SF 1862

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/16/2012 09:42am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for grants to metropolitan
area cities to address inflow and infiltration in the sewer system; authorizing
the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin METROPOLITAN CITIES INFLOW AND INFILTRATION GRANTS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $8,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Metropolitan Council for grants to cities within the metropolitan area, as
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital improvements in
municipal wastewater collection systems to reduce the amount of inflow and infiltration to
the Metropolitan Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer disposal system. To be eligible for
a grant, a city must be identified by the Metropolitan Council as a contributor of excessive
inflow or infiltration and must be subject to the council's inflow and infiltration surcharge.
Grants from this appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and
infiltration in the publicly owned municipal wastewater collection systems. The council
must award grants based on applications from eligible cities that identify eligible capital
costs and include a timeline for inflow and infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant
to guidelines established by the council.
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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 subdivision 1 from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $8,000,000 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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