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; reenacting certain 
  1.8             corrections made by Laws 2000, chapter 499, sections 
  1.9             12, 15, 17, and 18; amending Laws 2000, chapter 492, 
  1.10            article 1, section 7, subdivision 3. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.13     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.14  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.15  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.16  public purposes, including, but not limited to, acquiring and 
  1.17  bettering public land and buildings and other public 
  1.18  improvements of a capital nature, as specified in this act.  
  1.19  Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are 
  1.20  available until the project is completed or abandoned. 
  1.21                              SUMMARY 
  1.22                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  1.23  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING                 $   ..,...,...
  1.24  TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                   $   ..,...,...
  1.25  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                $   ..,...,...
  1.26  ADMINISTRATION                                   $   ..,...,...
  1.27  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                         $   ..,...,...
  1.28  BOND SALE EXPENSES                               $      ...,...
  2.1   TOTAL                                            $  ...,...,...
  2.2   Bond Proceeds Fund                               $  ...,...,...
  2.3   Maximum Effort School Loan Fund                  $  ...,...,...
  2.4   Sec. 2.   CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND LEARNING       $   ..,...,...
  2.5   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
  2.6   children, families, and learning for 
  2.7   the purposes specified in this section. 
  2.8   Subd. 2.  Metropolitan Magnet Schools                 .,...,...
  2.9   For a metropolitan magnet school grant 
  2.10  to school district No. 6067, 
  2.11  Tri-District, to complete construction 
  2.12  of, furnish, and equip the East Metro 
  2.13  middle school.  This appropriation is 
  2.14  added to the appropriations in Laws 
  2.15  1998, chapter 404, section 5, 
  2.16  subdivision 5; Laws 1999, chapter 240, 
  2.17  article 1, section 3; and Laws 2000, 
  2.18  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, 
  2.19  subdivision 2, for the same project. 
  2.20  Subd. 3.  Maximum Effort Capital      
  2.21  Loan                                                 ..,...,...
  2.22  For a capital loan to independent 
  2.23  school district No. 2580, East Central, 
  2.24  under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  2.25  126C.60 to 126C.72.  A capital loan in 
  2.26  this amount is approved. 
  2.27  Notwithstanding the timelines in 
  2.28  Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69, 
  2.29  subdivision 3, 6, 7, or 11, or the 
  2.30  application limitation in Laws 2000, 
  2.31  chapter 492, article 1, section 5, 
  2.32  subdivision 5, independent school 
  2.33  district No. 2580, East Central, may 
  2.34  apply to the department of children, 
  2.35  families, and learning for a maximum 
  2.36  effort capital loan. 
  2.37  The commissioner of children, families, 
  2.38  and learning shall complete the review 
  2.39  and comment process according to 
  2.40  Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69, 
  2.41  subdivisions 3, 4, 5, and 8, for the 
  2.42  project approved in this subdivision. 
  2.43  Sec. 3.   TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT          $   ..,...,...
  2.44  To the commissioner of trade and 
  2.45  economic development for grants to 
  2.46  local units of government in the areas 
  2.47  designated under the Presidential 
  2.48  Declaration of Major Disaster No. 1333, 
  2.49  whether included in the original 
  2.50  declaration or added later by federal 
  2.51  government amendment, to pay costs not 
  2.52  covered by federal disaster programs 
  2.53  for publicly owned capital 
  2.54  improvements, including storm drainage 
  2.55  system improvements, acquisition, 
  2.56  relocation, and other mitigation 
  2.57  measures.  
  2.58  $...,... of this appropriation is for 
  3.1   projects in the Red River basin. 
  3.2   $.,...,... of this appropriation is for 
  3.3   a grant to the city of Eagan.  
  3.4   $.,...,... of this appropriation is for 
  3.5   a grant to the city of Austin. 
  3.6   Sec. 4.   BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES  
  3.7   Minnesota River basin
  3.8   conservation reserve enhancement program             ..,...,...
  3.9   This appropriation is to the board of 
  3.10  water and soil resources.  $..,...,... 
  3.11  is to acquire easements, and $.,...,... 
  3.12  is for administrative costs to acquire 
  3.13  the easements.  These appropriations 
  3.14  must be used to acquire easements and 
  3.15  implement conservation practices on 
  3.16  frequently flooded cropland, including 
  3.17  land within the 100-year floodplain and 
  3.18  the major tributaries; on marginal 
  3.19  cropland along rivers and streams; and 
  3.20  on drained or altered wetlands in the 
  3.21  Minnesota River basin to protect soil, 
  3.22  enhance water quality, and support fish 
  3.23  and wildlife habitat as provided in 
  3.24  Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.515 
  3.25  and 103F.516.  
  3.26  Sec. 5.   ADMINISTRATION                              .,...,...
  3.27  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
  3.28  administration for the purposes 
  3.29  specified in this section. 
  3.30  Subd. 2.  CAPRA; State Office Building                .,...,...
  3.31  For capital asset preservation and 
  3.32  replacement, to be spent in accordance 
  3.33  with Minnesota Statutes, section 
  3.34  16A.632. 
  3.35  To complete tuckpointing and masonry 
  3.36  repair on the north and west sides of 
  3.37  the state office building and the 
  3.38  associated remediation work on the 
  3.39  inside of those exterior walls. 
  3.40  Subd. 3.  Electrical Utility                          .,...,...
  3.41  Infrastructure, Phase 5 
  3.42  To upgrade the primary electrical 
  3.43  distribution system in the capitol 
  3.44  complex. 
  3.45  Sec. 6.   POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                   ..,...,...
  3.46  Closed Landfill Cleanup Program
  3.47  To the commissioner of the pollution 
  3.48  control agency for capital costs of 
  3.49  response actions at qualified 
  3.50  facilities under the closed landfill 
  3.51  cleanup program under Minnesota 
  3.52  Statutes, sections 115B.39 to 115B.445. 
  3.53  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
  3.54  section 16A.642, any part of this 
  3.55  appropriation not expended, encumbered, 
  3.56  or otherwise obligated on February 1, 
  4.1   2005, must be included in the report 
  4.2   submitted under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.3   section 16A.642, in 2005. 
  4.4   Sec. 7.   BOND SALE EXPENSES                            ...,...
  4.5   To the commissioner of finance for bond 
  4.6   sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.7   section 16A.641, subdivision 8. 
  4.8   Sec. 8.   BOND SALE SCHEDULE                                   
  4.9   The commissioner of finance shall 
  4.10  schedule the sale of state general 
  4.11  obligation bonds so that, during the 
  4.12  biennium ending June 30, 2003, no more 
  4.13  than $....... will need to be 
  4.14  transferred from the general fund to 
  4.15  the state bond fund to pay principal 
  4.16  and interest due and to become due on 
  4.17  outstanding state general obligation 
  4.18  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
  4.19  each sale of state general obligation 
  4.20  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
  4.21  shall calculate the amount of debt 
  4.22  service payments needed on bonds 
  4.23  previously issued and shall estimate 
  4.24  the amount of debt service payments 
  4.25  that will be needed on the bonds 
  4.26  scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
  4.27  shall adjust the amount of bonds 
  4.28  scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
  4.29  within the limit set by this section.  
  4.30  The amount needed to make the debt 
  4.31  service payments is appropriated from 
  4.32  the general fund as provided in 
  4.33  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
  4.34     Sec. 9.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
  4.35     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
  4.36  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
  4.37  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
  4.38  in an amount up to $...,...,... in the manner, on the terms, and 
  4.39  with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  4.40  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
  4.41  XI, sections 4 to 7. 
  4.42     Subd. 2.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT SCHOOL LOAN FUND.] To provide the 
  4.43  money appropriated by this act from the maximum effort school 
  4.44  loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
  4.45  bonds of the state in an amount up to $..,...,... in the manner, 
  4.46  on the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
  4.47  Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
  4.48  Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The proceeds of the 
  4.49  bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the 
  4.50  sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account 
  5.1   in the maximum effort school loan fund. 
  5.2      Sec. 10.  Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 7, 
  5.3   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  5.4   Subd. 3.  Office Facility Development                 3,250,000 
  5.5   To design, acquire, remodel, refurbish, 
  5.6   construct, furnish, and equip a 
  5.7   consolidated area office and service 
  5.8   facility in Fergus Falls. 
  5.9      Sec. 11.  [WIF; EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.10     Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 60, is effective 
  5.11  for grants and loans for which application is made after January 
  5.12  1, 2000. 
  5.13     Sec. 12.  [REENACTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO 2000 BOND 
  5.14  PROVISIONS.] 
  5.15     The amendments made to Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, 
  5.16  section 1; section 22, subdivision 3; section 25; and section 
  5.17  26, subdivision 1; by Laws 2000, chapter 499, sections 12, 15, 
  5.18  17, and 18, respectively, are reenacted. 
  5.19     Sec. 13.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  5.20     This act is effective the day following final enactment.