S.F. No. 5192 Summary

• Creates a new state grant program administered by the Commissioner of Employment and Economic Development to fund construction and renovation of public skate parks for cities, towns, counties, park boards, and school districts.

• Requires the commissioner to contract with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization with skateboarding expertise to evaluate applications and select grant recipients, with up to 4 percent of grant funds available for the nonprofit's administrative costs.

• Establishes grant selection criteria including community demonstrated interest, site accessibility to highways and transit, geographic dispersion, commitment to diverse and inclusive community skating, and priority for projects designed by skate park experts and constructed by experienced professionals.

• Appropriates $2,500,000 for skate park grants and increases total economic development appropriations from $395,567,000 to $398,067,000.

• Repeals the previous $4,000,000 skate park program administered by the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission and replaces it with the new grant program structure.