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HF 783

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/22/2013 01:39pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for flood hazard
mitigation grants; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTS; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $35,000,000 is appropriated from the bond
proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources 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. Levee projects, to the extent
practical, shall meet the state standard of three feet above the 100-year flood elevation.
new text end

new text begin (b) Project priorities shall be determined by the commissioner as appropriate and
based on need.
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new text begin (c) This appropriation includes money for the following county, township, and
municipal projects as prioritized by the commissioner: Ada, Afton, Alvarado, Argyle,
Austin, Borup, Breckenridge, Browntown, Climax, Crookston, Delano, Granite Falls, Inver
Grove Heights, Melrose, Minneota, Minnesota River Area II, Montevideo, Moorhead,
Newport, Nielsville, Oakport Township, Oslo, Roseau, Rushford, St. Vincent, and Shelly.
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new text begin (d) This appropriation includes money for the following watershed projects: North
Ottawa, Bois de Sioux Watershed District; Quick, Two Rivers Watershed District;
Redpath, Bois de Sioux Watershed District; Roseau Wildlife Management Area, Roseau
River Watershed District; and Shell Rock Watershed District.
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new text begin (e) For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines is not
ready to proceed or does not expend all the money allocated to it, the commissioner may
allocate that project's money to a project on the commissioner's priority list.
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new text begin (f) To the extent that the cost of a project exceeds two percent of the median
household income in a municipality or township multiplied by the number of households
in the municipality or township, this appropriation is also for the local share of the project.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $35,000,000 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.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

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