HF 3493

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to state government finance; disaster relief appropriations; providing for
reimbursement to the state under certain conditions; amending Laws 2007, First
Special Session chapter 2, article 1, sections 2; 4, subdivision 4.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 2, is amended
to read:

Sec. 2. FLOOD RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS.

Subdivision 1.

Appropriations.

The sums in the column under
"APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to be spent to
acquire and to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of
a capital nature, and from other named funds, for relief as specified in this article from the
flooding that occurred on or after August 18, 2007, in the area of Southeast Minnesota
designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster, DR-1717, whether included
in the original declaration or added later by federal government action, referred to in this
article as "the area included in DR-1717." The appropriations are for fiscal year 2008,
except that appropriations of bond proceeds or for capital improvements are available until
the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. If
there is a shortage of money for a program or project funded in this article, or in the money
available for state and local match under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, unused
general fund money appropriated for any other program or project in this article may be
transferred by an interagency agreement approved by the commissioner of finance to
cover the shortfall. The commissioner shall report the transfers to the chairs of the senate
finance and house of representatives ways and means committees. The appropriations in
this article are one time.

Subd. 2.

Repayment.

(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 161.04,
subdivision 1, a state agency that receives emergency federal money for a project funded
in this article must credit the federal money to the fund from which the agency received an
appropriation for that project, in an amount equal to the federal money, up to the amount of
the appropriation in this article. The commissioner of finance may approve other methods
for repaying state money with federal emergency money.

(b) A local government that receives federal money for a project funded in this
article must repay to the state an amount equal to the federal money, up to the amount
of the state grant used for that project. The repayment must be credited to the fund from
which the local government received the appropriation for that project in this article.

new text begin (c) A local government or state agency that receives federal money from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a project funded in this article must repay
to the state any state money received for that project that is in excess of the FEMA and
state match money granted to it by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Division of the Department of Public Safety. The repayment must be credited to the
fund from which the local government or state agency received the appropriation for
that project in this article.
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Sec. 2.

Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 4, subdivision 4,
is amended to read:

Subd. 4. Local Road and Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement

26,000,000

From the state transportation fund, as
provided in Minnesota Statutes, section
174.50, for grants to local governments
for capital costs related to rehabilitation
and replacement of local roads and bridges
damaged or destroyed by flooding in the area
included in DR-1717.

A grantee must submit to the commissioner
of transportation final plans for each project
before grant money may be released for the
project. The commissioner shall determine
project priorities, review project plans in
light of those priorities, and, if necessary,
require changes to the plans to ensure the
most prudent use of limited state resources.
If a local government receives federal money
for a project funded under this section, the
local government must repay to the state, for
deposit in the state transportation fund, an
amount equal to the federal funding, up to
the amount of the state grant.

For grants under this subdivision, the
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section
174.50, subdivisions 5, 6, 6a, and 7, are
waived.

new text begin A local government or state agency that
receives federal money from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
for a project funded in this article must repay
to the state any state money received for
that project that is in excess of the FEMA
and state match money granted to it by
the Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Division of the Department
of Public Safety. The repayment must be
credited to the fund from which the local
government or state agency received the
appropriation for that project in this article.
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