1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; requiring audit prior to availability of outdoor 
1.3 	heritage fund appropriations.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COMPLETION OF AUDIT REQUIRED; OUTDOOR HERITAGE 
1.6 	FUNDS.
 1.7 	An appropriation in fiscal year 2017 from the outdoor heritage fund is not available 
1.8 	until the Office of the Legislative Auditor completes its next financial audit of the outdoor 
1.9 	heritage fund, anticipated to be completed in 2016, and the legislative auditor has 
1.10 	submitted the report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.056, subdivision 11, 
1.11 	paragraph (c), listing noncompliant recipients. A recipient listed in the report may not 
1.12 	receive money appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund until the legislative auditor 
1.13 	has removed the recipient from the list as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.14 	97A.056, subdivision 11, paragraph (c).

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.16 	and applies to appropriations enacted on or after that date.