1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the military; designating certain lands around Camp Ripley as sentinel 
1.3 	landscape; creating a coordinating committee; requiring a report;proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 190.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [190.33] CAMP RIPLEY SENTINEL LANDSCAPE.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Designation of certain lands. (a) By January 1, 2016, the 
1.8 	coordinating committee established under subdivision 2 shall designate certain lands in 
1.9 	the vicinity of Camp Ripley to be contained in the sentinel landscape. The purpose of this 
1.10 	designation shall be to identify lands important to the nation's defense mission in an effort 
1.11 	to preserve and enhance the relationship between willing landowners and Camp Ripley 
1.12 	and to create incentives to encourage landowners' land management practices consistent 
1.13 	with Camp Ripley's military missions.
1.14 	(b) In designating which lands are included in the sentinel landscape, the 
1.15 	coordinating committee shall include all working or natural lands, wherever located, that 
1.16 	the coordinating committee believes contribute to the long-term sustainability of the 
1.17 	military missions conducted at Camp Ripley.
1.18 	(c) In determining which lands to designate, the coordinating committee shall seek 
1.19 	input from the director of the Department of Defense Readiness and Environmental 
1.20 	Protection Integration Program, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, the director 
1.21 	of the Army Compatible Use Buffer Program, the commander of the Camp Ripley 
1.22 	Training Center, the commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of natural resources, 
1.23 	the executive director of the Board of Water and Soil Resources, appropriate county 
2.1 	commissioners from any county where designated lands are located, and any others the 
2.2 	adjutant general deems appropriate. 
2.3 	(d) Individuals who own land which is deemed part of the sentinel landscape shall be 
2.4 	provided the opportunity to participate, on a voluntary basis, in various programs designed 
2.5 	to encourage land uses compatible with Camp Ripley's military missions.
2.6 		Subd. 2.Establishment of coordinating committee. (a) By March 1, 2016, 
2.7 	the adjutant general shall establish a coordinating committee to address issues related 
2.8 	to technical support services and appropriate financial assistance to landowners who 
2.9 	voluntarily participate in the sentinel landscape program in subdivision 1.
2.10 	(b) The committee will be comprised of the following individuals:
2.11 	(1) the adjutant general or a designee;
2.12 	(2) the commissioner of agriculture or a designee;
2.13 	(3) the commissioner of natural resources or a designee; and
2.14 	(4) the executive director of the Board of Water and Soil Resources or a designee.
2.15 	The committee may also seek input from federal agencies, including but not limited 
2.16 	to the Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the National Guard Bureau, 
2.17 	the Department of the Interior, or the Department of Agriculture. The committee may 
2.18 	also appoint members from other state agencies, county officials from any county where 
2.19 	sentinel landscapes are located, and nongovernmental organizations that participate in 
2.20 	land management activities within the sentinel landscape.
2.21 		Subd. 3.Report. No later than January 16, 2017, the adjutant general, with the 
2.22 	assistance of the coordinating committee established in subdivision 2, shall produce a 
2.23 	report summarizing the committee's efforts to encourage landowners within the Camp 
2.24 	Ripley sentinel landscape to voluntarily participate in and begin or continue land uses 
2.25 	compatible with Camp Ripley's military mission. This report will include a map which 
2.26 	geographically defines the boundaries of the sentinel landscape and may also provide 
2.27 	recommendations for any further legislation the coordinating committee deems necessary 
2.28 	to further the goals of this program.

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