1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2049, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 22, after line 2, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 2. Duties. (a) The commission shall recommend an annual or biennial
1.5legislative bill for appropriations from the environment and natural resources trust fund and
1.6shall adopt a strategic plan as provided in section 116P.08. Approval of the recommended
1.7legislative bill requires an affirmative vote of at least 12 members of the commission.
1.8(b) The commission shall recommend expenditures to the legislature from the state
1.9land and water conservation account in the natural resources fund.
1.10(c) It is a condition of acceptance of the appropriations made from the Minnesota
1.11environment and natural resources trust fund, and oil overcharge money under section
1.124.071, subdivision 2, that the agency or entity receiving the appropriation must submit
1.13a work program and semiannual progress reports in the form determined by the
1.14Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources, and comply with applicable
1.15reporting requirements under section 116P.16. None of the money provided may be spent
1.16unless the commission has approved the pertinent work program.
1.17(d) The peer review panel created under section 116P.08 must also review, comment,
1.18and report to the commission on research proposals applying for an appropriation from the
1.19oil overcharge money under section 4.071, subdivision 2.
1.20(e) The commission may adopt operating procedures to fulfill its duties under this
1.21chapter.
1.22(f) As part of the operating procedures, the commission shall:
1.23(1) ensure that members' expectations are to participate in all meetings related to
1.24funding decision recommendations;
1.25(2) recommend adequate funding for increased citizen outreach and communications
1.26for trust fund expenditure planning;
2.1(3) allow administrative expenses as part of individual project expenditures based
2.2on need;
2.3(4) provide for project outcome evaluation;
2.4(5) keep the grant application, administration, and review process as simple as
2.5possible; and
2.6(6) define and emphasize the leveraging of additional sources of money that project
2.7proposers should consider when making trust fund proposals.

2.8    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.9    Subd. 4. Legislative recommendations. (a) Funding may be provided only for
2.10those projects that meet the categories established in subdivision 1.
2.11(b) The commission must recommend an annual or biennial legislative bill to
2.12make appropriations from the trust fund for the purposes provided in subdivision 1. The
2.13recommendations must be submitted to the governor for inclusion in the biennial budget
2.14and supplemental budget submitted to the legislature.
2.15(c) The commission may recommend regional block grants for a portion of trust
2.16fund expenditures to partner with existing regional organizations that have strong citizen
2.17involvement, to address unique local needs and capacity, and to leverage all available
2.18funding sources for projects.
2.19(d) The commission may recommend the establishment of an annual emerging
2.20issues account in its annual legislative bill for funding emerging issues, which come up
2.21unexpectedly, but which still adhere to the commission's strategic plan, to be approved by
2.22the governor after initiation and recommendation by the commission.
2.23 (e) Money in the trust fund may not be spent except under an appropriation by law.

2.24    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116P.10, is amended to read:
2.25116P.10 ROYALTIES, COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, AND SALE OF
2.26PRODUCTS AND ASSETS.
2.27    (a) This section applies to projects supported by the trust fund and the oil overcharge
2.28money referred to in section 4.071, subdivision 2, each of which is referred to in this
2.29section as a "fund."
2.30    (b) The fund owns and shall take title to the percentage of a royalty, copyright, or
2.31patent resulting from a project supported by the fund equal to the percentage of the project's
2.32total funding provided by the fund. Cash receipts resulting from a royalty, copyright, or
2.33patent, or the sale of the fund's rights to a royalty, copyright, or patent, must be credited
2.34immediately to the principal of the fund. Receipts from Minnesota future resources fund
2.35projects must be credited to the trust fund. The commission may include in its annual
3.1legislative bill a recommendation to relinquish the ownership or rights to a royalty,
3.2copyright, or patent resulting from a project supported by the fund to the project's proposer
3.3when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has been repaid to the fund.
3.4    (c) If a project supported by the fund results in net income from the sale of products
3.5or assets developed or acquired by an appropriation from the fund, the appropriation
3.6must be repaid to the fund in an amount equal to the percentage of the project's total
3.7funding provided by the fund. The commission may include in its annual legislative bill a
3.8recommendation to relinquish the income if a plan is approved for reinvestment of the
3.9income in the project or when the amount of the original grant or loan, plus interest, has
3.10been repaid to the fund."
3.11Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.12Amend the title accordingly