Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2015/cite/97A.056
Timestamp: 2019-12-05 23:48:31
Document Index: 52412968

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 5', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 1', 'art 5']

The commissioner of natural resources and the Board of Water and Soil Resources may convene a technical evaluation panel comprised of five members, including one technical representative from the Board of Water and Soil Resources, one technical representative from the Department of Natural Resources, one technical expert from the University of Minnesota or the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and two representatives with expertise in the project being evaluated. The board and the commissioner may add a technical representative from a unit of federal or local government. The members of the technical evaluation panel may not be associated with the restoration, may vary depending upon the projects being reviewed, and shall avoid any potential conflicts of interest. Each year, the board and the commissioner may assign a coordinator to identify a sample of up to ten habitat restoration projects completed with outdoor heritage funding. The coordinator shall secure the restoration plans for the projects specified and direct the technical evaluation panel to evaluate the restorations relative to the law, current science, and the stated goals and standards in the restoration plan and, when applicable, to the Board of Water and Soil Resources' native vegetation establishment and enhancement guidelines. The coordinator shall summarize the findings of the panel and provide a report to the chair of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and the chairs of the respective house of representatives and senate policy and finance committees with jurisdiction over natural resources and spending from the outdoor heritage fund. The report shall determine if the restorations are meeting planned goals, any problems with the implementation of restorations, and, if necessary, recommendations on improving restorations. The report shall be focused on improving future restorations. At least one-tenth of one percent of forecasted receipts from the outdoor heritage fund must be used for restoration evaluations under this section.
2008 c 368 art 2 s 14; 2009 c 172 art 1 s 3-6,8; 2010 c 361 art 1 s 4-8; 1Sp2011 c 6 art 1 s 4-9; art 5 s 3; 2012 c 264 art 1 s 3-10; 2014 c 196 art 1 s 5; 2014 c 256 art 1 s 3-5; 1Sp2015 c 2 art 1 s 4-6; art 5 s 3
NOTE: Subdivision 20, as added by Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, is effective July 1, 2016. Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, the effective date.