as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/27/2023 03:05pm
A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new regional wastewater
treatment facility in Goodhue County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$47,700,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Public Facilities Authority for
a grant to the joint powers sanitary district created pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section
471.59, comprising the cities of Zumbrota, Goodhue, Pine Island, and Wanamingo, to
predesign, design, engineer, permit, construct, and equip a new state-of-the-art regional
wastewater treatment facility to be located in Goodhue Countyand to serve as a regional
wastewater facility prototype. This facility shall provide wastewater treatment service for
the Elk Run settlement lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community, which shall connect
to existing wastewater infrastructure in the city of Pine Island. This appropriation includes
money for improvements and betterments, including the construction of infrastructure,
necessary to connect the new facility to the communities in the sanitary district and for the
facility to serve its intended purpose.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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