1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             for public purposes, including, but not limited to, 
  1.4             acquiring and bettering public land and buildings and 
  1.5             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.6             certain conditions; authorizing the sale of state 
  1.7             bonds; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.8             Statutes 2000, sections 16B.335, subdivision 3; 
  1.9             103F.161, subdivision 3; 123A.443, subdivision 1; 
  1.10            136F.60, subdivision 2; 446A.072, subdivision 4; Laws 
  1.11            1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 30. 
  1.12  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.13  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.14     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.15  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.16  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.17  public purposes, including, but not limited to, acquiring and 
  1.18  bettering public land and buildings and other public 
  1.19  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act.  
  1.20  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are 
  1.21  available until the project is completed or abandoned. 
  1.22                              SUMMARY 
  1.23  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   15,965,000 
  1.24  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES            17,500,000 
  1.25  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                     32,200,000 
  1.26  NATURAL RESOURCES                                     6,834,000 
  1.27  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    48,903,000 
  1.28  ADMINISTRATION                                       40,167,000 
  2.1   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                       31,305,000 
  2.2   BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      151,000 
  2.3   TOTAL                                            $  193,025,000 
  2.4   Bond Proceeds Fund                                  174,025,000 
  2.5   Maximum Effort School Loan Fund                      19,000,000 
  2.6                                                    APPROPRIATIONS
  2.7                                                    $ 
  2.8   Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  2.9   To the board of regents of the University 
  2.10  of Minnesota for higher education
  2.11  asset preservation and replacement                   15,965,000 
  2.12  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  2.13  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.14  section 135A.046. 
  2.15  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 
  2.16  To the board of trustees
  2.17  of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  2.18  universities for higher education asset 
  2.19  preservation and replacement                         17,500,000
  2.20  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  2.21  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.22  section 135A.046. 
  2.23  Sec. 4.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING 
  2.24  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  2.25  children, families, and learning for the  
  2.26  purposes specified in this section                   32,200,000
  2.27  Subd. 2.  Metropolitan Magnet Schools                 1,700,000
  2.28  For a metropolitan magnet school grant 
  2.29  to school district No. 6067, 
  2.30  Tri-District, to complete construction 
  2.31  of, furnish, and equip the East Metro 
  2.32  middle school.  This appropriation is 
  2.33  added to the appropriations in Laws 
  2.34  1998, chapter 404, section 5, 
  2.35  subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240, 
  2.36  article 1, section 3; and Laws 2000, 
  2.37  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, 
  2.38  subdivision 2, for the same project. 
  2.39  Subd. 3.  Maximum Effort Capital      
  2.40  Loan                                                 19,000,000
  2.41  For a capital loan to independent 
  2.42  school district No. 2580, East Central, 
  2.43  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  2.44  126C.60 to 126C.72.  A capital loan in 
  2.45  this amount is approved. 
  2.46  Notwithstanding the timelines in 
  2.47  Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69, 
  2.48  subdivision 3, 6, 7, or 11, or the 
  2.49  application limitation in Laws 2000, 
  2.50  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, 
  2.51  subdivision 5, independent school 
  2.52  district No. 2580, East Central, may 
  2.53  apply to the department of children, 
  3.1   families, and learning for a maximum 
  3.2   effort capital loan. 
  3.3   The commissioner of children, families, 
  3.4   and learning shall complete the review 
  3.5   and comment process according to 
  3.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69, 
  3.7   subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 8, for the 
  3.8   project approved in this subdivision. 
  3.9   The commissioner shall review the 
  3.10  proposed plan and budget of the project 
  3.11  approved in this subdivision and may 
  3.12  reduce the amount of a loan to ensure 
  3.13  that the project will be economical.  
  3.14  The commissioner may recover the cost 
  3.15  incurred by the commissioner for any 
  3.16  professional services associated with 
  3.17  the final review by reducing the 
  3.18  proceeds of the loan paid to a district.
  3.19  Subd. 4.  Cooperative                  
  3.20  Secondary Facilities Grant                           11,500,000
  3.21  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.22  section 123A.443, subdivision 2, clause 
  3.23  (4), a cooperative secondary facilities 
  3.24  grant of $11,500,000 is approved to the 
  3.25  joint powers board for independent 
  3.26  school districts Nos. 486, Swanville, 
  3.27  and 487, Upsala.  The joint powers 
  3.28  board issuing the bonds for the 
  3.29  secondary facility and the school 
  3.30  boards of independent school district 
  3.31  No. 486, Swanville, and independent 
  3.32  school district No. 487, Upsala, may 
  3.33  make the ballot question on the 
  3.34  issuance of the bonds and the ballot 
  3.35  questions on the consolidation of the 
  3.36  two districts each contingent on the 
  3.37  passage of the other propositions.  
  3.38  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.39  section 123A.48, the consolidation 
  3.40  ballot questions may be phrased to 
  3.41  reflect this contingency. 
  3.42  Sec. 5.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  3.43  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  3.44  natural resources for the purposes specified
  3.45  in this section                                       6,834,000
  3.46  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard 
  3.47  Mitigation Grants                                     5,234,000
  3.48  To the commissioner of natural 
  3.49  resources for grants to local units of 
  3.50  government under Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.51  section 103F.161, for publicly owned 
  3.52  capital improvements to assist with the 
  3.53  cost of mitigative storm drainage 
  3.54  system improvement and other flood 
  3.55  mitigation measures.  
  3.56  $234,000 of this appropriation is for 
  3.57  projects in the Red River basin. 
  3.58  $5,000,000 is for a grant to the city 
  3.59  of Eagan in that amount. 
  3.60  Subd. 3.  St. Paul Open                
  4.1   Space Corridor                                        1,600,000
  4.2   For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
  4.3   acquire approximately 58 acres, 
  4.4   including the Trout brook/trillium site 
  4.5   and the lower Phalen creek site, to 
  4.6   provide an open space corridor from 
  4.7   Maryland Avenue to Warner Road. 
  4.8   Sec. 6.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
  4.9   Minnesota River basin
  4.10  conservation reserve enhancement program             48,903,000
  4.11  This appropriation is to the board of 
  4.12  water and soil resources. 
  4.13  $43,000,000 is to acquire easements and 
  4.14  $5,903,000 is for administrative costs 
  4.15  to acquire the easements. 
  4.16  These appropriations must be used to 
  4.17  acquire easements and implement 
  4.18  conservation practices on frequently 
  4.19  flooded cropland, including land within 
  4.20  the 100-year floodplain and the major 
  4.21  tributaries; on marginal cropland along 
  4.22  rivers and streams; and on drained or 
  4.23  altered wetlands in the Minnesota River 
  4.24  basin to protect soil, enhance water 
  4.25  quality, and support fish and wildlife 
  4.26  habitat as provided in Minnesota 
  4.27  Statutes, sections 103F.515 and 
  4.28  103F.516.  
  4.29  Sec. 7.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY 
  4.30  Closed Landfill
  4.31  Program Bond Reauthorization 
  4.32  The following bond authorization, which 
  4.33  has been reported to the legislature 
  4.34  according to Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.35  section 16A.642, subdivision 1, is 
  4.36  reauthorized, and does not cancel under 
  4.37  the terms of that subdivision:  an 
  4.38  amount remaining of $20,500,000 for 
  4.39  appropriations from the bond proceeds 
  4.40  fund for closed landfill cleanup, 
  4.41  authorized in Laws 1994, chapter 639, 
  4.42  article 3, section 5. 
  4.43  Sec. 8.  ADMINISTRATION 
  4.44  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  4.45  administration for the purposes specified
  4.46  in this section                                      40,167,000
  4.47  Subd. 2.  Capital Asset                
  4.48  Preservation and Replacement (CAPRA)                  4,900,000
  4.49  To be spent in accordance with 
  4.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.632. 
  4.51  $400,000 is to replace the roof on the 
  4.52  Minnesota historical society building 
  4.53  at 1500 Mississippi Street in St. Paul. 
  4.54  Subd. 3.  Bruentrup Farm               
  4.55  Roof Replacements                                       100,000
  5.1   For a grant to the city of Maplewood to 
  5.2   replace roofs on the house and barn of 
  5.3   the historic Bruentrup farm owned by 
  5.4   the city. 
  5.5   Subd. 4.  State Office                 
  5.6   Building Exterior                                     2,200,000
  5.7   To complete tuckpointing and masonry 
  5.8   repair on the north and west sides of 
  5.9   the building and the associated 
  5.10  remediation work on the inside of those 
  5.11  exterior walls. 
  5.12  Subd. 5.  Governor's Residence         
  5.13  Interior                                              1,167,000
  5.14  To upgrade the HVAC system, rewire the 
  5.15  electrical system, extend the elevator, 
  5.16  and related costs. 
  5.17  Subd. 6.  Electrical Utility           
  5.18  Infrastructure, Phase 5                               2,500,000
  5.19  To upgrade the primary electrical 
  5.20  distribution system in the capitol 
  5.21  complex. 
  5.22  Subd. 7.  Land Acquisition, Site 
  5.23  Preparation, and Predesign for New Facilities         8,400,000
  5.24  Subd. 8.  Digital Television          
  5.25  Conversion                                           20,900,000
  5.26  For grants to noncommercial television 
  5.27  stations to assist with conversion to a 
  5.28  digital broadcast signal as mandated by 
  5.29  the federal government.  In order to 
  5.30  qualify for these grants, a station 
  5.31  must meet the criteria established for 
  5.32  grants in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.33  129D.12, subdivision 2. 
  5.34  Sec. 9.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 
  5.35  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  5.36  trade and economic development for the 
  5.37  purposes specified in this section                   31,305,000
  5.38  Subd. 2.  Wastewater Infrastructure Fund             30,000,000
  5.39  For grants to eligible municipalities 
  5.40  under the wastewater infrastructure 
  5.41  program established in Minnesota 
  5.42  Statutes, section 446A.072. 
  5.43  To the greatest extent practical, the 
  5.44  authority should use the grants for 
  5.45  projects on the 2000 intended use plan 
  5.46  in priority order to qualified 
  5.47  applicants that submit plans and 
  5.48  specifications to the pollution control 
  5.49  agency or receive a funding commitment 
  5.50  from U.S. Department of Agriculture 
  5.51  rural development before May 1, 2002. 
  5.52  $230,000 is to pay principal costs on 
  5.53  the general obligation sewer revenue 
  5.54  bond of 2000 issued by the town of West 
  5.55  Newton in Nicollet county to pay costs 
  5.56  the town incurred in construction of 
  6.1   the St. George community wastewater 
  6.2   treatment system.  The system uses 
  6.3   wetlands to treat wastewater from 23 
  6.4   properties.  The bond was issued to pay 
  6.5   the cost of installing additional 
  6.6   treatment components that were not part 
  6.7   of the project as originally planned.  
  6.8   The additional components resulted in 
  6.9   excessive costs to homeowners. 
  6.10  Subd. 3.  Granite Falls                
  6.11  Infrastructure Restoration                            1,305,000
  6.12  For a grant to the city of Granite 
  6.13  Falls to assist with the cost of 
  6.14  tornado damage assessment, repair, 
  6.15  replacement, extension, or improvement 
  6.16  of publicly owned wastewater and 
  6.17  municipal utility service and drinking 
  6.18  water systems. 
  6.19  Subd. 4.  Flood Disaster  
  6.20  Recovery                                               
  6.21  Grants to local units of government in 
  6.22  the areas designated under a 
  6.23  Presidential Declaration of Major 
  6.24  Disaster related to the floods of April 
  6.25  and May 2001, whether included in the 
  6.26  original declaration or added later by 
  6.27  federal government amendment, to pay 
  6.28  public costs resulting from the 
  6.29  disaster but not covered by federal 
  6.30  disaster programs, may be paid from the 
  6.31  general contingent account under 
  6.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
  6.33  Subd. 5.  Glenville
  6.34  Infrastructure Restoration
  6.35  A grant to the city of Glenville to 
  6.36  assist with the cost of damage 
  6.37  assessment, repair, replacement, 
  6.38  extension, or improvement of publicly 
  6.39  owned infrastructure damaged by the 
  6.40  tornado of May 1, 2001, may be paid 
  6.41  from the general contingent account 
  6.42  under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
  6.43  Subd. 6.  Redevelopment Account                                
  6.44  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.45  section 116J.565, subdivision 1, 
  6.46  paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5), the 
  6.47  commissioner may give priority for a 
  6.48  redevelopment grant under Minnesota 
  6.49  Statutes, section 116J.564, for 
  6.50  projects in a city of the second class 
  6.51  that is designated by the United States 
  6.52  Department of Commerce as an 
  6.53  economically depressed area. 
  6.54  Sec. 10.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                             151,000
  6.55  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
  6.56  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
  6.57  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  This 
  6.58  appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
  6.59  fund. 
  6.60  Sec. 11.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
  7.1   The commissioner of finance shall 
  7.2   schedule the sale of state general 
  7.3   obligation bonds so that, during the 
  7.4   biennium ending June 30, 2003, no more 
  7.5   than $641,472,000 will need to be 
  7.6   transferred from the general fund to 
  7.7   the state bond fund to pay principal 
  7.8   and interest due and to become due on 
  7.9   outstanding state general obligation 
  7.10  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
  7.11  each sale of state general obligation 
  7.12  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  7.13  shall calculate the amount of debt 
  7.14  service payments needed on bonds 
  7.15  previously issued and shall estimate 
  7.16  the amount of debt service payments 
  7.17  that will be needed on the bonds 
  7.18  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
  7.19  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
  7.20  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
  7.21  within the limit set by this section.  
  7.22  The amount needed to make the debt 
  7.23  service payments is appropriated from 
  7.24  the general fund as provided in 
  7.25  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
  7.26     Sec. 12.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  7.27     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
  7.28  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
  7.29  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
  7.30  in an amount up to $174,025,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
  7.31  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  7.32  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
  7.33  XI, sections 4 to 7.  
  7.34     Subd. 2.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the 
  7.35  money appropriated by this act from the maximum effort school 
  7.36  loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
  7.37  bonds of the state in an amount up to $19,000,000 in the manner, 
  7.38  on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
  7.39  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
  7.40  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the 
  7.41  bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the 
  7.42  sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account 
  7.43  in the maximum effort school loan fund. 
  7.44     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16B.335, 
  7.45  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  7.46     Subd. 3.  [PREDESIGN REQUIREMENT.] The definitions in 
  7.47  paragraphs (a) and (b) apply to this section. 
  8.1      (a) "Predesign" means the stage in the development of a 
  8.2   project during which the purpose, scope, cost, and schedule of 
  8.3   the complete project are defined and instructions to design 
  8.4   professionals are produced.  
  8.5      (b) "Design" means the stage in the development of a 
  8.6   project during which schematic, design development, and contract 
  8.7   documents are produced. 
  8.8      (c) A recipient to whom an appropriation is made for a 
  8.9   project subject to review under subdivision 1 or notice under 
  8.10  subdivision 2 shall prepare a predesign package and submit it to 
  8.11  the commissioner for review and recommendation before proceeding 
  8.12  with design activities.  The commissioner must complete the 
  8.13  review and recommendation within ten working days after 
  8.14  receiving it.  Failure to review and recommend within the ten 
  8.15  days is considered a positive recommendation.  The predesign 
  8.16  package must be sufficient to define the purpose, scope, cost, 
  8.17  and schedule of the project and must demonstrate that the 
  8.18  project has been analyzed according to appropriate space needs 
  8.19  standards. 
  8.20     (d) This subdivision does not apply to park building 
  8.21  projects for park buildings owned by a local government unit in 
  8.22  the metropolitan area defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
  8.23     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 103F.161, 
  8.24  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.25     Subd. 3.  [RED RIVER BASIN FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS.] 
  8.26  Notwithstanding subdivision 2, a grant for implementation of a 
  8.27  flood hazard mitigation project in the Red River basin that is 
  8.28  consistent with the 1998 mediation agreement and approved by the 
  8.29  Red River flood damage reduction work group may be for up to 75 
  8.30  percent of the cost of the proposed mitigation measures for the 
  8.31  Agassiz-Audubon, North Ottawa, Hay creek, and Thief river 
  8.32  subwatershed projects. 
  8.33     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 123A.443, 
  8.34  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.35     Subdivision 1.  [QUALIFICATION.] Any group of districts 
  8.36  that meets the criteria required under subdivision 2 may apply 
  9.1   for an incentive grant for construction of a new secondary 
  9.2   facility or for remodeling and improving an existing secondary 
  9.3   facility.  A grant for new construction must not exceed the 
  9.4   lesser of $5,000,000 $12,000,000 or 75 percent of the approved 
  9.5   construction costs of a cooperative secondary education 
  9.6   facility.  A grant for remodeling and improving an existing 
  9.7   facility must not exceed $200,000. 
  9.8      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 136F.60, 
  9.9   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.10     Subd. 2.  [METHODS OF ACQUISITION.] (a) If money has been 
  9.11  appropriated to the board to acquire lands or sites for public 
  9.12  buildings or real estate, the acquisition may be by gift, 
  9.13  purchase, or condemnation proceedings.  Condemnation proceedings 
  9.14  must be under chapter 117. 
  9.15     (b) The board may accept gifts of and enter into agreements 
  9.16  to acquire facilities that the board determines to be for the 
  9.17  good and benefit of the state colleges and universities.  Except 
  9.18  as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the terms of the 
  9.19  agreements are within the board's discretion.  The board, by way 
  9.20  of agreement, may convey, or lease for a term of years not to 
  9.21  exceed 30 years, real property under the board's control.  
  9.22  Conveyances and leases may be made with or without monetary 
  9.23  consideration.  Conveyances by the board must be by quitclaim 
  9.24  deed in a form approved by the attorney general.  Land conveyed 
  9.25  by the board must revert to the state if it is no longer used to 
  9.26  provide a facility for the primary benefit of a state college or 
  9.27  university or its students.  Agreements may be made following 
  9.28  requests for proposal or by direct negotiation.  The board may 
  9.29  not use, either directly or indirectly, state appropriations or 
  9.30  the credit of the state to pay or guarantee the payment of any 
  9.31  debt for, or any costs related to, the construction of a 
  9.32  facility acquired or constructed according to this paragraph.  
  9.33  For purposes of this paragraph, "facility" includes, but is not 
  9.34  limited to, student unions, recreational centers, and other 
  9.35  facilities for student housing, athletics, parking, academic 
  9.36  instruction, and administration. 
 10.1      Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 446A.072, 
 10.2   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 10.3      Subd. 4.  [FUNDING LEVEL.] (a) The authority shall provide 
 10.4   supplemental assistance for essential project component costs as 
 10.5   certified by the commissioner of the pollution control agency 
 10.6   under section 116.182, subdivision 4.  
 10.7      (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), a municipality may 
 10.8   not receive more than $4,000,000, or $15,000 per existing 
 10.9   connection, whichever is less, under this section unless 
 10.10  specifically approved by law.  If a project would be eligible 
 10.11  for more than $4,000,000 under paragraph (e), the authority 
 10.12  shall include a description of the project and the financing 
 10.13  plan in its report on needs in subdivision 11.  The $4,000,000, 
 10.14  or $15,000 per existing connection, whichever is less, limit in 
 10.15  this paragraph does not apply to a municipality that borders the 
 10.16  outstanding resource value water of Lake Superior. 
 10.17     (c) A sanitary district or multijurisdictional wastewater 
 10.18  treatment district may receive an additional $1,000,000 for each 
 10.19  municipality participating up to a maximum grant of $8,000,000, 
 10.20  unless a higher amount is specifically approved by law.  If a 
 10.21  project would be eligible for more than $8,000,000 under 
 10.22  paragraph (e), the authority shall include a description of the 
 10.23  project and the financing plan in its report on needs in 
 10.24  subdivision 11. 
 10.25     (d) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance for 
 10.26  up to one-half of the eligible grant funding level determined by 
 10.27  the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development 
 10.28  funding for projects listed on the agency's project priority 
 10.29  list, in priority order.  In the case of multijurisdictional 
 10.30  projects when the United States Department of Agriculture Rural 
 10.31  Development is unable to fully fund up to one-half of the 
 10.32  eligible grant amount, the authority may provide up to an 
 10.33  additional $1,000,000 for each municipality participating up to 
 10.34  the limits under paragraph (c) but not to exceed the maximum 
 10.35  grant level determined by the United States Department of 
 10.36  Agriculture Rural Development as needed to keep the project 
 11.1   affordable.  For municipalities that are not eligible for United 
 11.2   States Department of Agriculture Rural Development funding for 
 11.3   wastewater, the authority shall provide supplemental assistance 
 11.4   for:  (1) essential project component costs calculated by first 
 11.5   determining the amount needed to reduce a municipality's annual 
 11.6   residential sewer costs to 1.4 percent of the municipality's 
 11.7   median household income or $25 per month per household, 
 11.8   whichever is greater, and then multiplying that amount by 80 
 11.9   percent to determine the actual award amount to supplement loans 
 11.10  under section 446A.07; and (2) up to 50 percent of the 
 11.11  incremental costs specifically identified by the agency as being 
 11.12  attributable to more stringent wastewater standards required to 
 11.13  protect outstanding resource value waters or outstanding 
 11.14  international resource value waters. 
 11.15     (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), in the event that a 
 11.16  municipality's monthly residential sewer service charges average 
 11.17  above $50, the authority will provide 90 percent of the grant 
 11.18  amount needed to reduce the average monthly sewer service charge 
 11.19  to $50, provided the project is ranked in the top 50 percentile 
 11.20  of the agency's intended use plan. 
 11.21     (f) The authority shall provide supplemental assistance to 
 11.22  a municipality that would not otherwise qualify for supplemental 
 11.23  assistance if: 
 11.24     (1) the municipality voluntarily accepts a sewer connection 
 11.25  from another governmental unit to serve residential, industrial, 
 11.26  or commercial developments that were completed before March 1, 
 11.27  1996, or are on lots whose plats were recorded before that date; 
 11.28  and 
 11.29     (2) fees charged by the municipality for the connection 
 11.30  must take into account state and federal grants used by the 
 11.31  municipality for the construction of the treatment plant. 
 11.32  The amount of supplemental assistance under this paragraph must 
 11.33  be sufficient to reduce debt service payments under section 
 11.34  446A.07 to an extent equivalent to a zero percent loan in an 
 11.35  amount up to the other governmental unit's project costs 
 11.36  necessary for connection.  Eligibility for supplemental 
 12.1   assistance under this paragraph ends three years after the 
 12.2   agency certifies that the connection has met the operational 
 12.3   performance standards established by the agency. 
 12.4      Sec. 18.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 
 12.5   30, is amended to read: 
 12.6   Subd. 30.  Itasca County School-to-Work
 12.7   Technology Center                                     2,000,000 
 12.8   For a grant to Itasca county to design 
 12.9   and construct a school-to-work 
 12.10  technology center in conjunction with 
 12.11  the school district, the city of 
 12.12  Nashwauk, and private industry.  Each 
 12.13  dollar of state money must be matched 
 12.14  by $1 of nonstate money.  For every 
 12.15  dollar of nonstate money committed to 
 12.16  the project, two dollars of this 
 12.17  appropriation are available to the 
 12.18  county, up to the total amount 
 12.19  appropriated.  
 12.20  This appropriation is from the general 
 12.21  fund. 
 12.22     Sec. 19.  [PEOPLE, INC. NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY SUPPORT 
 12.23  PROGRAM.] 
 12.24     The grant in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 18, 
 12.25  subdivision 4, must be paid to People, Inc. to purchase, 
 12.26  remodel, and complete accessibility upgrades to an existing 
 12.27  building or to acquire land or construct a building to be used 
 12.28  by the People, Inc. North Side Community Support Program, which 
 12.29  may provide office space for state employees.  
 12.30     Sec. 20.  [RED LAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACILITY.] 
 12.31     The grant in Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, 
 12.32  subdivision 27, to the Red Lake tribal council must be used to 
 12.33  construct an educational and training facility and an economic 
 12.34  development facility on land assigned by the council on the Red 
 12.35  Lake reservation.  
 12.36     Sec. 21.  [LAWRENCE HALL REMODELING.] 
 12.37     The cost of remodeling the top floor of Lawrence Hall at 
 12.38  St. Cloud State University for student housing, as authorized by 
 12.39  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 3, subdivision 19, 
 12.40  must be paid entirely with money from other than state sources. 
 12.41     Sec. 22.  [FERGUS FALLS OFFICE FACILITY.] 
 12.42     The appropriation in Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, 
 13.1   section 7, subdivision 3, may also be used to acquire, remodel, 
 13.2   and refurbish facilities for a consolidated area office and 
 13.3   service facility in Fergus Falls. 
 13.4      Sec. 23.  [GUTHRIE THEATER APPROPRIATION; CONDITIONS.] 
 13.5      The appropriation in Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, 
 13.6   section 14, subdivision 3, may be used to predesign and begin 
 13.7   design of a new Guthrie Theater and need not be used to acquire 
 13.8   and prepare a site for the theater nor to construct, furnish, 
 13.9   and equip it. 
 13.10     Sec. 24.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.11     This act is effective the day following final enactment.