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SF101 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Goodhue County new regional wastewater treatment facility bond issuance and appropriation

Related bill: HF644

AI Generated Summary

Purpose

  • Authorizes funding and financing to build a new regional wastewater treatment facility in Goodhue County.
  • The project is designed to serve multiple communities in the North Zumbro Sanitary District and act as a regional prototype facility.
  • The facility will provide wastewater treatment for Elk Run settlement lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community and connect to existing Pine Island wastewater infrastructure.

Main Provisions

  • Subdivision 1 – Appropriation:
    • $44,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the Public Facilities Authority.
    • The funds are for a grant to the joint powers sanitary district (comprising the cities of Zumbrota, Goodhue, Pine Island, and Wanamingo) to design, engineer, permit, construct, and equip the new state-of-the-art regional wastewater treatment facility in Goodhue County.
    • The facility is intended to serve as a regional prototype and to connect to Elk Run settlement lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community and to the existing Pine Island wastewater infrastructure.
    • The appropriation covers capital improvements and infrastructure to connect the new facility with the participating communities and to fulfill its intended purpose.
  • Subdivision 2 – Bond sale:
    • The Commissioner of Management and Budget must sell and issue bonds up to $44,800,000 using the state bond procedures and constitutional provisions cited (Minnesota Statutes and Constitution).
    • The bonds are to finance the appropriation described in Subdivision 1.

Significance and Changes to Existing Law

  • Creates a targeted capital investment for a regional wastewater facility, funded by state bonds, to support a multi-city joint powers sanitary district.
  • Establishes a connection between the new facility and the Elk Run lands of the Prairie Island Indian Community, integrating service to the Prairie Island area with the Pine Island infrastructure.
  • No broad overhaul of wastewater policy is described; this bill adds a specific funding authorization and bond-issuance authority to proceed with design, construction, and equipment for the facility.
  • The bill relies on existing legal frameworks for bond financing and for the joint powers sanitary district.

Relevant Terms

  • North Zumbro Sanitary District
  • regional wastewater treatment facility
  • Goodhue County
  • joint powers sanitary district
  • cities of Zumbrota, Goodhue, Pine Island, Wanamingo
  • Elk Run settlement lands
  • Prairie Island Indian Community
  • connect to existing wastewater infrastructure in Pine Island
  • Public Facilities Authority
  • capital improvements
  • bond proceeds fund
  • bond sale / sell and issue bonds
  • $44,800,000
  • Minnesota Statutes sections 16A6.31 to 16A6.75
  • Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
January 16, 2025SenateActionIntroduction and first reading
January 16, 2025SenateActionReferred toCapital Investment
February 03, 2025SenateActionAuthor added

Citations

 
[
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "No changes to Minn. Stat. 47159 are proposed; the bill relies on this existing authority."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill uses Minn. Stat. 47159 as the authority to create a joint powers sanitary district and to provide a grant from bond proceeds for a regional wastewater facility in Goodhue County.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "47159",
    "subdivision": ""
  },
  {
    "analysis": {
      "added": [
        "No changes to the bonding statutes; the bill uses the existing bonding framework."
      ],
      "removed": [],
      "summary": "This bill finances the project by issuing state bonds under Minn. Stat. 16A.631 to 16A675, utilizing the existing bonding framework.",
      "modified": []
    },
    "citation": "16A631 to 16A675",
    "subdivision": ""
  }
]

Progress through the legislative process

17%
In Committee

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