1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to legacy funding; requiring a disparities impact report for new and existing 
1.3 	programs.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DISPARITY IMPACT REPORT; NEW AND EXISTING LEGACY 
1.6 	PROJECTS.
 1.7 	(a) Each recipient of funds from the outdoor heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and 
1.8 	trails fund, or arts and cultural heritage fund in fiscal year 2018 or 2019 must prepare a 
1.9 	report on the actions and evidence of the results of those actions that the recipient of funds 
1.10 	has taken to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the new or existing programs funded by 
1.11 	a legacy fund will decrease or, at a minimum, not increase relevant disparities. For purposes 
1.12 	of this section, "disparities" means differences in economic, employment, health, education, 
1.13 	or public safety outcomes between the state population as a whole and subgroups of the 
1.14 	population defined by race, gender, and geography to the extent data is available. No later 
1.15 	than January 15 in each fiscal year the recipient receives funding, each recipient of legacy 
1.16 	funds must report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the legacy funds:
1.17 	(1) actions the recipient has taken to ensure, to the extent practicable, that the 
1.18 	administration of legacy funded programs will decrease or, at a minimum, not increase 
1.19 	existing disparities; and
1.20 	(2) program goals and outcomes related to decreasing disparities.
1.21 	(b) Each recipient must include recommendations for additional actions that can be taken 
1.22 	to address or decrease disparities in future programming that uses legacy funds. This section 
2.1 	applies to legacy fund recipients receiving $25,000 or more in funding from the outdoor 
2.2 	heritage fund, clean water fund, parks and trails fund, or arts and cultural heritage fund in 
2.3 	the 2018-2019 biennium.