Pesticide provisions modified to protect wild-rice water.

This bill modifies Minnesota pesticide regulations to specifically protect wild-rice waters from harmful pesticide impacts. It directly affects agricultural operations, state agencies, and communities near designated wild-rice habitats by requiring the Department of Agriculture to include wild-rice waters in environmental impact assessments and pesticide management plans. Key provisions define wild-rice water as any body of water supporting wild rice, mandate that pesticide violations harming these waters be treated as serious rather than minor offenses, and require the state to use integrated pest management techniques on public lands to prevent pesticide runoff into wild-rice waters. The bill also expands pesticide education requirements to include training on wild-rice water protection and establishes a $100,000 annual funding limit for expert consultation on pesticide-related issues affecting these waters.