1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; appropriating money for a biological assessment of the lower 
1.3 	Minnesota River.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER BIOLOGICAL 
1.6 	ASSESSMENT.
 1.7 	$348,000 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the commissioner of the 
1.8 	Pollution Control Agency to retest the comprehensive assessment of the biological 
1.9 	conditions of the lower Minnesota River and its tributaries within the Lower Minnesota 
1.10 	River Major Watershed, as previously assessed from 1976 to 1992 under the Minnesota 
1.11 	River Assessment Project (MRAP). The assessment must include fish sampling at the 
1.12 	same 116 locations and macroinvertebrate sampling at the same 41 locations as the MRAP 
1.13 	assessment. The assessment must:
1.14 	(1) include an analysis of the findings; and
1.15 	(2) identify factors that limit aquatic life uses in the Minnesota River.