2004 Minnesota Statutes

     103B.3369 Local water resources protection and 
  management program. 

    Subdivision 1.    Assistance priorities.  State agencies 
 may give priority to local requests that are part of or 
 responsive to a comprehensive local water plan when 
 administering programs for water-related financial and technical 
 assistance.  

    Subd. 2.    Establishment.  A local water resources 
 protection and management program is established.  The board may 
 provide financial assistance to local units of government for 
 activities that protect or manage water and related land 
 quality.  The activities include planning, zoning, official 
 controls, and other activities to implement local water 
 management plans.  

    Subd. 3. Repealed, 2003 c 128 art 1 s 176 

    Subd. 4.    Contracts.  A local unit of government may 
 contract to implement programs.  An explanation of the program 
 responsibilities proposed to be contracted must accompany grant 
 requests.  A local unit of government that contracts is 
 responsible for ensuring that state funds are properly expended 
 and for providing an annual report to the board describing 
 expenditures of funds and program accomplishments.  

    Subd. 5.    Financial assistance.  A base grant may be 
 awarded to a county that levies a water implementation tax at a 
 rate, which shall be determined by the board.  The minimum 
 amount of the water implementation tax shall be a tax rate times 
 the adjusted net tax capacity of the county for the preceding 
 year.  The rate shall be the rate, rounded to the nearest .001 
 of a percent, that, when applied to the adjusted net tax 
 capacity for all counties, raises the amount of $1,500,000.  The 
 base grant will be in an amount equal to $37,500 less the amount 
 raised by that levy.  If the amount necessary to implement the 
 local water plan for the county is less than $37,500, the amount 
 of the base grant shall be the amount that, when added to the 
 levy amount, equals the amount required to implement the plan.  
 For counties where the tax rate generates an amount equal to or 
 greater than $18,750, the base grant shall be in an amount equal 
 to $18,750. 

    Subd. 6.    Limitations.  (a) Grants provided to 
 implement programs under this section must be reviewed by the 
 state agency having statutory program authority to assure 
 compliance with minimum state standards.  At the request of the 
 state agency commissioner, the board shall revoke the portion of 
 a grant used to support a program not in compliance.  

    (b) Grants provided to develop or revise local water 
 management plans may not be awarded for a time longer than two 
 years.  

    (c) A local unit of government may not request or be 
 awarded grants for project implementation unless a local 
 management water plan has been adopted. 

    Subd. 7. Repealed, 2002 c 220 art 8 s 16 

    Subd. 8. Repealed, 2002 c 220 art 8 s 16 

    HIST: 1989 c 326 art 2 s 10; 1990 c 391 art 10 s 3; 1990 c 597 
 s 15; 1990 c 604 art 3 s 1,2; 1995 c 184 s 26,27; 2003 c 128 art 
 1 s 102-105