Bill > HF2190

This bill provides $1,250,000 in funding from the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for grants to five specific Minnesota counties (Fillmore, Goodhue, Houston, Wabasha, and Winona) to help them clean out and reestablish upslope earthen dams and associated flood protection storage structures. Each county will receive an equal amount of funding, and the bill requires that by October 1, 2026, each recipient county must submit a report to legislative committee chairs and ranking minority members detailing how they used the grant money. Importantly, the bill stipulates that none of the appropriated funds can be used for administrative costs by either the Board of Water and Soil Resources or the recipient counties, ensuring that the money is directly used for dam and flood protection infrastructure projects. This legislation appears aimed at improving water management and flood control infrastructure in these southeastern Minnesota counties.

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https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2190&ssn=0&y=2025