Public land survey system monument grant program prioritization criteria amended, and money appropriated.
Impact
The bill allocates a total of $10 million for the fiscal year 2025, with a continued base amount for the following years. This funding will enable counties to employ technical staff to assist surveyors and enhance the preservation of monuments that mark survey corners. Additionally, the proposed prioritization criteria for grant distribution aim to favor counties demonstrating financial need, lower percentages of certified monument corners, or plans that will support local economic development through remonumentation efforts.
Summary
House File 3552 proposes amendments to the prioritization criteria for the public land survey system monument grant program in the state of Minnesota. The bill aims to provide appropriations from the state’s general fund to support the installation, maintenance, and updating of public land survey monuments. This initiative is particularly significant as it addresses financial aid for counties that struggle to preserve their survey markers, which are critical for land management and boundaries.
Contention
Debates surrounding HF3552 could focus on the allocation of state funds and the effectiveness of providing monetary support to various counties. Some stakeholders may raise concerns about whether this funding adequately addresses the broader implications of land surveying issues, or if it efficiently serves those areas that most lack resources for maintaining public land survey monuments. The potential for increased state oversight and intervention in local land management practices could also be a point of contention among legislators.
New green infrastructure grant program created, criteria projects funded through clean water and drinking water revolving funds amended, rules and prioritization of projects required, and money appropriated.
New green infrastructure grant program created, criteria for projects funded through clean water and drinking water revolving funds amended, rules and prioritization of projects in project priority lists required to factor in new criteria, and money appropriated.
Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists: licensees: professional land surveyors: surveying practices: monuments and corner accessories.
Green infrastructure grant program establishment; criteria for certain projects funded through the clean water and drinking water revolving funds modification; rules and prioritization of clean water and drinking water projects in certain project priority lists to factor in new criteria requirement; appropriating money