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HF 4070

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 03/17/2008
1st Engrossment Posted on 04/02/2008

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A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for public facilities;
authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin APPROPRIATION.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Total appropriation. new text end

new text begin $56,300,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority for the purposes of this section.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin State match for federal USEPA Capitalization Grants. new text end

new text begin (a) $35,000,000
is appropriated to match federal grants for the clean water revolving fund under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.07, and the drinking water revolving fund under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.081.
new text end

new text begin (b) $6,000,000 of this appropriation shall provide matching funds for the drinking
water revolving fund to match the 2009 and 2010 federal grants, with the balance to be
made available to the clean water revolving fund.
new text end

new text begin (c) This appropriation must be used for qualified capital projects.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Wastewater infrastructure funding program. new text end

new text begin (a) $15,300,000 is
appropriated for grants and loans to eligible municipalities under the wastewater
infrastructure funding program under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
new text end

new text begin (b) To the greatest practical extent, the authority must use the appropriation for
projects on the 2008 project priority list in priority order by qualified applicants that
submit plans and specifications to the Pollution Control Agency or receive a funding
commitment from USDA Rural Economic and Community Development by June 30,
2009, or for projects on the 2009 project priority list in priority order by qualified
applicants that submit plans and specifications to the Pollution Control Agency or
have received a funding commitment from USDA Rural Economic and Community
Development by June 30, 2010.
new text end

new text begin (c) Of this appropriation, $300,000 is from the general fund to implement the
wastewater infrastructure funding program.
new text end

new text begin (d) Up to $2,000,000 may be used for corrective action on wastewater treatment
systems listed in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 3, paragraph
(b). Grants under this paragraph are not subject to the 2008 or 2009 project priority list
nor to the limitations on grant amounts set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072,
subdivision 5a.
new text end

new text begin (e) Notwithstanding the limitations and conditions on loans under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.072, subdivisions 5a, paragraph (b); 9; and 12, from any amounts
appropriated for the wastewater infrastructure funding program, the Minnesota Public
Facilities Authority shall provide loans not to exceed $6,000,000 to the city of Litchfield
to design and construct wastewater treatment facility improvements to meet more stringent
effluent limits required by the Pollution Control Agency, and not to exceed $7,000,000 to
the city of Willmar to design, construct, furnish, and equip a new wastewater treatment
facility. Loans under this paragraph are in addition to any other grants and loans for which
the cities of Litchfield and Willmar qualify for from the Public Facilities Authority.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Total maximum daily load (TMDL) grants. new text end

new text begin $2,000,000 is appropriated
for total maximum daily load (TMDL) grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.073.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Phosphorus reduction grants. new text end

new text begin $2,000,000 is appropriated for the
phosphorus reduction grant program for grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
446A.074. A grant must not exceed $500,000 per project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Small community wastewater grants. new text end

new text begin $2,000,000 is appropriated for
the small community wastewater treatment account for loans and grants under Minnesota
Statutes, section 446A.075.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin BOND SALE.
new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in section 1 from the bond proceeds fund,
the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to
$56,300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota
Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
sections 4 to 7.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin DUPLICATE APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin Unless another act explicitly provides otherwise, appropriations and transfers made
in this act and other acts must be implemented only once even if the provision or a similar
provision with the same fiscal effect in the same fiscal year is included in another act. This
section applies to laws enacted in the 2008 regular session.
new text end

Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.
new text end