SF 1571

1st Engrossment - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 06/28/2022 02:48pm

A bill for an act
relating to agriculture; appropriating money to the agriculture best management
practices loan program for rural septic system assistance grants.

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

Section 1. new text begin RURAL SEPTIC SYSTEM ASSISTANCE GRANTS; APPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the environment and natural resources
trust fund to the commissioner of agriculture to provide grants to rural landowners to replace
failing septic systems that inadequately protect groundwater. Grants shall be administered
through the agriculture best management practices loan program. Rural landowners, as
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 17.117, subdivision 4, with income below 300 percent
of the federal poverty guidelines for the applicable family size, shall be eligible for a grant
under this section. A grant awarded under this section shall not exceed the lesser of $5,000
or 35 percent of the cost of replacing the failed or failing septic system. The issuance of a
loan under Minnesota Statutes, section 17.117, for the purpose of replacing a failed septic
system shall not preclude a rural landowner from obtaining a grant under this section or
vice versa. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the commissioner to issue
a grant that conflicts with the requirements and limitations of Minnesota Constitution, article
XI, section 14.
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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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