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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to disaster relief; appropriating money for lake cleanup in LeSueur <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>County; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103G.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[103G.122] COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY TO REMOVE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var><b>DEBRIS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner shall remove debris from public waters that was:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) caused by a disaster or a public emergency as defined in chapter 12; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) constitutes a threat to public safety in any way, including swimming, boating, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>other recreational use of the public waters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A statutory or home rule charter city or county may allow residents and adjacent <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>property owners to place debris retrieved from public waters onto the public access for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>pickup.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>PUBLIC WATERS DEBRIS CLEARANCE FUND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Fund created.</b> A public waters debris clearance fund is created to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>assure that public waters are cleaned and maintained from debris that is deposited into the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>public waters by disasters, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the governor has declared a state of emergency, money in this fund shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for the removal of debris, which <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>were deposited by a disaster, from public waters. The commissioner of natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>may contract or provide grants to local governments to accomplish these purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a federal disaster is declared, the reimbursement for debris removal from public <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>waters must be deposited into the public waters debris clearance fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Appropriation.</b> $2,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund for fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>year 2008 to the commissioner of natural resources, for deposit into the public waters <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>debris clearance fund. This is a onetime appropriation that is available until expended.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATION; TORNADO RELIEF.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$79,000 is appropriated from the general fund for fiscal year 2007 to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>commissioner of employment and economic development for a grant to Le Sueur County <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>for the cost of cleaning debris from lakes in Le Sueur County, caused by the August <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>24, 2006, tornado in southern Le Sueur County. This appropriation is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>June 30, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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