SF 4460

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 04/07/2022 10:23am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new regional wastewater
treatment facility in Goodhue County; authorizing the sale and issuance of state
bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin NORTH ZUMBRO SANITARY DISTRICT; WASTEWATER
TREATMENT FACILITY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $70,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the joint powers sanitary district created
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 471.59, comprising the cities of Zumbrota, Goodhue,
Pine Island, and Wanamingo, to predesign, design, engineer, permit, construct, and equip
a new state-of-the-art regional wastewater treatment facility to be located in Goodhue County
and to serve as a regional wastewater facility prototype. This facility shall provide wastewater
treatment service for the Elk Run settlement lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community,
which shall connect to existing wastewater infrastructure in the city of Pine Island. This
appropriation includes money for improvements and betterments of a capital nature, including
the construction of infrastructure, necessary to connect the new facility to the communities
in the sanitary district and for the facility to serve its intended purpose. This appropriation
does not require a nonstate contribution.
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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 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 $70,000,000 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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