HF4167 Summary

• Outdoor Heritage Fund: Appropriates $113.923 million from the outdoor heritage fund for fiscal year 2019 to acquire land, restore habitats, and protect wetlands, prairies, forests, and fish/wildlife habitats across multiple regional projects and conservation partnerships.

• Clean Water Fund: Appropriates approximately $16.633 million from the clean water fund for water quality protection, drinking water source protection, riparian buffers, and agricultural sustainability initiatives through various state agencies and the University of Minnesota.

• Capitol Preservation and Art Exhibits: Increases the State Capitol Preservation Commission from 22 to 24 members and establishes a new Capitol Art Exhibit Advisory Committee to recommend art exhibits for designated Capitol spaces that tell Minnesota stories and reflect diverse contributions.

• Women's Suffrage Commemoration: Creates the Women's Suffrage 100th Anniversary Commemoration Commission to coordinate statewide events celebrating the ratification of the 19th Amendment, with a focus on Minnesota's role in the movement.

• Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund: Appropriates $1.07 million for educational, cultural, and historical projects including support for the Women's Suffrage Commission, river systems education, a Chinese garden project, and historic building restorations.