2007 Minnesota Statutes

290.432 CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.
A corporation that files an income tax return may designate on its original return that $1 or
more shall be added to the tax or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be payable by
or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife management account established by
section 290.431 for use by the section of wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources for its
nongame wildlife program. The commissioner of revenue shall, on the corporate tax return, notify
filers of their right to designate that a portion of their tax return be paid into the nongame wildlife
management account for the protection of endangered natural resources. All interest earned
on money accrued, gifts to the program, contributions to the program, and reimbursements of
expenditures in the nongame wildlife management account shall be credited to the account by the
commissioner of finance, except that gifts or contributions received directly by the commissioner
of natural resources and directed by the contributor for use in specific nongame field projects or
geographic areas shall be handled according to section 84.085, subdivision 1. The commissioner
of natural resources shall submit a work program for each fiscal year to the Legislative-Citizen
Commission on Minnesota Resources in the form determined by the commission. None of the
money provided in this section may be spent unless the commission has approved the work
program.
The state pledges and agrees with all corporate contributors to the nongame wildlife account
to use the funds contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further agrees that
it will not impose additional conditions or restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the
ability of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available funds for the most efficient
and effective management of those programs.
History: 1989 c 335 art 1 s 189; 1999 c 231 s 179; 2000 c 495 s 48; 2003 c 112 art 2 s
50; 2006 c 243 s 21