1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to disaster assistance; providing assistance to the storm- and 
1.3 	tornado-damaged areas of Minneapolis within FEMA-1990-DR; authorizing 
1.4 	spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements 
1.5 	of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds; 
1.6 	appropriating money for tornado relief.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8	Section 1.  DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATION SUMMARY.
 	
1.9 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations made in this act.

1.10	SUMMARY
	
1.11	Employment and Economic Development
	$
	3,700,000
	
1.12	Housing Finance Agency
		6,000,000
	
1.13	Public Safety
		4,000,000
	
1.14	TOTAL
	$
	13,700,000
	
1.15	General Fund
		11,400,000
	
1.16	Bond Proceeds Fund
		2,300,000

1.17	Sec. 2. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.18 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. The sums shown in the column under 
1.19 	"Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to be spent to acquire and 
1.20 	to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital 
1.21 	nature, and from other named funds, for relief as specified in this act from the storms and 
1.22 	tornado that occurred on or after May 21, 2011, in the area in Minnesota designated under 
1.23 	Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster FEMA-1990-DR, whether included in the 
1.24 	original declarations or added later by federal government action, referred to in this act as 
1.25 	"the area included in DR-1990." Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations included in 
2.1 	this act are available through June 30, 2014, except that appropriations of bond proceeds 
2.2 	for capital improvements are available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject 
2.3 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. The appropriations in this act are onetime.
2.4 		Subd. 2.Transfers. Money appropriated under this article may be transferred as 
2.5 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.03, subdivision 5.

2.6						APPROPRIATIONS

2.7
2.8	Sec. 3. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

2.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	3,700,000
	
2.10 	To the commissioner of employment and 
2.11 	economic development for the purposes 
2.12 	specified in this section.

2.13	Subd. 2.Redevelopment Grant
 				2,000,000
	
2.14 	From the general fund for a grant to the city 
2.15 	of Minneapolis under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.16 	section 116J.575, for land acquisition, 
2.17 	demolition, infrastructure improvements, 
2.18 	and other redevelopment activities. For the 
2.19 	purposes of this subdivision, Minnesota 
2.20 	Statutes, section 116J.575, subdivisions 2 
2.21 	and 3, are waived.

2.22	Subd. 3.Minnesota Investment Fund
 				1,400,000
	
2.23 	From the general fund for grants to the 
2.24 	city of Minneapolis under the Minnesota 
2.25 	investment fund pursuant to Minnesota 
2.26 	Statutes, section 12A.07, including grants for 
2.27 	community-based mental health services and 
2.28 	programs, for the area included in DR-1990.

2.29	Subd. 4.Public Infrastructure
 				300,000
	
2.30 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
2.31 	design and construct or renovate public 
2.32 	sidewalks and boulevards in the area included 
2.33 	in DR-1990.

3.1	Sec. 4. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

3.2
3.3	Economic Development and Housing 
Challenge Program
 			$
	6,000,000
	
3.4 	From the general fund to the Minnesota 
3.5 	Housing Finance Agency for grants and 
3.6 	loans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.7 	12A.09, for residential multiunit housing and 
3.8 	for support to homeownership within the area 
3.9 	included in DR-1990. This appropriation 
3.10 	does not lapse.

3.11	Sec. 5. NATURAL RESOURCES

3.12	Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
 			$
	2,000,000
	
3.13 	To the commissioner of natural resources 
3.14 	for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
3.15 	Recreation Board to plant trees to replace 
3.16 	damaged and destroyed trees on park 
3.17 	board property within the area included in 
3.18 	DR-1990.

3.19	Sec. 6. PUBLIC SAFETY

3.20	State and Local Match
			$
	4,000,000
	
3.21 	From the general fund to the commissioner of 
3.22 	public safety for the state and local match for 
3.23 	federal disaster assistance to state agencies 
3.24 	and other eligible applicants under Minnesota 
3.25 	Statutes, section 12A.15, subdivision 1.

3.26	Sec. 7. BOND SALE EXPENSES
			$
	5,000
	
3.27 	To the commissioner of management 
3.28 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
3.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
3.30 	subdivision 8.

3.31 	Sec. 8. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 4.1 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
4.2 	commissioner of management and budget, at the request of the commissioner of public 
4.3 	safety, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,300,000 in the manner, 
4.4 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
4.5 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

4.6 	Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS MADE ONLY ONCE.
 4.7 	If the appropriations made in this bill are enacted more than once in the 2011 First 
4.8 	Special Session, these appropriations must be given effect only once.

4.9 	Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.10 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.