1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2314 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3	"Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.

1.4    The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made
1.5in this act.

1.6			2010		2011		Total
1.7	General	$	(4,032,000)	$	(6,044,000)	$	(10,076,000)
1.8	Environmental		-0-		535,000		535,000
1.9	Game and Fish		-0-		250,000		250,000
1.10	Total	$	(4,032,000)	$	(5,259,000)	$	(9,291,000)

1.11	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.

1.12    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown
1.13in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, to
1.14the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the
1.15general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for
1.16each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act mean that the addition to
1.17or subtraction from the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year
1.18ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, respectively. Supplemental appropriations and
1.19reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, are effective the
1.20day following final enactment.

1.21				APPROPRIATIONS
1.22				Available for the Year
1.23				Ending June 30
1.24					2010		2011

1.25

Sec. 3. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

1.26

Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation

$

(535,000)

$

(630,000)

2.1	Appropriations by Fund
2.2	General	(535,000)	(1,165,000)
2.3	Environmental	-0-	535,000

2.4The appropriation additions or reductions
2.5for each purpose are shown in the following
2.6subdivisions.
2.7In order to leverage nonstate money or to
2.8address high priority needs identified by the
2.9commissioner, the commissioner may shift
2.10appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37,
2.11article 1, section 3, available in one fiscal
2.12year to the other fiscal year. Any adjustments
2.13made under this paragraph do not affect the
2.14agency base for the programs affected.

2.15

Subd. 2.Water

(392,000)

(456,000)

2.16	Appropriations by Fund
2.17	General	(392,000)	(991,000)
2.18	Environmental	-0-	535,000

2.19The commissioner shall recover the cost
2.20of attorney general services related to
2.21environmental assessment worksheets from
2.22the project proposers.
2.23$485,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
2.24appropriation for general water program
2.25operations.
2.26$485,000 is appropriated from the
2.27environmental fund for attorney general
2.28costs in water program operations.
2.29$140,000 in 2010 and $304,000 in 2011 are
2.30reductions in the appropriations for the clean
2.31water partnership program.
2.32$152,000 in 2010 and $152,000 in 2011
2.33are reductions in the appropriations for the
2.34county feedlot grant program.
3.1$100,000 in 2010 is a reduction in the
3.2appropriation for stormwater compliance
3.3grants.
3.4$50,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
3.5appropriation for grants to the Red River
3.6Watershed Management Board for the river
3.7watch program.
3.8$50,000 in 2011 is appropriated from the
3.9environmental fund for grants to the Red
3.10River Watershed Management Board for the
3.11river watch program.

3.12 3.13

Subd. 3.Environmental Assistance and Cross-Media

(61,000)

(95,000)

3.14

Subd. 4.Administrative Support

(82,000)

(79,000)

3.15

Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES

3.16

Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation

$

(2,501,000)

$

(3,184,000)

3.17	Appropriations by Fund
3.18	General	(2,501,000)	(3,434,000)
3.19	Game and Fish	-0-	250,000

3.20The appropriation additions or reductions
3.21for each purpose are shown in the following
3.22subdivisions.
3.23In order to leverage nonstate money, or to
3.24address high priority needs identified by the
3.25commissioner, the commissioner may shift
3.26appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 37,
3.27article 1, section 4, available in one fiscal
3.28year to the other fiscal year. Any adjustments
3.29made under this paragraph do not affect the
3.30agency base for the programs affected.

3.31

Subd. 2.Lands and Minerals

(315,000)

(333,000)

4.1$124,000 in 2010 and $124,000 in 2011 are
4.2reductions in the appropriations for land and
4.3mineral resources management operations.
4.4$67,000 in 2010 and $85,000 in 2011 are
4.5reductions in the appropriations for the iron
4.6ore cooperative research program.
4.7$6,000 in 2010 and $6,000 in 2011 are
4.8reductions in the appropriations for minerals
4.9cooperative research.
4.10$115,000 in 2010 and $115,000 in 2011 are
4.11reductions in the appropriation for issuing
4.12mining permits in Laws 2009, chapter 88,
4.13article 12, section 22.
4.14$3,000 in 2010 and $3,000 in 2011 is a
4.15reduction in the appropriation for minerals
4.16diversification.

4.17

Subd. 3.Water Resource Management

(447,000)

(533,000)

4.18$447,000 in 2010 and $447,000 in 2011 are
4.19reductions in the appropriations for water
4.20resource management operations.
4.21$60,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
4.22appropriation for grants to the Mississippi
4.23Headwaters Board.
4.24$5,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
4.25appropriation for the payment to the Leech
4.26Lake Band of Chippewa Indians.
4.27$10,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
4.28appropriation for the construction of ring
4.29dikes.
4.30$11,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
4.31appropriation for the Red River Flood
4.32Damage Reduction grants.

4.33

Subd. 4.Forest Management

(815,000)

(665,000)

5.1	Appropriations by Fund
5.2	General	(815,000)	(915,000)
5.3	Game and Fish	-0-	250,000

5.4$617,000 in 2010 and $617,000 in 2011 are
5.5reductions in the appropriations for forest
5.6management.
5.7$82,000 in 2010 and $82,000 in 2011 are
5.8reductions in the appropriations to maintain
5.9forest management operations.
5.10$72,000 in 2010 and $72,000 in 2011
5.11are reductions in the appropriations for
5.12prevention, presuppression, and suppression
5.13costs of emergency firefighting.
5.14$14,000 in 2010 and $14,000 in 2011 are
5.15reductions in the appropriations for the
5.16FORIST system.
5.17$30,000 in 2010 and $130,000 in 2011 are
5.18reductions in the appropriations for grants to
5.19the Forest Resources Council.
5.20$250,000 in fiscal year 2011 is appropriated
5.21from the game and fish fund to maintain and
5.22expand the Ecological Classification System
5.23program on state forest lands. This is a
5.24onetime appropriation.

5.25

Subd. 5.Parks and Trails Management

(565,000)

(565,000)

5.26$490,000 in 2010 and $490,000 in 2011 are
5.27reductions in the appropriations for parks
5.28management.
5.29$75,000 in 2010 and $75,000 in 2011 are
5.30reductions in the appropriations for trails and
5.31waterways management.

5.32

Subd. 6.Fish and Wildlife Management

-0-

(400,000)

6.1$400,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
6.2appropriation for wildlife health programs.

6.3

Subd. 7.Ecological Services

(213,000)

(188,000)

6.4$168,000 in 2010 and $168,000 in 2011
6.5are reductions in the appropriations for
6.6ecological services operations.
6.7$45,000 in 2010 and $20,000 in 2011 are
6.8reductions in the appropriations for the
6.9prevention of the spread of invasive species.

6.10

Subd. 8.Enforcement

(136,000)

(400,000)

6.11

Subd. 9.Operations Support

(10,000)

(100,000)

6.12 6.13

Sec. 5. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES

$

(884,000)

$

(1,145,000)

6.14$119,000 in 2010 and $119,000 in 2011
6.15are reductions in the appropriations for
6.16administration.
6.17$33,000 in 2010 and $33,000 in 2011 are
6.18reductions in the appropriations for Wetland
6.19Conservation Act oversight.
6.20$14,000 in 2010 and $14,000 in 2011 are
6.21reductions in the appropriation for assistance
6.22to local drainage officials.
6.23$258,000 in 2010 and $251,000 in 2011 are
6.24reductions in the appropriations for natural
6.25resources block grants to local governments.
6.26$228,000 in 2010 and $228,000 in 2011 are
6.27reductions in the appropriations for general
6.28purpose grants to soil and water conservation
6.29districts.
6.30$32,000 in 2010 and $32,000 in 2011
6.31are reductions in the appropriations for
6.32cost-share feedlot grants.
7.1$105,000 in 2010 and $72,000 in 2011
7.2are reductions in the appropriations for
7.3cost-share grants.
7.4$67,000 in 2010 and $58,000 in 2011
7.5are reductions in the appropriations for
7.6cost-share grants to establish and maintain
7.7riparian vegetative buffers.
7.8$7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are
7.9reductions in the appropriations for county
7.10cooperative weed management programs.
7.11$7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are
7.12reductions in the appropriations for transfers
7.13to the Department of Natural Resources for
7.14enforcement of the Wetland Conservation
7.15Act.
7.16$7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are
7.17reductions in the appropriations for grants to
7.18local units of government in the 11-county
7.19metropolitan area for response to Wetland
7.20Conservation Act violations.
7.21$7,000 in 2010 and $7,000 in 2011 are
7.22reductions in the appropriations for cost-share
7.23grants for drainage records modernization.
7.24$90,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
7.25appropriation for the grant to the Red River
7.26Basin Commission.
7.27$90,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
7.28appropriation for the grant to the Minnesota
7.29River Basin Joint Powers Board.
7.30$130,000 in 2011 is a reduction in the
7.31appropriation for a grant to Area II,
7.32Minnesota River Basin Projects for flood
7.33plain management.
8.1Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
8.2sections 103B.3369 and 103C.501, in order
8.3to leverage nonstate money or to address
8.4high priority needs identified by board
8.5resolution, the board may shift appropriations
8.6in Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section
8.75, available in one fiscal year to the other
8.8fiscal year. Any adjustments made under this
8.9paragraph do not affect the agency base for
8.10the programs affected.

8.11

Sec. 6. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

$

(112,000)

$

(300,000)

8.12$112,000 in 2010 and $300,000 in 2011
8.13are reductions in the appropriation for
8.14metropolitan parks and trails.

8.15 8.16

Sec. 7. TRANSFERS AND CANCELLATIONS.

8.17 8.18

Subdivision 1.Department of Natural Resources

8.19(a) The appropriation in Laws 2007, First
8.20Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5,
8.21for cost-share flood programs in southeastern
8.22Minnesota is reduced by $335,000 and that
8.23amount is canceled to the general fund.
8.24(b) The balance of surcharges on criminal and
8.25traffic offenders, estimated to be $900,000,
8.26and credited to the game and fish fund
8.27under Minnesota Statutes, section 357.021,
8.28subdivision 7, and collected prior to June 30,
8.292010, must be transferred to the general fund.
8.30(c) By June 30, 2010, the commissioner of
8.31management and budget shall transfer any
8.32remaining balance, estimated to be $98,000,
8.33from the stream protection and improvement
8.34fund under Minnesota Statutes, section
9.1103G.705, to the general fund. Beginning
9.2in fiscal year 2011, all repayment of loans
9.3made and administrative fees assessed under
9.4Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.705, must
9.5be transferred to the general fund.

9.6

Subd. 2.Board of Water and Soil Resources

9.7(a) The amounts appropriated from the
9.8returned grant accounts in the special revenue
9.9fund are reduced by $310,000, and that
9.10amount must be transferred to the general
9.11fund by June 30, 2011.
9.12(b) The appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter
9.13363, article 5, section 5, for cost-share flood
9.14work is reduced by $245,000 and that amount
9.15is canceled to the general fund.
9.16(c) The appropriation in Laws 2007, chapter
9.1757, article 1, section 5, for clean water legacy
9.18programs and grants is reduced by $775,000
9.19and that amount is canceled to the general
9.20fund.
9.21(d) The appropriation in Laws 2007, First
9.22Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 6,
9.23for cost-share flood programs in southeastern
9.24Minnesota is reduced by $553,000 and that
9.25amount is canceled to the general fund.

9.26    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
9.27    Subdivision 1. Applicability; amount. (a) The commissioner shall annually make a
9.28payment to each county having public hunting areas and game refuges. Money to make
9.29the payments is annually appropriated for that purpose from the general fund. Except as
9.30provided in paragraph (b), this section does not apply to state trust fund land and other
9.31state land not purchased for game refuge or public hunting purposes. Except as provided
9.32in paragraph (b), the payment shall be 87 percent for fiscal year 2011 and 93.5 percent
9.33thereafter of the greatest of:
10.1(1) 35 percent of the gross receipts from all special use permits and leases of land
10.2acquired for public hunting and game refuges;
10.3(2) 50 cents per acre on land purchased actually used for public hunting or game
10.4refuges; or
10.5(3) three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of purchased land actually
10.6used for public hunting and game refuges.
10.7(b) The payment shall be 50 percent of the dollar amount adjusted for inflation as
10.8determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), multiplied
10.9by the number of acres of land in the county that are owned by another state agency for
10.10military purposes and designated as a game refuge under section 97A.085.
10.11(c) The payment must be reduced by the amount paid under subdivision 3 for
10.12croplands managed for wild geese.
10.13(d) The appraised value is the purchase price for five years after acquisition.
10.14The appraised value shall be determined by the county assessor every five years after
10.15acquisition.

10.16    Sec. 9. [97A.072] PEACE OFFICER TRAINING ACCOUNT.
10.17    Subdivision 1. Account established; sources. The peace officer training account is
10.18created in the game and fish fund in the state treasury. Revenue from the portion of the
10.19surcharges assessed to criminal and traffic offenders in section 357.021, subdivision 7,
10.20clause (1), shall be deposited in the account and is appropriated to the commissioner.
10.21Money in the account may be spent only for the purposes provided in subdivision 2.
10.22    Subd. 2. Purposes of account. Money in the peace officer training account may
10.23only be spent by the commissioner of natural resources for peace officer training for
10.24employees of the Department of Natural Resources who are licensed under sections
10.25626.84 to 626.863 to enforce game and fish laws.

10.26    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103G.705, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
10.27    Subd. 2. Stream protection and improvement fund. There is established in the
10.28state treasury a stream protection and redevelopment fund. All repayments of loans
10.29made and administrative fees assessed under subdivision 1 must be deposited in this
10.30fund. Interest earned on money in the fund accrues to the fund and money in the fund
10.31is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for purposes of the stream
10.32protection and redevelopment program, including costs incurred by the commissioner to
10.33establish and administer the program. Beginning in fiscal year 2010, all repayments of
10.34loans made and administrative fees assessed under subdivision 1 must be transferred
11.1to the general fund. This includes any balance within the fund from repayments and
11.2administrative fees assessed prior to July 1, 2009.

11.3    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116D.045, is amended to read:
11.4116D.045 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS; REVIEW COSTS.
11.5    Subdivision 1. Assessment. (a) The board shall by rule adopt procedures to assess
11.6the proposer of a specific action for reasonable costs of preparing and distributing an
11.7environmental impact statement on that action required pursuant to section 116D.04.
11.8Such The costs shall be determined by the responsible governmental unit pursuant to the
11.9rules promulgated by the board.
11.10(b) A responsible government unit shall assess the proposer of a specific action for
11.11the reasonable costs of preparing and distributing an environmental assessment worksheet
11.12on that action required under section 116D.04 in accordance with Minnesota Rules, parts
11.134410.6100 and 4410.6200, except that a local unit of government is exempt from paying
11.14the equivalent of the first ten hours of the assessed reasonable costs of preparing and
11.15distributing the environmental assessment worksheet. This paragraph is not subject to the
11.16rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
11.17    Subd. 2. Modification. In the event of a disagreement between the proposer of the
11.18action and the responsible governmental unit over the cost of an environmental impact
11.19statement or environmental assessment worksheet, the responsible governmental unit shall
11.20consult with the board, which may modify the cost or determine that the cost assessed by
11.21the responsible governmental unit is reasonable.
11.22    Subd. 3. Use of assessment. The responsible governmental unit shall assess the
11.23project proposer for reasonable costs in preparing and distributing the environmental
11.24impact statement or environmental assessment worksheet and the proposer shall pay the
11.25assessed cost to the responsible governmental unit. Money received under this subdivision
11.26by a responsible governmental unit may be retained by the unit for the same purposes.
11.27Money received by a state agency must be credited to a special account and is appropriated
11.28to the agency to cover the assessed costs incurred.
11.29    Subd. 4. Partial cost to be paid. No responsible governmental unit shall commence
11.30the preparation of an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment
11.31worksheet until at least one-half of the assessed cost of the environmental impact statement
11.32or environmental assessment worksheet is paid pursuant to subdivision 3. Other laws
11.33notwithstanding, no state agency may issue any permits for the construction or operation
11.34of a project for which an environmental impact statement or environmental assessment
12.1worksheet is prepared until the assessed cost for the environmental impact statement or
12.2environmental assessment worksheet has been paid in full.

12.3    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 357.021, subdivision 7, is
12.4amended to read:
12.5    Subd. 7. Disbursement of surcharges by commissioner of management and
12.6budget. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d), the commissioner of
12.7management and budget shall disburse surcharges received under subdivision 6 and
12.8section 97A.065, subdivision 2, as follows:
12.9    (1) beginning July 1, 2010, one percent shall be credited to the peace officer training
12.10account in the game and fish fund and appropriated to the commissioner of natural
12.11resources to provide peace officer training for employees of the Department of Natural
12.12Resources who are licensed under sections 626.84 to 626.863, and who possess peace
12.13officer authority for the purpose of enforcing game and fish laws;
12.14    (2) 39 percent shall be credited to the peace officers training account in the special
12.15revenue fund; and
12.16    (3) 60 percent shall be credited to the general fund.
12.17    (b) The commissioner of management and budget shall credit $3 of each surcharge
12.18received under subdivision 6 and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, to the general fund.
12.19    (c) In addition to any amounts credited under paragraph (a), the commissioner of
12.20management and budget shall credit $47 of each surcharge received under subdivision 6
12.21and section 97A.065, subdivision 2, and the $12 parking surcharge, to the general fund.
12.22    (d) If the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners authorizes imposition of the
12.23additional $1 surcharge provided for in subdivision 6, paragraph (a), the court administrator
12.24in the Second Judicial District shall transmit the surcharge to the commissioner of
12.25management and budget. The $1 special surcharge is deposited in a Ramsey County
12.26surcharge account in the special revenue fund and amounts in the account are appropriated
12.27to the trial courts for the administration of the petty misdemeanor diversion program
12.28operated by the Second Judicial District Ramsey County Violations Bureau.

12.29    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 477A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.30    Subdivision 1. Types of land; payments. (a) As an offset for expenses incurred by
12.31counties and towns in support of natural resources lands, 87 percent for fiscal year 2011
12.32and 93.5 percent thereafter of the following amounts are annually appropriated to the
12.33commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for transfer to the commissioner
13.1of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the transferred funds to counties as
13.2required by sections 477A.11 to 477A.145. The amounts are:
13.3(1) for acquired natural resources land, $3, as adjusted for inflation under section
13.4477A.145 , multiplied by the total number of acres of acquired natural resources land or,
13.5at the county's option three-fourths of one percent of the appraised value of all acquired
13.6natural resources land in the county, whichever is greater;
13.7(2) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the
13.8number of acres of county-administered other natural resources land;
13.9(3) 75 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the total
13.10number of acres of land utilization project land; and
13.11(4) 37.5 cents, as adjusted for inflation under section 477A.145, multiplied by the
13.12number of acres of commissioner-administered other natural resources land located in
13.13each county as of July 1 of each year prior to the payment year.
13.14(b) The amount determined under paragraph (a), clause (1), is payable for land
13.15that is acquired from a private owner and owned by the Department of Transportation
13.16for the purpose of replacing wetland losses caused by transportation projects, but only
13.17if the county contains more than 500 acres of such land at the time the certification is
13.18made under subdivision 2."
13.19Delete the title and insert:
13.21relating to environment and natural resources; appropriating money for
13.22environment and natural resources; modifying environmental assessment
13.23worksheet cost provisions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 97A.061,
13.24subdivision 1; 103G.705, subdivision 2; 116D.045; 477A.12, subdivision 1;
13.25Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 357.021, subdivision 7; proposing
13.26coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 97A."