Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF1809

Creating the Minnesota conservation heritage foundation; providing for
governance of the foundation by a board, specifying certain membership
requirements and duties; creating a conservation heritage account in the natural
resources fund and appropriating money in the account and from the environment
and natural resources trust fund to the foundation for administrative costs and
for certain natural resources expenditures respectively, specifying certain
audit requirements; eliminating the legislative commission on Minnesota
resources and replacing duties of the LCMR with responsibilities of the
foundation; modifying certain strategic plan and peer review requirements under
the trust fund; limiting administrative expenses; providing for certain
conflicts of interest, for allocation of the state land and water conservation
account and for allocation of a certain amount of contributions received by the
commissioner of public safety under the special critical habitat license plate
program and from the lottery in lieu sales tax to the conservation heritage
account; modifying certain biennial report content requirements; transitional
provisions; repealing the commission and the commission advisory committee and
certain trust fund expenditure restrictions
(ra)