HF 264

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 01/26/2015 04:08pm

A bill for an act
relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
funding for disaster assistance, food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital,
natural resources enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological
Board; providing local match funds to repair local roads; providing funding to
protect water and soil resources in a disaster area; appropriating money.

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

Section 1. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Disaster assistance contingency account; appropriation.
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new text begin $9,635,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the disaster assistance contingency
account under Minnesota Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6, in fiscal year 2015 to
provide: (1) the state cost-share for federal assistance under Minnesota Statutes, section
12A.15, subdivision 1; and (2) state public disaster assistance under Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 12B.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Transfer of unexpended appropriations. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of
management and budget may transfer any unexpended amount of the appropriations under
Laws 2011, chapter 113, article 2, section 2, and Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter
7, article 10, section 5, to the disaster assistance contingency account under Minnesota
Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6, for the purposes specified in subdivision 1.
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Sec. 2. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $3,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
transportation in fiscal year 2015 to provide the 20 percent local match funding required
to obtain Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funds to repair local roads
damaged by flooding in June 2014.
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Sec. 3. new text begin BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Erosion, sediment, and water quality control cost-share program;
appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $2,476,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of
Water and Soil Resources in fiscal year 2015 for projects under Minnesota Statutes,
section 12A.05, subdivision 2, in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of
Major Disaster FEMA-4182-DR. Whenever possible and practical, these funds shall either
match or supplant available federal funding.
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new text begin (b) The Board of Water and Soil Resources may develop alternative standards for
projects funded under this subdivision. The standards may be used by units of local
government in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster
FEMA-4182-DR to address emergency situations or aid disaster recovery efforts.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Additional provisions. new text end

new text begin Funds appropriated under this section must be
expended in designated counties or in a watershed that includes a portion of a designated
county.
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Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the
appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
(a) as follows:
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new text begin (1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes,
section 256D.053; and
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new text begin (2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes,
section 253.20.
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Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin (a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal
year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4,
subdivision 7.
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new text begin (b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:
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new text begin (1) $69,000 from the general fund;
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new text begin (2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and
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new text begin (3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.
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Sec. 6. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state
for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for
expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.
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Sec. 7. new text begin ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $1,500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in fiscal
year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 8.
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Sec. 8. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 to 7 are effective the day following final enactment.
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