1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to housing; modifying the high-rise sprinkler system grant program;
1.3 appropriating money to Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; transferring money;
1.4 amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10, is amended to read:
1.7 Sec. 10. HIGH-RISE SPRINKLER SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
1.9 (b) "Eligible building" means an existing residential building in which:
1.10 (1) at least one story used for human occupancy is 75 feet or more above the lowest
1.11level of fire department vehicle access or the building is seven or more stories in height;
1.12and
1.13 (2) at least two-thirds of its units are affordable to households with an annual income at
1.14or below 50 60 percent of the area median income as determined by the United States
1.15Department of Housing and Urban Development, adjusted for family size, that is paying
1.16no more than 30 percent of annual income on rent.
1.17 (c) "Sprinkler system" means the same as the term "fire protection system" as defined
1.18in Minnesota Statutes, section 299M.01.
1.19 Subd. 2.Grant program Use of funds.The commissioner of the Housing Finance
1.20Agency must make grants and loans to owners of eligible buildings for installation of
1.21sprinkler systems and, if necessary, for relocation of residents during the installation of
1Section 1.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1334
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION 2.1sprinkler systems. Priority shall be given to nonprofit applicants. The maximum grant per
2.2eligible building shall be $2,000,000. Each grant to a nonprofit organization shall require
2.3a 25 percent match. Each grant to a for-profit organization shall require a 50 percent match.
2.4 Sec. 2. TRANSFER AND APPROPRIATION; HIGH-RISE SPRINKLER SYSTEM
2.5PROGRAM.
2.6 (a) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is transferred from the general fund to the housing
2.7development fund. This is a onetime transfer.
2.8 (b) $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the housing development fund
2.9to the commissioner of the Housing Finance Agency for the high-rise sprinkler system
2.10program in Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 2, section 10. This is a onetime appropriation.
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