SF 984

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 06/09/2025 03:32 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money to rehabilitate the George
Stoppel historic site and for capital improvements to the History Center of Olmsted
County.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION; GEORGE STOPPEL HISTORIC SITE.
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new text begin $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the Minnesota
Historical Society for one or more grants to the Olmsted County Historical Society. Of this
amount, $850,000 is to rehabilitate the historic George Stoppel stone house and barn and
to construct an accessible pathway to the farmstead, a property that is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places and owned by the Olmsted County Historical Society. $2,150,000
of this amount is to design and construct renovations to the History Center of Olmsted
County in Rochester. All work must follow the standards outlined in the U.S. Secretary of
the Interior's Treatment of Historic Properties. This appropriation is onetime and is available
until the projects are completed or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
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