Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2900 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to housing; creating local government grant account; establishing grant
3	3	1.3 programs for local governments to pay for certain costs of federal action;
4	4	1.4 appropriating money.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS; LEGAL EXPENSES.
7	7	1.7 Subdivision 1.Definition.For purposes of this section, "local government" means a
8	8	1.8county, home rule charter or statutory city, township, or school district.
9	9	1.9 Subd. 2.Local government legal grant account.The commissioner of management
10	10	1.10and budget must establish the local government legal grant account in the special revenue
11	11	1.11fund.
12	12	1.12 Subd. 3.Transfer.On July 1, 2025, the commissioner of management and budget must
13	13	1.13transfer $10,000,000 from the budget reserve account established in Minnesota Statutes,
14	14	1.14section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, to the local government legal grant account.
15	15	1.15 Subd. 4.Appropriation.Funds in the local government legal grant account are
16	16	1.16appropriated in fiscal year 2026 to the commissioner of revenue to make grants to local
17	17	1.17governments for eligible costs in subdivision 6. The commissioner of revenue may transfer
18	18	1.18money in the local government grant account to the commissioner of education to distribute
19	19	1.19grants to school districts that have been awarded a grant under subdivision 5.
20	20	1.20 Subd. 5.Application; award.A local government may apply to the commissioner of
21	21	1.21revenue for a grant from the local government legal grant account to pay for eligible costs
22	22	1.22under subdivision 6. A local government may apply to the commissioner for a grant in a
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR MS/ES 25-0431303/12/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 2900
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Howard03/27/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must allocate grants
33	33	2.2on a first-come, first-served basis.
34	34	2.3 Subd. 6.Grants use.Money in the local government legal grant account must be used
35	35	2.4to reimburse a local government for eligible costs incurred by a local government. Eligible
36	36	2.5costs include actual local government legal costs that were incurred to address the
37	37	2.6implications of federal executive orders, including:
38	38	2.7 (1) continuing special education services;
39	39	2.8 (2) providing programs that reduce disparities;
40	40	2.9 (3) challenging federal censorship or segregation orders; or
41	41	2.10 (4) upholding state law that conflicts with a federal executive order that was made
42	42	2.11effective after January 19, 2025.
43	43	2.12No individual grant to a local government may exceed $500,000.
44	44	2.13 Subd. 7.Unused balance.Any balance remaining in the local government legal grant
45	45	2.14account after July 1, 2026, must be transferred to the budget reserve account by July 15,
46	46	2.152026.
47	47	2.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
48	48	2Section 1.
49	49	REVISOR MS/ES 25-0431303/12/25