1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for a report on cattail control.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CATTAIL CONTROL REPORT.
 1.5 	$10,000 in fiscal year 2015 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.6 	of natural resources to prepare a report in consultation with the University of Minnesota 
1.7 	and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities containing recommendations on how to 
1.8 	address the spread of narrow-leaved and hybrid cattails and requests by municipalities and 
1.9 	others for additional control options. The commissioner must submit the report to the chairs 
1.10 	and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and 
1.11 	divisions with jurisdiction over the environment and natural resources by January 15, 2015.