1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the environment; requiring the
1.3 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to seek
1.4 	funding for environmental justice mapping.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. FUNDING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MAPPING.
 1.7 	The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency shall
1.8 	apply for federal funding to continue to expand the agency's
1.9 	environmental justice mapping project.  The commissioner shall
1.10 	coordinate the project with the Department of Health and the
1.11 	Department of Agriculture in order to explore possible links
1.12 	between environmental health and toxic exposures and to help
1.13 	create a system for environmental public health tracking.  The
1.14 	commissioner shall also make recommendations to the legislature
1.15 	for additional sources of funding within the state.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
1.17 	following final enactment.