HF 3970

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to higher education; Minnesota state colleges 
  1.3             and universities; extending the deadline to initiate 
  1.4             construction of the American Indian history center and 
  1.5             museum; appropriating money; amending Laws 1994, 
  1.6             chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 9, as amended. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 19, subdivision 
  1.9   9, as amended by Laws 1995, chapter 224, section 124, and Laws 
  1.10  1997, chapter 183, article 3, section 30, is amended to read: 
  1.11  Subd. 9.  Museum and Center for 
  1.12  American Indian History                               1,100,000
  1.13                                                        1,600,000
  1.14  This appropriation is for the board of 
  1.15  trustees of the Minnesota state 
  1.16  colleges and universities to plan, 
  1.17  design, and construct a museum and 
  1.18  center for American Indian history and 
  1.19  policy.  The facility shall be located 
  1.20  at Bemidji State University.  This 
  1.21  appropriation is available dollar for 
  1.22  dollar to the extent matched by 
  1.23  nonstate money, provided that a minimum 
  1.24  of $500,000 must be raised from 
  1.25  nonstate money.  If more than 
  1.26  $1,100,000 is raised from nonstate 
  1.27  money, the money may be used to expand 
  1.28  the project.  Initiation of the project 
  1.29  must begin prior to June 30, 2001 
  1.30  2002.  The board of trustees of the 
  1.31  Minnesota state colleges and 
  1.32  universities is not required to pay any 
  1.33  debt service for this appropriation. 
  1.34     Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  1.35     The bond sale authorization in Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  1.36  section 31, subdivision 1, is increased by $500,000. 
  2.1      Sec. 3.  [CANCELLATION.] 
  2.2      The $1,700,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
  2.3   section 22, for the Battle Point Cultural Education Center is 
  2.4   canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 
  2.5   404, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,700,000.  
  2.6      Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.7      This act is effective the day following final enactment.