HF 4199

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/22/2024 02:55pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; amending an earlier appropriation for flood hazard
mitigation; amending Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 8.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

Subd. 8. Flood Hazard Mitigation

40,300,000

(a) For the state share of flood hazard
mitigation grants for publicly owned capital
improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
damage under Minnesota Statutes, section
103F.161. To the extent practical, levee
projects shall meet the state standard of three
feet above the 100-year flood elevation.

(b) Project priorities shall be determined by
the commissioner as appropriate, based on
need and consideration of available leveraging
of federal, state, and local funds.

(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), $3,300,000
of this appropriation is for Phase II of the
Toelle Coulee project in Traverse County to
mitigate flood risks posed to the city of
Browns Valley, including construction of an
East Levee, County State-Aid Highway 2
culvert replacement, and marked Trunk
Highway 28 culvert replacement.

(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), $5,000,000
of this appropriation is for grants to watershed
districts that are members of the Red River
Watershed Management Board for flood
mitigation projects and is not for projects in
the city of Moorhead.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b),
$11,000,000 is for a grant to the city of
Moorhead to design, construct, and equip
flood mitigation infrastructure. This
appropriation includes money for Phase 2 of
the North Moorhead levee project, the
relocation of sanitary lift station #2, and a
levee project along First Avenue North.

(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), $6,000,000
is from the general fund for a grant to the city
of Carver for capital improvements to restore
the Carver levee protecting an important
historic district in Minnesota from flood
waters of the Minnesota River. This levee
restoration must meet the requirements for
FEMA certification. The project includes
predesign, design, engineering, land
acquisition, and construction of capital
improvements, including raising the height of
the Carver levee, constructing internal
drainage, establishing maintainable setbacks
to adjacent structures, and certification by
FEMA.

new text begin (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), $175,000
is for a grant to the Chisago Lakes Lake
Improvement District to repair the Lofton
Avenue weir and the Lake Ellen weir in the
Chisago Lakes Lake Improvement District.
new text end

deleted text begin (g) deleted text end new text begin (h) new text end To the extent practicable and consistent
with the project, recipients of appropriations
for flood control projects in this subdivision
shall create wetlands that are eligible for
wetland replacement credit to replace wetlands
drained or filled as the result of repair,
reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation
of an existing public road under Minnesota
Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 1,
paragraphs (l) and (m).

deleted text begin (h) deleted text end new text begin (i) new text end To the extent that the cost of a
municipal project exceeds two percent of the
median household income in the municipality
multiplied by the number of households in the
municipality, this appropriation is also for the
local share of the project.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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