as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/28/2017 08:29am
A bill for an act
relating to public safety; creating a supplemental nonprofit security grant program;
appropriating money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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$....... in fiscal year 2018 and $....... in
fiscal year 2019 are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety
for a grant program administered by the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management.
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Nonprofit organizations whose applications for
funding through the Federal Emergency Management Agency's nonprofit security grant
program have been approved by the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management are eligible for grants under this section. No additional application shall be
required for grants under this section, and an application for a grant from the federal program
is also an application for funding from the state supplemental program.
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Organizations meeting the
eligibility requirements of subdivision 2 may receive grants of up to $75,000, except that
the total received by any individual from both the federal nonprofit security grant program
and the state supplemental nonprofit security grant program shall not exceed $75,000. Grants
shall be awarded in an order consistent with the ranking given to applicants for the federal
nonprofit security grant program. No grants under the state supplemental nonprofit security
grant program shall be awarded until the announcement of the recipients and the amount
of the grants awarded under the federal nonprofit security grant program.
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The commissioner may use up to one percent, on an
annual basis, of the appropriation received under this section to pay costs incurred by the
department in administering the supplemental nonprofit security grant program.
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