MN SF3894

Appropriates $3,000,000 from the general fund in fiscal year 2019 to the commissioner of public safety for emergency management readiness grants.

Grants must be distributed in equal amounts to emergency management departments in all 87 counties, 11 federally recognized tribes, and 4 cities of the first class for planning, preparedness activities, and capital purchases.

Local emergency management departments must submit a request to the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEM) to receive these grants.

Prohibits replacement of current local emergency management and preparedness funding with these additional state funds.

Requires the commissioner of public safety to submit a report by March 15, 2019 to legislative committees with jurisdiction over emergency management, summarizing grantee activities and identifying all grant recipients.