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<br />-21- <br />Bonding Bill – The 2020 bonding bill provided financing for approximately $1.36 billion of projects. <br />Some of the more significant appropriations for local infrastructure included: $105 mill ion in <br />undesignated grants for local road improvement and bridge replacement; $100 million for water <br />infrastructure and point source implementation grants; $25 million for state match of federal grants for <br />public facilities improvements, $20 million for natural resource asset preservation, $17 million for flood <br />control mitigation, $15 million for the Local Government Roads Wetlands Replacement Program; <br />$5 million for Metropolitan Council inflow and infiltration grants; and $5 million for metropolitan <br />regional parks and trails. The bill also included funding for a number of state initiatives, including: $300 <br />million in trunk highway bonds for the improvement of the state trunk highway system; $145 million in <br />appropriation bonds to fund the infrastructure and capital needs of the Minnesota Housing Finance <br />Agency, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Minnesota Public Television; $30 million for state <br />agency projects aimed at promoting racial equity, $29.5 million for the state Emergency Operations <br />Center; and $16 million for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. <br /> <br />The bill provides authority for eligible local governments to own and operate childcare facilities, and <br />permits local governments to enter into management agreements with licensed childcare providers to <br />operate in publicly-owned facilities. It also makes cities, counties, school districts, and joint powers <br />boards located outside of the seven-county metro area eligible to apply for grants through the Greater <br />Minnesota Childcare Facility Capital Grant Program. <br /> <br />The bill also included a provision extending the equal pay certificate of compliance requirement to <br />contracts by any public entity, including political subdivisions, using state general obligation bond <br />proceeds for all or part of a capital project. Local governments will be responsible for requiring that bids <br />include proper certification on applicable projects, which applies to projects for goods or services valued <br />at more than $1 million utilizing appropriated bond proceeds on or after January 1, 2022. <br /> <br />Elections – A number of measures were passed to help ensure the safe and secure conduct of the 2020 <br />state primary and general elections, including; allowing for the processing of absentee ballots to begin <br />14 days prior to the date of the election, extending the period during which absentee ballots could be <br />processed for 2 days following the election, accepting electronic filings for affidavits of candidacy or <br />nominating petitions, and specifying that municipalities were to use schools as polling plac es only when <br />no other public or private location was reasonably available. Funds from the federal Help America Vote <br />Act were made available for modernizing, securing, and improving election facilities, a portion of which <br />was made available for grants to local governments to fund activities prescribed by this program. <br /> <br />Minors Operating Lawn Care Equipment – Effective May 28, 2020, Minnesota Statutes lowered the <br />employment age for operating lawn care equipment to age 16. Minors aged 16 and 17 must be trained in <br />the safe operation of the equipment and wear appropriate personal protective equipment when operating <br />the lawn care equipment. The exception under this statute applies only to minors directly employed by <br />golf courses, resorts, rental property owners, or municipalities to perform lawn care on golf courses, <br />resort grounds, rental property, or municipal grounds. <br /> <br />Open Meeting Law Exception – The interactive television provision of the Minnesota Open Meeting <br />Law was amended to allow for participation in meetings by interactive electronic means, such as Skype or <br />Zoom, without requiring that an elected official be advised to do so by a healthcare professional for <br />personal or family medical reasons. This allowance is available only when a national security or <br />peacetime emergency has been declared and may be used up to 60 days after the emergency declaration <br />has been lifted. Whenever public meetings are held via interactive electronic means of this type, votes <br />must be conducted by roll call and be recorded in the minutes. <br /> <br />Expanded Authority for Electronic Signatures During COVID-19 – Effective May 17, 2020, cities <br />are allowed to accept certain documents, signatures, or filings electronically, by mail, or facsimile during <br />the COVID-19 pandemic, including; planning and zoning applications and permits; land use documents; <br />documents requiring the signature of licensed architects, engineers, land surveyors, geoscientists, or <br />interior designers; applications for birth or death certificates; or recording notary commissions. This <br />accommodation expires January 16, 2021, or 60 days following the termination of the peacetime public <br />health emergency.
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