Section 1. new text beginAPPROPRIATION.
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new text begin $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $11,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated
from the clean water fund to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for payments to soil
and water conservation districts for the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321
and 103C.331. From this appropriation, each soil and water conservation district must
receive a supplement to its base funding of $100,000 per year. Money remaining after the
base funding supplement is available for grants to soil and water conservation districts as
determined by the board based on county allocations to soil and water conservation districts
and amounts of private land and public waters. The board and other agencies may reduce
the amount of grants to a county by an amount equal to any reduction in the county's
allocation to a soil and water conservation district from the county's previous year allocation
when the board determines that the reduction was disproportionate. The board may use up
to two percent of the appropriation for administering payments.
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