1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to disaster relief; appropriating money for natural disaster assistance.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the ....... fund to the disaster assistance 
1.6 	contingency account under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6, to provide: 
1.7 	(1) the state cost-share for federal assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.15, 
1.8 	subdivision 1, in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster 
1.9 	FEMA-4182-DR; and (2) state public disaster assistance under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.10 	chapter 12B.

1.11 	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.12 	$....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the ....... fund to the commissioner of 
1.13 	transportation to provide the 20 percent local match funding required to obtain Federal 
1.14 	Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads damaged by flooding 
1.15 	in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster FEMA-4182-DR. 
1.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.28, this appropriation is available until 
1.17 	June 30, 2018.

1.18 	Sec. 3. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
 1.19 		Subdivision 1.Erosion, sediment, and water quality control cost-share program; 
1.20 	appropriation. $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the ....... fund to the Board 
1.21 	of Water and Soil Resources for projects under Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.05, 
2.1 	subdivision 2, in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster 
2.2 	FEMA-4182-DR. Whenever possible and practical, these funds shall either match or 
2.3 	supplant available federal funding.
2.4 		Subd. 2.Additional provisions. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.5 	16A.28, the appropriations under this section are available until June 30, 2018.
2.6 	(b) Funds appropriated under this section must be expended in designated counties 
2.7 	or in a watershed that includes a portion of a designated county.

2.8 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.9 	Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.