SF 2285

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/09/2016 08:39am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a regional medical
examiner's facility; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin REGIONAL MEDICAL EXAMINER'S FACILITY.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $25,932,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Hennepin County to design,
construct, furnish, and equip a 67,000 square foot regional, state-of-the-art medical
examiner's facility. The facility shall: (1) provide forensic death investigation and autopsy
services for Dakota, Hennepin, and Scott Counties with the flexibility to accommodate
future partner counties and agencies; (2) serve as a teaching facility for the state, on the
science of forensic pathology; and (3) be located in southern Hennepin County at a site
that best supports access needs for the three founding counties and reasonable scene
response times for the geographic service area.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the
bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue
bonds of the state in an amount up to $25,932,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with
the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the
Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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