Red Wing; prior appropriation modified.

A bill for an act

relating to capital investment; modifying prior appropriations to the city of Red

Wing; amending Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15,

subdivision 4, as amended; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1,

section 16, subdivision 39.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision

4, as amended by Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 5, section 25, is

amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Rail Grade Separation on Crude Oil

Rail Corridors

71,124,000

(a) Of this amount, $42,262,000 is for a grant

to the city of Moorhead for environmental

analysis, design, engineering, removal of an

existing structure, and construction of a rail

grade crossing separation in the vicinity of

21st Street South.

(b) $14,100,000 is for a grant to Anoka County

for environmental analysis, design,

engineering, removal of an existing structure,

and construction of a rail grade crossing

separation at Anoka County State-Aid

Highway 78, known as Hanson Boulevard, in

Coon Rapids. Any unspent portion of the

appropriation under this paragraph may be

used by Anoka County for design costs of

other rail crossings in Anoka County that are

on the commissioner's rail safety priority list.

(c) Of this amount, $14,762,000 is for a grant

to the city of Red Wing for acquisition of

right-of-way, environmental analysis, design,

engineering, removal of an existing structure,

and construction of a rail grade crossing

separation at Sturgeon Lake Road.

Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section

16A.642
, the bond sale authorization and

appropriation of bond proceeds for the project

in this paragraph are available until December

31, 2024.

(d) Any unspent portion of this appropriation

after completion of a project in this

subdivision may be used for grants in

accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section

219.016
.

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(e) Any unspent portion of the amount

allocated for paragraph (c) may be used for

capital improvements to Sturgeon Lake Road

in the area of the rail grade separation project.

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Sec. 2.

Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 1, section 16, subdivision 39,

is amended to read:

Subd. 39.

Red Wing; Rail Grade Separation

10,000,000

From the bond proceeds account in the state

transportation fund as provided in Minnesota

Statutes, section
174.50
, for a grant to the city

of Red Wing for right-of-way acquisition,

environmental analysis, design, engineering,

removal of an existing structure, and

construction of a rail grade crossing separation

at Sturgeon Lake Road. This appropriation is

in addition to the appropriation for the same

purpose in Laws 2017, First Special Session

chapter 8, article 1, section 15, subdivision 4.
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Any unspent portion of the amount

appropriated in this subdivision may be used

for capital improvements to Sturgeon Lake

Road in the area of the rail grade separation

project.
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