1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency 
1.3 	funding for disaster assistance; providing local match funds to repair local roads 
1.4 	and bridges; providing funding to protect water and soil resources in a disaster 
1.5 	area; appropriating money.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. DISASTER CONTINGENCY ACCOUNT; APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 	$9,635,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the 
1.9 	commissioner of public safety for transfer to the disaster assistance contingency account 
1.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6. This is a onetime appropriation.

1.11 	Sec. 2. TRANSFER AND CANCELLATION OF UNEXPENDED 
1.12 	APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.13 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must transfer any unexpended 
1.14 	amount of the appropriations under Laws 2011, chapter 113, article 2, section 2, and 
1.15 	Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 7, article 10, section 5, to the disaster assistance 
1.16 	contingency account under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6.
1.17 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must cancel $12,865,000 of the 
1.18 	unexpended general fund appropriations in Laws 2012, First Special Session chapter 1, 
1.19 	article 1, sections 3, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13, and Laws 2012, First Special Session chapter 1, 
1.20 	article 2, sections 3 and 4, to the general fund.
1.21 	(c) The transfers and cancellations under this section are onetime.

1.22 	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
 2.1 	$3,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.2 	transportation in fiscal year 2015 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required to 
2.3 	obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads and 
2.4 	bridges damaged by flooding in June 2014. This is a onetime appropriation.

2.5 	Sec. 4. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES.
 2.6 		Subdivision 1.Erosion, sediment, and water quality control cost-share program; 
2.7 	appropriation.  $2,476,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of Water 
2.8 	and Soil Resources in fiscal year 2015 for projects under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.9 	12A.05, subdivision 2, in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major 
2.10 	Disaster FEMA-4182-DR. Whenever possible and practical, these funds shall either match 
2.11 	or supplant available federal funding.
2.12 		Subd. 2.Additional provisions. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.13 	16A.28, the appropriations under this section are available until June 30, 2018.
2.14 	(b) Funds appropriated under this section must be expended in designated counties 
2.15 	or in a watershed that includes a portion of a designated county.
2.16 	(c) The appropriation in this section is onetime.

2.17 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.18 	Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final enactment.