HF4083

Purpose

• To provide funding for water infrastructure projects by appropriating money from the bond proceeds fund and authorizing the sale of state bonds to support eligible municipalities through the water infrastructure funding program.

Main Provisions

• Subdivision 1 – Appropriation
  • The bill appropriates money from the bond proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority for grants to eligible municipalities under the water infrastructure funding program (Minnesota Statutes section 446A.072).
  • It designates a specific grant of $9,000,000 to the city of Paynesville to predesign, design, construct, equip, and furnish an expansion of its existing wastewater industrial pretreatment facility to increase treatment capacity and upgrade systems and processes.
• Subdivision 2 – Bond Sale
  • To provide the money appropriated, the commissioner of management and budget must sell and issue state bonds up to an amount specified in the bill, in the manner and with the terms prescribed by Minnesota law (Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675) and the Minnesota Constitution (article XI, sections 4 to 7).

Allocation Details

• Paynesville Project
  • Amount: $9,000,000
  • Purpose: Expand the wastewater industrial pretreatment facility to increase capacity and upgrade systems and processes (predesign, design, construction, equipment, and furnishing).

Bonding Mechanics

• The funding is provided from the bond proceeds fund.
• Bond sales are to be conducted under the established statutory framework (Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675) and constitutional provisions (Article XI, sections 4–7).

Administrative Oversight and Implementation

• Implementing agency for grants: Public Facilities Authority.
• Bond issuance oversight: commissioner of management and budget.
• Eligible recipients and administration of grants are governed by the water infrastructure funding program and related statutes (Minnesota Statutes section 446A.072).

Significance and Changes to Law

• Creates a new appropriation from bond proceeds to support water infrastructure grants.
• Authorizes issuing state bonds to fund these grants, including the Paynesville project.
• Ties funding and bond issuance to existing state statutes and constitutional provisions governing debt and bonding.

Relevant Terms

• water infrastructure funding program
• Public Facilities Authority
• Minnesota Statutes section 446A.072
• Paynesville
• wastewater industrial pretreatment facility
• predesign
• design
• construct
• equip
• furnish
• increase treatment capacity
• upgrade systems and processes
• bond proceeds fund
• commissioner of management and budget
• bond sale
• Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675
• Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7

Relevant Terms - water infrastructure funding program - Public Facilities Authority - Paynesville - wastewater industrial pretreatment facility - predesign - design - construct - equip - furnish - treatment capacity - bond proceeds fund - bond sale - Minn. Stat. 446A.072 - Minn. Stat. 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minn. Constitution Art. XI, 4-7