HF 3474

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 03/14/2024 03:50pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Reinvest in Minnesota
(RIM) reserve program.

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

Section 1. new text begin REINVEST IN MINNESOTA (RIM) STUDY; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the Board
of Water and Soil Resources to complete a systematic assessment, in cooperation with soil
and water conservation districts, of wetland restoration structures needing repairs or
replacement that are located on existing Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) reserve conservation
easements. This is a onetime appropriation.
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Sec. 2. new text begin REINVEST IN MINNESOTA (RIM) IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the Board
of Water and Soil Resources, or to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for one or more
grants to soil and water conservation districts, for Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) reserve
conservation easements in Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice,
Wabasha, or Winona County. Within these counties, the Board of Water and Soil Resources
must prioritize areas with trout streams or dissolved bedrock, sinkholes, sinking streams,
or other features that make groundwater particularly susceptible to contamination. This is
a onetime appropriation.
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