1.1Senator Weber moved to amend
H.F. No. 2432, as amended pursuant to Rule 45,
1.2adopted by the Senate April 29, 2025, as follows (...):
1.3(The text of the amended House File is identical to
S.F. No. 1417.)
1.4Page 17, after line 32, insert:
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10,000,000
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1.6Page 19, after line 6, insert:
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(e) Statewide Public Safety Radio
1.8Communication System Equipment Grants
1.9$10,000,000 the first year is appropriated from
1.10the general fund for grants to local units of
1.11government, federally recognized Tribal
1.12entities, and state agencies participating in the
1.13statewide Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency
1.14Response (ARMER) public safety radio
1.15communication system established under
1.16Minnesota Statutes, section 403.36,
1.17subdivision 1e. The grants must be used to
1.18purchase or upgrade portable radios, mobile
1.19radios, and related equipment that is
1.20interoperable with the ARMER system. Each
1.21local government unit may receive only one
1.22grant. Each grant is contingent upon a match
1.23of at least five percent from nonstate funds.
1.24Of this amount, $300,000 is for each of Rock,
1.25Jackson, Lac qui Parle, Roseau, and Red Lake
1.26Counties. The director of the Department of
1.27Public Safety Emergency Communication
1.28Networks Division, in consultation with the
1.29Statewide Emergency Communications Board,
1.30must administer the grant program."
1.31Page 21, after line 26, insert:
2.1 "Sec. 10.
COMMUNITY CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACCOUNT;
2.2TRANSFER.
2.3The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer $10,000,000 in fiscal year
2.42026 from the community crime and violence prevention account in the special revenue
2.5fund to the general fund."
2.6Correct the subdivision and section totals and the appropriations by fund
2.7Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.8The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.