1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2285, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.4    "Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
1.5    An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
1.6amendment is adopted, a section will be added to article XI, to read:
1.7    Sec. 15. Because hunting and fishing and the taking of game and fish are forever
1.8preserved for the people under article XIII, section 12, beginning July 1, 2010, the sales
1.9and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of one-eighth of one percent on
1.10sales and uses taxable under the general state sales and use tax law, plus penalties and
1.11interest and reduced by any refunds, are dedicated only to provide hunter and angler
1.12access and to improve, preserve, or protect game and fish habitat. The money dedicated
1.13under this section shall not be used as a substitute for traditional funding sources for
1.14the purposes specified, but the dedicated money shall supplement traditional sources of
1.15funding for those purposes. Easements in land acquired with money deposited in the
1.16game and fish preservation fund under this section must be open to public taking of game
1.17and fish during the open season.

1.18    Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.19    The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2008 general
1.20election. The question submitted shall be:
1.21    "Because hunting and fishing are forever preserved under the Minnesota
1.22Constitution, shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide funding, without
1.23increasing the state sales and use tax, beginning July 1, 2010, to provide hunter and angler
1.24access and to improve, preserve, or protect game and fish habitat by dedicating the sales
1.25and use tax receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of one-eighth of one percent on
1.26taxable sales?

2.1	Yes .......
2.2	No ......."

2.3    Sec. 3. [84.946] GAME AND FISH PRESERVATION FUND.
2.4    The commissioner of finance shall create a game and fish preservation fund. The
2.5fund shall consist of revenue deposited under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
2.6section 15, and all money earned by the fund.

2.7    Sec. 4. [84.947] GAME AND FISH PRESERVATION FUND; EXPENDITURE
2.8ALLOCATION.
2.9    The commissioner of natural resources' Budgetary Oversight Committee, under
2.10section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, shall allocate expenditures from the game and fish
2.11preservation fund. The amount of the game and fish preservation fund that is available
2.12for appropriation under the terms of the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 15, is
2.13appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources' Budgetary Oversight Committee.
2.14The expenditure allocations must be only for projects that provide hunter and angler
2.15access and to improve, preserve, or protect game and fish habitat.

2.16    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 97A.055, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:
2.17    Subd. 4b. Citizen oversight subcommittees. (a) The commissioner shall appoint
2.18subcommittees of affected persons to review the reports prepared under subdivision 4;
2.19review the proposed work plans and budgets for the coming year; propose changes
2.20in policies, activities, and revenue enhancements or reductions; review other relevant
2.21information; and make recommendations to the legislature and the commissioner for
2.22improvements in the management and use of money in the game and fish fund.
2.23    (b) The commissioner shall appoint the following subcommittees, each comprised
2.24of at least three affected persons:
2.25    (1) a Fisheries Operations Subcommittee to review fisheries funding, excluding
2.26activities related to trout and salmon stamp funding;
2.27    (2) a Wildlife Operations Subcommittee to review wildlife funding, excluding
2.28activities related to migratory waterfowl, pheasant, and turkey stamp funding and
2.29excluding review of the amounts available under section 97A.075, subdivision 1,
2.30paragraphs (b) and (c);
2.31    (3) a Big Game Subcommittee to review the report required in subdivision 4,
2.32paragraph (a), clause (2);
2.33    (4) an Ecological Services Operations Subcommittee to review ecological services
2.34funding;
2.35    (5) a subcommittee to review game and fish fund funding of enforcement, support
2.36services, and Department of Natural Resources administration;
3.1    (6) a subcommittee to review the trout and salmon stamp report and address funding
3.2issues related to trout and salmon;
3.3    (7) a subcommittee to review the report on the migratory waterfowl stamp and
3.4address funding issues related to migratory waterfowl;
3.5    (8) a subcommittee to review the report on the pheasant stamp and address funding
3.6issues related to pheasants; and
3.7    (9) a subcommittee to review the report on the turkey stamp and address funding
3.8issues related to wild turkeys.
3.9    (c) The chairs of each of the subcommittees shall form a Budgetary Oversight
3.10Committee to coordinate the integration of the subcommittee reports into an annual
3.11report to the legislature; recommend changes on a broad level in policies, activities, and
3.12revenue enhancements or reductions; provide a forum to address issues that transcend the
3.13subcommittees; and submit a report for any subcommittee that fails to submit its report
3.14in a timely manner.
3.15    (d) The Budgetary Oversight Committee shall develop recommendations for a
3.16biennial budget plan and report for expenditures on game and fish activities. By August 15
3.17of each even-numbered year, the committee shall submit the budget plan recommendations
3.18to the commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
3.19resources finance. In addition, the committee must review and decide on recommended
3.20expenditures from the game and fish preservation fund under section 84.947.
3.21    (e) Each subcommittee shall choose its own chair, except that the chair of the
3.22Budgetary Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the commissioner and may not
3.23be the chair of any of the subcommittees.
3.24    (f) The Budgetary Oversight Committee must make recommendations to the
3.25commissioner and to the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over natural
3.26resources finance for outcome goals from expenditures.
3.27    (g) Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the
3.28Budgetary Oversight Committee and subcommittees do not expire until June 30, 2010.
3.29Expenses for performing their duties under this section are governed by section 15.059,
3.30subdivision 6.

3.31    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
3.32297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
3.33    (a) Except as provided in this section and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
3.34section 15, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
3.35derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state treasury and credit them to the
3.36general fund.
4.1    (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic
4.2account in the special revenue fund if:
4.3    (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for
4.4the construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
4.5    (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment
4.6was made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
4.7The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the
4.8project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan guaranty
4.9account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department of
4.10Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
4.11    (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
4.12derived from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61,
4.13subdivision 3 , paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them
4.14as follows:
4.15    (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal
4.16year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
4.17    (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general
4.18fund.
4.19    (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
4.20collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the
4.21general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user
4.22tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64,
4.23subdivision 5 , for the previous calendar year.
4.24    (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and
4.25for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and
4.26penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by
4.27the commissioner in the state treasury as follows:
4.28    (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account
4.29in the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or
4.30protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement
4.31of land, water, and other natural resources of the state;
4.32    (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
4.33may be spent only for state parks and trails;
4.34    (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
4.35may be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
5.1    (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
5.2may be spent only on local trail grants; and
5.3    (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
5.4and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and
5.5Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo.
5.6    (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute
5.7for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue
5.8shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with
5.9money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public
5.10hunting and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or
5.11on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during
5.12certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money
5.13deposited in the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish
5.14and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated for field operations.

5.15    Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5.16    Sections 1 and 2 apply to sales and uses occurring after June 30, 2010. Sections 3, 4,
5.175, and 6 are effective July 1, 2010, if the constitutional amendment proposed in section 1
5.18is adopted by the voters."
5.19Delete the title and insert:
5.21relating to constitutional amendments; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota
5.22Constitution by adding a section to article XI; dedicating sales and use tax
5.23receipts equal to a rate of one-eighth of one percent on taxable sales and uses to
5.24provide angler and hunter access and to improve, preserve, or protect game and
5.25fish habitat; creating a game and fish preservation fund; amending Minnesota
5.26Statutes 2006, sections 97A.055, subdivision 4b; 297A.94; proposing coding for
5.27new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84."