1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; creating state natural disaster assistance grant program; 
1.3 	appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 12.221, by 
1.4 	adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 12.221, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.State natural disaster assistance grants. The state director may award 
1.9 	state natural disaster assistance grants to eligible local units of government that do not 
1.10 	qualify for federal disaster funds. A local unit of government must provide matching 
1.11 	funds to receive a grant under this subdivision. The commissioner shall develop standards, 
1.12 	procedures, and forms necessary to administer the grant program.

1.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

1.14 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 1.15 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2008 to the 
1.16 	commissioner of public safety to fund disaster assistance grants authorized in Minnesota 
1.17 	Statutes, section 12.221, subdivision 6.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.