1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for the restoration of the Carver 
1.3 	levee in the city of Carver.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; CITY OF CARVER.
 1.6 	$3,350,000 in fiscal year 2025 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of natural resources for a grant to the city of Carver for capital improvements to restore the 
1.8 	Carver levee, protecting an important historic district in Minnesota from floodwaters of the 
1.9 	Minnesota River. This levee restoration must meet the requirements of Federal Emergency 
1.10 	Management Agency (FEMA) certification. The project includes predesign, design, 
1.11 	engineering, land acquisition, and construction of capital improvements, including raising 
1.12 	the height of the Carver levee, constructing internal drainage, establishing maintainable 
1.13 	setbacks to adjacent structures, and certification by FEMA. This appropriation is in addition 
1.14 	to the appropriation in Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 8, and for 
1.15 	the same purpose. This appropriation is onetime and is available until the project is completed 
1.16 	or abandoned, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.