Reporting date on the disaster assistance contingency account.

Related bill: SF3958

Bill text versions

• Introduction PDF PDF file

Past committee meetings

• Public Safety Finance and Policy on: March 17, 2026 15:00
• Public Safety Finance and Policy on: March 03, 2026 15:00

Actions

[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Creates the Disaster Assistance Contingency Account in the state treasury's special revenue fund.",
        "Provides that money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety to provide 100 percent of the nonfederal share for state agencies, local governments, and utility cooperatives for eligible federal/state disaster assistance, and to pay eligible claims under chapter 12B.",
        "Authorizes the account to pay nonfederal shares for publicly owned capital improvement projects.",
        "Requires by January 15 of each year a report detailing state disaster assistance appropriations and expenditures under this subdivision during the previous calendar year.",
        "Requires the governor's budget proposal to include recommended appropriations to the disaster assistance contingency account, informed by the commissioner of public safety's estimate of needed funding to fully cover nonfederal shares and to pay all eligible claims under chapter 12B.",
        "Notwithstanding section 16A.28, funds appropriated or transferred to the disaster assistance contingency account do not lapse and remain in the account until appropriated; funds appropriated from the account do not lapse and are available until expended."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Amends Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 12.221, subdivision 6 to create the Disaster Assistance Contingency Account and set forth its uses, funding rules, reporting requirements, and interaction with other statutes.",
      "modified": [
        "Explicitly expands the purposes and funding mechanisms related to disaster assistance to include cost-sharing for certain federal programs (FEMA, FHWA emergency relief, NRCS emergency watershed protection) and to pay claims under chapter 12B, with associated reporting and budget requirements."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "12.221",
    "subdivision": "6"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Clarifies that the 100 percent nonfederal share provision applicable to state agencies, local governments, and utility cooperatives for disaster assistance also applies to federal assistance authorized by 12A.15, subdivision 1."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References Minnesota Statutes section 12A.15, subdivision 1 in relation to disaster-related cost-sharing and appropriations.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "12A.15",
    "subdivision": "1"
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References the Federal Highway Administration Emergency Relief Program under 23 U.S.C. §125 as part of disaster cost-sharing.",
      "modified": [
        "Notes the applicability of 23 U.S.C. §125 for cost-sharing of federal assistance; the bill does not amend the federal statute but relies on it for funding the nonfederal share."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "23 U.S.C. §125",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References the USDA NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program under 16 U.S.C. §§ 2203-2205 as part of disaster cost-sharing.",
      "modified": [
        "No change to the federal statute itself; the bill references these provisions to support cost-sharing under the disaster contingency account."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "16 U.S.C. §§ 2203-2205",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "References Chapter 12B in the context of disaster-related claims and cost-sharing.",
      "modified": [
        "No substantive change to Chapter 12B itself; the bill uses it as the framework for paying eligible claims."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "12B",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "Requires the Governor's budget proposal to include recommended appropriations to the disaster assistance contingency account."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Section 16A.11 referenced in relation to the Governor's budget process.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "16A.11",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "Notwithstanding 16A.28, provisions regarding the disaster assistance contingency account modify lapse rules for this account.",
      "modified": [
        "Notwithstanding section 16A.28, funds appropriated or transferred to the disaster assistance contingency account do not lapse and remain available until expended."
      ]
    },
    "citation": "16A.28",
    "subdivision": ""
  }
]

Sponsors

• Rep. Peter Johnson (DFL)