1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending 
  1.3             to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
  1.4             other public improvements of a capital nature with 
  1.5             certain conditions; making adjustments to previous 
  1.6             bond authorizations; authorizing sale of state bonds; 
  1.7             canceling an earlier appropriation and appropriating 
  1.8             money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 
  1.9             16A.671, subdivision 3; 16A.695, subdivision 3, by 
  1.10            adding a subdivision; 41B.03, subdivision 3; 41B.039, 
  1.11            subdivision 2; 41B.04, subdivision 8; 41B.042, 
  1.12            subdivision 4; 41B.043, subdivision 1b, by adding a 
  1.13            subdivision; 41B.045, subdivision 2; 41B.046, 
  1.14            subdivision 5; 41C.02, subdivision 12; 116J.571; 
  1.15            116J.572, subdivisions 2, 4; 116J.573, subdivisions 1, 
  1.16            2, 4, 5; 116J.574, subdivision 2; 116J.575, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; 116P.08, subdivision 2; 136F.60, by 
  1.18            adding a subdivision; 446A.12, subdivision 1; 446A.14; 
  1.19            446A.17; 446A.19; Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, 
  1.20            section 124D.10, subdivision 3; Laws 1998, chapter 
  1.21            404, section 23, subdivision 17, as amended; Laws 
  1.22            2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, 
  1.23            section 15; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.24            Statutes, chapter 16A; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
  1.25            2002, section 16B.325. 
  1.26  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.27                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.28                APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGE 
  1.29  Section 1.  [CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.30     The sums in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.31  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, 
  1.32  to the state agencies or officials indicated, to be spent for 
  1.33  public purposes.  Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent 
  1.34  as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  1.35  5, paragraph (a), to acquire and better public land and 
  2.1   buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
  2.2   as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 
  2.3   5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or article XIV.  Unless otherwise 
  2.4   specified, the appropriations in this act are available until 
  2.5   the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
  2.6   Statutes, section 16A.642.  
  2.7                               SUMMARY 
  2.8   UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA                          $   90,480,000 
  2.9   MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES           145,817,000 
  2.10  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION                     1,100,000 
  2.11  EDUCATION                                             1,054,000 
  2.12  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                             4,255,000 
  2.13  NATURAL RESOURCES                                    49,400,000 
  2.14  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                             14,000,000 
  2.15  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE                    4,000,000 
  2.16  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES                    24,500,000 
  2.17  AGRICULTURE                                          18,570,000 
  2.18  ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN                                     2,000,000 
  2.19  ADMINISTRATION                                        1,000,000 
  2.20  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD         2,735,000 
  2.21  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION                            18,100,000 
  2.22  MILITARY AFFAIRS                                      5,000,000 
  2.23  VETERANS AFFAIRS                                        500,000 
  2.24  TRANSPORTATION                                      101,300,000 
  2.25  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL                                 17,000,000 
  2.26  HUMAN SERVICES                                        9,014,000 
  2.27  VETERANS HOMES BOARD                                  7,077,000 
  2.28  CORRECTIONS                                          65,433,000 
  2.29  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT                  61,480,000 
  2.30  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY                          4,000,000 
  2.31  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS                     34,248,000 
  2.32  BOND SALE EXPENSES                                      667,000 
  2.33  CANCELLATIONS                                       (20,000,000)
  2.34  TOTAL                                            $  662,730,000 
  2.35  Bond Proceeds Fund 
  2.36  (General Fund Debt Service)                         590,125,000 
  3.1   Bond Proceeds Fund  
  3.2   (User Financed Debt Service)                         56,240,000  
  3.3   State Transportation Fund
  3.4   Bond Proceeds Account                                30,000,000
  3.5   General Fund                                          2,565,000
  3.6   Bond Proceeds Cancellations                         (20,000,000)
  3.7   Trunk Highway Fund                                    3,800,000
  3.8                                                    APPROPRIATIONS
  3.9                                                    $ 
  3.10  Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA 
  3.11  Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Regents
  3.12  of the University of Minnesota for the 
  3.13  purposes specified in this section                   90,480,000 
  3.14  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  3.15  Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR)                 38,000,000 
  3.16  To be spent in accordance with 
  3.17  Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046.  
  3.18  Subd. 3.  Academic Health Center, 
  3.19  Minneapolis                                           9,600,000
  3.20  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.21  classrooms in the academic health care 
  3.22  facility to provide flexible space, 
  3.23  including computer-based testing 
  3.24  facilities, computer labs, and 
  3.25  simulation facilities for health 
  3.26  professional education. 
  3.27  Subd. 4.  Duluth Life Science 
  3.28  Building                                              9,300,000
  3.29  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.30  the Life Science Building for the 
  3.31  pharmacy program and other academic 
  3.32  programs on the Duluth campus.  The 
  3.33  renovation may include, but is not 
  3.34  limited to, improvements to correct air 
  3.35  quality problems, life safety and 
  3.36  accessibility code deficiencies, 
  3.37  asbestos, and fireproofing of the 
  3.38  facility. 
  3.39  Subd. 5.  Education Sciences - Minneapolis           13,300,000
  3.40  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.41  the Education Sciences Building.  
  3.42  Subd. 6.  Kolthoff Hall - 
  3.43  Minneapolis                                          16,000,000
  3.44  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  3.45  Kolthoff Hall to correct air quality 
  3.46  problems in the facility that may 
  3.47  include, but is not limited to, repair 
  3.48  or replacement of the mechanical, 
  3.49  electrical, and HVAC systems. 
  3.50  Subd. 7.  Morris District Facilities                  2,890,000
  3.51  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  3.52  equip an addition to the heating plant 
  4.1   to provide the capacity to generate 
  4.2   steam by burning biomass. 
  4.3   Subd. 8.   Business School and  
  4.4   Utility Infrastructure - Duluth                       1,000,000
  4.5   To design a new building, including 
  4.6   classrooms, offices, teaching 
  4.7   laboratories, student services, and 
  4.8   administrative support for the Labovitz 
  4.9   School of Business and Economics and to 
  4.10  design upgrades for the central utility 
  4.11  distribution system to accommodate 
  4.12  increased demand.  
  4.13  Subd. 9.  North Central Research and 
  4.14  Outreach Center                                         390,000
  4.15  To construct a building at the North 
  4.16  Central Outreach Center at Grand Rapids 
  4.17  to accommodate the farm machinery 
  4.18  repair, maintenance, and carpentry 
  4.19  shops. 
  4.20  Subd. 10.  University Bonds 
  4.21  The Board of Regents shall issue bonds 
  4.22  for remaining costs associated with 
  4.23  projects authorized by subdivisions 3 
  4.24  to 9. 
  4.25  Sec. 3.  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
  4.26  UNIVERSITIES 
  4.27  Subdivision 1.  To the Board of Trustees
  4.28  of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
  4.29  Universities for the purposes specified in 
  4.30  this section                                        145,817,000
  4.31  Subd. 2.  Higher Education Asset
  4.32  Preservation and Replacement                         49,000,000
  4.33  This appropriation is for the purposes 
  4.34  specified in Minnesota Statutes, 
  4.35  section 135A.046, including safety and 
  4.36  statutory compliance, envelope 
  4.37  integrity, mechanical systems, and 
  4.38  space restoration.  
  4.39  Subd. 3.  Winona State University                    10,235,000
  4.40  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  4.41  Pasteur Hall for classrooms, science 
  4.42  laboratories, and related offices. 
  4.43  Subd. 4.  Minnesota State University - 
  4.44  Moorhead                                              9,645,000
  4.45  To renovate, furnish, and equip Hagen 
  4.46  Hall for classrooms, science 
  4.47  laboratories, and related offices. 
  4.48  Subd. 5.  Century Community and        
  4.49  Technical College                                     4,500,000
  4.50  To remodel, furnish, and equip recently 
  4.51  purchased space into a computer center, 
  4.52  offices, and smart classrooms. 
  4.53  Subd. 6.  St. Cloud State University                  2,900,000 
  5.1   To remodel, furnish, and equip 
  5.2   Centennial Hall to convert it from a 
  5.3   library to classroom and office space.  
  5.4   This appropriation is added to the 
  5.5   appropriation in Laws 2003, First 
  5.6   Special Session chapter 20, article 1, 
  5.7   section 3, subdivision 16. 
  5.8   Subd. 7.  Lake Superior Community      
  5.9   and Technical College                                 8,300,000
  5.10  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.11  equip an academic addition for smart 
  5.12  classrooms and open laboratories. 
  5.13  Subd. 8.  St. Cloud Technical College                12,960,000
  5.14  To design, construct, furnish, and 
  5.15  equip a building addition and to 
  5.16  renovate, furnish, and equip classroom 
  5.17  space into science space for allied 
  5.18  health programs and the co-location of 
  5.19  a workforce center. 
  5.20  Subd. 9.  South Central Technical                              
  5.21  College                                               4,747,000
  5.22  To remodel, furnish, and equip teaching 
  5.23  laboratories at the North Mankato 
  5.24  campus and for asset preservation at 
  5.25  the Faribault campus. 
  5.26  Subd. 10.  Inver Hills Community
  5.27  College                                               4,500,000
  5.28  To construct, furnish, and equip an 
  5.29  addition to and remodel space in the 
  5.30  College Center Building. 
  5.31  Subd. 11.  Bemidji State University,                    
  5.32  Northwest Technical College, Bemidji-Phase 2         10,000,000 
  5.33  To remodel, furnish, and equip 
  5.34  Bridgeman Hall for the emerging 
  5.35  technologies addition project and to 
  5.36  construct, furnish, and equip a 
  5.37  technical college addition for 
  5.38  shared-use of health care programs and 
  5.39  industrial technology programs of 
  5.40  Bemidji State University and Northwest 
  5.41  Technical College. 
  5.42  Subd. 12.  Systemwide Science Lab 
  5.43  Renovations                                           8,900,000
  5.44  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.45  science laboratories at campuses 
  5.46  statewide. 
  5.47  Subd. 13.  Riverland Community and
  5.48  Technical College                                     4,100,000
  5.49  To design, remodel, furnish, and equip 
  5.50  existing space into labs and classrooms 
  5.51  at the Austin campus. 
  5.52  Subd. 14.  Rochester Community and 
  5.53  Technical College                                    10,945,000
  5.54  To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
  5.55  the vacant Rockenbach gymnasium, part 
  6.1   of the Heintz center, and part of the 
  6.2   main campus buildings into a health 
  6.3   science center to co-locate nursing 
  6.4   programs, expand the dental clinic, and 
  6.5   create a community primary care clinic. 
  6.6   Subd. 15.  Systemwide Demolition
  6.7   Initiative                                            1,625,000
  6.8   To demolish obsolete buildings on ten 
  6.9   campuses. 
  6.10  Subd. 16.  Minnesota State University - 
  6.11  Mankato                                               2,560,000
  6.12  To design, through construction 
  6.13  documents, an addition to and partial 
  6.14  remodeling of Trafton Science Center to 
  6.15  provide additional science labs and 
  6.16  remodel existing science labs.  
  6.17  Subd. 17.  St. Cloud State University                   900,000
  6.18  To design, through construction 
  6.19  documents, renovation of Brown Hall for 
  6.20  science and health care instruction. 
  6.21  Subd. 18.  Debt Service
  6.22  (a) The board shall pay the debt 
  6.23  service on one-third of the principal 
  6.24  amount of state bonds sold to finance 
  6.25  projects authorized by this section, 
  6.26  except for higher education asset 
  6.27  preservation and replacement in 
  6.28  subdivision 2.  After each sale of 
  6.29  general obligation bonds, the 
  6.30  commissioner of finance shall notify 
  6.31  the board of the amounts assessed for 
  6.32  each year for the life of the bonds. 
  6.33  (b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
  6.34  board's assessment each year by 
  6.35  one-third of the net income from 
  6.36  investment of general obligation bond 
  6.37  proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
  6.38  principal and interest otherwise 
  6.39  required to be paid by the board.  The 
  6.40  board shall pay its resulting net 
  6.41  assessment to the commissioner of 
  6.42  finance by December 1 each year.  If 
  6.43  the board fails to make a payment when 
  6.44  due, the commissioner of finance shall 
  6.45  reduce allotments for appropriations 
  6.46  from the general fund otherwise 
  6.47  available to the board and apply the 
  6.48  amount of the reduction to cover the 
  6.49  missed debt service payment.  The 
  6.50  commissioner of finance shall credit 
  6.51  the payments received from the board to 
  6.52  the bond debt service account in the 
  6.53  state bond fund each December 1 before 
  6.54  money is transferred from the general 
  6.55  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  6.56  16A.641, subdivision 10. 
  6.57  Sec. 4.  PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS EDUCATION 
  6.58  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
  6.59  of administration for the purposes
  6.60  specified in this section                             1,100,000
  7.1   Subd. 2.  Campus Asset Preservation                     600,000 
  7.2   For asset preservation capital 
  7.3   improvements on the campus including, 
  7.4   but not limited to, construction or 
  7.5   repair of perimeter fencing, sidewalks, 
  7.6   roads, sewers, the addition of an air 
  7.7   conditioning chiller, and mold 
  7.8   abatement. 
  7.9   Subd. 3.  Beta Building Demolition                      500,000
  7.10  To demolish the Beta Building on the 
  7.11  Perpich Center Campus, dispose of any 
  7.12  hazardous materials, and fill the site. 
  7.13  Sec. 5.  EDUCATION 
  7.14  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
  7.15  education for the purposes specified in
  7.16  this section                                          1,054,000
  7.17  Subd. 2.  East Metro Magnet
  7.18  School - Crosswinds Middle School                     1,054,000
  7.19  For a grant to East Metro Integration 
  7.20  District No. 6067, to complete land 
  7.21  acquisition of the current site for the 
  7.22  Crosswinds Arts and Science Middle 
  7.23  School. 
  7.24  Sec. 6.  MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES                    4,255,000 
  7.25  To the commissioner of administration 
  7.26  for asset preservation capital 
  7.27  improvements on both campuses of the 
  7.28  Minnesota State Academies for the Deaf 
  7.29  and the Blind.  
  7.30  Sec. 7.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
  7.31  Subdivision 1.  To the 
  7.32  commissioner of natural resources 
  7.33  for the purposes specified
  7.34  in this section                                      49,400,000
  7.35  Subd. 2.  Flood Hazard Mitigation
  7.36  Grants                                               20,000,000
  7.37  For the state share of flood hazard 
  7.38  mitigation grants for publicly owned 
  7.39  capital improvements to prevent or 
  7.40  alleviate flood damage under Minnesota 
  7.41  Statutes, section 103F.161. 
  7.42  $175,000 of this amount is for the 
  7.43  state share of a grant to the city of 
  7.44  Cannon Falls. 
  7.45  $3,400,000 of this amount is for the 
  7.46  state share of flood hazard mitigation 
  7.47  grants for the Roseau River Wildlife 
  7.48  Management Area, Palmville, Malung, and 
  7.49  the Grand Marais Creek Flood Reduction 
  7.50  Project in the Red Lake Watershed 
  7.51  District. 
  7.52  For grants for the Roseau River 
  7.53  Wildlife Management Area, Palmville, 
  7.54  and Malung, the state share must be $3 
  8.1   for each $1 of nonstate contribution. 
  8.2   To the extent that the cost of the 
  8.3   projects in Montevideo, Breckenridge, 
  8.4   East Grand Forks, Ada, Roseau, Oakport 
  8.5   Township, Granite Falls, Warren, and 
  8.6   Dawson exceed two percent of the median 
  8.7   household income in the municipality 
  8.8   multiplied by the number of households 
  8.9   in the municipality, this appropriation 
  8.10  is also for the local share of the 
  8.11  project. 
  8.12  Subd. 3.  Dam Renovation and 
  8.13  Removal                                               1,200,000
  8.14  To renovate or remove publicly owned 
  8.15  dams.  The commissioner shall determine 
  8.16  project priorities as appropriate under 
  8.17  Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.511 
  8.18  and 103G.515. 
  8.19  $200,000 of this amount is to remove 
  8.20  the dam on Rush Creek in Chisago 
  8.21  County, restore the river channel and 
  8.22  floodplain, and construct off-channel 
  8.23  ponds for storm water retention and 
  8.24  recreation. 
  8.25  Subd. 4.  RIM - Critical Habitat 
  8.26  Match                                                 2,000,000
  8.27  To provide the state match for the 
  8.28  critical habitat private sector 
  8.29  matching account under Minnesota 
  8.30  Statutes, section 84.943, for the 
  8.31  acquisition or improvements of a 
  8.32  capital nature for critical fish, 
  8.33  wildlife, and native plant habitats. 
  8.34  Subd. 5.  RIM - Wildlife Area Land
  8.35  Acquisition                                           6,000,000
  8.36  To acquire land for wildlife management 
  8.37  area purposes under Minnesota Statutes, 
  8.38  section 86A.05, subdivision 8. 
  8.39  Subd. 6.  Fisheries Acquisition and
  8.40  Improvement                                           1,000,000
  8.41  To acquire land and interests in land 
  8.42  for aquatic management areas and to 
  8.43  make public improvements and 
  8.44  betterments of a capital nature to 
  8.45  aquatic management areas established 
  8.46  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.47  86A.05, subdivision 14. 
  8.48  Subd. 7.  Water Access Acquisition,
  8.49  Betterment, and Fishing Piers                         3,000,000
  8.50  For public water access acquisition, 
  8.51  construction, and renovation to capital 
  8.52  projects on lakes and rivers, including 
  8.53  water access through the provision of 
  8.54  fishing piers and shoreline access 
  8.55  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  8.56  86A.05, subdivision 9. 
  8.57  Subd. 8.  Reforestation                               3,000,000
  9.1   To increase reforestation activities to 
  9.2   meet the reforestation requirements of 
  9.3   Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002, 
  9.4   subdivision 2, including planting, 
  9.5   seeding, site preparation, and 
  9.6   purchasing tree seeds and seedlings. 
  9.7   Subd. 9.  Scientific and Natural 
  9.8   Area Acquisition and Development                        300,000
  9.9   To acquire land for scientific and 
  9.10  natural areas and for development, 
  9.11  protection, or improvements of a 
  9.12  capital nature to scientific and 
  9.13  natural areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.14  sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 
  9.15  5. 
  9.16  Subd. 10.  State and Local Trail 
  9.17  Development and Acquisition                           5,500,000
  9.18  (a) $5,000,000 is for accelerated state 
  9.19  trail development.  Of this amount:  
  9.20  (1) $200,000 is for acquisition and 
  9.21  development of the Goodhue Pioneer 
  9.22  Trail; (2) $450,000 is for design, 
  9.23  acquisition, and construction of the 
  9.24  segment of the Shooting Star Trail from 
  9.25  Leroy to Rose Creek; (3) $1,500,000 is 
  9.26  for extension across Excelsior Road to 
  9.27  connect with the Oberstar Tunnel on the 
  9.28  Paul Bunyan Trail; (4) $450,000 is for 
  9.29  development of the Forestville segment 
  9.30  of the Blufflands Trail system; (5) 
  9.31  $900,000 is for acquisition and 
  9.32  preliminary development of the 
  9.33  undeveloped portion of the Paul Bunyan 
  9.34  State Trail in the city of Bemidji; (6) 
  9.35  $1,000,000 is for acquisition and 
  9.36  development of the Mill Towns State 
  9.37  Trail between the existing Cannon 
  9.38  Valley Trail and the Sakatah Singing 
  9.39  Hills State Trail; and (7) $300,000 is 
  9.40  for land acquisition, engineering, and 
  9.41  construction of the Lake Koronis State 
  9.42  Trail.  
  9.43  (b) $500,000 is for a grant to the city 
  9.44  of St. Louis Park to design and 
  9.45  construct a grade-separated pedestrian 
  9.46  and trail crossing over Hennepin County 
  9.47  State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 25 near Belt 
  9.48  Line Boulevard in St. Louis Park.  The 
  9.49  grant is under the program in Minnesota 
  9.50  Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 
  9.51  4c. 
  9.52  (c) $200,000 is for a grant under 
  9.53  Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
  9.54  subdivision 4c, to the city of 
  9.55  Bloomington to remove the old Cedar 
  9.56  Avenue bridge in preparation for a 
  9.57  hiking and bicycling trail connection. 
  9.58  Subd. 11.  State Forest Land Acquisition              1,000,000
  9.59  To acquire, in fee and easement, 
  9.60  private lands from willing sellers 
  9.61  within established boundaries of state 
  9.62  forests established under Minnesota 
  9.63  Statutes, section 89.021, and within 
 10.1   forest legacy areas. 
 10.2   Subd. 12.  State Park and Recreation Area
 10.3   Acquisition                                           2,000,000
 10.4   For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
 10.5   Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 
 10.6   2 and 3, from willing sellers of 
 10.7   private lands within state park and 
 10.8   recreation area boundaries established 
 10.9   by law. 
 10.10  Subd. 13.  Lake Superior Zoo                            400,000
 10.11  For a grant to the city of Duluth to 
 10.12  design and construct facility 
 10.13  improvements at the Lake Superior Zoo.  
 10.14  This appropriation is available when 
 10.15  matched by $1 of money secured or 
 10.16  provided by the city of Duluth for each 
 10.17  $1 of state money. 
 10.18  Subd. 14.  Local Parks Grants                         1,000,000
 10.19  For local parks grants under Minnesota 
 10.20  Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 2.
 10.21  $500,000 of this amount is for a grant 
 10.22  to the city of South St. Paul for the 
 10.23  closure, capping, and remediation of 
 10.24  approximately 80 acres of the Port 
 10.25  Crosby construction and demolition 
 10.26  debris landfill in South St. Paul, as 
 10.27  the fourth phase of converting the land 
 10.28  into parkland, and to restore 
 10.29  approximately 80 acres of riverfront 
 10.30  land along the Mississippi River. 
 10.31  $250,000 of this amount is for a grant 
 10.32  to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation 
 10.33  Board to develop a plan to complete the 
 10.34  Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway by 
 10.35  providing a link between northeast 
 10.36  Minneapolis on Stinson Avenue and 
 10.37  southeast Minneapolis at East River 
 10.38  Road. 
 10.39  Subd. 15.  Regional Parks: 
 10.40  Greater Minnesota                                     3,000,000
 10.41  For grants to counties and public 
 10.42  regional parks organizations located 
 10.43  outside the metropolitan area as 
 10.44  defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 10.45  473.121, subdivision 2, to acquire 
 10.46  land, design, and construct and 
 10.47  redevelop regional parks and trails, 
 10.48  open space, and recreational 
 10.49  facilities.  The improvements must be 
 10.50  of a capital nature.  Each $3 of state 
 10.51  grants must be matched by $2 of 
 10.52  nonstate funds. 
 10.53  Sec. 8.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY                    14,000,000 
 10.54  To the Pollution Control Agency to 
 10.55  design and construct remedial systems 
 10.56  and acquire land at landfills 
 10.57  throughout the state in accordance with 
 10.58  the closed landfill program under 
 10.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 115B.39. 
 11.1   Sec. 9.  OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE           4,000,000 
 11.2   To the Office of Environmental 
 11.3   Assistance for the solid waste capital 
 11.4   assistance grants program under 
 11.5   Minnesota Statutes, section 115A.54.  
 11.6   Grants from this appropriation must be 
 11.7   awarded to applicants whose 
 11.8   applications were on file with the 
 11.9   office before September 13, 2003. 
 11.10  Sec. 10.  BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES 
 11.11  Subdivision 1.  To the Board 
 11.12  of Water and Soil Resources for the 
 11.13  purposes specified in this section                   24,500,000 
 11.14  Subd. 2.  RIM and CREP Conservation
 11.15  Easements                                            21,500,000 
 11.16  This appropriation is to acquire 
 11.17  conservation easements from landowners 
 11.18  on marginal lands to protect soil and 
 11.19  water quality and to support fish and 
 11.20  wildlife habitat as provided in 
 11.21  Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515. 
 11.22  $1,500,000 of this amount is 
 11.23  appropriated from the general fund to 
 11.24  implement the program. 
 11.25  Subd. 3.  Wetland Replacement          
 11.26  Due to Public Road Projects                           3,000,000
 11.27  To acquire land for wetlands or restore 
 11.28  wetlands to be used to replace wetlands 
 11.29  drained or filled as a result of the 
 11.30  repair, maintenance, or rehabilitation 
 11.31  of existing public roads as required by 
 11.32  Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
 11.33  subdivision 1, paragraphs (k) and (l). 
 11.34  The purchase price paid for acquisition 
 11.35  of land, fee, or perpetual easement 
 11.36  must be the fair market value as 
 11.37  determined by the board.  The board may 
 11.38  enter into agreements with the federal 
 11.39  government, other state agencies, 
 11.40  political subdivisions, and nonprofit 
 11.41  organizations or fee owners to acquire 
 11.42  land and restore and create wetlands 
 11.43  and to acquire existing wetland banking 
 11.44  credits with money provided by this 
 11.45  appropriation.  Acquisition of or the 
 11.46  conveyance of land may be in the name 
 11.47  of the political subdivision.  
 11.48  Sec. 11.  AGRICULTURE                                          
 11.49  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 11.50  agriculture or other named agencies for
 11.51  the purposes specified in this section               18,570,000
 11.52  Subd. 2.  Rural Finance Authority      
 11.53  Loan Participation                                   18,000,000
 11.54  For purposes as set forth in the 
 11.55  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 11.56  section 5, clause (h).  To the rural 
 11.57  finance authority to purchase 
 11.58  participation interests in or to make 
 12.1   direct agricultural loans to farmers 
 12.2   under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 41B.  
 12.3   This appropriation is for the beginning 
 12.4   farmer program under Minnesota 
 12.5   Statutes, section 41B.039, the loan 
 12.6   restructuring program under Minnesota 
 12.7   Statutes, section 41B.04, the 
 12.8   seller-sponsored program under 
 12.9   Minnesota Statutes, section 41B.042, 
 12.10  the agricultural improvement loan 
 12.11  program under Minnesota Statutes, 
 12.12  section 41B.043, and the livestock 
 12.13  expansion loan program under Minnesota 
 12.14  Statutes, section 41B.045.  All debt 
 12.15  service on bond proceeds used to 
 12.16  finance this appropriation must be 
 12.17  repaid by the rural finance authority 
 12.18  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 12.19  16A.643.  Loan participations must be 
 12.20  priced to provide full interest and 
 12.21  principal coverage and a reserve for 
 12.22  potential losses. 
 12.23  Subd. 3.  Agriculture Water Management 
 12.24  Research Partnership                                    570,000
 12.25  To the Board of Regents of the 
 12.26  University of Minnesota to establish or 
 12.27  expand agricultural water management 
 12.28  projects at the Crookston, Morris, 
 12.29  Lamberton, and Waseca Research and 
 12.30  Outreach Centers in partnership with 
 12.31  the Department of Agriculture. 
 12.32  Sec. 12.  MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL
 12.33  GARDEN                                                2,000,000
 12.34  To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for 
 12.35  capital asset preservation improvements 
 12.36  and betterments to roofs, mechanical 
 12.37  and utility systems, roads and 
 12.38  pathways, building envelopes, storm 
 12.39  water systems, exhibits, and safety and 
 12.40  code compliance upgrades. 
 12.41  Sec. 13.  ADMINISTRATION                              1,000,000
 12.42  To the commissioner of administration 
 12.43  for the Capital Asset Preservation and 
 12.44  Replacement Account (CAPRA), to be 
 12.45  spent in accordance with Minnesota 
 12.46  Statutes, section 16A.632.  
 12.47  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
 12.48  AND PLANNING BOARD                                    2,735,000
 12.49  To the commissioner of administration, 
 12.50  for repair and restoration of the 
 12.51  public corridors, walls, and ceilings 
 12.52  of the third floor and the dome of the 
 12.53  Capitol Building in St. Paul.  Of this 
 12.54  amount, $865,000 is from the general 
 12.55  fund for painting and plastering in the 
 12.56  Capitol Building. 
 12.57  Sec. 15.  AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION     
 12.58  Subdivision 1.  To the Amateur Sports
 12.59  Commission for the purposes specified 
 12.60  in this section                                      18,100,000
 13.1   Subd. 2.  Bemidji Hockey Arena                       18,000,000
 13.2   To design, construct, furnish, and 
 13.3   equip a hockey arena on the campus of 
 13.4   Bemidji State University.  The Amateur 
 13.5   Sports Commission must consult with 
 13.6   Bemidji State University on the 
 13.7   design.  The hockey arena is to be 
 13.8   owned by the Board of Trustees of the 
 13.9   Minnesota State Colleges and 
 13.10  Universities and operated by Bemidji 
 13.11  State University. 
 13.12  The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
 13.13  State Colleges and Universities shall 
 13.14  pay the debt service according to 
 13.15  section 3, subdivision 18, on one-third 
 13.16  of the principal amount of state bonds 
 13.17  sold to finance the project under this 
 13.18  section. 
 13.19  Subd. 3.  Bloomington Ski Jump                          100,000
 13.20  To pay for costs for unforeseen site 
 13.21  conditions in Phase I and for Phase II 
 13.22  construction, primarily, of the summer 
 13.23  surface on the Hyland K70 ski jump in 
 13.24  Bloomington. 
 13.25  Sec. 16.  MILITARY AFFAIRS 
 13.26  Subdivision 1.  To the adjutant
 13.27  general for the purposes specified
 13.28  in this section                                       5,000,000
 13.29  Subd. 2.  Asset Preservation                          4,000,000 
 13.30  For asset preservation improvements, 
 13.31  Americans With Disabilities Act 
 13.32  upgrades, and betterments of a capital 
 13.33  nature at military affairs facilities 
 13.34  statewide. 
 13.35  Subd. 3.  Facility Life Safety         
 13.36  Improvements                                          1,000,000
 13.37  For life/safety improvements, Americans 
 13.38  With Disabilities Act upgrades, and 
 13.39  betterments of a capital nature at 
 13.40  military affairs facilities statewide. 
 13.41  Sec. 17.  VETERANS AFFAIRS                              500,000 
 13.42  To the commissioner of administration 
 13.43  to complete construction of the World 
 13.44  War II veterans' memorial on the 
 13.45  Capitol mall.  This is the final state 
 13.46  appropriation for the project and is 
 13.47  contingent on sufficient nonstate funds 
 13.48  being received and deposited into a 
 13.49  segregated account for perpetual 
 13.50  maintenance of the memorial. 
 13.51  Sec. 18.  TRANSPORTATION 
 13.52  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 13.53  commissioner of transportation for 
 13.54  the purposes specified in this section              101,300,000
 13.55  Subd. 2.  Local Bridge Replacement
 13.56  and Rehabilitation                                   30,000,000
 14.1   This appropriation is from the bond 
 14.2   proceeds account in the state 
 14.3   transportation fund. 
 14.4   The commissioner shall spend this 
 14.5   appropriation as grants to political 
 14.6   subdivisions for the replacement, 
 14.7   rehabilitation, and repair of key 
 14.8   bridges on the state transportation 
 14.9   system.  The commissioner shall make 
 14.10  these grants in accordance with and for 
 14.11  the purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.12  section 174.50. 
 14.13  Subd. 3.  Local Road Improvement Program             22,000,000 
 14.14  The commissioner shall deposit this 
 14.15  amount in the local road improvement 
 14.16  fund for allocation as follows: 
 14.17  (1) $15,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 14.18  local road account for routes of 
 14.19  regional significance to be spent as 
 14.20  grants for the purposes of Minnesota 
 14.21  Statutes, section 174.52, subdivision 
 14.22  4; and 
 14.23  (2) $7,000,000 is for deposit in the 
 14.24  trunk highway corridor projects account 
 14.25  to be spent as grants for the purposes 
 14.26  of Minnesota Statutes, section 174.52, 
 14.27  subdivision 2. 
 14.28  Subd. 4.  Port Development Assistance                 4,000,000
 14.29  For the purposes of the port 
 14.30  development program under Minnesota 
 14.31  Statutes, chapter 457A. 
 14.32  Subd. 5.  Small Capital Projects                      3,800,000
 14.33  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 14.34  equip statewide building projects, 
 14.35  consisting of truck stations, salt 
 14.36  storage facilities, cold storage 
 14.37  facilities, and Mankato headquarters 
 14.38  site work. 
 14.39  This appropriation is from the trunk 
 14.40  highway fund. 
 14.41  Subd. 6.  Northstar Commuter Rail                    37,500,000
 14.42  For final design and project management 
 14.43  of a commuter rail line serving Big 
 14.44  Lake to downtown Minneapolis; to 
 14.45  acquire land for stations, maintenance 
 14.46  facilities, and park and ride lots; and 
 14.47  for final design and project management 
 14.48  of an extension of the Hiawatha Light 
 14.49  Rail Transit line from its terminus in 
 14.50  downtown Minneapolis to a new terminus 
 14.51  near Fifth Avenue North adjacent to the 
 14.52  proposed downtown Minneapolis commuter 
 14.53  rail station.  
 14.54  This appropriation is not available 
 14.55  until $37,500,000 has been committed by 
 14.56  local governments and approval to 
 14.57  proceed to final design has been 
 15.1   authorized by the Federal Transit 
 15.2   Administration. 
 15.3   Up to $10,000,000 of this appropriation 
 15.4   may be used for final design and 
 15.5   project management. 
 15.6   After a full-funding grant agreement 
 15.7   has been executed with the Federal 
 15.8   Transit Administration for the 
 15.9   Northstar Commuter Rail project, the 
 15.10  remaining balance of this appropriation 
 15.11  not committed for final design and 
 15.12  project management or committed to 
 15.13  acquire land shall be available to 
 15.14  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 15.15  Northstar Commuter Rail line and to 
 15.16  construct, furnish, and equip the 
 15.17  extension of the Light Rail Transit 
 15.18  line. 
 15.19  Subd. 7.  Personal Rapid Transit                      4,000,000
 15.20  (a) For a grant to a statutory or home 
 15.21  rule charter city, a public 
 15.22  postsecondary educational institution, 
 15.23  or a public transit authority with the 
 15.24  power to issue general obligation 
 15.25  bonds, if the grantee is a signatory to 
 15.26  an agreement to implement the project 
 15.27  funded in this subdivision entered into 
 15.28  by at least one statutory or home rule 
 15.29  charter city, public postsecondary 
 15.30  educational institution, and public 
 15.31  transit authority with the power to 
 15.32  issue general obligation bonds. 
 15.33  (b) This appropriation is to design, 
 15.34  acquire, construct, furnish, and equip 
 15.35  a personal rapid transit safety 
 15.36  certification and training facility, in 
 15.37  order to (1) confirm the safety of the 
 15.38  patented personal rapid transit 
 15.39  technology for sustainable public 
 15.40  transit service, (2) provide an 
 15.41  opportunity for engineers to be trained 
 15.42  in its design and use, and (3) 
 15.43  establish a new and economically 
 15.44  self-sustaining, viable technology in 
 15.45  Minnesota so that the University of 
 15.46  Minnesota may realize royalty benefits 
 15.47  from an existing agreement.  The 
 15.48  grantee may enter into an agreement for 
 15.49  operation of the facility, subject to 
 15.50  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 15.51  (c) The facility, at a minimum, must 
 15.52  consist of a 2,200-foot oval guideway, 
 15.53  one off-line station, and a maintenance 
 15.54  and control center.  The facility must 
 15.55  be developed in accord with plans for a 
 15.56  future personal rapid transit system 
 15.57  serving the area within the 
 15.58  jurisdiction of the signatories to the 
 15.59  agreement required in paragraph (a). 
 15.60  (d) This appropriation is contingent on 
 15.61  (1) a contribution of at least 
 15.62  $8,000,000 in private resources from an 
 15.63  entity with the licensing and 
 15.64  technological capacity to provide at 
 16.1   least three personal rapid transit 
 16.2   vehicles, training services for 
 16.3   engineers, engineering work, and six 
 16.4   months of operational testing to 
 16.5   confirm the technology's safety for 
 16.6   public use, (2) a contribution of at 
 16.7   least $12,000,000 from other nonstate 
 16.8   sources to meet the total project cost 
 16.9   of $24,000,000, and (3) an agreement by 
 16.10  a postsecondary educational institution 
 16.11  to provide technical support and 
 16.12  training for planning, design, 
 16.13  operation, and maintenance of personal 
 16.14  rapid transit systems. 
 16.15  Sec. 19.  METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
 16.16  Subdivision 1.  To the Metropolitan 
 16.17  Council for the purposes specified 
 16.18  in this section                                      17,000,000
 16.19  Subd. 2.  Cedar Avenue Bus 
 16.20  Rapid Transit (BRT)                                  10,000,000
 16.21  For environmental studies, preliminary 
 16.22  engineering, bus lane improvements, and 
 16.23  transit station construction and 
 16.24  improvements for Cedar Avenue bus rapid 
 16.25  transit between the Mall of America in 
 16.26  Bloomington and the cities of Eagan, 
 16.27  Apple Valley, and Lakeville. 
 16.28  Subd. 3.  Metropolitan Regional
 16.29  Parks Capital Improvements                            7,000,000
 16.30  This appropriation must be used to pay 
 16.31  the cost of improvements and 
 16.32  betterments of a capital nature and 
 16.33  acquisition by the council and local 
 16.34  government units of regional 
 16.35  recreational open-space lands in 
 16.36  accordance with the council's policy 
 16.37  plan as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 16.38  section 473.147.  Priority should be 
 16.39  given to park rehabilitation and land 
 16.40  acquisition projects. 
 16.41  Sec. 20.  HUMAN SERVICES
 16.42  Subdivision 1.  To the 
 16.43  commissioner of administration 
 16.44  for the purposes specified 
 16.45  in this section                                       9,014,000
 16.46  Subd. 2.  St. Peter Regional 
 16.47  Treatment Center Sex Offender Facility                3,000,000
 16.48  To design new facilities for up to 150 
 16.49  beds for the treatment of sex offenders 
 16.50  in the Minnesota Sexual Offender 
 16.51  Program at the St. Peter Regional 
 16.52  Treatment Center. 
 16.53  Subd. 3.  Systemwide - Campus
 16.54  Redevelopment/Reuse/Demolition                        5,000,000
 16.55  To demolish or improve surplus, 
 16.56  nonfunctional, or deteriorated 
 16.57  facilities and infrastructure at 
 16.58  Department of Human Services campuses 
 16.59  statewide. 
 17.1   Subd. 4.  Systemwide Roof
 17.2   Renovation and Replacement                            1,014,000
 17.3   For renovation and replacement of roofs 
 17.4   at Department of Human Services 
 17.5   facilities statewide. 
 17.6   Sec. 21.  VETERANS HOMES BOARD 
 17.7   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner
 17.8   of administration for the purposes
 17.9   specified in this section                             7,077,000  
 17.10  Subd. 2.  Minneapolis Veterans Home - 
 17.11  Waste Piping Replacement                              1,077,000 
 17.12  For design, renovation, and related 
 17.13  costs of replacing the sanitary waste 
 17.14  piping in Building 17 at the 
 17.15  Minneapolis Veterans Home. 
 17.16  Subd. 3.  Asset Preservation                          6,000,000 
 17.17  For asset preservation improvements and 
 17.18  betterments of a capital nature at 
 17.19  veterans homes statewide.  
 17.20  Sec. 22.  CORRECTIONS 
 17.21  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of 
 17.22  administration for the purposes specified
 17.23  in this section                                      65,433,000
 17.24  Subd. 2.  Minnesota Correctional       
 17.25  Facility - Faribault Asset Preservation              34,891,000
 17.26  For asset preservation of existing 
 17.27  facilities at the Minnesota 
 17.28  Correctional Facility - Faribault. 
 17.29  Subd. 3.  Minnesota Correctional       
 17.30  Facility - Stillwater                                19,192,000
 17.31  To design, construct, furnish, and 
 17.32  equip a new 150-bed high security 
 17.33  segregation unit to improve staff 
 17.34  safety and accommodate increased inmate 
 17.35  population, including the remodeling of 
 17.36  the discipline and 
 17.37  psychology/psychiatry unit, the 
 17.38  demolition of the former health 
 17.39  services building, and the removal of 
 17.40  walls dividing Cell Hall A/West and 
 17.41  Cell Hall A/Segregation. 
 17.42  Subd. 4.  Asset Preservation                         11,000,000 
 17.43  For improvements and betterments of a 
 17.44  capital nature at Minnesota 
 17.45  correctional facilities statewide, 
 17.46  including, but not limited to, 
 17.47  emergency lighting projects, roof and 
 17.48  window replacement, tuckpointing, and 
 17.49  asbestos abatement. 
 17.50  Subd. 5.  Minnesota Correctional       
 17.51  Facility - Willow River                                 350,000
 17.52  To purchase, furnish, equip, and 
 17.53  prepare foundation and utilities for a 
 17.54  new 24-bed prefabricated building. 
 18.1   Sec. 23.  EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 18.2   Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 18.3   employment and economic development or other
 18.4   named agency for the purposes
 18.5   specified in this section                            61,480,000
 18.6   Subd. 2.  State Match for
 18.7   Federal Grants                                       16,280,000
 18.8   (a) To the public facilities authority: 
 18.9   (1) to match federal grants to the 
 18.10  water pollution control revolving fund 
 18.11  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.12  446A.07; and 
 18.13  (2) to match federal grants to the 
 18.14  drinking water revolving fund under 
 18.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.081. 
 18.16  (b) The expenditure and allocation of 
 18.17  state matching money between funds 
 18.18  described in paragraph (a), clauses (1) 
 18.19  and (2), must be based on the amount of 
 18.20  federal money appropriated to the funds.
 18.21  (c) This appropriation must be used for 
 18.22  qualified capital projects. 
 18.23  Subd. 3.  Minnesota Development
 18.24  Account                                              15,000,000
 18.25  For transfer to the Minnesota 
 18.26  development account created in 
 18.27  Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.  
 18.28  This appropriation may be used for 
 18.29  grants for eligible biotechnology and 
 18.30  health sciences industry facilities 
 18.31  designated under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.32  section 469.330. 
 18.33  Subd. 4.  Wastewater Infrastructure                            
 18.34  Funding Program                                      10,200,000 
 18.35  To the Public Facilities Authority for 
 18.36  the purposes specified in this 
 18.37  subdivision.  $10,000,000 of this 
 18.38  appropriation is for grants to eligible 
 18.39  municipalities under the wastewater 
 18.40  infrastructure program established in 
 18.41  Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072. 
 18.42  To the greatest practical extent, the 
 18.43  authority must use the funds for 
 18.44  projects on the 2004 project priority 
 18.45  list in priority order to qualified 
 18.46  applicants that submit plans and 
 18.47  specifications to the Pollution Control 
 18.48  Agency or receive a funding commitment 
 18.49  from USDA rural development before 
 18.50  December 1, 2005. 
 18.51  $200,000 of this appropriation is from 
 18.52  the general fund for administration of 
 18.53  the wastewater infrastructure program. 
 18.54  Subd. 5.  University of Minnesota -       
 18.55  Mayo Clinic Biotechnology Research Facility          20,000,000 
 18.56  To the Board of Regents of the 
 19.1   University of Minnesota to purchase 
 19.2   three floors in the Stabile Building on 
 19.3   the Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester.  
 19.4   The floors are to be used for 
 19.5   scientific research beneficial to 
 19.6   collaborative research efforts between 
 19.7   the University of Minnesota and the 
 19.8   Mayo Clinic.  The three floors will be 
 19.9   owned by the University of Minnesota 
 19.10  and operated by the Mayo Clinic through 
 19.11  a use agreement approved by the 
 19.12  commissioner of finance subject to 
 19.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 19.14  Sec. 24.  MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 19.15  Subdivision 1.  To the Minnesota 
 19.16  Historical Society for the purposes 
 19.17  specified in this section                             4,000,000
 19.18  Subd. 2.  Historic Sites Asset 
 19.19  Preservation                                          2,000,000
 19.20  For capital improvements and 
 19.21  betterments at state historic sites, 
 19.22  buildings, landscaping at historic 
 19.23  buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
 19.24  monuments.  The society shall determine 
 19.25  project priorities as appropriate based 
 19.26  on need. 
 19.27  Subd. 3.  County and Local Preservation Grants        2,000,000
 19.28  To be allocated to county and local 
 19.29  jurisdictions as matching money for 
 19.30  historic preservation projects of a 
 19.31  capital nature.  Grant recipients must 
 19.32  be public entities and must match state 
 19.33  funds on at least an equal basis.  The 
 19.34  facilities must be publicly owned. 
 19.35  Sec. 25.  GRANTS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS 
 19.36  Subdivision 1.  To the commissioner of
 19.37  employment and economic development or other
 19.38  named agency for the purposes specified
 19.39  in this section                                      34,248,000
 19.40  Subd. 2.  Buffalo Lake Maintenance
 19.41  Garage and Street Repair                                635,000
 19.42  For a grant to the city of Buffalo Lake 
 19.43  to design, construct, furnish, and 
 19.44  equip a municipal maintenance garage 
 19.45  and reconstruct city streets damaged by 
 19.46  a tornado. 
 19.47  Subd. 3.  Roseau Infrastructure 
 19.48  Repair and Improvements                              10,000,000
 19.49  For a grant to the city of Roseau for 
 19.50  the following capital expenditures:  
 19.51  (1) to predesign, design, construct, 
 19.52  and replace municipal infrastructure 
 19.53  damaged by the 2002 flood in the city, 
 19.54  including, but not limited to, water 
 19.55  mains, sewer mains, streets, sidewalks, 
 19.56  curbs, and gutters; 
 19.57  (2) to predesign, design, construct, 
 20.1   furnish, and equip new municipal 
 20.2   buildings that may include a city hall, 
 20.3   auditorium, police department, library, 
 20.4   and museum; and 
 20.5   (3) to predesign, design, and construct 
 20.6   water, sewer, and street improvements 
 20.7   to the Roseau Industrial Park. 
 20.8   This appropriation is not available 
 20.9   until all funds necessary to complete 
 20.10  the project are committed from nonstate 
 20.11  sources. 
 20.12  Subd. 4.  North Central Regional 
 20.13  Correctional Facility                                  6,000,000
 20.14  For a grant to Cass County to 
 20.15  construct, furnish, and equip a 
 20.16  publicly owned and operated regional 
 20.17  jail on surplus land of the 
 20.18  state-operated nursing home, Ah Gwah 
 20.19  Ching, in the city of Walker. 
 20.20  The state shall own 75 percent of the 
 20.21  beds and Cass County shall own 25 
 20.22  percent of the beds.  The state must 
 20.23  contract with Cass County to operate 
 20.24  the facility. 
 20.25  The appropriation is not available 
 20.26  until the commissioner determines that 
 20.27  at least $6,000,000 has been committed 
 20.28  to the project from nonstate sources. 
 20.29  Subd. 5.  Rochester Regional Public 
 20.30  Safety Training Center                                  627,000
 20.31  To the commissioner of administration 
 20.32  for Phase I of the Rochester Regional 
 20.33  Public Safety Training Center to 
 20.34  develop a live burn training simulator 
 20.35  adjacent to the existing National Guard 
 20.36  facility in Rochester. 
 20.37  The appropriation is not available 
 20.38  until the commissioner determines that 
 20.39  an equal amount has been committed to 
 20.40  the project from nonstate sources. 
 20.41  Subd. 6.  Middle St. Croix River 
 20.42  Watershed Management Organization                     1,550,000
 20.43  For a grant to the city of Bayport for 
 20.44  the Middle St. Croix River Watershed 
 20.45  Management Organization to complete the 
 20.46  sewer system extending from Minnesota 
 20.47  department of natural resources pond 
 20.48  82-310P (the prison pond) in Bayport 
 20.49  through the Stillwater prison grounds 
 20.50  to the St. Croix River. 
 20.51  Subd. 7.  City of Rushford                              600,000 
 20.52  For a grant, subject to Minnesota 
 20.53  Statutes, section 16A.695, to the city 
 20.54  of Rushford for construction, 
 20.55  renovation, remodeling, and 
 20.56  infrastructure for capital improvements 
 20.57  to and for the facility to be used by 
 20.58  the Rushford Institute for 
 21.1   Nanotechnology, Inc. 
 21.2   Subd. 8.  City of St. Paul                            2,000,000 
 21.3   For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
 21.4   acquire land for right-of-way and to 
 21.5   complete contamination remediation and 
 21.6   construct Phalen Boulevard between 
 21.7   Interstate Highway I-35E and Johnson 
 21.8   Parkway. 
 21.9   Subd. 9.  Hennepin County                             1,200,000 
 21.10  For a grant to Hennepin County for 
 21.11  Phase I capital improvements to the 
 21.12  Lowry Avenue corridor from Girard 
 21.13  Avenue North to the I-94 bridge in 
 21.14  Minneapolis. 
 21.15  Subd. 10.  City of Two Harbors                        1,071,000 
 21.16  To the Minnesota Pollution Control 
 21.17  Agency for a grant to the city of Two 
 21.18  Harbors to acquire land for, design, 
 21.19  construct, furnish, and equip a 
 21.20  2,500,000 gallon equalization basin and 
 21.21  a chlorine-contact tank of at least 
 21.22  100,000 gallon capacity, adjacent to 
 21.23  the city's wastewater treatment plant.  
 21.24  The equalization basin is required 
 21.25  under the city's National Pollution 
 21.26  Discharge Elimination System permit.  
 21.27  This appropriation is not available 
 21.28  until the commissioner of finance 
 21.29  determines that at least an equal 
 21.30  amount has been committed to the 
 21.31  project from nonstate sources. 
 21.32  Subd. 11.  City of Crookston                          2,000,000 
 21.33  To the public facilities authority to 
 21.34  make a grant to the city of Crookston 
 21.35  to predesign, design, and construct 
 21.36  emergency riverbank protection and 
 21.37  erosion control measures in the 
 21.38  vicinity of U.S. Highway 2.  For the 
 21.39  purposes of this appropriation, the 
 21.40  criteria, limitations, and repayment 
 21.41  requirements in Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.42  sections 446A.07, 446A.072, and 
 21.43  446A.081, are waived. 
 21.44  Subd. 12.  City of Askov                              1,215,000 
 21.45  To the public facilities authority to 
 21.46  make a grant to the city of Askov to 
 21.47  construct a new wastewater treatment 
 21.48  plant and sewer and water main 
 21.49  extensions.  This appropriation is not 
 21.50  available until the commissioner of 
 21.51  finance has determined that at least an 
 21.52  equal amount is committed to the 
 21.53  project from nonstate sources. 
 21.54  Subd. 13.  City of Duluth                             4,950,000 
 21.55  To the commissioner of the Minnesota 
 21.56  Pollution Control Agency for a grant to 
 21.57  the city of Duluth for design and 
 21.58  construction of sanitary sewer overflow 
 21.59  storage facilities at selected 
 22.1   locations in the city of Duluth.  This 
 22.2   appropriation is available when matched 
 22.3   by $1 of money secured or provided by 
 22.4   the city of Duluth for each $1 of state 
 22.5   money. 
 22.6   Subd. 14.  Bruentrup Farm Restoration                   100,000 
 22.7   For a grant to the city of Maplewood to 
 22.8   complete restoration of the Bruentrup 
 22.9   farm in Maplewood. 
 22.10  This appropriation is not available 
 22.11  until the commissioner of finance has 
 22.12  determined that at least an equal 
 22.13  amount has been committed to the 
 22.14  project from nonstate sources. 
 22.15  Subd. 15.  Burnsville Water Treatment                 2,000,000
 22.16  To the public facilities authority for 
 22.17  a grant to the city of Burnsville to 
 22.18  design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
 22.19  water treatment facility that will 
 22.20  provide an additional potable water 
 22.21  source for the city of Burnsville using 
 22.22  water from the Burnsville quarry.  This 
 22.23  appropriation is not available until 
 22.24  the commissioner of finance has 
 22.25  determined that at least $6,000,000 is 
 22.26  available in matching funds from 
 22.27  nonstate sources.  Amounts spent since 
 22.28  January 1, 2002, to plan, design, and 
 22.29  construct this project may be counted 
 22.30  as part of the nonstate match. 
 22.31  Subd. 16.  Como Park Zoo                                300,000 
 22.32  For a grant to the city of St. Paul for 
 22.33  the predesign and design for renovation 
 22.34  to the Como Park Zoo. 
 22.35  Sec. 26.  BOND SALE EXPENSES                            667,000 
 22.36  To the commissioner of finance for bond 
 22.37  sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
 22.38  section 16A.641, subdivision 8.  
 22.39     Sec. 27.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 20, 
 22.40  article 1, section 15, is amended to read: 
 22.41  Sec. 15.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE   
 22.42  The commissioner of finance shall 
 22.43  schedule the sale of state general 
 22.44  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 22.45  biennium ending June 30, 2005, no more 
 22.46  than $673,625,000 $653,179,000 will 
 22.47  need to be transferred from the general 
 22.48  fund to the state bond fund to pay 
 22.49  principal and interest due and to 
 22.50  become due on outstanding state general 
 22.51  obligation bonds.  During the biennium, 
 22.52  before each sale of state general 
 22.53  obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
 22.54  finance shall calculate the amount of 
 22.55  debt service payments needed on bonds 
 22.56  previously issued and shall estimate 
 22.57  the amount of debt service payments 
 22.58  that will be needed on the bonds 
 23.1   scheduled to be sold.  The commissioner 
 23.2   shall adjust the amount of bonds 
 23.3   scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
 23.4   within the limit set by this section.  
 23.5   The amount needed to make the debt 
 23.6   service payments is appropriated from 
 23.7   the general fund as provided in 
 23.8   Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.  
 23.9      Sec. 28.  [BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.] 
 23.10     Subdivision 1.  [BOND PROCEEDS FUND.] To provide the money 
 23.11  appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
 23.12  commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state 
 23.13  in an amount up to $646,865,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
 23.14  and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 23.15  16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article 
 23.16  XI, sections 4 to 7.  
 23.17     Subd. 2.  [TRANSPORTATION FUND BOND PROCEEDS ACCOUNT.] To 
 23.18  provide the money appropriated in this act from the state 
 23.19  transportation fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and 
 23.20  issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $30,000,000 in the 
 23.21  manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
 23.22  Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
 23.23  Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.  The 
 23.24  proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
 23.25  received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond 
 23.26  proceeds account in the state transportation fund. 
 23.27     Sec. 29.  [CANCELLATION.] 
 23.28     The $20,000,000 appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
 23.29  section 19, subdivision 2, for the Northwest Busway, is 
 23.30  canceled.  The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 
 23.31  393, section 30, subdivision 1, is reduced by $20,000,000. 
 23.32     Sec. 30.  [16A.502] [NONSTATE COMMITMENTS TO CAPITAL 
 23.33  PROJECTS.] 
 23.34     (a) A state appropriation or grant for a capital project 
 23.35  may require a commitment from nonstate sources. 
 23.36     (1) The commitment must be in the amount that when added to 
 23.37  the appropriation or grant is sufficient to complete the 
 23.38  project; 
 23.39     (2) the appropriation or grant is not available until the 
 24.1   commitment is determined to be sufficient; and 
 24.2      (3) the commissioner must determine the sufficiency of the 
 24.3   commitment. 
 24.4      (b) In making the determination, the commissioner must 
 24.5   apply generally accepted governmental accounting standards and 
 24.6   principles, including those that are particularly applicable to 
 24.7   capital projects. 
 24.8      Sec. 31.  [16A.503] [REFERENDUM REQUIRED FOR LOCAL MATCH 
 24.9   OVER $1,000,000.] 
 24.10     (a) A local government must not impose a local tax or issue 
 24.11  general obligation bonds to provide $1,000,000 or more of a 
 24.12  required nonstate match for an appropriation of state general 
 24.13  obligation or revenue bond proceeds unless approved by the 
 24.14  voters in an election on the issue. 
 24.15     (b) If more than one local government is responsible for 
 24.16  contributing to the nonstate match of $1,000,000 or more from 
 24.17  local taxes or local general obligation bond proceeds, each 
 24.18  local government must hold an election on whether to approve 
 24.19  imposition and use of local taxes or the issuance of the bonds.  
 24.20  Unless the local tax or issuance of bonds is approved in each 
 24.21  participating jurisdiction, none of the local governments may 
 24.22  impose the tax or issue bonds. 
 24.23     (c) Any entity, except a state agency as defined in 
 24.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, subdivision 17, that is 
 24.25  required to contribute nonstate money to a project funded in 
 24.26  this act, must certify to the commissioner of finance that at 
 24.27  least 80 percent of the required amount of nonstate money has 
 24.28  been spent before the commissioner of finance may release state 
 24.29  funds appropriated to the project. 
 24.30     Sec. 32.  [16A.504] [COMMISSIONER, ARCHITECT ASSURANCES.] 
 24.31     Before releasing state bond proceeds or entering into a 
 24.32  grant agreement for construction grants for projects funded with 
 24.33  general obligation bonds, the commissioner of finance must work 
 24.34  with the state architect to be assured that the project can be 
 24.35  delivered for the lowest cost possible and that the project will 
 24.36  follow applicable state or local laws. 
 25.1      Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.671, 
 25.2   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 25.3      Subd. 3.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section, the terms 
 25.4   defined in this subdivision have the meanings given them:  
 25.5      (a) "General fund" means all cash and investments from time 
 25.6   to time received and held in the treasury, except proceeds of 
 25.7   state bonds and amounts received and held in special or 
 25.8   dedicated funds created by the Constitution, or by or pursuant 
 25.9   to federal laws or regulations, or by bond or trust instruments, 
 25.10  pension contracts, or other agreements of the state or its 
 25.11  agencies with private persons, entered into under state law.  
 25.12     (b) "Maximum current cash flow requirement" means the 
 25.13  commissioner's written estimate of the largest of the amounts by 
 25.14  which, on a particular designated date in each month of the term 
 25.15  for which certificates are to be issued, the sum of (1) the 
 25.16  warrants then outstanding against the general fund plus (2) 
 25.17  those that must be drawn on the fund before the same date in the 
 25.18  following month, in payment of claims due for expenditure under 
 25.19  all appropriations and allotments, will exceed the amount of 
 25.20  cash or cash equivalent assets held in the general fund on the 
 25.21  first of these dates an amount equal to five percent of the 
 25.22  actual working capital expenditures from the general fund in the 
 25.23  fiscal year immediately preceding the date of the largest of 
 25.24  such amounts, will exceed the amount of cash or cash equivalent 
 25.25  assets held in the general fund, excluding the proceeds of the 
 25.26  certificates to be issued.  
 25.27     Sec. 34.  [16A.693] [ATTENDANCE, SERVICE DATA POSTED.] 
 25.28     (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a state-bond 
 25.29  financed project that receives any public funds for operations 
 25.30  and is open to or used by the public must post attendance or use 
 25.31  data on its Web site each week.  Attendance or use data must 
 25.32  include the total number of persons, and the fare or entrance 
 25.33  fees paid.  This paragraph applies to commuter rail, light rail 
 25.34  transit, museums, state or county historical sites, zoos, parks 
 25.35  and recreation lands and facilities, conservatories, aquariums, 
 25.36  civic centers, convention centers, and sports or entertainment 
 26.1   facilities. 
 26.2      (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to state bond financed 
 26.3   facilities that provide general government services or 
 26.4   education, including offices, laboratories, school buildings, 
 26.5   city halls, county courthouses, or the State Capitol. 
 26.6      Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.695, is 
 26.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 26.8      Subd. 2a.  [NONPROFIT OPERATOR OF STATE BOND FINANCED 
 26.9   FACILITY; BUDGET DATA TO BE POSTED ON WEB.] An entity that has 
 26.10  entered into an agreement under this section to manage or 
 26.11  operate a state-bond financed facility must provide complete 
 26.12  financial information to the governmental entity with which it 
 26.13  has contracted.  Financial information includes annual budget 
 26.14  and financial data related to the project, and operating and 
 26.15  capital revenue, expenditures, and debt of the entity and the 
 26.16  project.  The governmental entity must make the information 
 26.17  available on the governmental entity's Web site.  The 
 26.18  governmental entity must develop and maintain a Web site for 
 26.19  this purpose if it does not otherwise have a Web site. 
 26.20     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16A.695, 
 26.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 26.22     Subd. 3.  [SALE OF PROPERTY.] A public officer or agency 
 26.23  shall not sell any state bond financed property unless the 
 26.24  public officer or agency determines by official action that the 
 26.25  property is no longer usable or needed by the public officer or 
 26.26  agency to carry out the governmental program for which it was 
 26.27  acquired or constructed, the sale is made as authorized by law, 
 26.28  the sale is made for fair market value, and the sale is approved 
 26.29  by the commissioner.  If any state bonds issued to purchase or 
 26.30  better the state bond financed property that is sold remain 
 26.31  outstanding on the date of sale, the net proceeds of sale must 
 26.32  be applied as follows: 
 26.33     (1) if the state bond financed property was acquired and 
 26.34  bettered solely with state bond proceeds, the net proceeds of 
 26.35  sale must be paid to the commissioner, deposited in the state 
 26.36  bond fund, and used to pay or redeem or defease the outstanding 
 27.1   state bonds in accordance with the commissioner's order 
 27.2   authorizing their issuance, and the proceeds are appropriated 
 27.3   for this purpose; or 
 27.4      (2) if the state bond financed property was acquired or 
 27.5   bettered partly with state bond proceeds and partly with other 
 27.6   money, the net proceeds of sale must be used:  first, to pay to 
 27.7   the state the amount of state bond proceeds used to acquire or 
 27.8   better the property; second, to pay in full any outstanding 
 27.9   public or private debt incurred to acquire or better the 
 27.10  property; and third, any excess over the amount needed for those 
 27.11  purposes must be divided in proportion to the shares contributed 
 27.12  to the acquisition or betterment of the property and paid to the 
 27.13  interested public and private entities, other than any private 
 27.14  lender already paid in full, and the proceeds are appropriated 
 27.15  for this purpose.  In calculating the share contributed by each 
 27.16  entity, the amount to be attributed to the owner of the property 
 27.17  shall be the fair market value of the property that was bettered 
 27.18  by state bond proceeds at the time the betterment began. 
 27.19     When all of the net proceeds of sale have been applied as 
 27.20  provided in this subdivision, this section no longer applies to 
 27.21  the property. 
 27.22     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.03, 
 27.23  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 27.24     Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBILITY FOR BEGINNING FARMER LOANS.] (a) In 
 27.25  addition to the requirements under subdivision 1, a prospective 
 27.26  borrower for a beginning farm loan in which the authority holds 
 27.27  an interest, must:  
 27.28     (1) have sufficient education, training, or experience in 
 27.29  the type of farming for which the loan is desired; 
 27.30     (2) have a total net worth, including assets and 
 27.31  liabilities of the borrower's spouse and dependents, of less 
 27.32  than $200,000 in 1991 $350,000 in 2004 and an amount in 
 27.33  subsequent years which is adjusted for inflation by 
 27.34  multiplying $200,000 that amount by the cumulative inflation 
 27.35  rate as determined by the United States All-Items Consumer Price 
 27.36  Index; 
 28.1      (3) demonstrate a need for the loan; 
 28.2      (4) demonstrate an ability to repay the loan; 
 28.3      (5) certify that the agricultural land to be purchased will 
 28.4   be used by the borrower for agricultural purposes; 
 28.5      (6) certify that farming will be the principal occupation 
 28.6   of the borrower; 
 28.7      (7) agree to participate in a farm management program 
 28.8   approved by the commissioner of agriculture for at least the 
 28.9   first three years of the loan, if an approved program is 
 28.10  available within 45 miles from the borrower's residence.  The 
 28.11  commissioner may waive this requirement for any of the programs 
 28.12  administered by the authority if the participant requests a 
 28.13  waiver and has either a four-year degree in an agricultural 
 28.14  program or certification as an adult farm management instructor; 
 28.15  and 
 28.16     (8) agree to file an approved soil and water conservation 
 28.17  plan with the Soil Conservation Service office in the county 
 28.18  where the land is located.  
 28.19     (b) If a borrower fails to participate under paragraph (a), 
 28.20  clause (7), the borrower is subject to penalty as determined by 
 28.21  the authority. 
 28.22     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.039, 
 28.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 28.24     Subd. 2.  [STATE PARTICIPATION.] The state may participate 
 28.25  in a new real estate loan with an eligible lender to a beginning 
 28.26  farmer to the extent of 45 percent of the principal amount of 
 28.27  the loan or $125,000 $200,000, whichever is less.  The interest 
 28.28  rates and repayment terms of the authority's participation 
 28.29  interest may be different than the interest rates and repayment 
 28.30  terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan. 
 28.31     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.04, 
 28.32  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 28.33     Subd. 8.  [STATE'S PARTICIPATION.] With respect to loans 
 28.34  that are eligible for restructuring under sections 41B.01 to 
 28.35  41B.23 and upon acceptance by the authority, the authority shall 
 28.36  enter into a participation agreement or other financial 
 29.1   arrangement whereby it shall participate in a restructured loan 
 29.2   to the extent of 45 percent of the primary principal or 
 29.3   $150,000 $225,000, whichever is less.  The authority's portion 
 29.4   of the loan must be protected during the authority's 
 29.5   participation by the first mortgage held by the eligible lender 
 29.6   to the extent of its participation in the loan. 
 29.7      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.042, 
 29.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 29.9      Subd. 4.  [PARTICIPATION LIMIT; INTEREST.] The authority 
 29.10  may participate in new seller-sponsored loans to the extent of 
 29.11  45 percent of the principal amount of the loan or 
 29.12  $125,000 $200,000, whichever is less.  The interest rates and 
 29.13  repayment terms of the authority's participation interest may be 
 29.14  different than the interest rates and repayment terms of the 
 29.15  seller's retained portion of the loan. 
 29.16     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.043, 
 29.17  subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
 29.18     Subd. 1b.  [LOAN PARTICIPATION.] The authority may 
 29.19  participate in an agricultural improvement loan with an eligible 
 29.20  lender to a farmer who meets the requirements of section 41B.03, 
 29.21  subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), and who is actively engaged 
 29.22  in farming.  Participation is limited to 45 percent of the 
 29.23  principal amount of the loan or $125,000 $200,000, whichever is 
 29.24  less.  The interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's 
 29.25  participation interest may be different than the interest rates 
 29.26  and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan.
 29.27     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.043, is 
 29.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 29.29     Subd. 5.  [TOTAL NET WORTH LIMIT.] A prospective borrower 
 29.30  for an agricultural improvement loan in which the authority 
 29.31  holds an interest must have a total net worth, including assets 
 29.32  and liabilities of the borrower's spouse and dependents, of less 
 29.33  than $350,000 in 2004 and an amount in subsequent years which is 
 29.34  adjusted for inflation by multiplying that amount by the 
 29.35  cumulative inflation rate as determined by the United States 
 29.36  All-Items Consumer Price Index. 
 30.1      Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.045, 
 30.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 30.3      Subd. 2.  [LOAN PARTICIPATION.] The authority may 
 30.4   participate in a livestock expansion loan with an eligible 
 30.5   lender to a livestock farmer who meets the requirements of 
 30.6   section 41B.03, subdivision 1, clauses (1) and (2), and who are 
 30.7   actively engaged in a livestock operation.  A prospective 
 30.8   borrower must have a total net worth, including assets and 
 30.9   liabilities of the borrower's spouse and dependents, of less 
 30.10  than $400,000 in 1999 and an amount in subsequent years which is 
 30.11  adjusted for inflation by multiplying $400,000 by the cumulative 
 30.12  inflation rate as determined by the United States All-Items 
 30.13  Consumer Price Index. 
 30.14     Participation is limited to 45 percent of the principal 
 30.15  amount of the loan or $250,000 $275,000, whichever is less.  The 
 30.16  interest rates and repayment terms of the authority's 
 30.17  participation interest may be different from the interest rates 
 30.18  and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of the loan.
 30.19     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41B.046, 
 30.20  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 30.21     Subd. 5.  [LOANS.] (a) The authority may participate in a 
 30.22  stock loan with an eligible lender to a farmer who is eligible 
 30.23  under subdivision 4.  Participation is limited to 45 percent of 
 30.24  the principal amount of the loan or $24,000 $40,000, whichever 
 30.25  is less.  The interest rates and repayment terms of the 
 30.26  authority's participation interest may differ from the interest 
 30.27  rates and repayment terms of the lender's retained portion of 
 30.28  the loan, but the authority's interest rate must not exceed 50 
 30.29  percent of the lender's interest rate. 
 30.30     (b) No more than 95 percent of the purchase price of the 
 30.31  stock may be financed under this program. 
 30.32     (c) Security for stock loans must be the stock purchased, a 
 30.33  personal note executed by the borrower, and whatever other 
 30.34  security is required by the eligible lender or the authority. 
 30.35     (d) The authority may impose a reasonable nonrefundable 
 30.36  application fee for each application for a stock loan.  The 
 31.1   authority may review the fee annually and make adjustments as 
 31.2   necessary.  The application fee is initially $50.  Application 
 31.3   fees received by the authority must be deposited in the 
 31.4   value-added agricultural product revolving fund. 
 31.5      (e) Stock loans under this program will be made using money 
 31.6   in the value-added agricultural product revolving fund 
 31.7   established under subdivision 3. 
 31.8      (f) The authority may not grant stock loans in a cumulative 
 31.9   amount exceeding $2,000,000 for the financing of stock purchases 
 31.10  in any one cooperative. 
 31.11     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 41C.02, 
 31.12  subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
 31.13     Subd. 12.  [LOW OR MODERATE NET WORTH.] "Low or moderate 
 31.14  net worth" means: 
 31.15     (1) for an individual, an aggregate net worth of the 
 31.16  individual and the individual's spouse and minor children of 
 31.17  less than $200,000 in 1991 $350,000 in 2004 and an amount in 
 31.18  subsequent years which is adjusted for inflation by 
 31.19  multiplying $200,000 that amount by the cumulative inflation 
 31.20  rate as determined by the United States All-Items Consumer Price 
 31.21  Index; or 
 31.22     (2) for a partnership, an aggregate net worth of all 
 31.23  partners, including each partner's net capital in the 
 31.24  partnership, and each partner's spouse and minor children of 
 31.25  less than $400,000 in 1991 and an amount in subsequent years 
 31.26  which is adjusted for inflation by multiplying $400,000 by the 
 31.27  cumulative inflation rate as determined by the United States 
 31.28  All-Items Consumer Price Index twice the amount set for an 
 31.29  individual in clause (1).  However, the aggregate net worth of 
 31.30  each partner and that partner's spouse and minor children may 
 31.31  not exceed $200,000 in 1991 and an amount in subsequent years 
 31.32  which is adjusted for inflation by multiplying $200,000 by the 
 31.33  cumulative inflation rate as determined by the United States 
 31.34  All-Items Consumer Price Index the amount set for an individual 
 31.35  in clause (1). 
 31.36     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.571, is 
 32.1   amended to read: 
 32.2      116J.571 [CREATION OF ACCOUNTS.] 
 32.3      Two greater Minnesota redevelopment development accounts 
 32.4   are created, one in the general fund and one in the bond 
 32.5   proceeds fund.  Money in the accounts may be used to make grants 
 32.6   as provided in section 116J.575.  Money in the bond proceeds 
 32.7   fund may only be used for eligible costs for publicly owned 
 32.8   property.  Money in the general fund may be used to pay for the 
 32.9   commissioner's costs in reviewing the applications. 
 32.10     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.572, 
 32.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 32.12     Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] "Development authority" 
 32.13  includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, housing 
 32.14  and redevelopment authority, economic development authority, or 
 32.15  port authority located outside the seven-county metropolitan 
 32.16  area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 32.17     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.572, 
 32.18  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 32.19     Subd. 4.  [REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT.] "Redevelopment 
 32.20  Development" means recycling obsolete, abandoned, or 
 32.21  underutilized properties for new industrial, commercial, or 
 32.22  residential uses. 
 32.23     Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 32.24  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 32.25     Subdivision 1.  [ACCOUNTS.] Criteria for use of the 
 32.26  accounts created in section 116J.571 must be consistent with and 
 32.27  promote the purposes of sections 116J.571 to 116J.575.  They 
 32.28  include, but are not limited to: 
 32.29     (1) creating and preserving living wage jobs in greater 
 32.30  Minnesota; 
 32.31     (2) creating incentives for communities to include a full 
 32.32  range of housing opportunities; 
 32.33     (3) creating incentives for all communities to implement 
 32.34  compact, efficient, and mixed-use development; and 
 32.35     (4) creating incentives to assist communities in 
 32.36  maintaining a unique sense of place by preserving local, 
 33.1   cultural assets. 
 33.2      Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 33.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 33.4      Subd. 2.  [PROJECTS.] To be eligible for funding by the 
 33.5   greater Minnesota redevelopment development account, a project 
 33.6   must: 
 33.7      (1) interrelate redevelopment development with other public 
 33.8   investments in transportation, housing, schools, energy, 
 33.9   utilities information infrastructure, and other public services; 
 33.10     (2) interrelate affordable housing and employment growth 
 33.11  areas; 
 33.12     (3) intensify land use that leads to more compact 
 33.13  redevelopment development; 
 33.14     (4) involve redevelopment development that mixes incomes of 
 33.15  residents in housing, including introducing or reintroducing 
 33.16  higher value housing in lower income areas to achieve a mix of 
 33.17  housing opportunities; 
 33.18     (5) involve participation from citizens and the business 
 33.19  community in the planning and development of the proposed 
 33.20  redevelopment development plan; 
 33.21     (6) encourage public infrastructure investments which 
 33.22  attract private sector redevelopment development investment in 
 33.23  commercial, industrial, and residential properties adjacent to 
 33.24  public improvements, and provide project area residents with 
 33.25  expanded opportunities for private sector employment; or 
 33.26     (7) be sustainable at the local level and reduce the 
 33.27  probability of future requests for state development, 
 33.28  maintenance, or replacement assistance. 
 33.29     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 33.30  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 33.31     Subd. 4.  [PARTNERSHIPS.] The commissioner shall give 
 33.32  priority to proposals using innovative financial partnerships 
 33.33  between government, private for-profit, and nonprofit sectors as 
 33.34  well as to proposals that meet current tax increment financing 
 33.35  requirements for a redevelopment development district and 
 33.36  contribute tax increment financing towards the project. 
 34.1      Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.573, 
 34.2   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 34.3      Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The commissioner shall prepare 
 34.4   and submit to the legislature an annual report on the greater 
 34.5   Minnesota redevelopment development account.  The report must 
 34.6   include information on the amount of money in the account, the 
 34.7   amount distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for 
 34.8   what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness of the 
 34.9   projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program.
 34.10     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.574, 
 34.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 34.12     Subd. 2.  [REQUIRED CONTENT.] The commissioner shall 
 34.13  prescribe and provide the application form.  The application 
 34.14  must include at least the following information: 
 34.15     (1) identification of the site; 
 34.16     (2) a detailed budget, including necessary supporting 
 34.17  evidence, of the total costs for the site including the total 
 34.18  eligible redevelopment development costs; 
 34.19     (3) a complete redevelopment development plan, including 
 34.20  any specific commitments from third parties to construct 
 34.21  improvements on the site; 
 34.22     (4) a complete financing plan, including the manner in 
 34.23  which the development authority uses innovative financial 
 34.24  partnerships between government, private for-profit, and 
 34.25  nonprofit sectors; and 
 34.26     (5) any additional information or material that the 
 34.27  commissioner prescribes. 
 34.28     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116J.575, 
 34.29  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 34.30     Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER DISCRETION.] The commissioner 
 34.31  may make a grant for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a 
 34.32  project.  The determination of whether to make a grant for a 
 34.33  site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to 
 34.34  this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available 
 34.35  unencumbered money in the greater Minnesota redevelopment 
 34.36  development account.  The commissioner's decisions and 
 35.1   application of the priorities under this section are not subject 
 35.2   to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. 
 35.3      Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 116P.08, 
 35.4   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 35.5      Subd. 2.  [EXCEPTIONS.] Money from the trust fund may not 
 35.6   be spent for: 
 35.7      (1) purposes of environmental compensation and liability 
 35.8   under chapter 115B and response actions under chapter 115C; 
 35.9      (2) purposes of municipal water pollution control under the 
 35.10  authority of chapters 115 and 116; 
 35.11     (3) costs associated with the decommissioning of nuclear 
 35.12  power plants; 
 35.13     (4) (3) hazardous waste disposal facilities; 
 35.14     (5) (4) solid waste disposal facilities; or 
 35.15     (6) (5) projects or purposes inconsistent with the 
 35.16  strategic plan.  
 35.17     Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
 35.18  124D.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 35.19     Subd. 3.  [SPONSOR.] (a) A school board; intermediate 
 35.20  school district school board; education district organized under 
 35.21  sections 123A.15 to 123A.19; charitable organization under 
 35.22  section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that is a 
 35.23  member of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits or the Minnesota 
 35.24  Council on Foundations, registered with the attorney general's 
 35.25  office, and reports an end-of-year fund balance of at least 
 35.26  $2,000,000; Minnesota private college that grants two- or 
 35.27  four-year degrees and is registered with the Higher Education 
 35.28  Services Office under chapter 136A; community college, state 
 35.29  university, or technical college, governed by the Board of 
 35.30  Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; the 
 35.31  board of the Perpich Center for Arts Education under chapter 
 35.32  129C; or the University of Minnesota may sponsor one or more 
 35.33  charter schools.  
 35.34     (b) A nonprofit corporation subject to chapter 317A, 
 35.35  described in section 317A.905, and exempt from federal income 
 35.36  tax under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
 36.1   1986, may sponsor one or more charter schools if the charter 
 36.2   school has operated for at least three years under a different 
 36.3   sponsor and if the nonprofit corporation has existed for at 
 36.4   least 25 years.  
 36.5      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for the 
 36.6   2004-2005 school year and later. 
 36.7      Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 136F.60, is 
 36.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 36.9      Subd. 5.  [DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.] (a) The board 
 36.10  may declare state lands under its control that are no longer 
 36.11  needed by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system 
 36.12  to be surplus and may offer for public sale or otherwise dispose 
 36.13  of such lands in a manner consistent with the procedures set 
 36.14  forth in sections 94.10 to 94.14 for disposition of state lands 
 36.15  by the commissioner of administration. 
 36.16     (b) Proceeds from the sale or disposition of land under 
 36.17  this subdivision, after paying all expenses incurred in selling 
 36.18  or disposing of the land and then paying any amounts due under 
 36.19  section 16A.695, shall be appropriated to the board for use for 
 36.20  capital projects at the institution which was responsible for 
 36.21  management of the land. 
 36.22     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 446A.12, 
 36.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 36.24     Subdivision 1.  [BONDING AUTHORITY.] The authority may 
 36.25  issue negotiable bonds in a principal amount that the authority 
 36.26  determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving 
 36.27  its purposes, including the making of loans and purchase of 
 36.28  securities, the payment of interest on bonds of the authority, 
 36.29  the establishment of reserves to secure its bonds, the payment 
 36.30  of fees to a third party providing credit enhancement, and the 
 36.31  payment of all other expenditures of the authority incident to 
 36.32  and necessary or convenient to carry out its corporate purposes 
 36.33  and powers, but not including the making of grants.  Bonds of 
 36.34  the authority may be issued as bonds or notes or in any other 
 36.35  form authorized by law.  The principal amount of bonds issued 
 36.36  and outstanding under this section at any time may not exceed 
 37.1   $1,000,000,000 $1,250,000,000, excluding bonds for which 
 37.2   refunding bonds or crossover refunding bonds have been issued. 
 37.3      Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 446A.14, is 
 37.4   amended to read: 
 37.5      446A.14 [INTEREST EXCHANGES RATE SWAPS AND OTHER 
 37.6   AGREEMENTS.] 
 37.7      The authority may enter into an agreement with a third 
 37.8   party for an exchange of interest rates under this subdivision.  
 37.9   With respect to outstanding obligations bearing interest at a 
 37.10  variable rate, the authority may agree to pay sums equal to 
 37.11  interest at a fixed rate or at a different variable rate 
 37.12  determined in accordance with a formula set out in the agreement 
 37.13  on an amount not exceeding the outstanding principal amount of 
 37.14  the obligations, in exchange for an agreement by the third party 
 37.15  to pay sums equal to interest on a similar amount at a variable 
 37.16  rate determined according to a formula set out in the agreement. 
 37.17  With respect to outstanding obligations bearing interest at a 
 37.18  fixed rate or rates, the authority may agree to pay sums equal 
 37.19  to interest at a variable rate determined according to a formula 
 37.20  set out in the agreement on an amount not exceeding the 
 37.21  outstanding principal amount of the obligations in exchange for 
 37.22  an agreement by the third party to pay sums equal to interest on 
 37.23  a similar amount at a fixed rate or rates set out in the 
 37.24  agreement.  Subject to any applicable bonds covenants, payments 
 37.25  required to be made by the municipality under the swap agreement 
 37.26  may be made from amounts secured to pay debt service on the 
 37.27  obligations with respect to which the swap agreement was made 
 37.28  from any other available source of the authority. Subdivision 1. 
 37.29  [AGREEMENTS.] (a) The authority may enter into interest rate 
 37.30  exchange or swap agreements, hedges, forward purchase or sale 
 37.31  agreements, loan sale or pooling agreements or trusts, or other 
 37.32  similar agreements in connection with: 
 37.33     (1) the issuance or proposed issuance of bonds; 
 37.34     (2) the making, proposed making, or sale of loans or other 
 37.35  financial assistance or investments; 
 37.36     (3) outstanding bonds, loans, or other financial 
 38.1   assistance; or 
 38.2      (4) existing similar agreements.  
 38.3      (b) The agreements authorized by this subdivision include, 
 38.4   without limitation, master agreements, options or contracts to 
 38.5   enter into such agreements in the future and related agreements, 
 38.6   including, without limitation, agreements to provide credit 
 38.7   enhancement, liquidity, or remarketing; valuation; monitoring; 
 38.8   or administrative services currently or in the future.  However, 
 38.9   the term of an option to enter into an interest rate swap, 
 38.10  exchange, hedge, or other similar agreement and the term of a 
 38.11  contract to sell, buy, or refund bonds in the future must not 
 38.12  exceed five years and the authorization of the authority to 
 38.13  enter into option agreements with respect to interest rate swap 
 38.14  agreements expires on December 31, 2008; provided that such 
 38.15  option agreements entered into prior to that date remain valid 
 38.16  agreements of the authority after that date. 
 38.17     (c) The agreements authorized by this subdivision or 
 38.18  supplements to master agreements may be entered into on the 
 38.19  basis of negotiation with a qualified third party or through a 
 38.20  competitive proposal process on terms and conditions and with 
 38.21  covenants and provisions approved by the authority and may 
 38.22  include, without limitation: 
 38.23     (1) provisions establishing reserves; 
 38.24     (2) pledging assets or revenues of the authority for 
 38.25  current or other payments or termination payments; 
 38.26     (3) contracting with the other parties to such agreements 
 38.27  as to the custody, collection, securing, investment, and payment 
 38.28  of money of the authority or money held in trust; or 
 38.29     (4) requiring the issuance of bonds or entering into loans 
 38.30  or other agreements authorized by this subdivision in the future.
 38.31     (d) Subject to the terms of the agreement and other 
 38.32  agreements of the authority with bondholders or other third 
 38.33  parties, the agreements authorized by this subdivision may be 
 38.34  general or limited obligations of the authority payable from all 
 38.35  available or certain specified funds appropriated to the 
 38.36  authority.  The agreements authorized by this subdivision do not 
 39.1   constitute debt of the authority for the purposes of the limits 
 39.2   on bonds or notes of the authority set forth in section 446A.12, 
 39.3   subdivision 1.  
 39.4      (e) The authority may issue bonds to provide funds to make 
 39.5   payments, including, without limitation, termination payments 
 39.6   pursuant to an agreement authorized by this subdivision. 
 39.7      (f) The aggregate notional amount of interest rate swap or 
 39.8   exchange agreements in effect at any time must not exceed an 
 39.9   amount equal to ten percent of the aggregate principal amount of 
 39.10  bonds the authority is authorized to have outstanding pursuant 
 39.11  to section 446A.12, subdivision 1, including the notional amount 
 39.12  of interest rate swap or exchange agreements with respect to 
 39.13  which a reversing agreement has been entered into, the effect of 
 39.14  which is to terminate the original agreement or a portion 
 39.15  thereof, and reversing agreements with respect to all or a 
 39.16  portion of existing agreements. 
 39.17     (g) For the purposes of this section, the following terms 
 39.18  have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires 
 39.19  otherwise: 
 39.20     (1) "agreement to provide remarketing" means an agreement 
 39.21  with a third party to provide the service, as agent of for the 
 39.22  authority, of marketing bonds or other outstanding obligations 
 39.23  where the bonds are subject to tender to the authority for 
 39.24  purchase by the authority; 
 39.25     (2) "credit enhancement" means additional third-party 
 39.26  security or sources of repayment for obligations of another 
 39.27  party, and may include, without limitation, guaranties, 
 39.28  insurance, letters of credit, lines of credit, standby bond 
 39.29  purchase agreements, or agreements pledging collateral; 
 39.30     (3) "hedge" means an agreement entered into with a third 
 39.31  party for the purpose of trying to limit, offset, or compensate 
 39.32  for possible losses, expenses, or outcomes, in whole or in part, 
 39.33  from particular actions, agreements, or obligations; 
 39.34     (4) "interest rate swap agreement" or "interest rate 
 39.35  exchange agreement" means an agreement between two or more 
 39.36  parties where two or more parties agree to pay to each other, 
 40.1   for a stated period of time, interest on a stated amount at 
 40.2   different rates, or rates calculated on a different basis, which 
 40.3   agreement does not include the borrowing of money or the 
 40.4   obligation to pay the stated amount, and may include, without 
 40.5   limitation, agreements where one party agrees to pay a fixed 
 40.6   rate and the other agrees to pay a variable rate, or where one 
 40.7   party agrees to pay a variable rate determined in one manner and 
 40.8   the other party agrees to pay a variable rate determined in 
 40.9   another manner; 
 40.10     (5) "liquidity" means a form of credit enhancement entered 
 40.11  into for the purpose of providing money on demand or within a 
 40.12  specified period of time to meet obligations which may arise and 
 40.13  be payable, for which a party determines that it is not 
 40.14  desirable, practicable, or possible to keep funds or readily 
 40.15  saleable short-term investments available at all times such 
 40.16  obligations to pay may arise or in the full amount of the 
 40.17  potential obligation; and 
 40.18     (6) "master agreement" means any agreement pursuant to 
 40.19  which one or more separate interest rate swaps, transactions, or 
 40.20  other agreements may be entered into from time to time or 
 40.21  pursuant to which separately stated terms and conditions 
 40.22  intended to cover multiple transactions or agreements are set 
 40.23  forth. 
 40.24     Subd. 2.  [POWERS OF AUTHORITY.] For the purposes of this 
 40.25  section, the authority may exercise all powers provided in this 
 40.26  chapter.  The authority may consent, whenever it considers it 
 40.27  necessary or desirable in connection with agreements entered 
 40.28  into under this subdivision, to modifications, amendments, or 
 40.29  waivers of the terms of such agreements.  The proceeds of any 
 40.30  agreements entered into pursuant to this subdivision are 
 40.31  appropriated to the authority pursuant to section 446A.11, 
 40.32  subdivision 13.  The agreements entered into pursuant to this 
 40.33  subdivision are not subject to sections 16C.03, subdivision 4, 
 40.34  and 16C.05. 
 40.35     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 446A.17, is 
 40.36  amended to read: 
 41.1      446A.17 [NONLIABILITY.] 
 41.2      Subdivision 1.  [NONLIABILITY OF INDIVIDUALS.] No member of 
 41.3   the authority or other person executing the bonds, loans, 
 41.4   interest rate swaps, or other agreements or contracts of the 
 41.5   authority is liable personally on the bonds such bonds, loans, 
 41.6   interest rate swaps, or other agreements or contracts of the 
 41.7   authority or is subject to any personal liability or 
 41.8   accountability by reason of their issuance, execution, delivery, 
 41.9   or performance.  
 41.10     Subd. 2.  [NONLIABILITY OF STATE.] The state is not liable 
 41.11  on bonds, loans, interest rate swaps, or other agreements or 
 41.12  contracts of the authority issued or entered into under this 
 41.13  chapter and those bonds such bonds, loans, interest rate swaps, 
 41.14  or other agreements or contracts of the authority are not a debt 
 41.15  of the state.  The bonds Such bonds, loans, interest rate swaps, 
 41.16  or other agreements or contracts of the authority must contain 
 41.17  on their face a statement to that effect. 
 41.18     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 446A.19, is 
 41.19  amended to read: 
 41.20     446A.19 [STATE PLEDGE AGAINST IMPAIRMENT OF CONTRACTS.] 
 41.21     The state pledges and agrees with the holders of bonds 
 41.22  issued under sections 446A.051, and 446A.12 to 446A.20 or other 
 41.23  parties to any loans, interest rate swaps, or other agreements 
 41.24  or contracts of the authority that the state will not limit or 
 41.25  alter the rights vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of 
 41.26  any agreements made with the bondholders or parties to any 
 41.27  loans, interest rate swaps, or other agreements or contracts of 
 41.28  the authority or in any way impair the rights and remedies of 
 41.29  the holders until the bonds, together with interest on them, 
 41.30  with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all 
 41.31  costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding 
 41.32  by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged 
 41.33  or, with respect to any loans, interest rate swaps, or other 
 41.34  agreements or contracts of the authority, such agreements have 
 41.35  been fully performed by the authority or otherwise terminated or 
 41.36  discharged.  The authority may include this pledge and agreement 
 42.1   of the state in any agreement with the holders of bonds issued 
 42.2   under sections 446A.051, and 446A.12 to 446A.20 or in any loans, 
 42.3   interest rate swaps, or other agreements or contracts of the 
 42.4   authority. 
 42.5      Sec. 62.  Laws 1998, chapter 404, section 23, subdivision 
 42.6   17, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 20, section 1, is amended 
 42.7   to read: 
 42.8   Subd. 17.  Paramount Arts District
 42.9   Regional Arts Center                                    750,000
 42.10  (a) To the commissioner of 
 42.11  administration for a grant to the city 
 42.12  of St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment 
 42.13  Authority to construct, furnish, and 
 42.14  equip the Paramount Arts District 
 42.15  Regional Arts Center, subject to 
 42.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.  
 42.17  This appropriation is not available 
 42.18  until the commissioner has determined 
 42.19  that the necessary additional financing 
 42.20  to complete at least a $5,400,000 
 42.21  project has been committed by nonstate 
 42.22  sources. 
 42.23  (b) The Housing and Redevelopment 
 42.24  Authority must effect the transfer as 
 42.25  otherwise required or permitted by 
 42.26  law.  Once the transfer is effected, 
 42.27  the city is the successor to the 
 42.28  Housing and Redevelopment Authority for 
 42.29  the purposes of the grant and Minnesota 
 42.30  Statutes, section 16A.695. 
 42.31     Sec. 63.  [MAXIMUM EFFORT CAPITAL LOAN FORGIVEN; EAST 
 42.32  CENTRAL.] 
 42.33     Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] Independent School 
 42.34  District No. 2580, East Central, may sell its middle school 
 42.35  building in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 42.36  16A.695.  The net proceeds from the sale of the property must be 
 42.37  paid to the commissioner of finance and deposited in the state 
 42.38  bond fund. 
 42.39     Subd. 2.  [OUTSTANDING LOAN BALANCE FORGIVEN.] Any 
 42.40  remaining outstanding balance on the maximum effort capital loan 
 42.41  issued in January 1982 to former Independent School District No. 
 42.42  566, Askov, after the application of the sale proceeds according 
 42.43  to subdivision 1, is forgiven. 
 42.44     Sec. 64.  [DNR; PLAN FOR LAND MANAGEMENT.] 
 42.45     The commissioner of natural resources must prepare a plan 
 42.46  for development of a comprehensive land management plan by 
 43.1   January 15, 2005, and submit it to the chairs of the committees 
 43.2   in the house and senate with jurisdiction over environmental 
 43.3   policy and finance, and capital improvements. 
 43.4      Sec. 65.  [STILLWATER LEVEE FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT.] 
 43.5      Notwithstanding the grant expiration date of June 30, 2002, 
 43.6   the commissioner of natural resources shall extend until June 
 43.7   30, 2006, the expiration date of a grant made to the city of 
 43.8   Stillwater under Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, and 
 43.9   matching certain federal appropriations for flood hazard 
 43.10  mitigation. 
 43.11     Sec. 66.  [RELEASE FUNDS FOR RICE STREET BRIDGE OVER 
 43.12  I-694.] 
 43.13     The commissioner of transportation must release by December 
 43.14  31, 2004, the $7,500,000 for the Rice Street bridge over I-694 
 43.15  in Ramsey County, committed by the Department of Transportation 
 43.16  in a memorandum of understanding between the department and 
 43.17  Ramsey County. 
 43.18     Sec. 67.  [OUTDOOR LIGHTING PURCHASE.] 
 43.19     All purchasing of outdoor lighting fixtures using funds 
 43.20  appropriated under this act must give consideration to 
 43.21  maximizing energy conservation and savings, reducing glare, 
 43.22  minimizing light pollution, and preserving the natural night 
 43.23  environment. 
 43.24     Sec. 68.  [ZOO DEBT SERVICE REPORT.] 
 43.25     The Minnesota Zoological Board must study and report to the 
 43.26  legislature by January 15, 2005, on the impact and 
 43.27  appropriateness of debt service costs paid from dedicated 
 43.28  receipts of the Minnesota Zoological Garden.  The board may 
 43.29  contract with the Management Analysis Division of the Department 
 43.30  of Administration, or another vendor of the board's choosing, 
 43.31  for the study.  The study must consider commitments made by the 
 43.32  zoo, the level of debt service costs paid by other zoos in this 
 43.33  state and other states, and by other state agencies and 
 43.34  political subdivisions in this state, from their dedicated 
 43.35  receipts.  The study must also consider the impact of the debt 
 43.36  service on the operating budget and the historical levels of 
 44.1   state support for the Minnesota Zoological Garden. 
 44.2      Sec. 69.  [UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA; DULUTH PARKING.] 
 44.3      The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota is 
 44.4   encouraged to expand the parking facilities at the University of 
 44.5   Minnesota, Duluth campus through the purchase of land and 
 44.6   property from willing sellers. 
 44.7      Sec. 70.  [REPEALER.] 
 44.8      Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 16B.325, is repealed. 
 44.9      Sec. 71.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 44.10     Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the 
 44.11  day following final enactment. 
 44.12                             ARTICLE 2 
 44.13                       ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL
 44.14                   OBLIGATION BOND AUTHORIZATIONS
 44.15     Section 1.  [TABLE OF ORIGINAL AND ADJUSTED 
 44.16  AUTHORIZATIONS.] 
 44.17     Column A lists the citation to each law authorizing general 
 44.18  obligation bonds since Laws 1983, chapter 323, section 6, to 
 44.19  which a further adjustment is being made in this section. 
 44.20     The original authorization amount in each law is shown in 
 44.21  column B opposite the citation of the law it appears in. 
 44.22     The original authorization amount in column B is hereby 
 44.23  adjusted to the amount shown in column C.  The adjustments 
 44.24  resulting in the column C amount reflect specific changes to an 
 44.25  authorization in law, executive vetoes sustained or not 
 44.26  challenged, administrative action reflecting cancellation and 
 44.27  abandonment of all or the unused balance from specific projects 
 44.28  for which the proceeds of authorized bonds were intended to be 
 44.29  used, and other action pursuant to law resulting in the adjusted 
 44.30  authorizations shown in column C.  The amounts shown in column C 
 44.31  are validated as the lawful adjusted authorization for the cited 
 44.32  law as of April 1, 2004, for all purposes for which the 
 44.33  authorization is required or used. 
 44.34             Column A            Column B         Column C
 44.35       L 1983, c 323, s 6        $ 30,000,000     $ 29,935,000
 44.36       L 1987, c 400, s 25,
 45.1        subd 1                     370,972,200      369,560,500
 45.2        L 1987, c 400, s 25, 
 45.3        subd 5                      66,747,000       66,740,000
 45.4        L 1989, c 300, art 1,
 45.5        s 23, subd 1               142,585,000      135,060,000
 45.6        L 1991, c 354, art 11, 
 45.7        s 2, subd 1                 12,000,000       11,360,000
 45.8        L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 45.9        subd 1                     231,695,000      219,085,000
 45.10       L 1992, c 558, s 28,
 45.11       subd 3                      17,500,000       17,368,000
 45.12       L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 45.13       subd 1                      54,640,000       53,355,000
 45.14       L 1993, c 373, s 19,
 45.15       subd 2                       9,900,000        9,480,000
 45.16       L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 45.17       subd 1                     573,385,000      564,650,524
 45.18       L 1994, c 643, s 31,
 45.19       subd 2                      45,000,000       34,820,000
 45.20       L 1995, 1SS c 2, s 14,
 45.21       subd 1                       5,630,000        5,590,000 
 45.22       L 1996, c 463, s 27,
 45.23       subd 1                     597,110,000      549,215,089
 45.24       L 1997, c 246, s 10,
 45.25       subd 1                      86,625,000       86,191,283
 45.26       L 1997, 2SS c 2, s 12       55,305,000       38,308,055
 45.27       L 1998, c 404, s 27,
 45.28       subd 1                     463,795,000      104,478,675
 45.29       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 45.30       s 13, subd 1               139,510,000      111,905,000
 45.31       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 45.32       s 13, subd 2               10,440,000           -0-
 45.33       L 1999, c 240, art 1,
 45.34       s 16, subd 1               372,400,000      367,418,000
 45.35       L 2000, c 492, art 1,
 45.36       s 26, subd 1               426,870,000      487,730,000
 46.1        L 2001, 1SS c 12, s 11,     
 46.2        subd 1                      99,205,000       98,205,000
 46.3        L 2002, c 393, s 30,
 46.4        subd 1                     920,235,000      567,312,000
 46.5      Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 46.6      This article is effective the day following final enactment.