1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to environment;
appropriating money for a water quality improvement
1.3 project in Rice County and
extending a previous appropriation for that purpose.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION;
FRENCH LAKE WATER-QUALITY
1.6 IMPROVEMENT.
1.7 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner of
1.8 the Pollution Control
Agency for a grant to Rice County to address water-quality concerns
1.9 at French Lake. Rice
County may use this grant to contract for water-quality improvement
1.10 services, testing,
necessary infrastructure, training, and maintenance.
1.11 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION
EXTENSION; FRENCH LAKE WATER-QUALITY
1.12 IMPROVEMENT
GRANT.
1.13 The availability of the grant to Rice County to address
water-quality concerns at French
1.14 Lake under Laws 2023,
chapter 60, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (m), is
1.15 extended to June 30,
2027.
1.16 EFFECTIVE DATE. This
section is effective the day following final enactment.
