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103F.725 FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
    Subdivision 1. Financial assistance. (a) The agency may award grants for up to 50 percent
of the eligible cost for:
(1) the development of a diagnostic study and implementation plan; and
(2) the implementation of that plan.
(b) The agency shall determine which costs are eligible costs and grants shall be made and
used only for eligible costs.
    Subd. 1a. Financial assistance; loans. (a) Up to $36,000,000 of the balance in the water
pollution control revolving fund in section 446A.07, as determined by the Public Facilities
Authority, may be provided to the commissioner for the establishment of a clean water partnership
loan program.
(b) The agency may award loans for up to 100 percent of the costs associated with activities
identified by the agency as best management practices pursuant to section 319 and section 320 of
the federal Water Quality Act of 1987, as amended, including associated administrative costs.
(c) Loans may be used to finance clean water partnership grant project eligible costs not
funded by grant assistance.
(d) The interest rate, at or below market rate, and the term, not to exceed 20 years, shall be
determined by the agency in consultation with the Public Facilities Authority.
(e) The repayment must be deposited in the water pollution control revolving fund under
section 446A.07.
(f) The local unit of government receiving the loan is responsible for repayment of the loan.
(g) For the purpose of obtaining a loan from the agency, a local government unit may provide
to the agency its general obligation note. All obligations incurred by a local government unit in
obtaining a loan from the agency must be in accordance with chapter 475, except that so long
as the obligations are issued to evidence a loan from the agency to the local government unit,
an election is not required to authorize the obligations issued, and the amount of the obligations
shall not be included in determining the net indebtedness of the local government unit under the
provisions of any law or chapter limiting the indebtedness.
    Subd. 2. Technical assistance. The agency may provide technical assistance to local units of
government to ensure efficient and effective development and implementation of projects and
coordination of projects with other water management activities.
History: 1990 c 391 art 6 s 85; 1994 c 632 art 2 s 27; 1995 c 220 s 93; 1996 c 407 s 44;
1998 c 404 s 36

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