1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             for public purposes; authorizing spending to acquire 
  1.4             and to better public land and buildings and other 
  1.5             public improvements of a capital nature; authorizing 
  1.6             certain improvements and transfers between accounts; 
  1.7             making technical corrections; amending earlier 
  1.8             authorizations; reauthorizing certain projects; 
  1.9             authorizing and reauthorizing sale of state bonds; 
  1.10            providing for storage and retention of certain 
  1.11            documents; authorizing certain easements; providing 
  1.12            for certain port authority leases or management 
  1.13            contracts; requesting an investigation and report; 
  1.14            converting certain capital project financing from 
  1.15            general fund cash to general obligation bonding; 
  1.16            canceling certain money to the general fund; 
  1.17            appropriating money for the Minnesota minerals 21st 
  1.18            century fund; appropriating money with certain 
  1.19            conditions and directions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.20            1998, sections 16A.69, subdivision 2; 16B.30; 136F.36, 
  1.21            by adding a subdivision; and 136F.60, by adding a 
  1.22            subdivision; Laws 1998, chapter 404, sections 3, 
  1.23            subdivision 17; 7, subdivisions 23 and 26; 13, 
  1.24            subdivision 12; 27, subdivision 1. 
  1.25  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.26                             ARTICLE 1
  1.27  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.28     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.29  appropriated with certain conditions and directions from the 
  1.30  bond proceeds fund, or other named fund, to the state agencies 
  1.31  or officials indicated, to be spent for public purposes 
  1.32  including to acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.33  other public improvements of a capital nature, as specified in 
  1.34  this article. 
  1.35                              SUMMARY 
  2.1   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES        $   11,080,000 
  2.2   CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                      5,300,000 
  2.3   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    18,968,000
  2.4   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    3,000,000 
  2.5   PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                          22,700,000 
  2.6   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                     2,375,000 
  2.7   ADMINISTRATION                                        4,150,000 
  2.8   TRANSPORTATION                                       80,440,000 
  2.9   CORRECTIONS                                           1,785,000 
  2.10  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      152,000 
  2.11  REAUTHORIZATIONS                                      4,691,650 
  2.12  CANCELLATIONS                                          (440,000)
  2.13  TOTAL                                            $  154,201,650
  2.14  Bond Proceeds Fund                                  139,510,000
  2.15  Transportation Fund                                  10,440,000 
  2.16  Reauthorizations                                      4,691,650 
  2.17  Cancellations                                          (440,000)
  2.18                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.19                                                   $ 
  2.20  Sec. 2.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES
  2.21  AND UNIVERSITIES 
  2.22  Subdivision 1.  To the board of 
  2.23  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges 
  2.24  and universities for the purposes
  2.25  specified in this section                            11,080,000
  2.26  Moorhead State University                             3,730,000 
  2.27  This appropriation is to demolish 
  2.28  structures, eliminate blight, and 
  2.29  construct parking facilities and 
  2.30  necessary amenities on certain recently 
  2.31  acquired land at Moorhead state 
  2.32  university. 
  2.33  Subd. 3.  Winona State University                     6,100,000
  2.34  To replace or renovate the boiler 
  2.35  system at Winona State University. 
  2.36  Subd. 4.  Ridgewater College HVAC System              1,250,000
  2.37  For improvements of a capital nature to 
  2.38  the heating, ventilation, and air 
  2.39  conditioning system at Ridgewater 
  2.40  Community and Technical College, 
  2.41  Hutchinson. 
  2.42  Sec. 3.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  2.43  Metropolitan Magnet School Grants                     5,300,000
  3.1   This appropriation is to the 
  3.2   commissioner of children, families, and 
  3.3   learning to make grants under Minnesota 
  3.4   Statutes, section 124D.88. 
  3.5   $4,000,000 is for a grant to the 
  3.6   Southwest Metropolitan Integration 
  3.7   magnet school in Edina. 
  3.8   $1,300,000 is for a grant to the 
  3.9   Interdistrict Arts and Science Middle 
  3.10  School in the east metropolitan area. 
  3.11  Sec. 4.  NATURAL RESOURCES                           
  3.12  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  3.13  natural resources for the purposes specified
  3.14  in this section                                      18,968,000
  3.15  Subd. 2.  State Share                                 1,698,000
  3.16  This appropriation is for the state 
  3.17  share of flood hazard mitigation grants 
  3.18  for the Hoyt Avenue project in the city 
  3.19  of St. Paul, and for Dawson, Granite 
  3.20  Falls, and Montevideo under Minnesota 
  3.21  Statutes, section 103F.161. 
  3.22  Subd. 3.  Local Share                                17,270,000
  3.23  This appropriation is to fund the local 
  3.24  share of flood hazard mitigation 
  3.25  projects in Crookston, East Grand 
  3.26  Forks, Warren, Ada, Breckenridge, and 
  3.27  Oakport under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.28  section 103F.161, to the extent that 
  3.29  the cost of each project exceeds two 
  3.30  percent of the median household income 
  3.31  in the municipality multiplied by the 
  3.32  number of households in the 
  3.33  municipality. 
  3.34  Sec. 5.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE           3,000,000 
  3.35  To the director of the office of 
  3.36  environmental assistance for a grant to 
  3.37  a local governmental unit under 
  3.38  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54, 
  3.39  not to exceed $3,000,000, for the 
  3.40  retrofit and reconstruction of a solid 
  3.41  waste resource recovery facility 
  3.42  located in the city of Perham that 
  3.43  serves a seven-county area.  The 
  3.44  appropriation is available until June 
  3.45  30, 2001. 
  3.46  Sec. 6.  PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY 
  3.47  Subdivision 1.  To the public
  3.48  facilities authority for the purposes
  3.49  specified in this section                            22,700,000
  3.50  Subd. 2.  Matching Money
  3.51  for Federal Grants                                    2,200,000
  3.52  To match federal grants to the drinking 
  3.53  water fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.54  section 446A.081. 
  3.55  Subd. 3.  Wastewater
  3.56  Infrastructure Program                               20,500,000
  4.1   For grants to eligible municipalities 
  4.2   under the wastewater infrastructure 
  4.3   funding program established in 
  4.4   Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072. 
  4.5   Sec. 7.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
  4.6   Subdivision 1.  To the board of water 
  4.7   and soil resources for the purposes      
  4.8   specified in this section                             2,375,000
  4.9   Subd. 2.  Lazarus Creek                               1,375,000
  4.10  For a grant to Area II Minnesota River 
  4.11  Basin Projects, Inc. for construction 
  4.12  of the LQP-25/Lazarus Creek floodwater 
  4.13  retention project.  The grant may not 
  4.14  exceed 75 percent of the project's 
  4.15  cost.  The remaining share must be 
  4.16  provided by Area II Minnesota River 
  4.17  Basin Projects, Inc. 
  4.18  Subd. 3.  Grass Lake   
  4.19  Restoration                                           1,000,000
  4.20  For a grant to the city of Willmar and 
  4.21  Kandiyohi county to construct publicly 
  4.22  owned stormwater flood reduction and 
  4.23  water quality improvements related to 
  4.24  the restoration of Grass Lake. 
  4.25  Sec. 8.  ADMINISTRATION
  4.26  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
  4.27  administration for the purposes specified 
  4.28  in this section                                       4,150,000
  4.29  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset Preservation
  4.30  and Replacement (CAPRA)                               3,000,000
  4.31  To be spent in accordance with 
  4.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632. 
  4.33  None of this appropriation may be used 
  4.34  for renovation of the Minnesota 
  4.35  Veterans Home - Luverne campus. 
  4.36  Of this amount, $190,000 is for capital 
  4.37  repair and betterment of roofs on 
  4.38  buildings 1, 2, and 4, at the Hastings 
  4.39  Veterans Home.  This amount is 
  4.40  available when the commissioner of 
  4.41  finance determines that the Veterans 
  4.42  Home Board is in compliance with 
  4.43  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695 
  4.44  and 198.31, with respect to the 
  4.45  Hastings Veterans Home. 
  4.46  Subd. 3.  Predesign and Design Grant                  1,000,000
  4.47  For a grant to the county of Itasca for 
  4.48  its predesign and design of public 
  4.49  infrastructure improvements including 
  4.50  railroad access and natural gas 
  4.51  right-of-way and pipeline, public 
  4.52  highway improvements, and freshwater 
  4.53  wells and wastewater treatment 
  4.54  facilities and pipelines, all in 
  4.55  connection with the construction of a 
  4.56  new steel mill. 
  5.1   Subd. 4.  World War II      
  5.2   Veterans Memorial                                       150,000 
  5.3   For design, architectural drawings, and 
  5.4   the start of construction for a World 
  5.5   War II veterans memorial on the state 
  5.6   capitol mall.  The design is subject to 
  5.7   approval by the capitol area 
  5.8   architectural and planning board.  The 
  5.9   commissioner of veterans affairs shall 
  5.10  convene an advisory group, including 
  5.11  members of veterans organizations to 
  5.12  review and make recommendations about 
  5.13  the design of the memorial.  The 
  5.14  appropriation must be matched by an 
  5.15  equal amount from nonstate sources. 
  5.16  Sec. 9.  TRANSPORTATION                             
  5.17  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  5.18  transportation for the purposes specified
  5.19  in this section                                      80,440,000
  5.20  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge
  5.21  Replacement and Rehabilitation                       10,000,000
  5.22  This appropriation is from the state 
  5.23  transportation fund as provided in 
  5.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
  5.25  match federal funds and to replace or 
  5.26  rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
  5.27  Political subdivisions may use grants 
  5.28  made under this section to construct or 
  5.29  reconstruct bridges, including: 
  5.30  (1) matching federal aid grants to 
  5.31  construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
  5.32  (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
  5.33  engineering and environmental studies 
  5.34  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.35  section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
  5.36  (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
  5.37  existing bridge that is deficient and 
  5.38  in need of replacement, but where no 
  5.39  replacement will be made; and 
  5.40  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
  5.41  road or street to facilitate the 
  5.42  abandonment of an existing bridge 
  5.43  determined by the commissioner to be 
  5.44  deficient, if the commissioner 
  5.45  determines that construction of the 
  5.46  road or street is more cost efficient 
  5.47  than the replacement of the existing 
  5.48  bridge. 
  5.49  Subd. 3.  Brooklyn Park
  5.50  Pedestrian Bridge                                       440,000
  5.51  This appropriation is from the 
  5.52  transportation fund for an 
  5.53  interest-free loan to the city of 
  5.54  Brooklyn Park to pay up to 80 percent 
  5.55  of the cost of constructing a 
  5.56  pedestrian bridge across trunk highway 
  5.57  No. 252.  This appropriation is only 
  5.58  available if the project qualifies for 
  5.59  federal TEA-21 funding.  The loan must 
  6.1   be repaid to the commissioner of 
  6.2   finance for return to the debt service 
  6.3   fund at the time of Federal Highway 
  6.4   Administration reimbursement to the 
  6.5   city. 
  6.6   Subd. 4. Transportation 
  6.7   Revolving Fund                                       10,000,000
  6.8   For transfer by the commissioner of 
  6.9   finance to the highway account in the 
  6.10  transportation revolving loan fund 
  6.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.12  446A.085.  This appropriation may not 
  6.13  be used for trunk highway, transit, or 
  6.14  light rail projects. 
  6.15  Subd. 5.  Light Rail Transit                         60,000,000
  6.16  This appropriation is to match federal 
  6.17  money to construct light rail transit 
  6.18  in the Hiawatha Avenue corridor, as 
  6.19  provided in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
  6.20  section 17, subdivision 3, paragraph 
  6.21  (b), and is added to that 
  6.22  appropriation, as amended by article 
  6.23  2.  This is the final state 
  6.24  appropriation for the total 
  6.25  construction of this project. 
  6.26  The commissioner may not spend this 
  6.27  appropriation until: 
  6.28  (1) the Hiawatha Avenue corridor 
  6.29  project has received a "final design" 
  6.30  designation by the Federal Transit 
  6.31  Administration and a full-funding grant 
  6.32  agreement has been executed with the 
  6.33  Federal Transit Administration for 
  6.34  funding the planning and capital costs 
  6.35  of light rail transit in the Hiawatha 
  6.36  Avenue corridor that provides funding 
  6.37  of not less than $223,000,000 by the 
  6.38  federal government and that includes 
  6.39  any required local contribution from 
  6.40  Hennepin county regional railroad 
  6.41  authority, the city of Minneapolis and 
  6.42  the Metropolitan Airports Commission; 
  6.43  and 
  6.44  (2) the commissioner has determined 
  6.45  that no part of the construction costs 
  6.46  of light rail transit in the Hiawatha 
  6.47  Avenue corridor will be paid from 
  6.48  property tax revenues of the 
  6.49  metropolitan council or of any county 
  6.50  or regional rail authority other than 
  6.51  the Hennepin county regional rail 
  6.52  authority. 
  6.53  The commissioner and the chair of the 
  6.54  metropolitan council shall jointly 
  6.55  submit a report to the legislature by 
  6.56  February 1, 2000, that sets forth a 
  6.57  financial plan for paying the operating 
  6.58  costs of light rail transit in the 
  6.59  Hiawatha Avenue corridor for at least 
  6.60  the first five years of operation. 
  6.61  If the requirements of paragraph (1) 
  6.62  are not met by May 1, 2000, for the 
  7.1   "final design" designation or by 
  7.2   January 31, 2001, for the full-funding 
  7.3   agreement, this appropriation, any 
  7.4   unspent portion of the $40,000,000 
  7.5   appropriated by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
  7.6   section 17, subdivision 3, paragraph 
  7.7   (b), as amended by article 2, and all 
  7.8   state bond sale authorizations for the 
  7.9   Hiawatha Avenue corridor, are canceled. 
  7.10  Sec. 10.  CORRECTIONS                                 1,785,000
  7.11  To the commissioner of administration 
  7.12  for design for renovations of a capital 
  7.13  nature to the storm and sanitary sewer 
  7.14  lines at the correctional facility at 
  7.15  Faribault and for making emergency 
  7.16  capital repairs to the system. 
  7.17  Sec. 11.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            152,000
  7.18  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
  7.19  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
  7.20  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
  7.21  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
  7.22  fund. 
  7.23  Sec. 12.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
  7.24  The commissioner of finance shall 
  7.25  schedule the sale of state general 
  7.26  obligation bonds so that, during the 
  7.27  biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more 
  7.28  than $590,663,000 will need to be 
  7.29  transferred from the general fund to 
  7.30  the state bond fund to pay principal 
  7.31  and interest due and to become due on 
  7.32  outstanding state general obligation 
  7.33  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
  7.34  each sale of state general obligation 
  7.35  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  7.36  shall calculate the amount of debt 
  7.37  service payments needed on bonds 
  7.38  previously issued and shall estimate 
  7.39  the amount of debt service payments 
  7.40  that will be needed on the bonds 
  7.41  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
  7.42  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
  7.43  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
  7.44  within the limit set by this section.  
  7.45  The amount needed to make the debt 
  7.46  service payments is appropriated from 
  7.47  the general fund as provided in 
  7.48  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
  7.49     Sec. 13.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
  7.50     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
  7.51  appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
  7.52  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
  7.53  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $139,510,000 in 
  7.54  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
  7.55  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
  7.56  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  8.1      Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
  8.2   appropriated in this article from the transportation fund, the 
  8.3   commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
  8.4   and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $10,440,000 in 
  8.5   the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
  8.6   Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
  8.7   Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
  8.8   proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
  8.9   received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
  8.10  proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
  8.11     Sec. 14.  [BOND REAUTHORIZATIONS.] 
  8.12     (a) The following bond authorizations, which have been 
  8.13  reported to the legislature according to Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.14  section 16A.642, subdivision 1, are reauthorized, and do not 
  8.15  cancel under the terms of that subdivision: 
  8.16     (1) an amount remaining of $4,078,196.35 for appropriations 
  8.17  from the state transportation fund for railroad assistance, 
  8.18  authorized in Laws 1984, chapter 597, section 22; 
  8.19     (2) an amount remaining of $414,786.89 for appropriations 
  8.20  from the bond proceeds fund for labor history center planning 
  8.21  and design authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610, article 1, 
  8.22  section 30, subdivision 1; and 
  8.23     (3) an amount remaining of $198,666.40 for appropriations 
  8.24  from the bond proceeds fund for labor history center design 
  8.25  competition authorized in Laws 1990, chapter 610, article 1, 
  8.26  section 30, subdivision 1. 
  8.27     (b) For purposes of the next report required under 
  8.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, subdivision 1, the bonds 
  8.29  reauthorized in this section must be treated as authorized on 
  8.30  the original date of authorization. 
  8.31     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.69, 
  8.32  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.33     Subd. 2.  [TRANSFER BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.] Upon the awarding of 
  8.34  final contracts for the completion of a project for construction 
  8.35  or other permanent improvement, or upon the abandonment of the 
  8.36  project, the agency to whom the appropriation was made may 
  9.1   transfer the unencumbered balance in the project account to 
  9.2   another project enumerated in the same section of that 
  9.3   appropriation act, or may transfer unencumbered balances from 
  9.4   agency operating funds.  The transfer must be made only to cover 
  9.5   bids for the other project that were higher than was estimated 
  9.6   when the appropriation for the other project was made and not to 
  9.7   cover an expansion of the other project.  The money transferred 
  9.8   under this section is appropriated for the purposes for which 
  9.9   transferred.  For transfers for technical colleges by the board 
  9.10  of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities, 
  9.11  the total cost of both projects and the required local share for 
  9.12  both projects are adjusted accordingly.  The agency proposing a 
  9.13  transfer shall report to obtain approval from the commissioner 
  9.14  of finance and the chair of the senate finance committee and the 
  9.15  chair of the house of representatives ways and means committee 
  9.16  before the transfer is made under this subdivision. 
  9.17     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.30, is 
  9.18  amended to read: 
  9.19     16B.30 [GENERAL AUTHORITY.] 
  9.20     (a) Subject to other provisions in this chapter, the 
  9.21  commissioner shall supervise and control the making of all 
  9.22  contracts for the construction of buildings and for other 
  9.23  capital improvements to state buildings and structures, other 
  9.24  than buildings and structures under the control of the board of 
  9.25  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities.  
  9.26  Except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), a state 
  9.27  agency may not undertake improvements of a capital nature 
  9.28  without specific legislative authority. 
  9.29     (b) Specific legislative authority is not required for 
  9.30  repairs or minor capital projects financed with operating 
  9.31  appropriations or agency receipts that: 
  9.32     (1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code 
  9.33  compliance purposes; or 
  9.34     (2) do not materially increase the net square footage of a 
  9.35  facility; and in either case 
  9.36     (3) do not materially increase the cost of agency programs. 
 10.1      (c) Unless the commissioner determines that an urgency 
 10.2   exists, the commissioner of an agency undertaking a project with 
 10.3   a cost in excess of $50,000 pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall 
 10.4   notify the chairs of the senate finance committee, the house 
 10.5   capital investment committee, the house ways and means 
 10.6   committee, the appropriate house and senate finance divisions, 
 10.7   and the director of the legislative coordinating commission 
 10.8   prior to incurring any contractual obligation with regard to the 
 10.9   project.  Any agency undertaking any project pursuant to this 
 10.10  paragraph during fiscal year 1999 must report all such projects 
 10.11  to the legislature by January 1, 2000. 
 10.12     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, is 
 10.13  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 10.14     Subd. 4.  [STORAGE AND RETENTION OF DOCUMENTS.] 
 10.15  Notwithstanding section 16A.58, the board may store and retain 
 10.16  at the respective technical college original documents from 
 10.17  carpentry program transactions, including but not limited to 
 10.18  deeds, abstracts of title, and certificates of title. 
 10.19     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.60, is 
 10.20  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 10.21     Subd. 3.  [EASEMENTS.] The board may grant permanent or 
 10.22  temporary easements over, under, or across any land under its 
 10.23  jurisdiction for reasonable purposes determined by the board.  
 10.24     Sec. 19.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision 
 10.25  17, is amended to read: 
 10.26  Subd. 17.  Pine Technical College                     1,700,000 
 10.27  To predesign, design, and renovate, and 
 10.28  construct an addition for a 
 10.29  telecommunications/media/technology 
 10.30  center, student services, 
 10.31  administrative services, classrooms, 
 10.32  and a regional economic development 
 10.33  center.  This project may be a part of 
 10.34  a larger advanced technology center 
 10.35  project at the college if federal funds 
 10.36  are available for the larger project.  
 10.37  The board must not proceed with the 
 10.38  larger advanced technology center 
 10.39  project without the approval of the 
 10.40  chairs of the house committee on ways 
 10.41  and means and the senate committee on 
 10.42  education finance. 
 10.43     Sec. 20.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 
 11.1   23, is amended to read: 
 11.2   Subd. 23.  Metro Regional Trails                      5,000,000 
 11.3   For grants to the metropolitan council 
 11.4   for acquisition and development of a 
 11.5   capital nature of trail connections in 
 11.6   the metropolitan area as specified in 
 11.7   this subdivision.  The purpose of the 
 11.8   grants is to improve trails in the 
 11.9   metropolitan park and open space system 
 11.10  and connect them with existing state 
 11.11  and regional trails.  Priority shall be 
 11.12  given to matching funds for an ISTEA 
 11.13  grant. 
 11.14  The funds shall be allocated by the 
 11.15  council as follows: 
 11.16  (1) $1,050,000 is allocated to Ramsey 
 11.17  county as follows: 
 11.18  (i) $400,000 to complete six miles of 
 11.19  trails between the Burlington Northern 
 11.20  Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter 
 11.21  Lake Regional Park; 
 11.22  (ii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile 
 11.23  connection between Birch Lake and the 
 11.24  Lake Tamarack segment of Bald 
 11.25  Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park; 
 11.26  (iii) $500,000 to acquire real property 
 11.27  and design and construct or renovate 
 11.28  recreation facilities along the 
 11.29  Mississippi River in cooperation with 
 11.30  the city of St. Paul; 
 11.31  (2) $1,050,000 is allocated to the city 
 11.32  of St. Paul as follows: 
 11.33  (i) $250,000 to construct a bridge over 
 11.34  Lexington Parkway in Como Regional 
 11.35  Park; and 
 11.36  (ii) $800,000 to enhance amenities for 
 11.37  the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet 
 11.38  Island Regional Park pavilion; 
 11.39  (3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka 
 11.40  county as follows to construct: 
 11.41  (i) $1,100,000 to construct a 
 11.42  pedestrian tunnel under Highway 65 on 
 11.43  the Rice Creek West Regional Trail in 
 11.44  the city of Fridley; and 
 11.45  (ii) $300,000 to construct a pedestrian 
 11.46  bridge on the Mississippi River 
 11.47  Regional Trail crossing over 
 11.48  Mississippi Street in the city of 
 11.49  Fridley; and 
 11.50  (4) $1,500,000 is allocated to the 
 11.51  suburban Hennepin regional park 
 11.52  district as follows: 
 11.53  (i) $1,000,000 to connect North 
 11.54  Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line 
 11.55  State Trail and Medicine Lake; and 
 12.1   (ii) $500,000 is for the cost of 
 12.2   development and acquisition of the 
 12.3   Southwest regional trail in the city of 
 12.4   St. Louis Park.  The trail must connect 
 12.5   the Minneapolis regional trail system 
 12.6   at Cedar Lake park to the Hennepin 
 12.7   parks regional trail system at the 
 12.8   Hopkins trail head. 
 12.9      Sec. 21.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 
 12.10  26, is amended to read: 
 12.11  Subd. 26.  Local Initiative Grants                    8,000,000 
 12.12  For matching grants to be provided to 
 12.13  local units of government for 
 12.14  acquisition, development, or renovation 
 12.15  of a capital nature of local parks, 
 12.16  trails, and natural and scenic areas.  
 12.17  Recipients must provide a match of at 
 12.18  least one-half of total eligible 
 12.19  project costs.  The commissioner shall 
 12.20  make payment to local units of 
 12.21  government upon receiving documentation 
 12.22  of reimbursable expenditures.  The 
 12.23  commissioner shall determine project 
 12.24  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 12.25  need. 
 12.26  $3,500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 12.27  grants to units of government to 
 12.28  acquire and develop outdoor recreation 
 12.29  areas, and for grants to units of 
 12.30  government to acquire and better 
 12.31  natural and scenic areas under 
 12.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
 12.33  subdivision 4a.  
 12.34  $1,000,000 of this appropriation is for 
 12.35  cooperative trail grants of up to 
 12.36  $50,000 per project to acquire or 
 12.37  construct trail linkages between 
 12.38  communities, trails, and parks. 
 12.39  $3,500,000 of this appropriation is for 
 12.40  trail grants for the following locally 
 12.41  funded publicly owned trails serving 
 12.42  multiple communities:  $1,400,000 for 
 12.43  Beaver Island Trail in Stearns County, 
 12.44  $1,400,000 for Skunk Hollow Trail in 
 12.45  Yellow Medicine and Chippewa Counties, 
 12.46  and $700,000 for Unity Trail in 
 12.47  Faribault County.  The grant for Beaver 
 12.48  Island Trail in Stearns County is 
 12.49  available in the manner and the order 
 12.50  that follows:  $500,000 is available 
 12.51  upon commitment of an equal amount from 
 12.52  nonstate sources, $152,000 is available 
 12.53  upon contribution of an equal amount 
 12.54  from local governments, $374,000 is 
 12.55  available upon commitment of an equal 
 12.56  amount from nonstate sources, and the 
 12.57  balance of $374,000 is available upon 
 12.58  commitment of an equal amount from 
 12.59  nonstate sources. 
 12.60     Sec. 22.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 13, subdivision 
 12.61  12, is amended to read: 
 13.1   Subd. 12.  Dahl House Relocation                     100,000
 13.2                                                         60,000
 13.3   This appropriation is from the general 
 13.4   fund for a grant to the city of St. 
 13.5   Paul to relocate the Dahl House near 
 13.6   its original site, and stabilize, and 
 13.7   restore the structure.  Up to $150,000 
 13.8   from the plaza percent for art budget 
 13.9   may be used for the restoration and 
 13.10  related art objects. 
 13.11     Sec. 23.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 
 13.12  1, is amended to read: 
 13.13     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 13.14  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 13.15  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 13.16  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
 13.17  $463,795,000 $105,145,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
 13.18  with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 13.19  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 13.20  XI, sections 4 to 7. 
 13.21     Sec. 24.  [CANCELLATION AND REDUCED AUTHORIZATION.] 
 13.22     $400,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 13.23  section 26, for bond sale expense is canceled.  The bond sale 
 13.24  authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 
 13.25  1, is reduced by $400,000. 
 13.26     Sec. 25.  [VETERANS HOMES IMPROVEMENTS.] 
 13.27     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.30, the 
 13.28  veterans homes board of directors may make and maintain the 
 13.29  improvements to the veterans homes listed in clauses (1) to (5) 
 13.30  using money donated for those purposes: 
 13.31     (1) a picnic pavilion at the Minneapolis veterans home; 
 13.32     (2) walking trails at the Hastings veterans home; 
 13.33     (3) walking trails and landscape at the Silver Bay veterans 
 13.34  home; 
 13.35     (4) an entrance canopy at the Fergus Falls veterans home; 
 13.36  and 
 13.37     (5) a suspended wooden deck for dining at the Luverne 
 13.38  veterans home. 
 13.39     Sec. 26.  [REQUEST TO LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMISSION.] 
 13.40     The legislative audit commission is requested to direct the 
 14.1   legislative auditor to investigate the mold problem at the 
 14.2   Luverne veterans home, the state response to the problem, and 
 14.3   the original cause of the problem, including whether inadequate 
 14.4   state building standards, or noncompliance with state building 
 14.5   standards, contributed to this problem and whether other state 
 14.6   buildings are at risk due to inadequate standards or 
 14.7   noncompliance with state building standards, and report back to 
 14.8   the commission for its review and thereafter to the 
 14.9   legislature.  This section does not restrict the department of 
 14.10  administration or the veterans home board from undertaking 
 14.11  capital improvements to correct the mold problem. 
 14.12     Sec. 27.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 14.13     This article is effective the day after its final enactment.
 14.14                             ARTICLE 2
 14.15     Section 1.  [INTENT.] 
 14.16     This article intends to return to the unreserved general 
 14.17  fund $400,000,000 by changing the fund source of the projects 
 14.18  listed in this article in the amounts shown in sections 3 to 13, 
 14.19  by decreasing the appropriation from the general fund and by 
 14.20  appropriating an equal amount from the aggregate of the bond 
 14.21  proceeds fund and the transportation fund.  This action changes 
 14.22  the designation of the fund sources made under the cumulative 
 14.23  effect of Laws 1998, chapters 389, article 9, section 2; 404; 
 14.24  and 408, section 22, with respect to those projects.  This 
 14.25  article also makes a new appropriation of $400,000 from the bond 
 14.26  proceeds fund for bond sale expenses in connection with the 
 14.27  bonds authorized in this article. 
 14.28  Sec. 2.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 14.29     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
 14.30  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund or other named fund to 
 14.31  the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
 14.32  public purposes including to acquire and to better public land 
 14.33  and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, 
 14.34  as specified in this article. 
 14.35                              SUMMARY
 14.36  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $  112,390,000
 15.1   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            15,300,000
 15.2   RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT                    7,913,000
 15.3   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    24,450,000
 15.4   PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY                          16,800,000
 15.5   CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD         6,500,000
 15.6   TRANSPORTATION                                       71,000,000
 15.7   VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                 11,000,000
 15.8   INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                                1,700,000
 15.9   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                      126,447,000
 15.10  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          6,500,000
 15.11  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      400,000
 15.12  TOTAL                                            $  400,400,000
 15.13  Bond Proceeds Fund                                  372,400,000
 15.14  Transportation Fund                                  28,000,000
 15.15                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
 15.16                                                   $             
 15.17  Sec. 3.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
 15.18  Subdivision 1.  To the board of regents
 15.19  of the University of Minnesota for the 
 15.20  purposes specified in this section                  112,390,000
 15.21  Subd. 2.  Twin Cities - Minneapolis
 15.22  (a) Utility Infrastructure                            2,400,000
 15.23  (b) Folwell Hall Renovation                             690,000
 15.24  (c) Walter Digital Technology Center/Science
 15.25  and Engineering Library                              52,200,000
 15.26  Subd. 3.  Twin Cities - St. Paul
 15.27  (a) Gortner and Snyder Halls                          3,900,000
 15.28  (b) Greenhouse Renovation and Replacement               900,000
 15.29  (c) Peters Hall, Phase II                             6,900,000
 15.30  Subd. 4.  Women's Athletics Fields
 15.31  and Facilities                                        2,700,000
 15.32  Subd. 5.  Crookston Facility 
 15.33  Improvements                                          3,500,000
 15.34  Subd. 6.  Duluth
 15.35  (a) Library                                          17,000,000
 15.36  (b) Academic Space Renovation                           200,000
 15.37  Subd. 7.  Morris Facility Improvements               18,400,000
 15.38  Subd. 8.  Agricultural Experiment
 15.39  Stations                                              3,600,000
 16.1   Sec. 4.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
 16.2   AND UNIVERSITIES
 16.3   Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees 
 16.4   of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 16.5   universities for the purposes specified in 
 16.6   this section                                         15,300,000
 16.7   Subd. 2.  Minnesota State University - 
 16.8   Mankato                                              10,500,000
 16.9   Subd. 3.  Rochester Regional
 16.10  Recreation and Sports Center                          4,800,000
 16.11  Sec. 5.  RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT
 16.12  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 16.13  of administration for the purposes
 16.14  specified in this section                             7,913,000
 16.15  Subd. 2.  Tate Hall Renovation                        3,500,000
 16.16  Subd. 3.  Lysen Hall Expansion
 16.17  and Renovation                                        4,413,000
 16.18  Sec. 6.  NATURAL RESOURCES                            
 16.19  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 16.20  of natural resources for the purposes
 16.21  specified in this section                            24,450,000
 16.22  Subd. 2.  Office Facility
 16.23  Consolidation                                         7,100,000
 16.24  Subd. 3.  State Park and Recreation
 16.25  Area Building Development                             5,000,000
 16.26  Subd. 4.  Metro Regional Park
 16.27  Acquisition and Betterment                            9,000,000
 16.28  Subd. 5.  Trail Acquisition and
 16.29  Development                                           3,350,000
 16.30  Sec. 7.  PUBLIC FACILITIES
 16.31  AUTHORITY
 16.32  Subdivision 1.  To the public
 16.33  facilities authority for the purposes
 16.34  specified in this section                            16,800,000
 16.35  Subd. 2.  Matching Money for
 16.36  Federal Grants                                        1,500,000
 16.37  Subd. 3.  Wastewater
 16.38  Infrastructure Program                               15,300,000
 16.39  Sec. 8.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND
 16.40  PLANNING BOARD                                        6,500,000
 16.41  To the commissioner of administration 
 16.42  for capitol building structural 
 16.43  stabilization. 
 16.44  Sec. 9.  TRANSPORTATION
 16.45  Subdivision 1.  To the
 16.46  commissioner of transportation for
 16.47  the purposes specified in this section               71,000,000
 16.48  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge
 17.1   Replacement and Rehabilitation                       28,000,000
 17.2   This appropriation is from the 
 17.3   transportation fund. 
 17.4   Subd. 3.  Transitways                                40,000,000
 17.5   Subd. 4.  Port Development
 17.6   Assistance                                            3,000,000
 17.7   Sec. 10.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD
 17.8   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 17.9   of administration for the purposes
 17.10  specified in this section                            11,000,000
 17.11  Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
 17.12  Veterans Home                                         6,000,000
 17.13  Subd. 3.  Hastings Veterans
 17.14  Home                                                  5,000,000
 17.15  Sec. 11.  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL                      1,700,000
 17.16  To the Indian affairs council for 
 17.17  construction of the Battle Point 
 17.18  Cultural and Education Center. 
 17.19  Sec. 12.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC
 17.20  DEVELOPMENT
 17.21  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 17.22  of trade and economic development or other
 17.23  named official for the purposes specified
 17.24  in this section                                     126,447,000
 17.25  Subd. 2.  Minneapolis
 17.26  Convention Center                                    86,332,000
 17.27  Subd. 3.  Duluth Entertainment
 17.28  and Convention Center                                12,000,000
 17.29  Subd. 4.  Mayo Civic Center                           2,800,000
 17.30  Subd. 5.  St. Cloud Community
 17.31  Event Center                                          5,500,000
 17.32  Subd. 6.  Fergus Falls Convention
 17.33  Center                                                1,500,000
 17.34  Subd. 7.  Hutchinson Community
 17.35  Civic Center                                          1,000,000
 17.36  Subd. 8.  Humboldt Avenue Greenway
 17.37  Project                                               7,000,000
 17.38  Subd. 9.  Prairieland Expo                            3,000,000
 17.39  Subd. 10.  Montevideo Downtown
 17.40  Revitalization                                        1,500,000
 17.41  Subd. 11.  Paramount Arts District
 17.42  Regional Arts Center                                    750,000
 17.43  Subd. 12.  Veterans Memorial Performing
 17.44  Arts Amphitheater                                       315,000
 17.45  Subd. 13.  Brooklyn Center Earle Brown
 17.46  Heritage Center Restoration                           2,500,000
 17.47  Subd. 14.  Minnesota African-American
 18.1   Performing Arts Center                                2,250,000
 18.2   Sec. 13.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 18.3   Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota
 18.4   Historical Society for the purposes
 18.5   specified in this section                             6,500,000
 18.6   Subd. 2.  Northwest Company Fur
 18.7   Post Interpretive Center                              1,500,000
 18.8   Subd. 3.  St. Anthony Falls
 18.9   Heritage Education Center                             4,000,000
 18.10  Subd. 4.  Humphrey Museum and
 18.11  Learning Center, Waverly                              1,000,000
 18.12  Sec. 14.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            400,000
 18.13  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 18.14  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.15  section 16A.641, subdivision 8. 
 18.16     Sec. 15.  [IDENTICAL PROJECTS.] 
 18.17     The purpose and use of appropriations in this article are 
 18.18  for the same purpose and use and for identical projects as 
 18.19  authorized in Laws 1998, chapter 404.  Except for the fund 
 18.20  source of unspent parts of the appropriations listed in this 
 18.21  article, this article does not change or limit the purpose and 
 18.22  use of the appropriations and related requirements in Laws 1998, 
 18.23  chapter 404. 
 18.24     Sec. 16.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 18.25     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 18.26  appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 18.27  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 18.28  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $372,400,000 in 
 18.29  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 18.30  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 18.31  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. 
 18.32     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 18.33  appropriated in this article from the transportation fund, the 
 18.34  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 18.35  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $28,000,000 in 
 18.36  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 18.37  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 18.38  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 18.39  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 19.1   received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 19.2   proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 19.3      Sec. 17.  [CANCELLATION TO GENERAL FUND.] 
 19.4      (a) Money appropriated from the general fund pursuant to 
 19.5   1998 acts and not yet spent for the projects listed in this 
 19.6   article is canceled to the general fund in the amounts shown for 
 19.7   each project. 
 19.8      (b) As much as is necessary of the appropriation for trail 
 19.9   acquisition and development in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 
 19.10  7, subdivision 22, not yet otherwise spent from the general fund 
 19.11  under 1998 acts, or elsewhere in this article from the bond 
 19.12  proceeds fund, may be canceled to the general fund and added to 
 19.13  the appropriation for that purpose from the bond proceeds fund 
 19.14  in this article as determined by the commissioner of finance to 
 19.15  bring the amount returned to the general fund and appropriated 
 19.16  from the bond proceeds fund to $400,000,000 in each case.  
 19.17     (c) Also, as determined by the commissioner of finance, 
 19.18  appropriations returned to the general fund and made from the 
 19.19  bond proceeds fund in this article for specific projects are 
 19.20  adjusted as necessary to reach the $400,000,000 in changes of 
 19.21  funding source for the aggregate of the individual projects of 
 19.22  this article from the general fund to the bond proceeds fund.  
 19.23  The commissioner may make the adjustments due to spending in 
 19.24  process and not yet entered on the state's accounts as of May 
 19.25  13, 1999.  The amounts adjusted under this section are 
 19.26  appropriated. 
 19.27     Sec. 18.  [DEBT SERVICES RESPONSIBILITIES.] 
 19.28     This article does not change the debt service 
 19.29  responsibilities of the University of Minnesota under Laws 1998, 
 19.30  chapter 404, section 2, subdivision 11, or of the board of 
 19.31  trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities under 
 19.32  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision 29.  
 19.33     Sec. 19.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 19.34     This article is effective the day after its final enactment.
 19.35                             ARTICLE 3
 19.36     Section 1.  [MINNESOTA MINERALS 21ST CENTURY FUND 
 20.1   APPROPRIATION.] 
 20.2      Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] $20,000,000 is 
 20.3   appropriated in fiscal year 2000 from the general fund to the 
 20.4   Minnesota minerals 21st century fund, if a bill styled as H.F. 
 20.5   No. 2390 is enacted in 1999 and creates such a fund.  
 20.6   Notwithstanding any other law enacted during the 1999 regular 
 20.7   legislative session, the maximum total appropriation authorized 
 20.8   for the purposes of the Minnesota minerals 21st century fund 
 20.9   under all laws enacted during the 1999 regular legislative 
 20.10  session is $20,000,000.  Any amounts appropriated in any other 
 20.11  law enacted during the 1999 legislative session that would cause 
 20.12  the appropriation to exceed $20,000,000 are canceled.  This 
 20.13  limitation does not apply to the appropriation transfer 
 20.14  contained in 1999 H.F. No. 2390, article 2, section 71. 
 20.15     Subd. 2.  [MATCHING REQUIREMENT.] If a bill styled as H.F. 
 20.16  No. 2390 is enacted in 1999 and it provides for creation of the 
 20.17  Minnesota minerals 21st century fund, the commissioner of the 
 20.18  iron range resources and rehabilitation board shall, upon the 
 20.19  recommendation of the board, match the funds allocated under 
 20.20  subdivision 1 to the extent they are used for a loan or equity 
 20.21  investment meeting the requirements of the provision creating 
 20.22  the Minnesota minerals 21st century fund within H.F. No. 2390.  
 20.23  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 645.33, this 
 20.24  subdivision supersedes any contrary provisions of H.F. No. 2390 
 20.25  that is enacted in 1999.