1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to disaster assistance; reimbursing city of St. Charles for lost revenues 
1.3 	and adjusting pupil unit aid in response to the North Star Foods fire; appropriating 
1.4 	money.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. ST. CHARLES FIRE; DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
 1.7 	$388,000 for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year and for the 2010 fiscal year (the 
1.8 	first year) and $430,000 for the 2011 fiscal year (the second year) is appropriated from 
1.9 	the general fund to the city of St. Charles to reimburse the city for its estimated losses in 
1.10 	revenues to the city due to the destruction by fire of North Star Foods facilities. These 
1.11 	lost revenues consist of: 
1.12 	(1) property tax revenues of approximately $31,000 the first year and $31,000 the 
1.13 	second year; 
1.14 	(2) electrical utility service revenues of approximately $253,000 the first year and 
1.15 	$291,000 the second year; and 
1.16 	(3) sewer and water services revenues of approximately $104,000 the first year and 
1.17 	$108,000 the second year.

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

1.19 	Sec. 2. DECLINING PUPIL AID; ST. CHARLES SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 1.20 	Up to $242,500 for fiscal year 2010 and up to $242,500 for fiscal year 2011 is 
1.21 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of education to be disbursed as a 
1.22 	grant to Independent School District No. 858, St. Charles, to compensate for declining 
1.23 	pupil unit aid equal to the greater of zero or the product of the general education revenue 
2.1 	basic formula allowance for that year and the difference between the district's February 
2.2 	2009 estimated adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year and the district's actual 
2.3 	adjusted marginal cost pupil units for that year. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
2.4 	section 126C.13, the amounts required under this section are included in the general 
2.5 	education aid payments for the district. If the appropriation for either year is insufficient, 
2.6 	the appropriation for the other year is available for it.

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