1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring an inventory of historical state-owned 
1.3 	buildings; prohibiting recovery of appropriations for certain historical 
1.4 	renovations through rent charged to tenants; proposing coding for new law in 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [16B.242] RENT FOR HISTORIC BUILDINGS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Inventory. The commissioner of administration must maintain 
1.9 	an inventory of state-owned buildings that the commissioner determines have historic 
1.10 	significance. A state-owned building must be included on this inventory if the building 
1.11 	is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is determined eligible for listing on 
1.12 	the National Register, is designated by a municipal heritage preservation commission, or 
1.13 	if the commissioner otherwise determines that the building has historic or architectural 
1.14 	significance.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Rent on historic buildings. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
1.16 	appropriations made after the effective date of this section for renovation of historic 
1.17 	buildings in the Capitol Area must not be recovered through rent charged to tenants of 
1.18 	the building. For purposes of this subdivision, a "historic building" is a building on the 
1.19 	inventory maintained under subdivision 1 and "Capitol Area" has the meaning defined 
1.20 	in section 15B.02.

1.21 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.22 	Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.