1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for an Aquatic Invasive 
1.3 	Species Cooperative Research Center;proposing coding for new law in 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84D.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [84D.16] AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COOPERATIVE 
1.7 	RESEARCH CENTER.
1.8 	The following amounts are appropriated from the outdoor heritage fund to the Board 
1.9 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Aquatic Invasive Species Cooperative 
1.10 	Research Center to develop and implement new technologies to permanently control 
1.11 	aquatic invasive species:
1.12 	(1) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2014;
1.13 	(2) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2015;
1.14 	(3) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2016; and
1.15 	(4) $1,200,000 in fiscal year 2017.

1.16 	Sec. 2. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES COOPERATIVE RESEARCH 
1.17 	CENTER; APPROPRIATION.
 1.18 	$750,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2013 from the outdoor heritage fund to the 
1.19 	Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota to establish an Aquatic Invasive Species 
1.20 	Cooperative Research Center.