1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 860, the delete everything amendment
1.2(H0860DE1), as follows:
1.3Page 8, line 12, after the period, insert "
All amounts saved under this paragraph must
1.4be added to the allocation model and distributed to the institutions."
1.5Page 8, line 19, after the period, insert "
All amounts saved under this paragraph must
1.6be added to the allocation model and distributed to the institutions."
1.7Page 11, after line 3, insert:
1.8"
(b) Appropriations under this subdivision
1.9may be used for a new scholarship under
1.10article 2, to complement the University's
1.11Founders scholarship."
1.12Page 11, line 4, delete "
(b)" and insert "
(c)"
1.13Page 11, line 7, delete "
(c)" and insert "
(d)"
1.14Page 11, line 12, delete "
(d)" and insert "
(e)"
1.15Page 11, line 15, delete "
(e)" and insert "
(f)"
1.16Page 16, delete lines 27 to 35
1.17Page 17, line 1, delete "
(d)" and insert "
(c)"
1.18Page 17, line 9, delete "
(e)" and insert "
(d)"
1.19Page 28, after line 11, insert:
1.20 "Sec. ....
[137.0225] UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP.
1.21 The Board of Regents may establish a scholarship to help offset the impact of
1.22rising tuitions for Minnesota students from middle income families. To be eligible for
1.23a scholarship under this section, a student must be a Minnesota resident undergraduate
1.24from a family that is not Pell eligible with an annual adjusted gross income not to exceed
1.25$100,000. "
1.26Page 38, line 2, strike "town of White" and insert "
City of Biwabik"
1.27Page 60, after line 11, insert:
2.1 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115C.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
2.2 Subd. 4.
Expenditures. (a) Money in the fund may only be spent:
2.3 (1) to administer the petroleum tank release cleanup program established in this
2.4chapter;
2.5 (2) for agency administrative costs under sections
116.46 to
116.50, sections
2.6115C.03
to
115C.06, and costs of corrective action taken by the agency under section
2.7115C.03
, including investigations;
2.8 (3) for costs of recovering expenses of corrective actions under section
115C.04;
2.9 (4) for training, certification, and rulemaking under sections
116.46 to
116.50;
2.10 (5) for agency administrative costs of enforcing rules governing the construction,
2.11installation, operation, and closure of aboveground and underground petroleum storage
2.12tanks;
2.13 (6) for reimbursement of the environmental response, compensation, and compliance
2.14account under subdivision 5 and section
115B.26, subdivision 4;
2.15 (7) for administrative and staff costs as set by the board to administer the petroleum
2.16tank release program established in this chapter;
2.17 (8) for corrective action performance audits under section
115C.093;
2.18 (9) for contamination cleanup grants, as provided in paragraph (c); and
2.19 (10) to assess and remove abandoned underground storage tanks under section
2.20115C.094
and, if a release is discovered, to pay for the specific consultant and contractor
2.21services costs necessary to complete the tank removal project, including, but not limited
2.22to, excavation soil sampling, groundwater sampling, soil disposal, and completion of an
2.23excavation report.
2.24 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), money in the fund is appropriated to the
2.25board to make reimbursements or payments under this section.
2.26 (c) $6,200,000 is annually appropriated from the fund to the commissioner of
2.27employment and economic development for contamination cleanup grants under section
2.28116J.554
. Of this amount, the commissioner may spend up to
$180,000 $225,000 annually
2.29for administration of the contamination cleanup grant program. The appropriation does
2.30not cancel and is available until expended. The appropriation shall not be withdrawn from
2.31the fund nor the fund balance reduced until the funds are requested by the commissioner
2.32of employment and economic development. The commissioner shall schedule requests
2.33for withdrawals from the fund to minimize the necessity to impose the fee authorized by
2.34subdivision 2. Unless otherwise provided, the appropriation in this paragraph may be
2.35used for:
3.1 (1) project costs at a qualifying site if a portion of the cleanup costs are attributable
3.2to petroleum contamination; and
3.3 (2) the costs of performing contamination investigation if there is a reasonable basis
3.4to suspect the contamination is attributable to petroleum."
3.5Page 154, line 5, delete "
mercury abatement" and insert "
public infrastructure
3.6projects"
3.7Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.8Amend the title accordingly