Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF3113

Appropriating money to the commissioner of trade and economic development (DTED)
and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for grants to affected cities and
counties for mitigation of the adverse impacts of the increased railroad
activity within the DM E railroad corridor, specifying certain authorized
mitigation measures; requiring allocation of the amount appropriated to the
cities of Winona, Goodview, Stockton, Lewiston, Utica, St. Charles, Dover,
Eyota, Rochester, Byron, Kasson, Dodge Center, Claremont, Owatonna, Waseca,
Janesville, Eagle Lake, Mankato, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Cobden, Springfield,
Sanborn, Lamberton, Revere, Walnut Grove, Tracy, Garvin, Balaton, Tyler and Lake
Benton in proportion to population and to the counties of Winona, Olmsted,
Dodge, Steele, Waseca, Blue Earth, Brown, Redwood, Lyon and Lincoln in
proportion to city and county total traffic exposures as determined by the
commissioner of transportation, appropriation to be contingent on commencement
of the construction of the railroad project (mk)