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SF 2098 Senate Long Description

Relating to capital improvementsARTICLE 1 � APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGERelating to public administration, authorizing expenditures to +acquire and improve public land and buildings and other public improvements of a +capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations+ to certain departments and agencies; appropriating money to the board of+ regents of the university of Minnesota for higher education asset +preservation and replacement and for renovation of the life science building on the +Duluth campus and of Kolthoff hall and the education sciences building on +the Minneapolis campus, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state +colleges and universities for HEAPR and for certain improvements at Winona, +Moorhead and St. Cloud state universities, Century community and technical +college and St. Cloud and South Central technical colleges, for systemwide +science lab and workforce training classroom renovations and for obsolete building +demolitions, to the commissioner of administration for campus asset preservation,+ for Beta building demolition and for Alpha building renovation at the Perpich +center for arts education, to the commissioner of education for a grant to +independent school district #709, Duluth for construction of an addition to the +Grant magnet school, for a capital loan to independent school district +#38, Red Lake and for a grant to joint powers district #6067, East metro +integration district for the acquisition of certain land, to the commissioner of administration for asset preservation at the state academies for the +deaf and blind, to the commissioner of natural resources (DNR) for flood +hazard mitigation grants, for renovation or removal of publicly owned dams, +for certain reinvest in Minnesota wildlife management projects, for +fisheries acquisition and improvement and fish hatchery improvements, for water+ access and fishing piers, for stream protection and restoration, for +reforestation activities, for metro greenways and natural areas acquisition or +betterment, for native prairie bank easements, for scientific and natural areas +acquisition and development, for state trail development, for state forest land acquisition, for forest road and bridge improvements, for state parks+ and recreation areas, for the Lake Superior safe harbor, for statewide +asset preservation improvements, for field office renovations and for +construction of colocated office facilities, to the pollution control agency (PCA) +for the closed landfill program, to the office of environmental assistance +(OEA) for solid waste capital assistance grants, to the board of water and soil+ resources (BOWSR) for RIM and CREP conservation easements and for wetland +replacement due to public road projects, to the commissioner of agriculture for rural+ finance authority (RFA) loan participation and for the agriculture water +management research partnership, to the Minnesota zoological garden for certain +zoo facility improvements, to the commissioner of administration for +exterior repair of the transportation building, for capital asset preservation+ and replacement (CAPRA), for state agency relocations, for demolition and+ hazardous material abatement of the Ford building, for capitol area parking +improvements, for cooperative local facilities grants and for capitol area +architectural and planning board (CAAPB) capitol building improvements, to the adjutant+ general for asset preservation and for life safety improvements, to the +commissioner of transportation (DOT) for continuation of the conversion of certain +equipment from analog to digital, for local bridge replacement and +rehabilitation, for construction of a new headquarters facility in Mankato, for local +road improvements, for certain small capital projects and for the +Northstar commuter rail line project, to the metropolitan council for the Cedar avenue +bus rapid transit (BRT) project and for metropolitan regional parks capital +improvements, to the commissioner of administration for certain human services or +treatment facility, veterans home and correctional facility improvements and +for completion of the world war II veterans memorial, to the commissioner+ of employment and economic development for certain public facilities +authority state match requirements, for transfer to the Minnesota development +account, for the wastewater infrastructure funding (WIF) program and for the +university of Minnesota/Mayo clinic biotechnology research facility, to the +commissioner of the housing finance agency (HFA) for certain loans and grants, to +the Minnesota historical society for historic sites asset preservation +and for preservation projects at the Fort Snelling historic site, to the +commissioner of DEED for grants to the city of Buffalo Lake for the construction +of a maintenance garage and for street repairs and to Hennepin county for construction of the Colin Powell youth leadership center, for a grant+ through the public facilities authority for the Lewis and Clark rural water +system and for a grant to the city of Roseau for certain improvements and to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses; specifying certain +bond sale requirements of the board of regents of the university of Minnesota, +certain debt service payment requirements of the MnSCU board and certain +match requirements; reducing a certain prior limit on the transfer of funds+ from the general fund to the state bond fund; authorizing the sale of state +bonds; modifying the definition of maximum current cash flow requirement for certificates of indebtness purposes; renaming the greater Minnesota redevelopment accounts the Minnesota development accounts for +statewide application purposes and expanding the definition of development +authority; modifying the authorized uses of a certain prior appropriation to the metropolitan council for the northwest busway; exempting the +Minnesota zoological garden from the requirement to pay debt service costs on +bonds sold for the marine education center ARTICLE 2 � ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AUTHORIZATIONSAdjusting and validating the amounts of certain prior general +obligation bond authorizations (je)