1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to county program aid; allowing the commissioner of revenue to 
1.3 	withhold payments if certain reporting requirements are not met; appropriating 
1.4 	money for counties for individual sewage treatment systems grants; amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.014, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.014, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 6.Withholding of county program aid. Notwithstanding any law to the 
1.10 	contrary, the commissioner shall withhold payments of county program aid under section 
1.11 	477A.0124 to any county if requested to do so by the commissioner of the Pollution 
1.12 	Control Agency. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency may request the 
1.13 	withholding of these payments if the county has not met the reporting requirements under 
1.14 	Minnesota Rules, part 7080.0310, subpart 5. The commissioner of the Pollution Control 
1.15 	Agency shall inform the commissioner of revenue when the reporting requirements are 
1.16 	met and the commissioner shall then pay any withheld payments to the county.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 
1.18 	2008 and thereafter.

1.19 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 	$1,000,000 is appropriated for fiscal year 2008 from the general fund to the 
1.21 	commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency to administer and make grants to counties 
1.22 	to improve individual sewage treatment systems. Funds unexpended and unencumbered 
1.23 	in fiscal year 2008 are available for fiscal year 2009.