1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to waters; modifying local match requirements for certain grants;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103B.3369, subdivision 5, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Financial assistance. A base grant may be awarded to a county that levies
1.8 	provides a match utilizing a water implementation tax or other local source. A water 
1.9 	implementation tax that a county intends to use as a match to the base grant must be levied
1.10 	at a rate, which shall be determined by the board. The minimum amount of the water 
1.11 	implementation tax shall be a tax rate times the adjusted net tax capacity of the county for 
1.12 	the preceding year. The rate shall be the rate, rounded to the nearest .001 of a percent, 
1.13 	that, when applied to the adjusted net tax capacity for all counties, raises the amount of 
1.14 	$1,500,000. The base grant will be in an amount equal to $37,500 less the amount raised 
1.15 	by that levy the local match. If the amount necessary to implement the local water plan for 
1.16 	the county is less than $37,500, the amount of the base grant shall be the amount that, 
1.17 	when added to the levy match amount, equals the amount required to implement the plan. 
1.18 	For counties where the tax rate generates an amount equal to or greater than $18,750, the 
1.19 	base grant shall be in an amount equal to $18,750.