1.1.................... moves to amend the ....... amendment (H0653A21) to H.F. No. 653, the
1.2first engrossment, as follows:
1.3Page 1, after line 4, insert:
1.4"Page 49, line 13, delete "$5,000,000" and insert "$2,375,000" and delete "$5,000,000"
1.5and insert "$2,375,000""
1.6Page 1, after line 18, insert:
1.7"Page 51, delete lines 10 to 13 and insert:
1.8"(n) $5,500,000 the first year and $5,500,000
1.9the second year are for payments to soil and
1.10water conservation districts for the purposes
1.11of Minnesota Statutes, sections 103C.321 and
1.12103C.331. From this appropriation, each soil
1.13and water conservation district shall receive
1.14an increase in its base funding. The board and
1.15other agencies may reduce the amount of
1.16grants to a county by an amount equal to any
1.17reduction in the county's allocation to a soil
1.18and water conservation district from the
1.19county's previous year allocation when the
1.20board determines that the reduction was
1.21disproportionate. The board may use up to one
1.22percent for the administration of payments."
1.23Page 52, line 4, delete "$3,300,000" and insert "$1,376,000" and delete "$7,242,000"
1.24and insert "$5,306,000"
1.25Page 55, delete lines 10 to 14"