1997 Minnesota Statutes

     144.9507 Lead-related funding. 

    Subdivision 1.    Lead education strategy contracts.  
 The commissioner shall, within available federal or state 
 appropriations, contract with: 

    (1) boards of health to provide funds for lead education as 
 provided for in sections 144.9503 and 144.9504; and 

    (2) swab team workers and community-based advocacy groups 
 to provide funds for lead education for primary prevention of 
 toxic lead exposure in areas at high risk for toxic lead 
 exposure. 

    Subd. 2.    Lead inspection contracts.  The commissioner 
 shall, within available federal or state appropriations, 
 contract with boards of health to conduct lead inspections to 
 determine sources of lead contamination and to issue and enforce 
 lead orders according to section 144.9504.  

    Subd. 3.    Temporary lead-safe housing contracts.  The 
 commissioner shall, within the limits of available 
 appropriations, contract with boards of health for temporary 
 housing, to be used in meeting relocation requirements in 
 section 144.9504, and award grants to boards of health for the 
 purposes of paying housing and relocation costs under section 
 144.9504.  

    Subd. 4.    Lead cleanup equipment and material grants.  
 The commissioner shall, within the limits of available state or 
 federal appropriations, provide funds for lead cleanup equipment 
 and materials under a grant program to nonprofit community-based 
 organizations in areas at high risk for toxic lead exposure, as 
 provided for in section 144.9503.  

    Subd. 5.    Federal lead-related funds.  To the extent 
 practicable under federal guidelines, the commissioner of health 
 shall coordinate with the commissioner of housing finance so 
 that at least 50 percent of federal lead funds are allocated for 
 swab team services.  

    To the extent practicable under federal guidelines, the 
 commissioner of health may also use federal funding to contract 
 with boards of health for purposes as specified in this section, 
 but only to the extent that the federal funds do not replace 
 existing funding for these lead services.  

    HIST: 1995 c 213 art 1 s 9