1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the Minnesota Valley
1.3 Regional Rail Authority.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. MINNESOTA VALLEY REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY.
1.6 (a) $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the
1.7commissioner of transportation for a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional Rail Authority
1.8to rehabilitate a portion of the railroad track between Winthrop and Hanley Falls. The grant
1.9under this paragraph may also be used for any required environmental documentation and
1.10remediation, predesign, design, and rehabilitation or replacement of bridges with new bridges
1.11or culverts between Winthrop and Hanley Falls. A portion of the grant under this paragraph
1.12may also be used as matching funds to meet federal grant requirements. A grant under this
1.13paragraph is in addition to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this project made by the
1.14commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.62.
1.15 (b) This appropriation is in addition to the appropriations under Laws 2006, chapter 258,
1.16section 16, subdivision 6; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 16, subdivision 5, as amended
1.17by Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 2, section 10, and Laws 2015, First Special Session
1.18chapter 5, article 3, section 7; Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 4,
1.19as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 2, section 11, and Laws 2015, First Special
1.20Session chapter 5, article 3, section 8; Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 15, subdivision 5,
1.21as amended by Laws 2014, chapter 294, article 2, section 12, and Laws 2015, First Special
1.22Session chapter 5, article 3, section 9; Laws 2015, First Special Session chapter 5, article
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1038
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Torkelson02/17/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment 2.11, section 10, subdivision 4; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section
2.215, subdivision 7; and Laws 2018, chapter 214, article 1, section 16, subdivision 4.
2.3 (c) This appropriation is onetime and is available until the project is completed or
2.4abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
2.5 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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