SF 1739

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/17/2015 09:06am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation
grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS; APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $3,540,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
damages under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161. Community levee projects to the
extent practical, shall meet the state standard of three feet above the 100-year flood
elevation. Of this appropriation, $1,800,000 is for the city of Ortonville, $750,000 is for
the city of Browns Valley, $600,000 is for Redpath Township, and $390,000 is for the Bois
de Sioux Watershed District for Big Lake Herman.
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new text begin (b) Project priorities shall be determined by the commissioner as appropriate, based
on need and consideration of available leveraging of federal, state, and local funds.
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new text begin (c) For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines is not
ready to proceed or does not expend all the money allocated to it, the commissioner may
allocate that project's money to a project on the commissioner's priority list.
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new text begin (d) To the extent that the cost of a project exceeds two percent of the median
household income in the municipality multiplied by the number of households in the
municipality, this appropriation is also for the local share of the project.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,540,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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