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     116Q.02 State receipts from the fund. 

    Subdivision 1.    Great Lakes protection account.  Any 
 money received by the state from the Great Lakes protection 
 fund, whether in the form of annual earnings or otherwise, must 
 be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a special 
 Great Lakes protection account.  Money in the account must be 
 spent only as specifically appropriated by law for protecting 
 water quality in the Great Lakes.  Approved purposes include, 
 but are not limited to, supplementing in a stable and 
 predictable manner state and federal commitments to Great Lakes 
 water quality programs by providing grants to finance projects 
 that advance the goals of the regional Great Lakes toxic 
 substances control agreement and the binational Great Lakes 
 water quality agreement. 

    Subd. 2.    LCMR review.  The legislature intends not to 
 appropriate money from the Great Lakes protection account until 
 projects have been reviewed and recommended by the Legislative 
 Commission on Minnesota Resources.  A work plan must be prepared 
 for each project for review by the commission.  The commission 
 must recommend specific projects to the legislature. 

    HIST: 1990 c 594 art 1 s 59 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.