HF 2346

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; making adjustments to previous 
  1.6             bond authorizations; authorizing sale of state bonds; 
  1.7             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.8             sections 16A.671, subdivision 3; 116J.571; 116J.572, 
  1.9             subdivisions 2, 4; 116J.573, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, 5; 
  1.10            116J.574, subdivision 2; 116J.575, subdivision 1; Laws 
  1.11            2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 2; Laws 
  1.12            2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, 
  1.13            section 15. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.16                APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGE 
  1.17  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.18     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.19  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.20  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.21  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  1.22  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.23  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  1.24  buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  1.25  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.26  5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV.  Unless otherwise 
  1.27  specified, the appropriations in this act are available until 
  1.28  the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
  1.29  Statutes, section 16A.642.  
  2.1                               SUMMARY 
  2.2   UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   76,600,000 
  2.3   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            88,632,000 
  2.4   PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                     1,829,000 
  2.5   EDUCATION                                            24,249,000 
  2.6   MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                             4,255,000 
  2.7   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    67,000,000 
  2.8   POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                             14,000,000 
  2.9   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    4,000,000 
  2.10  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    26,362,000 
  2.11  AGRICULTURE                                          18,570,000 
  2.12  ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN                                    25,000,000 
  2.13  ADMINISTRATION                                       47,627,000 
  2.14  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD         1,870,000 
  2.15  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                      5,000,000 
  2.16  TRANSPORTATION                                       92,300,000 
  2.17  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 17,000,000 
  2.18  HUMAN SERVICES                                       14,164,000 
  2.19  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                  7,077,000 
  2.20  VETERANS AFFAIRS                                        500,000 
  2.21  CORRECTIONS                                         105,433,000 
  2.22  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                  71,480,000 
  2.23  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                               20,000,000 
  2.24  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          9,146,000 
  2.25  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                     16,865,000 
  2.26  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      735,000 
  2.27  TOTAL                                            $  759,694,000 
  2.28  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.29  (General Fund Debt Service)                         660,724,000 
  2.30  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.31  (User Financed Debt Service)                         32,826,000  
  2.32  State Transportation Fund
  2.33  Bond Proceeds Account                                28,000,000
  2.34  General Fund                                         12,644,000
  2.35  Trunk Highway Fund                                    6,800,000
  2.36  Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Account                  18,700,000
  2.37                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.38                                                   $ 
  3.1   Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  3.2   Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Regents
  3.3   of the University of Minnesota for the 
  3.4   purposes specified in this section                   76,600,000 
  3.5   Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  3.6   Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)                 38,000,000 
  3.7   To be spent in accordance with 
  3.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.  
  3.9   Subd. 3.  Duluth Life Science 
  3.10  Building                                              9,300,000
  3.11  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.12  the Life Science Building for the 
  3.13  pharmacy program and other academic 
  3.14  programs on the Duluth campus.  The 
  3.15  renovation may include, but is not 
  3.16  limited to, improvements to correct air 
  3.17  quality problems, life safety and 
  3.18  accessibility code deficiencies, 
  3.19  asbestos, and fireproofing of the 
  3.20  facility. 
  3.21  Subd. 4.  Twin Cities Campus - 
  3.22  Minneapolis 
  3.23  (a) Kolthoff Hall                                    16,000,000
  3.24  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.25  Kolthoff Hall to correct air quality 
  3.26  problems in the facility that may 
  3.27  include, but is not limited to, repair 
  3.28  or replacement of the mechanical, 
  3.29  electrical, and HVAC systems. 
  3.30  (b) Education Sciences                               13,300,000
  3.31  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.32  the Education Sciences Building.  
  3.33  Subd. 5.  University Bonds 
  3.34  The Board of Regents shall issue bonds 
  3.35  for remaining costs associated with 
  3.36  projects authorized by subdivisions 3 
  3.37  and 4. 
  3.38  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  3.39  UNIVERSITIES 
  3.40  Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Trustees
  3.41  of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
  3.42  Universities for the purposes specified in 
  3.43  this section                                         88,632,000
  3.44  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  3.45  Preservation and Replacement                         49,000,000
  3.46  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  3.47  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.48  section 135A.046, including safety and 
  3.49  statutory compliance, envelope 
  3.50  integrity, mechanical systems, and 
  3.51  space restoration.  
  3.52  Subd. 3.  Winona State University                    10,235,000
  4.1   To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.2   Pasteur Hall for classrooms, science 
  4.3   laboratories, and related offices. 
  4.4   Subd. 4.  Minnesota State University - 
  4.5   Moorhead                                              9,645,000
  4.6   To renovate, furnish, and equip Hagen 
  4.7   Hall for classrooms, science 
  4.8   laboratories, and related offices. 
  4.9   Subd. 5.  Century Community and        
  4.10  Technical College                                     4,500,000
  4.11  To remodel, furnish, and equip recently 
  4.12  purchased space into a computer center, 
  4.13  offices, and smart classrooms. 
  4.14  Subd. 6.  St. Cloud State University                  2,900,000 
  4.15  To remodel, furnish, and equip 
  4.16  Centennial Hall to convert it from a 
  4.17  library to classroom and office space. 
  4.18  Subd. 7.  St. Cloud Technical College                   980,000
  4.19  To renovate classroom space into 
  4.20  science space, including two science 
  4.21  laboratories and a faculty office. 
  4.22  Subd. 8.  South Central Technical                              
  4.23  College                                               4,747,000
  4.24  To remodel, furnish, and equip teaching 
  4.25  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  4.26  campus and for asset preservation at 
  4.27  the Faribault campus. 
  4.28  Subd. 9.  Systemwide Science Lab 
  4.29  Renovations                                           3,000,000
  4.30  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.31  science laboratories at campuses 
  4.32  statewide. 
  4.33  Subd. 10.  Systemwide Workforce 
  4.34  Training Classrooms                                   2,000,000
  4.35  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.36  classroom space at campuses statewide 
  4.37  into space designed to address emerging 
  4.38  workforce training needs. 
  4.39  Subd. 11.  Systemwide Demolition
  4.40  Initiative                                            1,625,000
  4.41  To demolish obsolete buildings on ten 
  4.42  campuses. 
  4.43  Subd. 12.  Debt Service
  4.44  (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  4.45  service on one-third of the principal 
  4.46  amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  4.47  projects authorized by this section, 
  4.48  except for higher education asset 
  4.49  preservation and replacement in 
  4.50  subdivision 2.  After each sale of 
  4.51  general obligation bonds, the 
  4.52  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  4.53  the board of the amounts assessed for 
  5.1   each year for the life of the bonds. 
  5.2   (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  5.3   board's assessment each year by 
  5.4   one-third of the net income from 
  5.5   investment of general obligation bond 
  5.6   proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  5.7   principal and interest otherwise 
  5.8   required to be paid by the board.  The 
  5.9   board shall pay its resulting net 
  5.10  assessment to the commissioner of 
  5.11  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  5.12  the board fails to make a payment when 
  5.13  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  5.14  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  5.15  from the general fund otherwise 
  5.16  available to the board and apply the 
  5.17  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  5.18  missed debt service payment.  The 
  5.19  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  5.20  the payments received from the board to 
  5.21  the bond debt service account in the 
  5.22  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  5.23  money is transferred from the general 
  5.24  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.25  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  5.26  Sec. 4.  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
  5.27  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  5.28  of administration for the purposes
  5.29  specified in this section                             1,829,000
  5.30  Subd. 2.  Campus Asset Preservation                     558,000 
  5.31  For asset preservation capital 
  5.32  improvements on the campus including, 
  5.33  but not limited to, construction or 
  5.34  repair of perimeter fencing, sidewalks, 
  5.35  roads, sewers, the addition of an air 
  5.36  conditioning chiller, and mold 
  5.37  abatement. 
  5.38  Subd. 3.  Beta Building Demolition                      525,000
  5.39  To demolish the Beta Building on the 
  5.40  Perpich Center Campus, dispose of any 
  5.41  hazardous materials, and fill the site. 
  5.42  Subd. 4.  Alpha Building Renovation                     746,000
  5.43  To renovate and remodel the Alpha 
  5.44  Building on the Perpich Center Campus 
  5.45  for use as a storage facility. 
  5.46  Sec. 5.  EDUCATION 
  5.47  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  5.48  education for the purposes specified in
  5.49  this section                                         24,249,000
  5.50  Subd. 2.  Duluth Grant School 
  5.51  Youth and Community Center                            1,065,000
  5.52  For a grant to Independent School 
  5.53  District No. 709, Duluth, to design, 
  5.54  construct, furnish, and equip an 
  5.55  addition to the Grant Magnet School for 
  5.56  expansion of successful youth and 
  5.57  community programming.  The addition 
  5.58  will include a gymnasium, performance 
  6.1   stage, multipurpose classrooms, and 
  6.2   will expand cafeteria seating. 
  6.3   If the Department of Education and 
  6.4   Independent School District No. 709, 
  6.5   Duluth, do not enter into a grant 
  6.6   agreement by June 30, 2005, this 
  6.7   appropriation lapses and is no longer 
  6.8   available. 
  6.9   Subd. 3.  Independent School 
  6.10  District No. 38 - Red Lake                           22,130,000
  6.11  This appropriation is from the maximum 
  6.12  effort school loan fund for a capital 
  6.13  loan to Independent School District No. 
  6.14  38, Red Lake, as provided in Minnesota 
  6.15  Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, 
  6.16  to design, construct, renovate, 
  6.17  furnish, and equip a middle school 
  6.18  facility.  This capital loan is 
  6.19  approved as required in Minnesota 
  6.20  Statutes, section 126C.69, subdivision 
  6.21  10. 
  6.22  The commissioner shall review the 
  6.23  proposed plan and budget of the project 
  6.24  and may reduce the amount of the loan 
  6.25  to ensure that the project will be 
  6.26  economical.  The commissioner may 
  6.27  recover the cost incurred by the 
  6.28  commissioner for any professional 
  6.29  services associated with the final 
  6.30  review and construction by reducing the 
  6.31  proceeds of the loan paid by the 
  6.32  district.  The commissioner shall 
  6.33  report to the legislature any 
  6.34  reductions to the appropriations in 
  6.35  this subdivision by January 10, 2005. 
  6.36  Subd. 4.  East Metro Magnet
  6.37  School - Crosswinds Middle School                     1,054,000
  6.38  For a grant to Joint Powers District 
  6.39  6067, East Metro Integration District, 
  6.40  to complete land acquisition of the 
  6.41  Crosswinds Arts and Science Middle 
  6.42  School site based on a mediated 
  6.43  settlement. 
  6.44  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                    4,255,000 
  6.45  To the commissioner of administration 
  6.46  for asset preservation capital 
  6.47  improvements on both campuses of the 
  6.48  Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf 
  6.49  and the Blind.  
  6.50  Sec. 7.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  6.51  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  6.52  commissioner of natural resources 
  6.53  for the purposes specified
  6.54  in this section                                      67,000,000
  6.55  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard Mitigation
  6.56  Grants                                               20,000,000
  6.57  For the state share of flood hazard 
  6.58  mitigation grants for publicly owned 
  6.59  capital improvements to prevent or 
  7.1   alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
  7.2   Statutes, section 103F.161. 
  7.3   To the extent that the cost of the 
  7.4   projects in Montevideo, Breckenridge, 
  7.5   East Grand Forks, Ada, Roseau, Oakport 
  7.6   Township, Granite Falls, and Dawson 
  7.7   exceed two percent of the median 
  7.8   household income in the municipality 
  7.9   multiplied by the number of households 
  7.10  in the municipality, this appropriation 
  7.11  is also for the local share of the 
  7.12  project. 
  7.13  Subd. 3.  Dam Renovation and 
  7.14  Removal                                               1,000,000
  7.15  To renovate or remove publicly owned 
  7.16  dams.  The commissioner shall determine 
  7.17  project priorities as appropriate under 
  7.18  Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 
  7.19  and 103G.515. 
  7.20  Subd. 4.  RIM - Critical Habitat 
  7.21  Match                                                 4,000,000
  7.22  To provide the state match for the 
  7.23  critical habitat private sector 
  7.24  matching account under Minnesota 
  7.25  Statutes, section 84.943, for the 
  7.26  acquisition or improvements of a 
  7.27  capital nature for critical fish, 
  7.28  wildlife, and native plant habitats. 
  7.29  Subd. 5.  RIM - Wildlife Area Land
  7.30  Acquisition                                          12,000,000
  7.31  To acquire land for wildlife management 
  7.32  area purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.33  section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
  7.34  Subd. 6.  Fisheries Acquisition and
  7.35  Improvement                                           1,050,000
  7.36  To acquire land and interests in land 
  7.37  for aquatic management areas and to 
  7.38  make public improvements and 
  7.39  betterments of a capital nature to 
  7.40  aquatic management areas established 
  7.41  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.42  86A.05, subdivision 14. 
  7.43  Subd. 7.  Water Access Acquisition,
  7.44  Betterment, and Fishing Piers                         3,500,000
  7.45  For public water access acquisition, 
  7.46  construction, and renovation to capital 
  7.47  projects on lakes and rivers, including 
  7.48  water access through the provision of 
  7.49  fishing piers and shoreline access 
  7.50  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.51  86A.05, subdivision 9. 
  7.52  Subd. 8.  Stream Protection and 
  7.53  Restoration                                             500,000
  7.54  For the design and construction of 
  7.55  trout stream restoration projects. 
  7.56  Subd. 9.  Reforestation                               3,000,000
  8.1   To increase reforestation activities to 
  8.2   meet the reforestation requirements of 
  8.3   Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002, 
  8.4   subdivision 2, including planting, 
  8.5   seeding, site preparation, and 
  8.6   purchasing tree seeds and seedlings. 
  8.7   Subd. 10.  Metro Greenways and  
  8.8   Natural Areas                                         1,000,000
  8.9   To provide grants to local units of 
  8.10  government for acquisition or 
  8.11  betterment of greenways and natural 
  8.12  areas in the metro region and to 
  8.13  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
  8.14  the metro region through the purchase 
  8.15  of conservation easements or fee 
  8.16  titles.  The commissioner shall 
  8.17  determine the project priorities and 
  8.18  shall consult with representatives of 
  8.19  local units of government, nonprofit 
  8.20  organizations, and other interested 
  8.21  parties. 
  8.22  Subd. 11.  Native Prairie Bank
  8.23  Easements and Development                             1,000,000
  8.24  For acquisition of native prairie bank 
  8.25  easements under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.26  section 84.96, and for betterment of 
  8.27  prairie bank lands. 
  8.28  Subd. 12.  Scientific and Natural 
  8.29  Area Acquisition and Development                        300,000
  8.30  To acquire land for scientific and 
  8.31  natural areas and for development, 
  8.32  protection, or improvements of a 
  8.33  capital nature to scientific and 
  8.34  natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.35  sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
  8.36  5. 
  8.37  Subd. 13.  State Trail Development                    2,000,000
  8.38  To renovate state trails as specified 
  8.39  in Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. 
  8.40  Subd. 14.  County Forest Land 
  8.41  Reforestation                                         1,000,000
  8.42  To provide matching grants to counties 
  8.43  for reforestation of 
  8.44  county-administered lands.  The 
  8.45  commissioner shall determine project 
  8.46  priorities based on need and level of 
  8.47  county matching funds.  The state 
  8.48  matching grants are available to 
  8.49  counties for site preparation, tree 
  8.50  planting, tree seeding, and are to 
  8.51  supplement, not supplant, county 
  8.52  funding for timber development 
  8.53  described under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.54  section 282.08, clause (5)(i). 
  8.55  These grants are not available until 
  8.56  the commissioner has determined that at 
  8.57  least an equal amount has been 
  8.58  committed from the recipient county. 
  8.59  Subd. 15.  Fish Hatchery Improvements                 1,750,000
  9.1   For improvements of a capital nature to 
  9.2   renovate fish culture facilities. 
  9.3   Subd. 16.  RIM - Wildlife Management 
  9.4   Area Development                                        600,000
  9.5   For improvements of a capital nature to 
  9.6   develop, protect, or improve habitat 
  9.7   and facilities on wildlife management 
  9.8   areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.9   86A.05, subdivision 8. 
  9.10  Subd. 17.  State Forest Land Acquisition              1,000,000
  9.11  To acquire private lands from willing 
  9.12  sellers within established boundaries 
  9.13  of state forests established under 
  9.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 89.021. 
  9.15  Subd. 18.  Forest Road and Bridge Projects            1,000,000
  9.16  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
  9.17  replacement, and construction of state 
  9.18  forest roads and bridges throughout the 
  9.19  state under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.20  89.002. 
  9.21  Subd. 19.  State Park and Recreation Area
  9.22  Acquisition                                           2,000,000
  9.23  For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
  9.24  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 
  9.25  2 and 3, from willing sellers of 
  9.26  private lands within state park and 
  9.27  recreation area boundaries established 
  9.28  by law. 
  9.29  Subd. 20.  State Park and Recreation Area
  9.30  Building Development and Rehabilitation and
  9.31  Infrastructure Improvements                           3,000,000
  9.32  For construction, rehabilitation, and 
  9.33  infrastructure improvements within 
  9.34  Minnesota state parks and state 
  9.35  recreation areas according to the 
  9.36  management plan required in Minnesota 
  9.37  Statutes, chapter 86A. 
  9.38  Subd. 21.  Lake Superior Safe Harbor                  2,000,000
  9.39  For design, construction, and capital 
  9.40  improvements to public accesses and 
  9.41  small craft harbors on Lake Superior in 
  9.42  cooperation with the United States Army 
  9.43  Corps of Engineers, and to purchase 
  9.44  buildings, piers, and capital equipment 
  9.45  from Lake County. 
  9.46  Subd. 22.  Statewide Asset Preservation               2,000,000
  9.47  For asset preservation improvements and 
  9.48  betterments at Department of Natural 
  9.49  Resources buildings statewide, 
  9.50  including removal of life safety 
  9.51  hazards and structural defects; 
  9.52  elimination or containment of hazardous 
  9.53  materials; code compliance 
  9.54  improvements; accessibility 
  9.55  improvements; replacement or renovation 
  9.56  of roofs, windows, tuckpointing, and 
  9.57  structural members; and improvements 
 10.1   necessary to preserve the interior and 
 10.2   exterior of buildings and other 
 10.3   infrastructure. 
 10.4   Subd. 23.  Field Office Renovation and
 10.5   Improvement                                           1,000,000
 10.6   To design, acquire, renovate, 
 10.7   construct, furnish, and equip field 
 10.8   offices. 
 10.9   Subd. 24.  Office Facility Development                2,300,000
 10.10  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 10.11  equip colocated facilities. 
 10.12  Sec. 8.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                    14,000,000 
 10.13  To the Pollution Control Agency to 
 10.14  design and construct remedial systems 
 10.15  and acquire land at landfills 
 10.16  throughout the state in accordance with 
 10.17  the closed landfill program under 
 10.18  Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39. 
 10.19  Sec. 9.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE           4,000,000 
 10.20  To the Office of Environmental 
 10.21  Assistance for the solid waste capital 
 10.22  assistance grants program under 
 10.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 10.24  Grants from this appropriation must be 
 10.25  awarded to applicants whose 
 10.26  applications were on file with the 
 10.27  office before September 13, 2003. 
 10.28  Sec. 10.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 10.29  Subdivision 1.  To the Board 
 10.30  of Water and Soil Resources for the 
 10.31  purposes specified in this section                   26,362,000 
 10.32  Subd. 2.  RIM and CREP Conservation
 10.33  Easements                                            22,000,000 
 10.34  This appropriation is to acquire 
 10.35  conservation easements from landowners 
 10.36  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 10.37  water quality and to support fish and 
 10.38  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 10.39  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 10.40  $2,000,000 of this amount is 
 10.41  appropriated from the general fund to 
 10.42  implement the program. 
 10.43  Subd. 3.  Wetland Replacement          
 10.44  Due to Public Road Projects                           4,362,000
 10.45  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 10.46  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 10.47  drained or filled as a result of the 
 10.48  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 10.49  of existing public roads as required by 
 10.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 10.51  subdivision 1, paragraphs (k) and (l). 
 10.52  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 10.53  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 10.54  must be the fair market value as 
 10.55  determined by the board.  The board may 
 11.1   enter into agreements with the federal 
 11.2   government, other state agencies, 
 11.3   political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 11.4   organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 11.5   land and restore and create wetlands 
 11.6   and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 11.7   credits with money provided by this 
 11.8   appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 11.9   conveyance of land may be in the name 
 11.10  of the political subdivision.  
 11.11  Sec. 11.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 11.12  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 11.13  agriculture or other named agencies for
 11.14  the purposes specified in this section               18,570,000
 11.15  Subd. 2.  Rural Finance Authority      
 11.16  Loan Participation                                   18,000,000
 11.17  For purposes as set forth in the 
 11.18  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 11.19  section 5, clause (h).  To the rural 
 11.20  finance authority to purchase 
 11.21  participation interests in or to make 
 11.22  direct agricultural loans to farmers 
 11.23  under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.  
 11.24  This appropriation is for the beginning 
 11.25  farmer program under Minnesota 
 11.26  Statutes, section 41B.039, the loan 
 11.27  restructuring program under Minnesota 
 11.28  Statutes, section 41B.04, the 
 11.29  seller-sponsored program under 
 11.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042, 
 11.31  the agricultural improvement loan 
 11.32  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.33  section 41B.043, and the livestock 
 11.34  expansion loan program under Minnesota 
 11.35  Statutes, section 41B.045.  All debt 
 11.36  service on bond proceeds used to 
 11.37  finance this appropriation must be 
 11.38  repaid by the rural finance authority 
 11.39  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.40  16A.643.  Loan participations must be 
 11.41  priced to provide full interest and 
 11.42  principal coverage and a reserve for 
 11.43  potential losses. 
 11.44  Subd. 3.  Agriculture Water Management 
 11.45  Research Partnership                                    570,000
 11.46  To the Board of Regents of the 
 11.47  University of Minnesota to establish or 
 11.48  expand agricultural water management 
 11.49  projects at the Crookston, Morris, 
 11.50  Lamberton, and Waseca Research and 
 11.51  Outreach Centers in partnership with 
 11.52  the Department of Agriculture. 
 11.53  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 11.54  GARDEN                                               
 11.55  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 11.56  Zoological Garden for the purposes 
 11.57  specified in this section                            25,000,000
 11.58  Subd. 2.  Phase 1 of Master Plan                     19,000,000
 11.59  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 11.60  equip zoo facilities consistent with 
 11.61  the current Master Plan for the Gateway 
 12.1   to the North exhibit. 
 12.2   Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          6,000,000
 12.3   For capital asset preservation 
 12.4   improvements and betterments to roofs, 
 12.5   mechanical and utility systems, roads 
 12.6   and pathways, building envelopes, storm 
 12.7   water systems, exhibits, and safety and 
 12.8   code compliance upgrades. 
 12.9   Sec. 13.  ADMINISTRATION 
 12.10  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 12.11  of administration for the purposes
 12.12  specified in this section                            47,627,000
 12.13  Subd. 2.  Exterior Repair of
 12.14  Transportation Building                               8,683,000
 12.15  To repair and renovate the exterior of 
 12.16  the Department of Transportation 
 12.17  Building at 395 John Ireland Boulevard 
 12.18  in St. Paul. 
 12.19  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 12.20  highway bond proceeds account. 
 12.21  Subd. 3.  Capital Asset Preservation
 12.22  and Replacement Account (CAPRA)                       4,000,000
 12.23  To be spent in accordance with 
 12.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 12.25  Subd. 4.  Agency Relocation                          10,444,000 
 12.26  For relocation of state agencies as 
 12.27  determined by the commissioner of 
 12.28  administration, including, but not 
 12.29  limited to, the Departments of 
 12.30  Agriculture, Health, and Human Services 
 12.31  and tenants of the Veterans Services 
 12.32  and Administration Buildings. 
 12.33  This appropriation is from the general 
 12.34  fund. 
 12.35  Subd. 5.  Asset Preservation                          6,600,000 
 12.36  For asset preservation projects in 
 12.37  properties managed by the Department of 
 12.38  Administration. 
 12.39  Subd. 6.  Ford Building Demolition                    1,176,000
 12.40  For demolition and hazardous material 
 12.41  abatement of the Ford Building located 
 12.42  at 117 University Avenue in St. Paul 
 12.43  and subsequent parking lot 
 12.44  improvements, including tunnel access, 
 12.45  on the vacated area. 
 12.46  Subd. 7.  Parking                                     1,724,000
 12.47  (a) Of this amount, $1,638,000 is for 
 12.48  renovation of the Central Park parking 
 12.49  ramp, located east and adjacent to the 
 12.50  Centennial Office Building in St. Paul, 
 12.51  to accommodate additional parking 
 12.52  stalls and for capital costs to expand 
 12.53  Capitol Parking Lot Q, located at Cedar 
 13.1   Street and Sherburne Avenue in St. 
 13.2   Paul, to accommodate additional parking 
 13.3   stalls. 
 13.4   (b) Of this amount, $86,000 is to 
 13.5   remove deficient retaining walls and 
 13.6   stairs and to regrade portions of Cass 
 13.7   Gilbert Park, located east and adjacent 
 13.8   to Lot Q. 
 13.9   (c) The bond debt in paragraph (a) will 
 13.10  be user financed from parking fees 
 13.11  collected and deposited into the state 
 13.12  parking account. 
 13.13  Subd. 8.  Cooperative Local Facilities
 13.14  Grants                                               15,000,000
 13.15  (a) For grants to local government 
 13.16  units to construct or renovate shared 
 13.17  facilities and capital infrastructure.  
 13.18  The facilities must be used to enable 
 13.19  and support local units of government 
 13.20  to develop innovative methods to 
 13.21  deliver public services better, faster, 
 13.22  and cheaper through increased 
 13.23  cooperation and consolidation. 
 13.24  (b) Qualified projects must demonstrate 
 13.25  a significant level of increased 
 13.26  cooperation or consolidation as 
 13.27  measured by a fundamental change in how 
 13.28  services are delivered; substantial 
 13.29  operating cost savings; positive return 
 13.30  on investment over the life of the 
 13.31  facility; and improved quality, access, 
 13.32  transparency, or level of service for 
 13.33  citizens. 
 13.34  (c) Only counties or home rule charter 
 13.35  or statutory cities are eligible to 
 13.36  apply for the grants. An application 
 13.37  from such a city, county, or group of 
 13.38  such cities and/or counties may include 
 13.39  cooperation with other types of local 
 13.40  governments including, but not limited 
 13.41  to, townships and school districts. 
 13.42  (d) No single grant awarded for a 
 13.43  specific project may be greater than 
 13.44  $2,000,000. 
 13.45  (e) Each grant must be matched by 
 13.46  nonstate funds with no more than 40 
 13.47  percent of the total project costs 
 13.48  financed with state funds. 
 13.49  (f) Applicants must submit proposals to 
 13.50  the Department of Administration which 
 13.51  will administer the program.  The 
 13.52  commissioner of administration will 
 13.53  select grantees in consultation with 
 13.54  the commissioner of finance and 
 13.55  commissioners of other state agencies 
 13.56  as appropriate. 
 13.57  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
 13.58  AND PLANNING BOARD                                    1,870,000
 13.59  To the commissioner of administration, 
 13.60  for repair and restoration of the 
 14.1   public corridors, walls, and ceilings 
 14.2   of the third floor and the dome of the 
 14.3   Capitol Building in St. Paul. 
 14.4   Sec. 15.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 14.5   Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 14.6   general for the purposes specified
 14.7   in this section                                       5,000,000
 14.8   Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          4,000,000 
 14.9   For asset preservation improvements, 
 14.10  Americans With Disabilities Act 
 14.11  upgrades, and betterments of a capital 
 14.12  nature at military affairs facilities 
 14.13  statewide. 
 14.14  Subd. 3.  Facility Life Safety         
 14.15  Improvements                                          1,000,000
 14.16  For life/safety improvements, Americans 
 14.17  With Disabilities Act upgrades, and 
 14.18  betterments of a capital nature at 
 14.19  military affairs facilities statewide. 
 14.20  Sec. 16.  TRANSPORTATION 
 14.21  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 14.22  commissioner of transportation for 
 14.23  the purposes specified in this section               92,300,000
 14.24  Subd. 2.  Analog to Digital Conversion                3,000,000
 14.25  To continue the conversion of the 
 14.26  existing analog microwave backbone 
 14.27  equipment to digital equipment. 
 14.28  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.29  highway fund. 
 14.30  Subd. 3.  Local Bridge Replacement
 14.31  and Rehabilitation                                   28,000,000
 14.32  This appropriation is from the bond 
 14.33  proceeds account in the state 
 14.34  transportation fund as provided in 
 14.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
 14.36  match federal money and to replace or 
 14.37  rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
 14.38  Political subdivisions may use grants 
 14.39  made under this section to construct or 
 14.40  reconstruct bridges, including: 
 14.41  (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
 14.42  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
 14.43  (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
 14.44  engineering and environmental studies 
 14.45  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.46  section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
 14.47  (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
 14.48  existing bridge that is deficient and 
 14.49  in need of replacement, but where no 
 14.50  replacement will be made; and 
 14.51  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
 14.52  road or street to facilitate the 
 14.53  abandonment of an existing bridge 
 15.1   determined by the commissioner to be 
 15.2   deficient, if the commissioner 
 15.3   determines that construction of the 
 15.4   road or street is more cost efficient 
 15.5   than the replacement of the existing 
 15.6   bridge. 
 15.7   Subd. 4.  Mankato Headquarters Building              10,000,000
 15.8   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 15.9   equip a new headquarters facility in 
 15.10  Mankato.  The commissioner shall sell 
 15.11  the existing site at fair market 
 15.12  value.  Any proceeds from the sale are 
 15.13  appropriated to the commissioner to pay 
 15.14  for costs associated with the sale and 
 15.15  to supplement the appropriation for the 
 15.16  new facility. 
 15.17  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 15.18  highway bond proceeds account. 
 15.19  Subd. 5.  Local Road Improvement Program             10,000,000 
 15.20  For construction, reconstruction, or 
 15.21  reconditioning of local roads with 
 15.22  statewide or regional significance 
 15.23  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.24  174.52, subdivision 4, that are 
 15.25  directly associated with development of 
 15.26  major state road projects. 
 15.27  Subd. 6.  Small Capital Projects                      3,800,000
 15.28  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 15.29  equip statewide building projects, 
 15.30  consisting of truck stations, salt 
 15.31  storage facilities, cold storage 
 15.32  facilities, and Mankato headquarters 
 15.33  site work. 
 15.34  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 15.35  highway fund. 
 15.36  Subd. 7.  Northstar Commuter Rail                    37,500,000
 15.37  For final design and project management 
 15.38  of a commuter rail line serving Big 
 15.39  Lake to downtown Minneapolis; to 
 15.40  acquire land for stations, maintenance 
 15.41  facilities, and park and ride lots; and 
 15.42  for final design and project management 
 15.43  of an extension of the Hiawatha Light 
 15.44  Rail Transit line from its terminus in 
 15.45  downtown Minneapolis to a new terminus 
 15.46  near Fifth Avenue North adjacent to the 
 15.47  proposed downtown Minneapolis commuter 
 15.48  rail station.  
 15.49  This appropriation is not available 
 15.50  until $37,500,000 has been committed by 
 15.51  local governments and approval to 
 15.52  proceed to final design has been 
 15.53  authorized by the Federal Transit 
 15.54  Administration. 
 15.55  Up to $10,000,000 of this appropriation 
 15.56  may be used for final design and 
 15.57  project management. 
 15.58  After a full-funding grant agreement 
 16.1   has been executed with the Federal 
 16.2   Transit Administration for the 
 16.3   Northstar Commuter Rail project, the 
 16.4   remaining balance of this appropriation 
 16.5   not committed for final design and 
 16.6   project management or committed to 
 16.7   acquire land shall be available to 
 16.8   construct, furnish, and equip the 
 16.9   Northstar Commuter Rail line and to 
 16.10  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 16.11  extension of the Light Rail Transit 
 16.12  line. 
 16.13  Sec. 17.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 16.14  Subdivision 1.  To the Metropolitan 
 16.15  Council for the purposes specified 
 16.16  in this section                                      17,000,000
 16.17  Subd. 2.  Cedar Avenue Bus 
 16.18  Rapid Transit (BRT)                                  10,000,000
 16.19  To conduct environmental and 
 16.20  preliminary engineering studies for the 
 16.21  Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit, to 
 16.22  improve highway shoulders for bus use 
 16.23  within the corridor, to add or improve 
 16.24  park and ride facilities along the 
 16.25  corridor, and to match $1,000,000 in 
 16.26  federal funds. 
 16.27  Subd. 3.  Metropolitan Regional
 16.28  Parks Capital Improvements                            7,000,000
 16.29  This appropriation must be used to pay 
 16.30  the cost of improvements and 
 16.31  betterments of a capital nature and 
 16.32  acquisition by the council and local 
 16.33  government units of regional 
 16.34  recreational open-space lands in 
 16.35  accordance with the council's policy 
 16.36  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.37  section 473.147.  Priority should be 
 16.38  given to park rehabilitation and land 
 16.39  acquisition projects. 
 16.40  Sec. 18.  HUMAN SERVICES
 16.41  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 16.42  commissioner of administration 
 16.43  for the purposes specified 
 16.44  in this section                                      14,164,000
 16.45  Subd. 2.  St. Peter Regional 
 16.46  Treatment Center Sex Offender Facility                3,000,000
 16.47  To design new facilities for up to 150 
 16.48  beds for the treatment of sex offenders 
 16.49  in the Minnesota Sexual Offender 
 16.50  Program at the St. Peter Regional 
 16.51  Treatment Center. 
 16.52  Subd. 3.  Systemwide - Campus
 16.53  Redevelopment/Reuse/Demolition                        6,150,000
 16.54  To demolish or improve surplus, 
 16.55  nonfunctional, or deteriorated 
 16.56  facilities and infrastructure at 
 16.57  Department of Human Services campuses 
 16.58  statewide. 
 17.1   Subd. 4.  Systemwide Roof
 17.2   Renovation and Replacement                            1,014,000
 17.3   For renovation and replacement of roofs 
 17.4   at Department of Human Services 
 17.5   facilities statewide. 
 17.6   Subd. 5.  Systemwide Asset
 17.7   Preservation                                          4,000,000
 17.8   For asset preservation improvements and 
 17.9   betterments of a capital nature at 
 17.10  state regional treatment centers.  
 17.11  Sec. 19.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 17.12  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 17.13  of administration for the purposes
 17.14  specified in this section                             7,077,000  
 17.15  Subd. 2.  Minneapolis Veterans Home - 
 17.16  Waste Piping Replacement                              1,077,000 
 17.17  For design, renovation, and related 
 17.18  costs of replacing the sanitary waste 
 17.19  piping in Building 17 at the 
 17.20  Minneapolis Veterans Home. 
 17.21  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          6,000,000 
 17.22  For asset preservation improvements and 
 17.23  betterments of a capital nature at 
 17.24  veterans homes statewide.  
 17.25  Sec. 20.  VETERANS AFFAIRS                              500,000 
 17.26  To the commissioner of administration 
 17.27  to complete construction of the World 
 17.28  War II veterans' memorial on the 
 17.29  Capitol mall.  This is the final state 
 17.30  appropriation for the project and is 
 17.31  contingent on sufficient nonstate funds 
 17.32  being received and deposited into a 
 17.33  segregated account for perpetual 
 17.34  maintenance of the memorial. 
 17.35  Sec. 21.  CORRECTIONS 
 17.36  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 17.37  administration for the purposes specified
 17.38  in this section                                     105,433,000
 17.39  Subd. 2.  Minnesota Correctional       
 17.40  Facility - Faribault                                 74,891,000
 17.41  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 17.42  equip a bed expansion at the Minnesota 
 17.43  Correctional Facility - Faribault, to 
 17.44  include, but not be limited to, three 
 17.45  new 416-bed, double-bunked wet cell 
 17.46  lockable living units, a new kitchen 
 17.47  and dining area, an expanded health 
 17.48  services area, additional programming 
 17.49  space, an upgrade to the existing 
 17.50  heating plant, and demolition of 
 17.51  several buildings and a utility tunnel. 
 17.52  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                         11,000,000 
 17.53  For improvements and betterments of a 
 17.54  capital nature at Minnesota 
 18.1   correctional facilities statewide, 
 18.2   including, but not limited to, 
 18.3   emergency lighting projects, roof and 
 18.4   window replacement, tuckpointing, and 
 18.5   asbestos abatement. 
 18.6   Subd. 4.  Minnesota Correctional       
 18.7   Facility - Stillwater                                19,192,000
 18.8   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 18.9   equip a new 150-bed high security 
 18.10  segregation unit to improve staff 
 18.11  safety and accommodate increased inmate 
 18.12  population, including the remodeling of 
 18.13  the discipline and 
 18.14  psychology/psychiatry unit, the 
 18.15  demolition of the former health 
 18.16  services building, and the removal of 
 18.17  walls dividing Cell Hall A/West and 
 18.18  Cell Hall A/Segregation. 
 18.19  Subd. 5.  Minnesota Correctional       
 18.20  Facility - Willow River                                 350,000
 18.21  To purchase, furnish, equip, and 
 18.22  prepare foundation and utilities for a 
 18.23  new 24-bed prefabricated building. 
 18.24  Sec. 22.  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 18.25  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 18.26  employment and economic development or other
 18.27  named agency for the purposes
 18.28  specified in this section                            71,480,000
 18.29  Subd. 2.  State Match for
 18.30  Federal Grants                                       16,280,000
 18.31  (a) To the public facilities authority: 
 18.32  (1) to match federal grants to the 
 18.33  water pollution control revolving fund 
 18.34  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.35  446A.07; and 
 18.36  (2) to match federal grants to the 
 18.37  drinking water revolving fund under 
 18.38  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081. 
 18.39  (b) The expenditure and allocation of 
 18.40  state matching money between funds 
 18.41  described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) 
 18.42  and (2), must be based on the amount of 
 18.43  federal money appropriated to the funds.
 18.44  (c) This appropriation must be used for 
 18.45  qualified capital projects. 
 18.46  Subd. 3.  Minnesota Development
 18.47  Account                                              25,000,000
 18.48  For transfer to the Minnesota 
 18.49  development account created in 
 18.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.  
 18.51  Of this appropriation, $15,000,000 must 
 18.52  be directed toward eligible projects 
 18.53  within the biotechnology and health 
 18.54  science zone designated pursuant to 
 18.55  Minnesota Statutes, section 469.334.  
 18.56  The remaining $10,000,000 must be 
 18.57  divided equally between redevelopment 
 19.1   of previously developed land and new 
 19.2   development. 
 19.3   Subd. 4.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 19.4   Funding Program                                      10,200,000 
 19.5   To the Public Facilities Authority for 
 19.6   the purposes specified in this 
 19.7   subdivision.  $10,000,000 of this 
 19.8   appropriation is for grants to eligible 
 19.9   municipalities under the wastewater 
 19.10  infrastructure program established in 
 19.11  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072. 
 19.12  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 19.13  authority must use the funds for 
 19.14  projects on the 2004 project priority 
 19.15  list in priority order to qualified 
 19.16  applicants that submit plans and 
 19.17  specifications to the Pollution Control 
 19.18  Agency or receive a funding commitment 
 19.19  from USDA rural development before 
 19.20  December 1, 2005. 
 19.21  $200,000 of this appropriation is from 
 19.22  the general fund for administration of 
 19.23  the wastewater infrastructure program. 
 19.24  Subd. 5.  University of Minnesota -       
 19.25  Mayo Clinic Biotechnology Research Facility          20,000,000 
 19.26  To the Board of Regents of the 
 19.27  University of Minnesota to purchase 
 19.28  three floors in the Stabile Building on 
 19.29  the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester.  
 19.30  The floors are to be used for 
 19.31  scientific research beneficial to 
 19.32  collaborative research efforts between 
 19.33  the University of Minnesota and the 
 19.34  Mayo Clinic.  The three floors will be 
 19.35  owned by the University of Minnesota 
 19.36  and operated by the Mayo Clinic through 
 19.37  a use agreement approved by the 
 19.38  commissioner of finance subject to 
 19.39  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 19.40  Sec. 23.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                     20,000,000 
 19.41  To the commissioner of the Housing 
 19.42  Finance Agency for loans and grants for 
 19.43  publicly owned permanent rental housing 
 19.44  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 19.45  462A.202, subdivision 3a, for persons 
 19.46  who have been without a permanent 
 19.47  residence for at least 12 months or on 
 19.48  at least four occasions in the last 
 19.49  three years or are at significant risk 
 19.50  of lacking a permanent residence for at 
 19.51  least 12 months or on at least four 
 19.52  occasions in the last three years.  The 
 19.53  housing must provide or coordinate with 
 19.54  linkages to services necessary for 
 19.55  residents to maintain housing stability 
 19.56  and maximize opportunities for 
 19.57  education and employment.  
 19.58  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.59  section 462A.202, subdivision 3a, the 
 19.60  commissioner shall give equal 
 19.61  consideration to proposals for projects 
 19.62  serving individuals and those serving 
 19.63  families with children.  Preference 
 20.1   among comparable proposals shall be 
 20.2   given to proposals for the acquisition 
 20.3   and rehabilitation of property. 
 20.4   Sec. 24.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 20.5   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 20.6   Historical Society for the purposes 
 20.7   specified in this section                             9,146,000
 20.8   Subd. 2.  Historic Sites Asset 
 20.9   Preservation                                          7,167,000
 20.10  For capital improvements and 
 20.11  betterments at state historic sites, 
 20.12  buildings, landscaping at historic 
 20.13  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 20.14  monuments.  The society shall determine 
 20.15  project priorities as appropriate based 
 20.16  on need. 
 20.17  Subd. 3.  Fort Snelling Historic Site                 1,979,000
 20.18  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 20.19  equip the most urgent preservation 
 20.20  projects needed for historic Fort 
 20.21  Snelling. 
 20.22  Sec. 25.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 
 20.23  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 20.24  employment and economic development or other
 20.25  named agency for the purposes specified
 20.26  in this section                                      16,865,000
 20.27  Subd. 2.  Buffalo Lake Maintenance
 20.28  Garage and Street Repair                                635,000
 20.29  For a grant to the city of Buffalo Lake 
 20.30  to design, construct, furnish, and 
 20.31  equip a municipal maintenance garage 
 20.32  and reconstruct city streets damaged by 
 20.33  a tornado. 
 20.34  Subd. 3.  Colin Powell Youth
 20.35  Leadership Center                                     4,230,000
 20.36  For a grant to Hennepin County to 
 20.37  acquire land for and to design, 
 20.38  construct, furnish, and equip the Colin 
 20.39  Powell Youth Leadership Center in 
 20.40  Minneapolis, subject to Minnesota 
 20.41  Statutes, section 16A.695.  The center 
 20.42  may include a National Guard drill 
 20.43  area, an education wing, including a 
 20.44  computer lab, a multipurpose arts 
 20.45  facility, a community education space, 
 20.46  a nutrition education and cooking 
 20.47  skills work-preparation area, and new 
 20.48  basketball courts. 
 20.49  This appropriation is not available 
 20.50  until the commissioner has determined 
 20.51  that all funds necessary to complete 
 20.52  the project are committed from nonstate 
 20.53  sources. 
 20.54  Subd. 4.  Lewis and Clark             
 20.55  Rural Water System                                    2,000,000
 20.56  To the Public Facilities Authority for 
 21.1   a grant to a county or municipality 
 21.2   served by the Lewis and Clark Rural 
 21.3   Water System to acquire land, 
 21.4   predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
 21.5   and equip one or more rural water 
 21.6   facilities that serve southwestern 
 21.7   Minnesota.  
 21.8   This appropriation is only available 
 21.9   when matched by $8 of federal money and 
 21.10  $1 of local money for each $1 of state 
 21.11  money.  The grant must be awarded to a 
 21.12  project approved by the Lewis and Clark 
 21.13  Joint Powers Board. 
 21.14  Subd. 5.  Roseau Infrastructure 
 21.15  Repair and Improvements                              10,000,000
 21.16  For a grant to the city of Roseau for 
 21.17  the following capital expenditures:  
 21.18  (1) to predesign, design, construct, 
 21.19  and replace municipal infrastructure 
 21.20  damaged by the 2002 flood in the city, 
 21.21  including, but not limited to, water 
 21.22  mains, sewer mains, streets, sidewalks, 
 21.23  curbs, and gutters; 
 21.24  (2) to predesign, design, construct, 
 21.25  furnish, and equip new municipal 
 21.26  buildings that may include a city hall, 
 21.27  auditorium, police department, library, 
 21.28  and museum; and 
 21.29  (3) to predesign, design, and construct 
 21.30  water, sewer, and street improvements 
 21.31  to the Roseau Industrial Park. 
 21.32  This appropriation is not available 
 21.33  until all funds necessary to complete 
 21.34  the project are committed from nonstate 
 21.35  sources. 
 21.36  Sec. 26.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            735,000 
 21.37  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 21.38  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.39  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  Of 
 21.40  this amount, $718,000 is appropriated 
 21.41  from the bond proceeds fund and $17,000 
 21.42  is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
 21.43  account in the trunk highway fund. 
 21.44     Sec. 27.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20, 
 21.45  article 1, section 15, is amended to read: 
 21.46  Sec. 15.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 21.47  The commissioner of finance shall 
 21.48  schedule the sale of state general 
 21.49  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 21.50  biennium ending June 30, 2005, no more 
 21.51  than $673,625,000 $657,720,000 will 
 21.52  need to be transferred from the general 
 21.53  fund to the state bond fund to pay 
 21.54  principal and interest due and to 
 21.55  become due on outstanding state general 
 21.56  obligation bonds.  During the biennium, 
 21.57  before each sale of state general 
 21.58  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
 22.1   finance shall calculate the amount of 
 22.2   debt service payments needed on bonds 
 22.3   previously issued and shall estimate 
 22.4   the amount of debt service payments 
 22.5   that will be needed on the bonds 
 22.6   scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 22.7   shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 22.8   scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 22.9   within the limit set by this section.  
 22.10  The amount needed to make the debt 
 22.11  service payments is appropriated from 
 22.12  the general fund as provided in 
 22.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.  
 22.14     Sec. 28.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 22.15     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 22.16  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 22.17  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 22.18  in an amount up to $671,420,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 22.19  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 22.20  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 22.21  XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 22.22     Subd. 2.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the 
 22.23  money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school 
 22.24  loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
 22.25  bonds of the state in an amount up to $22,130,000 in the manner, 
 22.26  upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
 22.27  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
 22.28  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the 
 22.29  bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the 
 22.30  sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account 
 22.31  in the maximum effort school loan fund. 
 22.32     Subd. 3.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.] To 
 22.33  provide the money appropriated in this act from the state 
 22.34  transportation fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
 22.35  issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $28,000,000 in the 
 22.36  manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 22.37  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 22.38  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 22.39  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 22.40  received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 22.41  proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 22.42     Subd. 4.  [TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.] To 
 23.1   provide the money appropriated in this act from the trunk 
 23.2   highway bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the 
 23.3   commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 23.4   in an amount up to $18,700,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 23.5   and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 23.6   167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 23.7   XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amount requested by the 
 23.8   commissioner of transportation.  The proceeds of the bonds, 
 23.9   except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of 
 23.10  the bonds, must be credited to the trunk highway bond proceeds 
 23.11  account in the trunk highway fund. 
 23.12     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.671, 
 23.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 23.14     Subd. 3.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section, the terms 
 23.15  defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them:  
 23.16     (a) "General fund" means all cash and investments from time 
 23.17  to time received and held in the treasury, except proceeds of 
 23.18  state bonds and amounts received and held in special or 
 23.19  dedicated funds created by the Constitution, or by or pursuant 
 23.20  to federal laws or regulations, or by bond or trust instruments, 
 23.21  pension contracts, or other agreements of the state or its 
 23.22  agencies with private persons, entered into under state law.  
 23.23     (b) "Maximum current cash flow requirement" means the 
 23.24  commissioner's written estimate of the largest of the amounts by 
 23.25  which, on a particular designated date in each month of the term 
 23.26  for which certificates are to be issued, the sum of (1) the 
 23.27  warrants then outstanding against the general fund plus (2) 
 23.28  those that must be drawn on the fund before the same date in the 
 23.29  following month, in payment of claims due for expenditure under 
 23.30  all appropriations and allotments, will exceed the amount of 
 23.31  cash or cash equivalent assets held in the general fund on the 
 23.32  first of these dates an amount equal to five percent of the 
 23.33  actual working capital expenditures from the general fund in the 
 23.34  fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the largest of 
 23.35  such amounts, will exceed the amount of cash or cash equivalent 
 23.36  assets held in the general fund, excluding the proceeds of the 
 24.1   certificates to be issued.  
 24.2      Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.571, is 
 24.3   amended to read: 
 24.4      116J.571 [CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.] 
 24.5      Two greater Minnesota redevelopment development accounts 
 24.6   are created, one in the general fund and one in the bond 
 24.7   proceeds fund.  Money in the accounts may be used to make grants 
 24.8   as provided in section 116J.575.  Money in the bond proceeds 
 24.9   fund may only be used for eligible costs for publicly owned 
 24.10  property.  Money in the general fund may be used to pay for the 
 24.11  commissioner's costs in reviewing the applications. 
 24.12     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.572, 
 24.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 24.14     Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
 24.15  includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
 24.16  and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or 
 24.17  port authority located outside the seven-county metropolitan 
 24.18  area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 24.19     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.572, 
 24.20  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 24.21     Subd. 4.  [REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT.] "Redevelopment 
 24.22  Development" means recycling obsolete, abandoned, or 
 24.23  underutilized properties for new industrial, commercial, or 
 24.24  residential uses. 
 24.25     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 24.26  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 24.27     Subdivision 1.  [ACCOUNTS.] Criteria for use of the 
 24.28  accounts created in section 116J.571 must be consistent with and 
 24.29  promote the purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.575.  They 
 24.30  include, but are not limited to: 
 24.31     (1) creating and preserving living wage jobs in greater 
 24.32  Minnesota; 
 24.33     (2) creating incentives for communities to include a full 
 24.34  range of housing opportunities; 
 24.35     (3) creating incentives for all communities to implement 
 24.36  compact, efficient, and mixed-use development; and 
 25.1      (4) creating incentives to assist communities in 
 25.2   maintaining a unique sense of place by preserving local, 
 25.3   cultural assets. 
 25.4      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 25.5   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 25.6      Subd. 2.  [PROJECTS.] To be eligible for funding by the 
 25.7   greater Minnesota redevelopment development account, a project 
 25.8   must: 
 25.9      (1) interrelate redevelopment development with other public 
 25.10  investments in transportation, housing, schools, energy, 
 25.11  utilities information infrastructure, and other public services; 
 25.12     (2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth 
 25.13  areas; 
 25.14     (3) intensify land use that leads to more compact 
 25.15  redevelopment development; 
 25.16     (4) involve redevelopment development that mixes incomes of 
 25.17  residents in housing, including introducing or reintroducing 
 25.18  higher value housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of 
 25.19  housing opportunities; 
 25.20     (5) involve participation from citizens and the business 
 25.21  community in the planning and development of the proposed 
 25.22  redevelopment development plan; 
 25.23     (6) encourage public infrastructure investments which 
 25.24  attract private sector redevelopment development investment in 
 25.25  commercial, industrial, and residential properties adjacent to 
 25.26  public improvements, and provide project area residents with 
 25.27  expanded opportunities for private sector employment; or 
 25.28     (7) be sustainable at the local level and reduce the 
 25.29  probability of future requests for state development, 
 25.30  maintenance, or replacement assistance. 
 25.31     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 25.32  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 25.33     Subd. 4.  [PARTNERSHIPS.] The commissioner shall give 
 25.34  priority to proposals using innovative financial partnerships 
 25.35  between government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors as 
 25.36  well as to proposals that meet current tax increment financing 
 26.1   requirements for a redevelopment development district and 
 26.2   contribute tax increment financing towards the project. 
 26.3      Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 26.4   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 26.5      Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The commissioner shall prepare 
 26.6   and submit to the legislature an annual report on the greater 
 26.7   Minnesota redevelopment development account.  The report must 
 26.8   include information on the amount of money in the account, the 
 26.9   amount distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for 
 26.10  what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
 26.11  projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program.
 26.12     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.574, 
 26.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 26.14     Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 26.15  prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
 26.16  must include at least the following information: 
 26.17     (1) identification of the site; 
 26.18     (2) a detailed budget, including necessary supporting 
 26.19  evidence, of the total costs for the site including the total 
 26.20  eligible redevelopment development costs; 
 26.21     (3) a complete redevelopment development plan, including 
 26.22  any specific commitments from third parties to construct 
 26.23  improvements on the site; 
 26.24     (4) a complete financing plan, including the manner in 
 26.25  which the development authority uses innovative financial 
 26.26  partnerships between government, private for-profit, and 
 26.27  nonprofit sectors; and 
 26.28     (5) any additional information or material that the 
 26.29  commissioner prescribes. 
 26.30     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.575, 
 26.31  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 26.32     Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER DISCRETION.] The commissioner 
 26.33  may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a 
 26.34  project.  The determination of whether to make a grant for a 
 26.35  site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to 
 26.36  this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available 
 27.1   unencumbered money in the greater Minnesota redevelopment 
 27.2   development account.  The commissioner's decisions and 
 27.3   application of the priorities under this section are not subject 
 27.4   to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. 
 27.5      Sec. 39.  Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 
 27.6   2, is amended to read: 
 27.7   Subd. 2.  Northwest Busway                           20,000,000 
 27.8   To design and construct a portion of a 
 27.9   busway in the northwest metropolitan 
 27.10  area between downtown Minneapolis and 
 27.11  Rogers.  Funds may be used to design 
 27.12  all or a portion of the busway from 
 27.13  downtown Minneapolis to Rogers along 
 27.14  CSAH 81; to design, construct, and 
 27.15  equip up to 19 stations, including 36 
 27.16  passenger shelters in Minneapolis, 
 27.17  Robbinsdale, and Crystal as well as at 
 27.18  Hennepin Technical College and North 
 27.19  Hennepin Community College located in 
 27.20  Brooklyn Park; to acquire necessary 
 27.21  rights-of-way in Minneapolis, 
 27.22  Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park 
 27.23  to accommodate station and park and 
 27.24  ride locations, and adjacent to CSAH 81 
 27.25  between Highway 100 and Brooklyn 
 27.26  Boulevard to accommodate queue jump 
 27.27  lanes for buses; to design and 
 27.28  construct two park and ride facilities 
 27.29  adjacent to CSAH 81 at its 
 27.30  intersections with 63rd Avenue North 
 27.31  and with Brooklyn Boulevard; and to 
 27.32  design and construct queue jump lanes 
 27.33  between Highway 100 and Brooklyn 
 27.34  Boulevard.  This appropriation is 
 27.35  contingent on $12,000,000 from Hennepin 
 27.36  County for roadway design, property 
 27.37  acquisition, and road construction 
 27.38  between Lowry Avenue in Minneapolis and 
 27.39  Bass Lake Road in Crystal and 
 27.40  $5,000,000 from the Metropolitan 
 27.41  Council for the project fleet 
 27.42  acquisition and station equipment. 
 27.43  Total funding from all sources may be 
 27.44  used for roadway design, 
 27.45  reconstruction, acquisition of land and 
 27.46  right-of-way, and to design, construct, 
 27.47  furnish, and equip transit stations and 
 27.48  park and rides.  To implement this 
 27.49  project, the Metropolitan Council has 
 27.50  the powers that Hennepin County has to 
 27.51  use design-build under new Minnesota 
 27.52  Statutes, sections 383B.158 to 
 27.53  383B.1586, may be used for implementing 
 27.54  this project. 
 27.55     Sec. 40.  [MINNESOTA ZOO MARINE CENTER DEBT SERVICE.] 
 27.56     Beginning in fiscal year 2005, the Minnesota Zoological 
 27.57  Garden is not required to pay any of the debt service costs on 
 27.58  bonds sold for the Marine Education Center authorized in Laws 
 27.59  1994, chapter 643, section 27, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 
 28.1   1996, chapter 463, section 54. 
 28.2      Sec. 41.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 28.3      This article is effective the day following final enactment.
 28.4                              ARTICLE 2 
 28.5                        ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL
 28.6                    OBLIGATION BOND AUTHORIZATIONS
 28.7      Section 1.  [TABLE OF ORIGINAL AND ADJUSTED 
 28.8   AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 28.9      Column A lists the citation to each law authorizing general 
 28.10  obligation bonds since Laws 1983, chapter 323, section 6, to 
 28.11  which a further adjustment is being made in this section. 
 28.12     The original authorization amount in each law is shown in 
 28.13  column B opposite the citation of the law it appears in. 
 28.14     The original authorization amount in column B is hereby 
 28.15  adjusted to the amount shown in column C.  The adjustments 
 28.16  resulting in the column C amount reflect specific changes to an 
 28.17  authorization in law, executive vetoes sustained or not 
 28.18  challenged, administrative action reflecting cancellation and 
 28.19  abandonment of all or the unused balance from specific projects 
 28.20  for which the proceeds of authorized bonds were intended to be 
 28.21  used, and other action pursuant to law resulting in the adjusted 
 28.22  authorizations shown in column C.  The amounts shown in column C 
 28.23  are validated as the lawful adjusted authorization for the cited 
 28.24  law as of August 1, 2003, for all purposes for which the 
 28.25  authorization is required or used. 
 28.26             Column A            Column B         Column C
 28.27       L 1983, c 323, s 6        $ 30,000,000     $ 29,935,000
 28.28       L 1987, c 400, s 25,
 28.29       subd 1                     370,972,200      369,560,500
 28.30       L 1987, c 400, s 25, 
 28.31       subd 5                      66,747,000       66,740,000
 28.32       L 1989, c 300, art 1,
 28.33       s 23, subd 1               142,585,000      112,235,000
 28.34       L 1991, c 354, art 11, 
 28.35       s 2, subd 1                 12,000,000       11,360,000
 28.36       L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 29.1        subd 1                     231,695,000      198,535,000
 29.2        L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 29.3        subd 3                      17,500,000       17,368,000
 29.4        L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 29.5        subd 1                      54,640,000       38,355,000
 29.6        L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 29.7        subd 2                       9,900,000        9,480,000
 29.8        L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 29.9        subd 1                     573,385,000      527,849,524
 29.10       L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 29.11       subd 2                      45,000,000       34,820,000
 29.12       L 1995, 1SS c 2, s 14,
 29.13       subd 1                       5,630,000        5,621,448 
 29.14       L 1996, c 463, s 27,
 29.15       subd 1                     597,110,000      483,665,089
 29.16       L 1997, c 246, s 10,
 29.17       subd 1                      86,625,000       86,191,283
 29.18       L 1997, 2SS c 2, s 12       55,305,000       38,308,055
 29.19       L 1998, c 404, s 27,
 29.20       subd 1                     463,795,000      100,829,182
 29.21       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 29.22       s 16, subd 1               372,400,000      299,873,000
 29.23       L 2000, c 492, art 1,
 29.24       s 26, subd 1               426,870,000      423,570,000
 29.25       L 2001, 1SS c 12, s 11,     
 29.26       subd 1                      99,205,000       98,205,000
 29.27       L 2002, c 393, s 30,
 29.28       subd 1                     920,235,000      567,312,000
 29.29     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 29.30     This article is effective the day following final enactment.