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. Beginning July 1, 2010, the sales and use tax receipts equal to the state sales
1.8and use tax of one-fourth of one percent on sales and uses taxable under the general state
1.9sales and use tax law, plus penalties and interest and reduced by any refunds, are dedicated
1.10to the following funds: 50 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the natural resources
1.11fund and may be spent only to restore, preserve, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and
1.1250 percent of the receipts shall be deposited in the environmental fund and credited to the
1.13clean water legacy account and may be spent only to protect and restore the state's lakes,
1.14rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater. The money dedicated under this section shall
1.15not be used as a substitute for traditional funding sources for the purposes specified, but
1.16the dedicated money shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes.
1.17Easements in land acquired with money deposited in the natural resources fund under this
1.18section must be open to public taking of game and fish during the open season.

1.19    Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.20    The proposed amendment shall be submitted to the people at the 2008 general
1.21election. The question submitted shall be:
1.22    "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide funding, beginning July 1,
1.232010, to restore, preserve, and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and protect and restore the
1.24state's lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater by dedicating the sales and use tax
1.25receipts equal to the state sales and use tax of one-fourth of one percent on taxable sales?

1.26	Yes .......
1.27	No ......."

2.1    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 114D.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.2    Subd. 2. Sources of revenue. The following revenues must be deposited in the
2.3clean water legacy account:
2.4    (1) money credited to the account as provided in the Minnesota Constitution, article
2.5XI, section 15;
2.6    (1) (2) money transferred to the account; and
2.7    (2) (3) interest accrued on the account.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2010, if the constitutional
2.9amendment proposed in section 1 is adopted by the voters.

2.10    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 297A.94, is amended to read:
2.11297A.94 DEPOSIT OF REVENUES.
2.12    (a) Except as provided in this section and the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
2.13section 15, the commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
2.14derived from the taxes imposed by this chapter in the state treasury and credit them to the
2.15general fund.
2.16    (b) The commissioner shall deposit taxes in the Minnesota agricultural and economic
2.17account in the special revenue fund if:
2.18    (1) the taxes are derived from sales and use of property and services purchased for
2.19the construction and operation of an agricultural resource project; and
2.20    (2) the purchase was made on or after the date on which a conditional commitment
2.21was made for a loan guaranty for the project under section 41A.04, subdivision 3.
2.22The commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the date on which the
2.23project received the conditional commitment. The amount deposited in the loan guaranty
2.24account must be reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the Department of
2.25Revenue to administer and enforce the assessment and collection of the taxes.
2.26    (c) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
2.27derived from the taxes imposed on sales and purchases included in section 297A.61,
2.28subdivision 3 , paragraph (g), clauses (1) and (4), in the state treasury, and credit them
2.29as follows:
2.30    (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt service account in each fiscal
2.31year the amount required by section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and
2.32    (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the balance to the general
2.33fund.
2.34    (d) The commissioner shall deposit the revenues, including interest and penalties,
2.35collected under section 297A.64, subdivision 5, in the state treasury and credit them to the
3.1general fund. By July 15 of each year the commissioner shall transfer to the highway user
3.2tax distribution fund an amount equal to the excess fees collected under section 297A.64,
3.3subdivision 5 , for the previous calendar year.
3.4    (e) For fiscal year 2001, 97 percent; for fiscal years 2002 and 2003, 87 percent; and
3.5for fiscal year 2004 and thereafter, 72.43 percent of the revenues, including interest and
3.6penalties, transmitted to the commissioner under section 297A.65, must be deposited by
3.7the commissioner in the state treasury as follows:
3.8    (1) 50 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the heritage enhancement account
3.9in the game and fish fund, and may be spent only on activities that improve, enhance, or
3.10protect fish and wildlife resources, including conservation, restoration, and enhancement
3.11of land, water, and other natural resources of the state;
3.12    (2) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
3.13may be spent only for state parks and trails;
3.14    (3) 22.5 percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
3.15may be spent only on metropolitan park and trail grants;
3.16    (4) three percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund, and
3.17may be spent only on local trail grants; and
3.18    (5) two percent of the receipts must be deposited in the natural resources fund,
3.19and may be spent only for the Minnesota Zoological Garden, the Como Park Zoo and
3.20Conservatory, and the Duluth Zoo.
3.21    (f) The revenue dedicated under paragraph (e) may not be used as a substitute
3.22for traditional sources of funding for the purposes specified, but the dedicated revenue
3.23shall supplement traditional sources of funding for those purposes. Land acquired with
3.24money deposited in the game and fish fund under paragraph (e) must be open to public
3.25hunting and fishing during the open season, except that in aquatic management areas or
3.26on lands where angling easements have been acquired, fishing may be prohibited during
3.27certain times of the year and hunting may be prohibited. At least 87 percent of the money
3.28deposited in the game and fish fund for improvement, enhancement, or protection of fish
3.29and wildlife resources under paragraph (e) must be allocated for field operations.
3.30EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2010, if the constitutional
3.31amendment proposed in section 1 is adopted by the voters."
3.32Delete the title and insert:
3.34relating to natural resources; proposing an amendment to the Minnesota
3.35Constitution by adding a section to article XI; dedicating sales and use tax
3.36receipts equal to a rate of one-fourth of one percent on taxable sales and uses
4.1to protect fish and wildlife habitat and the state's waters;amending Minnesota
4.2Statutes 2006, sections 114D.45, subdivision 2; 297A.94."