Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota Senate Bill SF2203 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to infrastructure; establishing the empowering small Minnesota
3	3	1.3 communities program; appropriating money; proposing coding for new law in
4	4	1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 137.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. [137.345] EMPOWERING SMALL MINNESOTA COMMUNITIES
7	7	1.7PROGRAM.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
9	9	1.9the meanings given.
10	10	1.10 (b) "Program" means the empowering small Minnesota communities program established
11	11	1.11by the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota.
12	12	1.12 (c) "Small community" means a local unit of government having a population of fewer
13	13	1.13than 15,000 or a collaboration of more than one local unit of government each having a
14	14	1.14population of fewer than 15,000.
15	15	1.15 Subd. 2.Program assistance.(a) An appropriation under the program is for small
16	16	1.16community partnerships on infrastructure project analysis and development as provided in
17	17	1.17this section.
18	18	1.18 (b) Support and assistance under the program must be prioritized for political subdivisions
19	19	1.19and federally recognized Tribal governments based on insufficient capacity to undertake
20	20	1.20project development and apply for state or federal infrastructure grants.
21	21	1.21 Subd. 3.Uses.(a) An appropriation under the program is available for:
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	25-03954 as introduced02/18/25 REVISOR KRB/DG
24	24	SENATE
25	25	STATE OF MINNESOTA
26	26	S.F. No. 2203NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
27	27	(SENATE AUTHORS: PAPPAS)
28	28	OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
29	29	Introduction and first reading03/06/2025
30	30	Referred to Higher Education 2.1 (1) project partnership activities in the Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships,
31	31	2.2the Center for Transportation Studies, the Minnesota Design Center, the Humphrey School
32	32	2.3of Public Affairs, the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, or other related entities; and
33	33	2.4 (2) support and assistance to small communities that includes:
34	34	2.5 (i) methods to incorporate consideration of sustainability, resiliency, and adaptation to
35	35	2.6the impacts of climate change; and
36	36	2.7 (ii) identification and cross-sector analysis of any potential associated projects and
37	37	2.8efficiencies through coordinated investments in other infrastructure or assets.
38	38	2.9 (b) An agreement with a small community may provide for infrastructure project analysis
39	39	2.10and development activities that include but are not limited to planning, scoping, analysis,
40	40	2.11predesign, and design.
41	41	2.12 Subd. 4.Program information.From an appropriation under the program, the regents
42	42	2.13must maintain information about the program on a website that, at a minimum, must include:
43	43	2.14 (1) a review of the program and implementation;
44	44	2.15 (2) a summary of projects under the program;
45	45	2.16 (3) financial information that identifies sources and uses of funds; and
46	46	2.17 (4) direction on applications for partnership assistance.
47	47	2.18 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; EMPOWERING SMALL MINNESOTA
48	48	2.19COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.
49	49	2.20 $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,500,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from
50	50	2.21the general fund to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for the empowering
51	51	2.22small Minnesota communities program under Minnesota Statutes, section 137.345.
52	52	2Sec. 2.
53	53	25-03954 as introduced02/18/25 REVISOR KRB/DG