1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; authorizing spending to acquire and better 
1.3 	public land and buildings and other improvements of a capital nature with certain 
1.4 	conditions; authorizing the sale of state bonds; establishing new programs and 
1.5 	modifying existing programs; cancelling and modifying previous appropriations; 
1.6 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16B.335, 
1.7 	subdivision 2; 116J.423, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 
1.8 	1, sections 7, subdivision 21; 17; 23, subdivision 16; Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
1.9 	sections 7, subdivisions 11, 22; 21, subdivision 6; 23, subdivision 3.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.12 	The sums shown in the column under "APPROPRIATIONS" are appropriated from 
1.13 	the bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.14 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.15 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.16 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of the capital nature, 
1.17 	or as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
1.18 	or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations in this act are available until 
1.19 	the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

1.20	SUMMARY
	
1.21	University of Minnesota
	$
	129,333,000
	
1.22	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		128,675,000
	
1.23	Minnesota State Academies
		6,017,000
	
1.24	Perpich Center for Arts Education
		999,000
	
1.25	Natural Resources
		67,500,000
	
1.26	Pollution Control Agency
		24,605,000
	
1.27	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		30,020,000
	
1.28	Zoological Garden
		7,500,000
	
2.1	Administration
		39,422,000
	
2.2	Military Affairs
		8,000,000
	
2.3	Public Safety
		8,655,000
	
2.4	Transportation
		325,410,000
	
2.5	Metropolitan Council
		97,075,000
	
2.6	Human Services
		9,500,000
	
2.7	Veterans Affairs
		42,061,000
	
2.8	Corrections
		32,000,000
	
2.9	Employment and Economic Development
		96,483,000
	
2.10	Public Facilities Authority
		46,400,000
	
2.11	Minnesota Historical Society
		5,000,000
	
2.12	Bond Sale Expenses
		1,050,000
	
2.13	Cancellations
		(17,262,000)
	
2.14	TOTAL
	$
	1,088,443,000
	
2.15	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		964,878,000
	
2.16	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		29,262,000
	
2.17	Bond Proceeds Fund (Trunk Highway Fund Debt Service)
		78,080,000
	
2.18	State Transportation Fund
		255,000,000
	
2.19	General Fund
		16,223,000
	
2.20	Bond Proceeds Cancellations
		(17,262,000)

2.21						APPROPRIATIONS

2.22	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	129,333,000
	
2.24 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.25 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.26 	this section.

2.27
2.28	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				40,000,000
	
2.29 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
2.30 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

2.31	Subd. 3.Science Teaching Student Services
 				48,333,000
	
2.32 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
2.33 	new science teaching and student services 
2.34 	building on the Twin Cities campus near 
2.35 	the Washington Avenue Bridge. This 
2.36 	appropriation includes money to demolish 
2.37 	the existing science classroom building and 
3.1 	to construct infrastructure required to serve 
3.2 	the new building.

3.3	Subd. 4.Civil Engineering Addition
 				10,000,000
	
3.4 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
3.5 	an addition to Voss-Kovach Hall on the 
3.6 	University of Minnesota Duluth campus for 
3.7 	the Department of Civil Engineering. The 
3.8 	addition will include teaching laboratories, 
3.9 	research laboratories, classrooms, and 
3.10 	administrative offices.

3.11
3.12	Subd. 5.Community Services Building 
Renovation
 				5,000,000
	
3.13 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
3.14 	a renovation of the Community Services 
3.15 	Building on the University of Minnesota 
3.16 	Morris campus to serve as the campus 
3.17 	gateway center. This appropriation includes 
3.18 	money to improve infrastructure required to 
3.19 	serve the renovated building.

3.20	Subd. 6.Folwell Hall
 				26,000,000
	
3.21 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
3.22 	renovation of Folwell Hall on the University 
3.23 	of Minnesota Twin Cities campus to better 
3.24 	serve language instruction and to house the 
3.25 	university's writing programs.

3.26	Subd. 7.University Share
 					
3.27 	Except for Higher Education Asset 
3.28 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
3.29 	under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this 
3.30 	section are intended to cover approximately 
3.31 	two-thirds of the cost of each project. The 
3.32 	remaining costs must be paid from university 
3.33 	sources.

3.34	Subd. 8.Unspent Appropriations
 					
4.1 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
4.2 	authorized in this section and after written 
4.3 	notice to the commissioner of finance, the 
4.4 	Board of Regents must use any money 
4.5 	remaining in the appropriation for that 
4.6 	project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
4.7 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board of 
4.8 	Regents must report by February 1 of each 
4.9 	even-numbered year to the chairs of the house 
4.10 	and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
4.11 	capital investments and higher education 
4.12 	finance, and to the chairs of the house Ways 
4.13 	and Means and Finance Committees and 
4.14 	the senate Finance Committee, on how the 
4.15 	remaining money has been allocated or spent.

4.16
4.17	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

4.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	128,675,000
	
4.19 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
4.20 	State Colleges and Universities for purposes 
4.21 	specified in this section.

4.22
4.23	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement
 				40,000,000
	
4.24 	This appropriation is for the purposes 
4.25 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.26 	135A.046.

4.27	Subd. 3.Minnesota State University Mankato
 				25,500,000
	
4.28 	Trafton Science Center Renovation
4.29 	To construct, furnish, and equip a renovation 
4.30 	of south and center sections of Trafton 
4.31 	Science Center on the Minnesota State 
4.32 	University Mankato campus. This 
4.33 	appropriation includes funding to renovate 
4.34 	the roof, exterior masonry, and outdoor plaza.

5.1	Subd. 4.St. Cloud State University
 				14,800,000
	
5.2 	Brown Science Hall Renovation
5.3 	To complete design, construct, furnish, and 
5.4 	equip a renovation of Brown Science Hall 
5.5 	on the St. Cloud State University campus 
5.6 	for classrooms and other instructional and 
5.7 	ancillary spaces. This appropriation includes 
5.8 	funding to reglaze the existing skyway from 
5.9 	the building and to construct a new skyway 
5.10 	to Centennial Hall.

5.11	Subd. 5.St. Paul College
 				13,500,000
	
5.12 	Transportation and Applied Technology 
5.13 	Lab
5.14 	To construct, furnish, and equip the 
5.15 	renovation of classrooms, the transportation, 
5.16 	and applied technology and trades 
5.17 	laboratories on the ground floor, and an 
5.18 	expansion of the truck mechanics shop at St. 
5.19 	Paul College.

5.20	Subd. 6.Bemidji State University
 				8,900,000
	
5.21 	Sattgast Science Building Addition and 
5.22 	Renovation
5.23 	To construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
5.24 	to and renovation of the Sattgast Science 
5.25 	Building on the Bemidji State University 
5.26 	campus for biology and chemistry labs, 
5.27 	science classrooms, and associated spaces.

5.28	Subd. 7.Normandale Community College
 				7,000,000
	
5.29 	Classroom Addition and Renovation
5.30 	To complete design, construct, furnish, and 
5.31 	equip an addition to and renovation of the 
5.32 	Health and Wellness Building at Normandale 
5.33 	Community College for general classrooms, 
6.1 	and to renovate physical education spaces. 
6.2 	This appropriation includes funding to install 
6.3 	an elevator to make the building ADA 
6.4 	accessible.

6.5	Subd. 8.Inver Hills Community College
 				13,200,000
	
6.6 	Classroom Addition and Renovation
6.7 	To construct, furnish, and equip a classroom 
6.8 	addition to and renovation of the Fine Arts 
6.9 	Building at Inver Hills Community College, 
6.10 	to include classrooms, teaching labs, and a 
6.11 	renovated auditorium. This appropriation 
6.12 	includes funding to demolish obsolete space 
6.13 	in the building. College funds may be added 
6.14 	to this appropriation up to a total project cost 
6.15 	of $13,450,000.

6.16	Subd. 9.Systemwide Science Lab Initiatives
 				5,775,000
	
6.17 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
6.18 	teaching laboratories and classrooms for 
6.19 	science and applied technology at campuses 
6.20 	statewide. Campuses may use nonstate 
6.21 	funds to increase the size of the projects. 
6.22 	This appropriation may be used at the 
6.23 	following campuses: Alexandria Technical 
6.24 	College; Anoka Technical College; Anoka 
6.25 	Ramsey Community College; Bemidji State 
6.26 	University; Central Lakes College, Brainerd; 
6.27 	Century College; Inver Hills Community 
6.28 	College; Hennepin Technical College, 
6.29 	Brooklyn Park and Eden Prairie; Northeast 
6.30 	Higher Education District Vermilion 
6.31 	Community College; and Ridgewater 
6.32 	Community Technical College.

6.33	Subd. 10.Debt Service
 					
7.1 	(a) The board shall pay the debt service on 
7.2 	one-third of the principal amount of state 
7.3 	bonds sold to finance projects authorized by 
7.4 	this section, except for higher education asset 
7.5 	preservation and replacement (HEAPR), 
7.6 	and except that, where a nonstate match 
7.7 	is required, the debt service is due on a 
7.8 	principal amount equal to one-third of the 
7.9 	total project cost, less the match committed 
7.10 	before the bonds are sold. After each sale of 
7.11 	general obligation bonds, the commissioner 
7.12 	of finance shall notify the board of the 
7.13 	amounts assessed for each year of the life of 
7.14 	the bonds.
7.15 	(b) The commissioner of finance shall reduce 
7.16 	the board's assessment each year by one-third 
7.17 	of the net income from investment of general 
7.18 	obligation bond proceeds in proportion to the 
7.19 	amount of principal and interest otherwise 
7.20 	required to be paid by the board. The board 
7.21 	shall pay its resulting net assessment to the 
7.22 	commissioner of finance by December 1 each 
7.23 	year. If the board fails to make a payment 
7.24 	when due, the commissioner of finance 
7.25 	shall reduce allotments for appropriations 
7.26 	from the general fund otherwise available 
7.27 	to the board and apply the amount of the 
7.28 	reduction to cover the missed debt service 
7.29 	payment. The commissioner of finance 
7.30 	shall credit the payments received from the 
7.31 	board to the bond debt service account in 
7.32 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
7.33 	money is transferred from the general fund 
7.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
7.35 	subdivision 10.

7.36	Subd. 11.Unspent Appropriations
 					
8.1 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
8.2 	authorized in this section and after written 
8.3 	notice to the commissioner of finance, the 
8.4 	Board of Trustees must use any money 
8.5 	remaining in the appropriation for that 
8.6 	project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
8.7 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board of 
8.8 	Trustees must report by February 1 of each 
8.9 	even-numbered year to the chairs of the house 
8.10 	and senate committees with jurisdiction over 
8.11 	capital investments and higher education 
8.12 	finance, and to the chairs of the house Ways 
8.13 	and Means and Finance Committees and 
8.14 	the senate Finance Committee, on how the 
8.15 	remaining money has been allocated or spent.
8.16 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
8.17 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
8.18 	is available for higher education asset 
8.19 	preservation and replacement under this 
8.20 	subdivision, at the same campus as the 
8.21 	project for which the original appropriation 
8.22 	was made and the debt service requirements 
8.23 	under subdivision 10 is reduced accordingly. 
8.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
8.25 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
8.26 	the unspent amount transferred.

8.27	Sec. 4. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES.

8.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	6,017,000
	
8.29 	To the commissioner of administration for 
8.30 	the purposes specified in this section.

8.31	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				2,716,000
	
8.32 	For asset preservation on both campuses of 
8.33 	the academies, to be spent in accordance with 
8.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

9.1	Subd. 3.Mott Hall Vocational Renovation
 				3,301,000
	
9.2 	(a) To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
9.3 	and equip a renovation of Mott Hall to 
9.4 	provide classroom studios, workshops, 
9.5 	related spaces, and necessary building 
9.6 	infrastructure upgrades for the academy to 
9.7 	provide updated vocational education to 
9.8 	students.
9.9 	(b) In addition to its powers under Minnesota 
9.10 	Statutes, section 125A.64, the board of 
9.11 	the Minnesota State Academies may enter 
9.12 	into agreements with Shattuck-St. Mary's 
9.13 	to provide vocational programming in the 
9.14 	renovated building, subject to Minnesota 
9.15 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

9.16
9.17	Sec. 5. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 
EDUCATION

9.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	999,000
	
9.19 	To the commissioner of administration for 
9.20 	the purposes specified in this section.

9.21	Subd. 2.Master Plan Update and Predesign
 				206,000
	
9.22 	To predesign facilities and projects in 
9.23 	conjunction with an update to the campus 
9.24 	master plan for the Perpich Center for Arts 
9.25 	Education. The predesign must address 
9.26 	the possible removal of the existing Alpha 
9.27 	building.

9.28	Subd. 3.Asset Preservation
 				355,000
	
9.29 	For campus asset preservation at the Perpich 
9.30 	Center for Arts Education, to be spent in 
9.31 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.32 	16B.307.

9.33	Subd. 4.Delta Dorm Windows Project
 				385,000
	
10.1 	For a whole-building window replacement 
10.2 	project of the Delta Dormitory building 
10.3 	on the Perpich Center for Arts Education 
10.4 	campus.

10.5	Subd. 5.Storage Building
 				53,000
	
10.6 	To construct a prefabricated storage and 
10.7 	workshop building, and connect utilities to it, 
10.8 	next to the existing maintenance and boiler 
10.9 	room.

10.10	Sec. 6. NATURAL RESOURCES

10.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	67,500,000
	
10.12 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
10.13 	the purposes specified in this section.
10.14 	The appropriations in this section are 
10.15 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
10.16 	resources capital improvement program 
10.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
10.18 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
10.19 	to in this section provide more specific 
10.20 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
10.21 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

10.22
10.23	Subd. 2.Vermilion State Park Acquisition and 
Development
 				.......
	
10.24 	To acquire land for Lake Vermillion State 
10.25 	Park, and to predesign, design, construct, 
10.26 	furnish, and equip park facilities for the 
10.27 	development of the park. Debt service on the 
10.28 	bonds sold to acquire and develop the park 
10.29 	is annually appropriated and must be paid 
10.30 	from the environment and natural resources 
10.31 	trust fund to the commissioner of finance 
10.32 	as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.33 	16A.643.

10.34	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants
 				15,000,000
	
11.1 	For the state share of flood hazard 
11.2 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
11.3 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
11.4 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.5 	103F.161.
11.6 	The commissioner shall determine project 
11.7 	priorities as appropriate, based on need. To 
11.8 	the extent that the cost of a project in Ada, 
11.9 	Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston, 
11.10 	Dawson, Granite Falls, Montevideo, Oakport 
11.11 	Township, or Roseau exceeds two percent 
11.12 	of the median household income in the 
11.13 	municipality multiplied by the number 
11.14 	of households in the municipality, this 
11.15 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
11.16 	project.

11.17	Subd. 4.Dam Renovation and Removal
 				2,000,000
	
11.18 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
11.19 	The commissioner shall determine project 
11.20 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
11.21 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.

11.22
11.23	Subd. 5.Ground Water Monitoring and 
Observation Wells
 				1,000,000
	
11.24 	To install new ground water level observation 
11.25 	wells to monitor and assess ground water for 
11.26 	water supply planning. This appropriation 
11.27 	may also be used to seal existing obsolete 
11.28 	monitoring wells that are no longer 
11.29 	functional.

11.30
11.31	Subd. 6.Wildlife Area Land Acquisition and 
Improvement
 				10,000,000
	
11.32 	To acquire land for wildlife management area 
11.33 	purposes and for improvements of a capital 
11.34 	nature to develop, protect, or improve habitat 
11.35 	and facilities on wildlife management areas 
12.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, 
12.2 	subdivision 8.

12.3	Subd. 7.Forest Land Easements
 				9,000,000
	
12.4 	To acquire fee titles and easements on private 
12.5 	forest lands. The easements must guarantee 
12.6 	public access, including hunting and fishing.

12.7
12.8	Subd. 8.Shoreline and Aquatic Habitat 
Acquisition (AMA)
 				1,000,000
	
12.9 	To acquire land and interests in land for 
12.10 	aquatic management areas and to make 
12.11 	public improvements and betterments of a 
12.12 	capital nature to aquatic management areas 
12.13 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.14 	86A.05, subdivision 14.

12.15	Subd. 9.State Forest Land Reforestation
 				3,000,000
	
12.16 	To meet the reforestation requirements 
12.17 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 89.002, 
12.18 	subdivision 2.

12.19
12.20	Subd. 10.Native Prairie Conservation and 
Protection
 				3,000,000
	
12.21 	To acquire native prairie bank fee titles and 
12.22 	easements under Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.23 	84.96, to develop and restore certain tracts of 
12.24 	prairie bank lands for which the easement is 
12.25 	permanent, and to acquire native prairie for 
12.26 	scientific and natural areas, and for the native 
12.27 	prairie protection and improvements of a 
12.28 	capital nature in scientific and natural areas in 
12.29 	the prairie region under Minnesota Statutes, 
12.30 	sections 84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5.

12.31	Subd. 11.RIM Critical Habitat Match
 				3,000,000
	
12.32 	To provide the state match for the critical 
12.33 	habitat private sector matching account under 
12.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943.

13.1
13.2	Subd. 12.Scientific and Natural Area 
Acquisition and Development
 				1,000,000
	
13.3 	To acquire land for scientific and natural 
13.4 	areas and for protection and improvements of 
13.5 	a capital nature to scientific and natural areas 
13.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.033 
13.7 	and 86A.05, subdivision 5.

13.8	Subd. 13.Fish Hatchery Improvements
 				1,000,000
	
13.9 	To renovate fish culture facilities at 
13.10 	hatcheries owned by the state and operated 
13.11 	by the commissioner of natural resources 
13.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.045, 
13.13 	subdivision 1.

13.14	Subd. 14.Water Control Structures
 				500,000
	
13.15 	To rehabilitate or replace water control 
13.16 	structures used to manage shallow lakes and 
13.17 	wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife 
13.18 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.19 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for the 
13.20 	purposes of public water reserves under 
13.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101; or 
13.22 	structures on other waters under Minnesota 
13.23 	Statutes, section 103G.505.

13.24	Subd. 15.State Trail Rehabilitation
 				3,000,000
	
13.25 	To rehabilitate or renovate state trails under 
13.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015.

13.27
13.28	Subd. 16.Water Access Acquisition, 
Development, and Fishing Piers
 				1,000,000
	
13.29 	For public water access acquisition, 
13.30 	construction, and renovation projects of a 
13.31 	capital nature on lakes and rivers, fishing 
13.32 	piers, and shoreline access under Minnesota 
13.33 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 9.

14.1
14.2	Subd. 17.State Park Rehabilitation and 
Development
 				10,000,000
	
14.3 	To rehabilitate and develop facilities in state 
14.4 	parks and state recreation areas in accordance 
14.5 	with a master plan required under Minnesota 
14.6 	Statutes, section 86A.09.

14.7
14.8	Subd. 18.Drill Core Library and Field Office 
Renovation
 				1,000,000
	
14.9 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
14.10 	addition to the minerals drill core library 
14.11 	facility in Hibbing.

14.12	Subd. 19.Statewide Asset Preservation
 				2,000,000
	
14.13 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
14.14 	operated by the commissioner of natural 
14.15 	resources, to be spent in accordance with 
14.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
14.17 	commissioner may use this appropriation 
14.18 	to replace buildings if that is the most 
14.19 	cost-effective method of renovation.

14.20	Subd. 20.Forest Roads and Bridges
 				1,000,000
	
14.21 	For reconstruction, resurfacing, replacement, 
14.22 	and construction of state forest roads and 
14.23 	bridges under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.24 	89.002.

14.25	Subd. 21.Unspent Appropriations.
 					
14.26 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, but 
14.27 	not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation, 
14.28 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
14.29 	other than an appropriation for flood hazard 
14.30 	mitigation, is available for asset preservation. 
14.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
14.32 	from the date of the original appropriation 
14.33 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
14.34 	preservation.

15.1	Sec. 7. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

15.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	24,605,000
	
15.3 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
15.4 	purposes specified in this section.

15.5	Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Program
 				15,000,000
	
15.6 	To design and construct remedial systems 
15.7 	and acquire land at landfills throughout the 
15.8 	state in accordance with the closed landfill 
15.9 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
15.10 	115B.39 to 115B.42.

15.11	Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program
 				9,605,000
	
15.12 	For the solid waste capital assistance grants 
15.13 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.14 	115A.54.

15.15
15.16	Sec. 8. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

15.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	30,020,000
	
15.18 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
15.19 	for the purposes specified in this section.

15.20	Subd. 2.RIM Reserve Program
 				21,800,000
	
15.21 	Of this appropriation, $1,800,000 is from the 
15.22 	general fund to administer the program.
15.23 	To acquire conservation easements from 
15.24 	landowners to restore and preserve wetlands 
15.25 	and riparian lands in order to protect soil 
15.26 	and water quality and to support fish and 
15.27 	wildlife habitat and other public benefits. 
15.28 	The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
15.29 	103F.515, apply to this appropriation, except 
15.30 	that the board may establish alternative 
15.31 	payment rates for easements and practices to 
15.32 	establish native vegetation.

16.1
16.2	Subd. 3.Wetland Replacement Due to Public 
Road Projects
 				4,920,000
	
16.3 	Of this appropriation, $720,000 is from the 
16.4 	general fund to administer the program.
16.5 	To acquire land for wetland restoration or 
16.6 	preservation to replace wetlands drained or 
16.7 	filled as a result of the repair, rehabilitation, 
16.8 	reconstruction, or replacement of existing 
16.9 	public roads as required by Minnesota 
16.10 	Statutes, section 103G.222, subdivision 1, 
16.11 	paragraphs (l) and (m).
16.12 	The purchase price paid for acquisition 
16.13 	of land, fee, or perpetual easement must 
16.14 	be the fair market value as determined 
16.15 	by the board. The board may enter into 
16.16 	agreements with the federal government, 
16.17 	other state agencies, political subdivisions, 
16.18 	and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to 
16.19 	acquire land and restore and create wetlands 
16.20 	and to acquire existing wetland banking 
16.21 	credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance 
16.22 	of land may be in the name of the political 
16.23 	subdivision.

16.24	Subd. 4.RIM Clean Energy
 				3,300,000
	
16.25 	Of this appropriation, $300,000 is from the 
16.26 	general fund to administer the program.
16.27 	For a pilot project of a capital nature under 
16.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.518, 
16.29 	to acquire land in fee title or through 
16.30 	easement and to improve the land in order 
16.31 	to demonstrate the technical and economic 
16.32 	feasibility of developing biofuels using 
16.33 	native plant species. The provisions of 
16.34 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply 
16.35 	to this appropriation, except that the board 
17.1 	may establish alternative payment rates for 
17.2 	easements and practices to establish native 
17.3 	vegetation.
17.4 	The board shall annually report project 
17.5 	progress and results to the house and senate 
17.6 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
17.7 	over environment and natural resources 
17.8 	policy and budget.

17.917.10
	Sec. 9. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN
 			$
	7,500,000
	
17.11 	For capital asset preservation improvements 
17.12 	and betterments, to be spent in accordance 
17.13 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

17.14	Sec. 10. ADMINISTRATION

17.15	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	39,422,000
	
17.16 	To the commissioner of administration for 
17.17 	the purposes specified in this section.

17.18	Subd. 2.DOT Exterior Renovation
 				18,197,000
	
17.19 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
17.20 	account in the trunk highway fund to 
17.21 	renovate the exterior of the Department of 
17.22 	Transportation Building at 395 John Ireland 
17.23 	Boulevard in St. Paul.

17.24	Subd. 3.Property Acquisition
 				2,325,000
	
17.25 	To acquire property at 639 Jackson Street in 
17.26 	St. Paul adjacent to the Harold E. Stassen 
17.27 	Building, to demolish existing structures 
17.28 	on the property, and to develop temporary 
17.29 	parking on the site and adjacent areas.

17.30	Subd. 4.State Capitol Building Restoration
 				15,400,000
	
17.31 	(a) For asset preservation of the State 
17.32 	Capitol Building, including but not limited 
18.1 	to: site work to stabilize the plaza; repair, 
18.2 	replacement, and stabilization of the 
18.3 	building's exterior envelope; replacement 
18.4 	of air handling units at risk of failure; and 
18.5 	projects to improve interior emergency 
18.6 	lighting, dome lighting, and catwalks.
18.7 	(b) Of this appropriation, $2,000,000 is for 
18.8 	predesign and to continue design of a phased 
18.9 	full restoration of the Capitol building. The 
18.10 	predesign work must also include analysis of 
18.11 	options for moving some functions currently 
18.12 	located in the building to alternate locations.
18.13 	(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b) 
18.14 	is added to the funding provided to the 
18.15 	commissioner by Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
18.16 	section 13, to continue design work to restore 
18.17 	the Capitol building.

18.18
18.19	Subd. 5.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account (CAPRA)
 				3,000,000
	
18.20 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
18.21 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

18.22
18.23	Subd. 6.Predesign for State EOC, DPS/DOC 
Building
 				500,000
	
18.24 	(a) To predesign a new state emergency 
18.25 	operations center. The predesign must 
18.26 	consider the potential benefits of colocating 
18.27 	this center with a new National Guard joint 
18.28 	force headquarters and emergency operations 
18.29 	center.
18.30 	(b) If other funding is available or if this 
18.31 	appropriation is not fully spent to complete 
18.32 	the predesign under paragraph (a), the 
18.33 	unspent portion of this appropriation may be 
18.34 	used to predesign a colocated headquarters 
19.1 	for the Departments of Public Safety and 
19.2 	Corrections.

19.3	Sec. 11. MILITARY AFFAIRS

19.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,000,000
	
19.5 	To the adjutant general for the purposes 
19.6 	specified in this section.

19.7	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				5,500,000
	
19.8 	For asset preservation improvements and 
19.9 	betterments of a capital nature at military 
19.10 	affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in 
19.11 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.12 	16B.307.

19.13	Subd. 3.Facility Life Safety Improvements
 				1,000,000
	
19.14 	For life safety improvements and to correct 
19.15 	code deficiencies at military affairs facilities 
19.16 	statewide, to be spent in accordance with 
19.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

19.18	Subd. 4.Facility ADA Compliance
 				1,500,000
	
19.19 	For Americans with Disabilities Act 
19.20 	(ADA) alterations to existing National 
19.21 	Guard Training and Community Centers in 
19.22 	locations throughout the state, to be spent in 
19.23 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.24 	16B.307.

19.25	Subd. 5.Unspent Appropriations.
 					
19.26 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
19.27 	a project under this section that has been 
19.28 	completed may be used for any other purpose 
19.29 	permitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.30 	16B.307.

19.31	Sec. 12. PUBLIC SAFETY

19.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,655,000
	
20.1 	To the commissioner of administration 
20.2 	or other named agency for the purposes 
20.3 	specified in this section.

20.4	Subd. 2.Public Safety Training Facilities
 				8,655,000
	
20.5 	(a) Of this appropriation, $5,000,000 is to 
20.6 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
20.7 	equip Phase 1 of a Homeland Security 
20.8 	and Emergency Management training and 
20.9 	exercising center at Camp Ripley, including 
20.10 	a simulated emergency operations center and 
20.11 	field training structures such as collapsed 
20.12 	structures. Any unspent portion of this 
20.13 	appropriation may be used to begin predesign 
20.14 	for Phase 2 of this project.
20.15 	(b) Of this appropriation, $3,655,000 is to 
20.16 	the commissioner of public safety for a grant 
20.17 	to Olmsted County to construct a regional 
20.18 	specialized training center for southeastern 
20.19 	Minnesota, located in Olmsted County. The 
20.20 	facility must include a live burn training 
20.21 	simulator, a driving range, and a weapons 
20.22 	training facility. The center will meet the 
20.23 	objectives laid out in statewide master 
20.24 	plans for fire and law enforcement training 
20.25 	facilities or by subsequent work groups. 
20.26 	This appropriation is not available until the 
20.27 	commissioner of finance has determined that 
20.28 	at least an equal amount has been committed 
20.29 	from nonstate sources.

20.30	Sec. 13. TRANSPORTATION

20.31	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	325,410,000
	
20.32 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
20.33 	purposes specified in this section.

21.1
21.2	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				225,000,000
	
21.3 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
21.4 	account in the state transportation fund as 
21.5 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.6 	174.50, to match federal money and to 
21.7 	replace or rehabilitate local deficient bridges. 
21.8 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
21.9 	under this subdivision to construct or 
21.10 	reconstruct bridges, including:
21.11 	(1) matching federal-aid grants to construct 
21.12 	or reconstruct key bridges;
21.13 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
21.14 	engineering and environmental studies 
21.15 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.16 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
21.17 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
21.18 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
21.19 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
21.20 	be made; and
21.21 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
21.22 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
21.23 	of an existing bridge determined by 
21.24 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
21.25 	commissioner determines that construction 
21.26 	of the road or street is more cost efficient 
21.27 	than the replacement of the existing bridge.

21.28	Subd. 3.Local Road Improvement Program
 				30,000,000
	
21.29 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
21.30 	account in the state transportation fund as 
21.31 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.32 	174.50.
21.33 	Of this appropriation, $15,000,000 is for 
21.34 	grants to statutory or home rule charter cities, 
22.1 	towns, or counties under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.2 	section 174.52, subdivision 4.
22.3 	Of this appropriation, $15,000,000 is for 
22.4 	grants to counties under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.5 	section 174.52, subdivision 4a.

22.6	Subd. 4.Urban Partnership Agreement
 				33,778,000
	
22.7 	(a) Of this appropriation, $9,000,000 is from 
22.8 	the general fund for expenses related to 
22.9 	technology improvements, telecommuting, 
22.10 	and outreach efforts for the Urban Partnership 
22.11 	Agreement. This appropriation is onetime 
22.12 	and is available until June 30, 2011.
22.13 	(b) Of this appropriation, $24,778,000 is 
22.14 	from the bond proceeds account in the 
22.15 	trunk highway fund for trunk highway 
22.16 	improvements necessary to implement the 
22.17 	Urban Partnership Agreement. $400,000 of 
22.18 	the appropriation under this paragraph is 
22.19 	for construction of a transit-only lane from 
22.20 	marked Trunk Highway 77 to marked Trunk 
22.21 	Highway 62.
22.22 	(c) The appropriation under this subdivision 
22.23 	is not available until the United States 
22.24 	Department of Transportation authorizes 
22.25 	funding under the Urban Partnership 
22.26 	Agreement.

22.27	Subd. 5.Mankato District Headquarters
 				23,983,000
	
22.28 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
22.29 	account in the trunk highway fund to 
22.30 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
22.31 	new Department of Transportation district 
22.32 	headquarters facility in Mankato.

22.33	Subd. 6.Chaska Truck Station
 				8,649,000
	
23.1 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
23.2 	account in the trunk highway fund to 
23.3 	design, construct, furnish, and equip a new 
23.4 	Department of Transportation truck station 
23.5 	in Chaska.

23.6
23.7	Subd. 7.Design for Rochester and Maple 
Grove Truck Stations
 				2,000,000
	
23.8 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
23.9 	account in the trunk highway fund for 
23.10 	predesign and design of improvements to the 
23.11 	Rochester truck station and for predesign and 
23.12 	design of a new truck station in Maple Grove.

23.13	Subd. 8.St. Cloud Regional Airport
 				2,000,000
	
23.14 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to acquire 
23.15 	land adjacent to the St. Cloud Regional 
23.16 	Airport.

23.17	Sec. 14. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

23.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	97,075,000
	
23.19 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
23.20 	specified in this section.

23.21	Subd. 2.Central Corridor Light Rail Transit
 				70,000,000
	
23.22 	(a) For one or more of the following activities 
23.23 	for the Central Corridor light rail transit line 
23.24 	that will connect downtown Minneapolis with 
23.25 	downtown St. Paul: preliminary engineering, 
23.26 	final design, property acquisition, including 
23.27 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
23.28 	nature, relocation of utilities owned by public 
23.29 	entities, and construction. No more than 
23.30 	$20,000,000 of the appropriation may be 
23.31 	used for preliminary engineering.
23.32 	(b) The appropriation in this subdivision 
23.33 	is not available until the commissioner of 
24.1 	finance has determined that the Hennepin 
24.2 	County Regional Rail Authority and the 
24.3 	Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority 
24.4 	have each adopted, by August 1, 2008, a 
24.5 	resolution committing to fund one-third 
24.6 	of the local and state share of funding for 
24.7 	complete Central Corridor light rail transit 
24.8 	line capital project costs.
24.9 	(c) Except for the amount available for 
24.10 	preliminary engineering, this appropriation 
24.11 	is not available to fund any of the 
24.12 	activities listed in paragraph (a) until the 
24.13 	commissioner of finance has determined 
24.14 	that the Metropolitan Council, the Hennepin 
24.15 	County Regional Rail Authority, and the 
24.16 	Ramsey County Regional Rail Authority 
24.17 	have entered, by December 31, 2008, 
24.18 	into a Central Corridor Light Rail Transit 
24.19 	Project Cooperative Funding Agreement 
24.20 	for Final Design to provide a mechanism 
24.21 	for the transfer of funds from the regional 
24.22 	rail authorities to the council for partial 
24.23 	funding for the final design portion of the 
24.24 	project. The agreement shall require that the 
24.25 	contributions by the regional rail authorities 
24.26 	shall achieve and maintain, during the period 
24.27 	of final design, not less than one-third of the 
24.28 	nonfederal contribution for the costs of both 
24.29 	preliminary engineering and final design.

24.30
24.31	Subd. 3.Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements
 				6,000,000
	
24.32 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
24.33 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
24.34 	council and local government units of 
24.35 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
24.36 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
25.1 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.2 	473.147.

25.3	Subd. 4.Urban Partnership Agreement
 				21,075,000
	
25.4 	(a) Of this appropriation, $4,003,000 is from 
25.5 	the general fund for the purchase of buses 
25.6 	and technology improvements for the Urban 
25.7 	Partnership Agreement. The appropriation 
25.8 	under this paragraph is onetime and is 
25.9 	available until June 30, 2011.
25.10 	(b) $8,360,000 of this appropriation is to 
25.11 	acquire land, design, and construct new or 
25.12 	expanded park-and-rides or transit stations 
25.13 	in the Interstate 35W and Trunk Highway 
25.14 	77/Cedar Avenue corridors.
25.15 	(c) $8,312,000 of this appropriation is for 
25.16 	bus lane construction and related street and 
25.17 	sidewalk improvements and bus shelters in 
25.18 	downtown Minneapolis. Up to $6,433,000 
25.19 	of this appropriation is for a grant to the city 
25.20 	of Minneapolis for bus lane construction and 
25.21 	related street and sidewalk improvements in 
25.22 	downtown Minneapolis.
25.23 	(d) $400,000 of this appropriation is from 
25.24 	the bond proceeds account in the trunk 
25.25 	highway fund and is for construction of a 
25.26 	park-and-ride lot along Interstate 35W in 
25.27 	Lakeville.
25.28 	(e) The appropriation under this subdivision 
25.29 	is not available until the United States 
25.30 	Department of Transportation authorizes 
25.31 	funding under the Urban Partnership 
25.32 	Agreement.

25.33	Sec. 15. HUMAN SERVICES

25.34	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	9,500,000
	
26.1 	To the commissioner of administration for 
26.2 	the purposes specified in this section.

26.3	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation and Safety Security
 				5,000,000
	
26.4 	For asset preservation improvements and 
26.5 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
26.6 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
26.7 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
26.8 	section 16B.307.

26.926.10
	Subd. 3.Systemwide Campus Redevelopment, 
Reuse, or Demolition
 				4,500,000
	
26.11 	To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or 
26.12 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
26.13 	or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or 
26.14 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
26.15 	at Department of Human Services 
26.16 	campuses. These projects must facilitate the 
26.17 	redevelopment or reuse of these campuses 
26.18 	consistent with redevelopment plan concepts 
26.19 	developed and approved under Laws 2003, 
26.20 	First Special Session chapter 14, article 
26.21 	6, section 64, subdivision 2. If a surplus 
26.22 	campus is sold or transferred to a local unit 
26.23 	of government, unspent portions of this 
26.24 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
26.25 	unit of government for the purposes stated in 
26.26 	this subdivision.

26.27	Sec. 16. VETERANS AFFAIRS

26.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	42,061,000
	
26.29 	To the commissioner of administration for 
26.30 	the purposes specified in this section.

26.31	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				7,000,000
	
26.32 	For asset preservation improvements and 
26.33 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
27.1 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
27.2 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

27.3	Subd. 3.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

27.4	(a) Building 9 Demolition
				1,000,000
	
27.5 	To demolish Building 9 and relocate a water 
27.6 	main serving the campus.

27.7	(b) Building 17 HVAC Replacement
				7,835,000
	
27.8 	To replace the sections of the campus-wide 
27.9 	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
27.10 	system that serves Building 17.
27.11 	Federal money received by the Minnesota 
27.12 	Department of Veterans Affairs as 
27.13 	reimbursement for 65 percent of this state 
27.14 	capital expenditure must be credited to the 
27.15 	debt service account in the state bond fund.

27.16	(c) New Nursing Facility
				25,999,000
	
27.17 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
27.18 	100-bed nursing facility on the Minneapolis 
27.19 	campus.
27.20 	Federal money received by the Minnesota 
27.21 	Department of Veterans Affairs as 
27.22 	reimbursement for 65 percent of this state 
27.23 	capital expenditure must be credited to the 
27.24 	debt service account in the state bond fund.

27.25
27.26	Subd. 4.Silver Bay Campus Master Plan 
Renovation
 				227,000
	
27.27 	For the state share of the cost to design, 
27.28 	construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
27.29 	to and renovation of the nursing care 
27.30 	facility. This appropriation is added to the 
27.31 	appropriation to the Veterans Homes Board 
27.32 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, 
27.33 	subdivision 7, for this project.

28.1	Sec. 17. CORRECTIONS

28.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	32,000,000
	
28.3 	To the commissioner of administration for 
28.4 	the purposes specified in this section.

28.5
28.6	Subd. 2.Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
Faribault Expansion Phase 3
 				16,341,000
	
28.7 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
28.8 	building to serve as a secure intake, receiving, 
28.9 	warehouse, and security watch center at the 
28.10 	Minnesota Correctional Facility - Faribault, 
28.11 	including, but not limited to, a secure vehicle 
28.12 	sally port for processing offenders and a 
28.13 	receiving and distribution area to process and 
28.14 	search incoming supplies. This appropriation 
28.15 	includes funding to demolish two existing 
28.16 	buildings on the site of this new building and 
28.17 	remodel existing buildings and infrastructure 
28.18 	as required to accommodate the new facility 
28.19 	operations.

28.20	Subd. 3.Asset Preservation
 				15,109,000
	
28.21 	For improvements and betterments of a 
28.22 	capital nature at Minnesota correctional 
28.23 	facilities statewide, in accordance with 
28.24 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

28.25
28.26	Subd. 4.Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
Shakopee Perimeter Security Fence
 				550,000
	
28.27 	To design a perimeter security fence system 
28.28 	at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - 
28.29 	Shakopee.

28.30
28.31	Sec. 18. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

28.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	96,483,000
	
29.1 	To the commissioner of employment and 
29.2 	economic development for the purposes 
29.3 	specified in this section.

29.4	Subd. 2.Redevelopment Account
 				20,000,000
	
29.5 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
29.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.

29.7
29.8	Subd. 3.Bioscience Business Development 
Public Infrastructure Grant Program
 				10,000,000
	
29.9 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.10 	116J.435.

29.11
29.12
29.13	Subd. 4.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Public Infrastructure Grant 
Program
 				20,000,000
	
29.14 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.15 	116J.431.

29.16
29.17	Subd. 5.Duluth Entertainment and 
Convention Center Expansion
 				40,283,000
	
29.18 	For a grant to the Duluth Entertainment 
29.19 	and Convention Center Authority to 
29.20 	design, construct, furnish, and equip capital 
29.21 	improvements and renovations to the Duluth 
29.22 	Entertainment and Convention Center. The 
29.23 	capital improvements and renovations must 
29.24 	include an arena of at least 200,000 square 
29.25 	feet with an ice sheet of at least 200 feet 
29.26 	by 85 feet; trade show and concert space; 
29.27 	seating capacity of at least 6,500 with suites, 
29.28 	club seats, and concessions; updated locker 
29.29 	and training facilities; and accessible and 
29.30 	expanded media space.

29.31	Subd. 6.Itasca County Infrastructure
 				6,200,000
	
29.32 	This appropriation is in addition to the 
29.33 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
29.34 	section 21, subdivision 14.
30.1 	For a grant to Itasca County for public 
30.2 	infrastructure needed to support a steel plant 
30.3 	in Itasca County. Grant money may be used 
30.4 	by Itasca County to acquire right-of-way 
30.5 	and mitigate loss of wetlands and runoff of 
30.6 	storm water, to predesign, design, construct, 
30.7 	and equip roads, and, in cooperation with 
30.8 	municipal public utilities, to predesign, 
30.9 	design, construct, and equip natural gas 
30.10 	pipelines, water supply systems, and 
30.11 	wastewater collection and treatment systems. 
30.12 	This appropriation may also be used for a 
30.13 	grant to the Itasca County Regional Rail 
30.14 	Authority to predesign, design, construct, 
30.15 	and equip rail lines needed to support the 
30.16 	steel plant.

30.17	Sec. 19. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

30.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	46,400,000
	
30.19 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
30.20 	purposes specified in this section.

30.21	Subd. 2.Streamlined Infrastructure Financing
 				100,000
	
30.22 	This appropriation is from the general fund 
30.23 	for staff and consultant costs to develop 
30.24 	a credit enhanced pooled bond program 
30.25 	for municipal infrastructure projects. This 
30.26 	appropriation is onetime.

30.27
30.28	Subd. 3.State Match for Federal USEPA 
Capitalization Grants
 				30,000,000
	
30.29 	(a) The appropriation in this subdivision is:
30.30 	(1) to match federal grants for the clean water 
30.31 	revolving fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
30.32 	section 446A.07; and
31.1 	(2) to match federal grants for the drinking 
31.2 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
31.3 	Statutes, section 446A.081.
31.4 	(b) The expenditure and allocation of state 
31.5 	matching money between funds described 
31.6 	in paragraph (a), clauses (1) and (2), must 
31.7 	ensure that the matching funds required 
31.8 	for the drinking water revolving fund are 
31.9 	available to match the 2009 and 2010 federal 
31.10 	grants, with the balance to be made available 
31.11 	to the clean water revolving fund.
31.12 	(c) This appropriation must be used for 
31.13 	qualified capital projects.

31.14
31.15	Subd. 4.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding 
Program
 				10,300,000
	
31.16 	(a) Of this appropriation, $10,000,000 is for 
31.17 	grants and loans to eligible municipalities 
31.18 	under the wastewater infrastructure funding 
31.19 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.20 	446A.072.
31.21 	To the greatest practical extent, the authority 
31.22 	must use the appropriation for projects on 
31.23 	the 2008 project priority list in priority order 
31.24 	by qualified applicants that submit plans 
31.25 	and specifications to the Pollution Control 
31.26 	Agency or receive a funding commitment 
31.27 	from USDA Rural Economic and 
31.28 	Community Development by June 30, 2009, 
31.29 	or for projects on the 2009 project priority 
31.30 	list in priority order by qualified applicants 
31.31 	that submit plans and specifications to the 
31.32 	Pollution Control Agency or have received 
31.33 	a funding commitment from USDA Rural 
31.34 	Economic and Community Development by 
31.35 	December 31, 2009.
32.1 	Of this appropriation, $300,000 is from the 
32.2 	general fund to implement the wastewater 
32.3 	infrastructure funding program.
32.4 	(b) Up to $2,000,000 may be used for 
32.5 	corrective action on wastewater treatment 
32.6 	systems listed in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
32.7 	article 1, section 23, subdivision 3, paragraph 
32.8 	(b). Grants under this paragraph are not 
32.9 	subject to the 2008 or 2009 project priority 
32.10 	list nor to the limitations on grant amounts 
32.11 	set forth in Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.12 	446A.072, subdivision 5a.

32.13	Subd. 5.Small Community Wastewater Grants
 				2,000,000
	
32.14 	This appropriation is for the small community 
32.15 	wastewater treatment account for loans and 
32.16 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.17 	446A.075.

32.18
32.19	Subd. 6.Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) 
Grants
 				2,000,000
	
32.20 	This appropriation is for total maximum 
32.21 	daily load (TMDL) grants under Minnesota 
32.22 	Statutes, section 446A.073.

32.23	Subd. 7.Phosphorus Reduction Grants
 				2,000,000
	
32.24 	This appropriation is for the phosphorus 
32.25 	reduction grant program for grants under 
32.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.074. A 
32.27 	grant must not exceed $500,000 per project.

32.28
32.29	Sec. 20. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

32.30	Historic Sites Asset Preservation
			$
	5,000,000
	
32.31 	For capital improvements and betterments 
32.32 	at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
32.33 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
32.34 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
33.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
33.2 	society shall determine project priorities as 
33.3 	appropriate based on need.

33.4	Sec. 21. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	1,050,000
	
33.5 	To the commissioner of finance for bond 
33.6 	sale expenses under Minnesota Statutes, 
33.7 	section 16A.641, subdivision 8. Of this 
33.8 	appropriation, $977,000 is from the bond 
33.9 	proceeds fund. Of this appropriation, 
33.10 	$73,000 is from the bond proceeds account 
33.11 	in the trunk highway fund.

33.12 	Sec. 22. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 33.13 	The commissioner of finance shall schedule the sale of state general obligation 
33.14 	bonds so that during the biennium ending June 30, 2009, no more than $880,362,000 will 
33.15 	need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond fund to pay principal and 
33.16 	interest due and to become due on outstanding state general obligation bonds. During the 
33.17 	biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, the commissioner of finance 
33.18 	shall calculate the amount of debt service payments needed on bonds previously issued 
33.19 	and shall estimate the amount of debt service payments that will be needed on the bonds 
33.20 	scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to 
33.21 	be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make 
33.22 	debt service payments is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota 
33.23 	Statutes, section 16A.641.

33.24 	Sec. 23. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 33.25 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
33.26 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
33.27 	state in an amount up to $1,011,402,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
33.28 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
33.29 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
33.30 		Subd. 2.Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money 
33.31 	appropriated in this act from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of finance 
33.32 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $255,000,000 in the manner, 
33.33 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
34.1 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of 
34.2 	the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, 
34.3 	must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
34.4 		Subd. 3.Trunk highway bonds. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
34.5 	from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner of finance 
34.6 	shall sell and issue trunk highway bonds in an amount up to $78,080,000 in the manner, 
34.7 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 
34.8 	to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 11, at the times and 
34.9 	in the amounts requested by the commissioner of transportation. The proceeds of the 
34.10 	bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be 
34.11 	credited to the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

34.12 	Sec. 24. CANCELLATION.
 34.13 	$17,262,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 19, subdivision 
34.14 	2, to the Metropolitan Council for the Northwest busway, is canceled. The bond sale 
34.15 	authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, is reduced by $17,262,000.

34.16 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.335, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
34.17 		Subd. 2.Other projects. All other capital projects for which a specific appropriation 
34.18 	is made must not proceed until the recipient undertaking the project has notified the chair 
34.19 	of the senate Finance Committee, the chair of the house Capital Investment Committee, 
34.20 	and the chair of the house Ways and Means Committee that the work is ready to begin. 
34.21 	Notice is not required for capital projects needed to comply with the Americans with 
34.22 	Disabilities Act, for asset preservation projects to which section 16A.307 applies, or 
34.23 	for projects funded by an agency's operating budget or by a capital asset preservation 
34.24 	and replacement account under section 16A.632, or a higher education capital asset 
34.25 	preservation and renewal replacement account under section 135A.046. 

34.26 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.423, is amended by adding a 
34.27 	subdivision to read:
34.28 		Subd. 2a.Grants authorized. Notwithstanding subdivision 2, the commissioner 
34.29 	may use money in the fund to make grants to a county, or to a county regional rail authority 
34.30 	as appropriate, for public infrastructure needed to support an eligible project under this 
34.31 	section. Grant money may be used by the county or regional rail authority to acquire 
34.32 	right-of-way and mitigate loss of wetlands and runoff of storm water; to predesign, design, 
34.33 	construct, and equip roads and rail lines; and, in cooperation with municipal utilities, to 
35.1 	predesign, design, construct, and equip natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure, water 
35.2 	supply systems, and wastewater collection and treatment systems. Grants made under this 
35.3 	subdivision are available until expended.

35.4 	Sec. 27. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 7, subdivision 21, is amended to read:

35.5
35.6	Subd. 21.State Park and Recreation Area 
Acquisition
 				2,500,000
	
35.7 	For acquisition of land under Minnesota 
35.8 	Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivisions 2 and 
35.9 	3, from willing sellers of private lands within 
35.10 	state park and recreation area boundaries 
35.11 	established by law.
35.12 	$500,000 is to purchase land within the 
35.13 	boundaries of Greenleaf Lake state park
35.14 	recreation area in Meeker county.

35.15 	Sec. 28. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 17, is amended to read:

35.16	Sec. 17. PUBLIC SAFETY
 				642,000
	
35.17 	To the commissioner of public safety for 
35.18 	a grant to the Economic Development 
35.19 	Authority in and for the city of Blue Earth 
35.20 	to acquire land for and to predesign, design, 
35.21 	construct, furnish, and equip a fire and 
35.22 	police station. This appropriation is not 
35.23 	available until the commissioner of finance 
35.24 	has determined that at least an equal amount 
35.25 	has been committed to the project from 
35.26 	nonstate sources.

35.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.28 	Sec. 29. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 16, is amended to 
35.29 	read:

35.30	Subd. 16.Minneapolis

35.31	(a) Minnesota Planetarium
				22,000,000
	
36.1 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis
36.2 	Hennepin County to complete design and 
36.3 	to construct, furnish, and equip a new 
36.4 	Minnesota planetarium and space discovery 
36.5 	center in conjunction with the Minneapolis 
36.6 	downtown library.

36.7	(b) Heritage Park
					
36.8 	Any unspent balance remaining on December 
36.9 	31, 2004, in the appropriation made by 
36.10 	Laws 2000, chapter 492, article 1, section 
36.11 	22, subdivision 10, for a grant to the city of 
36.12 	Minneapolis, may be used by the city for 
36.13 	improvements to the Heritage Park project.

36.14	(c) Minnesota Shubert Center
				1,000,000
	
36.15 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
36.16 	predesign and design and provide for related 
36.17 	capital costs for an associated atrium to 
36.18 	create the Minnesota Shubert Center.

36.19 	Sec. 30. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 11, is amended to read:

36.20	Subd. 11.Water control structures
 				1,000,000
	
36.21 	To rehabilitate or replace water control 
36.22 	structures used to manage shallow lakes and 
36.23 	wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife 
36.24 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
36.25 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for the 
36.26 	purposes of public water reserves under 
36.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101.

36.28 	Sec. 31. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

36.29	Subd. 22.Regional trails
 				1,133,000
	
36.30 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
36.31 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b.
37.1 	$648,000 is for the Agassiz Recreational 
37.2 	ATV Trail. Snowmobile trail grant money 
37.3 	received under Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.4 	84.83, subdivision 3, and all-terrain vehicle 
37.5 	trail grant money received under Minnesota 
37.6 	Statutes, section 84.927, subdivision 2, may 
37.7 	be counted as part of the county's required 50 
37.8 	percent nonstate match.
37.9 	$485,000 is for a grant to the Central 
37.10 	Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails 
37.11 	Coordination Board to design, engineer, 
37.12 	and construct 6.3 miles of trail and two 
37.13 	parking areas along the Mississippi River 
37.14 	in Sherburne County, to be known as Xcel 
37.15 	Energy Great River Woodland Trail.

37.16 	Sec. 32. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

37.17	Subd. 6.Redevelopment Account
 				9,000,000
	
37.18 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
37.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571.
37.20 	$800,000 is for a grant to the city of 
37.21 	Worthington to remediate contaminated 
37.22 	soil and redevelop the site of the former 
37.23 	Campbell Soup factory. This grant is exempt 
37.24 	from the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
37.25 	sections 116J.572 to 116J.575.
37.26 	$250,000 is for a grant to the city of 
37.27 	Winona to predesign facilities for the 
37.28 	Shakespeare Festival as part of the riverfront 
37.29 	redevelopment plan. This grant is exempt 
37.30 	from the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
37.31 	sections 116J.572 to 116J.575.

37.32 	Sec. 33. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 23, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

38.1
38.2	Subd. 3.Historic Fort Snelling Museum and 
Visitor Center
 				1,100,000
	
38.3 	To design the restoration and renovation of 
38.4 	the 1904 Cavalry Barracks Building for the 
38.5 	historic Fort Snelling Museum and Visitor 
38.6 	Center and other site improvements to 
38.7 	revitalize historic Fort Snelling.

38.8 	Sec. 34. AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED.
 38.9 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 
38.10 	7, the commissioner of natural resources may expend up to $625,000 to complete the 
38.11 	design specification and environmental work currently underway and proceed with the 
38.12 	remaining money for the project.

38.13 	Sec. 35. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 38.14 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.