HF 653 Summary

• Appropriates $127.127 million (FY2020) and $565,000 (FY2021) from the outdoor heritage fund for wildlife habitat acquisition, prairie restoration, forest protection, and wetland enhancement projects across Minnesota.

• Appropriates $126.959 million (FY2020) and $134.302 million (FY2021) from the clean water fund for water quality assessments, groundwater protection, riparian buffers, pollution reduction, and drinking water source protection.

• Appropriates $50.053 million (FY2020) and $51.204 million (FY2021) from the parks and trails fund for state parks, regional parks, recreation areas, and trail development, with grants to regional parks commissions outside the seven-county metro area.

• Appropriates $69.254 million (FY2020) and $70.518 million (FY2021) from the arts and cultural heritage fund to the State Arts Board, Historical Society, Minnesota Public Radio, public television, and tribal organizations for cultural programs, historical preservation, and American Indian language preservation.

• Requires written assurance that legacy fund money supplements rather than substitutes for traditional funding sources, and prohibits arts and cultural heritage fund use for projects promoting domestic terrorism, white nationalism, or bias-motivated crimes.