1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to flood control; creating a demonstration
1.3 	project; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $15,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.7 	commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the Mower
1.8 	County Soil and Water Conservation District to create a small
1.9 	pond demonstration project in the Cedar River Watershed for
1.10 	purposes of water retention and flood control.
1.11 	(b) The Mower County Soil and Water Conservation District
1.12 	must seek other sources of funding, including federal and
1.13 	private sources, to ensure that the demonstration project in
1.14 	paragraph (a) is educational and complete.

1.15 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.16 	This act is effective June 30, 2005.