SF 3112

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/24/2016 09:01am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for metropolitan
municipalities inflow and infiltration 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 METROPOLITAN CITIES INFLOW AND INFILTRATION GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $10,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Metropolitan Council for grants to municipalities within the metropolitan area,
as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital improvements
in municipal wastewater collection systems to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration
to the Metropolitan Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal system. Grants from
this appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and infiltration in
the publicly owned municipal wastewater collection systems. To be eligible for a grant, a
municipality must have been identified by the council as a contributor of excessive inflow
and infiltration in the metropolitan disposal system or have a measured flow rate within
20 percent of its allowable council-determined inflow and infiltration limits. The council
must award grants based on applications from municipalities that identify eligible capital
costs and include a timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant
to guidelines established by the council.
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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 $10,000,000 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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