Relating to capital improvements

ARTICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED LANGUAGE

Authorizing spending 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, for renovation of the academic health center, of the education sciences building and of Kolthoff hall on the Minneapolis campus, for renovation of the life science building and to construct, furnish and equip a recreational sports facility on the Duluth campus, for construction of an addition to the heating plant and of a football stadium on the Morris campus and for design, construction and equipment of a building to accommodate the farm machinery and repair, maintenance and carpentry shops at the north central research and outreach center (ROC) at Grand Rapids, to the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities for HEAPR and for certain improvements at Bemidji, Winona, Moorhead, St. Cloud and Mankato state universities, at the Century, Lake Superior, Fergus Falls, Minneapolis, Moorhead and Rochester community and technical colleges, at the St. Cloud, South Central, Southeast and Dakota technical colleges, at the Anoka Ramsey, Northland, Riverland and Inver Hills community colleges, at the Fond du Lac tribal and community college and at the Central Lakes, Lake Superior and St. Paul colleges, for systemwide science lab and certain classroom renovations, for obsolete building demolitions, for program consolidation and for land acquisition, to the commissioner of administration for campus asset preservation and for Beta building demolition at the Perpich center for arts education, to the commissioner of education for a maximum effort school loan to independent school district #38, Red Lake for construction of middle and high school facilities and for grants to east metro integration district #6067 for the acquisition of land for the Crosswinds arts and science middle school and for improvements to library facilities, to the commissioner of human services to rehabilitate early childhood learning and child protection facilities, to the commissioner of administration for asset preservation at the state academies for the deaf and blind, to the commissioner of natural resources 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, for water access and fishing piers, for canoe and boating routes, for stream protection and restoration, for reforestation activities, for metro greenways and natural areas, for native prairie bank easements and development, for scientific and natural areas acquisition and development, for state trail development, for trail connections, for county forest land reforestation, for state forest and forest legacy land acquisition, for forest road and bridge projects, for state park and recreation area acquisition and building development and rehabilitation, for local initiative grants, for Lake Superior safe harbor improvements, for statewide asset preservation and for field offices renovation and improvement, to the pollution control agency for the closed landfill program, to the office of environmental assistance (OEA) for solid waste capital assistance grants to the city of Red Wing and to Olmsted county, to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) for RIM and CREP conservation easements, for wetland replacement due to public road projects and for the area II river basin grant in aid program, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to establish or expand certain agricultural water management research projects and to construct a joint plant pathology research facility, to the Minnesota zoological garden for asset preservation and for certain zoo facility improvements, to the commissioner of administration for the capital asset preservation and replacement account (CAPRA), for certain parking lot renovations and for capital area architectural and planning board (CAAPB) capitol building repair and restoration, to the adjutant general for asset preservation, to the commissioner of administration for completion of the construction of a world war II veterans memorial on the state capitol mall, to the commissioner of public safety for a grant to the city of Blue Earth to acquire land for and to design, construct, furnish and equip a fire and police station, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for local bridge replacement and rehabilitation, for local road and rail service improvements, for port development assistance, for the Northstar commuter rail and for grants to the city of Duluth for restoration of the aerial lift bridge and to the metropolitan airports commission (MAC) for St. Paul Holman field flood protection, to the metropolitan council for the Cedar avenue bus rapid transit (BRT), for the central and Red Rock corridor transit ways, for the Rush Line corridor bus way and for metropolitan regional parks capital improvements, to the commissioner of administration for design of the St. Peter regional treatment center sex offender facility, for systemwide campus redevelopment, reuse and demolition, for Willmar regional treatment center buildings renovation and retrofit, for a Fergus Falls waste incinerator steam heating facility, for systemwide roof renovation and replacement and asset preservation, for grave markers or memorial monuments at regional treatment centers and for veterans home and correctional facility improvements, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for certain public facilities authority state match requirements, the wastewater infrastructure funding (WIF) program and maximum daily load (TMDL) grants, for grants to the city of Aurora for wastewater treatment plant reconstruction, to the central iron range sanitary sewer district authority for design of a sewage disposal facility, to the cities of Dunnell, Dumont, Henriette, Lewisville, McGrath and Ostrander for certain corrective action projects, to the city of Duluth for construction of sanitary sewer overflow storage facilities, to the city of Eagle Bend for construction of a wastewater collection and treatment system, to the city of Two Harbors for an equalization basin, to the city of Bayport for the middle St. Croix River watershed management organization to complete the sewer system, to the city of New Brighton for relocation of a sanitary sewer interceptor, to the city of Austin for flood relief and through the public facilities authority to the city of Burnsville for construction of a water treatment facility, to the cities of Crookston and Red Lake Falls for riverbank protection, to the cities of Luverne and Worthington for the Lewis and Clark rural water system and to the city of Roseau for infrastructure repair and municipal complex relocation, for the greater Minnesota business development infrastructure grant program, for bioscience development grants, for grants to the city Buffalo Lake for maintenance garage and street repair, to the city of Detroit Lakes for renovation of the historical regional pavilion and band shell, to the Laurentian energy authority for a wood yard, to the city of Minneapolis for a new planetarium, for the Heritage park project and for creation of the Minnesota Shubert center, to the city of Moorhead for heritage Hjemkomst center asset preservation, to the city of Orono for acquisition of the Big Island veterans camp, to the city of St. Paul for the Phalen corridor and to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the Mayo clinic biotechnology research facility, to the commissioner of the housing finance agency for certain rental housing loans and grants and for supportive housing, to the Minnesota historical society for historic sites asset preservation, for county and local preservation grants and for fort Snelling historic site preservation projects and to the commissioner of finance for bond sale expenses; authorizing the sale of state bonds; specifying certain match requirements; providing for the payment of debt service by the MnSCU board; modifying the definition of maximum current cash flow requirement for certificates of indebtedness purposes; expanding DNR grants to local government units for parks and outdoor recreation areas to veterans memorial gardens and parks; authorizing commissioner of employment and economic development grants from the greater Minnesota redevelopment accounts anywhere in the state under certain conditions; authorizing commissioner of education grants to public library jurisdictions to renovate or expand existing buildings or to construct new library buildings and increasing the limit on accessibility grants; providing for disposition of surplus property by the MnSCU board; establishing a rural road safety account in the local road improvement fund and providing an annual appropriation to the commissioner of transportation for grants to counties for the costs of certain capital improvement projects on county state aid highways; modifying a certain provision authorizing the commissioner of administration to lease land or other premises for state operated community based human services programs; requiring public facilities authority grants to local government units under the financial assistance program of the PCA for the cost of wastewater treatment projects necessary to meet total maximum daily load requirements under the federal clean water act; authorizing the amateur sports commission to lease a certain percentage of the land at the national sports center to public or private entities for the benefit of amateur sports; changing the recipient of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of administration for a grant for the Paramount arts district regional arts center from the St. Cloud housing and redevelopment authority (HRA) to the city of St. Cloud; providing for the continuation of a certain prior appropriation for the harbor of refuge at Two Harbors; expanding the authorized use of a certain prior appropriation to the commissioner of administration for the Fergus Falls treatment center; changing the agency responsible for design and construction of a community dental clinic at Lake Superior community college in Duluth from the commissioner of health to MnSCU; eliminating the requirement for the Minnesota zoological garden to pay the debt service costs on bonds sold for the marine education center; authorizing and providing for conveyance of certain surplus state land on the Willmar, Fergus Falls and Ah Gwah Ching regional treatment center campuses; authorizing the HFA to enter into an agreement with the higher education services office (HESO) to issue qualified student loan bonds; authorizing the Minneapolis park and recreation board to sell the property known as the Fuji Ya restaurant property and providing for use of the proceeds; encouraging the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to expand the parking facilities at the Duluth campus; authorizing independent school district #2580, East Central to sell the middle school building and forgiving an outstanding loan balance on a certain maximum effort capital loan to former independent school district #566, Askov

ARTICLE 2 - ADJUSTMENT OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND AUTHORIZATIONS

Adjusting and validating the amounts of certain prior state general obligation bond authorizations for changes in authorization, executive vetoes, administrative action reflecting cancellation and abandonment of specific projects and other action pursuant to law
(Ch. 20, 2005)