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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 691 Appropriates $10 Million for Nicollet Avenue Reconstruction in Richfield
Last action · February 13, 2025: Introduction and first reading, referred to Capital InvestmentSponsor: Mike Howard
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 691 appropriates $10,000,000 from the state to the commissioner of transportation for a grant to the city of Richfield or Hennepin County to design and construct approximately 1.4 miles of roadway and utility infrastructure on Nicollet Avenue. The measure authorizes the commissioner of management and budget to issue state bonds up to $10,000,000 to fund the , with the law taking effect the day following final enactment.
The measure directs state bond funding toward local infrastructure costs for roadway and utility reconstruction along a 1.4-mile corridor of Nicollet Avenue in Richfield, backing the project's local cost-share requirement.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
City of Richfield
Receives grant funding for local cost-share requirements on roadway and utility reconstruction.
Hennepin County
Cooperates on the Nicollet Avenue reconstruction project alongside the city of Richfield.
Commissioner of Transportation
Receives the bond proceeds appropriation to issue a grant for the project.
Commissioner of Management and Budget
Authorized to sell and issue state bonds up to $10,000,000.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Capital Investment
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
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