1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for Natural Resources Research 
1.3 	Institute.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 and each year thereafter 
1.7 	are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for transfer 
1.8 	to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Natural Resources Research 
1.9 	Institute at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. The funds must be used for operations, 
1.10 	maintenance, research, and staff support to strengthen applied research activities and 
1.11 	accelerate innovation and economic development in key areas such as minerals, mining and 
1.12 	water, energy and the environment, and forest products and bioeconomy.