1.2relating to disaster assistance; providing assistance to the storm- and
1.3tornado-damaged areas of Minneapolis within FEMA-1990-DR; authorizing
1.4spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other improvements
1.5of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds;
1.6appropriating money for tornado relief.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8	Section 1. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATION SUMMARY.

1.9The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations made in this act.

1.10	SUMMARY
1.11	Employment and Economic Development	$	3,700,000
1.12	Housing Finance Agency		6,000,000
1.13	Public Safety		4,000,000
1.14	TOTAL	$	13,700,000
1.15	General Fund		11,400,000
1.16	Bond Proceeds Fund		2,300,000

1.17	Sec. 2. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS.

1.18    Subdivision 1. Appropriations. The sums shown in the column under
1.19"Appropriations" are appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to be spent to acquire and
1.20to better publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital
1.21nature, and from other named funds, for relief as specified in this act from the storms and
1.22tornado that occurred on or after May 21, 2011, in the area in Minnesota designated under
1.23Presidential Declaration of a Major Disaster FEMA-1990-DR, whether included in the
1.24original declarations or added later by federal government action, referred to in this act as
1.25"the area included in DR-1990." Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations included in
2.1this act are available through June 30, 2014, except that appropriations of bond proceeds
2.2for capital improvements are available until the project is completed or abandoned, subject
2.3to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. The appropriations in this act are onetime.
2.4    Subd. 2. Transfers. Money appropriated under this article may be transferred as
2.5provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 12A.03, subdivision 5.

2.6

APPROPRIATIONS

2.7 2.8

Sec. 3. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.9

Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation

$

3,700,000

2.10To the commissioner of employment and
2.11economic development for the purposes
2.12specified in this section.

2.13

Subd. 2.Redevelopment Grant

2,000,000

2.14From the general fund for a grant to the city
2.15of Minneapolis under Minnesota Statutes,
2.16section 116J.575, for land acquisition,
2.17demolition, infrastructure improvements,
2.18and other redevelopment activities. For the
2.19purposes of this subdivision, Minnesota
2.20Statutes, section 116J.575, subdivisions 2
2.21and 3, are waived.

2.22

Subd. 3.Minnesota Investment Fund

1,400,000

2.23From the general fund for grants to the
2.24city of Minneapolis under the Minnesota
2.25investment fund pursuant to Minnesota
2.26Statutes, section 12A.07, including grants for
2.27community-based mental health services and
2.28programs, for the area included in DR-1990.

2.29

Subd. 4.Public Infrastructure

300,000

2.30For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to
2.31design and construct or renovate public
2.32sidewalks and boulevards in the area included
2.33in DR-1990.

3.1

Sec. 4. HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

3.2 3.3

Economic Development and Housing Challenge Program

$

6,000,000

3.4From the general fund to the Minnesota
3.5Housing Finance Agency for grants and
3.6loans under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.712A.09, for residential multiunit housing and
3.8for support to homeownership within the area
3.9included in DR-1990. This appropriation
3.10does not lapse.

3.11

Sec. 5. NATURAL RESOURCES

3.12

Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board

$

2,000,000

3.13To the commissioner of natural resources
3.14for a grant to the Minneapolis Park and
3.15Recreation Board to plant trees to replace
3.16damaged and destroyed trees on park
3.17board property within the area included in
3.18DR-1990.

3.19

Sec. 6. PUBLIC SAFETY

3.20

State and Local Match

$

4,000,000

3.21From the general fund to the commissioner of
3.22public safety for the state and local match for
3.23federal disaster assistance to state agencies
3.24and other eligible applicants under Minnesota
3.25Statutes, section 12A.15, subdivision 1.

3.26

Sec. 7. BOND SALE EXPENSES

$

5,000

3.27To the commissioner of management
3.28and budget for bond sale expenses under
3.29Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641,
3.30subdivision 8.

3.31    Sec. 8. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
4.1    To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the
4.2commissioner of management and budget, at the request of the commissioner of public
4.3safety, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $2,300,000 in the manner,
4.4upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to
4.516A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

4.6    Sec. 9. APPROPRIATIONS MADE ONLY ONCE.
4.7If the appropriations made in this bill are enacted more than once in the 2011 First
4.8Special Session, these appropriations must be given effect only once.

4.9    Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
4.10This act is effective the day following final enactment.