HF 2346

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 05/05/2016 01:40pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for expansion and renovation
of the Perspectives Family Center facility in St. Louis Park; authorizing the sale
and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin HENNEPIN COUNTY; PERSPECTIVES' SEEDS OF CHANGE.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin $3,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of human services for a grant to Hennepin County to predesign,
design, construct, furnish, and equip the expansion and renovation of the existing
Perspectives Family Center facility in St. Louis Park, subject to Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.695. The expanded and renovated facility must be used to promote the public
welfare by providing any or all of the following programs and services: (1) supportive
housing programs for homeless women and their children; (2) mental and chemical
health programs; (3) employment services; (4) academic, social skills, and nutritional
programs for homeless and at-risk children; (5) an all-day therapeutic early childhood
development program for homeless and at-risk children; and (6) a culturally sensitive safe
and nurturing environment for at-risk children to meet with their nonresidential parents.
This appropriation is not available until the commissioner of management and budget has
determined that at least an equal amount has been expended or committed to the project
from nonstate sources. Nonstate money spent on the project since May 1, 2015, shall be
included in the determination of nonstate commitments to the project.
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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 $3,500,000 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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