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 
1.4 	certain conditions; establishing new programs and modifying existing 
1.5 	programs; authorizing the sale of state bonds; repealing and modifying previous 
1.6 	appropriations; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.7 	sections 16A.86, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 115A.908, subdivision 
1.8 	2; 116.155, subdivision 3; 135A.046, subdivision 2; 136F.98, subdivision 1; 
1.9 	Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 20, subdivision 7; 23, subdivision 3, as 
1.10 	amended; Laws 2007, chapter 122, section 1; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 
1.11 	3, subdivisions 12, as amended, 21, 25; 12, subdivision 3; 15, subdivision 5; 
1.12 	Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.13 	2008, sections 16A.86, subdivision 3; 116.156; Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 
1.14 	8, subdivision 3.
1.15 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

1.25	SUMMARY
	
1.26	University of Minnesota
	$
	59,000,000
	
1.27	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		90,280,000
	
1.28	Education
		5,780,000
	
1.29	Natural Resources
		29,000,000
	
2.1	Pollution Control Agency
		25,000,000
	
2.2	Zoological Garden
		5,000,000
	
2.3	Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
		5,000,000
	
2.4	Military Affairs
		3,602,000
	
2.5	Transportation
		36,900,000
	
2.6	Metropolitan Council
		41,183,000
	
2.7	Human Services
		5,000,000
	
2.8	Veterans Affairs
		4,000,000
	
2.9	Corrections
		10,000,000
	
2.10	Employment and Economic Development
		45,250,000
	
2.11	Minnesota Historical Society
		2,065,000
	
2.12	Bond Sale Expenses
		365,000

2.13	TOTAL
	$
	367,425,000
	
2.14	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		307,918,000
	
2.15	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		38,427,000
	
2.16	Maximum Effort School Loan Fund
		5,780,000
	
2.17	State Transportation Fund
		15,300,000

2.18						APPROPRIATIONS

2.19	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	59,000,000
	
2.21 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
2.22 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
2.23 	this section.

2.24
2.25	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				35,000,000
	
2.26 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
2.27 	Statutes, section 135A.046. 

2.28	Subd. 3.Twin Cities Campus

2.29	Bell Museum of Natural History
				24,000,000
	
2.30 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
2.31 	and equip a new Bell Museum of Natural 
2.32 	History on the St. Paul campus.

2.33
2.34	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

2.35	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	90,280,000
	
3.1 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
3.2 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
3.3 	purposes specified in this section.

3.4
3.5	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
And Replacement (HEAPR)
 				50,000,000
	
3.6 	For the purposes specified in Minnesota 
3.7 	Statutes, section 135A.046, including safety 
3.8 	and statutory compliance, building envelope 
3.9 	integrity, mechanical systems, and space 
3.10 	restoration.

3.11
3.12	Subd. 3.Lake Superior Community and 
Technical College

3.13	Health and Science Center Addition
				11,550,000
	
3.14 	To complete design of and to construct, 
3.15 	furnish, and equip an addition to the Health 
3.16 	and Science Center and to renovate existing 
3.17 	spaces.

3.18
3.19	Subd. 4.Mesabi Range Community and 
Technical College, Eveleth

3.20
3.21	Carpentry and Industrial Mechanical 
Technology and Shops
				5,250,000
	
3.22 	To construct, furnish, and equip shop space 
3.23 	for the industrial mechanical technology 
3.24 	and carpentry programs. This appropriation 
3.25 	includes funding for renovation of existing 
3.26 	space for ADA compliance.

3.27	Subd. 5.Metropolitan State University

3.28	Smart Classroom Center
				5,700,000
	
3.29 	To construct, furnish, and equip renovation 
3.30 	of two floors of technology-enhanced 
3.31 	classrooms and academic offices in the power 
3.32 	plant building. This appropriation includes 
3.33 	money to demolish the power plant annex to 
3.34 	enable the new construction. 

4.1
4.2	Subd. 6.Minnesota State College, Southeast 
Technical - Aviation Training Center
 					
4.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.4 	136F.60, subdivision 5, the net proceeds 
4.5 	of the sale or disposition of the Aviation 
4.6 	Training Center in Winona operated by 
4.7 	Minnesota State College - Southeast 
4.8 	Technical, after paying all expenses incurred 
4.9 	in selling the property and retiring any 
4.10 	remaining debt attributable to the project, 
4.11 	are appropriated to the board of trustees 
4.12 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
4.13 	Universities for use in a capital project at the 
4.14 	Winona campus and need not be paid to the 
4.15 	commissioner of finance, as would otherwise 
4.16 	be required by Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.17 	16A.695, subdivision 3.

4.18	Subd. 7.North Hennepin Community College

4.19	Center for Business and Technology 
				13,970,000
	
4.20 	To construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
4.21 	to the Center for Business and Technology 
4.22 	and to renovate the center for classrooms and 
4.23 	related space.

4.24	Subd. 8. Systemwide Initiatives 

4.25	Classroom Renovation
				3,810,000
	
4.26 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
4.27 	renovation of classroom and academic 
4.28 	space. Campuses may use nonstate money 
4.29 	to increase the size of the projects. This 
4.30 	appropriation may be used only at the 
4.31 	following campuses: Central Lakes College, 
4.32 	Brainerd; Minnesota State Community 
4.33 	Technical College, Moorhead and Wadena; 
4.34 	Minnesota West Community Technical 
5.1 	College, Pipestone; Northland Community 
5.2 	Technical College, Thief River Falls; Pine 
5.3 	Technical College, Pine City; and Rochester 
5.4 	Community Technical College, Rochester.

5.5	Subd. 9.Debt Service
 					
5.6 	(a) The board shall pay the debt service on 
5.7 	one-third of the principal amount of state 
5.8 	bonds sold to finance projects authorized by 
5.9 	this section, except for higher education asset 
5.10 	preservation and replacement, and except 
5.11 	that, where a nonstate match is required, the 
5.12 	debt service is due on a principal amount 
5.13 	equal to one-third of the total project cost, 
5.14 	less the match committed before the bonds 
5.15 	are sold. After each sale of general obligation 
5.16 	bonds, the commissioner of finance shall 
5.17 	notify the board of the amounts assessed for 
5.18 	each year for the life of the bonds.
5.19 	(b) The commissioner shall reduce the 
5.20 	board's assessment each year by one-third of 
5.21 	the net income from investment of general 
5.22 	obligation bond proceeds in proportion to the 
5.23 	amount of principal and interest otherwise 
5.24 	required to be paid by the board. The board 
5.25 	shall pay its resulting net assessment to the 
5.26 	commissioner of finance by December 1 each 
5.27 	year. If the board fails to make a payment 
5.28 	when due, the commissioner of finance 
5.29 	shall reduce allotments for appropriations 
5.30 	from the general fund otherwise available 
5.31 	to the board and apply the amount of the 
5.32 	reduction to cover the missed debt service 
5.33 	payment. The commissioner of finance 
5.34 	shall credit the payments received from the 
5.35 	board to the bond debt service account in 
6.1 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
6.2 	money is transferred from the general fund 
6.3 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
6.4 	subdivision 10.

6.5	Subd. 10.Unspent Appropriations
 					
6.6 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
6.7 	authorized in this section and after written 
6.8 	notice to the commissioner of finance, the 
6.9 	Board of Trustees must use any money 
6.10 	remaining in the appropriation for that 
6.11 	project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
6.12 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
6.13 	of Trustees must report by February 1 of 
6.14 	each even-numbered year to the chairs 
6.15 	of the house and senate committees with 
6.16 	jurisdiction over capital investments and 
6.17 	higher education finance, and to the chairs of 
6.18 	the house Ways and Means Committee and 
6.19 	the senate Finance Committee, on how the 
6.20 	remaining money has been allocated or spent.
6.21 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
6.22 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
6.23 	is available for higher education asset 
6.24 	preservation and replacement under this 
6.25 	subdivision, at the same campus as the 
6.26 	project for which the original appropriation 
6.27 	was made and the debt service requirement 
6.28 	under subdivision 9 is reduced accordingly. 
6.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
6.30 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
6.31 	the unspent amount transferred. 

6.32	Sec. 4. EDUCATION

6.33	Independent School District No. 38, Red Lake
			$
	5,780,000
	
7.1 	From the maximum effort school loan fund to 
7.2 	the commissioner of education for a capital 
7.3 	loan to Independent School District No. 38, 
7.4 	Red Lake, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
7.5 	sections 126C.60 to 126C.72, to design, 
7.6 	construct, furnish, and equip renovation of 
7.7 	existing facilities and construction of new 
7.8 	facilities.
7.9 	The project paid for with this appropriation 
7.10 	includes a portion of the renovation and 
7.11 	construction identified as Phase 4 in the 
7.12 	review and comment performed by the 
7.13 	commissioner of education under the capital 
7.14 	loan provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
7.15 	section 126C.69. This portion includes 
7.16 	renovation and construction of a single 
7.17 	kitchen and cafeteria to serve the high school 
7.18 	and middle school, a receiving area and dock 
7.19 	and adjacent drives, utilities, and grading.
7.20 	Before any capital loan contract is approved 
7.21 	under this authorization, the district must 
7.22 	provide documentation acceptable to the 
7.23 	commissioner on how the capital loan will 
7.24 	be used.

7.25	Sec. 5. NATURAL RESOURCES

7.26	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	29,000,000
	
7.27 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
7.28 	the purposes specified in this section.
7.29 	The appropriations in this section are 
7.30 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
7.31 	resources capital improvement program 
7.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
7.33 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
7.34 	to in this section provide more specific 
8.1 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
8.2 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
8.3 	To the extent possible, prairie restorations 
8.4 	funded in whole or in part with this 
8.5 	appropriation must be made using best 
8.6 	management practices for native prairie 
8.7 	species of a local ecotype as defined 
8.8 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.02, 
8.9 	subdivision 2.

8.10	Subd. 2.Statewide Asset Preservation
 				1,000,000
	
8.11 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
8.12 	operated by the commissioner of natural 
8.13 	resources, to be spent in accordance with 
8.14 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
8.15 	commissioner may use this appropriation 
8.16 	to replace buildings if, considering the 
8.17 	embedded energy in the building, that is the 
8.18 	most energy-efficient and carbon-reducing 
8.19 	method of renovation.

8.20	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation  Grants 
 				26,000,000
	
8.21 	For the state share of flood hazard 
8.22 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
8.23 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
8.24 	damage under Minnesota  Statutes, section 
8.25 	103F.161. 
8.26 	The commissioner shall determine project 
8.27 	priorities as appropriate, based on need. 
8.28 	This appropriation includes money for the 
8.29 	following projects: 
8.30 	(a) Agassiz Valley
8.31 	(b) Albert Lea
8.32 	(c) Austin
9.1 	(d) Bois de Sioux Watershed District, North 
9.2 	Ottawa project
9.3 	(e) Breckenridge
9.4 	(f) Crookston 
9.5 	(g) Granite Falls
9.6 	(h) Hay Creek-Norland
9.7 	(i) Inver Grove Heights
9.8 	(j) Manston Slough
9.9 	(k) Oakport Township
9.10 	(l) Roseau
9.11 	(m) Spring Brook
9.12 	(n) Stillwater
9.13 	(o) Two Rivers
9.14 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
9.15 	that the commissioner determines is not 
9.16 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
9.17 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
9.18 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
9.19 	the commissioner's priority list. 
9.20 	To the extent that the cost of a project in 
9.21 	Breckenridge, Crookston, Granite Falls, 
9.22 	Oakport Township, or Roseau exceeds two 
9.23 	percent of the median household income in 
9.24 	the municipality multiplied by the number 
9.25 	of households in the municipality, this 
9.26 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
9.27 	project.

9.28	Subd. 4.Dam Renovation and  Removal
 				2,000,000
	
9.29 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
9.30 	The commissioner shall determine project 
9.31 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
9.32 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
10.1 	This appropriation includes money for the 
10.2 	following projects:
10.3 	(a) Balsam Lake, Itasca County
10.4 	(b) Clearwater River, Stearns and Wright 
10.5 	Counties
10.6 	(c) Drayton, Kittson County
10.7 	(d) Hallock, Kittson County
10.8 	(e) Knife Lake, Kanabec County
10.9 	(f) Lanesboro, Fillmore County
10.10 	(g) Milaca, Mille Lacs County
10.11 	(h) Pike River, St. Louis County
10.12 	(i) Sunrise River, Chisago County
10.13 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.14 	16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of 
10.15 	final contracts for the completion of a project 
10.16 	listed in this subdivision, the commissioner 
10.17 	may transfer the unencumbered balance 
10.18 	in the project account to any other dam 
10.19 	renovation or removal project on the 
10.20 	commissioner's priority list.

10.21	Sec. 6. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

10.22	Closed Landfill Cleanup
				25,000,000
	
10.23 	For capital costs of cleaning up closed 
10.24 	landfills under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
10.25 	115B.39 to 115B.445. All debt service on 
10.26 	bonds issued to finance this appropriation 
10.27 	must be paid by the Pollution Control Agency 
10.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.643, 
10.29 	from revenue credited to the environmental 
10.30 	fund.
10.31 	This appropriation is for capital costs of 
10.32 	environmental response action at qualified 
11.1 	closed landfill facilities in Albert Lea, 
11.2 	Mille Lacs County, Washington County, the 
11.3 	Western Lake Superior Sanitary District, 
11.4 	and other locations as determined by the 
11.5 	commissioner of the Pollution Control 
11.6 	Agency.
11.7 	If the dig and fill option is chosen for 
11.8 	remediation of the Washington County 
11.9 	landfill, the landfill must have a triple liner.

11.10
11.11	Sec. 7. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN

11.12	Asset Preservation and Improvement
			$
	5,000,000
	
11.13 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden 
11.14 	to design and construct capital asset 
11.15 	preservation improvements and betterments 
11.16 	to infrastructure and exhibits at the Minnesota 
11.17 	Zoo.

11.18	Sec. 8. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION

11.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	5,000,000
	
11.20 	To the Minnesota Amateur Sports 
11.21 	Commission for the purposes specified in 
11.22 	this section.

11.23	Subd. 2.National Sports Center - Blaine
 				1,000,000
	
11.24 	For asset preservation at the National Sports 
11.25 	Center in Blaine, to be spent in accordance 
11.26 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

11.27	Subd. 3.National Volleyball Center - Rochester
 				4,000,000
	
11.28 	For a grant to the city of Rochester to design, 
11.29 	construct, furnish, and equip the Phase 2 
11.30 	expansion of the National Volleyball Center 
11.31 	in Rochester, designated by the Minnesota 
11.32 	Amateur Sports Commission as a regional 
12.1 	amateur sports center, subject to Minnesota 
12.2 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

12.3	Sec. 9. MILITARY AFFAIRS

12.4	Asset Preservation
			$
	3,602,000
	
12.5 	To the adjutant general for asset preservation 
12.6 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
12.7 	nature at military affairs facilities, to be 
12.8 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
12.9 	section 16B.307.
12.10 	This appropriation may be used for life safety 
12.11 	improvements, to correct code deficiencies, 
12.12 	for Americans with Disabilities Act 
12.13 	alterations, and to improve energy efficiency 
12.14 	at existing National Guard Training and 
12.15 	Community Centers at Hastings, Hutchinson, 
12.16 	Red Wing, and Winona; and to match 
12.17 	federal stimulus money for backup heating 
12.18 	and electricity improvements at Bemidji, 
12.19 	Brainerd, Duluth, Inver Grove Heights, 
12.20 	Jackson, Northeast Minneapolis, Rosemount, 
12.21 	and St. Peter.

12.22	Sec. 10. TRANSPORTATION

12.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	36,900,000
	
12.24 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
12.25 	purposes specified in this section.

12.26
12.27	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				15,300,000
	
12.28 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
12.29 	account in the state transportation fund 
12.30 	to match federal money and to replace 
12.31 	or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as 
12.32 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.33 	174.50.
13.1 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
13.2 	under this subdivision to construct or 
13.3 	reconstruct bridges, including: 
13.4 	(1) matching federal-aid grants to construct 
13.5 	or reconstruct key bridges;
13.6 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
13.7 	engineering and environmental studies 
13.8 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.9 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
13.10 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
13.11 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
13.12 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
13.13 	be made; and
13.14 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
13.15 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
13.16 	of an existing bridge determined by 
13.17 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
13.18 	commissioner determines that construction 
13.19 	of the road or street is more economical than 
13.20 	replacement of the existing bridge.
13.21 	$300,000 is for a grant to the city of Staples 
13.22 	in Todd County to predesign, design, and 
13.23 	construct a highway overpass over U.S. 
13.24 	Highway 10 and the Burlington Northern 
13.25 	Santa Fe Railroad tracks in Staples. This 
13.26 	appropriation is added to the appropriation 
13.27 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 16, 
13.28 	subdivision 3.

13.29
13.30	Subd. 3.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				5,000,000
	
13.31 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
13.32 	Railroad Authority to rehabilitate up to 95 
13.33 	miles of railroad track from Norwood-Young 
13.34 	America to Hanley Falls. A grant under this 
13.35 	subdivision is in addition to any grant, loan, 
14.1 	or loan guarantee for this project made by 
14.2 	the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.3 	sections 222.46 to 222.62.

14.4	Subd. 4.Northern Lights Express
 				1,000,000
	
14.5 	For a grant to the St. Louis and Lake 
14.6 	Counties Regional Railroad Authority for 
14.7 	design, engineering, and environmental 
14.8 	studies of the rail lines, railway stations, and 
14.9 	other railroad appurtenances for the Northern 
14.10 	Lights Express Passenger Rail project to 
14.11 	facilitate the return of passenger rail service 
14.12 	along the Duluth/Minneapolis rail corridor. 
14.13 	This appropriation is in addition to the 
14.14 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
14.15 	section 16, subdivision 5.

14.16
14.17	Subd. 5.St. Paul to Chicago High-Speed Rail 
Line
 				5,000,000
	
14.18 	For the state's share of environmental 
14.19 	analysis of a high-speed rail line connecting 
14.20 	Chicago, LaCrescent, Winona, Red Wing, 
14.21 	and the Union Depot Concourse Multimodal 
14.22 	Transit Hub, located in downtown St. Paul 
14.23 	in the area south of Kellogg Boulevard and 
14.24 	east of Jackson Street.
14.25 	No part of this appropriation may be spent to 
14.26 	acquire or better capital improvements that 
14.27 	are located outside the state of Minnesota, 
14.28 	that may be used from time to time outside 
14.29 	the state of Minnesota, or that are part of 
14.30 	a rail corridor that is not designated by the 
14.31 	Midwest Interstate Passenger Rail Compact.
14.32 	The commissioner shall work with the 
14.33 	Wisconsin Department of Transportation 
14.34 	to coordinate application for federal capital 
14.35 	assistance for the high-speed rail project.
15.1 	After an alignment connecting downtown 
15.2 	St. Paul and downtown Minneapolis is 
15.3 	identified, the high-speed rail line may 
15.4 	be extended from downtown St. Paul to 
15.5 	downtown Minneapolis.

15.6	Subd. 6.Port Development Assistance
 				2,000,000
	
15.7 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
15.8 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
15.9 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
15.10 	owned.

15.11	Subd. 7.Alexandria Airport Tower
 				2,000,000
	
15.12 	For a grant to the city of Alexandria to acquire 
15.13 	land for, and to design and construct, a 
15.14 	surveillance tower and associated equipment, 
15.15 	an emergency backup power system, and a 
15.16 	structure to house equipment.

15.17	Subd. 8.Bigfork Airport Runways
 				1,700,000
	
15.18 	For a grant to the city of Bigfork to extend 
15.19 	and reconstruct runways.

15.20	Subd. 9.Duluth Airport Terminal
 				4,900,000
	
15.21 	For a grant to the city of Duluth to predesign, 
15.22 	design, construct, furnish, and equip new 
15.23 	terminal facilities at the Duluth International 
15.24 	Airport.
15.25 	This appropriation is not available until the 
15.26 	commissioner of finance determines that at 
15.27 	least an equal amount has been committed to 
15.28 	the project from nonstate sources.

15.29	Sec. 11. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

15.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	41,183,000
	
15.31 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
15.32 	specified in this section.

16.1	Subd. 2.Bottineau Boulevard Transit Way
 				500,000
	
16.2 	For a grant to the Hennepin County 
16.3 	Regional Railroad Authority for preliminary 
16.4 	engineering for the Bottineau Transit 
16.5 	Way corridor from the Hiawatha light rail 
16.6 	and Northstar transit hub in downtown 
16.7 	Minneapolis to the vicinity of the Target 
16.8 	development in northern Brooklyn Park or 
16.9 	the Arbor Lakes retail area in Maple Grove.

16.10	Subd. 3.Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid Transit
 				1,000,000
	
16.11 	To acquire real property and construct 
16.12 	roadway improvements for shoulder running 
16.13 	bus lanes on CSAH 23 in Apple Valley and 
16.14 	Lakeville for the Cedar Avenue Bus Rapid 
16.15 	Transit Way (BRT) in Dakota County. This 
16.16 	appropriation is added to the appropriations 
16.17 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, 
16.18 	subdivision 3; and Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
16.19 	section 17, subdivision 4.

16.20	Subd. 4.Central Corridor Transit Way
 				8,450,000
	
16.21 	(a) For one or more of the following activities 
16.22 	for the Central Corridor light rail transit line 
16.23 	that will connect downtown Minneapolis with 
16.24 	downtown St. Paul: preliminary engineering, 
16.25 	final design, property acquisition, including 
16.26 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
16.27 	nature, relocation of utilities owned by public 
16.28 	entities, and construction. This appropriation 
16.29 	is added to the appropriation in Laws 2008, 
16.30 	chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 2.
16.31 	(b) Hennepin and Ramsey Counties need not 
16.32 	spend their matching money for this project 
16.33 	at a rate faster than dollar for dollar with the 
16.34 	money from this appropriation.

17.1	Subd. 5.Robert Street Corridor Transit Way
 				500,000
	
17.2 	For a grant to the Dakota County Regional 
17.3 	Railroad Authority for environmental studies 
17.4 	and engineering of bus rapid transit or light 
17.5 	rail transit for the Robert Street Corridor 
17.6 	Transit Way along a corridor on or parallel 
17.7 	to U.S. Highway 52 and Robert Street from 
17.8 	within the city of St. Paul to Dakota County 
17.9 	Road 42 in Rosemount. This appropriation 
17.10 	is added to the appropriation in Laws 2006, 
17.11 	chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 6.

17.12	Subd. 6.Rush Line Corridor Transit Way
 				500,000
	
17.13 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
17.14 	Railroad Authority to acquire land for, 
17.15 	design, and construct park-and-ride or 
17.16 	park-and-pool lots located along the Rush 
17.17 	Line Corridor along I-35E/I-35 and Highway 
17.18 	61 from the Union Depot in downtown St. 
17.19 	Paul to Hinckley.

17.20	Subd. 7.Southwest Corridor Transit Way
 				5,000,000
	
17.21 	For a grant to the Hennepin County 
17.22 	Regional Railroad Authority to prepare 
17.23 	an environmental impact statement (EIS) 
17.24 	and for preliminary engineering for the 
17.25 	Southwest Transit Way Corridor, from the 
17.26 	Hiawatha light rail in downtown Minneapolis 
17.27 	to the vicinity of the Southwest Station 
17.28 	transit hub in Eden Prairie.

17.29	Subd. 8.Union Depot
 				2,000,000
	
17.30 	For a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
17.31 	Railroad Authority to acquire land and 
17.32 	structures, to renovate structures, and 
17.33 	for design, engineering, and construction 
17.34 	to revitalize Union Depot for use as a 
18.1 	multimodal transit center in St. Paul. 
18.2 	This appropriation is in addition to the 
18.3 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
18.4 	section 17, subdivision 7.

18.5
18.6	Subd. 9.Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements

18.7	(a) Como Zoo 
				11,000,000
	
18.8 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to 
18.9 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
18.10 	equip Phase 2 renovation of the polar bear 
18.11 	and gorilla exhibits at the Como Zoo.

18.12	(b) Coon Rapids 85th Avenue Bicycle Trail
				500,000
	
18.13 	For a grant to the city of Coon Rapids to 
18.14 	predesign, design, and construct a bicycle 
18.15 	and pedestrian trail connecting the city of 
18.16 	Fridley bicycle and pedestrian trail along 
18.17 	85th Avenue to the Mississippi Regional 
18.18 	Trail Corridor in the city of Coon Rapids.

18.19	(c) Grand Rounds Bridge
				600,000
	
18.20 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
18.21 	acquire land for, and to predesign and design 
18.22 	a bridge for, the Grand Rounds Scenic 
18.23 	Byway on St. Anthony Parkway over the 
18.24 	Northtown Rail Yard.

18.25	(d) Grand Rounds Lighting
				1,000,000
	
18.26 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
18.27 	purchase, install, and replace lighting fixtures 
18.28 	on the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway. Priority 
18.29 	may be given to the Victory Memorial 
18.30 	Parkway portion. Any outdoor lighting 
18.31 	fixtures installed, replaced, maintained, or 
18.32 	operated with this appropriation must be a 
18.33 	full cutoff luminaire, as defined in Minnesota 
18.34 	Statutes, section 16B.328, subdivision 1, 
19.1 	if the rated output of the outdoor lighting 
19.2 	fixture is greater than 1,800 lumens, and 
19.3 	be the minimum illuminance adequate for 
19.4 	the intended purpose with consideration 
19.5 	given to nationally recognized standards. 
19.6 	Full consideration must be given to energy 
19.7 	conservation and savings, reduction of 
19.8 	glare, minimization of light pollution, and 
19.9 	preservation of the natural night environment. 
19.10 	This appropriation is not available until the 
19.11 	commissioner determines that at least an 
19.12 	equal amount has been committed to the 
19.13 	project from nonstate sources.

19.14	(e) Grand Rounds Roadway
				1,000,000
	
19.15 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
19.16 	Recreation Board to design a roadway to 
19.17 	complete the Grand Rounds National Scenic 
19.18 	Byway in the city of Minneapolis between 
19.19 	Stinson Boulevard in northeast Minneapolis 
19.20 	and southeast Minneapolis at East River 
19.21 	Road, and to repair and reconstruct portions 
19.22 	of the existing 55-mile Grand Rounds 
19.23 	National Scenic Byway.

19.24	(f) Heritage Village Park
				100,000
	
19.25 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
19.26 	to predesign the Heritage Village Park along 
19.27 	the Mississippi River in the city. 
19.28 	This appropriation is not available until the 
19.29 	commissioner has determined that at least 
19.30 	an equal amount has been committed from 
19.31 	nonstate sources.

19.32	(g) Inver Grove Heights - Swing Bridge
				100,000
	
19.33 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
19.34 	to design and renovate the west bank bridge 
20.1 	and bridge approach to Mississippi River 
20.2 	Bridge 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
20.3 	Island Swing Bridge, located between Inver 
20.4 	Grove Heights and St. Paul Park in Dakota 
20.5 	County. The design for utilizing the bridge 
20.6 	infrastructure along the west bank of the 
20.7 	Mississippi River must require connections 
20.8 	with any local, regional, or state trails, and 
20.9 	incorporate walking trails and fishing pier 
20.10 	concepts, along with any park development 
20.11 	in the area.
20.12 	This appropriation is not available until the 
20.13 	commissioner has determined that at least 
20.14 	an equal amount has been committed from 
20.15 	nonstate sources.

20.16	(h) Lower Afton Road Trail
				450,000
	
20.17 	For a grant to Ramsey County to design and 
20.18 	construct a paved bicycle and pedestrian 
20.19 	trail on the north side of Lower Afton Road 
20.20 	between McKnight Road and Point Douglas 
20.21 	Road.
20.22 	This appropriation is not available until the 
20.23 	commissioner has determined that at least 
20.24 	$1,600,000 has been committed to the project 
20.25 	from nonstate sources.
20.26 	The appropriation is added to the 
20.27 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
20.28 	section 17, subdivision 8.

20.29	(i) Rice Creek North Regional Trail
				2,183,000
	
20.30 	For a grant to Anoka County as the local 
20.31 	share to match federal money, to design and 
20.32 	develop the Rice Creek North Regional Trail, 
20.33 	extending from Rice Creek Chain of Lakes 
21.1 	Park Reserve in Lino Lakes to the Ramsey 
21.2 	County trail system in Shoreview.

21.3	(j) Springbrook Nature Center
				2,500,000
	
21.4 	For a grant to the city of Fridley to 
21.5 	predesign, design, construct, and equip 
21.6 	the redevelopment and expansion of the 
21.7 	Springbrook Nature Center. No nonstate 
21.8 	match is required.

21.9	(k) Upper Landing Shoreline Protection
				3,800,000
	
21.10 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to acquire 
21.11 	land for and to predesign, design, construct, 
21.12 	furnish, and equip river park development 
21.13 	and redevelopment infrastructure in National 
21.14 	Great River Park along the Mississippi River 
21.15 	in St. Paul. 

21.16	Sec. 12. HUMAN SERVICES

21.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	5,000,000
	
21.18 	To the commissioner of administration, or 
21.19 	another named agency, for the purposes 
21.20 	specified in this section.

21.21	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				3,000,000
	
21.22 	For asset preservation improvements and 
21.23 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
21.24 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
21.25 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
21.26 	section 16B.307.

21.27
21.28	Subd. 3.Early Childhood Learning and Child 
Protection Facilities
 				2,000,000
	
21.29 	To the commissioner of human services for 
21.30 	grants to construct and rehabilitate facilities 
21.31 	for programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.32 	section 256E.37.

22.1	Sec. 13. VETERANS AFFAIRS

22.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	4,000,000
	
22.3 	To the commissioner of administration for 
22.4 	the purposes specified in this section.

22.5	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				1,000,000
	
22.6 	For asset preservation improvements and 
22.7 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
22.8 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
22.9 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

22.10	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				3,000,000
	
22.11 	To acquire land for veterans cemeteries 
22.12 	located in Redwood County and northeastern 
22.13 	Minnesota, to be operated by the 
22.14 	commissioner of veterans affairs. This 
22.15 	appropriation may also be used to predesign 
22.16 	and design the cemeteries.

22.17	Sec. 14. CORRECTIONS

22.18	Asset Preservation
			$
	10,000,000
	
22.19 	To the commissioner of administration for 
22.20 	improvements and betterments of a capital 
22.21 	nature at Minnesota correctional facilities 
22.22 	statewide, in accordance with Minnesota 
22.23 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

22.24
22.25	Sec. 15. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

22.26	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	45,250,000
	
22.27 	To the commissioner of employment and 
22.28 	economic development or other named 
22.29 	agency for the purposes specified in this 
22.30 	section.

22.31	Subd. 2.Redevelopment Account
 				750,000
	
23.1 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
23.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.571, 
23.3 	for a grant to St. Louis County to design, 
23.4 	construct, and install public infrastructure 
23.5 	from the city of Chisholm to the regional 
23.6 	competition and exhibit center. This 
23.7 	appropriation is not available until the 
23.8 	commissioner has determined that at least 
23.9 	an equal amount has been committed from 
23.10 	nonstate sources.
23.11 	The commissioner may require that grant 
23.12 	money not committed by contract for 
23.13 	approved project activities within 120 days 
23.14 	after the grant agreement was signed be 
23.15 	returned and credited to the redevelopment 
23.16 	account.

23.17	Subd. 3.Big Lake Regional Ice Center
 				500,000
	
23.18 	For a grant to the city of Big Lake to design, 
23.19 	construct, furnish, and equip an ice arena 
23.20 	complex to support the Big Lake regional 
23.21 	area.
23.22 	The location of the ice arena complex 
23.23 	must take into consideration community 
23.24 	and business development, community 
23.25 	traffic routes, and transportation needs of 
23.26 	the Northstar commuter rail line serving 
23.27 	Big Lake to Minneapolis, and the possible 
23.28 	extension of the line to St. Cloud.
23.29 	This appropriation is not available until the 
23.30 	commissioner has determined that at least 
23.31 	an equal amount has been committed from 
23.32 	nonstate sources.

23.33
23.34	Subd. 4.Mankato - Women's Hockey 
Exposition Center
 				6,500,000
	
24.1 	For a grant to the city of Mankato to design, 
24.2 	construct, furnish, and equip the Southern 
24.3 	Minnesota Women's Hockey Exposition 
24.4 	Center for use by Minnesota State University, 
24.5 	Mankato. 
24.6 	This appropriation is not available until the 
24.7 	commissioner has determined that at least 
24.8 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
24.9 	project from nonstate sources.

24.10	Subd. 5.Minneapolis 

24.11	(a) Orchestra Hall
				3,000,000
	
24.12 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
24.13 	predesign the renovation of Orchestra Hall 
24.14 	and Peavey Plaza at its current downtown 
24.15 	Minneapolis location, subject to Minnesota 
24.16 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

24.17
24.18	(b) Shubert Performing Arts and Education 
Center
				2,000,000
	
24.19 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
24.20 	construct, furnish, and equip the Shubert 
24.21 	Theater and an associated atrium to create 
24.22 	the Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and 
24.23 	Education Center. This appropriation is 
24.24 	added to the appropriation in Laws 2006, 
24.25 	chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 17, 
24.26 	paragraph (b).

24.27
24.28	Subd. 6.Olmsted County - Steam Line 
Extension
 				5,000,000
	
24.29 	For a grant to Olmsted County to design 
24.30 	and construct approximately 1.25 miles of 
24.31 	a new steam pipeline from the Olmsted 
24.32 	Waste-to-Energy Facility to the Rochester 
24.33 	Community and Technical College Campus, 
24.34 	supplying steam heat and cooling from a 
24.35 	renewable energy source.
25.1 	This appropriation is not available until the 
25.2 	commissioner has determined that at least 
25.3 	an equal amount has been committed from 
25.4 	Olmsted County.

25.5	Subd. 7.St. Cloud - Civic Center Expansion
 				13,000,000
	
25.6 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
25.7 	acquire land for and to design, construct, 
25.8 	furnish, and equip an expansion of the St. 
25.9 	Cloud Civic Center. The expansion includes 
25.10 	approximately 66,000 square feet of new 
25.11 	space and a 300-stall parking ramp. This 
25.12 	appropriation is added to the appropriation 
25.13 	in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, 
25.14 	subdivision 14.
25.15 	This appropriation is not available until the 
25.16 	commissioner of finance determines that at 
25.17 	least $13,000,000 is committed to the project 
25.18 	from nonstate sources.

25.19	Subd. 8.St. Paul

25.20	(a) Asian Pacific Cultural Center
				4,500,000
	
25.21 	For a grant to the Housing and 
25.22 	Redevelopment Authority of the city 
25.23 	of St. Paul, to construct, furnish, and equip 
25.24 	an Asian Pacific Cultural Center, subject to 
25.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. 
25.26 	This appropriation is not available until the 
25.27 	commissioner has determined that at least 
25.28 	an equal amount has been committed from 
25.29 	nonstate sources. 

25.30	(b) Gillette Children's Hospital Addition
				10,000,000
	
25.31 	For a grant to Ramsey County to design, 
25.32 	construct, furnish, and equip the renovation 
25.33 	of and an addition of space for phase 1 of 
25.34 	three phases for the surgery, inpatient, and 
26.1 	pediatric intensive care expansion to Gillette 
26.2 	Children's Specialty Healthcare.
26.3 	This appropriation is not available until the 
26.4 	commissioner has determined that at least 
26.5 	an equal amount has been committed from 
26.6 	nonstate sources. Money spent by Gillette 
26.7 	Children's Specialty Healthcare in 2009 for 
26.8 	this construction must be counted as part of 
26.9 	the match.

26.10
26.11	Sec. 16. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

26.12	Historic Sites Asset Preservation
			$
	2,065,000
	
26.13 	To the Minnesota  Historical Society for 
26.14 	capital improvements and  betterments at 
26.15 	state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
26.16 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, 
26.17 	and monuments, to be spent in accordance 
26.18 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. 
26.19 	Notwithstanding that section, up to $527,000 
26.20 	may be used to design projects eligible for 
26.21 	future funding. The society shall determine 
26.22 	project priorities as appropriate based on 
26.23 	need.

26.24	Sec. 17. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	365,000
	
26.25 	To the commissioner of finance for bond sale 
26.26 	expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 
26.27 	16A.641, subdivision 8.

26.28	Sec. 18. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 					
26.29 	The commissioner of finance shall schedule the sale of state general obligation 
26.30 	bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2011, no more than $1,089,549,000 
26.31 	will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond fund to pay principal 
26.32 	and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general obligation bonds. During 
26.33 	the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, the commissioner of 
27.1 	finance shall calculate the amount of debt service payments needed on bonds previously 
27.2 	issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service payments that will be needed on the 
27.3 	bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled 
27.4 	to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make 
27.5 	the debt service payments is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota 
27.6 	Statutes, section 16A.641.

27.7 	Sec. 19. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 27.8 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
27.9 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the 
27.10 	state in an amount up to $346,345,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
27.11 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
27.12 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
27.13 		Subd. 2.Maximum effort school loan fund. To provide the money appropriated in 
27.14 	this act from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell 
27.15 	and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,780,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
27.16 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
27.17 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
27.18 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a 
27.19 	bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
27.20 		Subd. 3.Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money 
27.21 	appropriated in this article from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of finance 
27.22 	shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $15,300,000 in the manner, upon 
27.23 	the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
27.24 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of 
27.25 	the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, 
27.26 	must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.

27.27 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.86, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.28 		Subd. 2.Budget request. A political subdivision that requests an appropriation of 
27.29 	state money for a local capital improvement project is encouraged to submit  the request 
27.30 	to the commissioner of finance by  July 15 of an odd-numbered year to ensure its full 
27.31 	consideration.  The requests must be submitted in the form and with the supporting 
27.32 	documentation required by the commissioner of finance. All requests timely received by 
27.33 	the commissioner must be forwarded submitted to the legislature, along with agency 
28.1 	requests the governor's recommendations, whether or not the governor recommends that a 
28.2 	request be funded, by the deadline established in section 16A.11, subdivision 1. 

28.3 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
28.4 	to read:
28.5 		Subd. 3a.Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section 
28.6 	must include the following information:
28.7 	(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which 
28.8 	state assistance is being requested;
28.9 	(2) the public purpose of the project;
28.10 	(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local, 
28.11 	private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
28.12 	(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of 
28.13 	bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition, 
28.14 	predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
28.15 	(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
28.16 	(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project 
28.17 	has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all 
28.18 	projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when 
28.19 	submitting multiple requests; and
28.20 	(7) if the project requires a predesign under section 16B.335, whether the predesign 
28.21 	has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether 
28.22 	the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of 
28.23 	administration for review and approval.

28.24 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 115A.908, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.25 		Subd. 2.Deposit of revenue. From the Revenue collected under this section, the 
28.26 	amount necessary to make debt service payments on revenue bonds issued under section 
28.27 	116.156 is annually appropriated to the commissioner of finance. Any remaining revenue 
28.28 	collected shallmust be credited to the environmental fund.

28.29 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116.155, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.30 		Subd. 3.Revenues. The following revenues shall be deposited in the general 
28.31 	portion of the remediation fund:
29.1 	(1) response costs and natural resource damages related to releases of hazardous 
29.2 	substances, or pollutants or contaminants, recovered under sections 115B.17, subdivisions 
29.3 	6 and 7, 115B.443, 115B.444, or any other law; 
29.4 	(2) money paid to the agency or the Agriculture Department by voluntary parties 
29.5 	who have received technical or other assistance under sections 115B.17, subdivision 14, 
29.6 	115B.175 to 115B.179, and 115C.03, subdivision 9; 
29.7 	(3) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation from 
29.8 	any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants; and
29.9 	(4) money received from revenue bonds sold under section 116.156 and placed 
29.10 	in a special bond proceeds account; and
29.11 	(5) interest accrued on the fund.

29.12 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 135A.046, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
29.13 		Subd. 2.Standards. Capital budget expenditures for Higher Education Asset 
29.14 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) projects must be for one or more of the 
29.15 	following: code compliance including health and safety, Americans with Disabilities 
29.16 	Act requirements, hazardous material abatement, access improvement, or air quality 
29.17 	improvement; building energy efficiency improvements using current best practices; or 
29.18 	building or infrastructure repairs necessary to preserve the interior and exterior of existing 
29.19 	buildings; or renewal to support the existing programmatic mission of the campuses. Up 
29.20 	to ten percent of an appropriation awarded under this section may be used for design 
29.21 	costs for projects eligible to be funded from this account in anticipation of future funding 
29.22 	from the account.

29.23 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 136F.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.24 		Subdivision 1.Issuance of bonds. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State 
29.25 	Colleges and Universities or a successor may issue revenue bonds under sections 136F.90 
29.26 	to 136F.97 whose aggregate principal amount at any time may not exceed $200,000,000
29.27 	$225,000,000, and payable from the revenue appropriated to the fund established by 
29.28 	section 136F.94, and use the proceeds together with other public or private money that 
29.29 	may otherwise become available to acquire land, and to acquire, construct, complete, 
29.30 	remodel, and equip structures or portions thereof to be used for dormitory, residence hall, 
29.31 	student union, food service, parking purposes, or for any other similar revenue-producing 
29.32 	building or buildings of such type and character as the board finds desirable for the good 
29.33 	and benefit of the state universities. Before issuing the bonds or any part of them, the 
29.34 	board shall consult with and obtain the advisory recommendations of the chairs of the 
30.1 	house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee 
30.2 	about the facilities to be financed by the bonds.

30.3 	Sec. 26. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 20, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

30.4
30.5	Subd.  7.Minnesota correctional facility - 
Stillwater

30.6	Segregation Unit
				19,580,000
	
30.7 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
30.8 	and equip a new 150-bed segregation unit
30.9 	and reconstruct the old segregation unit.

30.10 	Sec. 27. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 23, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2008, 
30.11 	chapter 179, section 68, is amended to read:

30.12
30.13	Subd. 3.Historic Fort Snelling Museum and 
Visitor Center
 				1,100,000
	
30.14 	To predesign and design the historic Fort 
30.15 	Snelling Museum and Visitor Center and 
30.16 	other site improvements to revitalize historic 
30.17 	Fort Snelling.

30.18 	Sec. 28. Laws 2007, chapter 122, section 1, is amended to read:
30.19 	Section 1. BROWNS VALLEY FLOOD RELIEF APPROPRIATION.
 30.20 	$2,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public 
30.21 	safety for a grant to the city of Browns Valley to be used for relief from damage caused by 
30.22 	the flooding of March 2007. This appropriation is available until June 30, 2009 expended.

30.23 	Sec. 29. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 3, subdivision 12, as amended by Laws 2008, 
30.24 	chapter 365, section 17, is amended to read:

30.25	Subd. 12. Metropolitan State University

30.26	(a) Smart Classroom Center 
				4,980,000 
	
30.27 	To construct, furnish, and equip renovation 
30.28 	of two floors of technology-enhanced 
30.29 	classrooms and academic offices in the 
30.30 	power plant building. This appropriation 
30.31 	includes money to demolish the power plant 
31.1 	annex to enable the new construction. * 
31.2 	(The preceding text beginning "(a) Smart 
31.3 	Classroom Center" was indicated as 
31.4 	vetoed by the governor.)

31.5	(b) Law Enforcement Training Center 
				13,900,000 
	
31.6 	To compete design of and to construct, 
31.7 	furnish, and equip, in cooperation with 
31.8 	Minneapolis Community and Technical 
31.9 	College, a colocated Law Enforcement 
31.10 	Training Center on the campus of Hennepin 
31.11 	Technical College in Brooklyn Park. The 
31.12 	board may use up to $2,000,000 of college
31.13 	or, university, or nonstate money for 
31.14 	the remainder of the cost of design and 
31.15 	construction of this project.

31.16 	Sec. 30. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 3, subdivision 21, is amended to read:

31.17
31.18	Subd. 21.Owatonna College and University 
Center

31.19	Property Acquisition
				3,500,000
	
31.20 	To acquire the Owatonna College and 
31.21 	University Center Building in Steele County, 
31.22 	including the purchase of adjacent vacant 
31.23 	land and accomplishing minor capital 
31.24 	improvements to the property.

31.25 	Sec. 31. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 3, subdivision 25, is amended to read:

31.26	Subd. 25.St. Cloud State University 

31.27	(a) Brown Science Hall Renovation
				14,800,000
	
31.28 	To complete design of and to construct, 
31.29 	furnish, and equip a renovation of Brown 
31.30 	Hall for classrooms, science laboratories, and 
31.31 	other instructional and ancillary spaces. This 
31.32 	appropriation includes funding to reglaze the 
32.1 	existing skyway from the building and to 
32.2 	construct a new skyway to Centennial Hall.
32.3 	This appropriation may also be used to 
32.4 	complete design and construction drawings 
32.5 	for the Science and Engineering Lab 
32.6 	authorized in paragraph (b) and to demolish 
32.7 	building number 801.

32.8	(b) Science and Engineering Lab
				900,000
	
32.9 	To design an integrated science and 
32.10 	engineering laboratory and student and 
32.11 	academic support building.

32.12 	Sec. 32. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

32.13	Subd. 3.State Capitol Building Restoration
 				13,400,000
	
32.14 	For renovation of the State Capitol Building 
32.15 	including, but not limited to: site work 
32.16 	to stabilize the plaza; replacement and 
32.17 	stabilization of the building's exterior 
32.18 	envelope; replacement of air handling units 
32.19 	at risk of failure; and projects to improve 
32.20 	interior emergency lighting, dome lighting, 
32.21 	and catwalks.
32.22 	Up to $2,000,000 of this appropriation may 
32.23 	be used for predesign and schematic design 
32.24 	work to restore and renovate the Capitol 
32.25 	and meet related space and functional 
32.26 	requirements.

32.27 	Sec. 33. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

32.28
32.29	Subd. 5.Marshall - Minnesota Emergency 
Response and Industry Training Center
 				300,000
	
32.30 	For a grant to the city of Marshall to 
32.31 	predesign Phase 2 of the Minnesota 
32.32 	Emergency Response and Industry Training 
33.1 	(MERIT) Center, including a wind energy 
33.2 	training area, an ethanol fuels training area, 
33.3 	and other training facilities, and to design, 
33.4 	construct, and equip the wind energy and 
33.5 	ethanol fuel training facilities.
33.6 	This appropriation is not available until the 
33.7 	commissioner has determined that at least 
33.8 	an equal amount has been committed from 
33.9 	nonstate sources. The match may include 
33.10 	in-kind contributions.

33.11 	Sec. 34. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

33.12	Subd. 3.Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
 				2,000,000
	
33.13 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington for 
33.14 	removal and replacement of or to renovate
33.15 	the old Cedar Avenue bridge for bicycle 
33.16 	commuters and recreational users. This 
33.17 	appropriation is added to the appropriation 
33.18 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, 
33.19 	subdivision 8.

33.20 	Sec. 35.  REPEALER.
 33.21 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16A.86, subdivision 3; and 116.156, and Laws 
33.22 	2008, chapter 179, section 8, subdivision 3,  are repealed.

33.23 	Sec. 36. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 33.24 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.