1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to higher education; Minnesota state colleges 
  1.3             and universities; providing for acquisition of certain 
  1.4             facilities by the board of trustees; modifying source 
  1.5             of funding for certain capital improvements at St. 
  1.6             Cloud State University; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             2000, section 136F.60, subdivision 2; Laws 2000, 
  1.8             chapter 492, article 1, section 3, subdivision 19. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136F.60, 
  1.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [METHODS OF ACQUISITION AND REAL PROPERTY 
  1.13  TRANSACTIONS.] (a) If money has been appropriated to the board 
  1.14  to acquire lands or sites for public buildings or real estate, 
  1.15  the acquisition may be by gift, purchase, or condemnation 
  1.16  proceedings.  Condemnation proceedings must be under chapter 117.
  1.17     (b) The board may accept gifts to improve or acquire 
  1.18  facilities as provided in this paragraph: 
  1.19     (1) for remodeling existing facilities if the remodeling 
  1.20  does not materially increase the square footage of the facility; 
  1.21     (2) for the acquisition, construction, or remodeling costs 
  1.22  of facilities for which state capital appropriations have been 
  1.23  made and whose use will not be substantially changed; or 
  1.24     (3) for capital projects not authorized by the legislature 
  1.25  if the board first certifies that project revenues, other gifts 
  1.26  or grants, or other sources of capital funds are available for 
  1.27  project costs and that no tuition revenues or state or federal 
  2.1   appropriations are used for the capital or operating costs, 
  2.2   including all program costs, salaries, and benefits, of the 
  2.3   facility. 
  2.4      (c) The board may convey or lease real property under the 
  2.5   board's control, with or without monetary consideration, to 
  2.6   provide a facility for the primary benefit of a state college or 
  2.7   university or its students if the board certifies that project 
  2.8   revenues, other gifts or grants, or other sources of funds are 
  2.9   available for project costs and that no tuition revenues or 
  2.10  state or federal appropriations are used for the capital or 
  2.11  operating costs, including all program costs, salaries, and 
  2.12  benefits, of the facility.  Agreements under this paragraph to 
  2.13  convey, or to lease for a term not to exceed 30 years, subject 
  2.14  to section 16A.695, may be made following requests for proposal 
  2.15  or by direct negotiation.  Conveyances by the board under this 
  2.16  paragraph must be by quitclaim deed in a form approved by the 
  2.17  attorney general.  Land conveyed by the board must revert to the 
  2.18  state if it is no longer used for the primary benefit of a state 
  2.19  college or university or its students.  
  2.20     (d) For the purposes of this subdivision, "facility" 
  2.21  includes, but is not limited to, student unions, recreational 
  2.22  centers, and other facilities for student housing, athletics, 
  2.23  parking, academic instruction, and administration. 
  2.24     (e) The board must report any capital project under 
  2.25  paragraph (b) or (c) with a cost of $3,000,000 or more to the 
  2.26  chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
  2.27  higher education finance, capital investment, and ways and means 
  2.28  by January 15 each year. 
  2.29     Sec. 2.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 3, 
  2.30  subdivision 19, is amended to read: 
  2.31  Subd. 19.  St. Cloud State University                          
  2.32  (a) Lawrence Hall Remodeling                          3,864,000
  2.33  To remodel the lower floors of Lawrence 
  2.34  Hall for administrative and 
  2.35  instructional space.  The cost of 
  2.36  remodeling the top floor for student 
  2.37  housing must be paid entirely with the 
  2.38  proceeds of Minnesota state college and 
  2.39  university revenue bonds funds from 
  3.1   other than state sources and is in 
  3.2   addition to this appropriation. 
  3.3   (b) The board may do predesign for the 
  3.4   renovation of Centennial Hall and 
  3.5   design for the renovation of Eastman 
  3.6   Hall and Riverview Hall using resources 
  3.7   other than this appropriation that may 
  3.8   be available to the board.