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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to public safety; appropriating money for weather forecasting gap-filling | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 radar data. | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING GAP-FILLING RADAR | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6DATA. | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7 $1,270,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,050,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for the director of Homeland Security | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9and Emergency Management Division to procure weather forecasting gap-filling radar data | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10and services for the purposes of: (1) filling five critical gaps in low-level observations in | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11Minnesota in the first year and eight critical gaps in subsequent years to inform weather | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12planning, preparation, and response; and (2) enhancing and improving public safety across | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13Minnesota. Radar data procured from this appropriation must also be made available to the | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14Department of Agriculture, Department of Transportation, and Minnesota Pollution Control | |
| 15 | 15 | 1.15Agency. The base for this appropriation is $2,050,000 in fiscal years 2028 and 2029. | |
| 16 | 16 | 1Section 1. | |
| 17 | 17 | REVISOR KRB/ES 25-0198601/14/25 | |
| 18 | 18 | State of Minnesota | |
| 19 | 19 | This Document can be made available | |
| 20 | 20 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 21 | 21 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 22 | 22 | H. F. No. 697 | |
| 23 | 23 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 24 | 24 | Authored by Baker and Backer02/13/2025 | |
| 25 | 25 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Public Safety Finance and Policy |