HF 2859

1st Committee Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008)

Posted on 12/22/2009 12:38 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to capital investment; authorizing spending to acquire and better public 1.3land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature; authorizing the 1.4issuance of state bonds; appropriating money for public safety capital projects. 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6    Section 1. new text begin CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.7     new text begin The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the new text end 1.8 new text begin bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, new text end 1.9 new text begin to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as new text end 1.10 new text begin authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire new text end 1.11 new text begin and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or new text end 1.12 new text begin as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or new text end 1.13 new text begin article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until new text end 1.14 new text begin the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642. new text end 1.15    Sec. 2. new text begin PRIORITIES. new text end 1.16     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin General. new text end new text begin The Public Safety Finance Division of the House Finance new text end 1.17 new text begin Committee prioritizes the appropriations in this act as provided in this section. new text end 1.18     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin High priorities. new text end new text begin The division finds the following projects as most new text end 1.19 new text begin deserving of funding: new text end 1.20     new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault: Phase III Expansion; new text end 1.21     new text begin Department of Corrections: Asset Preservation; new text end 1.22     new text begin Public Safety Training Center - Camp Ripley; and new text end 1.23     new text begin Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training Center - Rochester. new text end 2.1     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Ranking of additional public safety projects. new text end new text begin To the extent funds are new text end 2.2 new text begin available, the division recommends funding the following projects in the order listed new text end 2.3 new text begin below: new text end 2.4     new text begin (1) Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red Wing: Vocational Education Building; new text end 2.5     new text begin (2) Public Safety Technology and Support Center - Dakota County; new text end 2.6     new text begin (3) Public Safety Training Center - Scott County; new text end 2.7     new text begin (4) Emergency Training Center - Gonvick; new text end 2.8     new text begin (5) Emergency Operations Center - Minneapolis; new text end 2.9     new text begin (6) Tactical Training Center - Annandale; new text end 2.10     new text begin (7) Northern Minnesota Regional Training Center - Grand Rapids; new text end 2.11     new text begin (8) Minnesota Emergency Response and Industrial Training (MERIT) Regional new text end 2.12 new text begin Training Center - Marshall; new text end 2.13     new text begin (9) Public Safety and Regional Emergency Operations Center - Northfield; new text end 2.14     new text begin (10) Forensic Crime Lab - Anoka County; new text end 2.15     new text begin (11) Forensic Crime Lab - Minneapolis; and new text end 2.16     new text begin (12) Joint Public Safety Building - Princeton. new text end 2.17     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin No Recommendation. new text end new text begin The division makes no recommendation on the new text end 2.18 new text begin following project: new text end 2.19     new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - Shakopee: Perimeter Security Fence. new text end 2.20 Sec. 3. new text begin CORRECTIONS new text end 2.21 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 38,000,000 new text end 2.22 new text begin To the commissioner of administration for new text end 2.23 new text begin the purposes specified in this section. new text end 2.24 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Asset Preservation new text end new text begin 15,109,000 new text end 2.25 new text begin For improvements and betterments of a new text end 2.26 new text begin capital nature at Minnesota correctional new text end 2.27 new text begin facilities statewide, in accordance with new text end 2.28 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. new text end 2.29 2.30 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - new text end new text begin Faribault: Phase III Expansion new text end new text begin 16,341,000 new text end 2.31 new text begin To design, construct, furnish, and equip new text end 2.32 new text begin phase 3 of the expansion of the Minnesota new text end 2.33 new text begin Correctional Facility-Faribault. This project new text end 2.34 new text begin is a continuation of the expansion of the new text end 3.1 new text begin Faribault facility to deal with the increasing new text end 3.2 new text begin male offender population. It includes an new text end 3.3 new text begin intake/receiving/warehouse/watch security new text end 3.4 new text begin center building and demolition of two new text end 3.5 new text begin housing units. new text end 3.6 3.7 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - Red new text end new text begin Wing: Vocational Education Building new text end new text begin 6,000,000 new text end 3.8 new text begin To complete design for and to construct, new text end 3.9 new text begin furnish, and equip a new vocational education new text end 3.10 new text begin building with a combined classroom and new text end 3.11 new text begin shop complex at the Minnesota Correctional new text end 3.12 new text begin Facility - Red Wing. new text end 3.13 3.14 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility - new text end new text begin Shakopee: Perimeter Security Fence new text end new text begin 550,000 new text end 3.15 new text begin To design a perimeter security fence system new text end 3.16 new text begin at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - new text end 3.17 new text begin Shakopee. new text end 3.18 Sec. 4. new text begin PUBLIC SAFETY new text end 3.19 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 48,036,000 new text end 3.20 new text begin To the commissioner of administration new text end 3.21 new text begin or other named agency for the purposes new text end 3.22 new text begin specified in this section. new text end 3.23 3.24 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Public Safety Training Center - Camp new text end new text begin Ripley new text end new text begin 5,000,000 new text end 3.25 new text begin To predesign, design, and construct phase 1 new text end 3.26 new text begin of a tier-3 homeland security and emergency new text end 3.27 new text begin management training and exercise center at new text end 3.28 new text begin Camp Ripley, which includes a classroom new text end 3.29 new text begin facility and several facilities for field new text end 3.30 new text begin response training. new text end 3.31 new text begin Nonmilitary public safety personnel from new text end 3.32 new text begin Minnesota must be given priority access to new text end 3.33 new text begin the training facilities. Any fees charged to new text end 3.34 new text begin nonmilitary public safety personnel from new text end 4.1 new text begin Minnesota or their employers may not new text end 4.2 new text begin exceed the fees charged to military personnel new text end 4.3 new text begin and units that use the facilities. new text end 4.4 4.5 4.6 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Southeastern Minnesota Regional new text end new text begin Public Safety Training Center - Olmsted new text end new text begin County new text end new text begin 3,655,000 new text end 4.7 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety new text end 4.8 new text begin for a grant to Olmsted County to design, new text end 4.9 new text begin construct, furnish, and equip the Southeastern new text end 4.10 new text begin Minnesota Regional Public Safety Training new text end 4.11 new text begin Center in Olmsted County. The facility new text end 4.12 new text begin must include a live burn training simulator new text end 4.13 new text begin adjacent to the existing National Guard new text end 4.14 new text begin facility, a driving range, and a weapons new text end 4.15 new text begin training facility. new text end 4.16 new text begin This appropriation is not available until the new text end 4.17 new text begin commissioner has determined that at least new text end 4.18 new text begin an equal amount has been committed to the new text end 4.19 new text begin project from nonstate sources. new text end 4.20 4.21 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Public Safety Technology and Support new text end new text begin Center - Dakota County new text end new text begin 7,800,000 new text end 4.22 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 4.23 new text begin grant to Dakota County to design, construct, new text end 4.24 new text begin furnish, and equip a countywide public new text end 4.25 new text begin safety technology and support center. This new text end 4.26 new text begin appropriation is not available until the new text end 4.27 new text begin commissioner of finance determines that at new text end 4.28 new text begin least an equal amount is committed to the new text end 4.29 new text begin project from nonstate sources. new text end 4.30 4.31 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Public Safety Training Center - Scott new text end new text begin County new text end new text begin 3,200,000 new text end 4.32 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for new text end 4.33 new text begin a grant to Scott County for design and new text end 4.34 new text begin construction of a regional public safety new text end 4.35 new text begin training center in Scott County. new text end 5.1 new text begin No portion of these funds may be used to new text end 5.2 new text begin construct training facilities that currently new text end 5.3 new text begin exist, and are available to state and local new text end 5.4 new text begin public safety professionals, within a 30-mile new text end 5.5 new text begin radius of the grounds of the public safety new text end 5.6 new text begin training center. new text end 5.7 new text begin Subd. 6. new text end new text begin Emergency Training Center - Gonvick new text end new text begin 50,000 new text end 5.8 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 5.9 new text begin grant to the city of Gonvick for predesign of new text end 5.10 new text begin a regional emergency training administration new text end 5.11 new text begin center in Gonvick. new text end 5.12 5.13 new text begin Subd. 7. new text end new text begin Emergency Operations Center - new text end new text begin Minneapolis new text end new text begin 8,000,000 new text end 5.14 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 5.15 new text begin grant to the city of Minneapolis to design, new text end 5.16 new text begin construct, furnish, and equip improvements new text end 5.17 new text begin including an emergency operations center to new text end 5.18 new text begin the city's existing fire training center. new text end 5.19 new text begin Subd. 8. new text end new text begin Tactical Training Center - Annandale new text end new text begin 164,000 new text end 5.20 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety new text end 5.21 new text begin for a grant to the city of Annandale to new text end 5.22 new text begin predesign, design, construct, furnish, and new text end 5.23 new text begin equip improvements in the tactical training new text end 5.24 new text begin center, including improvements to the indoor new text end 5.25 new text begin live fire shoot house for air quality and noise new text end 5.26 new text begin mitigation, a steel breaching door, moving new text end 5.27 new text begin target systems within the shoot house and new text end 5.28 new text begin outdoor range, and a 40-foot rappelling tower new text end 5.29 new text begin for high angle fire, rescue, and police tactical new text end 5.30 new text begin training. new text end 5.31 5.32 new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Northern Minnesota Regional new text end new text begin Training Center - Grand Rapids new text end new text begin 1,452,000 new text end 5.33 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for new text end 5.34 new text begin a grant to the city of Grand Rapids to new text end 5.35 new text begin predesign, design, construct, furnish, and new text end 6.1 new text begin equip a new fire and hazardous response new text end 6.2 new text begin team facility in Grand Rapids. new text end 6.3 6.4 6.5 new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Minnesota Emergency Response new text end new text begin and Industrial Training (MERIT) Regional new text end new text begin Training Center - Marshall new text end new text begin 975,000 new text end 6.6 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 6.7 new text begin grant to the city of Marshall to predesign, new text end 6.8 new text begin design, construct, furnish, and equip Phase II new text end 6.9 new text begin of the Minnesota Emergency Response and new text end 6.10 new text begin Industry Training (MERIT) Center, including new text end 6.11 new text begin a wind energy training area, an ethanol fuels new text end 6.12 new text begin training area, a multi-use single-story office, new text end 6.13 new text begin a classroom and simulator building, and new text end 6.14 new text begin other training facilities. new text end 6.15 6.16 new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Public Safety and Regional new text end new text begin Emergency Operations Center - Northfield new text end new text begin 6,040,000 new text end 6.17 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for new text end 6.18 new text begin a grant to the city of Northfield to acquire new text end 6.19 new text begin land for and to predesign, design, construct, new text end 6.20 new text begin furnish, and equip a public safety and new text end 6.21 new text begin regional emergency operations center. This new text end 6.22 new text begin appropriation is not available until the new text end 6.23 new text begin commissioner of finance has determined that new text end 6.24 new text begin at least $3,960,000 has been committed to new text end 6.25 new text begin the project from nonstate funds. new text end 6.26 new text begin Subd. 12. new text end new text begin Forensic Crime Lab - Anoka County new text end new text begin 6,000,000 new text end 6.27 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 6.28 new text begin grant to Anoka County to design, construct, new text end 6.29 new text begin furnish, and equip a regional forensic crime new text end 6.30 new text begin laboratory, for the use of Anoka, Sherburne, new text end 6.31 new text begin and Wright Counties, to be located in Anoka new text end 6.32 new text begin County. This appropriation is contingent on new text end 6.33 new text begin a three-to-one local match. new text end 7.1 new text begin Anoka County may not hire scientists who new text end 7.2 new text begin are working for the Bureau of Criminal new text end 7.3 new text begin Apprehension to staff the county's crime lab. new text end 7.4 new text begin Subd. 13. new text end new text begin Forensic Crime Lab - Minneapolis new text end new text begin 2,700,000 new text end 7.5 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for a new text end 7.6 new text begin grant to the city of Minneapolis to acquire new text end 7.7 new text begin land for, predesign, and design a forensic new text end 7.8 new text begin crime laboratory in Minneapolis. The city new text end 7.9 new text begin of Minneapolis may not hire scientists who new text end 7.10 new text begin are working for the Bureau of Criminal new text end 7.11 new text begin Apprehension to staff the crime lab of the new text end 7.12 new text begin city of Minneapolis. new text end 7.13 7.14 new text begin Subd. 14. new text end new text begin Joint Public Safety Building - new text end new text begin Princeton new text end new text begin 3,000,000 new text end 7.15 new text begin To the commissioner of public safety for new text end 7.16 new text begin a grant to the city of Princeton to design, new text end 7.17 new text begin construct, furnish, and equip a regional new text end 7.18 new text begin public safety facility in Princeton. new text end 7.19 new text begin Subd. 15. new text end new text begin Crime Labs Strategic Plan new text end 7.20 new text begin The commissioner of public safety must new text end 7.21 new text begin develop a long-term strategic plan for new text end 7.22 new text begin maintenance and staffing of existing state new text end 7.23 new text begin and regional crime labs and creation, new text end 7.24 new text begin maintenance, and staffing of new regional new text end 7.25 new text begin and local crime labs. The strategic plan must new text end 7.26 new text begin include, but is not limited to, the following: new text end 7.27 new text begin (1) an assessment and explanation of the new text end 7.28 new text begin state's crime lab needs, including the need new text end 7.29 new text begin for additional regional or local crime labs; new text end 7.30 new text begin (2) specific recommendations for additional new text end 7.31 new text begin regional or local crime labs, including new text end 7.32 new text begin recommendations for locations for new new text end 7.33 new text begin labs, and a ranking of the specific regions, new text end 8.1 new text begin counties, or cities that need a crime lab in new text end 8.2 new text begin order of urgency; new text end 8.3 new text begin (3) a long-range plan for the training of new text end 8.4 new text begin state crime lab employees, including the new text end 8.5 new text begin possibility of sharing employee training costs new text end 8.6 new text begin with users of the state lab or entities that new text end 8.7 new text begin operate regional or local labs; new text end 8.8 new text begin (4) a long-range funding plan for the state new text end 8.9 new text begin crime lab and state owned regional labs; new text end 8.10 new text begin (5) an assessment of the state crime lab's new text end 8.11 new text begin response times and specific recommendations new text end 8.12 new text begin for improving the lab's response time; and new text end 8.13 new text begin (6) specific, clearly stated steps for new text end 8.14 new text begin implementing the strategic plan. new text end 8.15 new text begin The commissioner must submit the strategic new text end 8.16 new text begin plan, as a recommendation, to the house of new text end 8.17 new text begin representatives and senate committees with new text end 8.18 new text begin responsibility for public safety finance by new text end 8.19 new text begin February 1, 2009. new text end 8.20    Sec. 5. new text begin BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION. new text end 8.21     new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the new text end 8.22 new text begin commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to new text end 8.23 new text begin $86,036,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota new text end 8.24 new text begin Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, new text end 8.25 new text begin sections 4 to 7. new text end 8.26    Sec. 6. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 8.27     new text begin Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment. new text end