1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for the Invasive Terrestrial  
1.3 	Plants and Pests Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. INVASIVE TERRESTRIAL PLANTS AND PESTS CENTER.
 1.6 	$5,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board 
1.7 	of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the Invasive Terrestrial  Plants and Pests 
1.8 	Center established in Laws  2014, chapter 312, article 13, section 44, to conduct research 
1.9 	to prevent, minimize, and mitigate the threats and impacts posed by invasive plants, 
1.10 	pathogens, and pests to the state's prairies, forests, wetlands, and agricultural resources. 
1.11 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 2023.