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Committee clarifies grant-agreement requirement before release of housing infrastructure funds to municipalities
Summary
Committee members reviewed page 25 of the draft bill to confirm that grants administered through the Agency of Commerce and Community Development for municipally owned or long‑leased housing infrastructure require a grant agreement between the state and municipality before funds are released.
A conference committee discussed language on page 25 of a draft bill that would condition release of certain state housing infrastructure funds on a grant agreement being in place between the state and the municipality.
Reading from the draft, John Bray, counsel, described the language: “to the agency of Commerce, Infiniti, and Development for infrastructure improvements that are either municipally leased for a term of at least 30 years or municipally owned and that support the development of new or rehabilitated housing provided that the grant agreement shall be in place in between the state and the municipality prior to the release of funds.”
Committee members sought to confirm whether the release of funds would be to the municipality or to the agency. One participant said their understanding was that release would be to the municipality; another asked whether that should be clarified in the text. A committee member responded that they did not think further clarification was necessary because the intent was for the grant agreement to be in place prior to release of funds to the municipality.
Participants emphasized the intent that the grant agreement would enforce the conditions contained in the draft and that the agreement should not add unreasonable conditions. The committee discussed limiting infrastructure grants to municipally owned projects or projects on municipal leases of at least 30 years and said they preferred to avoid reopening further batches of edits.
The transcript does not record a formal vote on the page 25 language in the provided excerpt; members indicated they would continue reconciling language and numbers before concluding the committee’s work.
