1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 882 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 8 insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.252, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.4read:
1.5    Subd. 3. Distribution of funds. (a) The council must use the funds in the account
1.6to make grants to municipalities or development authorities for the cleanup of polluted
1.7land in the metropolitan area. A grant to a metropolitan county or a development authority
1.8must be used for a project in a participating municipality. The council shall prescribe
1.9and provide the grant application form to municipalities. The council must consider the
1.10probability of funding from other sources when making grants under this section.
1.11    (b)(1) The legislature expects that applications for grants will exceed the available
1.12funds and the council will be able to provide grants to only some of the applicant
1.13municipalities. If applications for grants for qualified sites exceed the available funds,
1.14the council shall make grants that provide the highest return in public benefits for the
1.15public costs incurred, that encourage development that will lead to the preservation or
1.16growth of living-wage jobs or the production of affordable housing, and that enhance
1.17the tax base of the recipient municipality.
1.18    (2) In making grants, the council shall establish regular application deadlines in
1.19which grants will be awarded from the available money in the account. If the council
1.20provides for application cycles of less than six-month intervals, the council must reserve
1.21at least 40 percent of the receipts of the account for a year for application deadlines that
1.22occur in the second half of the year. If the applications for grants meeting the funding
1.23criteria and program guidelines exceed the available funds for an application cycle, no
1.24more than one-half of the funds may be granted to projects in a statutory or home rule
1.25charter city and no more than three-quarters of the funds may be granted to projects
1.26located in cities of the first class.
2.1    (3) In 2007 and each year thereafter, if there is an insufficient number of applications
2.2meeting funding criteria and program guidelines for the tax base revitalization account,
2.3any funds unused for an application cycle may be transferred to the livable communities
2.4demonstration account for distribution to eligible applicants under section 473.253,
2.5subdivision 2.
2.6    (c) A municipality may use the grant to provide a portion of the local match
2.7requirement for project costs that qualify for a grant under sections 116J.551 to 116J.557. "
2.8Page 1, line 18, delete "the council may transfer up to $3,000,000"
2.9Page 1, line 19, delete "from the livable communities demonstration account" and
2.10insert "if there is an insufficient number of applications meeting funding criteria and
2.11program guidelines for the livable communities demonstration account, any funds unused
2.12for an application cycle may be transferred"
2.13Page 2, line 4, delete "and 2" and insert "to 3"
2.14Page 2, line 7, delete "3" and insert "4"
2.15Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.16Amend the title accordingly