1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for lawns to legumes grant 
1.3 	program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LAWNS TO LEGUMES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$....... in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Water 
1.7 	and Soil Resources for demonstration projects that provide grants or payments to plant 
1.8 	residential lawns with native vegetation and pollinator-friendly forbs and legumes to protect 
1.9 	a diversity of pollinators. The board must establish criteria for grants or payments awarded 
1.10 	under this section. Grants or payments awarded under this section may be made for up to 
1.11 	75 percent of the costs of the project, except that in areas identified by the United States 
1.12 	Fish and Wildlife Service as areas where there is a high potential for rusty patched bumble 
1.13 	bees to be present, grants may be awarded for up to 90 percent of the costs of the project. 
1.14 	This is a onetime appropriation.