1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to capital improvements; appropriating money for Independent School
1.3District No. 38, Red Lake, library accessibility and improvement, Anoka
1.4prairie restoration, Alden-Conger Community Center, Northwest Hennepin
1.5Family Center, United South Central Cooperative Facilities, Rushford-Peterson
1.6Cooperative Facilities, Department of Commerce, Minnesota State Academies,
1.7and Perpich Center for Arts Education; authorizing the sale of state bonds.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1.
new text begin CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.new text end
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new text begin The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the new text end
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new text begin bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, new text end
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new text begin to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as new text end
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new text begin authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire new text end
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new text begin and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or new text end
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new text begin as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or new text end
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new text begin article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until new text end
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new text begin the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.new text end
1.18 Sec. 2.
new text begin PRIORITIES.new text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin General.new text end new text begin The Education Finance Division of the House Finance new text end
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new text begin Committee prioritizes the appropriations in this act as provided in this section.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin High priorities.new text end new text begin High priorities include: Minnesota State Academies asset new text end
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new text begin preservation; Perpich Center asset preservation; Library grants; and Red Lake Secondary new text end
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new text begin School maximum effort grant.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Medium.new text end new text begin Medium priorities include: Minnesota State Academies Mott new text end
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new text begin Hall, Pollard Day Treatment, and Frechette Hall predesign; Perpich Center master plan new text end
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new text begin update and Delta Dorm windows; Northwest Hennepin Family Center; Rushford-Peterson new text end
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new text begin cooperative facilities grant; and renewable energy planning grants.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Low.new text end new text begin Low priorities include: Perpich Center prefab storage; new text end
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new text begin Anoka-Hennepin Riverview Elementary prairie restoration; Alden-Conger Community new text end
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new text begin Center; and United South Central Facility grant.new text end
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Sec. 3. new text begin MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF new text end
new text begin EDUCATIONnew text end
2.10
new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 86,690,000new text end
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new text begin To the commissioner of education for the new text end
2.12
new text begin purposes specified in this section.new text end
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2.14
new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Independent School District No. 38, new text end
new text begin Red Lakenew text end
new text begin 32,000,000new text end
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new text begin This appropriation is from the maximum new text end
2.16
new text begin effort school loan fund for a capital loan to new text end
2.17
new text begin Independent School District No. 38, Red new text end
2.18
new text begin Lake, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, new text end
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new text begin sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, to design, new text end
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new text begin construct, furnish, and equip renovation of new text end
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new text begin the secondary school. This appropriation is new text end
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new text begin expected to complete the financing for the new text end
2.23
new text begin construction projects at the secondary school. new text end
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new text begin The commissioner and Independent School new text end
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new text begin District No. 38, Red Lake, shall report to new text end
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new text begin the legislature by January 10, 2009, on the new text end
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new text begin progress of the capital loan.new text end
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2.29
new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Library Accessibility and new text end
new text begin Improvement Grantsnew text end
new text begin 10,000,000new text end
2.30
new text begin For library accessibility and improvement new text end
2.31
new text begin grants under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
2.32
new text begin 134.45.new text end
2.33
new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Anoka Prairie Restorationnew text end
new text begin 240,000new text end
3.1
new text begin For a grant to Independent School District new text end
3.2
new text begin No. 11, Anoka-Hennepin, to acquire land new text end
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new text begin adjacent to Riverview Elementary School new text end
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new text begin and for improvements of a capital nature new text end
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new text begin to develop and restore wetland and native new text end
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new text begin prairie habitat on the land.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Alden-Conger Community Centernew text end
new text begin 950,000new text end
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new text begin For a grant to Independent School District new text end
3.9
new text begin No. 242, Alden-Conger, to acquire land new text end
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new text begin for, design, construct, furnish, and equip a new text end
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new text begin multifunction facility in Alden.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 6.new text end new text begin Northwest Hennepin Family Centernew text end
new text begin 3,500,000new text end
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new text begin For a grant to Independent School District new text end
3.14
new text begin No. 279, Osseo, to predesign, design, new text end
3.15
new text begin construct, furnish, and equip the Northwest new text end
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new text begin Hennepin Family Center in Brooklyn Center. new text end
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new text begin This appropriation is not available until the new text end
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new text begin commissioner has determined that at least new text end
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new text begin an equal amount has been committed from new text end
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new text begin nonstate sources.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 7.new text end new text begin United South Central Cooperative new text end
new text begin Facilities Grantnew text end
new text begin 20,000,000new text end
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new text begin For a grant to Independent School District new text end
3.24
new text begin No. 2134, United South Central, upon new text end
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new text begin approval of the commissioner of education. new text end
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new text begin The district does not need to comply with new text end
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new text begin the timelines in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
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new text begin 123A.443. The commissioner must approve new text end
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new text begin or deny the grant within 60 days of its receipt.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 8.new text end new text begin Rushford-Peterson Cooperative new text end
new text begin Facilities Grantnew text end
new text begin 20,000,000new text end
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new text begin For a grant to Independent School District new text end
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new text begin No. 239, Rushford-Peterson, upon approval new text end
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new text begin of the commissioner of education. The new text end
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new text begin district does not need to comply with the new text end
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new text begin timelines in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
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new text begin 123A.443. The commissioner must approve new text end
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new text begin or deny the grant within 60 days of its receipt.new text end
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Sec. 4. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEnew text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 5,000,000new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Energy Grantsnew text end
new text begin 5,000,000new text end
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new text begin For renewable energy project design grants new text end
4.8
new text begin under section 8.new text end
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Sec. 5. new text begin MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIESnew text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 6,317,000new text end
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new text begin To the commissioner of administration for new text end
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new text begin the purposes specified in this section.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Asset Preservationnew text end
new text begin 2,716,000new text end
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new text begin For asset preservation on both campuses of new text end
4.15
new text begin the academies, to be spent in accordance with new text end
4.16
new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Mott Hall Renovationnew text end
new text begin 3,301,000new text end
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new text begin To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and new text end
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new text begin equip the renovation of Mott Hall.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Frechette Hallnew text end
new text begin 100,000new text end
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new text begin For predesign for a new dorm to replace new text end
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new text begin Frechette Hall.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Pollard Hall Day Treatmentnew text end
new text begin 200,000new text end
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new text begin For updates and betterments of a capital new text end
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new text begin nature to facilitate a day treatment center at new text end
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new text begin Pollard Hall.new text end
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Sec. 6. new text begin PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS new text end
new text begin EDUCATIONnew text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Total Appropriationnew text end
new text begin $new text end
new text begin 999,000new text end
4.30
new text begin To the commissioner of administration for new text end
4.31
new text begin the purposes specified in this section.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Asset Preservationnew text end
new text begin 355,000new text end
5.2
new text begin For asset preservation at the Perpich Center new text end
5.3
new text begin for Arts Education to be spent in accordance new text end
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new text begin with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 3.new text end new text begin Master Plannew text end
new text begin 206,000new text end
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new text begin To update the master plan and predesign for new text end
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new text begin capital project needs.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 4.new text end new text begin Delta Dormnew text end
new text begin 385,000new text end
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new text begin To replace windows in the Delta Dorm.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 5.new text end new text begin Prefabricated Shednew text end
new text begin 53,000new text end
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new text begin To install a prefabricated storage and work new text end
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new text begin shed building.new text end
5.13 Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16A.695, subdivision 3, is
5.14amended to read:
5.15 Subd. 3.
Sale of property. new text begin (a) new text end A public officer or agency shall not sell any state
5.16bond financed property unless the public officer or agency determines by official action
5.17that the property is no longer usable or needed by the public officer or agency to carry
5.18out the governmental program for which it was acquired or constructed
new text begin betterednew text end , the
5.19sale is made as authorized by law, the sale is made for fair market value, and the sale is
5.20approved by the commissioner.
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new text begin (b) new text end If any state bonds issued to purchase or better the state bond financed property
5.22that is sold remain outstanding on the date of sale, the net proceeds of sale must be
5.23applied as follows:
5.24 (1) if the state bond financed property was acquired and bettered solely with state
5.25bond proceeds, the net proceeds of sale must be paid to the commissioner and deposited
5.26in the state treasury; or
5.27 (2) if the state bond financed property was acquired or bettered partly with state
5.28bond proceeds and partly with other money, the net proceeds of sale must be used:
5.29first, to pay to the state the amount of state bond proceeds used to acquire or better the
5.30property; second, to pay in full any outstanding public or private debt incurred to acquire
5.31or better the property; third, to pay interested public and private entities, other than any
5.32public officer or agency or any private lender already paid in full, the amount of money
5.33contributed to the acquisition or betterment of the property; and fourth, any excess over the
6.1amount needed for those purposes must be divided in proportion to the shares contributed
6.2to the acquisition or betterment of the property and paid to the interested public and
6.3private entities, other than any private lender already paid in full, and the proceeds are
6.4appropriated for this purpose. In calculating the share contributed by each entity, the
6.5amount to be attributed to the owner of the property shall be the fair market value of the
6.6property that was bettered by state bond proceeds at the time the betterment began.
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new text begin (c) If no state bonds issued to purchase or better the state bond financed property new text end
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new text begin that is sold remain outstanding on the date of sale, the net proceeds of the sale must be new text end
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new text begin applied as provided in paragraph (b) except as provided in this paragraph. If the state bond new text end
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new text begin financed property was acquired or bettered partly with state bond proceeds totaling not new text end
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new text begin more than $100,000, and partly with other money and was owned and directly operated new text end
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new text begin and managed by a political subdivision, the net proceeds of the sale must be paid to the new text end
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new text begin political subdivision and are appropriated for that purpose.new text end
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new text begin (d) new text end When all of the net proceeds of sale have been applied as provided in this
6.15subdivision, this section no longer applies to the property.
6.16 Sec. 8.
new text begin DESIGN FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS FOR K-12 new text end
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new text begin SCHOOLS.new text end
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new text begin (a) The commissioner of commerce may make grants to school districts to pay new text end
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new text begin the costs of designing renewable energy projects to generate energy used in public new text end
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new text begin K-12 schools. In awarding grants, the commissioner must determine, at a minimum, new text end
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new text begin the following:new text end
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new text begin (1) that the physical condition of the school building is sufficient to support the new text end
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new text begin efficient operation of the renewable energy project;new text end
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new text begin (2) that enrollment projections for the school indicate no significant possibility that new text end
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new text begin the school may close within ten years; andnew text end
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new text begin (3) that the projected cumulative energy savings exceed the grant amount and the new text end
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new text begin corresponding debt service within 15 years.new text end
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new text begin (b) For the purposes of this section, "renewable energy" means:new text end
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new text begin (1) a wind energy conversion system, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end
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new text begin 216C.06, subdivision 19;new text end
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new text begin (2) a solar energy system, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.06, new text end
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new text begin subdivision 17; ornew text end
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new text begin (3) a closed loop geothermal system consisting of:new text end
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new text begin (i) continuous underground pipes in which a fluid circulates to transfer heat between new text end
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new text begin the earth and the fluid;new text end
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new text begin (ii) a heat pump to move heat between the fluid and a building; andnew text end
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new text begin (3) a distribution system to distribute heating or cooling throughout a building.new text end
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
7.4 Sec. 9.
new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.new text end
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new text begin Subdivision 1.new text end new text begin Bond proceeds fund.new text end new text begin To provide the money appropriated in sections new text end
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new text begin 1 to 6 from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds new text end
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new text begin of the state in an amount up to $67,006,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with new text end
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new text begin the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the new text end
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new text begin Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.new text end
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new text begin Subd. 2.new text end new text begin Maximum effort fund.new text end new text begin To provide the money appropriated in section 3 new text end
7.11
new text begin from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and new text end
7.12
new text begin issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $32,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and new text end
7.13
new text begin with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by new text end
7.14
new text begin the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except new text end
7.15
new text begin accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a new text end
7.16
new text begin bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.new text end
7.17 Sec. 10.
new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end
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new text begin Except as otherwise provided, sections 1 to 9 are effective the day following final new text end
7.19
new text begin enactment.new text end
