1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and to better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions and directions; establishing the 
  1.6             Red River State Recreation Area and the Mill Towns 
  1.7             Trail; establishing a working group on effects of 
  1.8             increased activity in the DM&E railroad corridor; 
  1.9             providing for certain surcharge forgiveness for a time 
  1.10            for Gillette Children's Hospital, with certain 
  1.11            conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds; 
  1.12            appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.13            sections 85.015, by adding a subdivision; 136F.36, 
  1.14            subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.15            136F.60, by adding a subdivision; and 136F.64, 
  1.16            subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, 
  1.17            sections 119A.45; and 124D.88, subdivision 3; Laws 
  1.18            1998, chapter 404, sections 3, subdivision 24; 5, 
  1.19            subdivision 11, as amended; 7, subdivision 23, as 
  1.20            amended; and 23, subdivision 13; proposing coding for 
  1.21            new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 240A. 
  1.22  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.23  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.24     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.25  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or other named fund, 
  1.26  to the state agencies, other entities, or officials indicated, 
  1.27  to be spent for public purposes including to acquire and to 
  1.28  better public land and buildings and other public improvements 
  1.29  of a capital nature, as specified in this act.  Unless otherwise 
  1.30  specified, the appropriations in this act are available until 
  1.31  the project is completed or abandoned. 
  1.32                              SUMMARY 
  1.33  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   66,663,000 
  2.1   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           103,224,000 
  2.2   CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                               296,000 
  2.3   CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     51,523,000 
  2.4   FARIBAULT RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES                       4,066,000 
  2.5   NATURAL RESOURCES                                    37,300,000 
  2.6   OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    3,000,000 
  2.7   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    22,400,000 
  2.8   AGRICULTURE                                          20,000,000 
  2.9   ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS                                    1,100,000 
  2.10  ADMINISTRATION                                       54,535,000 
  2.11  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                             4,000,000 
  2.12  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                      2,895,000 
  2.13  TRANSPORTATION                                       69,674,000 
  2.14  HUMAN SERVICES                                       14,871,000 
  2.15  HEALTH                                                  135,000 
  2.16  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                 12,834,000 
  2.17  CORRECTIONS                                          16,710,000 
  2.18  PUBLIC SAFETY                                           844,000 
  2.19  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       41,179,000 
  2.20  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                                1,000,000 
  2.21  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          3,300,000 
  2.22  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      425,000 
  2.23  CANCELLATIONS                                       (31,798,000)
  2.24  TOTAL                                              $500,176,000
  2.25  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.26  (General Fund Debt Service)                         353,200,000
  2.27  Bond Proceeds Fund  
  2.28  (User Financed Debt Service)                         76,879,000
  2.29  Transportation Fund                                  49,000,000 
  2.30  General Fund                                          2,072,000 
  2.31  Trunk Highway Fund                                   19,025,000
  2.32                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.33                                                   $             
  2.34  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA  
  2.35  Subdivision 1.  To the board of                      66,663,000 
  2.36  regents of the University of Minnesota 
  2.37  for the purposes specified in this section.
  2.38  Subd. 2.  (HEAPR) Higher Education Asset              9,000,000 
  3.1   Preservation and Replacement 
  3.2   For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
  3.3   Statutes, section 135A.046, including 
  3.4   fire and life and safety improvements, 
  3.5   ADA access improvements, hazardous 
  3.6   material abatement, and environmental 
  3.7   improvements and infrastructure 
  3.8   replacement. 
  3.9   Subd. 3.  Molecular and Cellular Biology             35,000,000 
  3.10  Building, Minneapolis Campus 
  3.11  To complete construction, furnish, and 
  3.12  equip the molecular and cellular 
  3.13  biology building at the Minneapolis 
  3.14  campus. 
  3.15  Subd. 4.  Art Building, Minneapolis Campus            2,000,000 
  3.16  To complete design for a new art 
  3.17  building on the Minneapolis West Bank 
  3.18  campus. 
  3.19  Subd. 5.  Biocontainment Facility,                    5,963,000 
  3.20  St. Paul Campus 
  3.21  For construction of a biocontainment 
  3.22  facility in partnership with the 
  3.23  Minnesota department of agriculture. 
  3.24  Subd. 6.  Kiehle Building Renovation and              6,500,000 
  3.25  Addition, Crookston 
  3.26  To complete construction drawings and 
  3.27  renovate, furnish, and equip the 
  3.28  renovation of and additions to the 
  3.29  Kiehle building at the Crookston campus 
  3.30  for a meeting center and a technology 
  3.31  center. 
  3.32  Subd. 7.  Science and Math Building                   8,200,000 
  3.33  Renovation Phase 2, Morris 
  3.34  For phase 2 of the science building 
  3.35  project to renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.36  the existing science building at the 
  3.37  Morris campus, including obsolete labs 
  3.38  and classrooms into instructional 
  3.39  research space.  The board may use the 
  3.40  design build process on this project. 
  3.41  Subd. 8.  Transfer to HEAPR 
  3.42  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
  3.43  for a project in this section that is 
  3.44  complete is available for HEAPR under 
  3.45  subdivision 2, at the same campus as 
  3.46  the project for which the original 
  3.47  appropriation was made and the debt 
  3.48  service requirement under subdivision 9 
  3.49  is reduced accordingly.  Minnesota 
  3.50  Statutes, section 16A.642 applies from 
  3.51  the date of the original appropriation 
  3.52  to the unspent amount transferred. 
  3.53  Subd. 9.  Debt Service Responsibilities
  3.54  The board of regents shall pay 
  3.55  one-third of the debt service on state 
  3.56  bonds sold to finance appropriations in 
  4.1   this section except those in 
  4.2   subdivision 2.  After each sale of 
  4.3   general obligation bonds, the 
  4.4   commissioner of finance shall notify 
  4.5   the board of regents of the amounts for 
  4.6   which it is assessed each year for the 
  4.7   life of the bonds.  
  4.8   The commissioner shall reduce the 
  4.9   board's assessment each year by 
  4.10  one-third of the net income from 
  4.11  investment of general obligation bond 
  4.12  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  4.13  principal and interest otherwise 
  4.14  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  4.15  board shall pay its resulting net 
  4.16  assessment to the commissioner of 
  4.17  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  4.18  the board fails to make a payment when 
  4.19  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  4.20  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  4.21  from the general fund otherwise 
  4.22  available to the board and apply the 
  4.23  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  4.24  missed debt service payment.  The 
  4.25  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  4.26  the payments received from the board to 
  4.27  the bond debt service account in the 
  4.28  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  4.29  money is transferred from the general 
  4.30  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.31  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  4.32  Sec. 3.  (MNSCU) MINNESOTA STATE 
  4.33  COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
  4.34  Subdivision 1.  To the board of trustees            103,224,000
  4.35  of the Minnesota state colleges and universities
  4.36  for the purposes specified in this section.  
  4.37  Subd. 2.  (HEAPR) Higher Education                   30,000,000
  4.38  Asset Preservation and Replacement 
  4.39  For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
  4.40  Statutes, section 135A.046, including 
  4.41  safety and statutory compliance, 
  4.42  envelope integrity, mechanical systems, 
  4.43  and space restoration.  The following 
  4.44  projects must be funded out of this 
  4.45  appropriation:  replacement or 
  4.46  renovation of the boilers at Winona 
  4.47  State University; $1,090,000 for the 
  4.48  demolition of old homes on property 
  4.49  owned by Moorhead State University and 
  4.50  conversion of this property into 
  4.51  parking; $3,000,000 for Minnesota State 
  4.52  University, Mankato, to correct 
  4.53  deferred maintenance of athletic 
  4.54  facilities; and the completion of the 
  4.55  HVAC project at the Hutchinson campus 
  4.56  of Ridgewater College. 
  4.57  Subd. 3.  Normandale Community College               11,400,000 
  4.58  To design, construct, and equip an 
  4.59  addition to the science building and to 
  4.60  remodel and provide new equipment for 
  4.61  the existing science facilities. 
  4.62  Subd. 4.  North Hennepin Community College           11,161,000 
  5.1   For design and remodeling of the old 
  5.2   science building into a general 
  5.3   education building and for building 
  5.4   additions. 
  5.5   Subd. 5.  St. Cloud State Technical College           7,992,000 
  5.6   To design, remodel, and equip the A and 
  5.7   B wings of the existing building and 
  5.8   for building additions. 
  5.9   Subd. 6.  Anoka-Hennepin Technical College           12,500,000 
  5.10  For roof repairs and replacements; 
  5.11  heat, ventilation, and air conditioning 
  5.12  improvements; necessary repairs and 
  5.13  remodeling; and demolition; all to 
  5.14  existing facilities.  Any roof 
  5.15  replacement must be for an industry 
  5.16  standard roof. 
  5.17  Subd. 7.  Alexandria Technical College                  500,000 
  5.18  To design a new classroom and office 
  5.19  building to replace residential 
  5.20  buildings used as temporary classrooms 
  5.21  and storage. 
  5.22  Subd. 8.  Bemidji State                               4,500,000
  5.23  University/Northwest Technical College   
  5.24  (a) For design and construction of a 
  5.25  technology laboratory building, and 
  5.26  purchase of furniture, equipment, and 
  5.27  fixtures. 
  5.28  (b) The remaining money from the 
  5.29  appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
  5.30  404, section 3, subdivision 5, may be 
  5.31  used for this purpose. 
  5.32  (c) The board of trustees must not 
  5.33  convey the technical college to the 
  5.34  school district. 
  5.35  Subd. 9.  Systemwide Small Projects                      100,000 
  5.36  To design, construct, and equip storage 
  5.37  garages at various campuses at Fergus 
  5.38  Falls, Granite Falls, Jackson, and 
  5.39  Worthington and add a loading dock at 
  5.40  Pipestone. 
  5.41  Subd. 10.  Systemwide Land Acquisition                 1,000,000 
  5.42  The board must establish a fund with 
  5.43  this appropriation to give institutions 
  5.44  the opportunity to purchase land 
  5.45  adjacent to or near their campuses.  Up 
  5.46  to $300,000 is for acquisition of the 
  5.47  building at the northwest corner of 7th 
  5.48  and Maria in St. Paul for Metropolitan 
  5.49  State University. 
  5.50  Subd. 11.  St. Cloud State University                  4,714,000
  5.51  Of this amount, $300,000 is for 
  5.52  renovation and design of Riverview 
  5.53  Hall, $550,000 is for renovation and 
  5.54  design of Eastman Hall, and $3,864,000 
  5.55  is to remodel for administrative and 
  6.1   instructional space the lower floors of 
  6.2   Lawrence Hall; all at St. Cloud State 
  6.3   University. 
  6.4   Subd. 12.  Northland Community and                    3,500,000 
  6.5   Technical College 
  6.6   For general asset preservation of a 
  6.7   capital nature including renovation of 
  6.8   the science center, and construction of 
  6.9   a corridor and learning center computer 
  6.10  lab. 
  6.11  Subd. 13.  Minnesota State University,                6,907,000 
  6.12  Mankato 
  6.13  For phase 2 of the student athletic 
  6.14  facility renovation project, including: 
  6.15  (1) design, build, and equip an 
  6.16  addition to Highland Center; and 
  6.17  (2) design, renovate, and equip indoor 
  6.18  student athletic facilities in the 
  6.19  Pennington Building, Highland Center, 
  6.20  and Highland North. 
  6.21  Subd. 14.  Winona State University                    2,000,000
  6.22  To design, through construction bid 
  6.23  documents, a new science building. 
  6.24  Subd. 15.  Southwest State University                   800,000 
  6.25  To design the renovation of the 
  6.26  Southwest State University library at 
  6.27  Marshall.  The plan must include 
  6.28  realignment of library functions to 
  6.29  improve access and improvements to the 
  6.30  infrastructure. 
  6.31  Subd. 16.  Rochester Community and                    6,150,000 
  6.32  Technical College 
  6.33  For projects specified in this 
  6.34  subdivision: 
  6.35  (1) complete construction of an 
  6.36  internal campus road system; 
  6.37  (2) design and construct replacement 
  6.38  athletic fields displaced by road 
  6.39  improvements; 
  6.40  (3) predesign, design, and partially 
  6.41  construct a quadrangle between the main 
  6.42  building and the sports center, 
  6.43  including underground utilities, 
  6.44  landscaping, and reconfigured entrance; 
  6.45  and 
  6.46  (4) $4,500,000 of this appropriation is 
  6.47  for design and construction of a 
  6.48  greenhouse, and to renovate associated 
  6.49  instructional, office, and maintenance 
  6.50  space. 
  6.51  Subd. 17.  Transfer to HEAPR 
  6.52  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
  6.53  for a project in this section that is 
  7.1   complete is available for HEAPR under 
  7.2   subdivision 2 at the same campus as the 
  7.3   project for which the original 
  7.4   appropriation was made and the debt 
  7.5   service requirement under subdivision 
  7.6   18 is reduced accordingly.  Minnesota 
  7.7   Statutes, section 16A.642, applies from 
  7.8   the date of the original appropriation 
  7.9   to the unspent amount. 
  7.10  Subd. 18.  Debt Service
  7.11  (a) The board shall pay one-third of 
  7.12  the debt service on state bonds sold to 
  7.13  finance projects authorized by this 
  7.14  section, except for subdivision 2.  
  7.15  After each sale of general obligation 
  7.16  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  7.17  shall notify the board of the amounts 
  7.18  assessed for each year for the life of 
  7.19  the bonds.  Private funds contributed 
  7.20  toward a project authorized in this 
  7.21  section may be used, in the discretion 
  7.22  of the board, as qualified 
  7.23  contributions to the debt service 
  7.24  obligation for that specific project. 
  7.25  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  7.26  board's assessment each year by 
  7.27  one-third of the net income from 
  7.28  investment of general obligation bond 
  7.29  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  7.30  principal and interest otherwise 
  7.31  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  7.32  board shall pay its resulting net 
  7.33  assessment to the commissioner of 
  7.34  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  7.35  the board fails to make a payment when 
  7.36  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  7.37  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  7.38  from the general fund otherwise 
  7.39  available to the board and apply the 
  7.40  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  7.41  missed debt service payment.  The 
  7.42  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  7.43  the payments received from the board to 
  7.44  the bond debt service account in the 
  7.45  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  7.46  money is transferred from the general 
  7.47  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  7.48  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  7.49  Subd. 19.  Ridgewater Community and
  7.50  Technical College at Willmar
  7.51  Ridgewater community and technical 
  7.52  college may build an addition to 
  7.53  kennels for veterinary technology at 
  7.54  Willmar campus with existing college 
  7.55  funds. 
  7.56  Subd. 20.  Moorhead State University 
  7.57  Campus Security Building 
  7.58  The board of trustees of the Minnesota 
  7.59  state colleges and universities may 
  7.60  construct a campus building at Moorhead 
  7.61  State University.  The board may accept 
  7.62  nonstate money to support construction 
  7.63  of the building.  The board may enter 
  7.64  into an agreement with the city of 
  8.1   Moorhead whereby the city provides 
  8.2   money for the construction of the 
  8.3   building in exchange for the lease of 
  8.4   space in the building for use by the 
  8.5   city police department.  
  8.6   Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.7   section 16B.24, or any other law to the 
  8.8   contrary, the board may lease space in 
  8.9   the building to the city for up to 25 
  8.10  years without obtaining state executive 
  8.11  council approval. 
  8.12  Subd. 21.  Minnesota West Community and
  8.13  Technical College at Worthington 
  8.14  Minnesota west community and technical 
  8.15  college may enter into a lease 
  8.16  agreement with the YMCA, subject to 
  8.17  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, 
  8.18  for the lease of land on the 
  8.19  Worthington campus.  Siting and design 
  8.20  of the facility must be consistent with 
  8.21  the college's master plan and Minnesota 
  8.22  state colleges and universities 
  8.23  building standards.  Minnesota west 
  8.24  community and technical college may 
  8.25  negotiate for use of the facility for 
  8.26  college purposes.  The lease may also 
  8.27  include the city of Worthington. 
  8.28  Sec. 4.  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS                        296,000
  8.29  EDUCATION 
  8.30  To the commissioner of administration 
  8.31  for Delta dormitory upgrades.  Of this 
  8.32  amount $214,000 is for design and 
  8.33  construction of electrical and 
  8.34  mechanical system improvement and 
  8.35  $82,000 is from the general fund for 
  8.36  furniture and window treatments. 
  8.37  Sec. 5.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  8.38  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of               51,523,000 
  8.39  children, families, and learning for the
  8.40  purposes specified in this section.  
  8.41  Subd. 2.  East Metro Integration Magnet              15,936,000 
  8.42  $15,936,000 is for a metropolitan 
  8.43  magnet school grant to district No. 
  8.44  6067, Tri-District, to design, 
  8.45  construct, furnish, and equip a new 
  8.46  school building. 
  8.47  Subd. 3.  Academy for the Blind,                        600,000 
  8.48  Library Shelving 
  8.49  To install permanent compact shelving 
  8.50  in the basement area of the library of 
  8.51  the Minnesota State Academy for the 
  8.52  Blind at Faribault.  
  8.53  This appropriation is from the general 
  8.54  fund. 
  8.55  Subd. 4.  Early Childhood Learning                      500,000 
  8.56  Facilities 
  8.57  For grants to construct or rehabilitate 
  8.58  facilities for programs under Minnesota 
  9.1   Statutes, section 119A.45, as amended 
  9.2   in this act. 
  9.3   Subd. 5.  Monolithic Dome, Grand Meadow               1,500,000 
  9.4   For an alternative facilities design 
  9.5   grant to independent school district 
  9.6   No. 495, Grand Meadow, to construct a 
  9.7   new school using monolithic dome 
  9.8   construction techniques.  The 
  9.9   commissioner shall award the grant to 
  9.10  demonstrate that a school constructed 
  9.11  using monolithic dome construction 
  9.12  techniques can provide operating and 
  9.13  construction savings for school 
  9.14  districts throughout the state.  Grand 
  9.15  Meadow school district must agree to 
  9.16  provide the state with information and 
  9.17  data about this construction method and 
  9.18  with an analysis of a monolithic dome 
  9.19  as a suitable educational environment. 
  9.20  The school district's debt service 
  9.21  equalization aid must be calculated 
  9.22  under Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  9.23  Supplement, section 123B.53. 
  9.24  Subd. 6.  Maximum Effort Capital                     32,987,000 
  9.25  Loans 
  9.26  (a) Of this amount:  
  9.27  (1) $13,982,000 is to make a capital 
  9.28  loan to independent school district No. 
  9.29  299, Caledonia, to build a new 
  9.30  middle/high school and to remodel the 
  9.31  current secondary school to serve as an 
  9.32  elementary school; 
  9.33  (2) $7,200,000 is to make a capital 
  9.34  loan to independent school district No. 
  9.35  306, LaPorte; 
  9.36  (3) $4,300,000 is to make a capital 
  9.37  loan to independent school district No. 
  9.38  38, Red Lake, for renovation of the 
  9.39  middle school and Ponemah elementary 
  9.40  school, but none of the proceeds of the 
  9.41  loan are for an early childhood 
  9.42  facility; and 
  9.43  (4) $7,505,000 is to make a capital 
  9.44  loan to independent school district No. 
  9.45  115, Cass Lake, for a new middle school 
  9.46  for grades 5 to 8.  
  9.47  (b) Capital loans in the amounts in 
  9.48  paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (4), are 
  9.49  approved for the recipient school 
  9.50  districts. 
  9.51  (c) This appropriation is from the 
  9.52  maximum effort school loan fund.  
  9.53  (d) The commissioner must study how the 
  9.54  maximum effort loan program should be 
  9.55  restructured to allow more school 
  9.56  districts to qualify for capital 
  9.57  financing under the current school 
  9.58  facility aid program without needing to 
  9.59  turn to the maximum effort loan 
 10.1   program.  The commissioner must report 
 10.2   to the capital investment and K-12 
 10.3   education finance committees of the 
 10.4   house and the education finance 
 10.5   committee and the K-12 education budget 
 10.6   division of the senate.  The department 
 10.7   must not accept any applications for 
 10.8   the maximum effort loan program until 
 10.9   after the end of the 2001 legislative 
 10.10  session. 
 10.11  Subd. 7.  Study; Capital Improvement Needs and 
 10.12  Funding Sources for Public Libraries
 10.13  The commissioner must conduct a study 
 10.14  of capital improvement needs and 
 10.15  funding sources of public libraries, as 
 10.16  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.17  134.001.  The study must take into 
 10.18  account ADA compliance and asset 
 10.19  preservation as well as other capital 
 10.20  improvement needs.  The study must 
 10.21  include in particular, but is not to be 
 10.22  limited to, the Pelican Rapids Public 
 10.23  Library, the Minneapolis Public 
 10.24  Library, and the Watonwan county/St. 
 10.25  James Public Library. 
 10.26  The commissioner shall report by 
 10.27  February 1, 2001, on the results of the 
 10.28  study to the capital investment and 
 10.29  K-12 education finance committees of 
 10.30  the house and the education finance 
 10.31  committee and the K-12 education budget 
 10.32  division of the senate. 
 10.33  Sec. 6.  RESIDENTIAL ACADEMIES AT FARIBAULT 
 10.34  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                   4,066,000 
 10.35  of administration for the purposes 
 10.36  specified in this section.  
 10.37  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          2,000,000 
 10.38  For asset preservation of capital 
 10.39  improvements on both campuses of the 
 10.40  Minnesota State Academies including, 
 10.41  but not limited to, general asset 
 10.42  preservation, electrical infrastructure 
 10.43  upgrades, and sewer and water 
 10.44  improvements.  
 10.45  Subd. 3.  West Wing, Noyes Hall,                      2,066,000 
 10.46  Phase 1 
 10.47  For mold abatement and renovation of 
 10.48  the west wing of Noyes Hall, including 
 10.49  improvements to the mechanical system, 
 10.50  to eliminate air quality problems. 
 10.51  Sec. 7.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
 10.52  Subdivision 1.  To the                               37,300,000 
 10.53  commissioner of natural resources 
 10.54  for the purposes specified
 10.55  in this section.  
 10.56  Subd. 2.  Statewide Asset Preservation                2,000,000
 10.57  For repair and renovation of the 
 10.58  department of natural resources land, 
 11.1   buildings, or other improvements of a 
 11.2   capital nature throughout the state.  
 11.3   The commissioner shall determine 
 11.4   project priorities as appropriate based 
 11.5   upon need. 
 11.6   Subd. 3.  Office Facilities Development                 750,000 
 11.7   To buy a building in Pelican Rapids for 
 11.8   field office use. 
 11.9   Subd. 4.  ADA Compliance                              2,000,000
 11.10  For capital improvements to provide for 
 11.11  improved and equal accessibility in 
 11.12  accord with the Americans with 
 11.13  Disabilities Act (ADA), to department 
 11.14  of natural resources facilities and 
 11.15  programs. 
 11.16  Subd. 5.  State Park and Recreation                   1,900,000 
 11.17  Area Building Rehabilitation 
 11.18  To rehabilitate the park system's 
 11.19  highest priority buildings according to 
 11.20  the management plan required in 
 11.21  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 86A.  
 11.22  Subd. 6.  Dam Repair, Reconstruction,                 1,200,000 
 11.23  Removal 
 11.24  To remove the dams at Mazeppa, Cannon 
 11.25  Falls, Straight River (Faribault), and 
 11.26  Old Mill Park; for engineering work for 
 11.27  the removal of the Drayton dam; to 
 11.28  repair the dams at Lake Bronson, Willow 
 11.29  River, and New London; and for 
 11.30  emergency dam repairs that may arise. 
 11.31  Subd. 7.  State Park and Recreation                   1,500,000 
 11.32  Area Betterment Rehabilitation 
 11.33  To upgrade, repair, or rehabilitate 
 11.34  improvements of a capital nature at 
 11.35  state park and recreation area 
 11.36  facilities throughout the state, 
 11.37  including, but not limited to, resource 
 11.38  management projects, trail 
 11.39  rehabilitation, campground 
 11.40  rehabilitation, and road and bridge 
 11.41  repair.  This appropriation is to 
 11.42  rehabilitate the swimming pool at 
 11.43  Buffalo River State Park and for other 
 11.44  project priorities as appropriate based 
 11.45  upon need as determined by the 
 11.46  commissioner. 
 11.47  Subd. 8.  Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants             10,600,000 
 11.48  For the flood hazard mitigation grant 
 11.49  program to local government units for 
 11.50  publicly owned capital improvements to 
 11.51  prevent or alleviate flood damages 
 11.52  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.53  103F.161.  The commissioner shall 
 11.54  determine project priorities as 
 11.55  appropriate based upon need.  Projects 
 11.56  eligible for this funding include, but 
 11.57  are not limited to those in Warren, 
 11.58  Breckenridge, Saint Anthony, Granite 
 11.59  Falls, Lake Saint Croix Beach, Inver 
 12.1   Grove Heights, Columbia Heights, 
 12.2   Virginia-Mt. Iron, Roseau, Helgeland, 
 12.3   and Chokio. 
 12.4   A grant for implementation of a flood 
 12.5   hazard mitigation project in the Red 
 12.6   river basin that is consistent with a 
 12.7   mediation agreement and approved by the 
 12.8   Red river flood damage reduction work 
 12.9   group may not exceed 75 percent of the 
 12.10  cost of the proposed mitigation 
 12.11  measures. 
 12.12  Subd. 9.  Forest Road and Bridge                      1,300,000 
 12.13  Projects and Forestry Recreation Facilities 
 12.14  For reconstruction, resurfacing, 
 12.15  replacement, or construction of other 
 12.16  improvements of a capital nature to 
 12.17  state forest roads and bridges 
 12.18  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 12.19  shall determine project priorities as 
 12.20  based upon need. 
 12.21  For improvements of a capital nature to 
 12.22  rehabilitate, improve, or develop 
 12.23  forestry recreation facilities 
 12.24  throughout the state.  The commissioner 
 12.25  shall determine project priorities as 
 12.26  appropriate based upon need. 
 12.27  Subd. 10.  Fisheries Acquisition                        200,000 
 12.28  To acquire and develop aquatic 
 12.29  management areas (AMA) for fisheries 
 12.30  management purposes.  The commissioner 
 12.31  shall determine project priorities as 
 12.32  appropriate based upon need. 
 12.33  Subd. 11.  RIM Fisheries Improvement                    200,000 
 12.34  For fisheries habitat improvement 
 12.35  projects of a capital nature as 
 12.36  identified by the Nemadji Watershed 
 12.37  workgroup. 
 12.38  Subd. 12.  Stream Protection and                        500,000 
 12.39  Restoration 
 12.40  For river restoration on the Otter Tail 
 12.41  River at Frazee, the Pomme de Terre 
 12.42  River at Appleton and for four lowhead 
 12.43  dams along the Red River for fish 
 12.44  passage. 
 12.45  Subd. 13.  Critical Habitat Match                     1,000,000
 12.46  For the critical habitat private sector 
 12.47  matching account under Minnesota 
 12.48  Statutes, section 84.943. 
 12.49  Subd. 14.  Metro Greenways and Natural                  500,000 
 12.50  Areas 
 12.51  To provide grants to local units of 
 12.52  government for acquisition or 
 12.53  betterment of greenways and natural 
 12.54  areas in the metro region and to 
 12.55  acquire greenways and natural areas in 
 12.56  the metro region through the purchase 
 12.57  of conservation easements or fee 
 13.1   titles.  The commissioner shall 
 13.2   determine the project priorities and 
 13.3   shall consult with representatives of 
 13.4   local units of government, nonprofit 
 13.5   organizations, and other interested 
 13.6   parties.  
 13.7   Subd. 15.  RIM Wildlife Development/Habitat           2,000,000
 13.8   Improvements 
 13.9   For improvements of a capital nature to 
 13.10  develop, protect, or improve habitat on 
 13.11  wildlife management areas and other 
 13.12  state lands throughout the state.  The 
 13.13  commissioner shall determine project 
 13.14  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 13.15  need.  
 13.16  Subd. 16.  State Park and                               700,000
 13.17  Recreation Area Acquisition 
 13.18  For acquisition from willing sellers of 
 13.19  private lands within state park and 
 13.20  recreation area boundaries established 
 13.21  by law.  The commissioner shall 
 13.22  determine project priorities as 
 13.23  appropriate based upon need.  $200,000 
 13.24  of this appropriation is for site 
 13.25  preparation costs at the Red River 
 13.26  State Recreation Area. 
 13.27  Subd. 17.  Trail Acquisition and                      2,550,000
 13.28  Development 
 13.29  To complete development of the Paul 
 13.30  Bunyan Trail from Hackensack to Walker. 
 13.31  $800,000 is for further construction of 
 13.32  the Blazing Star State Trail.  $350,000 
 13.33  is for acquisition and development of 
 13.34  the Mill Towns Trail through and 
 13.35  between the cities of Northfield and 
 13.36  Faribault. 
 13.37  Subd. 18. Regional Parks:                             1,000,000
 13.38  Greater Minnesota 
 13.39  For grants to public regional parks 
 13.40  organizations located outside the 
 13.41  metropolitan area as defined in 
 13.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, 
 13.43  subdivision 2, to acquire land, design, 
 13.44  and construct and redevelop regional 
 13.45  parks and trails, open space, and 
 13.46  recreational facilities.  The 
 13.47  improvements must be of a capital 
 13.48  nature.  Each $3 of state grants must 
 13.49  be matched by $2 of nonstate funds. 
 13.50  Subd. 19. Metropolitan Regional Park                  5,000,000
 13.51  Rehabilitation, Acquisition, and 
 13.52  Development 
 13.53  This appropriation is for payment by 
 13.54  the commissioner of natural resources 
 13.55  to the metropolitan council.  The 
 13.56  commissioner shall pay the amount on a 
 13.57  reimbursement basis to the metropolitan 
 13.58  council upon receipt of a certified 
 13.59  copy of a council resolution requesting 
 13.60  payment.  The appropriation must be 
 13.61  used to pay the cost of rehabilitation, 
 14.1   acquisition, and development by the 
 14.2   council and local government units of 
 14.3   regional recreational open-space lands 
 14.4   in accordance with the council's policy 
 14.5   plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.6   section 473.315. 
 14.7   Subd. 20.  State Trail Connections                       600,000
 14.8   (a) For matching grants to be provided 
 14.9   to local units of government for 
 14.10  acquisition and betterment of a capital 
 14.11  nature of public land and improvements 
 14.12  needed for trails that connect 
 14.13  communities, trails, and parks.  
 14.14  Recipients must provide a match of at 
 14.15  least one-half of total eligible 
 14.16  project costs.  The commissioner shall 
 14.17  make payment to local units of 
 14.18  government upon receiving documentation 
 14.19  of reimbursable expenditures.  Of this 
 14.20  amount, $250,000 is to the city of 
 14.21  Fairfax to connect the Fair Ridge trail 
 14.22  from Fort Ridgely state park to the 
 14.23  city of Fairfax; and $50,000 is to Rock 
 14.24  county to connect the Blue Mounds state 
 14.25  park to the city of Luverne.  
 14.26  (b) The balance is for project 
 14.27  priorities as appropriate based upon 
 14.28  need, as determined by the commissioner.
 14.29  Subd. 21.  Moose Lake Geologic                        1,300,000 
 14.30  Interpretive Center 
 14.31  To construct a state geologic 
 14.32  interpretive center that features 
 14.33  geological artifacts indigenous to 
 14.34  Minnesota at Moose Lake state park.  
 14.35  The money is to be used for the 
 14.36  interpretive center building and 
 14.37  exhibits, and necessary road, parking, 
 14.38  and sewer work. 
 14.39  Subd. 22.  Lake Minnetonka Public Access                500,000 
 14.40  Acquisition 
 14.41  For a public access site on the 
 14.42  southwest side of Gray's Bay on Lake 
 14.43  Minnetonka.  
 14.44  Subd. 23.  Reimbursement for Flood 
 14.45  Hazard Mitigation Study 
 14.46  The commissioner of natural resources 
 14.47  may reimburse a local unit of 
 14.48  government for the flood hazard 
 14.49  mitigation study costs associated with 
 14.50  projects receiving appropriations from 
 14.51  Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, 
 14.52  section 4, subdivision 3. 
 14.53  Subd. 24.  Transfer to Asset Preservation 
 14.54  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
 14.55  for a project in this section that is 
 14.56  complete is available for asset 
 14.57  preservation under subdivision 2.  
 14.58  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, 
 14.59  applies from the date of the original 
 14.60  appropriation to the unspent amount 
 15.1   transferred. 
 15.2   Subd. 25.  Como Park Zoo  
 15.3   As long as state bonds issued for the 
 15.4   Como Park Campus are outstanding, 
 15.5   admission to the zoo must be free. 
 15.6   Sec. 8.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE           3,000,000
 15.7   To the office of environmental 
 15.8   assistance for the solid waste capital 
 15.9   assistance grants program under 
 15.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 15.11  Grants under this section are exempt 
 15.12  from the requirements of Minnesota 
 15.13  Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 15.14  Sec. 9.  (BOWSR) BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
 15.15  RESOURCES 
 15.16  Subdivision 1.  To the board                         22,400,000 
 15.17  of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for the
 15.18  purposes specified in this section.  
 15.19  Subd. 2.  (CREP) Conservation Reserve                20,000,000 
 15.20  Enhancement Program 
 15.21  To acquire conservation easements on 
 15.22  private land as part of the 
 15.23  Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
 15.24  Program (CREP) agreement between the 
 15.25  state and the United States Department 
 15.26  of Agriculture.  None of this 
 15.27  appropriation may be used for salaries 
 15.28  to acquire the easements. 
 15.29  BOWSR must conduct a study, with the 
 15.30  results reported by January 1, 2001, to 
 15.31  the capital investment and environment 
 15.32  and natural resources finance 
 15.33  committees of the house of 
 15.34  representatives and the state 
 15.35  government finance committee and the 
 15.36  environment and agriculture budget 
 15.37  division of the senate on whether BOWSR 
 15.38  will be able to match all of the 
 15.39  federal funds available if the 
 15.40  legislature appropriates an additional 
 15.41  $20,000,000 to this program in each of 
 15.42  years 2001 and 2002, and what 
 15.43  additional general funding, if any, 
 15.44  will be needed for staff during that 
 15.45  time for administration of the program 
 15.46  assuming the funding levels indicated 
 15.47  in this subdivision.  
 15.48  Subd. 3.  Local Government Wetland                     2,400,000 
 15.49  Replacement 
 15.50  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 15.51  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 15.52  drained or filled as a result of the 
 15.53  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 15.54  of existing public roads, as provided 
 15.55  in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 15.56  103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraph (m). 
 15.57  Sec. 10.  AGRICULTURE                                 20,000,000
 15.58  To the Rural Finance Authority to 
 16.1   purchase participation interests in or 
 16.2   to make direct agricultural loans to 
 16.3   farmers under Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.4   chapter 41B.  This appropriation is for 
 16.5   the beginning farmer program under 
 16.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.039, 
 16.7   the loan restructuring program under 
 16.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.04, the 
 16.9   seller-sponsored program under 
 16.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042, 
 16.11  the agricultural improvement loan 
 16.12  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.13  section 41B.043, and the livestock 
 16.14  expansion loan program under Minnesota 
 16.15  Statutes, section 41B.045.  All debt 
 16.16  service on bond proceeds used to 
 16.17  finance this appropriation must be 
 16.18  repaid by the rural finance authority 
 16.19  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 16.20  16A.643.  Loan participations must be 
 16.21  priced to provide full interest and 
 16.22  principal coverage and a reserve for 
 16.23  potential losses. 
 16.24  Loans for capital projects from this 
 16.25  appropriation are exempt from Minnesota 
 16.26  Statutes, section 16B.335.  Priority 
 16.27  for loans must be given first to basic 
 16.28  beginning farmer loans; second, to 
 16.29  seller-sponsored loans; and third, to 
 16.30  agricultural improvement loans. 
 16.31  Sec. 11.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS                1,100,000 
 16.32  To the Minnesota zoological gardens for 
 16.33  capital repair and upgrading of the 
 16.34  facility's heating and cooling system. 
 16.35  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION 
 16.36  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  54,535,000 
 16.37  of administration for the purposes
 16.38  specified in this section.  
 16.39  Subd. 2.  Electrical Utility                          2,500,000 
 16.40  Infrastructure, Phase 4 
 16.41  To upgrade the primary electrical 
 16.42  distribution system in the capitol 
 16.43  complex. 
 16.44  Subd. 3.  Capitol Security Renovation                 1,000,000 
 16.45  To renovate space in the capitol for 
 16.46  the department of public safety's 
 16.47  capitol security division and the 
 16.48  related environmental management 
 16.49  operation of the department of 
 16.50  administration's plant management 
 16.51  division.  
 16.52  Subd. 4.  Bureau of Criminal Apprehension            27,900,000 
 16.53  Notwithstanding any provision to the 
 16.54  contrary in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 16.55  section 13, subdivision 11, and Laws 
 16.56  1999, chapter 216, article 1, section 
 16.57  19, the balance of the appropriations 
 16.58  in those sections must be used for 
 16.59  final design and construction documents 
 16.60  for a new bureau of criminal 
 17.1   apprehension laboratory building and 
 17.2   for predesign for renovation of the 
 17.3   existing building for bureau of 
 17.4   criminal apprehension agents.  The 
 17.5   commissioner of public safety must not 
 17.6   proceed with the design-build process 
 17.7   previously authorized. 
 17.8   The appropriation in this subdivision 
 17.9   is to finish the design and construct 
 17.10  the new laboratory building.  
 17.11  Subd. 5.  Capital Asset Preservation                 10,210,000
 17.12  and Replacement (CAPRA) 
 17.13  To be spent in accordance with 
 17.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 17.15  Of this amount, $210,000 is from the 
 17.16  general fund. 
 17.17  Subd. 6.  Minnesota Public TV Digital                 6,650,000 
 17.18  Transmitter 
 17.19  (a) For loans to public television 
 17.20  stations, as defined in Minnesota 
 17.21  Statutes, section 129D.12, who must 
 17.22  convert from an analog to a digital 
 17.23  broadcast signal as mandated by the 
 17.24  federal government. The commissioner 
 17.25  shall award these loans after 
 17.26  considering the recommendations of the 
 17.27  Minnesota public television association.
 17.28  (b) Of this amount, $2,250,000 is for a 
 17.29  loan to the Austin public school 
 17.30  district for the KSMQ public television 
 17.31  station.  The loan must be repaid over 
 17.32  ten years in annual payments at an 
 17.33  interest rate equal to the interest 
 17.34  rate paid by the state for bonds issued 
 17.35  for this appropriation. 
 17.36  (c) Of this amount, $4,400,000 is from 
 17.37  the general fund for loans to the 
 17.38  following public television stations, 
 17.39  to be repaid over ten years in annual 
 17.40  payments at an interest rate equal to 
 17.41  the interest rate paid by the state for 
 17.42  bonds issued for the appropriation:  
 17.43  KAWB (Bemidji); KAWE (Brainerd); KFME 
 17.44  (Fargo-Moorhead); KFGE (Grand 
 17.45  Forks-East Grand Forks); KSMN 
 17.46  (Appleton); KWCM (Chandler); WDSE 
 17.47  (Duluth); and KTCA and KTCI (St. 
 17.48  Paul-Minneapolis).  The commissioner 
 17.49  shall decide the amount of each loan 
 17.50  for each station. 
 17.51  Subd. 7.  World War II Veterans Memorial                150,000 
 17.52  For design, architectural drawings, and 
 17.53  the start of construction for a World 
 17.54  War II veterans memorial on the state 
 17.55  capitol mall.  The design is subject to 
 17.56  approval by the capitol area 
 17.57  architectural and planning board.  The 
 17.58  commissioner of veterans affairs shall 
 17.59  convene an advisory group, including 
 17.60  members of veterans organizations to 
 17.61  review and make recommendations about 
 17.62  the design of the memorial.  The 
 18.1   appropriation must be matched by an 
 18.2   equal amount from nonstate sources.  
 18.3   This appropriation is from the general 
 18.4   fund. 
 18.5   Subd. 8.  Gillette Children's Hospital                 6,000,000
 18.6   For a loan to Ramsey county to design, 
 18.7   construct, furnish, and equip the 
 18.8   renovation of and an addition to the 
 18.9   Gillette Children's Hospital.  This 
 18.10  appropriation is not available until 
 18.11  the commissioner has determined that at 
 18.12  least $11,000,000 has been committed by 
 18.13  nonstate sources.  The loan must be 
 18.14  repaid over 20 years in equal 
 18.15  installments with interest paid at a 
 18.16  rate equal to the interest rate paid by 
 18.17  the state for bonds issued for this 
 18.18  appropriation. 
 18.19  Subd. 9.  Transfer to Asset Preservation
 18.20  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
 18.21  for a project in this section that is 
 18.22  complete is available for asset 
 18.23  preservation.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.24  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
 18.25  of the original appropriation to the 
 18.26  unspent amount transferred. 
 18.27  Subd. 10.  717 Delaware Street                           25,000 
 18.28  Health Building         
 18.29  For renovation of the 717 Delaware 
 18.30  Street building of the department of 
 18.31  health on the campus of the University 
 18.32  of Minnesota.  This appropriation is 
 18.33  from the general fund. 
 18.34  Subd. 11.  Asset Preservation                            25,000 
 18.35  For structural and infrastructure 
 18.36  repairs of a capital nature to correct 
 18.37  high-priority deferred maintenance 
 18.38  needs of state facilities under the 
 18.39  custodial control of the department of 
 18.40  administration.  The commissioner of 
 18.41  administration shall determine project 
 18.42  priorities as appropriate based on 
 18.43  need.  This appropriation is from the 
 18.44  general fund. 
 18.45  Subd. 12.  General Predesign                             25,000
 18.46  and Schematic Design 
 18.47  To provide predesign and design funding 
 18.48  for high priority facilities that will 
 18.49  be identified through the strategic 
 18.50  plan for locating state agencies.  This 
 18.51  appropriation is from the general fund. 
 18.52  Subd. 13.  Agency Relocation                             25,000 
 18.53  For relocation of state agencies as 
 18.54  determined by the commissioner of 
 18.55  administration.  This appropriation is 
 18.56  from the general fund. 
 18.57  Subd. 14.  Property Acquisition                          25,000 
 19.1   This appropriation is from the general 
 19.2   fund for due diligence expenses, 
 19.3   acquisition of land, and to purchase 
 19.4   options in order to hold properties 
 19.5   that meet state development needs.  
 19.6   This appropriation may also be used to 
 19.7   demolish buildings located on any lands 
 19.8   acquired and to develop temporary 
 19.9   parking.  This appropriation is from 
 19.10  the general fund. 
 19.11  Sec. 13.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                   4,000,000
 19.12  To the Minnesota amateur sports 
 19.13  commission to complete funding for 
 19.14  Mighty Ducks grants and for other 
 19.15  statewide amateur soccer facilities 
 19.16  grants, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.17  chapter 240A, as amended in this act.  
 19.18  $1,000,000 of this appropriation is 
 19.19  from the bond proceeds fund for the 
 19.20  Mighty Ducks program; the rest of this 
 19.21  appropriation is from the general fund. 
 19.22  Sec. 14.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 19.23  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant                       2,895,000 
 19.24  general for the purposes specified
 19.25  in this section.  
 19.26  Subd. 2.  Kitchen Renovation                          1,265,000 
 19.27  To renovate kitchen facilities at 
 19.28  National Guard training and community 
 19.29  centers in Sauk Centre, Alexandria, 
 19.30  Morris, Ortonville, Fairmont, Mankato, 
 19.31  Madison, Wadena, Olivia, and Winona.  
 19.32  This appropriation is exempt from the 
 19.33  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.34  section 16B.335. 
 19.35  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          1,500,000 
 19.36  For asset preservation improvements of 
 19.37  a capital nature at military affairs 
 19.38  facilities statewide. 
 19.39  Subd. 4.  Minnesota Military Museum                     130,000
 19.40  For capital renovation and expansion of 
 19.41  the Minnesota Museum at Camp Ripley. 
 19.42  Sec. 15.  TRANSPORTATION 
 19.43  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  69,674,000 
 19.44  of transportation for the purposes
 19.45  specified in this section.  
 19.46  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge Replacement                   44,000,000 
 19.47  and Rehabilitation 
 19.48  This appropriation is from the state 
 19.49  transportation fund as provided in 
 19.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 174.50, to 
 19.51  match federal funds and to replace or 
 19.52  rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
 19.53  Political subdivisions may use grants 
 19.54  made under this section to construct or 
 19.55  reconstruct bridges, including: 
 20.1   (1) matching federal-aid grants to 
 20.2   construct or reconstruct key bridges; 
 20.3   (2) paying the costs of preliminary 
 20.4   engineering and environmental studies 
 20.5   authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.6   section 174.50, subdivision 6a; 
 20.7   (3) paying the costs to abandon an 
 20.8   existing bridge that is deficient and 
 20.9   in need of replacement, but where no 
 20.10  replacement will be made; and 
 20.11  (4) paying the costs to construct a 
 20.12  road or street to facilitate the 
 20.13  abandonment of an existing bridge 
 20.14  determined by the commissioner to be 
 20.15  deficient, if the commissioner 
 20.16  determines that construction of the 
 20.17  road or street is more cost efficient 
 20.18  than the replacement of the existing 
 20.19  bridge. 
 20.20  Subd. 3.  Rail Service Improvement Loans              5,000,000 
 20.21  (a) For the purposes specified in 
 20.22  Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 
 20.23  222.63. 
 20.24  (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.25  section 222.50, subdivision 5, 
 20.26  paragraph (c), for loans made from 
 20.27  proceeds of bonds authorized in this 
 20.28  act, the terms of repayment must 
 20.29  provide that repayment be at the same 
 20.30  rate of interest as on the bonds sold 
 20.31  to provide the money to make the loan; 
 20.32  any reimbursement received by the 
 20.33  department under Minnesota Statutes, 
 20.34  section 222.50, subdivision 5, 
 20.35  paragraph (c), shall be deposited in 
 20.36  the transportation fund; and the total 
 20.37  reimbursements received are to be 
 20.38  transferred to the commissioner of 
 20.39  finance for deposit in the bond fund by 
 20.40  December 1 of each year until paid in 
 20.41  full. 
 20.42  (c) Loans for capital projects from 
 20.43  this appropriation are exempt from 
 20.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.335. 
 20.45  (d) This appropriation is from the 
 20.46  state transportation fund. 
 20.47  Subd. 4.  Trunk Highway Facility Projects            20,674,000 
 20.48  (a) For the following trunk highway 
 20.49  facility projects:  
 20.50  (1) department of transportation 
 20.51  district headquarters building in St. 
 20.52  Cloud, $10,350,000; 
 20.53  (2) department of transportation 
 20.54  district headquarters building in 
 20.55  Detroit Lakes, $8,724,000; and 
 20.56  (3) Moorhead truck station, $1,600,000. 
 20.57  (b) This appropriation is from the 
 21.1   trunk highway fund. 
 21.2   Sec. 16.  HUMAN SERVICES 
 21.3   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  14,871,000 
 21.4   of administration for the purposes 
 21.5   in this section.  
 21.6   Subd. 2.  Systemwide Roof Repairs and                 1,971,000 
 21.7   Replacement 
 21.8   For capital repair and replacement of 
 21.9   roofs at department of human services 
 21.10  facilities statewide. 
 21.11  Subd. 3.  Systemwide Asset Preservation               3,000,000 
 21.12  For asset preservation improvements of 
 21.13  a capital nature at state regional 
 21.14  treatment centers.  
 21.15  Subd. 4.  Building Demolitions,                       1,500,000 
 21.16  Cambridge 
 21.17  For asbestos abatement and demolition 
 21.18  of obsolete buildings on the campus of 
 21.19  the Cambridge regional treatment center.
 21.20  Subd. 5.  Upgrade Pexton Hall, St. Peter              7,200,000 
 21.21  To design, remodel, furnish, and equip 
 21.22  100 beds in the residential and program 
 21.23  areas in Pexton hall to securely house 
 21.24  individuals committed as sexual 
 21.25  psychopathic personalities and sexually 
 21.26  dangerous persons and construct a 
 21.27  connection to Shantz hall at the St. 
 21.28  Peter regional treatment center. 
 21.29  Subd. 6.  METO Campus-Cambridge                       1,200,000
 21.30  To design and install new utility 
 21.31  equipment on the Minnesota Extended 
 21.32  Treatment Options (METO) 
 21.33  Campus-Cambridge, including new heating 
 21.34  equipment for buildings that will 
 21.35  remain in state control; also, an 
 21.36  upgrade. 
 21.37  Subd. 7.  Transfer to Asset Preservation 
 21.38  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
 21.39  for a project in this section that is 
 21.40  complete is available for asset 
 21.41  preservation under subdivision 3.  
 21.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, 
 21.43  applies from the date of the original 
 21.44  appropriation to the unspent amount 
 21.45  transferred. 
 21.46  Sec. 17.  HEALTH                                        135,000
 21.47  To the commissioner of health for a 
 21.48  grant to a Minnesota organ procurement 
 21.49  organization that is certified by the 
 21.50  federal Health Care Financing 
 21.51  Administration or to an entity that is 
 21.52  a charitable entity under section 
 21.53  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
 21.54  of 1986 and is created by an organ 
 21.55  procurement organization that is 
 22.1   certified by the federal Health Care 
 22.2   Financing Administration.  The grant 
 22.3   must be used for a mobile learning 
 22.4   center to provide interactive education 
 22.5   about organ, tissue, and eye donation 
 22.6   to citizens across the state.  
 22.7   This appropriation is from the general 
 22.8   fund. 
 22.9   Sec. 18.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 22.10  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  12,834,000 
 22.11  of administration for the purposes
 22.12  specified in this section 
 22.13  Subd. 2.  Hastings Veterans Home, Phase 2             7,084,000 
 22.14  For design, repair, and renovation of 
 22.15  the utility infrastructure systems and 
 22.16  related improvements at the campus of 
 22.17  the Hastings veterans home. 
 22.18  Subd. 3.  Minneapolis Veterans Home                   1,750,000 
 22.19  For infrastructure improvements of a 
 22.20  capital nature at the campus of the 
 22.21  Minneapolis veterans home including, 
 22.22  but not limited to, replacement of 
 22.23  water lines, roofs, and building 
 22.24  exteriors, and installation of freight 
 22.25  elevators, nursing stations, and 
 22.26  security systems. 
 22.27  Subd. 4.  Asset Preservation                          4,000,000 
 22.28  For asset preservation and 
 22.29  infrastructure repairs of a capital 
 22.30  nature at veterans homes statewide. 
 22.31  Sec. 19.  CORRECTIONS 
 22.32  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  16,710,000 
 22.33  of administration for the purposes 
 22.34  specified in this section.  
 22.35  Subd. 2.  Faribault Sewer Repair                      7,500,000 
 22.36  To replace or repair the sanitary and 
 22.37  storm sewer system at MCF-Faribault to 
 22.38  eliminate the potential for serious 
 22.39  health problems. 
 22.40  Subd. 3.  Oak Park Heights                              855,000 
 22.41  Administrative Control Unit 
 22.42  For a new high security, self-contained 
 22.43  60-bed administrative control unit at 
 22.44  MCF-Oak Park Heights. 
 22.45  Subd. 4.  Lino Lakes, H Building                      3,398,000 
 22.46  Remodeling, Phase 3 
 22.47  The commissioner must execute an 
 22.48  agreement with Anoka county for the 
 22.49  county to pay 100 percent of the cost 
 22.50  of meals provided to Anoka county jail 
 22.51  inmates by the Lino Lakes facility.  
 22.52  To remodel and reorganize the food 
 22.53  service building at MCF-Lino Lakes. 
 23.1   Subd. 5.  Red Wing Mental Health Unit                   801,000 
 23.2   To renovate an existing cottage into a 
 23.3   mental health support and living unit.  
 23.4   Subd. 6.  Stillwater, Perimeter                       1,476,000 
 23.5   Wall Repair 
 23.6   For capital repair to the interior 
 23.7   surface of the perimeter wall at 
 23.8   MCF-Stillwater. 
 23.9   This appropriation must not be used to 
 23.10  construct or repair the catwalks on the 
 23.11  current wall, or to construct or repair 
 23.12  new or current guard towers. 
 23.13  Subd. 7.  Bayport Storm Sewer                         2,680,000 
 23.14  Reconstruction 
 23.15  This amount is the final state 
 23.16  appropriation to the city of Bayport 
 23.17  for a storm sewer reconstruction 
 23.18  project in cooperation with 
 23.19  MCF-Stillwater. 
 23.20  Subd. 8.  Asset Preservation 
 23.21  The unspent portion of an appropriation 
 23.22  for a project in this section that is 
 23.23  complete is available for asset 
 23.24  preservation at correctional 
 23.25  facilities.  Minnesota Statutes, 
 23.26  section 16A.642, applies from the date 
 23.27  of the unspent amount transferred. 
 23.28  Sec. 20.  PUBLIC SAFETY                                 844,000 
 23.29  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 23.30  public safety for the purposes 
 23.31  specified in this section. 
 23.32  Subd. 2.  National Weather Service Transmitters         844,000 
 23.33  To buy National Weather Service 
 23.34  transmitters for up to 13 sites 
 23.35  throughout the state, and for generator 
 23.36  upgrades at MNDOT sites to provide full 
 23.37  coverage for weather emergencies and to 
 23.38  pay for necessary engineering fees (1) 
 23.39  to determine the most appropriate 
 23.40  locations for the transmitters, 
 23.41  antennas, and related equipment, (2) to 
 23.42  determine the viability of the towers 
 23.43  to accommodate the additional 
 23.44  equipment, and (3) to identify and 
 23.45  implement alternative sites, if 
 23.46  necessary.  Operational maintenance of 
 23.47  the transmitters will be the 
 23.48  responsibility of the National Weather 
 23.49  Service as defined by a written 
 23.50  agreement between the Minnesota 
 23.51  department of administration and the 
 23.52  United States Department of Commerce. 
 23.53  This appropriation is from the general 
 23.54  fund. 
 23.55  Subd. 3.  Law Enforcement Centers; Study 
 23.56  The commissioner shall study and report 
 24.1   to the legislature on the exact 
 24.2   locations for law enforcement centers 
 24.3   including whether there should be three 
 24.4   locations in the metropolitan area as 
 24.5   is now contemplated in Maple Grove, 
 24.6   Edina, and Saint Paul.  The 
 24.7   commissioner must consider the location 
 24.8   of state universities, and technical 
 24.9   and community colleges and the training 
 24.10  that is already occurring throughout 
 24.11  the state higher education system.  The 
 24.12  study must identify specific cities or 
 24.13  counties for the centers.  
 24.14  Sec. 21.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
 24.15  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner                  41,179,000 
 24.16  of trade and economic development or other
 24.17  named official for the purposes specified
 24.18  in this section.  
 24.19  Subd. 2.  Public Facilities Authority                12,893,000 
 24.20  (a) To match federal grants to the 
 24.21  water pollution control revolving fund 
 24.22  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 24.23  446A.07, for eligible projects in the 
 24.24  following locations and other locations 
 24.25  as determined by the authority:  
 24.26  Jordan, La Porte, Butterfield, St. Paul 
 24.27  South Highwood, Hibbing, Spring Lake 
 24.28  township, Red Wing, Rollingstone, 
 24.29  Dassel, Cannon Falls, St. Michael, 
 24.30  Northfield, St. Paul I/I Phase II and 
 24.31  III, metropolitan council environmental 
 24.32  services, Warroad, Audubon, Brooten, 
 24.33  Clarissa, Currie, Dover-Eyota-St. 
 24.34  Charles, Eagle Bend, Fischer, Granite 
 24.35  Falls, Hendricks, Hoffman, Magnolia, 
 24.36  Red Wing, West Concord, Zumbrota, Avon, 
 24.37  Biwabik, Chatfield, Claremont, Cold 
 24.38  Spring, Coleraine/Bovey/Taconite, 
 24.39  Elmore, New Germany, Ostrander, Rogers, 
 24.40  and Waldorf. 
 24.41  (b) To match federal grants to the 
 24.42  drinking water revolving fund under 
 24.43  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081, 
 24.44  for eligible projects in the following 
 24.45  locations and other locations as 
 24.46  determined by the authority:  Green 
 24.47  Lake SSWD, McGregor, Zumbro Falls, 
 24.48  Shakopee, Aitkin, Eden Valley/Watkins, 
 24.49  Long Prairie, Finlayson, Coleraine, 
 24.50  Ottertail, Rock county rural water 
 24.51  district, Rochester, Brooten, Howard 
 24.52  Lake, Watertown, Osseo, Victoria, 
 24.53  Lansing Township, Dayton, Henning, Pine 
 24.54  River, Staples, Hoffman, Ely, Eden 
 24.55  Valley, Glenwood, Winnebago, 
 24.56  Montevideo, Clearwater, Tracy, Echo, 
 24.57  New Richland, Underwood, Hibbing, 
 24.58  Kenyon, Brownton, Wanamingo, Waite 
 24.59  Park, Dover, Mayer, New Trier, Onamia, 
 24.60  Hinckley, Lyle, Richmond, and Cokato. 
 24.61  (c) The expenditure and allocation of 
 24.62  state matching funds between funds 
 24.63  described in paragraphs (a) and (b) 
 24.64  shall be based on the amount of federal 
 24.65  funds appropriated to the funds.  This 
 25.1   appropriation must be used for 
 25.2   qualified capital projects. 
 25.3   Subd. 3.  Wastewater Infrastructure                  14,216,000
 25.4   Funding Program   
 25.5   For grants to eligible municipalities 
 25.6   under the wastewater infrastructure 
 25.7   program established in Minnesota 
 25.8   Statutes, section 446A.072. 
 25.9   To the greatest extent practicable, the 
 25.10  authority should use the funds for 
 25.11  projects on the 2000 intended use plan 
 25.12  in priority order to qualified 
 25.13  applicants that submit plans and 
 25.14  specifications to the pollution control 
 25.15  agency or receive a funding commitment 
 25.16  from USDA rural development before 
 25.17  December 1, 2001.  Municipalities 
 25.18  listed on the intended use plan 
 25.19  eligible for this funding, in priority 
 25.20  order, include, but are not limited 
 25.21  to:  Dayton, Delavan, Garvin, East Gull 
 25.22  Lake, Duluth (Fond du Lac), Koochiching 
 25.23  county - Jackfish Bay Area, Forest 
 25.24  Prairie Township - Clear Lake, Crane 
 25.25  Lake Area Sewer District, Long Prairie, 
 25.26  and Duluth - North Shore plan area. 
 25.27  In calculating the essential project 
 25.28  components for a project under 
 25.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 116.182, 
 25.30  subdivision 1, paragraph (e), the 
 25.31  pollution control agency shall consider 
 25.32  only those components of a wastewater 
 25.33  disposal system that are necessary to 
 25.34  convey or treat a municipality's 
 25.35  existing wastewater flows and loadings. 
 25.36  Notwithstanding the provisions of 
 25.37  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072, 
 25.38  subdivision 4, a wastewater 
 25.39  infrastructure grant to a municipality 
 25.40  shall not exceed $15,000 per existing 
 25.41  connection. 
 25.42  Subd. 4.  Clean Water Partnership                     2,000,000 
 25.43  For deposit in the water pollution 
 25.44  control revolving fund under Minnesota 
 25.45  Statutes, section 446A.07, for the 
 25.46  Clean Water Partnership loan program 
 25.47  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 25.48  103F.725. 
 25.49  Subd. 5.  Brownfields Redevelopment                   7,000,000 
 25.50  For deposit in the redevelopment 
 25.51  account created in Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.52  section 116J.561.  
 25.53  Subd. 6.  Direct Reduction                            3,500,000 
 25.54  Iron Processing Facilities 
 25.55  For a grant to Itasca county to design 
 25.56  freshwater wells and wastewater 
 25.57  treatment facilities, pipelines, 
 25.58  railroads, and roads, and to extend 
 25.59  sewer and water to direct reduction 
 25.60  iron processing facilities, subject to 
 26.1   Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 26.2   This appropriation is contingent upon 
 26.3   an agreement with a company using the 
 26.4   direct reduction iron process to locate 
 26.5   in Minnesota. 
 26.6   Subd. 7.  Landfall HRA Retaining Walls                  100,000 
 26.7   For a grant to the city of Landfall 
 26.8   Housing and Redevelopment Authority to 
 26.9   repair or replace deteriorating 
 26.10  retaining walls. 
 26.11  Subd. 8.  Glover-Sudduth Center                       1,000,000 
 26.12  For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
 26.13  through the Minneapolis Community 
 26.14  Development Agency for design and 
 26.15  construction of the Glover-Sudduth 
 26.16  Center for Urban Affairs and Economic 
 26.17  Development. 
 26.18  Subd. 9.  Farmamerica                                   470,000
 26.19  For accessibility and security 
 26.20  improvements.  
 26.21  This appropriation is from the general 
 26.22  fund and is available until June 30, 
 26.23  2001. 
 26.24  Sec. 22.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY                      1,000,000 
 26.25  To the Housing Finance Agency for 
 26.26  transfer to the housing development 
 26.27  fund for the purpose of making loans or 
 26.28  grants for publicly owned temporary or 
 26.29  transitional housing under Minnesota 
 26.30  Statutes, section 462A.201, subdivision 
 26.31  2, including loans or grants for 
 26.32  housing homeless youth, homeless 
 26.33  families, battered women, and 
 26.34  individuals leaving prostitution. 
 26.35  Sec. 23.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
 26.36  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota                      3,300,000 
 26.37  Historical Society for the purposes 
 26.38  specified in this section.
 26.39  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          1,750,000 
 26.40  For capital repair, reconstruction, or 
 26.41  replacement of deferred maintenance 
 26.42  needs at state historic sites, 
 26.43  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 26.44  monuments.  $200,000 is for the asset 
 26.45  preservation for the LeDuc Mansion.  
 26.46  The society shall determine project 
 26.47  priorities as appropriate based on need.
 26.48  Subd. 3.  St. Anthony Falls Heritage Center           1,000,000
 26.49  To complete the center. 
 26.50  Subd. 4.  County and Local                              300,000
 26.51  Preservation Grants 
 26.52  To be allocated to county and local 
 26.53  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 27.1   historic preservation projects of a 
 27.2   capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 27.3   be public entities and must match state 
 27.4   funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 27.5   facilities must be publicly owned.  
 27.6   Subd. 5.  State Capitol Furnishings Restoration         250,000
 27.7   For restoration of historic furniture 
 27.8   in the state capitol building.  This 
 27.9   appropriation is from the general fund. 
 27.10  Sec. 24.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            425,000
 27.11  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 27.12  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 27.13  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
 27.14  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
 27.15  fund. 
 27.16  Sec. 25.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 27.17  The commissioner of finance shall 
 27.18  schedule the sale of state general 
 27.19  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 27.20  biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more 
 27.21  than $569,217,000 will need to be 
 27.22  transferred from the general fund to 
 27.23  the state bond fund to pay principal 
 27.24  and interest due and to become due on 
 27.25  outstanding state general obligation 
 27.26  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 27.27  each sale of state general obligation 
 27.28  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 27.29  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 27.30  service payments needed on bonds 
 27.31  previously issued and shall estimate 
 27.32  the amount of debt service payments 
 27.33  that will be needed on the bonds 
 27.34  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 27.35  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 27.36  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 27.37  within the limit set by this section.  
 27.38  The amount needed to make the debt 
 27.39  service payments is appropriated from 
 27.40  the general fund as provided in 
 27.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 27.42     Sec. 26.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 27.43     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 27.44  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 27.45  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 27.46  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $397,092,000 in 
 27.47  the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 27.48  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 27.49  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 27.50     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND.] To provide the money 
 27.51  appropriated in this act from the transportation fund, the 
 27.52  commissioner of finance, on request of the governor, shall sell 
 27.53  and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $49,000,000 in 
 28.1   the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 28.2   Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 28.3   Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 28.4   proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 28.5   received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 28.6   proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 28.7      Subd. 3.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the 
 28.8   money appropriated in this act from the maximum effort school 
 28.9   loan fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of the 
 28.10  governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount 
 28.11  up to $32,990,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the 
 28.12  effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
 28.13  16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
 28.14  4 to 7.  The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and 
 28.15  any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited 
 28.16  to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan 
 28.17  fund. 
 28.18     Sec. 27.  [RED RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA.] 
 28.19     Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 20a.] [RED RIVER STATE 
 28.20  RECREATION AREA, POLK COUNTY.] The Red River state recreation 
 28.21  area is established in Polk county. 
 28.22     Subd. 2.  [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are 
 28.23  located within the boundaries of the Red River state recreation 
 28.24  area, all in Polk county: 
 28.25     (1) Lots 3 to 14 of Block 2 including streets and alleys 
 28.26  adjacent thereto in Riverside Addition; 
 28.27     (2) Block 1 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto 
 28.28  in Surprenant's Addition; 
 28.29     (3) Lots 1 to 24 including streets and alleys adjacent 
 28.30  thereto in Grigg's Addition; 
 28.31     (4) Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 of Block 1, Block 3, Lots 1 
 28.32  to 10 of Block 4, and Lots 1 to 12 in Blocks A and B including 
 28.33  streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Grand Forks East; 
 28.34     (5) Lots 1 to 5 of Block 1 and Blocks 2 to 14 including 
 28.35  streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Lake Park Addition; 
 28.36     (6) Lots 1 to 7 and Lots 19 to 24 of Block 2 including 
 29.1   streets and alleys adjacent thereto in E.B. Frederick's 
 29.2   Addition; 
 29.3      (7) Lots 1 to 3 of Block 1 and Blocks 2, 3, and 4 including 
 29.4   streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Budge's First Addition; 
 29.5      (8) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
 29.6   adjacent thereto in River Heights 1st Addition; 
 29.7      (9) Blocks 1 and 2 including streets and alleys adjacent 
 29.8   thereto in Thompson's Addition; 
 29.9      (10) Lots 1 to 12 of Block 1, Lots 4 to 12 of Block 2, 
 29.10  Block 3, and Lots 1 to 4 of Block 4 in Edwards Outlots and 
 29.11  Outlots 4 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in 
 29.12  Auditor's Plat of Outlots; 
 29.13     (11) Auditor's Plat of Mrs. Hines' Outlot; 
 29.14     (12) Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 of Block 
 29.15  3 and Lots 1 to 8 of Block 2 including streets and alleys 
 29.16  adjacent thereto in the Original Townsite of East Grand Forks; 
 29.17     (13) Blocks 1 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent 
 29.18  thereto in Woodland Addition; 
 29.19     (14) Lots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23 of 
 29.20  Block 31 and Blocks 32 to 38 including streets and alleys 
 29.21  adjacent thereto in Traill's Addition; 
 29.22     (15) Blocks 2 to 16 including streets and alleys adjacent 
 29.23  thereto in Elm Grove; 
 29.24     (16) Block 1, Lots 1 to 11 of Block 2, and Lots 1 to 11 of 
 29.25  Block 3 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in O'Leary 
 29.26  and Ryan's Addition to Elm Grove; 
 29.27     (17) Lots 6 to 10 of Block 1, Lots 8 to 35 of Block 2, 
 29.28  Blocks 3, 4, and 5 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto 
 29.29  in Folson Park Addition; 
 29.30     (18) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 in Jerome's Addition; 
 29.31     (19) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 3 in Prestige Addition; 
 29.32     (20) Lots 1 to 14 of Block 1 in Riverview Addition; 
 29.33     (21) Lots 6 to 16 of Block 3 in Riverview 3rd Addition; 
 29.34     (22) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 in Riverview 4th Addition; 
 29.35     (23) Lots 1 and 2 of Block 1 in Riverview 5th Addition; 
 29.36     (24) Lots 1 to 9 of Block 1 and Outlot A in Riverview 6th 
 30.1   Addition; 
 30.2      (25) Lots 1 to 18 of Block 1 and Lots 1 to 5 of Block 2 
 30.3   including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Timberline 2nd 
 30.4   Addition; 
 30.5      (26) Lots 14 to 16 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
 30.6   adjacent thereto in Timberline Addition; 
 30.7      (27) Lots 19 and 20 including streets and alleys adjacent 
 30.8   thereto in Murphy's Outlots; 
 30.9      (28) Lots 1 to 10 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
 30.10  thereto in Croy's 2nd Addition; 
 30.11     (29) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and 
 30.12  alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods 2nd Addition; 
 30.13     (30) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and 
 30.14  alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods Addition; 
 30.15     (31) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 1, 2, and 3 
 30.16  of Section 35, Township 152 North, Range 50 West; 
 30.17     (32) all of Government Lot 7, the unplatted portion of 
 30.18  Government Lot 9, and that part of Government Lots 6 and 8 and 
 30.19  the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying 
 30.20  southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way line of the 
 30.21  Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 1, Township 
 30.22  151 North, Range 50 West; 
 30.23     (33) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 
 30.24  and 6 of Section 2, Township 151 North, Range 50 West; 
 30.25     (34) all of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 11, Township 
 30.26  151 North, Range 50 West; 
 30.27     (35) all of Government Lots 1, 7, and 11, the unplatted 
 30.28  portions of Government Lots 3, 5, 9, and 10, and the Northeast 
 30.29  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 151 
 30.30  North, Range 50; 
 30.31     (36) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the Southwest Quarter 
 30.32  of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the 
 30.33  Southwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 151 North, Range 50 
 30.34  West; 
 30.35     (37) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 14; 
 30.36  Township 151 North, Range 50 West; 
 31.1      (38) that part of Government Lot 7 lying southwesterly of 
 31.2   the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern 
 31.3   and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 6, Township 151 North, Range 49 
 31.4   West; and 
 31.5      (39) all of Government Lots 2, 6, 7, and 9, the Northwest 
 31.6   Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the 
 31.7   Northeast Quarter, the unplatted portions of Government Lots 3 
 31.8   and 5, and that part of Government Lot 1 and the Northeast 
 31.9   Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying southwesterly of the 
 31.10  southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern and 
 31.11  Santa Fe Railroad of Section 7, Township 151 North, Range 49 
 31.12  West.  
 31.13     Subd. 3.  [ADMINISTRATION.] The commissioner of natural 
 31.14  resources shall administer the area according to Minnesota 
 31.15  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3, subject to existing 
 31.16  rules and regulations for state recreation areas.  The 
 31.17  commissioner shall appoint a citizens' oversight committee to 
 31.18  assist with developing and managing the area.  The committee 
 31.19  shall serve without compensation and is exempt from Minnesota 
 31.20  Statutes, section 15.059. 
 31.21     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.015, is 
 31.22  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 31.23     Subd. 8a.  [MILL TOWNS TRAIL.] (a) The trail shall 
 31.24  originate at a point commonly known as Faribault Junction in 
 31.25  Rice county, the termination point of the Sakatah Singing Hills 
 31.26  Trail, and shall extend through the towns of Faribault, Dundas, 
 31.27  Northfield, Waterford, and Randolph, to the termination point of 
 31.28  the Cannon Valley Trail in Cannon Falls. 
 31.29     (b) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and 
 31.30  hiking.  Motorized vehicles, except snowmobiles, are prohibited 
 31.31  from the trail. 
 31.32     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 31.33  119A.45, is amended to read: 
 31.34     119A.45 [EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING AND CHILD PROTECTION 
 31.35  FACILITIES.] 
 31.36     The commissioner may make grants to state agencies and 
 32.1   political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities 
 32.2   for early childhood programs, with priority to centers in 
 32.3   counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of 
 32.4   children living in poverty.  The commissioner may also make 
 32.5   grants to state agencies and political subdivisions to construct 
 32.6   or rehabilitate facilities for crisis nurseries or child 
 32.7   visitation centers.  The facilities must be owned by the state 
 32.8   or a political subdivision, but may be leased under section 
 32.9   16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs.  The 
 32.10  commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the 
 32.11  leases.  A grant for an individual facility must not exceed 
 32.12  $200,000 for each program that is housed in the facility, up to 
 32.13  a maximum of $500,000 for a facility that houses three programs 
 32.14  or more.  Programs include Head Start, early childhood and 
 32.15  family education programs, and other early childhood 
 32.16  intervention programs.  The commissioner must give priority to 
 32.17  grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs 
 32.18  under this section and may give priority to projects that 
 32.19  collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and 
 32.20  school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child 
 32.21  care, and nontraditional hour care, and centers that serve 
 32.22  refugee and immigrant families.  The commissioner may give 
 32.23  priority to grants for programs that will increase their child 
 32.24  care workers' wages as a result of the grant.  At least 25 
 32.25  percent of the amounts appropriated for these grants up to 
 32.26  $50,000 must utilize youthbuild under sections 268.361 to 
 32.27  268.366 or other youth employment and training programs for the 
 32.28  labor portion of the construction.  Eligible programs must 
 32.29  consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver 
 32.30  education and training.  State appropriations must be matched on 
 32.31  a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds.  The matching 
 32.32  requirement must apply programwide and not to individual grants. 
 32.33     Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
 32.34  124D.88, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 32.35     Subd. 3.  [GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.] (a) Any group of 
 32.36  school districts that meets the criteria required under 
 33.1   paragraph (b)(1) may apply for a magnet school grant in an 
 33.2   amount not to exceed $20,800,000 for the approved costs or 
 33.3   expansion of a magnet school facility. 
 33.4      (b)(1) Any group of districts that submits an application 
 33.5   for a grant shall submit a proposal to the commissioner for 
 33.6   review and comment under section 123B.71, and the commissioner 
 33.7   shall prepare a review and comment on the proposed magnet school 
 33.8   facility, regardless of the amount of the capital expenditure 
 33.9   required to design, acquire, construct, remodel, improve, 
 33.10  furnish, or equip the facility.  The commissioner must not 
 33.11  approve an application for a magnet school grant for any 
 33.12  facility unless the facility receives a favorable review and 
 33.13  comment under section 123B.71 and the participating districts: 
 33.14     (i) establish a joint powers board under section 471.59 to 
 33.15  represent all participating districts and govern the magnet 
 33.16  school facility; 
 33.17     (ii) design the planned magnet school facility to meet the 
 33.18  applicable requirements contained in Minnesota Rules, chapter 
 33.19  3535; 
 33.20     (iii) submit a statement of need, including reasons why the 
 33.21  magnet school will facilitate integration and improve learning; 
 33.22     (iv) prepare an educational plan that includes input from 
 33.23  both community and professional staff; and 
 33.24     (v) develop an education program that will improve learning 
 33.25  opportunities for students attending the magnet school. 
 33.26     (2) The districts may develop a plan that permits social 
 33.27  service, health, and other programs serving students and 
 33.28  community residents to be located within the magnet school 
 33.29  facility.  The commissioner shall consider this plan when 
 33.30  preparing a review and comment on the proposed facility.  
 33.31     (c) When two or more districts enter into an agreement 
 33.32  establishing a joint powers board to govern the magnet school 
 33.33  facility, all member districts shall have the same powers.  
 33.34     (d) A joint powers board of participating school districts 
 33.35  established under paragraphs (b) and (c) that intends to apply 
 33.36  for a grant must adopt a resolution stating the costs of the 
 34.1   proposed project, the purpose for which the debt is to be 
 34.2   incurred, and an estimate of the dates when the contracts for 
 34.3   the proposed project will be completed.  A copy of the 
 34.4   resolution must accompany any application for a state grant 
 34.5   under this section. 
 34.6      (e)(1) The commissioner shall examine and consider all 
 34.7   grant applications.  If the commissioner finds that any joint 
 34.8   powers district is not a qualified grant applicant, the 
 34.9   commissioner shall promptly notify that joint powers board.  The 
 34.10  commissioner shall make awards to no more than two qualified 
 34.11  applicants whose applications have been on file with the 
 34.12  commissioner more than 30 days.  
 34.13     (2) A grant award is subject to verification by the joint 
 34.14  powers board under paragraph (f).  A grant award must not be 
 34.15  made until the participating districts determine the site of the 
 34.16  magnet school facility.  If the total amount of the approved 
 34.17  applications exceeds the amount of grant funding that is or can 
 34.18  be made available, the commissioner shall allot the available 
 34.19  amount equally between the approved applicant districts.  The 
 34.20  commissioner shall promptly certify to each qualified joint 
 34.21  powers board the amount, if any, of the grant awarded to it. 
 34.22     (f) Each grant must be evidenced by a contract between the 
 34.23  joint powers board and the state acting through the 
 34.24  commissioner.  The contract obligates the state to pay to the 
 34.25  joint powers board an amount computed according to paragraph 
 34.26  (e)(2) and a schedule, and terms and conditions acceptable to 
 34.27  the commissioner of finance. 
 34.28     (g) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 123B.02, 
 34.29  subdivision 3, the joint powers and its individual members may 
 34.30  enter into long-term lease agreements as part of the magnet 
 34.31  school program.  
 34.32     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, 
 34.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 34.34     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP, AND SELL 
 34.35  REAL PROPERTY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES.] For the purpose of 
 34.36  instructional construction by technical colleges, the board may 
 35.1   build, sell, or transfer personal property and may purchase or 
 35.2   otherwise acquire real property that it does not intend to use 
 35.3   as a permanent educational site.  The board may, upon the terms 
 35.4   and conditions it sets, develop and, sell, transfer, or 
 35.5   otherwise dispose of real property acquired under this section.  
 35.6   A sale shall must be for at fair market value.  For purposes 
 35.7   of this section, a sale price resulting from public bidding, 
 35.8   public auction, or negotiations between unrelated parties acting 
 35.9   in their self-interest is fair market value.  Where real 
 35.10  property acquired under this section cannot be sold for fair 
 35.11  market value, the board may lease the real property under the 
 35.12  terms and conditions it sets.  The board may also contract for 
 35.13  the use of real property it does not own.  Where the board makes 
 35.14  improvements to real property it does not own, the 
 35.15  landowner shall may compensate the board for the fair market 
 35.16  value, nominal consideration, or without consideration as may be 
 35.17  agreed on between the parties, of the board's contribution to 
 35.18  the improvements.  No other authorizing legislation or 
 35.19  legislative approval is required for an acquisition, 
 35.20  improvement, or sale under this section.  Proceeds from the 
 35.21  sale, lease, or improvement of real property under this section 
 35.22  are appropriated to the board. 
 35.23     Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, 
 35.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 35.25     Subd. 3.  [WARRANTIES.] The board may, in its discretion, 
 35.26  offer the warranties contained in chapter 327A, less extensive 
 35.27  warranties or no warranties. 
 35.28     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.36, is 
 35.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 35.30     Subd. 5.  [STATE EMPLOYEE PURCHASE.] Notwithstanding 
 35.31  section 15.054, personal or real property resulting from 
 35.32  instructional construction by technical colleges may be sold to 
 35.33  a state employee under the following conditions: 
 35.34     (1) there is reasonable public notice of the sale; 
 35.35     (2) the sale is by public auction, sealed bid, or listing 
 35.36  with a licensed real estate broker; 
 36.1      (3) the state employee offers the highest price; and 
 36.2      (4) the state employee was not involved in the development 
 36.3   of the property or the award of the sale. 
 36.4      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.60, is 
 36.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 36.6      Subd. 4.  [TRANSFER OF STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY-OWNED 
 36.7   IMPROVEMENTS.] The board may sell, transfer, or otherwise 
 36.8   dispose of an improvement located on state-owned lands, the 
 36.9   compensation for which shall be determined by the board.  The 
 36.10  sale, transfer, or disposition must be accomplished by a bill of 
 36.11  sale describing the improvement transferred and the terms and 
 36.12  conditions of the sale or transfer.  Proceeds from the sale, 
 36.13  transfer, or disposition must be retained by the board unless 
 36.14  otherwise provided by law. 
 36.15     Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.64, 
 36.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 36.17     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL AUTHORITY; CONSTRUCTION; 
 36.18  IMPROVEMENTS.] (a) Specific legislative authority is not 
 36.19  required for repairs or minor capital projects financed with 
 36.20  operating appropriation or institutional receipts that: 
 36.21     (1) are undertaken for asset preservation or code 
 36.22  compliance purposes; or 
 36.23     (2) do not materially increase the net square footage of 
 36.24  the institution; and 
 36.25     (3) do not materially increase the costs of instructional 
 36.26  programs. 
 36.27     Minor capital projects authorized by this section may not 
 36.28  exceed a project cost of $250,000.  For any project under this 
 36.29  section with a cost in excess of $100,000, unless the board of 
 36.30  trustees determines that an emergency exists, the board must 
 36.31  notify the chair of the finance committee of the senate, and the 
 36.32  chairs of the ways and means committee and the capital 
 36.33  investment committee of the house in writing prior to incurring 
 36.34  any contractual obligations. 
 36.35     (b) The board shall supervise and control the preparation 
 36.36  of plans and specifications for the construction, alteration, 
 37.1   repair, or enlargement of state college and university 
 37.2   buildings, structures, and improvements for which appropriations 
 37.3   are made to the board.  The board shall advertise for bids and 
 37.4   award contracts in connection with the improvements, supervise 
 37.5   and inspect the work, approve necessary changes in the plans and 
 37.6   specifications, approve estimates for payment, and accept the 
 37.7   improvements when completed according to the plans and 
 37.8   specifications. 
 37.9      Sec. 36.  [240A.13] [CONDITIONS FOR SOCCER GRANTS.] 
 37.10     (a) A political subdivision may not use grant money 
 37.11  received from the commission to purchase, rent, lease, or 
 37.12  otherwise acquire land for soccer fields or other soccer 
 37.13  facilities. 
 37.14     (b) Any grant from the Minnesota amateur sports commission 
 37.15  for development of soccer fields or facilities must be matched 
 37.16  at least equally by the recipient. 
 37.17     (c) A political subdivision that receives a grant must 
 37.18  disburse one percent of the grant to a nonprofit arts 
 37.19  organization in the political subdivision to support local arts 
 37.20  programs.  If there is no nonprofit arts organization in the 
 37.21  subdivision, the political subdivision itself must distribute 
 37.22  one percent to support local arts programs. 
 37.23     Sec. 37.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 3, subdivision 
 37.24  24, is amended to read: 
 37.25  Subd. 24.  St. Cloud Technical College                1,000,000 
 37.26  To design and construct an addition and 
 37.27  remodeling of graphic arts and dental 
 37.28  space, including classrooms, and design 
 37.29  predesign remodeling of most of the 
 37.30  remaining space. 
 37.31     Sec. 38.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 5, subdivision 
 37.32  11, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 26, section 1, is amended 
 37.33  to read: 
 37.34  Subd. 11.  McLeod West School        
 37.35  District No. 2887                                       500,000
 37.36  For a grant to the McLeod West school 
 37.37  district No. 2887, to design and 
 37.38  acquire land for a new grade 7 through 
 37.39  12 remodel an educational facility.  
 37.40     Sec. 39.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 7, subdivision 
 38.1   23, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 194, and Laws 
 38.2   1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 20, is amended to read: 
 38.3   Subd. 23.  Metro Regional Trails                      5,000,000 
 38.4   For grants to the metropolitan council 
 38.5   for acquisition and development of a 
 38.6   capital nature of trail connections in 
 38.7   the metropolitan area as specified in 
 38.8   this subdivision.  The purpose of the 
 38.9   grants is to improve trails in the 
 38.10  metropolitan park and open space system 
 38.11  and connect them with existing state 
 38.12  and regional trails.  Priority shall be 
 38.13  given to matching funds for an ISTEA 
 38.14  grant. 
 38.15  The funds shall be allocated by the 
 38.16  council as follows: 
 38.17  (1) $1,050,000 is allocated to Ramsey 
 38.18  county as follows: 
 38.19  (i) $400,000 to complete six miles of 
 38.20  trails between the Burlington Northern 
 38.21  Regional Trail and Bald Eagle-Otter 
 38.22  Lake Regional Park; 
 38.23  (ii) $150,000 to complete a one-mile 
 38.24  connection between Birch Lake and the 
 38.25  Lake Tamarack segment of Bald 
 38.26  Eagle-Otter Lake Regional Park; 
 38.27  (iii) $500,000 to acquire real property 
 38.28  and design and construct or renovate 
 38.29  recreation facilities along the 
 38.30  Mississippi River in cooperation with 
 38.31  the city of St. Paul; 
 38.32  (2) $1,050,000 is allocated to the city 
 38.33  of St. Paul as follows: 
 38.34  (i) $250,000 to construct a bridge over 
 38.35  Lexington Parkway in Como Regional 
 38.36  Park; and 
 38.37  (ii) $800,000 to enhance amenities for 
 38.38  the trailhead at the Lilydale-Harriet 
 38.39  Island Regional Park pavilion; 
 38.40  (3) $1,400,000 is allocated to Anoka 
 38.41  county to construct: 
 38.42  (i) a pedestrian tunnel under Highway 
 38.43  65 on the Rice Creek West Regional 
 38.44  Trail in the city of Fridley; and 
 38.45  (ii) restrooms, trailhead, signs, and 
 38.46  amenities at the trailhead to the Rice 
 38.47  Creek West Regional Trail; and 
 38.48  (iii) a pedestrian bridge on the 
 38.49  Mississippi River Regional Trail 
 38.50  crossing over Mississippi Street in the 
 38.51  city of Fridley; and 
 38.52  (4) $1,500,000 is allocated to the 
 38.53  suburban Hennepin regional park 
 38.54  district as follows: 
 39.1   (i) $1,000,000 to connect North 
 39.2   Hennepin Regional Trail to Luce Line 
 39.3   State Trail and Medicine Lake; and 
 39.4   (ii) $500,000 is for the cost of 
 39.5   development and acquisition of the 
 39.6   Southwest regional trail in the city of 
 39.7   St. Louis Park.  The trail must connect 
 39.8   the Minneapolis regional trail system 
 39.9   at Cedar Lake park to the Hennepin 
 39.10  parks regional trail system at the 
 39.11  Hopkins trail head. 
 39.12     Sec. 40.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 
 39.13  13, is amended to read: 
 39.14  Subd. 13.  Hutchinson Community
 39.15  Civic Center                                          1,000,000
 39.16  For a grant to the city of Hutchinson 
 39.17  to design, construct, furnish, and 
 39.18  equip acquire and remodel facilities 
 39.19  for a community civic center, subject 
 39.20  to the requirements of Minnesota 
 39.21  Statutes, section 16A.695.  This 
 39.22  appropriation is not available until 
 39.23  the commissioner has determined that an 
 39.24  equal amount has been committed from 
 39.25  nonstate sources. 
 39.26     Sec. 41.  [CAPITAL PROJECT PRIORITIES; HIGHER EDUCATION.] 
 39.27     The board of regents of the University of Minnesota and the 
 39.28  board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
 39.29  universities are requested to consider the following criteria in 
 39.30  establishing priorities for requests for bond funds for capital 
 39.31  projects: 
 39.32     (1) maintenance and preservation of existing facilities; 
 39.33     (2) completion of projects that have received funding; 
 39.34     (3) updating facilities to meet contemporary needs; 
 39.35     (4) providing geographic distribution of capital projects; 
 39.36  and 
 39.37     (5) maximizing the use of nonstate contributions. 
 39.38     Sec. 42.  [INFRASTRUCTURE REPORTING STANDARDS.] 
 39.39     The commissioner of finance must implement the 
 39.40  infrastructure reporting requirements of the Governmental 
 39.41  Accounting Standards Board statement 34 as follows: 
 39.42     (1) following completion of the comprehensive annual 
 39.43  financial report for fiscal year 2001 in the current format, an 
 39.44  unaudited restatement of the financial statements must be 
 39.45  prepared following statement 34; and 
 40.1      (2) the comprehensive annual financial report for fiscal 
 40.2   year 2002 must implement all of the requirements of statement 
 40.3   34, including the retroactive reporting of infrastructure assets.
 40.4      Sec. 43.  [GILLETTE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SURCHARGE 
 40.5   FORGIVENESS.] 
 40.6      Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
 40.7   section 256.9657, or any other law to the contrary, the 
 40.8   surcharges under section 256.9657, subdivision 2, must not be 
 40.9   imposed on or collected from Gillette Children's Hospital until 
 40.10  the loan under section 12, subdivision 8, is repaid in full.  In 
 40.11  any year in which the amount of surcharges that would otherwise 
 40.12  be imposed on Gillette Children's Hospital under section 
 40.13  256.9657, subdivision 2, exceeds the annual loan repayment 
 40.14  amount, the county must prepay the loan in an amount equal to 
 40.15  the amount that exceeds the annual loan repayment amount. 
 40.16     Sec. 44.  [WORKING GROUP.] 
 40.17     The commissioners of transportation, trade and economic 
 40.18  development, public safety, natural resources, and agriculture 
 40.19  shall convene a multiagency workgroup consisting of 
 40.20  representatives of affected state agencies and political 
 40.21  subdivisions to assess the financial, physical, economic, 
 40.22  social, and environmental effects on southern Minnesota of 
 40.23  increased railroad activity within the DM&E railroad corridor.  
 40.24  The commissioners shall report to the legislature and governor 
 40.25  on the workgroup's findings and recommendations by December 1, 
 40.26  2000. 
 40.27     Included in the assessment and recommendations shall be 
 40.28  methods to: 
 40.29     (1) assure appropriate environmental protections are used 
 40.30  to minimize land use, protect wetlands, and mitigate noise or 
 40.31  other environmental impacts; 
 40.32     (2) fully involve local units of government in siting 
 40.33  issues and right-of-way acquisition; 
 40.34     (3) determine what direct and indirect costs are likely to 
 40.35  accrue to local units of government and private property owners; 
 40.36  and 
 41.1      (4) protect shipping interests of Minnesota farmers. 
 41.2      The commissioners shall also report to the legislature and 
 41.3   governor on the project costs to local units of government for 
 41.4   mitigations, right-of-way acquisition, crossing safety, or any 
 41.5   other direct impacts of the expansion. 
 41.6      Sec. 45.  [CANCELLATIONS AND TRANSFERS.] 
 41.7      (a) The $735,000 appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
 41.8   section 18, for the design of the labor interpretive center is 
 41.9   canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1994, chapter 
 41.10  643, section 31, subdivision 1, is reduced by $735,000. 
 41.11     (b) $130,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1994, chapter 
 41.12  643, section 23, for dam improvements is canceled.  The bond 
 41.13  sale authorization in Laws 1999, chapter 643, section 31, 
 41.14  subdivision 1, is reduced by $130,000. 
 41.15     (c) $1,355,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 
 41.16  463, section 16, subdivision 5, for the Brainerd bed expansion 
 41.17  project is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, 
 41.18  chapter 463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,355,000.
 41.19     (d) The $514,000 appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
 41.20  section 19, subdivision 5, clause (20), for the addition to the 
 41.21  Dilworth truck station is canceled. 
 41.22     (e) The $500,000 appropriation in Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
 41.23  section 22, subdivision 7, for the Battle Point historic site is 
 41.24  canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1996, chapter 
 41.25  463, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $500,000. 
 41.26     (f) $11,285,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1997, Second 
 41.27  Special Session chapter 2, section 2, for public safety disaster 
 41.28  assistance funds is canceled.  The bond sale authorization in 
 41.29  Laws 1997, Second Special Session chapter 2, section 12, is 
 41.30  reduced by $11,285,000. 
 41.31     (g) $1,894,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 41.32  404, section 5, subdivision 5, for the Southwest metropolitan 
 41.33  integration magnet school in Edina is canceled. 
 41.34     (h) $5,800,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 41.35  404, section 13, subdivision 5, for the Minnesota labor 
 41.36  interpretive center is canceled.  
 42.1      (i) The $1,135,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 42.2   section 21, subdivision 2, for a state patrol training facility 
 42.3   at Camp Ripley is canceled. 
 42.4      (j) The $1,700,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 42.5   section 22, for the Battle Point Cultural Education Center is 
 42.6   canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 
 42.7   404, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced by $1,700,000. 
 42.8      (k) The balance of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 42.9   404, section 23, subdivision 11, for the St. Cloud community 
 42.10  events center is transferred to the board of trustees of the 
 42.11  Minnesota state colleges and universities to construct a new 
 42.12  athletic facility on the south side of the existing St. Cloud 
 42.13  State University campus.  The balance of the bond sale 
 42.14  authorization in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 
 42.15  1, attributable to the events center project is to provide the 
 42.16  money for the athletic facility project. 
 42.17     (l) The $2,250,000 appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
 42.18  section 23, subdivision 24, for the Minnesota African-American 
 42.19  Performing Arts Center is canceled.  The bond sale authorization 
 42.20  in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 27, subdivision 1, is reduced 
 42.21  by $2,225,000. 
 42.22     (m) $500,000 of the appropriation in Laws 1998, chapter 
 42.23  404, section 23, subdivision 27, for the Red Lake tribal 
 42.24  production facility is canceled. 
 42.25     (n) The $4,000,000 appropriation in Laws 1999, chapter 240, 
 42.26  article 1, section 3, for the Southwest Metropolitan Integration 
 42.27  Magnet School in Edina is canceled.  The bond sale authorization 
 42.28  in Laws 1999, chapter 240, article 1, section 13, is reduced by 
 42.29  $4,000,000. 
 42.30     Sec. 46.  [WALL EXTENSIONS.] 
 42.31     The commissioner of transportation shall by December 31, 
 42.32  2000: 
 42.33     (1) complete construction of an extension of a sound 
 42.34  abatement wall along the east side of marked trunk highway No. 
 42.35  100 from its present termination north of West 41st street south 
 42.36  to a point 520 feet north of that termination; and 
 43.1      (2) plan the construction of the sound abatement wall on 
 43.2   the south side of I-94 from the St. Paul border to the Franklin 
 43.3   Bridge. 
 43.4      Sec. 47.  [DEPARTMENT COOPERATION.] 
 43.5      The commissioner of transportation shall cooperate with the 
 43.6   commissioner of natural resources in alignment of the 
 43.7   Gitchi-Gami state trail during the realignment of the state 
 43.8   highway 61 corridor. 
 43.9      Sec. 48.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 43.10     This act is effective the day after its final enactment.