| 1997 Fiscal Review Appropriations - Flood Relief |
In Laws 1997, Second Special Session, Chapter 2, the Legislature appropriated an additional $55.3 million in bond proceeds and $1 million from the Petroleum Tank Fund for flood relief. Chapter 2 also cancels and reappro-priates $20.3 million from the General Fund for specific purposes. The canceled appropriations were general appropriations made for flood relief in the 1997 regular legislative session. The following table provides details on the appropriations for flood relief:
| BOND PROCEEDS FUND | |
| DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | |
| To fund 100% of the state and local match obligations for federal assistance | $ 30,000,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| Flood hazard mitigation grants to local governments | 5,000,000 |
| Flood-proofing grants to local governments | 5,000,000 |
| Flood protection grants to local governments | 3,000,000 |
| HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | |
| Loans to local governments for publicly owned rental housing units | 2,000,000 |
| PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY | |
| Grants to local governments for water, wastewater, and stormwater needs for new housing construction | 5,000,000 |
| Grants to local governments for repair and replacementof water, wastewater, stormwater, municipal utility service, and street and bridge systems | 4,000,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE | |
| Loans to farmers for capital repairs | 1,250,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE | |
| Bond sale expenses | 55,000 |
| TOTAL BOND PROCEEDS FUND | $ 55,305,000 |
| GENERAL FUND | |
| DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | |
| Flood damage reduction projects, including ring dikes | $ 900,000 |
| HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY | |
| Forgivable loans for rehabilitation of existing housing | 2,000,000 |
| Community rehabilitation grants | 4,500,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| Border city enterprise competitiveness grants | 1,200,000 |
| Grants to local governments for locally administered business loan programs | 6,000,000 |
| OFFICE OF STRATEGIC AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING | |
| Federal empowerment zone application | 100,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE | |
| Local government assistance to counties suffering significant loss in property taxes due to the flood | 600,000 |
| DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE | |
| Debt service | 5,000,000 |
| TOTAL GENERAL FUND | $ 20,300,000 |
| PETROLEUM TANK FUND | |
| DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
| Grants to buy out property substantially damaged by a petroleum tank release | $ 1,000,000 |
| TOTAL ALL FUNDS | $ 76,605,000 |
| GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS | $ 20,300,000 |
| TOTAL NEW SPENDING | $ 56,305,000 |