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HF3463 • 2026

Crystal; water main improvements along Douglas Drive funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Crystal; water main improvements along Douglas Drive funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Freiberg
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Crystal Water Main Improvements

The bill provides funding for water main improvements along Douglas Drive in Crystal and allows the state to issue bonds up to $15,000,000 to cover the cost.

What This Bill Does

  • Appropriates $15,000,000 from a bond fund to help the city of Crystal fix its water mains on Douglas Drive.
  • Includes money for planning, designing, building new water pipes, and fixing streets, sidewalks, and storm sewers along Douglas Drive.
  • Authorizes the sale and issuance of state bonds up to $15,000,000 to fund these improvements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The city of Crystal
  • Residents and businesses in Crystal who use water services on Douglas Drive

Terms To Know

Bond proceeds fund
A special account where money from selling bonds is kept.
Public Facilities Authority
An organization that helps manage and finance public projects in Minnesota.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the timeline for completing the water main improvements.
  • It doesn't address what happens if there isn't enough money from bond sales to cover the full cost of the project.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment

Official Summary Text

Crystal; water main improvements along Douglas Drive funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; appropriating money for water main improvements

along Douglas Drive in the city of Crystal; authorizing the sale and issuance of

state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.
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CRYSTAL; DOUGLAS DRIVE WATER MAIN IMPROVEMENTS.
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Subdivision 1.

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Appropriation.

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$15,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds

fund to the Public Facilities Authority for a grant to the city of Crystal to predesign, design,

engineer, and construct the replacement of water main infrastructure, and associated street,

sidewalk, and storm sewer improvements, along Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 102

(Douglas Drive) in the city of Crystal, from the intersection of Hennepin County State-Aid

Highway 70 (Medicine Lake Road) and 29th Avenue North to Hennepin County State-Aid

Highway 8 (West Broadway).

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Subd. 2.

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Bond sale.

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To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond

proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of

the state in an amount up to $15,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect

prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota

Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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