Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 1334
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 04/14/2025 10:09 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to housing; modifying the high-rise sprinkler system grant program;
appropriating money to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; transferring money;
amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:
Sec. 10. HIGH-RISE SPRINKLER SYSTEM deleted text begin GRANTdeleted text end PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
(b) "Eligible building" means an existing residential building in which:
(1) at least one story used for human occupancy is 75 feet or more above the lowest
level of fire department vehicle accessnew text begin or the building is seven or more stories in heightnew text end ;
and
(2) at least two-thirds of its units are affordable to households with an annual income at
or below deleted text begin 50deleted text end new text begin 60new text end percent of the area median income as determined by the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for family sizedeleted text begin , that is paying
no more than 30 percent of annual income on rentdeleted text end .
(c) "Sprinkler system" means the same as the term "fire protection system" as defined
in Minnesota Statutes, section 299M.01.
Subd. 2.
deleted text begin Grant programdeleted text end new text begin Use of fundsnew text end .
The commissioner of the Housing Finance
Agency must make grants new text begin and loans new text end to owners of eligible buildings for installation of
sprinkler systems and, if necessary, for relocation of residents during the installation of
sprinkler systems. Priority shall be given to nonprofit applicants. The maximum grant per
eligible building shall be $2,000,000. Each grant to a nonprofit organization shall require
a 25 percent match. Each grant to a for-profit organization shall require a 50 percent match.
Sec. 2. new text begin TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION; HIGH-RISE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
PROGRAM.
new text end
new text begin
(a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is transferred from the general fund to the housing
development fund. This is a onetime transfer.
new text end
new text begin
(b) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the housing development fund
to the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency for the high-rise sprinkler system
program in Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10. This is a onetime appropriation.
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