| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to housing; creating local government grant account; establishing grant |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 programs for local governments to pay for certain costs of federal action; |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 appropriating money. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS; LEGAL EXPENSES. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.Definition.For purposes of this section, "local government" means a |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8county, home rule charter or statutory city, township, or school district. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subd. 2.Local government legal grant account.The commissioner of management |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10and budget must establish the local government legal grant account in the special revenue |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11fund. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 Subd. 3.Transfer.On July 1, 2025, the commissioner of management and budget must |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13transfer $10,000,000 from the budget reserve account established in Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, to the local government legal grant account. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 Subd. 4.Appropriation.Funds in the local government legal grant account are |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16appropriated in fiscal year 2026 to the commissioner of revenue to make grants to local |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17governments for eligible costs in subdivision 6. The commissioner of revenue may transfer |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18money in the local government grant account to the commissioner of education to distribute |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19grants to school districts that have been awarded a grant under subdivision 5. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 Subd. 5.Application; award.A local government may apply to the commissioner of |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21revenue for a grant from the local government legal grant account to pay for eligible costs |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22under subdivision 6. A local government may apply to the commissioner for a grant in a |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-04313 as introduced03/12/25 REVISOR MS/ES |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2757NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MAYE QUADE) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/20/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to State and Local Government 2.1form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must allocate grants |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2on a first-come, first-served basis. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3 Subd. 6.Grants use.Money in the local government legal grant account must be used |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.4to reimburse a local government for eligible costs incurred by a local government. Eligible |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.5costs include actual local government legal costs that were incurred to address the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.6implications of federal executive orders, including: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.7 (1) continuing special education services; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.8 (2) providing programs that reduce disparities; |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.9 (3) challenging federal censorship or segregation orders; or |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.10 (4) upholding state law that conflicts with a federal executive order that was made |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.11effective after January 19, 2025. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.12No individual grant to a local government may exceed $500,000. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.13 Subd. 7.Unused balance.Any balance remaining in the local government legal grant |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.14account after July 1, 2026, must be transferred to the budget reserve account by July 15, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.152026. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.16 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 25-04313 as introduced03/12/25 REVISOR MS/ES |
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