1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the restoration of the Carver
1.3 levee in the city of Carver.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CITY OF CARVER.
1.6 $3,350,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner
1.7of natural resources for a grant to the city of Carver for capital improvements to restore the
1.8Carver levee, protecting an important historic district in Minnesota from floodwaters of the
1.9Minnesota River. This levee restoration must meet the requirements of Federal Emergency
1.10Management Agency (FEMA) certification. The project includes predesign, design,
1.11engineering, land acquisition, and construction of capital improvements, including raising
1.12the height of the Carver levee, constructing internal drainage, establishing maintainable
1.13setbacks to adjacent structures, and certification by FEMA. This appropriation is in addition
1.14to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 8, and for
1.15the same purpose. This appropriation is onetime and is available until the project is completed
1.16or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
1.17 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1Section 1.
REVISOR JSK/CH 25-0348302/07/25
State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 459
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Harder02/13/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Capital Investment