Bill Text: MN HF3295 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Shade tree replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-26 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance [HF3295 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF3295-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money for shade tree replacement;
1.3authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. SHADE TREE PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $3,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.7fund to the commissioner of natural resources for grants to cities, counties, townships, and
1.8park and recreation boards in cities of the first class for the planting of publicly owned
1.9shade trees on public land to provide environmental benefits; to replace trees lost to forest
1.10pests, disease, or storms; or to establish a more diverse community forest better able to
1.11withstand disease and forest pests. The commissioner must give priority to grant requests
1.12to remove and replace trees with active infestations of emerald ash borer. For purposes of
1.13this subdivision, "shade tree" means a woody perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or
1.14environmental purposes with minimal to no residual timber value and with no intent to
1.15harvest the tree for its wood. Any tree planted with funding under this subdivision must
1.16be a species native to Minnesota.
1.17 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.18bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.19bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.20the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.21Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. SHADE TREE PROGRAM; APPROPRIATION.
1.6 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. $3,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
1.7fund to the commissioner of natural resources for grants to cities, counties, townships, and
1.8park and recreation boards in cities of the first class for the planting of publicly owned
1.9shade trees on public land to provide environmental benefits; to replace trees lost to forest
1.10pests, disease, or storms; or to establish a more diverse community forest better able to
1.11withstand disease and forest pests. The commissioner must give priority to grant requests
1.12to remove and replace trees with active infestations of emerald ash borer. For purposes of
1.13this subdivision, "shade tree" means a woody perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or
1.14environmental purposes with minimal to no residual timber value and with no intent to
1.15harvest the tree for its wood. Any tree planted with funding under this subdivision must
1.16be a species native to Minnesota.
1.17 Subd. 2. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in subdivision 1 from the
1.18bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
1.19bonds of the state in an amount up to $3,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
1.20the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
1.21Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
1.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
