1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; modifying a previous appropriation for capital 
1.3 	improvements to the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System;amending Laws 
1.4 	2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 15, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2023, chapter 71, article 1, section 15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

1.7	Subd. 2.Lewis and Clark Joint Powers Board
 				22,000,000
	
1.8 	For a grant or grants to the Lewis and Clark 
1.9 	Joint Powers Board to make annual equity 
1.10 	contributions to the Lewis and Clark Rural 
1.11 	Water System, Inc., pursuant to terms agreed 
1.12 	to by each of the Joint Powers Board members 
1.13 	in an expansion commitment agreement to 
1.14 	acquire land for and to design, engineer, and 
1.15 	construct facilities and infrastructure necessary 
1.16 	for an expansion of the Lewis and Clark 
1.17 	Regional Water System. This appropriation is 
1.18 	not available until the Lewis and Clark Joint 
1.19 	Powers Board pays to the commissioner of 
1.20 	management and budget the total amount of 
1.21 	federal money that it received or receives 
1.22 	associated with the project that was funded by 
1.23 	Laws 2014, chapter 295, section 11, 
2.1 	subdivision 2, and Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.2 	16A.967, estimated to be $39,003,078, by June 
2.3 	30, 2024. The commissioner must deposit this 
2.4 	money in the general fund. Notwithstanding 
2.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, this 
2.6 	appropriation is available until December 31, 
2.7 	2031.

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