1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to disaster assistance; authorizing spending to acquire and better public 
1.3 	land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain 
1.4 	conditions; appropriating money; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. The sums shown in the column under 
1.8 	"Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to be spent to acquire and 
1.9 	to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital 
1.10 	nature, and from other named funds, for relief as specified in this act from the storms and 
1.11 	flooding that occurred on or after June 11, 2014, in the area in Minnesota designated under 
1.12 	Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster FEMA-4182-DR, whether included in the 
1.13 	original declarations or added later by federal government action, referred to in this act as 
1.14 	"the area included in DR-4182." Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this 
1.15 	act for a capital program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are 
1.16 	attributed directly to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies 
1.17 	adopted by the commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the 
1.18 	appropriations in this act are available from the day following final enactment through 
1.19 	June 30, 2018, except that appropriations of bond proceeds for capital improvements are 
1.20 	available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
1.21 	section 16A.642. The appropriations in this act are onetime.
1.22 		Subd. 2.Transfers. Money appropriated under this act may be transferred as 
1.23 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.03, subdivision 5.

2.1						APPROPRIATIONS

2.2
2.3	Sec. 2. TRANSPORTATION; LOCAL ROAD 
AND BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION
 			$ 
	800,000
	
2.4 	From the bond proceeds account in the 
2.5 	state transportation fund for grants under 
2.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 12A.16, 
2.7 	subdivision 3, and 174.50, to local 
2.8 	governments in the area included in 
2.9 	DR-4182.

2.10
2.11	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY
 			$
	100,000
	
2.12 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for 
2.13 	an assessment of the damage and repair of 
2.14 	historic structures or other historic resources 
2.15 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.11. 
2.16 	This appropriation is from the general fund.

2.17	Sec. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES

2.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	5,155,000
	
2.19 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
2.20 	the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.21 	section 12A.12. The amounts that may be 
2.22 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
2.23 	following subdivisions.

2.24	Subd. 2.Facility and Natural Resource Damage
 				2,140,000
	
2.25 	From the bond proceeds fund for the 
2.26 	purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
2.27 	section 12A.12, subdivision 1.

2.28	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants
 				3,015,000
	
2.29 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
2.30 	Statutes, section 12A.12, subdivision 2. 
2.31 	Funds are also available for the local share of 
2.32 	flood mitigation projects. This appropriation 
3.1 	includes funds for a grant to the Prior 
3.2 	Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District for 
3.3 	restoration of the Prior Lake outlet channel. 
3.4 	Of this amount, $2,515,000 is from the bond 
3.5 	proceeds fund and $500,000 is from the 
3.6 	general fund.

3.7
3.8	Sec. 5. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

3.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$ 
	17,300,000
	
3.10 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources for 
3.11 	the purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
3.12 	section 12A.05. The amounts that may be 
3.13 	spent for each purpose are specified in the 
3.14 	following subdivisions.

3.15
3.16	Subd. 2.Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) 
Conservation Easements 
 				4,700,000
	
3.17 	From the bond proceeds fund for the 
3.18 	purposes specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
3.19 	section 12A.05, subdivision 1, in the area 
3.20 	included in DR-4182. The duration of the 
3.21 	easements shall be perpetual.

3.22
3.23	Subd. 3.Erosion, Sediment, and Water Quality 
Control Cost-Share Program 
 				12,600,000
	
3.24 	From the general fund for the purposes 
3.25 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.26 	12A.05, subdivision 2, in the area included 
3.27 	in DR-4182. Priority use of these funds shall 
3.28 	be to supplement or match federal funds 
3.29 	whenever possible and practical.

3.30
3.31	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 			$
	100,000
	
3.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.33 	12A.03, subdivision 3, from the general fund 
3.34 	for a grant to the Children's Museum of 
4.1 	Southern Minnesota for flood loss incurred 
4.2 	by the museum.

4.3	Sec. 7. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	11,000
	
4.4 	From the bond proceeds fund to the 
4.5 	commissioner of management and budget 
4.6 	for bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
4.7 	Statutes, section 16A.641, subdivision 8.

4.8 	Sec. 8. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.
 4.9 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
4.10 	act from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell 
4.11 	and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $9,355,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
4.12 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
4.13 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
4.14 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from 
4.15 	the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
4.16 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
4.17 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
4.18 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
4.19 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to 
4.20 	a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.

4.21 	Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 4.22 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.