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Senate Panel Approves Legacy Funding Plan
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April 19, 2017
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April 19, 2017
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27:31Now PlayingA bill allocating funds raised through the constitutionally-dedicated sales tax for legacy projects gained the approval of the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday, April 19. Sponsored by Senator Carrie Ruud, R-Breezy Point, the measure funds projects supporting environmental improvements, parks and trails, clean water and the arts.
Specifically, the bill allocates $104.5 million dollars for the outdoors; $211.6 million dollars for clean water; $89.76 million dollars for parks and trails; and $123.36 million dollars for the arts and cultural heritage.
Senator Chris Eaton, DFL=Brooklyn Center, attempted to amend the portion of the bill supporting clean water proposals by funding the Clean Water Council's recommendations and additional projects. According to Eaton, the Senate bill "would hinder our state in reaching the clean water goals." The council was created to submit recommendations to policymakers designed to protect Minnesota's water resources. "Seventy-nine percent of urban Minnesotans and seventy-eight percent of rural Minnesotans indicated a concern about the pollution of their drinking water. It is inappropriate to use the clean water fund for general operational support of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts. People voting for the Legacy Amendment expected clean water funds to be spent on improving our water and did not envision spending 10 percent to fund office supplies with these dollars," she said.
Senator Ruud said, "The Clean Water Council Fund is in the red and we thought it fiscally prudent not to start new programs until we had this fund in the condition that we needed it to be, a health fund." She explained that the Legislature can consider additional projects once the fund is healthy.
The bill was sent to the Senate floor for further action.
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