1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for floodway modeling.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. FLOODWAY MODELING APPROPRIATION.
 1.5 	$187,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2017 from the general fund to the 
1.6 	commissioner of natural resources for a grant to the Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers 
1.7 	Watershed District to match equal funds from the North Dakota State Water Commission 
1.8 	and North Dakota water boards to conduct hydraulic modeling of alternative floodway 
1.9 	options for the reach including and upstream and downstream of the Minnesota and North 
1.10 	Dakota agricultural levies in the vicinity of Oslo, Minnesota. The modeling must include 
1.11 	evaluating removal of floodway flow obstructions, channel obstructions, transportation 
1.12 	access, and equalization of agricultural levy protection. The project must be conducted 
1.13 	in partnership with the border township association group representing four Minnesota 
1.14 	townships and the city of Oslo and the three adjacent townships in North Dakota. This is a 
1.15 	onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2018.