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House committee advances bill to restore and increase SWCD funding to $22 million
Summary
The Minnesota House Tax Committee advanced House File 1066, carried by Representative Reyer, to prevent a scheduled reduction in state aid to soil and water conservation districts and increase annual funding to $22 million; an author's amendment was adopted and the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill.
The Minnesota House Tax Committee advanced House File 1066, carried by Representative Reyer, which would prevent a scheduled cut in state aid to soil and water conservation districts (SWCDs) and increase annual funding to $22 million, committee members said at a hearing.
Representative Reyer, the bill author, told the committee the amendment adopted in committee removes a scheduled reduction in funding that otherwise would have lowered the annual appropriation from $15,000,000 to $12,000,000 and instead raises the annual appropriation to $22,000,000. "The $22,000,000 came from a bottom up assessment of the funding needed for all SWCDs to deliver on their mission of conservation implementation with private landowners," Reyer said.
The bill, as…
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