.................... moves to amend H. F. No. 2285 as follows:Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
"Section 1.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the amendment is adopted, a section will be added
to article XI, to read:Sec. 15. Beginning July 1, 2010, the sales and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of one-fourth of one
percent on sales and uses taxable under the general state sales and use tax law, plus penalties and interest and reduced by
any refunds, are dedicated to the following funds: 50 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the natural resources
fund and may be spent only to restore, preserve, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and 50 percent of the receipts shall
be deposited in the environmental fund and credited to the clean water legacy account and may be spent only to protect and
restore the state's lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater. The money dedicated under this section shall not be
used as a substitute for traditional funding sources for the purposes specified, but the dedicated money shall supplement
traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Easements in land acquired with money deposited in the natural resources
fund under this section must be open to public taking of game and fish during the open season.
Sec. 2.
SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2008 general election. The question submitted shall be:"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide funding, beginning July 1, 2010, to restore, preserve, and enhance
fish and wildlife habitat and protect and restore the state's lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater by dedicating
the sales and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of one-fourth of one percent on taxable sales?
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 114D.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:Subd. 2.
Sources of revenue. The following revenues must be deposited in the clean water legacy account:
(1) money credited to the account as provided in the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15;(1) (2) money transferred to the account; and
(2) (3) interest accrued on the account.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2010, if the constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 is adopted by the voters.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.(a) Except as provided in this section
and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter
in the state treasury and credit them to the general fund.(b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic account in the special revenue fund if:(1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for the construction and operation of an agricultural
resource project; and(2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment was made for a loan guaranty for the project
under section
41A.04, subdivision 3. The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the project received the conditional commitment.
The amount deposited in the loan guaranty account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department
of Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.(c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, derived from the taxes imposed on sales
and purchases included in section
297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them as follows: (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal year the amount required by section
16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general fund.(d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties, collected under section
297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the
highway user tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section
297A.64, subdivision 5, for the previous calendar year. (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter,
72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section
297A.65, must be deposited by the commissioner in the state treasury as follows: (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account in the game and fish fund, and may be
spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration,
and enhancement of land, water, and other natural resources of the state;(2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may be spent only for state parks and
trails;(3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may be spent only on metropolitan park
and trail grants;(4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may be spent only on local trail grants;
and(5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological
Garden, the Como Park Zoo and Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo.(f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute for traditional sources of funding for the purposes
specified, but the dedicated revenue shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with
money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public hunting and fishing during the open season,
except that in aquatic management areas or on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited
during certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money deposited in the game and
fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated
for field operations.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2010, if the constitutional amendment proposed in section 1 is adopted by the voters."Delete the title and insert:
"A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution by adding a section to article XI; dedicating
sales and use tax receipts equal to a rate of one-fourth of one percent on taxable sales and uses to protect fish and wildlife
habitat and the state's waters;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 114D.45, subdivision 2; 297A.94."