Bill Text: MN HF352 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Flood damage reduction projects funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-03 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Policy and Finance [HF352 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF352-Introduced.html
1.2relating to capital investment; appropriating money to implement flood damage
1.3reduction projects of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing the sale
1.4and issuance of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECTS; FLOOD HAZARD
1.7MITIGATION GRANTS.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. (a) $22,025,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.9proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state share of flood hazard
1.10mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
1.11damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and enhance natural resources
1.12consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation agreement.
1.13(b) This appropriation includes money for the following watershed district projects:
1.14Springbrook, Two Rivers Watershed District, $130,000; Hay Creek-Norland, Roseau
1.15Watershed District, $1,000,000; Brandt-Angus, Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed
1.16District, $2,000,000; Grand Marais, Red Lake Watershed District, $1,875,000; Red Path,
1.17Bois de Sioux Watershed District, $4,300,000; North Ottawa, Bois de Sioux Watershed
1.18District, $3,000,000; Shelly and Felton, Wild Rice Watershed District, $5,100,000; and
1.19Climax and Neilsville, Sand Hill River Watershed District, $4,620,000.
1.20(c) For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines is not
1.21ready to proceed or does not expend all the money allocated to it, the commissioner may
1.22allocate that project's money to a project on the commissioner's priority list.
1.23(d) To the extent that the cost of a project in Shelly, Felton, Climax, or Neilsville
1.24exceeds two percent of the median household income in the municipality multiplied by
2.1the number of households in the municipality, this appropriation is also for the local
2.2share of the project.
2.3 Subd. 2. Appropriation; Wild Rice Watershed District. (a) $1,435,000 is
2.4appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for
2.5the state share of flood hazard mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements
2.6to prevent or alleviate flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and
2.7to enhance natural resources consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation
2.8agreement. Of this appropriation:
2.9(1) $935,000 is for property acquisitions originally approved by the Federal
2.10Emergency Management Agency for acquisition cost share and then later denied; and
2.11(2) $500,000 is for rivers' stability acquisitions.
2.12(b) The appropriation for the project funded under paragraph (a), clause (1), is
2.13eligible for up to 100 percent state flood hazard mitigation funding for the acquisition
2.14and disposal of flood-damaged property.
2.15(c) The project funded under paragraph (a), clause (2), requires a 50 percent match.
2.16 Subd. 3. Appropriation; Clay County. (a) $7,910,000 is appropriated from
2.17the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state share
2.18of flood hazard mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent
2.19or alleviate flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and to enhance
2.20natural resources consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation agreement. Of
2.21this appropriation:
2.22(1) $6,110,000 is for property acquisition in Clay County; and
2.23(2) $1,800,000 is for flood mitigation infrastructure in Clay County to protect the
2.24Clay County government campus.
2.25(b) The match required for a project funded under paragraph (a), clause (1), is an
2.26amount equal to two percent of the median household income in the township multiplied
2.27by the number of households in the township in which the project is located.
2.28(c) The match required for a project funded under paragraph (a), clause (2), is an
2.29amount equal to 12.5 percent of the cost of the project.
2.30 Subd. 4. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
2.31bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
2.32bonds of the state in an amount up to $31,370,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
2.33the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
2.34Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
3.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3reduction projects of a capital nature with certain conditions; authorizing the sale
1.4and issuance of state bonds.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECTS; FLOOD HAZARD
1.7MITIGATION GRANTS.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Appropriation. (a) $22,025,000 is appropriated from the bond
1.9proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state share of flood hazard
1.10mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent or alleviate flood
1.11damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and enhance natural resources
1.12consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation agreement.
1.13(b) This appropriation includes money for the following watershed district projects:
1.14Springbrook, Two Rivers Watershed District, $130,000; Hay Creek-Norland, Roseau
1.15Watershed District, $1,000,000; Brandt-Angus, Middle-Snake-Tamarac Rivers Watershed
1.16District, $2,000,000; Grand Marais, Red Lake Watershed District, $1,875,000; Red Path,
1.17Bois de Sioux Watershed District, $4,300,000; North Ottawa, Bois de Sioux Watershed
1.18District, $3,000,000; Shelly and Felton, Wild Rice Watershed District, $5,100,000; and
1.19Climax and Neilsville, Sand Hill River Watershed District, $4,620,000.
1.20(c) For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines is not
1.21ready to proceed or does not expend all the money allocated to it, the commissioner may
1.22allocate that project's money to a project on the commissioner's priority list.
1.23(d) To the extent that the cost of a project in Shelly, Felton, Climax, or Neilsville
1.24exceeds two percent of the median household income in the municipality multiplied by
2.1the number of households in the municipality, this appropriation is also for the local
2.2share of the project.
2.3 Subd. 2. Appropriation; Wild Rice Watershed District. (a) $1,435,000 is
2.4appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for
2.5the state share of flood hazard mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements
2.6to prevent or alleviate flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and
2.7to enhance natural resources consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation
2.8agreement. Of this appropriation:
2.9(1) $935,000 is for property acquisitions originally approved by the Federal
2.10Emergency Management Agency for acquisition cost share and then later denied; and
2.11(2) $500,000 is for rivers' stability acquisitions.
2.12(b) The appropriation for the project funded under paragraph (a), clause (1), is
2.13eligible for up to 100 percent state flood hazard mitigation funding for the acquisition
2.14and disposal of flood-damaged property.
2.15(c) The project funded under paragraph (a), clause (2), requires a 50 percent match.
2.16 Subd. 3. Appropriation; Clay County. (a) $7,910,000 is appropriated from
2.17the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the state share
2.18of flood hazard mitigation grants for publicly owned capital improvements to prevent
2.19or alleviate flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and to enhance
2.20natural resources consistent with the flood damage reduction mediation agreement. Of
2.21this appropriation:
2.22(1) $6,110,000 is for property acquisition in Clay County; and
2.23(2) $1,800,000 is for flood mitigation infrastructure in Clay County to protect the
2.24Clay County government campus.
2.25(b) The match required for a project funded under paragraph (a), clause (1), is an
2.26amount equal to two percent of the median household income in the township multiplied
2.27by the number of households in the township in which the project is located.
2.28(c) The match required for a project funded under paragraph (a), clause (2), is an
2.29amount equal to 12.5 percent of the cost of the project.
2.30 Subd. 4. Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
2.31bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
2.32bonds of the state in an amount up to $31,370,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
2.33the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
2.34Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
3.1EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
