1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Reinvest in Minnesota 
1.3 	(RIM) reserve program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. REINVEST IN MINNESOTA (RIM) STUDY; APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the Board 
1.7 	of Water and Soil Resources to complete a systematic assessment, in cooperation with soil 
1.8 	and water conservation districts, of wetland restoration structures needing repairs or 
1.9 	replacement that are located on existing Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) reserve conservation 
1.10 	easements. This is a onetime appropriation.

1.11 	Sec. 2. REINVEST IN MINNESOTA (RIM) IMPROVEMENTS; APPROPRIATION.
 1.12 	$3,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the clean water fund to the Board 
1.13 	of Water and Soil Resources, or to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for one or more 
1.14 	grants to soil and water conservation districts, for Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM) reserve 
1.15 	conservation easements in Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, 
1.16 	Wabasha, or Winona County. Within these counties, the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
1.17 	must prioritize areas with trout streams or dissolved bedrock, sinkholes, sinking streams, 
1.18 	or other features that make groundwater particularly susceptible to contamination. This is 
1.19 	a onetime appropriation.