HF4930

Comfrey; stormwater system improvement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.
Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026)

Related bill: SF5058

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

This bill provides funding to improve the City of Comfrey’s stormwater system to reduce flooding. It authorizes a grant to the city for planning, design, engineering, and construction of comprehensive stormwater improvements.

What the bill does

Allocates money from the bond proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority to support the city of Comfrey.
Requires the funds to be used for predesign, design, engineering, and construction of improvements to the entire municipal stormwater system, addressing ongoing flooding issues.
Allows the state to issue and sell bonds up to the specified amount to finance the project.

Funding details

Amount appropriated: 9,344,000 (nine million three hundred forty-four thousand dollars).
Source: bond proceeds fund.
Bond issuance: The state must sell and issue bonds up to 9,344,000 to pay for the appropriation, following existing state bonding laws and constitutional provisions.

Use of funds

The grant will be provided to the City of Comfrey.
Eligible activities include predesign, design, engineer, and construction work to improve the entire municipal stormwater system.
The goal is to address communitywide flooding and replace or add necessary pipes and related stormwater infrastructure.

Legal and financing framework

Bonding and spending are to be carried out under Minnesota’s bond financing statutes (16A.631 to 16A.675) and Article XI of the Minnesota Constitution.
The bill specifies the Public Facilities Authority as the recipient of the grant funds, to be distributed for the project.

Impact and scope

Targeted project is a citywide stormwater system upgrade in Comfrey.
The bill does not fund other cities or programs; it focuses on one municipality’s flooding issues and infrastructure improvements.

Significance

This is a capital investment aimed at reducing flooding risk in Comfrey by upgrading stormwater infrastructure.
It uses standard state bonding processes to finance the project.

Relevant Terms - stormwater system - flooding - grant - predesign - design - engineer - construct - municipal stormwater system - Public Facilities Authority - bond proceeds fund - bond sale / bonds - Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution Article XI - capital investment

Bill text versions

Introduction PDF PDF file

Actions

Date	Chamber	Where	Type	Name	Committee Name
April 09, 2026	House		Action	Introduction and first reading, referred to	Capital Investment

Citations

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Progress through the legislative process

17%

In Committee