SF1291 - Minnesota: Constitutional amendment for constitutional environment and natural resources trust fund provisions and clean water legacy account expenditures and state lottery disposition modifications

Relating to natural resources ARTICLE 1- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Proposing an amendment to the Minnesota constitution, article XI, section 14, to increase the percentage of net proceeds from the state lottery to the environment and natural resources trust fund and to extend the length of time proceeds are to be credited to the fund ARTICLE 2 - NATURAL RESOURCES FUNDING Establishing the parks and trails account in the natural resources fund; appropriating money from the account to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for the acquisition, operation and maintenance of state parks and trails; requiring the state lottery in lieu tax credited to the clean water legacy account in the environmental fund; allowing environmental protection trust fund expenditures for acquiring natural areas and obtaining and operating permanent conservation easements; modifying the disposition of the [...]

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