HF748 Summary

• Appropriates funds for disaster relief related to storms and flooding occurring on or after June 11, 2014, in Minnesota areas designated under FEMA Presidential Declaration FEMA-4182-DR.

• Appropriates $800,000 to the commissioner of transportation for grants to local governments for local road and bridge reconstruction.

• Appropriates $5,155,000 to the commissioner of natural resources for facility and natural resource damage repair ($2,140,000) and flood hazard mitigation grants ($3,015,000), including funds for Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District outlet channel restoration.

• Appropriates $10,700,000 (2015) and $6,600,000 (2016) to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for Reinvest in Minnesota conservation easements ($4,700,000) and erosion, sediment, and water quality control cost-share programs ($6,000,000-$6,600,000).

• Appropriates $100,000 each to the Minnesota Historical Society for historic structure damage assessment and repair, and to the Department of Employment and Economic Development for a grant to the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota for flood losses.