Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Chair: Rep. Rick Hansen
Location: 10 State Office Building
Time Note:

The meeting is scheduled until 5:30pm.

Agenda:

HF2831 (Finke) Emerald ash borer response grant program established, and money appropriated.
HF2348 (Tabke) Shooting sports facility grants funding provided, and money appropriated.
HF 1130 (Tabke) Cities authorized to adopt pesticide control ordinances.
HF 1317 (Hansen) Terms defined; Use, storage, disposal, and sale of pesticide-treated seed regulated; label statements for pesticide-treated seed required; consumer guidance required; rulemaking required; and money appropriated
HF2564 (Hansen) Snowmobile registration provisions modified, accounts established, state parks and trails provisions modified, Minnesota Naturalist Corps eligibility modified, timber provisions modified, water permit application requirements modified, resident license requirements modified, walk-in access program modified, use of motorized vehicles in wildlife management areas modified, permits to take wild animals under federal incidental take permit authorized, hunting and fishing and elk management provisions modified, nonlethal control of deer and elk causing damage provided, wanton waste provisions modified, open season dates clarified, and money appropriated.
HF1680 (Hansen) Sustainable diversion limits on groundwater appropriations provided.
HF1862 (Hansen) County approval requirements removed for land acquisitions.
HF1283 (Hansen) Environment; PFAS-related rulemaking required.
HF2745 (Myers) Deposit of waste prohibited outside a shelter, motor vehicle, or any other conveyance on ice of state waters; and report on options for funding additional enforcement of laws on ice of state waters required.

*Additional bills may be added.

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