2006 Minnesota Statutes

116P.03 TRUST FUND NOT TO SUPPLANT EXISTING FUNDING; APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) The trust fund may not be used as a substitute for traditional sources of funding
environmental and natural resources activities, but the trust fund shall supplement the traditional
sources, including those sources used to support the criteria in section 116P.08, subdivision 1.
The trust fund must be used primarily to support activities whose benefits become available
only over an extended period of time.
(b) The commission must determine the amount of the state budget spent from traditional
sources to fund environmental and natural resources activities before and after the trust fund
is established and include a comparison of the amount in the report under section 116P.09,
subdivision 7.
(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, the amount of the
environment and natural resources trust fund that is available for appropriation under the terms of
the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 14, shall be appropriated by law.
(d) The amount appropriated from the environment and natural resources trust fund may be
spent only for the public purpose of protection, conservation, preservation, and enhancement of
the state's air, water, land, fish, wildlife, and other natural resources. Recommendations made by
the commission under this chapter must be consistent with the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
section 14; this chapter; and the strategic plan adopted under section 116P.08, subdivision 3, and
must demonstrate a direct benefit to the state's environment and natural resources.
History: 1988 c 690 art 1 s 7; 2006 c 243 s 3