performance-based criteria for local water resources restoration, protection, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>management programs and projects. The criteria may include, but are not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>science-based assessments, organizational capacity, priority resource issues, community <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>outreach and support, partnership potential, potential for multiple benefits, and program <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>and project delivery efficiency and effectiveness.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.38.0"></a><a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103B.355, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var><b>103B.355 APPLICATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>Sections 
         <statute_ref>103B.301</statute_ref> to 103B.335 and 103B.341 to 
         <statute_ref>103B.355</statute_ref> do not apply in areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>subject to the requirements of sections 
         <statute_ref>103B.201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103B.255</statute_ref> under section 
         <statute_ref>103B.231, <br />
            		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, and in areas covered by an agreement under section 
         <statute_ref>103B.231, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>2
         </statute_ref>, except as otherwise provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103B.311, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, clause (4).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.39.0"></a><a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103F.211, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Removal of logs; dead trees and branches.</b> The removal of logs and dead <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>trees and branches from the shoreland is exempt from any permit requirements, unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>required by a local government unit. Before a person removes logs or dead trees and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>branches from publicly owned land or land owned by another, the person must obtain <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>permission from the land owner or manager. Public entities are encouraged to allow for <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>the removal of logs and dead trees and branches that present a safety hazard on land <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>managed by the public entity.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.40.0"></a><a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103F.321, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Removal of logs; dead trees and branches.</b> The removal of logs and dead <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>trees and branches from the shoreland is exempt from any permit requirements when <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>the logs or dead trees and branches present safety hazards, unless required by a local <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>government unit. Before a person removes logs or dead trees and branches from publicly <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>owned land or land owned by another, the person must obtain permission from the land <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>owner or manager. Public entities are encouraged to allow for the removal of logs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>dead trees and branches that present a safety hazard on land managed by the public entity.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.41.0"></a><a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirements.</b> (a) Wetlands must not be drained or filled, wholly or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>partially, unless replaced by restoring or creating wetland areas of at least equal public <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>value under a replacement plan approved as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, a replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>plan under a local governmental unit's comprehensive wetland protection and management <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>plan approved by the board under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2243</statute_ref>, or, if a permit to mine is required <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>93.481</statute_ref>, under a mining reclamation plan approved by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>under the permit to mine. For project-specific wetland replacement completed prior to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>wetland impacts authorized or conducted under a permit to mine within the Great Lakes <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>and Rainy River watershed basins, those basins shall be considered a single watershed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>for purposes of determining wetland replacement ratios. Mining reclamation plans shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>apply the same principles and standards for replacing wetlands by restoration or creation <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>of wetland areas that are applicable to mitigation plans approved as provided in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>103G.2242
         </statute_ref>. Public value must be determined in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>103B.3355</statute_ref> or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>a comprehensive wetland protection and management plan established under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>103G.2243
         </statute_ref>. Sections 
         <statute_ref>103G.221</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2372</statute_ref> also apply to excavation in permanently <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>and semipermanently flooded areas of types 3, 4, and 5 wetlands.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Replacement must be guided by the following principles in descending order <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>of priority:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) avoiding the direct or indirect impact of the activity that may destroy or diminish <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>the wetland;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) minimizing the impact by limiting the degree or magnitude of the wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>activity and its implementation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) rectifying the impact by repairing, rehabilitating, or restoring the affected <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>wetland environment;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) reducing or eliminating the impact over time by preservation and maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>operations during the life of the activity;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) compensating for the impact by restoring a wetland; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) compensating for the impact by replacing or providing substitute wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>resources or environments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For a project involving the draining or filling of wetlands in an amount not exceeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>10,000 square feet more than the applicable amount in section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2241, subdivision 9</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>paragraph (a), the local government unit may make an on-site sequencing determination <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>without a written alternatives analysis from the applicant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If a wetland is located in a cultivated field, then replacement must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>accomplished through restoration only without regard to the priority order in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>(b), provided that ~~a deed restriction is placed on~~ the altered wetland ~~prohibiting~~ is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>converted to a nonagricultural use for at least ten years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If a wetland is replaced under paragraph (c), or drained under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2241, <br />
            		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, ~~paragraphs~~ paragraph (b) ~~and~~ or (e), the local government unit may require <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>a deed restriction that prohibits nonagricultural use for at least ten years ~~unless the drained~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>~~wetland is replaced as provided under this section~~. The local government unit may require <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>the deed restriction if it determines the wetland area drained is at risk of conversion to <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>a nonagricultural use within ten years based on the zoning classification, proximity to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>municipality or full service road, or other criteria as determined by the local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.35"></a><var>27.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Restoration and replacement of wetlands must be accomplished in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.36"></a><var>27.36</var>with the ecology of the landscape area affected and ponds that are created primarily to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>fulfill storm water management, and water quality treatment requirements may not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>used to satisfy replacement requirements under this chapter unless the design includes <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>pretreatment of runoff and the pond is functioning as a wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) Except as provided in paragraph (g), for a wetland or public waters wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>located on nonagricultural land, replacement must be in the ratio of two acres of replaced <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>wetland for each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) For a wetland or public waters wetland located on agricultural land or in a greater <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>than 80 percent area, replacement must be in the ratio of one acre of replaced wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>for each acre of drained or filled wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) Wetlands that are restored or created as a result of an approved replacement plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>are subject to the provisions of this section for any subsequent drainage or filling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) Except in a greater than 80 percent area, only wetlands that have been restored <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>from previously drained or filled wetlands, wetlands created by excavation in nonwetlands, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>wetlands created by dikes or dams along public or private drainage ditches, or wetlands <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>created by dikes or dams associated with the restoration of previously drained or filled <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>wetlands may be used in a statewide banking program established in rules adopted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision 1</statute_ref>. Modification or conversion of nondegraded naturally <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>occurring wetlands from one type to another are not eligible for enrollment in a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>wetlands bank.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The Technical Evaluation Panel established under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>2
         </statute_ref>, shall ensure that sufficient time has occurred for the wetland to develop wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>characteristics of soils, vegetation, and hydrology before recommending that the wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>be deposited in the statewide wetland bank. If the Technical Evaluation Panel has reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>to believe that the wetland characteristics may change substantially, the panel shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>postpone its recommendation until the wetland has stabilized.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(k) This section and sections 
         <statute_ref>103G.223</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>103G.2364</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>103G.2365 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>apply to the state and its departments and agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(l) For projects involving draining or filling of wetlands associated with a new public <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>transportation project, and for projects expanded solely for additional traffic capacity, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>public transportation authorities may purchase credits from the board at the cost to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>board to establish credits. Proceeds from the sale of credits provided under this paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>are appropriated to the board for the purposes of this paragraph. For the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>paragraph, "transportation project" does not include an airport project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(m) A replacement plan for wetlands is not required for individual projects that <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>result in the filling or draining of wetlands for the repair, rehabilitation, reconstruction, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.36"></a><var>28.36</var>or replacement of a currently serviceable existing state, city, county, or town public road <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>necessary, as determined by the public transportation authority, to meet state or federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>design or safety standards or requirements, excluding new roads or roads expanded solely <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>for additional traffic capacity lanes. This paragraph only applies to authorities for public <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>transportation projects that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) minimize the amount of wetland filling or draining associated with the project <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>and consider mitigating important site-specific wetland functions on site;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) except as provided in clause (3), submit project-specific reports to the board, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>Technical Evaluation Panel, the commissioner of natural resources, and members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>public requesting a copy at least 30 days prior to construction that indicate the location, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>amount, and type of wetlands to be filled or drained by the project or, alternatively, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>convene an annual meeting of the parties required to receive notice to review projects to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>be commenced during the upcoming year; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for minor and emergency maintenance work impacting less than 10,000 square <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>feet, submit project-specific reports, within 30 days of commencing the activity, to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>board that indicate the location, amount, and type of wetlands that have been filled <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>or drained.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Those required to receive notice of public transportation projects may appeal <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>minimization, delineation, and on-site mitigation decisions made by the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>transportation authority to the board according to the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.2242, <br />
            		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>subdivision 9
         </statute_ref>. The Technical Evaluation Panel shall review minimization and delineation <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>decisions made by the public transportation authority and provide recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>regarding on-site mitigation if requested to do so by the local government unit, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>contiguous landowner, or a member of the Technical Evaluation Panel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except for state public transportation projects, for which the state Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>Transportation is responsible, the board must replace the wetlands, and wetland areas of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>public waters if authorized by the commissioner or a delegated authority, drained or filled <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>by public transportation projects on existing roads.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Public transportation authorities at their discretion may deviate from federal and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>state design standards on existing road projects when practical and reasonable to avoid <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>wetland filling or draining, provided that public safety is not unreasonably compromised. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>The local road authority and its officers and employees are exempt from liability for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>any tort claim for injury to persons or property arising from travel on the highway and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>related to the deviation from the design standards for construction or reconstruction under <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>this paragraph. This paragraph does not preclude an action for damages arising from <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>negligence in construction or maintenance on a highway.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(n) If a landowner seeks approval of a replacement plan after the proposed project <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>has already affected the wetland, the local government unit may require the landowner to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>replace the affected wetland at a ratio not to exceed twice the replacement ratio otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>required.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(o) A local government unit may request the board to reclassify a county or <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>watershed on the basis of its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. After <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>receipt of satisfactory documentation from the local government, the board shall change <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>the classification of a county or watershed. If requested by the local government unit, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>the board must assist in developing the documentation. Within 30 days of its action to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>approve a change of wetland classifications, the board shall publish a notice of the change <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>in the Environmental Quality Board Monitor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(p) One hundred citizens who reside within the jurisdiction of the local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>unit may request the local government unit to reclassify a county or watershed on the basis <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>of its percentage of presettlement wetlands remaining. In support of their petition, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>citizens shall provide satisfactory documentation to the local government unit. The local <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>government unit shall consider the petition and forward the request to the board under <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>paragraph (o) or provide a reason why the petition is denied.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.42.0"></a><a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.2241, subdivision 1, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Agricultural activities.</b>  A replacement plan for wetlands is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>required for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) activities in a wetland that was planted with annually seeded crops, was in a crop <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>rotation seeding of pasture grass or legumes, or was required to be set aside to receive <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>price support or other payments under United States Code, title 7, sections 1421 to 1469, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>in six of the last ten years prior to January 1, 1991;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) activities in a type 1 wetland on agricultural pasture land that remains in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>same use, except for bottomland hardwood type 1 wetlands, and activities in a type 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>or type 6 wetland that is less than two acres in size and located on agricultural pasture <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>land that remains in the same use;<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) activities in a wetland conducted as part of normal farming practices. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>purposes of this clause, "normal farming practices" means farming, silvicultural, grazing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>and ranching activities such as plowing, seeding, cultivating, and harvesting for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>production of feed, food, and fiber products, but does not include activities that result in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>the draining of wetlands;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) soil and water conservation practices approved by the soil and water conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>district, after review by the Technical Evaluation Panel;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) aquaculture activities including pond excavation and construction and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>maintenance of associated access roads and dikes authorized under, and conducted in <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>accordance with, a permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344, <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>but not including construction or expansion of buildings;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) wild rice production activities, including necessary diking and other activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>authorized under a permit issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers under <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) agricultural activities on agricultural land that is subject to the swampbuster <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>provisions of the federal farm program restrictions ~~that meet minimum state standards~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>~~under this chapter and sections~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~103A.202~~</statute_ref> ~~and~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~103B.3355~~</statute_ref> ~~and that have been approved~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>~~by the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the commissioners of natural resources~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>~~and agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency~~ consistent with a memorandum of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>understanding and related agreements between the board and the United States Department <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.43.0"></a><a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.2241, subdivision 9, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>De minimis.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraphs ~~(b) and (c)~~ (d), (e), (f), <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>(g), (h), and (i), a replacement plan for wetlands is not required for draining or filling <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>the following amounts of wetlands as part of a project outside of the shoreland wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>protection zone:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 10,000 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland, excluding white cedar and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>tamarack wetlands, ~~outside of the shoreland wetland protection zone~~ in a greater than <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>80 percent area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) 5,000 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland, excluding white cedar and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>tamarack wetlands, ~~outside of the shoreland wetland protection zone~~ in a 50 to 80 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>area, except within the 11-county metropolitan area;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) 2,000 square feet of type 1, 2, ~~or~~ 6, or 7 wetland, ~~outside of the shoreland wetland~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>~~protection zone~~ excluding white cedar and tamarack wetlands, in a less than 50 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>area, except within the 11-county metropolitan area; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) 100 square feet of type 3, 4, 5, or 8 wetland or white cedar and tamarack wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.34"></a><var>31.34</var>~~types not listed in clauses (1) to (3) outside of the building setback zone of the shoreland~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.35"></a><var>31.35</var>~~wetland protection zones in all counties;~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), a replacement plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>for wetlands is not required for draining or filling the following amounts of wetlands <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>as part of a project within the shoreland wetland protection zone beyond the shoreland <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>building setback zone:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(5)~~ (1) 400 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland ~~types listed in clauses (1) to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>~~(3), beyond the building setback zone, as defined in the local shoreland management~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>~~ordinance, but within the shoreland wetland protection zone.~~; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>(2) 100 square feet of type 3, 4, 5, or 8 wetland or white cedar and tamarack wetland.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>In a greater than 80 percent area, ~~the local government unit may increase~~ the de <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>minimis amount allowed under clause (1) may be increased up to 1,000 square feet if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>wetland is isolated and is determined to have no direct surficial connection to the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>water or if permanent water runoff retention or infiltration measures are established in <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>proximity as approved by the shoreland management authority. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>(c) Except as provided in paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), a replacement plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>for wetlands is not required for draining or filling up to 20 square feet of wetland as part <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>of a project within the shoreland building setback zone, as defined in the local shoreland <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>management ordinance. The amount in this paragraph may be increased to 100 square feet <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>if permanent water runoff retention or infiltration measures are established in proximity as <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>approved by the shoreland management authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>~~To the extent that a local shoreland management ordinance is more restrictive than~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>~~this provision, the local shoreland ordinance applies;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(6) up to 20 square feet of wetland, regardless of type or location;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>(d) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), and (i), a replacement <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>plan is not required for draining or filling amounts of wetlands as part of a project:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(7)~~ (1) 2,500 square feet of type 1, 2, 6, or 7 wetland, excluding white cedar and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>tamarack wetlands, outside of the shoreland wetland protection zone in a 50 to 80 percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>area within the 11-county metropolitan area; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(8)~~ (2) 1,000 square feet of type 1, 2, or 6 wetland, outside of the shoreland wetland <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>protection zone in a less than 50 percent area within the 11-county metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this ~~paragraph~~ subdivision, the 11-county metropolitan area consists <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>of the counties of Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Scott, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>Sherburne, Washington, and Wright.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(b)~~ (e) The amounts listed in ~~paragraph~~ paragraphs (a), ~~clauses (1) to (8),~~ (b), and (c) <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>may not be combined on a project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(c)~~ (f) This exemption no longer applies to a landowner's portion of a wetland when <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>the cumulative area drained or filled of the landowner's portion since January 1, 1992, is <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>the greatest of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the applicable area listed in paragraph (a), (b), or (c), if the landowner owns <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>the entire wetland;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) five percent of the landowner's portion of the wetland; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) 400 square feet.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(d)~~ (g) This exemption may not be combined with another exemption in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>on a project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(e)~~ (h) Property may not be divided to increase the amounts listed in paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>(i) If a local ordinance or similar local control is more restrictive than this <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>subdivision, the local standard applies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.44.0"></a><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.2242, subdivision 3, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Replacement completion.</b> Replacement of wetland values must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>completed prior to or concurrent with the actual draining or filling of a wetland, ~~or~~ unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>an irrevocable bank letter of credit or other security acceptable to the local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>unit ~~must be~~ or the board is given to the local government unit or the board to guarantee <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>the successful completion of the replacement. The board may establish, sponsor, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>administer a wetland banking program, which may include provisions allowing monetary <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>payment to the wetland bank for impacts to wetlands on agricultural land, for impacts <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>that occur in greater than 80 percent areas, and for public road projects. The board shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>coordinate the establishment and operation of a wetland bank with the United States <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>Army Corps of Engineers, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>States Department of Agriculture, and the commissioners of natural resources, agriculture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>and the Pollution Control Agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.45.0"></a><a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. <b>[103G.2375] ASSUMPTION OF SECTION 404 OF FEDERAL CLEAN </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var><b>WATER ACT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the Board of Water and Soil <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>Resources, in consultation with the commissioners of natural resources, agriculture, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>and the Pollution Control Agency, may adopt or amend rules establishing a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>for regulating the discharge of dredged and fill material into the waters of the state as <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>necessary to obtain approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>administer, in whole or part, the permitting and wetland banking programs under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>404 of the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1344. The rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>may not be more restrictive than the program under section 404 or state law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.46.0"></a><a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.245, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Exceptions.</b> A public waters work permit is not required for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>(1) work in altered natural watercourses that are part of drainage systems established <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>under chapter 103D or 103E if the work in the waters is undertaken according to chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>103D or 103E; ~~or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>(2) a drainage project for a drainage system established under chapter 103E that does <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>not substantially affect public waters~~.~~; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>(3) removal of debris, including logs that are at or near the water surface, dead <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>trees and branches, and trash, that does not alter the original alignment, slope, or cross <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>section of the waters.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.47.0"></a><a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.245, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Permit application.</b> Application for a public waters work permit must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>be in writing to the commissioner on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>commissioner may issue a state general permit to a governmental subdivision or to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>general public ~~for classes of activities having minimal impact upon public waters~~ under <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>which more than one project may be conducted under a single permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.48.0"></a><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.261, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var><b>103G.261 WATER ALLOCATION PRIORITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>(a) The commissioner shall adopt rules for allocation of waters based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>following priorities for the consumptive appropriation and use of water:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>(1) first priority, domestic water supply, excluding industrial and commercial uses of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>municipal water supply, and use for power production that meets the contingency planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>103G.285, subdivision 6</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>(2) second priority, a use of water that involves consumption of less than 10,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>gallons of water per day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>(3) third priority, agricultural irrigation, and processing of agricultural products <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>involving consumption in excess of 10,000 gallons per day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>(4) fourth priority, power production in excess of the use provided for in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>contingency plan developed under section 
         <statute_ref>103G.285, subdivision 6</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>(5) fifth priority, uses, other than agricultural irrigation, processing of agricultural <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>products, and power production, involving consumption in excess of 10,000 gallons per <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>day; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>(6) sixth priority, nonessential uses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>(b) For the purposes of this section, "consumption" means water withdrawn from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>supply that is lost for immediate further use in the area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>(c) Appropriation and use of surface water from streams during periods of flood <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>flows and high water levels must be encouraged subject to consideration of the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>for use, quantities to be used, and the number of persons appropriating water.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>(d) Appropriation and use of surface water from lakes of less than 500 acres in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>surface area must be discouraged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>(e) The treatment and reuse of water for nonconsumptive uses shall be encouraged.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>~~(f) Diversions of water from the state for use in other states or regions of the United~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>~~States or Canada must be discouraged.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.49.0"></a><a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.265, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Legislative approval for diversion.</b> Legislative approval required in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>subdivision 2, clause (2), shall be based on the following considerations:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>(1) the requested diversion of waters of the state is reasonable;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>(2) the diversion is not contrary to the conservation and use of waters of the state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>(3) the diversion is not otherwise detrimental to the public welfare.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.50.0"></a><a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Permit required.</b> (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>a person, partnership, or association, private or public corporation, county, municipality, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>or other political subdivision of the state may not appropriate or use waters of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>without a water use permit from the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>(b) This section does not apply to use for a water supply by less than 25 persons for <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>domestic purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>(c) The commissioner may issue a state general permit for appropriation of water <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>to a governmental subdivision or to the general public ~~for classes of activities that have~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>~~minimal impact upon waters of the state~~. The general permit may authorize more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>one project and the appropriation or use of more than one source of water. Water use <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>permit processing fees and reports required under subdivision 6 and section 
         <statute_ref>103G.281, <br />
            		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, are required for each project or water source that is included under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>general permit, except that no fee is required for uses totaling less than 15,000,000 gallons <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>annually.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.51.0"></a><a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.282, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Monitoring equipment.</b> The commissioner may require the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>installation and maintenance of monitoring equipment to evaluate water resource impacts <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>from permitted appropriations and proposed projects that require a permit. Monitoring for <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>water resources that supply more than one appropriator must be designed to minimize <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>costs to individual appropriators. The cost of drilling additional monitoring wells must <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>be shared proportionally by all permit holders that are directly affecting a particular <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>water resources feature.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.52.0"></a><a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.301, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Permit application </b><b>and notification </b><b>fees.</b> (a) A ~~permit application~~ fee <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>to defray the costs of receiving, recording, and processing ~~the application~~ must be paid <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>for a permit application authorized under this chapter ~~and~~, except for a general permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>application, for each request to amend or transfer an existing permit, and for a notification <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>to request authorization to conduct a project under a general permit. Fees established <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>under this subdivision, unless specified in paragraph (c), shall be compliant with section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>16A.1285
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Proposed projects that require water in excess of 100 million gallons per year <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>must be assessed fees to recover the costs incurred to evaluate the project and the costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>incurred for environmental review. Fees collected under this paragraph must be credited <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>to an account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The fee to apply for a permit to appropriate water, in addition to any fee under <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>paragraph (b)~~;~~, and for a permit to construct or repair a dam that is subject to dam safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>inspection~~; or a state general permit~~ is $150. The application fee for a permit to work in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>public waters or to divert waters for mining must be at least $150, but not more than <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>$1,000. The fee for a notification to request authorization to conduct a project under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>general permit is $100.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.53.0"></a><a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.301, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Refund of fees prohibited.</b> A permit application, general permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>notification, or field inspection fee may not be refunded for any reason, even if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>application or request is denied or withdrawn.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.54.0"></a><a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.301, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>State and federal agencies exempt from fee.</b> A permit application, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>general permit notification, or field inspection fee may not be imposed on any state agency, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>16B.01</statute_ref>, or federal governmental agency applying for a permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.55.0"></a><a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.301, subdivision 5a, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Town fees limited.</b> Notwithstanding this section or any other law, no <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>permit application, general permit notification, or field inspection fee charged to a town <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>in connection with the construction or alteration of a town road, bridge, or culvert shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>exceed $100.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.56.0"></a><a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103G.611, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>General permits.</b> The commissioner may issue a general permit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>a governmental subdivision or to the general public to conduct one or more projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>described in subdivision 1. A fee of $100 may be charged for each aeration system used <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>under a general permit.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.57.0"></a><a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 103G.615, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Issuance; validity.</b> (a) The commissioner may issue a state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>permit to a governmental subdivision or to the general public to conduct one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>projects described in this subdivision. The commissioner may issue permits, with or <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>without a fee, to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>(1) gather or harvest aquatic plants, or plant parts, other than wild rice from public <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>waters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>(2) transplant aquatic plants into public waters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>(3) destroy harmful or undesirable aquatic vegetation or organisms in public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>under prescribed conditions to protect the waters, desirable species of fish, vegetation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>other forms of aquatic life, and the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>(b) Application for a permit and a notification to request authorization to conduct a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>project under a general permit must be accompanied by a ~~permit~~ fee, if required.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>(c) An aquatic plant management permit is valid for one growing season and expires <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>on December 31 of the year it is issued unless the commissioner stipulates a different <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>expiration date in rule or in the permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>(d) A general permit may authorize a project for more than one growing season.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.58.0"></a><a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 103G.615, subdivision 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Fees.</b> (a) The commissioner shall establish a fee schedule for permits to <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>control or harvest aquatic plants other than wild rice. The fees must be set by rule, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1283</statute_ref> does not apply, but the rule must not take effect until 45 legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>days after it has been reported to the legislature. The fees shall not exceed $2,500 per <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>permit and shall be based upon the cost of receiving, processing, analyzing, and issuing <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>the permit, and additional costs incurred after the application to inspect and monitor <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>the activities authorized by the permit, and enforce aquatic plant management rules and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>permit requirements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A fee for a permit for the control of rooted aquatic vegetation for each contiguous <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>parcel of shoreline owned by an owner may be charged. This fee may not be charged for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>permits issued in connection with purple loosestrife control or lakewide Eurasian water <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>milfoil control programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A fee may not be charged to the state or a federal governmental agency applying <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>for a permit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) A fee for a permit for the control of rooted aquatic vegetation in a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>water basin that is 20 acres or less in size shall be one-half of the fee established under <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>paragraph (a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>(e) The money received for the permits under this subdivision shall be deposited in <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>the treasury and credited to the water recreation account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>(f) The fee for processing a notification to request authorization for work under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>general permit is $30, until the commissioner establishes a fee by rule as provided under <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.59.0"></a><a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 103H.175, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Report.</b> ~~In each even-numbered year~~ Every five years, the Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>Control Agency, in cooperation with other agencies participating in the monitoring of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>water resources, shall provide a draft report on the status of groundwater monitoring to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>the Environmental Quality Board for review and then to the house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>and senate committees with jurisdiction over the environment, natural resources, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>agriculture as part of the report in section 
         <statute_ref>103A.204</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.60.0"></a><a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Citizen monitoring of water quality.</b> (a) The agency may encourage <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>citizen monitoring of ambient water quality for public waters by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>(1) providing technical assistance to citizen and local group water quality monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>efforts;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>(2) integrating citizen monitoring data into water quality assessments and agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>programs, provided that the data adheres to agency quality assurance and quality control <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>protocols; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>(3) seeking public and private funds to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>(i) collaboratively develop clear guidelines for water quality monitoring procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>and data management practices for specific data and information uses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>(ii) distribute the guidelines to citizens, local governments, and other interested <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>parties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>(iii) improve and expand water quality monitoring activities carried out by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>agency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>(iv) continue to improve electronic and Web access to water quality data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>information about public waters that have been either fully or partially assessed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>(b) This subdivision does not authorize a citizen to enter onto private property <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>for any purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>(c) By January 15 ~~of each odd-numbered year~~, 2017, and every four years thereafter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of representatives committees with <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>jurisdiction over environmental policy and finance on activities under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.61.0"></a><a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115.42, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var><b>115.42 POLICY; LONG-RANGE PLAN; PURPOSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>It is the policy of the state to provide for the prevention, control, and abatement <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>of pollution of all waters of the state, so far as feasible and practical, in furtherance <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>of conservation of such waters and protection of the public health and in furtherance <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>of the development of the economic welfare of the state. The agency shall prepare a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>long-range plan and program for the effectuation of said policy~~, and shall make a report of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>~~progress thereon to the legislature by November 15 of each even-numbered year, with~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>~~recommendations for action in furtherance of such program during the ensuing biennium~~. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>It is the purpose of sections 
         <statute_ref>115.41</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115.53</statute_ref> to safeguard the waters of the state from <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>pollution by: (a) preventing any new pollution; and (b) abating pollution existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>when sections 
         <statute_ref>115.41</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115.53</statute_ref> become effective, under a program consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>declaration of policy above stated.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.62.0"></a><a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115.55, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Local standards.</b> (a) <b>Existing systems.</b> Counties may adopt by ordinance <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>local standards that are less restrictive than the agency's rules in order to define an <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>acceptable existing system. The local standards may include soil separation, soil <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>classification, vegetation, system use, localized well placement and construction, localized <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>density of systems and wells, extent of area to be covered by local standards, groundwater <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>flow patterns, and existing natural or artificial drainage systems. The local standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>and criteria shall be submitted to the commissioner for comment prior to adoption to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>demonstrate that, based on local circumstances in that jurisdiction, they adequately protect <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>public health and the environment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>(b) <b>New or replacement systems.</b> Counties, after providing documentation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>conditions listed in this paragraph to the commissioner, may adopt by ordinance local <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>standards that are less restrictive than the agency's rules for new system construction or <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>replacement in areas of sustained and projected low population density where conditions <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>render conformance to applicable requirements difficult or otherwise inappropriate. <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>Documentation may include a map delineating the area of the county to be served by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>local standards, a description of the hardship that would result from strict adherence to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>agency's rules, and evidence of sustained and projected low population density. The local <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>standards must protect human health and the environment and be based on considerations <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>that may include, but need not be limited to, soil separation, soil classification, vegetation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>system use, localized well placement and construction, localized density of systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>and wells, extent of area to be covered by local standards, groundwater flow patterns, <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>and existing natural or artificial drainage systems. The local standards must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>cost-effective and long-term treatment alternatives. The draft ordinance incorporating the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>local standards must be submitted with justification to the commissioner 30 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>adoption for review and comment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>(c) <b>New or replacement systems; local ordinances.</b> A local unit of government <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>may adopt and enforce ordinances or rules affecting new or replacement subsurface <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>sewage treatment systems that are more restrictive than the agency's rules. A local unit <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>of government may not adopt or enforce an ordinance or rule if its effect is to prevent or <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>delay recording with the county recorder or registrar of titles of a deed or other instrument <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>that is otherwise entitled to be recorded.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>(d) <b>Local standards; conflict with state law.</b> Local standards adopted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>paragraph (a) or (b) must not conflict with any requirements under other state laws or rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>or local ordinances, including, but not limited to, requirements for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>(1) systems in shoreland areas, regulated under sections 
         <statute_ref>103F.201</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>103F.221</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>(2) well construction and location, regulated under chapter 103I; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>(3) systems used in connection with food, beverage, and lodging establishments, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>regulated under chapter 157.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>Alternative local standards for new or replacement residential systems with flow of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>2,500 gallons per day or less may be applied to systems listed in clause (1), provided the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>alternative standards are no less stringent than provisions of Minnesota Rules, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>7080, that went into effect on April 3, 2006. In addition, alternative local standards for <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>new or replacement systems with flow of 2,500 gallons per day or less may be applied to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>systems listed in clause (3), provided the alternative standards are no less stringent than <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>provisions of Minnesota Rules, chapter 7080, that went into effect on April 3, 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>except that the waste strength must meet the standards established in Minnesota Rules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>part 7080.2150, subpart 3, item K. If additional treatment of waste is needed to meet this <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>standard, the treatment must be in accordance with Minnesota Rules, part 7080.2150, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>subpart 3, item A. The local standards must include references to applicable requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>under other state laws or rules or local ordinances. Nothing in this paragraph prevents <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>a local subsurface sewage treatment system ordinance from including provisions of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>current rule as part of the alternative local standards.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.63.0"></a><a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. <b>[115A.121] TOXICS AND POLLUTION PREVENTION EVALUATION; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var><b>CONSOLIDATED REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>The commissioner shall prepare and adopt a report on pollution prevention activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>required in chapters 115A, 115D, and 325E. The report must include activities required <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>under section 115A.1320. The commissioner must submit the report to the senate and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>resources by December 31, 2013, and every four years thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.64.0"></a><a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 115A.1320, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Duties of the agency.</b> (a) The agency shall administer sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>115A.1310
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The agency shall establish procedures for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) receipt and maintenance of the registration statements and certifications filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>with the agency under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) making the statements and certifications easily available to manufacturers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>retailers, and members of the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The agency shall annually review the value of the following variables that are <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>part of the formula used to calculate a manufacturer's annual registration fee under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>115A.1314, subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the proportion of sales of video display devices sold to households that <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>manufacturers are required to recycle;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the estimated per-pound price of recycling covered electronic devices sold to <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>households;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the base registration fee; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the multiplier established for the weight of covered electronic devices collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1314, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (d). If the agency determines that any of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>these values must be changed in order to improve the efficiency or effectiveness of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>activities regulated under sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>, the agency shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>recommended changes and the reasons for them to the chairs of the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>representatives committees with jurisdiction over solid waste policy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) By January 15 each year, beginning in 2008, the agency shall calculate estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>sales of video display devices sold to households by each manufacturer during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>preceding program year, based on national sales data, and forward the estimates to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>department.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) ~~On or before December 1, 2010, and each year thereafter,~~ The agency shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>provide a report to the governor and the legislature on the implementation of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>115A.1310
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>. For each program year, the report must discuss the total weight <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>of covered electronic devices recycled and a summary of information in the reports <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>submitted by manufacturers and recyclers under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1316</statute_ref>. The report must <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>also discuss the various collection programs used by manufacturers to collect covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>electronic devices; information regarding covered electronic devices that are being <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>collected by persons other than registered manufacturers, collectors, and recyclers; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>information about covered electronic devices, if any, being disposed of in landfills in <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>this state. The report must include a description of enforcement actions under sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>115A.1310
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>. The agency may include in its report other information received <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.35"></a><var>42.35</var>by the agency regarding the implementation of sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.36"></a><var>42.36</var>report must be done in conjunction with the report required under section 115D.10.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The agency shall promote public participation in the activities regulated under <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1312</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref> through public education and outreach efforts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The agency shall enforce sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1310</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref> in the manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>provided by sections 
         <statute_ref>115.071, subdivisions 1</statute_ref>, 3, 4, 5, and 6; and 
         <statute_ref>116.072</statute_ref>, except for those <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>provisions enforced by the department, as provided in subdivision 2. The agency may <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>revoke a registration of a collector or recycler found to have violated sections 
         <statute_ref>115A.1310 <br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>to 
         <statute_ref>115A.1330</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) The agency shall facilitate communication between counties, collection and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>recycling centers, and manufacturers to ensure that manufacturers are aware of video <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>display devices available for recycling.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The agency shall develop a form retailers must use to report information to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>manufacturers under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1318</statute_ref> and post it on the agency's Web site.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(j) The agency shall post on its Web site the contact information provided by each <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>manufacturer under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.1318</statute_ref>, paragraph (e).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.65.0"></a><a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Reports.</b> ~~(a)~~ By January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>of administration shall submit a report to the governor and to the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>and environment and natural resources finance summarizing past activities and proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>goals of the program for the following biennium. The report shall include at least:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>(1) a summary list of product and commodity purchases that contain recycled <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>materials;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>(2) the results of any performance tests conducted on recycled products and agencies' <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>experience with recycled products used;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>(3) a list of all organizations participating in and using the cooperative purchasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>(4) a list of products and commodities purchased for their recyclability and of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>recycled products reviewed for purchase.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>~~(b) By July 1 of each even-numbered year, the commissioner of the Pollution~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>~~Control Agency and the commissioner of commerce through the State Energy Office shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>~~submit recommendations to the commissioner regarding the operation of the program.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.66.0"></a><a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.411, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var><b>115A.411 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY; CONSOLIDATED </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var><b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Authority; purpose.</b> The commissioner shall prepare and adopt a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>report on solid waste management policy and activities under this chapter. The report must <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>be submitted by the commissioner to the senate and house of representatives committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources ~~and environment and natural~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>~~resources finance~~ by December ~~1 of each odd-numbered year~~ 31, 2015, and every four <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>years thereafter and shall include reports required under sections 
         <statute_ref>~~115A.55, subdivision 4~~</statute_ref>~~,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>~~paragraph (b);~~ 
         <statute_ref>115A.551, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>115A.557, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>473.149, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>6
         </statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>473.846</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>473.848, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Contents.</b> (a) The report ~~must~~ may also include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>(1) a summary of the current status of solid waste management, including the amount <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>of solid waste generated and reduced, the manner in which it is collected, processed, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>disposed, the extent of separation, recycling, reuse, and recovery of solid waste, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>facilities available or under development to manage the waste;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>(2) an evaluation of the extent and effectiveness of implementation ~~and~~ of section <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>115A.02, including an assessment of progress in accomplishing state policies, goals, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>objectives, including those listed in paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>(3) identification of issues requiring further research, study, and action, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>appropriate scope of the research, study, or action, the state agency or political subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>that should implement the research, study, or action, and a schedule for completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>of the activity; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>(4) recommendations for establishing or modifying state solid waste management <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>policies, authorities, responsibilities, and programs~~.~~; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>~~(b)~~ (5) a report on progress made toward implementation of the objectives of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>~~Beginning in 1997, and every sixth year thereafter, the report shall be expanded to include~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>the metropolitan area solid waste policy plan as required in section 
         <statute_ref>473.149, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>~~1~~
         </statute_ref>~~, and strategies for the agency to advance the goals of this chapter, to manage waste as a~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>~~resource, to further reduce the need for expenditures on resource recovery and disposal~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>~~facilities, and to further reduce long-term environmental and financial liabilities~~ 6. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>(b) The ~~expanded~~ report must include strategies for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>(1) achieving the maximum feasible reduction in waste generation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>(2) encouraging manufacturers to design products that eliminate or reduce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>adverse environmental impacts of resource extraction, manufacturing, use, and waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>processing and disposal;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>(3) educating businesses, public entities, and other consumers about the need to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>consider the potential environmental and financial impacts of purchasing products that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>may create a liability or that may be expensive to recycle or manage as waste, due to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>presence of toxic or hazardous components;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>(4) eliminating or reducing toxic or hazardous components in compost from <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>municipal solid waste composting facilities, in ash from municipal solid waste incinerators, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>and in leachate and air emissions from municipal solid waste landfills, in order to reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>the potential liability of waste generators, facility owners and operators, and taxpayers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>(5) encouraging the source separation of materials to the extent practicable, so that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>the materials are most appropriately managed and to ensure that resources that can be <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>reused or recycled are not disposed of or destroyed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>(6) maximizing the efficiency of the waste management system by managing waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>and recyclables close to the point of generation, taking into account the characteristics of <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>the resources to be recovered from the waste and the type and capacity of local facilities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.67.0"></a><a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.551, subdivision 2a, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Supplementary recycling goals.</b> ~~(a)~~ By December 31, 1996, each county <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>will have as a goal to recycle the following amounts:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>(1) for a county outside of the metropolitan area, 35 percent by weight of total <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>solid waste generation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>(2) for a metropolitan county, 50 percent by weight of total solid waste generation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>Each county will develop and implement or require political subdivisions within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>county to develop and implement programs, practices, or methods designed to meet its <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>recycling goal. Nothing in this section or in any other law may be construed to prohibit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>county from establishing a higher recycling goal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>~~(b) For a county that, by January 1, 1995, is implementing a solid waste reduction~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>~~program that is approved by the commissioner, the commissioner shall apply up to three~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>~~percentage points toward achievement of the recycling goals in this subdivision. In~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>~~addition, the commissioner shall apply demonstrated waste reduction that exceeds three~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>~~percent reduction toward achievement of the goals in this subdivision.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>~~(c) No more than five percentage points may be applied toward achievement of the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>~~recycling goals in this subdivision for management of yard waste. The five percentage~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>~~points must be applied as provided in this paragraph. The commissioner shall apply three~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>~~percentage points for a county in which residents, by January 1, 1996, are provided with:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>~~(1) an ongoing comprehensive education program under which they are informed~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>~~about how to manage yard waste and are notified of the prohibition in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~115A.931~~</statute_ref>~~;~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>~~and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>~~(2) the opportunity to drop off yard waste at specified sites or participate in curbside~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>~~yard waste collection.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>~~The commissioner shall apply up to an additional two percentage points toward~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>~~achievement of the recycling goals in this subdivision for additional activities approved~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>~~by the commissioner that are likely to reduce the amount of yard waste generated and to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>~~increase the on-site composting of yard waste.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.68.0"></a><a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.551, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Interim monitoring.</b> The commissioner shall monitor the progress of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>county toward meeting the recycling goals in subdivisions 2 and 2a. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>shall report to the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>environment and natural resources ~~and environment and natural resources finance on the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>~~progress of the counties by July 1 of each odd-numbered year~~ as part of the report required <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>under section 115A.411. If the commissioner finds that a county is not progressing toward <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>the goals in subdivisions 2 and 2a, the commissioner shall negotiate with the county to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>develop and implement solid waste management techniques designed to assist the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>in meeting the goals, such as organized collection, curbside collection of source-separated <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>materials, and volume-based pricing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>~~The progress report shall be included in the report required under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~115A.411~~</statute_ref>~~.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.69.0"></a><a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.557, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Report.</b> ~~By July 1 of each odd-numbered year,~~ The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>shall report on how the money was spent and the resulting statewide improvements in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>solid waste management to the senate and house of representatives committees having <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>jurisdiction over ways and means, finance, environment and natural resources, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>environment and natural resources finance. The report shall be included in the report <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>required under section 
         <statute_ref>115A.411</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.70.0"></a><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115A.904, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var><b>115A.904 LAND DISPOSAL PROHIBITED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>The disposal of waste tires in the land is prohibited after July 1, 1985, except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>beneficial uses of tire-derived products designated by the commissioner. This does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>prohibit the storage of unprocessed waste tires at a collection or processing facility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.71.0"></a><a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115D.08, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var><b>115D.08 PROGRESS REPORTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Requirement to submit progress report.</b> (a) All persons required to <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>prepare a toxic pollution prevention plan under section 
         <statute_ref>115D.07</statute_ref> shall submit an annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>progress report to the commissioner of public safety that may be drafted in a manner that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>does not disclose proprietary information. Progress reports are due on ~~October~~ July 1 of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>each year. The first progress reports are due in 1992.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>(b) At a minimum, each progress report must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(1) a summary of each objective established in the plan, including the base year for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>any objective stated in numeric terms, and the schedule for meeting each objective;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>(2) a summary of progress made during the past year, if any, toward meeting each <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>objective established in the plan including the quantity of each toxic pollutant eliminated <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>or reduced;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>(3) a statement of the methods through which elimination or reduction has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>achieved;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>(4) if necessary, an explanation of the reasons objectives were not achieved during <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>the previous year, including identification of any technological, economic, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>impediments the facility faced in its efforts to achieve its objectives; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>(5) a certification, signed and dated by the facility manager and an officer of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>company under penalty of section 
         <statute_ref>609.63</statute_ref>, attesting that a plan meeting the requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>of section 
         <statute_ref>115D.07</statute_ref> has been prepared and also attesting to the accuracy of the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>in the progress report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Review of progress reports.</b> (a) The commissioner of public safety shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>review all progress reports to determine if they meet the requirements of subdivision 1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>If the commissioner of public safety determines that a progress report does not meet the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>requirements, the commissioner of public safety shall notify the facility in writing and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>shall identify specific deficiencies and specify a reasonable time period of not less than 90 <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>days for the facility to modify the progress report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>(b) The commissioner of public safety shall be given access to a facility plan <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>required under section 
         <statute_ref>115D.07</statute_ref> if the commissioner of public safety determines that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>the progress report for that facility does not meet the requirements of subdivision 1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>Twenty-five or more persons living within ten miles of the facility may submit a petition <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>to the commissioner of public safety that identifies specific deficiencies in the progress <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>report and requests the commissioner of public safety to review the facility plan. Within <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>30 days after receipt of the petition, the commissioner of public safety shall respond in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>writing. If the commissioner of public safety agrees that the progress report does not meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.35"></a><var>47.35</var>requirements of subdivision 1, the commissioner of public safety shall be given access <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.36"></a><var>47.36</var>to the facility plan.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(c) After reviewing the plan and the progress report with any modifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>submitted, the commissioner of public safety shall state in writing whether the progress <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>report meets the requirements of subdivision 1. If the commissioner of public safety <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>determines that a modified progress report still does not meet the requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>subdivision 1, the commissioner of public safety shall schedule a public meeting. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>meeting shall be held in the county where the facility is located. The meeting is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>subject to the requirements of chapter 14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>(d) The facility shall be given the opportunity to amend the progress report within a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>period of not less than 30 days after the public meeting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>(e) If the commissioner of public safety determines that a modified progress report <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>still does not meet the requirements of subdivision 1, action may be taken under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>115.071
         </statute_ref> to obtain compliance with sections 
         <statute_ref>115D.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>115D.12</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.72.0"></a><a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116.011, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var><b>116.011 </b>~~<b>ANNUAL</b>~~<b> POLLUTION REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>A goal of the Pollution Control Agency is to reduce the amount of pollution that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>emitted in the state. By April 1 of each even-numbered year, the Pollution Control Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>shall report the best estimate of the agency of the total volume of water and air pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>that was emitted in the state in the previous two calendar ~~year~~ years for which data are <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>available. The agency shall report its findings for both water and air pollution:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>(1) in gross amounts, including the percentage increase or decrease over the ~~previous~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>previously reported two calendar ~~year~~ years; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>(2) in a manner which will demonstrate the magnitude of the various sources of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>water and air pollution.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.73.0"></a><a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116.0714, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var><b>116.0714 NEW OPEN AIR SWINE BASINS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency or a county board shall not <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>approve any permits for the construction of new open air swine basins, except that existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>facilities may use one basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons as part of a permitted waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>treatment program for resolving pollution problems or to allow conversion of an existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>basin of less than 1,000,000 gallons to a different animal type, provided all standards are <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>met. This section expires June 30, ~~2012~~ 2017.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.74.0"></a><a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116.10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var><b>116.10 POLICY; LONG-RANGE PLAN; PURPOSE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>Consistent with the policy announced herein and the purposes of Laws 1963, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>874, the Pollution Control Agency shall~~, before November 15 of each even-numbered~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>~~year,~~ prepare a long-range plan and program for the effectuation of said policy~~, and shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>~~make a report also of progress on abatement and control of air and land pollution during~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>~~each biennium to the legislature with recommendations for action in furtherance of the air~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>~~and land pollution and waste programs~~.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.75.0"></a><a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116C.833, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. ~~<b>Biennial</b>~~<b> Quadrennial</b><b> report.</b> In addition to other duties specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>116C.833</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>116C.843</statute_ref>, the commissioner shall report by January 31, ~~1997~~ 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>and ~~biennially~~ every four years thereafter, to the governor and the legislature concerning <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>the activities of the Interstate Commission. The report shall include any recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>the commissioner deems necessary to assure the protection of the interest of the state in <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>the proper functioning of the compact. The commissioner also shall report to the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>and the legislature any time there is a change in the status of a host state or other party <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>states in the compact.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.76.0"></a><a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 116D.04, subdivision 2a, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>amended by Laws 2012, chapter 150, article 2, section 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>When prepared.</b> Where there is potential for significant environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>effects resulting from any major governmental action, the action shall be preceded by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>detailed environmental impact statement prepared by the responsible governmental unit. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>The environmental impact statement shall be an analytical rather than an encyclopedic <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>document which describes the proposed action in detail, analyzes its significant <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>environmental impacts, discusses appropriate alternatives to the proposed action and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>their impacts, and explores methods by which adverse environmental impacts of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>action could be mitigated. The environmental impact statement shall also analyze those <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>economic, employment and sociological effects that cannot be avoided should the action <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>be implemented. To ensure its use in the decision-making process, the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>impact statement shall be prepared as early as practical in the formulation of an action. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The board shall by rule establish categories of actions for which environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>impact statements and for which environmental assessment worksheets shall be prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>as well as categories of actions for which no environmental review is required under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>section. A mandatory environmental assessment worksheet shall not be required for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>expansion of an ethanol plant, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.09, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>(b), or the conversion of an ethanol plant to a biobutanol facility or the expansion of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>biobutanol facility as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.105, subdivision 1a</statute_ref>, based on the capacity <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>of the expanded or converted facility to produce alcohol fuel, but must be required if <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>the ethanol plant or biobutanol facility meets or exceeds thresholds of other categories <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>of actions for which environmental assessment worksheets must be prepared. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>responsible governmental unit for an ethanol plant or biobutanol facility project for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>an environmental assessment worksheet is prepared shall be the state agency with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>greatest responsibility for supervising or approving the project as a whole.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>A mandatory environmental impact statement shall not be required for a facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>or plant located outside the seven-county metropolitan area that produces less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>125,000,000 gallons of ethanol, biobutanol, or cellulosic biofuel annually, if the facility <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>or plant is: an ethanol plant, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.09, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>(b); a biobutanol facility, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.105, subdivision 1a</statute_ref>, clause (1); or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>cellulosic biofuel facility, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>41A.10, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, paragraph (d).<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The responsible governmental unit shall promptly publish notice of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>completion of an environmental assessment worksheet ~~in a~~ by publishing the notice in <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>at least one newspaper of general circulation in the geographic area where the project is <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>proposed, by posting the notice on a Web site that has been designated as the official <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>publication site for publication of proceedings, public notices, and summaries of a political <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>subdivision in which the project is proposed or in any other manner ~~to be~~ determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>the board and shall provide copies of the environmental assessment worksheet to the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>and its member agencies. Comments on the need for an environmental impact statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>may be submitted to the responsible governmental unit during a 30-day period following <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>publication of the notice that an environmental assessment worksheet has been completed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>The responsible governmental unit's decision on the need for an environmental impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>statement shall be based on the environmental assessment worksheet and the comments <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>received during the comment period, and shall be made within 15 days after the close of <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>the comment period. The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not more than 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>additional days upon the request of the responsible governmental unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) An environmental assessment worksheet shall also be prepared for a proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>action whenever material evidence accompanying a petition by not less than 100 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>individuals who reside or own property in the state, submitted before the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>project has received final approval by the appropriate governmental units, demonstrates <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.34"></a><var>50.34</var>that, because of the nature or location of a proposed action, there may be potential for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.35"></a><var>50.35</var>significant environmental effects. Petitions requesting the preparation of an environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.36"></a><var>50.36</var>assessment worksheet shall be submitted to the board. The chair of the board shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>determine the appropriate responsible governmental unit and forward the petition to it. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>A decision on the need for an environmental assessment worksheet shall be made by <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>the responsible governmental unit within 15 days after the petition is received by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>responsible governmental unit. The board's chair may extend the 15-day period by not <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>more than 15 additional days upon request of the responsible governmental unit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Except in an environmentally sensitive location where Minnesota Rules, part <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>4410.4300, subpart 29, item B, applies, the proposed action is exempt from environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>review under this chapter and rules of the board, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the proposed action is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) an animal feedlot facility with a capacity of less than 1,000 animal units; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) an expansion of an existing animal feedlot facility with a total cumulative <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>capacity of less than 1,000 animal units;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the application for the animal feedlot facility includes a written commitment by <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>the proposer to design, construct, and operate the facility in full compliance with Pollution <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>Control Agency feedlot rules; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the county board holds a public meeting for citizen input at least ten business <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>days prior to the Pollution Control Agency or county issuing a feedlot permit for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>animal feedlot facility unless another public meeting for citizen input has been held with <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>regard to the feedlot facility to be permitted. The exemption in this paragraph is in <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>addition to other exemptions provided under other law and rules of the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The board may, prior to final approval of a proposed project, require preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>of an environmental assessment worksheet by a responsible governmental unit selected <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>by the board for any action where environmental review under this section has not been <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>specifically provided for by rule or otherwise initiated.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) An early and open process shall be utilized to limit the scope of the environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>impact statement to a discussion of those impacts, which, because of the nature or location <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>of the project, have the potential for significant environmental effects. The same process <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>shall be utilized to determine the form, content and level of detail of the statement as well <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>as the alternatives which are appropriate for consideration in the statement. In addition, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>the permits which will be required for the proposed action shall be identified during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>scoping process. Further, the process shall identify those permits for which information <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>will be developed concurrently with the environmental impact statement. The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>shall provide in its rules for the expeditious completion of the scoping process. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>determinations reached in the process shall be incorporated into the order requiring the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>preparation of an environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The responsible governmental unit shall, to the extent practicable, avoid <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>duplication and ensure coordination between state and federal environmental review <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>and between environmental review and environmental permitting. Whenever practical, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>information needed by a governmental unit for making final decisions on permits <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>or other actions required for a proposed project shall be developed in conjunction <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>with the preparation of an environmental impact statement. When an environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>impact statement is prepared for a project requiring multiple permits for which two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>more agencies' decision processes include either mandatory or discretionary hearings <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>before a hearing officer prior to the agencies' decision on the permit, the agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>may, notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, conduct the hearings in a single <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>consolidated hearing process if requested by the proposer. All agencies having jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>over a permit that is included in the consolidated hearing shall participate. The responsible <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>governmental unit shall establish appropriate procedures for the consolidated hearing <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>process, including procedures to ensure that the consolidated hearing process is consistent <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>with the applicable requirements for each permit regarding the rights and duties of parties <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>to the hearing, and shall utilize the earliest applicable hearing procedure to initiate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>hearing. The procedures of section 
         <statute_ref>116C.28, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, apply to the consolidated <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>hearing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) An environmental impact statement shall be prepared and its adequacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>determined within 280 days after notice of its preparation unless the time is extended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>consent of the parties or by the governor for good cause. The responsible governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>unit shall determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement, unless within 60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>days after notice is published that an environmental impact statement will be prepared, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>the board chooses to determine the adequacy of an environmental impact statement. If an <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>environmental impact statement is found to be inadequate, the responsible governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>unit shall have 60 days to prepare an adequate environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The proposer of a specific action may include in the information submitted to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>responsible governmental unit a preliminary draft environmental impact statement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>this section on that action for review, modification, and determination of completeness and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>adequacy by the responsible governmental unit. A preliminary draft environmental impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>statement prepared by the project proposer and submitted to the responsible governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>unit shall identify or include as an appendix all studies and other sources of information <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>used to substantiate the analysis contained in the preliminary draft environmental impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.34"></a><var>52.34</var>statement. The responsible governmental unit shall require additional studies, if needed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.35"></a><var>52.35</var>and obtain from the project proposer all additional studies and information necessary for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>the responsible governmental unit to perform its responsibility to review, modify, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>determine the completeness and adequacy of the environmental impact statement.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.77.0"></a><a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116D.04, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 15. <b>Duplicative permit information; environmental assessment </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var><b>worksheets.</b> To the extent practicable and so as not to conflict with other requirements of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>this section, the board shall not require, unless necessary, information in an environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>assessment worksheet for a proposed action when the information is also required as part <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>of any necessary permitting process for the proposed action.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.78.0"></a><a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.035, subdivision 8, as added by Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>2012, chapter 150, article 1, section 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Minnesota Business First Stop.</b> (a) The commissioner of employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>economic development shall, through the multiagency collaboration called "Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>Business First Stop," ensure the coordination, implementation, and administration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>state permits, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>(1) establishing a mechanism in state government that will coordinate administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>decision-making procedures and related quasijudicial and judicial review pertaining to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>permits related to the state's air, land, and water resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>(2) providing coordination and understanding between federal, state, and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>governmental units in the administration of the various programs relating to air, water, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>and land resources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>(3) identifying all existing state permits and other approvals, compliance schedules, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>or other programs that pertain to the use of natural resources and protection of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>environment; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>(4) recommending legislative or administrative modifications to existing permit <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>programs to increase their efficiency and utility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>(b) A person proposing a project may apply to Minnesota Business First Stop for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>assistance in obtaining necessary state permits and other approvals. Upon request, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>commissioner shall to the extent practicable:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>(1) provide a list of all federal, state, and local permits and other required approvals <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>for the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>(2) provide a plan that will coordinate federal, state, and local administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>decision-making practices, including monitoring, analysis and reporting, public comments <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>and hearings, and issuances of permits and approvals;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>(3) provide a timeline for the issuance of all federal, state, and local permits and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>other approvals required for the project;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>(4) coordinate the execution of any memorandum of understanding between the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>person proposing a project and any federal, state, or local agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>(5) coordinate all federal, state, or local public comment periods and hearings; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>(6) provide other assistance requested to facilitate final approval and issuance of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>federal, state, and local permits and other approvals required for the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>(c) Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1283</statute_ref>, as necessary, the commissioner may negotiate <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>a schedule to assess the project proposer for reasonable costs that any state agency incurs <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>in coordinating the implementation and administration of state permits, and the proposer <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>shall pay the assessed costs to the commissioner. Money received by the ~~environmental~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>~~permits coordinator~~ commissioner must be credited to an account in the special revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover the assessed costs incurred.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>(d) The coordination of implementation and administration of state permits is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>governmental action under section 
         <statute_ref>116D.04</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.79.0"></a><a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216C.055, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var><b>216C.055 KEY ROLE OF SOLAR AND BIOMASS RESOURCES IN </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var><b>PRODUCING THERMAL ENERGY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>The ~~annual~~ biennial legislative proposals required to be submitted by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency under section 
         <statute_ref>216H.07, <br />
            		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>subdivision 
         </statute_ref>~~4~~ 3, must include proposals regarding the use of solar energy and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>combustion of grasses, agricultural wastes, trees, and other vegetation to produce thermal <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>energy for heating commercial, industrial, and residential buildings and for industrial <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>processes if the commissioners determine that such policies are appropriate to achieve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>state's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals. No legal claim against any person is <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>allowed under this section. This section does not apply to the combustion of municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>solid waste or refuse-derived fuel to produce thermal energy. For purposes of this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>removal of woody biomass from publicly owned forests must be consistent with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>principles of sustainable forest management.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.80.0"></a><a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 216H.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Biennial </b>~~<b>reduction progress</b>~~<b> report.</b> (a) By January 15 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>odd-numbered year, the commissioners of commerce and the Pollution Control Agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>shall jointly report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>committees with primary policy jurisdiction over energy and environmental issues the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>most recent and best available evidence identifying the level of reductions already <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>achieved and the level necessary to achieve the reductions timetable in section 
         <statute_ref>216H.02</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>(b) The report must be in easily understood nontechnical terms.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.81.0"></a><a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.149, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Policy plan; general requirements.</b> The commissioner of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>Pollution Control Agency ~~may~~ shall revise the metropolitan long range policy plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>solid waste management adopted ~~and revised by the Metropolitan Council prior to the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>~~transfer of powers and duties in Laws 1994, chapter 639, article 5, section 2~~ in 2011 by <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>December 31, 2016, and every sixth year thereafter. The plan shall be followed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>metropolitan area. ~~Until the commissioner revises it, the plan adopted and revised by~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>~~the council on September 26, 1991, remains in effect.~~ The plan shall address the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>policies and purposes expressed in section 
         <statute_ref>115A.02</statute_ref>. In revising the plan the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>shall follow the procedures in subdivision 3. The plan shall include goals and policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>for solid waste management, including recycling consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>115A.551</statute_ref>, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>household hazardous waste management consistent with section 
         <statute_ref>115A.96, subdivision 6</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>in the metropolitan area.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>The plan shall include criteria and standards for solid waste facilities and solid <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>waste facility sites respecting the following matters: general location; capacity; operation; <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>processing techniques; environmental impact; effect on existing, planned, or proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>collection services and waste facilities; and economic viability. The plan shall, to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>extent practicable and consistent with the achievement of other public policies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>purposes, encourage ownership and operation of solid waste facilities by private industry. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>For solid waste facilities owned or operated by public agencies or supported primarily by <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>public funds or obligations issued by a public agency, the plan shall include additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>criteria and standards to protect comparable private and public facilities already existing <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>in the area from displacement unless the displacement is required in order to achieve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>waste management objectives identified in the plan. In revising the plan, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>shall consider the orderly and economic development, public and private, of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>metropolitan area; the preservation and best and most economical use of land and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>resources in the metropolitan area; the protection and enhancement of environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>quality; the conservation and reuse of resources and energy; the preservation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>promotion of conditions conducive to efficient, competitive, and adaptable systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>of waste management; and the orderly resolution of questions concerning changes in <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>systems of waste management. Criteria and standards for solid waste facilities shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>consistent with rules adopted by the Pollution Control Agency pursuant to chapter 116 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>shall be at least as stringent as the guidelines, regulations, and standards of the federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>Environmental Protection Agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.82.0"></a><a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.149, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Report to legislature.</b> The commissioner shall report on abatement to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>the senate and house of representatives committees having jurisdiction over ways and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>means, finance, environment and natural resources ~~committees of the senate and house~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>~~of representatives, the Finance Division of the senate Committee on Environment and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>~~Natural Resources, and the house of representatives Committee on Environment and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>~~Natural Resources Finance by July 1 of each odd-numbered year~~ policy, and environment <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>and natural resources finance. The report must include an assessment of whether the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>objectives of the metropolitan abatement plan have been met and whether each county <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>and each class of city within each county have achieved the objectives set for it in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>plan. The report must recommend any legislation that may be required to implement the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>plan. The report shall be included in the report required by section 
         <statute_ref>115A.411</statute_ref>. If in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>year the commissioner reports that the objectives of the abatement plan have not been <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>met, the commissioner shall evaluate and report on the need to reassign governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>responsibilities among cities, counties, and metropolitan agencies to assure implementation <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>and achievement of the metropolitan and local abatement plans and objectives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>The report must include a report on the operating, capital, and debt service costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>solid waste facilities in the metropolitan area; changes in the costs; the methods used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>pay the costs; and the resultant allocation of costs among users of the facilities and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>general public. The facility costs report must present the cost and financing analysis in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>aggregate and broken down by county and by major facility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.83.0"></a><a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.846, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var><b>473.846 </b>~~<b>REPORT</b>~~<b> REPORTS</b><b> TO LEGISLATURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>The agency shall submit to the senate ~~Finance Committee, the~~ and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>representatives ~~Ways and Means Committee, and the Environment and Natural Resources~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>~~Committees of the senate and house of representatives, the Finance Division of the senate~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>~~Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, and the house of representatives~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>~~Committee on~~ committees having jurisdiction over environment and natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>~~finance~~ separate reports describing the activities for which money for landfill abatement <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>has been spent under sections 
         <statute_ref>473.844</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>473.845</statute_ref>. ~~The agency shall report by November~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>~~1 of each year on expenditures during its previous fiscal year. The commissioner shall~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>~~report on expenditures during the previous calendar year and must incorporate its report~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>The report for section 473.844 expenditures shall be included in the report required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>section 
         <statute_ref>115A.411</statute_ref>, ~~due July 1 of each odd-numbered year. the commissioner shall make~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>and shall include recommendations ~~to the Environment and Natural Resources Committees~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>~~of the senate and house of representatives, the Finance Division of the senate Committee~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>~~on Environment and Natural Resources, and the house of representatives Committee on~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>~~Environment and Natural Resources Finance~~ on the future management and use of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>metropolitan landfill abatement account. By December 31 of each year, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>shall submit the report for section 473.845 on contingency action trust fund activities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.84.0"></a><a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 84. Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, as amended by <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 60, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Land and Mineral Resources </b><br />
                  		<b>Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,747,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,272,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,633,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Natural Resources<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,551,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,447,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Game and Fish<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,363,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,395,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Permanent School<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>$475,000 the first year and $475,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>second year are for iron ore cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>research. Of this amount, $200,000 each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>is from the minerals management account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>the natural resources fund and $275,000 each <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>year is from the general fund. $237,500 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>first year and $237,500 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>$86,000 the first year and $86,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>second year are for minerals cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>environmental research, of which $43,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>the first year and $43,000 the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>available only as matched by $1 of nonstate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>money for each $1 of state money. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>match may be cash or in-kind.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>$2,800,000 the first year and $2,696,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>the second year are from the minerals <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>management account in the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>fund for use as provided in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>93.2236</statute_ref>, paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>$200,000 the first year and $200,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>second year are from the state forest suspense <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>account in the permanent school fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>accelerate land exchanges, land sales, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>commercial leasing of school trust lands and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>to identify, evaluate, and lease construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>aggregate located on school trust lands. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>appropriation is to be used for securing <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>maximum long-term economic return <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>from the school trust lands consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>fiduciary responsibilities and sound natural <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>resources conservation and management <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>principles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>$15,000 the first year is for a report <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>by February 1, 2008, to the house and <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>senate committees with jurisdiction over <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>environment and natural resources on <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>proposed minimum legal and conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>standards that could be applied to <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>conservation easements acquired with public <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>money.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>$1,201,000 the first year and $701,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>second year are to support the land records <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>management system. Of this amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>$326,000 the first year and $326,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>second year are from the game and fish fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>and $375,000 the first year and $375,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>second year are from the natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>fund. The unexpended balances are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.35"></a><var>58.35</var>until June 30, 2011. ~~The commissioner~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>~~must report to the legislative chairs on~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>~~environmental finance on the outcomes of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>~~the land records management support.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>$500,000 the first year and $500,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>second year are for land asset management. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.85.0"></a><a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 85. Laws 2010, chapter 362, section 2, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		
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            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 7.<b>Renewable Energy</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">3,364,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(a) <b>Algae for Fuels Pilot Project</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>$900,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>to demonstrate an innovative microalgae <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>production system utilizing and treating <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>sanitary wastewater to produce biofuels <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>from algae. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>until June 30, 2013, by which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>project must be completed and final products <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>delivered.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(b) <b>Sustainable Biofuels</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>$221,000 is from the trust fund to the Board <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>of Regents of the University of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>to determine how fertilization and irrigation <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>impact yields of grass monoculture and high <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>diversity prairie biofuel crops, their storage <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>of soil carbon, and susceptibility to invasion <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>by exotic species. This appropriation is <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>available until June 30, 2013, by which time <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>the project must be completed and final <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>products delivered.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(c) <b>Linking Habitat Restoration to Bioenergy </b><br />
                  		<b>and Local Economies</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>$600,000 is from the trust fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>commissioner of natural resources to restore <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>high quality native habitats and expand <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>market opportunities for ~~utilizing postharvest~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>~~restoration as a~~ using the woody by-product <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>material for bioenergy ~~source.~~ or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>products. The commissioner may provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>grants or otherwise transfer some or all <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>of this money to other public or private <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>entities to accomplish these purposes. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>commissioner may sell the material from <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>public or private property to any viable <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>market, provided that all of the proceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>are spent to further the purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>appropriation. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>until June 30, 2013, by which time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>project must be completed and final products <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>delivered.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">(d) <b>Demonstrating Sustainable Energy </b><br />
                  		<b>Practices at Residential Environmental </b><br />
                  		<b>Learning Centers (RELCs)</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>$1,500,000 is from the trust fund to <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>the commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>for agreements as follows: $206,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>with Audubon Center of the North <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>Woods; $212,000 with Deep Portage <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>Learning Center; $350,000 with Eagle <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>Bluff Environmental Learning Center; <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>$258,000 with Laurentian Environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>Learning Center; $240,000 with Long <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>Lake Conservation Center; and $234,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>with Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>Center to implement renewable energy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>energy efficiency, and energy conservation <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>practices at the facilities. Efforts will include <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>dissemination of related energy education.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.86.0"></a><a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 86. Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 8, subdivision 3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Administration.</b> The commissioner of natural resources shall administer <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>the area according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>86A.05, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>existing rules and regulations for state recreation areas, except the following is permitted: <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>hunting, fishing, and trapping of protected species during designated seasons and dogs <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>under control for hunting purposes during regular hunting seasons. La Salle Lake State <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>Recreation Area shall be administered as a satellite unit of Itasca State Park. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.87.0"></a><a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 87. <b>LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON STATE PARKS, RECREATION AREAS, </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var><b>TRAILS, AND STATE FOREST DAY USE AREAS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>(a) By January 15, 2013, the commissioner of natural resources shall prepare and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>and senate legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>policy and finance concerning the long-term funding, use, expansion, and administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>of Minnesota's system of state parks, recreation areas, trails, and state forest day use areas.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>(b) At a minimum, the report shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>(1) long-term funding options to reduce reliance on general fund appropriations for <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>maintaining and operating state parks, recreation areas, trails, and forest day use areas;<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>(2) criteria and considerations for optimizing the system of state parks, recreation <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>areas, trails, and state forest day use areas to ensure investment focuses on Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>most important natural resources and the highest quality recreational opportunities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>(3) recommendations for innovative programs and initiatives to increase outdoor <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>recreation participation among Minnesotans and visitors to the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.88.0"></a><a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 88. <b>ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES TRUST FUND; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var><b>APPROPRIATION EXTENSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>(a) The availability of the appropriation is extended to June 30, 2013, for:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>(1) Laws 2009, chapter 143, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph (c), cooperative <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>habitat research in deep lakes; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>(2) Laws 2009, chapter 143, section 2, subdivision 6, paragraph (d), controlling the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>movement of invasive fish species.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>(b) The availability of the appropriation is extended to June 30, 2014, for Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>2009, chapter 143, section 2, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), metropolitan regional park <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>system acquisition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>(c) The availability of the appropriation is extended to June 30, 2015, for Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>2011, First Special Session chapter 2, article 3, section 2, subdivision 9, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>Minnesota Conservation Apprenticeship Academy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.89.0"></a><a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 89. <b>BENEFICIAL USE OF WASTEWATER; GRANTS IN FISCAL YEARS </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var><b>2010 AND 2011.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116.195, grants issued during fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>years 2010 and 2011 may be amended to replace surface water with wastewater effluent <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>that increases the reuse of wastewater effluent and reduces the use of surface water.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.90.0"></a><a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 90. <b>RULEMAKING; NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var><b>WORKSHEET.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>The Environmental Quality Board may use the good cause exemption under <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend Minnesota Rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>to conform with the amendments to Minnesota Statutes, section 116D.04, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>2a, contained in this act. Minnesota Statutes, section 14.386, does not apply except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.91.0"></a><a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 91. <b>2009 LOTTERY-IN-LIEU APPROPRIATION EXTENSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>The appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 4, subdivision 5, from <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>the natural resources fund from the revenue deposited under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>297A.94, paragraph (e), clause (4), for local grants is available until June 30, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.92.0"></a><a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 92. <b>FOREST RESOURCES COUNCIL STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>By January 15, 2013, the Forest Resources Council shall submit a report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>environment and natural resources policy and finance committees and the tax committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>of the house of representatives and senate on the status of private forest land management <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>and the policy of the state to promote healthy and robust forests. The study shall evaluate <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>existing and potential financial incentives for private forest land management and include <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>recommendations for state policies that will ensure that private forest lands are sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>and continue to contribute to Minnesota's economic vitality as well as provide access to <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>the public to hunting and fishing resources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.93.0"></a><a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 93. <b>METROPOLITAN WASTE DISPOSAL RESTRICTIONS REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>By August 1, 2012, the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>a report on how compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 473.848, may be achieved. <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>The commissioner must allow interested parties at least 30 days to review and comment <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>on the report. Written comments received from interested parties and the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>responses to the comments must be included in the report. By October 1, 2012, the report, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>comments, and responses shall be submitted to the chairs and ranking minority members <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>of the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>policy and finance. The agency may not require compliance with Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>section 473.848, before February 15, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.94.0"></a><a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 94. <b>PROTECT AQUATIC HABITAT FROM ASIAN CARP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>Prior to entering into a contract pursuant to the appropriation in S.F. No. 2493, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>article 1, section 2, subdivision 5, paragraph (h), if enacted, the commissioner shall consult <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>with the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>with jurisdiction over natural resources and energy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.95.0"></a><a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 95. <b>MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY CITIZEN'S BOARD </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var><b>REVIEW.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>The evaluation of environmental governance under Executive Order 11-32 must <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>include a review of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Citizen's Board's role in <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>reviewing permits, environmental assessment worksheets, and environmental impact <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>statements. The evaluation should include, but is not limited to, an examination of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>benefits and drawbacks of the board versus the agency's commissioner making final <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>decisions on all or various subsets of permits and environmental reviews, along with how <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>these matters are referred to the board versus the commissioner. Any recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>must be reported to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>representatives committees having jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.96.0"></a><a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 96. <b>RULEMAKING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency must amend Minnesota Rules <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>to conform to section 62. The commissioner may use the good cause exemption under <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), and Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>section 14.386, does not apply, except as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.97.0"></a><a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 97. <b>CONTINGENT AMENDMENT AND REPEAL; 2012 LAW.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>If H.F. 2171 or its equivalent is not enacted in 2012 and S.F. 2493 or its equivalent is <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>enacted in 2012, then S.F. 2493, article 4, section 2, or its equivalent is repealed and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>appropriation in article 4, section 3, of that act is reduced by $1,000,000.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.98.0"></a><a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 98. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 84.946, subdivision 3; 86A.12, subdivision 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>89.06; 90.042; 97A.4742, subdivision 4; 103G.705; 115.447; 115A.07, subdivision 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>115A.965, subdivision 7; and 216H.07, subdivision 4,  Laws 2011, chapter 107, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>105,  and Minnesota Rules, parts 7002.0025, subpart 2a; 7011.7030; 7021.0010, subpart 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>7021.0050, subparts 1, 2, and 3; and 7041.0500, subparts 5, 6, and 7, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 86B.508; and 86B.811, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>subdivision 1a, are repealed."<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>relating to natural resources; providing for certain advisory inspections; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>providing for apprentice riders; modifying aquatic invasive species provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>modifying local government trail authority; modifying enforcement provisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>providing for public grazing program; modifying prior appropriations; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>and eliminating certain reporting, plan, and meeting requirements; eliminating <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>loan program; modifying La Salle Lake State Recreation Area administration; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>modifying Water Law; modifying disposition of certain receipts; modifying local <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>standard provisions for subsurface sewage treatment systems; modifying waste <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>management provisions; modifying certain environmental review requirements; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>modifying certain environmental law; extending prohibition on new open air <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>swine basins; authorizing and clarifying the use of general permits; modifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>state park permit provisions; requiring reports and studies; providing civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>penalties; authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>Statutes 2010, sections 84.0895, subdivision 7; 84.67; 84.91, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>84D.05, subdivision 1; 85.018, subdivision 2; 85.052, subdivision 3; 85.053, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>subdivision 7; 85.20, subdivision 1; 85.46, subdivision 1; 86B.331, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var>93.2236; 97A.401, subdivision 1; 97A.421, subdivision 4a; 103A.43; 103B.101, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var>subdivisions 2, 7, 10, by adding subdivisions; 103B.311, subdivision 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>103B.3363, by adding a subdivision; 103B.3369; 103B.355; 103F.211, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>a subdivision; 103F.321, by adding a subdivision; 103G.2241, subdivisions 1, 9; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>103G.2242, subdivision 3; 103G.245, subdivisions 2, 3; 103G.261; 103G.265, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>by adding a subdivision; 103G.271, subdivision 1; 103G.282, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>1; 103G.301, subdivisions 2, 4, 5, 5a; 103G.611, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>103H.175, subdivision 3; 115.06, subdivision 4; 115.42; 115.55, subdivision 7; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.35"></a><var>64.35</var>115A.15, subdivision 5; 115A.411; 115A.551, subdivisions 2a, 4; 115A.557, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.36"></a><var>64.36</var>subdivision 4; 115A.904; 115D.08; 116.011; 116.0714; 116.10; 116C.833, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.37"></a><var>64.37</var>subdivision 2; 116D.04, by adding a subdivision; 116J.035, subdivision 8, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.38"></a><var>64.38</var>added; 216C.055; 216H.07, subdivision 3; 473.149, subdivisions 1, 6; 473.846; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.39"></a><var>64.39</var>Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 84D.01, subdivision 15a; 84D.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.40"></a><var>64.40</var>subdivision 3; 84D.09, subdivision 2; 84D.10, subdivisions 1, 4; 84D.105, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.41"></a><var>64.41</var>subdivision 2; 84D.108, subdivision 1; 84D.13, subdivision 5; 97C.341; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.42"></a><var>64.42</var>103G.222, subdivision 1; 103G.615, subdivisions 1, 2; 115A.1320, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.43"></a><var>64.43</var>1; 116D.04, subdivision 2a, as amended; Laws 2007, chapter 57, article 1, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.44"></a><var>64.44</var>4, subdivision 2, as amended; Laws 2010, chapter 362, section 2, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.45"></a><var>64.45</var>7; Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 6, article 3, section 8, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.46"></a><var>64.46</var>3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 84; 86B; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.47"></a><var>64.47</var>103B; 103G; 115A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 84.946, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.48"></a><var>64.48</var>subdivision 3; 86A.12, subdivision 5; 89.06; 90.042; 97A.4742, subdivision 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.49"></a><var>64.49</var>103G.705; 115.447; 115A.07, subdivision 2; 115A.965, subdivision 7; 216H.07, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.50"></a><var>64.50</var>subdivision 4; Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 86B.508; 86B.811, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.51"></a><var>64.51</var>subdivision 1a; Laws 2011, chapter 107, section 105; Minnesota Rules, parts <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>7002.0025, subpart 2a; 7011.7030; 7021.0010, subpart 3; 7021.0050, subparts <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>1, 2, 3; 7041.0500, subparts 5, 6, 7."<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
               <td></td>
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            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Denny McNamara<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Paul Anderson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Tom Hackbarth<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Paul Torkelson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>David Dill<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Bill G. Ingebrigtsen<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Gary H. Dahms<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Paul Gazelka<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>John C. Pederson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Al D. DeKruif<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
      </div>