HF 2494

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/09/2021 11:30am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; amending an appropriation for U.S. Highway 53 in
Virginia for utilities relocation; amending Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section
21, subdivision 23, as amended.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 1, section 21, subdivision 23, as amended by
Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article 3, section 23, is amended to read:

Subd. 23. Virginia - Highway 53 Utilities Relocation

19,500,000

(a) $500,000 of this appropriation is for a grant
to the city of Virginia Public Utilities
Commission to acquire land, predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip an
electrical substation along or within six miles
of the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in Virginia
as part of relocating the electrical utilities. This
appropriation fully funds the project described
in this paragraph and meets the requirements
in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.502, that
the project be fully funded. This appropriation
does not require a nonstate match.

(b) $19,000,000 of this appropriation is for:

(1) a grant to the city of Virginia Public Utilities Commission to acquire land, predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip relocated water, electrical, and gas utilities along or
within six miles of the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in Virginia, Eveleth, Gilbert, and Fayal
Township;

(2) a grant to the city of Virginia to acquire land, predesign, construct, furnish, and equip
relocated storm water and sanitary sewer along or within six miles of the relocated U.S.
Highway 53 in Virginia, Eveleth, Gilbert, and Fayal Township; deleted text begin and
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(3) a grant to the St. Louis and Lake Counties Regional Railroad Authority to acquire
land, predesign, design, construct, furnish, and equip trails to handle bicycles, pedestrians,
snowmobiles, and ATVs along or within six miles of the relocated U.S. Highway 53 in
Virginia, Eveleth, Gilbert, and Fayal Township. This appropriation does not require a
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new text begin (4) any amount of this appropriation that is
unspent after substantial completion of the
work described in clauses (1), (2), and (3),
may be used for a grant to the St. Louis Lake
Counties Regional Railroad for construction
of a segment of the Mesabi Trail extending
from the eastern end of the Mesabi Trail in
Biwabik at the intersection of marked Trunk
Highway 135 and St. Louis County Road 20
to the intersection of County Road 20 and First
Street South in the city of McKinley.
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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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