HF 648

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 01/23/2023 03:32pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Redpath impoundment
flood hazard mitigation project; 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; REDPATH IMPOUNDMENT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $4,400,000 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 damage under
Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161.
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new text begin (b) Levee projects, to the extent practical, shall meet the state standard of three feet
above the 100-year flood elevation.
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new text begin (c) Project priorities shall be determined by the commissioner as appropriate and based
on need.
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new text begin (d) This appropriation is for the Redpath impoundment project sponsored by the Bois
de Sioux Watershed District.
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new text begin (e) 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 (f) To the extent that the cost of a project exceeds two percent of the median household
income in a municipality or township multiplied by the number of households in the
municipality or township, 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 $4,400,000 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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