1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Rice Creek Watershed 
1.3 	District.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. RICE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT.
 1.6 	$7,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of natural resources for a grant to the Rice Creek Watershed District for flood hazard 
1.8 	mitigation projects in the marked Interstate Highway 35W corridor, including constructing 
1.9 	water storage and treatment basins and augmenting water conveyance systems, to alleviate 
1.10 	flooding in the cities of New Brighton, St. Anthony Village, and Roseville. This appropriation 
1.11 	is onetime and is available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota 
1.12 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.