1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1231, the DE4 amendment as follows:
1.2Page 36, after line 16, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 114D.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 2. Membership; appointment. The commissioners of natural resources,
1.5health, agriculture, and the Pollution Control Agency, and the executive director of the
1.6Board of Water and Soil Resources shall appoint one person from their respective agency
1.7to serve as a member of the council. Agency members serve as nonvoting members of the
1.8council. Nineteen additional nonagency members of the council shall be appointed by
1.9the governor as follows:
1.10(1) two members representing statewide farm organizations;
1.11(2) two members representing business organizations;
1.12(3) two members representing environmental organizations;
1.13(4) one member representing soil and water conservation districts;
1.14(5) one member representing watershed districts;
1.15(6) one member representing nonprofit organizations focused on improvement of
1.16Minnesota lakes or streams;
1.17(7) two members representing organizations of county governments, one member
1.18representing the interests of rural counties and one member representing the interests of
1.19counties in the seven-county metropolitan area;
1.20(8) two members representing organizations of city governments;
1.21(9) one member representing the Metropolitan Council established under section
1.22473.123 ;
1.23(10) one township officer;
1.24(11) one member representing the interests of tribal governments;
1.25(12) one member representing statewide hunting organizations;
1.26(13) one member representing the University of Minnesota or a Minnesota state
1.27university; and
2.1(14) one member representing statewide fishing organizations.
2.2Members appointed under clauses (1) to (14) must not be registered lobbyists. In making
2.3appointments, the governor must attempt to provide for geographic balance. The members
2.4of the council appointed by the governor are subject to the advice and consent of the
2.5senate."

2.6    "Sec. 7 Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 114D.30, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
2.7    Subd. 6. Recommendations on appropriation of funds. (a) The Clean Water
2.8Council shall recommend to the governor the manner in which money from the clean
2.9water legacy account should be appropriated for the purposes identified in section
2.10114D.45 , subdivision 3. The council's recommendations must be consistent with the
2.11purposes, policies, goals, and priorities in sections 114D.05 to 114D.35, and shall allocate
2.12adequate support and resources to identify impaired waters, develop TMDL's, implement
2.13restoration of impaired waters, and provide assistance and incentives to prevent waters
2.14from becoming impaired and improve the quality of waters which are listed as impaired
2.15but have no approved TMDL. The council must recommend methods of ensuring that
2.16awards of grants, loans, or other funds from the clean water legacy account specify the
2.17outcomes to be achieved as a result of the funding and specify standards to hold the
2.18recipient accountable for achieving the desired outcomes. Expenditures from the account
2.19must be appropriated by law.
2.20(b) The Clean Water Council shall recommend to the legislature the manner in which
2.21money from the clean water fund under section 114D.50 should be appropriated consistent
2.22with the purposes of the clean water fund identified in the Minnesota Constitution, article
2.23XI, Section 15."
2.24Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.25Amend the title accordingly