1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for construction of ring levees.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; RURAL AND FARMSTEAD RING LEVEES.
 1.5 	$650,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $650,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.6 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for grants to assist in 
1.7 	the construction of flood protection rural and farmstead ring levees in the Red River 
1.8 	watershed. Grants may not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the projects. This is a onetime 
1.9 	appropriation.