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 programs; 
1.5 	authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds; cancelling and modifying 
1.6 	previous appropriations; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.7 	2008, sections 16A.105; 16A.501; 16A.66, subdivision 2; 103F.161, subdivisions 
1.8 	1, 3; 103F.515, by adding a subdivision; 116J.435, as amended; 174.50, 
1.9 	subdivisions 6, 7; 256E.37, subdivisions 1, 2; Minnesota Statutes 2009 
1.10 	Supplement, sections 16A.647, subdivisions 1, 5; 16A.86, subdivision 3a; Laws 
1.11 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, sections 19, subdivision 4; 23, subdivision 12, as 
1.12 	amended; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 5, subdivision 3; 8, subdivision 
1.13 	4; 17, subdivision 5; 21, subdivision 14, as amended; Laws 2008, chapter 
1.14 	152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 5, 
1.15 	subdivision 4; 7, subdivisions 8, 27; 21, subdivision 9; Laws 2008, chapter 365, 
1.16 	sections 4, subdivision 3; 5, subdivision 2; 24, subdivision 2; 25; Laws 2009, 
1.17 	chapter 93, article 1, sections 11, subdivision 5; 20; proposing coding for new 
1.18 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16A; 16B; repealing Laws 2009, chapter 
1.19 	93, article 1, section 45.
1.20 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.21 	ARTICLE 1
1.22 	CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

1.23	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.24 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.25 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.26 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.27 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.28 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
1.29 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or 
1.30 	article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, state agencies or officials may spend a portion of 
2.1 	an appropriation under this article to pay for the capital costs of staff directly attributable 
2.2 	to the capital project or projects funded by the appropriation consistent with policies 
2.3 	adopted by the Department of Management and Budget. Unless otherwise specified, the 
2.4 	appropriations in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject 
2.5 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

2.6	SUMMARY
	
2.7	University of Minnesota
	$
	77,001,000
	
2.8	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		 343,838,000
	
2.9	Education
		7,780,000
	
2.10	Minnesota State Academies
		2,500,000
	
2.11	Perpich Center for Arts Education
		1,244,000
	
2.12	Natural Resources
		73,588,000
	
2.13	Pollution Control Agency
		17,411,000
	
2.14	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		2,500,000
	
2.15	Zoological Garden
		32,500,000
	
2.16	Administration
		10,000,000
	
2.17	Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission
		4,000,000
	
2.18	Military Affairs
		11,900,000
	
2.19	Public Safety
		16,050,000
	
2.20	Transportation
		164,452,000
	
2.21	Metropolitan Council
		74,295,000
	
2.22	Health
		5,000,000
	
2.23	Human Services
		94,197,000
	
2.24	Veterans Affairs
		9,975,000
	
2.25	Corrections
		11,529,000
	
2.26	Employment and Economic Development
		126,668,000
	
2.27	Public Facilities Authority
		60,000,000
	
2.28	Housing Finance Agency
		10,000,000
	
2.29	Minnesota Historical Society
		14,257,000
	
2.30	Bond Sale Expenses
		1,035,000
	
2.31	Cancellations
		(27,562,000)

				
2.32	TOTAL
	$
	 1,144,158,000
	
2.33	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		945,074,000
	
2.34	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		 98,121,000
	
2.35	Maximum Effort School Loan Fund
		5,780,000
	
2.36	State Transportation Fund
		67,000,000
	
2.37	Trunk Highway Fund Bond Proceeds Account
		32,945,000
	
2.38	Trunk Highway Fund
		22,800,000
	
2.39	Bond Proceeds Cancellations
		(9,062,000)
	
2.40	Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Cancellations
		(18,500,000)

2.41						APPROPRIATIONS

3.1	Sec. 2.  UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

3.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	77,001,000
	
3.3 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
3.4 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
3.5 	this section.

3.6
3.7	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				40,000,000
	
3.8 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
3.9 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

3.10	Subd. 3.Twin Cities Campus

3.11	Folwell Hall
				20,000,000
	
3.12 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip the 
3.13 	interior of Folwell Hall for teaching and 
3.14 	research space for College of Liberal Arts 
3.15 	programs.

3.16	Subd. 4.Duluth Campus

3.17	American Indian Learning Resource Center
				6,667,000
	
3.18 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
3.19 	American Indian Learning Resource Center 
3.20 	to colocate existing programs and provide 
3.21 	academic, classrooms, computer lab, and 
3.22 	other spaces.

3.23	Subd. 5.Itasca Biological Station

3.24	Campus Center
				3,667,000
	
3.25 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
3.26 	a campus center at the Itasca field station 
3.27 	with classrooms, labs, library, auditorium 
3.28 	and other spaces to replace deteriorating 
3.29 	single-function buildings.

3.30	Subd. 6.Laboratory Renovation
 				6,667,000
	
4.1 	To renovate, furnish, and equip laboratory 
4.2 	facilities on the Crookston, Duluth, Morris, 
4.3 	and Twin Cities campuses.

4.4	Subd. 7.University Share
 					
4.5 	Except for Higher Education Asset 
4.6 	Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) 
4.7 	under subdivision 2, the appropriations in this 
4.8 	section are intended to cover approximately 
4.9 	two-thirds of the cost of each project. The 
4.10 	remaining costs must be paid from university 
4.11 	sources.

4.12	Subd. 8.Unspent Appropriations
 					
4.13 	Upon substantial completion of a project 
4.14 	authorized in this section and after written 
4.15 	notice to the commissioner of management 
4.16 	and budget, the Board of Regents must use 
4.17 	any money remaining in the appropriation 
4.18 	for that project for HEAPR under Minnesota 
4.19 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
4.20 	of Regents must report by February 1 of 
4.21 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
4.22 	the house of representatives and senate 
4.23 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
4.24 	investment and higher education finance, and 
4.25 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
4.26 	Ways and Means and Finance Committees 
4.27 	and the senate Finance Committee, on how 
4.28 	the remaining money has been allocated or 
4.29 	spent.

4.30
4.31	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

4.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	 343,838,000
	
5.1 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
5.2 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
5.3 	purposes specified in this section.

5.4
5.5	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				60,000,000
	
5.6 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
5.7 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

5.8	Subd. 3.Alexandria Technical College

5.9	Main Building Renovation and Addition
				4,363,000
	
5.10 	To complete design, construct, renovate, 
5.11 	furnish, and equip an infill addition for 
5.12 	the library, student services, and student 
5.13 	commons.

5.14
5.15	Subd. 4.Anoka Ramsey Community College, 
Coon Rapids

5.16	(a) Fine Arts Building Renovation
				5,357,000
	
5.17 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, 
5.18 	and equip the Fine Arts classroom and lab 
5.19 	building.

5.20	(b) Bioscience and Allied Health Addition
				16,484,000
	
5.21 	To complete design, construct, furnish, 
5.22 	and equip a Bioscience and Allied Health 
5.23 	addition and renovation to support Science 
5.24 	Technology and Math (STEM) and nursing 
5.25 	program initiatives.

5.26	Subd. 5.Bemidji State University

5.27
5.28	Business Building Addition Design and 
Demolition
				3,425,000
	
5.29 	To design an addition to and renovation 
5.30 	of Hobson Hall; to design renovation of 
5.31 	Memorial Hall and a portion of Deputy Hall; 
5.32 	to design the demolition of three obsolete 
5.33 	buildings; and to demolish Maple Hall.

6.1	Subd. 6.Dakota County Technical College

6.2
6.3	Transportation and Emerging Technologies 
Lab
				7,230,000
	
6.4 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, 
6.5 	and equip the transportation and emerging 
6.6 	technologies classrooms, laboratories, and 
6.7 	related spaces.

6.8
6.9	Subd. 7.Hennepin Technical College, Eden 
Prairie, Brooklyn Park

6.10
6.11	Learning Resource and Student Services 
Renovation
				10,566,000
	
6.12 	To renovate, furnish, and equip existing 
6.13 	space at the Brooklyn Park and Eden 
6.14 	Prairie campuses for a Library and Learning 
6.15 	Resource Center and student services with an 
6.16 	addition and new entrances at both campuses.

6.17	Subd. 8.Lake Superior College

6.18	Health Science Center
				12,098,000
	
6.19 	To construct, renovate, furnish, and equip a 
6.20 	new Health and Science Center addition and 
6.21 	to design renovation of existing spaces.

6.22	Subd. 9.Metropolitan State University

6.23	(a) Classroom Center
				5,860,000
	
6.24 	To construct, furnish, and equip 
6.25 	technology-enhanced classrooms and 
6.26 	academic offices located above the power 
6.27 	plant building. This appropriation includes 
6.28 	money to demolish the power plant annex to 
6.29 	enable the new construction.

6.30
6.31	(b) Science Education Center Design and 
Property Acquisition
				3,444,000
	
7.1 	To design for construction and to acquire 
7.2 	adjacent property for a Science Education 
7.3 	Center.

7.4
7.5	Subd. 10.Minneapolis Community and 
Technical College

7.6	Workforce Program Renovation
				12,990,000
	
7.7 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, and 
7.8 	equip instructional space, support space, and 
7.9 	infrastructure for workforce programs.

7.10
7.11	Subd. 11.Minnesota State Community and 
Technical College, Moorhead

7.12	Library and Classroom Addition
				5,448,000
	
7.13 	To complete design, construct, furnish, and 
7.14 	equip a classroom and library addition, and 
7.15 	to demolish obsolete space.

7.16
7.17	Subd. 12.Minnesota State University, 
Moorhead

7.18
7.19	Livingston Lord Library and Information 
Technology Renovation
				14,901,000
	
7.20 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, and 
7.21 	equip Livingston Lord Library.

7.22	Subd. 13.Minnesota State University, Mankato

7.23	Clinical Science Building Design
				1,908,000
	
7.24 	To design for construction a Clinical Science 
7.25 	Building.

7.26
7.27	Subd. 14.Minnesota West Community and 
Technical College, Worthington

7.28	Fieldhouse Renovation
				4,641,000
	
7.29 	To construct, renovate, furnish, and equip an 
7.30 	addition to and renovation of the Fieldhouse.

7.31
7.32	Subd. 15.Minnesota West Community and 
Technical College, Canby

7.33	Wind Turbine Training Facility 
				4,000,000
	
8.1 	To acquire land and for preliminary 
8.2 	engineering, design to acquire, construct, and 
8.3 	install a commercial scale wind turbine for 
8.4 	the wind energy technology program.

8.5
8.6	Subd. 16.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Eveleth

8.7	Shop Space Addition
				5,477,000
	
8.8 	To construct, furnish, and equip shop space 
8.9 	for the industrial mechanical technology 
8.10 	and carpentry programs. This appropriation 
8.11 	includes funding for renovation of existing 
8.12 	space for Americans with Disabilities Act 
8.13 	(ADA) compliance.

8.14
8.15	Subd. 17.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Virginia

8.16	Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities
				3,000,000
	
8.17 	Predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
8.18 	equip an addition to and renovation of 
8.19 	existing space for laboratories, flexible 
8.20 	classrooms, and office space for the 
8.21 	engineering program on the Virginia campus.

8.22	Subd. 18.Normandale Community College

8.23
8.24	Academic Partnership Center and Student 
Services
				22,984,000
	
8.25 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
8.26 	new building for classrooms and offices and 
8.27 	to design renovation of the Student Services 
8.28 	Building.

8.29	Subd. 19.North Hennepin Community College

8.30
8.31	(a) Bioscience and Health Careers Center 
Addition
				26,581,000
	
8.32 	To complete design, construct, furnish, 
8.33 	and equip a new building for Bioscience 
9.1 	and Health Careers Center laboratory and 
9.2 	classroom space.

9.3	(b) Center for Business and Technology
				14,782,000
	
9.4 	To construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
9.5 	to the Center for Business and Technology 
9.6 	and to renovate existing space for classrooms 
9.7 	and related space.

9.8
9.9	Subd. 20.Ridgewater Community Technical 
College, Willmar

9.10	Technical Instruction Renovation
				14,300,000
	
9.11 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
9.12 	classroom and existing instructional lab space 
9.13 	and construct an addition for circulation; and 
9.14 	to demolish obsolete space.

9.15
9.16	Subd. 21.Rochester Community Technical 
College

9.17	Workforce Center Colocation
				 8,500,000
	
9.18 	To complete design, construct, and renovate 
9.19 	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
9.20 	systems for the Heintz Center and the 
9.21 	Minnesota Workforce Center addition.

9.22	Subd. 22.South Central College, Faribault
 				13,360,000

9.23	Classroom Renovation and Addition
					
9.24 	To complete design, construct, renovate, 
9.25 	furnish, and equip an addition, and to 
9.26 	renovate space for classrooms, a learning 
9.27 	resource center, related spaces, and 
9.28 	laboratories.

9.29
9.30	Subd. 23.Southwest Minnesota State 
University

9.31	Science Lab Renovation
				5,666,000
	
10.1 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, and 
10.2 	equip the Science and Math building and an 
10.3 	addition to the Plant Science building.

10.4	Subd. 24.St. Cloud State University

10.5
10.6	Integrated Science and Engineering 
Laboratory Facility
				42,334,000
	
10.7 	To complete design, construct, furnish, and 
10.8 	equip Integrated Science and Engineering 
10.9 	Laboratory Facility.

10.10	Subd. 25.St. Cloud Technical College

10.11	Allied Health Center Renovation
				5,421,000
	
10.12 	To complete design, renovate, furnish, and 
10.13 	equip an Allied Health Center.

10.14	Subd. 26.Systemwide Initiatives

10.15	(a) Classroom Initiative and Demolition
				3,883,000
	
10.16 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
10.17 	classrooms and academic space statewide 
10.18 	and demolish obsolete space. Campuses may 
10.19 	use internal and nonstate funds to increase 
10.20 	the size of the projects. This appropriation 
10.21 	may be used at the following campuses: 
10.22 	Central Lakes College, Brainerd; Minnesota 
10.23 	State Community Technical College, Wadena 
10.24 	and Moorhead; Minnesota West Community 
10.25 	Technical College, Pipestone; Northland 
10.26 	Community Technical College, Thief River 
10.27 	Falls; Pine Technical College, Pine City; and 
10.28 	Rochester Community Technical College, 
10.29 	Rochester.

10.30
10.31	(b) Science, Technology, Engineering, and 
Math Initiative
				4,835,000
	
10.32 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
10.33 	science laboratories and classrooms at 
10.34 	campuses statewide. Campuses may use 
11.1 	internal and nonstate funds to increase the 
11.2 	size of the projects. This appropriation 
11.3 	may be used at the following campuses: 
11.4 	Bemidji State University; Century College; 
11.5 	Minnesota State Community and Technical 
11.6 	College, Moorhead; Minnesota State 
11.7 	University, Moorhead; Northeast Higher 
11.8 	Education District, Hibbing College, Itasca 
11.9 	Community College, and Mesabi Range 
11.10 	Eveleth; Northwest Technical College; South 
11.11 	Central College, North Mankato.

11.12	Subd. 27.Debt Services
 					
11.13 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the 
11.14 	board shall pay the debt service on one-third 
11.15 	of the principal amount of state bonds sold to 
11.16 	finance projects authorized by this section. 
11.17 	After each sale of general obligation bonds, 
11.18 	the commissioner of management and budget 
11.19 	shall notify the board of the amounts assessed 
11.20 	for each year for the life of the bonds.
11.21 	(b) The board need not pay debt service 
11.22 	on bonds sold to finance higher education 
11.23 	asset preservation and replacement. Where a 
11.24 	nonstate match is required, the debt service is 
11.25 	due on a principal amount equal to one-third 
11.26 	of the total project cost, less the match 
11.27 	committed before the bonds are sold. For 
11.28 	the workforce center colocation project 
11.29 	at Rochester Community and Technical 
11.30 	College, the board shall pay the debt service 
11.31 	on $1,079,000 of the principal amount of 
11.32 	state bonds sold to finance the project; the 
11.33 	commissioner of employment and economic 
11.34 	development shall pay the debt service on 
11.35 	$5,262,000 of the principal amount of state 
12.1 	bonds sold to finance the project, in the 
12.2 	manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
12.3 	section 16A.643.
12.4 	(c) The commissioner shall reduce the 
12.5 	board's assessment each year by one-third of 
12.6 	the net income from investment of general 
12.7 	obligation bond proceeds in proportion to the 
12.8 	amount of principal and interest otherwise 
12.9 	required to be paid by the board. The board 
12.10 	shall pay its resulting net assessment to the 
12.11 	commissioner of management and budget by 
12.12 	December 1 each year. If the board fails to 
12.13 	make a payment when due, the commissioner 
12.14 	of management and budget shall reduce 
12.15 	allotments for appropriations from the 
12.16 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
12.17 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
12.18 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
12.19 	commissioner of management and budget 
12.20 	shall credit the payments received from the 
12.21 	board to the bond debt service account in 
12.22 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
12.23 	money is transferred from the general fund 
12.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
12.25 	subdivision 10.

12.26	Subd. 28.Unspent Appropriations
 					
12.27 	(a) Upon completion of a project authorized 
12.28 	in this section and after written notice to the 
12.29 	commissioner of management and budget, 
12.30 	the board must use any money remaining in 
12.31 	the appropriation for that project for higher 
12.32 	asset preservation and replacement (HEAPR) 
12.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 135A.046. 
12.34 	The board must report by February 1 of 
12.35 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
13.1 	the house of representatives and senate 
13.2 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
13.3 	investment and higher education finance, and 
13.4 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
13.5 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
13.6 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
13.7 	money has been allocated or spent.
13.8 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
13.9 	for a project in this section that is complete 
13.10 	is available for higher education asset 
13.11 	preservation and replacement under this 
13.12 	subdivision, at the same campus as the 
13.13 	project for which the original appropriation 
13.14 	was made and the debt service requirement 
13.15 	under subdivision 27 is reduced accordingly. 
13.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
13.17 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
13.18 	the unspent amount transferred.

13.19	Sec. 4. EDUCATION

13.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	7,780,000
	
13.21 	To the commissioner of education for the 
13.22 	purposes specified in this section.

13.23
13.24	Subd. 2.Independent School District No. 38, 
Red Lake
 				5,780,000
	
13.25 	From the maximum effort school loan fund 
13.26 	for a capital loan to Independent School 
13.27 	District No. 38, Red Lake, as provided in 
13.28 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 
13.29 	126C.72, to design, construct, furnish, and 
13.30 	equip renovation of existing facilities and 
13.31 	construction of new facilities.
13.32 	The project paid for with this appropriation 
13.33 	includes a portion of the renovation and 
13.34 	construction identified in the review and 
14.1 	comment performed by the commissioner of 
14.2 	education under the capital loan provisions 
14.3 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69. This 
14.4 	portion includes renovation and construction 
14.5 	of a single kitchen and cafeteria to serve the 
14.6 	high school and middle school, a receiving 
14.7 	area and dock and adjacent drives, utilities, 
14.8 	and grading.
14.9 	Before any capital loan contract is approved 
14.10 	under this authorization, the district must 
14.11 	provide documentation acceptable to the 
14.12 	commissioner on how the capital loan will 
14.13 	be used. If any portion of the appropriation 
14.14 	remains after completion of the identified 
14.15 	project components, the district may, with the 
14.16 	commissioner's approval, use funds for other 
14.17 	items identified in the review and comment 
14.18 	submission.

14.19
14.20	Subd. 3.Library Accessibility and 
Improvement Grants
 				2,000,000
	
14.21 	For library accessibility and improvement 
14.22 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.23 	134.45.

14.24	Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES

14.25	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	2,500,000
	
14.26 	To the commissioner of administration for 
14.27 	the purposes specified in this section.

14.28	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				2,000,000
	
14.29 	For asset preservation on both campuses of 
14.30 	the academies, to be spent in accordance with 
14.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

14.32	Subd. 3.Independent Living Housing
 				500,000
	
15.1 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
15.2 	equip independent living housing on the 
15.3 	Academy for the Blind campus. The project 
15.4 	will be conducted in collaboration with the 
15.5 	carpentry class of South Central College of 
15.6 	Faribault and provide housing for students 
15.7 	18 to 21 years of age in the nontraditional 
15.8 	student component of the Academy Plus 
15.9 	Transition program.

15.10
15.11	Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 
EDUCATION

15.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	1,244,000
	
15.13 	To the commissioner of administration for 
15.14 	the purposes specified in this section.

15.15	Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition
 				755,000
	
15.16 	To demolish the Alpha building.

15.17	Subd. 3.Delta Dorm Windows
 				489,000
	
15.18 	To install new windows in the Delta 
15.19 	dormitory, completing the building's 
15.20 	renovations.

15.21	Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES

15.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	73,588,000
	
15.23 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
15.24 	the purposes specified in this section.
15.25 	The appropriations in this section are 
15.26 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
15.27 	resources capital improvement program 
15.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
15.29 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
15.30 	to in this section provide more specific 
15.31 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
15.32 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.
16.1 	To the extent possible, a person conducting 
16.2 	prairie restoration with state money must 
16.3 	plant vegetation or sow seed only of ecotypes 
16.4 	native to Minnesota, and preferably of the 
16.5 	local ecotype, using a high diversity of 
16.6 	species originating from as close to the 
16.7 	restoration site as possible, and protect 
16.8 	existing native prairies from genetic 
16.9 	contamination.

16.10	Subd. 2.Statewide Asset Preservation
 				1,000,000
	
16.11 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
16.12 	operated by the commissioner of natural 
16.13 	resources that can be substantially completed 
16.14 	in calendar year 2010, as determined by the 
16.15 	commissioner of natural resources, to be 
16.16 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
16.17 	section 84.946, including renovation 
16.18 	of buildings for energy efficiency, roof 
16.19 	replacements, replacement of well and water 
16.20 	treatment systems, road resurfacing, major 
16.21 	culvert replacement and erosion control, 
16.22 	water access rehabilitation, trail resurfacing 
16.23 	and widening, and bridge replacement and 
16.24 	rehabilitation. The commissioner may use 
16.25 	this appropriation to replace buildings if, 
16.26 	considering the embedded energy in the 
16.27 	building, that is the most energy-efficient and 
16.28 	carbon-reducing method of renovation.

16.29
16.30	Subd. 3.Groundwater Monitoring and 
Observation Wells
 				2,000,000
	
16.31 	To install new groundwater level observation 
16.32 	wells to monitor the Mount Simon aquifer 
16.33 	and assess groundwater for water supply 
16.34 	planning in the south and central regions of 
16.35 	the state. This appropriation may also be 
17.1 	used to seal existing obsolete monitoring 
17.2 	wells in the Mount Simon aquifer that are no 
17.3 	longer functional.

17.4	Subd. 4.Dam Renovation and  Removal
 				6,000,000
	
17.5 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
17.6 	The commissioner shall determine project 
17.7 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
17.8 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515. 
17.9 	This appropriation includes money for the 
17.10 	following projects:
17.11 	(a) Byllesby Dam, Dakota and Goodhue 
17.12 	Counties.
17.13 	(b) Champlin Mill Pond Dam, Hennepin 
17.14 	County.
17.15 	(c) Clayton Lake Dam, Pine County.
17.16 	(d) Drayton Dam, Kittson County.
17.17 	(e) Hallock Dam, Kittson County.
17.18 	(f) Lake Bronson Dam, Kittson County.
17.19 	(g) Milaca Dam, Mille Lacs County.
17.20 	(h) Montevideo Dam, Chippewa County.
17.21 	(i) Pike River Dam, St. Louis County.
17.22 	(j) $900,000 is to renovate the Lanesboro 
17.23 	Dam in the south branch Root River in 
17.24 	Fillmore County.
17.25 	(k) $2,000,000 is for a grant to the Three 
17.26 	Rivers Park District to renovate the Coon 
17.27 	Rapids Dam. This appropriation is not 
17.28 	available until the commissioner determines 
17.29 	that an amount sufficient to complete the 
17.30 	project is committed to the project.
17.31 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.32 	16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of 
17.33 	final contracts for the completion of a project 
18.1 	listed in this subdivision, the commissioner 
18.2 	may transfer the unencumbered balance 
18.3 	in the project account to any other dam 
18.4 	renovation or removal project on the 
18.5 	commissioner's priority list.

18.6	Subd. 5.Water Control Structures
 				500,000
	
18.7 	To rehabilitate or replace water control 
18.8 	structures used to manage shallow lakes and 
18.9 	wetlands for waterfowl habitat on wildlife 
18.10 	management areas under Minnesota Statutes, 
18.11 	section 86A.05, subdivision 8, or for the 
18.12 	purposes of public water reserves under 
18.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.101; or 
18.14 	structures on other waters under Minnesota 
18.15 	Statutes, section 103G.505.

18.16
18.17	Subd. 6.Aquatic Management Areas 
Acquisition
 				1,000,000
	
18.18 	To acquire land in fee that is critical for 
18.19 	fish and other aquatic life under Minnesota 
18.20 	Statutes, section 86A.05, and to make 
18.21 	public improvements and betterments of a 
18.22 	capital nature to aquatic management areas 
18.23 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.24 	86A.05, subdivision 14.

18.25	Subd. 7.RIM Critical Habitat Match
 				3,000,000
	
18.26 	To provide the state match for the critical 
18.27 	habitat private sector matching account under 
18.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943. This 
18.29 	appropriation must be used only to acquire 
18.30 	fee title.

18.31
18.32	Subd. 8.Scientific and Natural Area Native 
Prairie Acquisition And Development
 				5,649,000
	
18.33 	To acquire in fee the Hastings Sand Coulee 
18.34 	in Dakota County, and other lands identified 
18.35 	by the commissioner as targeted sites for 
19.1 	potential acquisition for scientific and natural 
19.2 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
19.3 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5. Not less 
19.4 	than five percent of this appropriation is for 
19.5 	restoration of lands acquired. 

19.6	Subd. 9.State Forest Land Reforestation
 				3,000,000
	
19.7 	To increase reforestation activities to meet 
19.8 	the reforestation requirements of  Minnesota 
19.9 	Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
19.10 	including planting, seeding, site preparation, 
19.11 	and purchasing seeds and seedlings of 
19.12 	species native to Minnesota.

19.13	Subd. 10.Shade Tree Program
 				 3,000,000
	
19.14 	For grants to cities, counties, townships, and 
19.15 	park and recreation boards in cities of the first 
19.16 	class for the planting of publicly owned shade 
19.17 	trees to provide environmental benefits; 
19.18 	replace trees lost to forest pests, disease, 
19.19 	or storm; or to establish a more diverse 
19.20 	community forest better able to withstand 
19.21 	disease and forest pests. The commissioner 
19.22 	must give priority to grant requests to remove 
19.23 	and replace trees with active infestations 
19.24 	of emerald ash borer. For purposes of this 
19.25 	appropriation, "shade tree" means a woody 
19.26 	perennial grown primarily for aesthetic or 
19.27 	environmental purposes with minimal to 
19.28 	residual timber value and no intent to harvest 
19.29 	the tree for its wood. Any tree planted with 
19.30 	funding under this subdivision must be a 
19.31 	species native to Minnesota. 

19.32	Subd. 11.State Park Rehabilitation
 				5,659,000
	
19.33 	For rehabilitation projects within state 
19.34 	parks established under Minnesota Statutes, 
20.1 	section 85.012, as identified in the January 
20.2 	20, 2010, list of projects titled "State Park 
20.3 	Development Projects - 12 month completion 
20.4 	possible," including: at the Soudan 
20.5 	Underground Mine, water treatment system 
20.6 	and lab building, and new discharge pipeline; 
20.7 	at Minneopa, safety improvements to the 
20.8 	historic pedestrian bridge; at Itasca, repaving 
20.9 	the wilderness drive and improvements 
20.10 	to the beach area amphitheater; at Fort 
20.11 	Ridgely, office consolidation into the historic 
20.12 	museum building; at Whitewater and 
20.13 	Mille Lacs Kathio, new RV sanitary dump 
20.14 	stations; at Lake Maria, road paving and 
20.15 	rehabilitation; and at all parks, campground 
20.16 	electrical upgrades. Up to one percent of 
20.17 	this appropriation may be used for project 
20.18 	predesign for next funding cycle. At least 
20.19 	80 percent of the appropriation in this 
20.20 	subdivision must be spent during the 2010 
20.21 	construction season.

20.22
20.23	Subd. 12.State Park and Recreation Area 
Acquisition and Development
 				2,150,000
	
20.24 	To acquire from willing sellers private lands 
20.25 	for the following state parks established 
20.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012: 
20.27 	land within William O'Brien State Park 
20.28 	and land adjacent to or near Split Rock 
20.29 	Lighthouse State Park that provides a 
20.30 	view of the lighthouse; and land within 
20.31 	Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area, 
20.32 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
20.33 	85.013. This appropriation is also for a 
20.34 	grant to Wright County to acquire land for 
20.35 	Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park, 
21.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, 
21.2 	subdivision 2.

21.3	Subd. 13.State Trail Rehabilitation
 				10,000,000
	
21.4 	To renovate state trails established under 
21.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015, 
21.6 	according to the commissioner's priorities 
21.7 	and as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
21.8 	section 84.946. At least 80 percent of the 
21.9 	appropriation in this subdivision must be 
21.10 	spent during the 2010 construction season. 
21.11 	This includes funding for the following trails:
21.12 	(1) Gateway Trail, resurface and widen 
21.13 	County State-Aid Highway 15 to Pine Point 
21.14 	Park, in Washington County;
21.15 	(2) Luce Line Trail, replace three bridges 
21.16 	between Winsted and Hutchinson, in 
21.17 	McLeod County;
21.18 	(3) Munger Trail, replace culverts at mile 
21.19 	post 139 and 138, in Carlton County;
21.20 	(4) Munger Trail, resurface and widen 15 
21.21 	miles of trail between Duluth and Thomson, 
21.22 	in St. Louis and Carlton Counties;
21.23 	(5) Munger Trail, replacement of the Grand 
21.24 	Avenue bridge in Duluth;
21.25 	(6) Paul Bunyan Trail realignment along 
21.26 	County Road 159, in Cass County;
21.27 	(7) Paul Bunyan Trail resurfacing between 
21.28 	Hackensack and Chippewa Forest, in Cass 
21.29 	and Crow Wing Counties;
21.30 	(8) Pengilly-Alborn Trail, replace two 
21.31 	bridges, in St. Louis County;
21.32 	(9) Root River Trail, resurface and widen 20 
21.33 	miles, in Fillmore County;
22.1 	(10) Root River Trail, rehabilitate or replace 
22.2 	eight bridges, in Fillmore County.

22.3
22.4	Subd. 14.State Trail Acquisition and 
Development
 				21,000,000
	
22.5 	(a) For state trail acquisition and development 
22.6 	of trails designated in Minnesota Statutes, 
22.7 	section 85.015, including:
22.8 	(1) Blazing Star Trail, develop Albert Lea 
22.9 	Lake bridge crossing and one mile of trail;
22.10 	(2) Browns Creek Trail, acquire land along 
22.11 	the former Minnesota Zephyr corridor;
22.12 	(3) Casey Jones Trail, complete Pipestone to 
22.13 	Woodstock segment;
22.14 	(4) Cuyuna Lakes Trail, acquire and develop 
22.15 	Riverton to Deerwood;
22.16 	(5) Gateway Trail, develop Pine Point 
22.17 	Park to May Township segment, acquire 
22.18 	approximately two miles between May 
22.19 	Township and Marine on St. Croix;
22.20 	(6) Glacial Lakes Trail, acquire and develop 
22.21 	New London to Sibley State Park;
22.22 	(7) Gitchi Gami Trail, develop Lutsen and 
22.23 	Silver Bay segments;
22.24 	(8) Goodhue Pioneer Trail, develop 
22.25 	Zumbrota to Goodhue segment;
22.26 	(9) Heartland Trail, develop Detroit Lakes to 
22.27 	Frazee segment;
22.28 	(10) Luce Line Trail;
22.29 	(11) Mill Towns Trail, acquire eight miles 
22.30 	from Dundas to Faribault, develop marked 
22.31 	Trunk Highway 21 grade separation and trail 
22.32 	in Faribault;
22.33 	(12) Minnesota River Trail;
23.1 	(13) Paul Bunyan Trail, develop south 
23.2 	shore Lake Bemidji segment, marked Trunk 
23.3 	Highway 197 grade separation in Bemidji, 
23.4 	Crow Wing State Park to Baxter segment;
23.5 	(14) Shooting Star Trail, develop Adams to 
23.6 	Rose Creek segment.
23.7 	(b) At least 80 percent of the appropriation 
23.8 	in this subdivision must be spent during 
23.9 	the 2010 construction season. Up to one 
23.10 	percent of this appropriation may be used to 
23.11 	predesign and design projects not included in 
23.12 	this subdivision and in preparation for future 
23.13 	funding.

23.14
23.15	Subd. 15.Regional Trails and Trail 
Connections
 				8,300,000
	
23.16 	(a) For matching grants for regional trails and 
23.17 	trail connections under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.18 	section 85.019, subdivisions 4b and 4c, as 
23.19 	provided in this subdivision.
23.20 	(1) $250,000 is for a grant to Stearns County 
23.21 	for development of the 26-mile Dairyland 
23.22 	Trail connecting to the Lake Wobegon Trail.
23.23 	(2) $1,500,000 is for a grant to Dakota 
23.24 	County for a bridge over the Cannon River 
23.25 	to connect Lake Byllesby Regional Park to 
23.26 	the Mill Towns State Trail.
23.27 	(3) $413,000 is for a grant to the city of 
23.28 	Rochester to acquire the DM&E Pine Island 
23.29 	spur right-of-way to connect to the Douglas 
23.30 	State Trail.
23.31 	(4) $800,000 is for a grant to the Rocori 
23.32 	Trail Board for acquisition, design, and 
23.33 	construction of phase 1 of the Rocori Trail, 
23.34 	connecting the Glacial Lakes State Trail to 
24.1 	the Beaver Island Trail and Lake Wobegon 
24.2 	Trail.
24.3 	(5) $1,400,000 is for a grant to the city of 
24.4 	Walker for acquisition and development of 
24.5 	the Shingobee Connection Trail connecting 
24.6 	Walker to the Paul Bunyan State Trail and 
24.7 	the Heartland State Trail.
24.8 	(6) $512,000 is for a grant to the city of 
24.9 	Granite Falls to renovate the Roebling 
24.10 	suspension pedestrian bridge over the 
24.11 	Minnesota River in Granite Falls. This 
24.12 	appropriation is not available until the 
24.13 	commissioner determines that at least an 
24.14 	equal amount has been committed to the 
24.15 	project from nonstate sources.
24.16 	(7) $400,000 is for a grant to Dodge County 
24.17 	to acquire land for the Stagecoach Trail, 
24.18 	primarily a nonmotorized recreational 
24.19 	trail that will connect the proposed Prairie 
24.20 	Wildflower State Trail in Steele County to 
24.21 	the existing Douglas State Trail in Olmsted 
24.22 	County.
24.23 	(8) $175,000 is for a grant to the city of 
24.24 	Hibbing to acquire land, predesign, design, 
24.25 	construct, and resurface the Carey Lake Bike 
24.26 	Trail which follows 25th Street (Dupont 
24.27 	Road) east to the Carey Lake Park in Hibbing, 
24.28 	St. Louis County. This appropriation is not 
24.29 	available until the commissioner determines 
24.30 	that at least an equal amount has been 
24.31 	committed to the project from nonstate 
24.32 	sources.
24.33 	For any project listed in this paragraph 
24.34 	that the commissioner determines is not 
24.35 	ready to proceed, the commissioner may 
25.1 	allocate that project's money to another trail 
25.2 	connection project in this paragraph. The 
25.3 	chairs of the house of representatives and 
25.4 	senate committees with jurisdiction over 
25.5 	the environment and natural resources and 
25.6 	legislators from the affected legislative 
25.7 	districts must be notified of any changes.
25.8 	(b) $55,000 is for a grant to Carlton County 
25.9 	to make safety improvements on the Soo 
25.10 	Line Trail in Moose Lake, including restoring 
25.11 	decking, railings, and approaches of the 
25.12 	trestles on the trail.
25.13 	(c) $2,000,000 is to design, acquire land for, 
25.14 	and develop the Camp Ripley/Mississippi 
25.15 	River Cross Roads Trail, in conjunction with 
25.16 	the United States Department of Defense and 
25.17 	the Minnesota Department of Transportation. 
25.18 	The trail shall originate at Crow Wing State 
25.19 	Park in Crow Wing County at the southern 
25.20 	end of the Paul Bunyan Trail and shall extend 
25.21 	from Crow Wing State Park westerly to the 
25.22 	city of Pillager, then southerly along the west 
25.23 	side of Camp Ripley, then easterly along 
25.24 	the south side of Camp Ripley across to the 
25.25 	east side of the Mississippi River, and then 
25.26 	northerly through Fort Ripley to Crow Wing 
25.27 	State Park. A second segment of the trail 
25.28 	shall be established that shall extend in a 
25.29 	southerly direction and in close proximity to 
25.30 	the Mississippi River from the southeasterly 
25.31 	portion of the first segment of the trail to the 
25.32 	city of Little Falls, and then terminate at the 
25.33 	Soo Line Trail in Morrison County.

25.34
25.35	Subd. 16.Rum River Buffer and Bridge 
Replacement
 				130,000
	
26.1 	For a grant to the city of Milaca to demolish 
26.2 	and remove the pedestrian bridge over the 
26.3 	Rum River between Rec Park and Forest 
26.4 	Hill cemetery in the city of Milaca, and to 
26.5 	design, engineer, construct, and install a new 
26.6 	accessible pedestrian bridge in the same 
26.7 	location. The project must remove the pillars 
26.8 	in the river and the new bridge must not have 
26.9 	pillars in the river. This appropriation is not 
26.10 	available until the city has agreed to develop 
26.11 	a 100-foot-wide permanent buffer on the 
26.12 	east side of the river that will protect the 
26.13 	river where currently there is no appropriate 
26.14 	buffer.

26.15	Subd. 17.Fort Snelling Upper Bluff
 				1,200,000
	
26.16 	For a grant to Hennepin County to conduct 
26.17 	emergency building stabilization at Fort 
26.18 	Snelling Upper Bluff. This appropriation 
26.19 	is not available until the commissioner of 
26.20 	management and budget has determined 
26.21 	that Hennepin County has entered into 
26.22 	appropriate agreements to use Sentence to 
26.23 	Serve labor for the project that will train 
26.24 	the Sentence to Serve laborers in the skills 
26.25 	needed for the work.

26.26	Subd. 18.Unspent Appropriations
 					
26.27 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, but 
26.28 	not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation, 
26.29 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
26.30 	other than an appropriation for flood hazard 
26.31 	mitigation, is available for asset preservation 
26.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. 
26.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
26.34 	from the date of the original appropriation 
27.1 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
27.2 	preservation.

27.3	Sec. 8. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

27.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	17,411,000
	
27.5 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
27.6 	purposes specified in this section.

27.7	Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Cleanup
 				8,700,000
	
27.8 	To design and construct remedial systems 
27.9 	and acquire land at landfills throughout 
27.10 	the state in accordance with the closed 
27.11 	landfill program under Minnesota Statutes, 
27.12 	sections 115B.39 to 115B.42. The agency 
27.13 	must follow the agency priorities. Entities 
27.14 	administering projects undertaken with funds 
27.15 	in this subdivision must:
27.16 	(1) conform to occupational safety and health 
27.17 	standards under federal law and Minnesota 
27.18 	Statutes, chapter 182;
27.19 	(2) as an additional occupational safety and 
27.20 	health standard, develop a comprehensive 
27.21 	human health and safety plan for each project 
27.22 	location and provide personal protective 
27.23 	equipment to all workers performing 
27.24 	labor at each project location that protects 
27.25 	against all contaminants of concern and 
27.26 	contaminants of potential concern identified 
27.27 	at the project location. For the purposes of 
27.28 	this subdivision, "contaminants of concern" 
27.29 	and "contaminants of potential concern" 
27.30 	must be identified by methods substantially 
27.31 	the same as the United States Environmental 
27.32 	Protection Agency's Superfund remedial 
27.33 	investigation processes;
28.1 	(3) before commencing work on a project 
28.2 	undertaken with funds in this subdivision, 
28.3 	submit a report to the chairs of the 
28.4 	committees of the house of representatives 
28.5 	and the senate having jurisdiction over 
28.6 	labor and the environment on how they are 
28.7 	complying with the occupational safety and 
28.8 	health standards required by this subdivision; 
28.9 	and
28.10 	(4) provide onsite monitoring of compliance 
28.11 	with the occupational safety and health 
28.12 	standards required by this subdivision at all 
28.13 	times that workers are performing labor at a 
28.14 	project location.

28.15	Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program
 				8,711,000
	
28.16 	For grants under the solid waste capital 
28.17 	assistance grants program in Minnesota 
28.18 	Statutes, section 115A.54.
28.19 	(1) $1,800,000 is for a grant to Becker 
28.20 	County to construct a waste transfer facility, 
28.21 	including an office building for staff, 
28.22 	installation of a truck scale, and construction 
28.23 	of a material recovery facility. This amount 
28.24 	includes 75 percent of the cost of the transfer 
28.25 	station and 50 percent of the cost of the 
28.26 	material recovery facility. The counties 
28.27 	using this facility must agree to achieve a 
28.28 	60 percent recycling rate and an organics 
28.29 	recovery rate of 15 percent by 2025. This 
28.30 	grant is not available until the agency 
28.31 	determines that an amount sufficient to 
28.32 	complete the project is committed to it from 
28.33 	nonstate sources.
28.34 	(2) $5,000,000 is for a grant to the 
28.35 	Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Joint Powers 
29.1 	Board to design, construct, furnish, and 
29.2 	equip the expansion of the Pope/Douglas 
29.3 	waste-to-energy facility located in 
29.4 	Alexandria. The counties using this facility 
29.5 	must agree to achieve a 60 percent recycling 
29.6 	rate and an organics recovery rate of 15 
29.7 	percent by 2025.
29.8 	(3) $1,911,000 is for a grant to Redwood 
29.9 	County under the solid waste capital 
29.10 	assistance grants program in Minnesota 
29.11 	Statutes, section 115A.54, to predesign, 
29.12 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
29.13 	Redwood County Materials Recovery 
29.14 	Facility in order to allow processing of 
29.15 	recyclables from other counties. The 
29.16 	counties using this facility must agree to 
29.17 	achieve a 60 percent recycling rate and an 
29.18 	organics recovery rate of 15 percent by 2025. 
29.19 	This grant is not available until the agency 
29.20 	determines that an amount sufficient to 
29.21 	complete the project is committed to it from 
29.22 	nonstate sources.

29.23
29.24	Sec. 9. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

29.25	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	2,500,000
	
29.26 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
29.27 	for the purposes specified in this section.
29.28 	To the extent possible, a person conducting 
29.29 	prairie restoration with state money must 
29.30 	plant vegetation or sow seed only of ecotypes 
29.31 	native to Minnesota, and preferably of the 
29.32 	local ecotype, using a high diversity of 
29.33 	species originating from as close to the 
29.34 	restoration site as possible, and protect 
30.1 	existing native prairies from genetic 
30.2 	contamination.

30.3
30.4	Subd. 2.Wetland Replacement Due to Public 
Road Projects
 				2,500,000
	
30.5 	To acquire land for wetland restoration or 
30.6 	preservation to replace wetlands drained 
30.7 	or filled as a result of the repair or 
30.8 	reconstruction, replacement, or rehabilitation 
30.9 	of existing public roads as required by 
30.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.222, 
30.11 	subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) and (m). Up 
30.12 	to 17 percent of this appropriation is to 
30.13 	implement the program.
30.14 	The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
30.15 	103F.515, apply to this appropriation, except 
30.16 	that the board may establish alternative 
30.17 	payment rates for easements and practices 
30.18 	to establish restored native prairies, as 
30.19 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.02, 
30.20 	subdivision 7, and to protect uplands.
30.21 	The purchase price paid for acquisition 
30.22 	of land, fee, or perpetual easement must 
30.23 	be the fair market value as determined 
30.24 	by the board. The board may enter into 
30.25 	agreements with the federal government, 
30.26 	other state agencies, political subdivisions, 
30.27 	and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to 
30.28 	acquire land and restore and create wetlands 
30.29 	and to acquire existing wetland banking 
30.30 	credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance 
30.31 	of land may be in the name of the political 
30.32 	subdivision. 

30.33
30.34	Sec. 10. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN

30.35	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	32,500,000
	
31.1 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden for the 
31.2 	purposes specified in this section.

31.3	Subd. 2.Master Plan Implementation, Phase I
 				15,000,000
	
31.4 	For phase I of the 2001 Minnesota Zoological 
31.5 	Garden Facilities and Business Master Plan, 
31.6 	which includes renovation and expansion of 
31.7 	the zoo's entry and main building, visitor 
31.8 	center, and environmental education center.

31.931.10
	Subd. 3.Asset Preservation and Exhibit 
Renewal
 				17,500,000
	
31.11 	For capital asset preservation improvements, 
31.12 	exhibit renewals, and betterments, to be 
31.13 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
31.14 	section 16B.307. Of this:
31.15 	(a) $11,000,000 is for a grant to Como Zoo 
31.16 	for exhibit renewal.
31.17 	(b) $500,000 is for a grant to the Duluth Zoo 
31.18 	for asset preservation and exhibit renewal 
31.19 	needed to achieve accreditation.

31.20	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

31.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	10,000,000
	
31.22 	To the commissioner of administration for 
31.23 	the purposes specified in this section.

31.24	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				8,000,000
	
31.25 	For capital asset preservation improvements 
31.26 	and betterments, to be spent in accordance 
31.27 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307, 
31.28 	$500,000 is for Capitol campus security 
31.29 	upgrades.

31.30
31.31	Subd. 3.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account (CAPRA)
 				2,000,000
	
31.32 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
31.33 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

32.1	Sec. 12. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 			$
	4,000,000
	
32.2 	To the Minnesota Amateur Sports 
32.3 	Commission to complete phase II of the 
32.4 	National Volleyball Center in Rochester, 
32.5 	adding approximately 22,000 square feet of 
32.6 	space to the existing facility and including 
32.7 	the following: a high intensity training 
32.8 	center, a training and weight center, a 
32.9 	conference-classroom, lobby and assembly 
32.10 	hall, public toilet rooms, locker room, 
32.11 	vestibule, and observation mezzanine.

32.12	Sec. 13. MILITARY AFFAIRS

32.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	11,900,000
	
32.14 	To the adjutant general for the purposes 
32.15 	specified in this section.

32.16	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,000,000
	
32.17 	For asset preservation improvements and 
32.18 	betterments of a capital nature at military 
32.19 	affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in 
32.20 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.21 	16B.307.

32.22	Subd. 3.Facility Life Safety Improvements
 				1,000,000
	
32.23 	For life safety improvements and to correct 
32.24 	code deficiencies at military affairs facilities 
32.25 	statewide, to be spent in accordance with 
32.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

32.27	Subd. 4.Facility ADA Compliance
 				900,000
	
32.28 	For Americans with Disabilities Act 
32.29 	(ADA) alterations to existing National 
32.30 	Guard Training and Community Centers in 
32.31 	locations throughout the state, to be spent in 
32.32 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.33 	16B.307.

33.1	Subd. 5.Cedar Street Armory, St. Paul
 				5,000,000
	
33.2 	To renovate the Cedar Street Armory in 
33.3 	St. Paul. This project includes window 
33.4 	replacement, mechanical and electrical 
33.5 	system upgrades, office space renovation, 
33.6 	and asbestos abatement. 

33.7	Subd. 6.Camp Ripley Troop Support Facility
 				1,000,000
	
33.8 	To complete design, renovation, furnishing, 
33.9 	and equipping of the Troop Support 
33.10 	Facility at Camp Ripley, including but 
33.11 	not limited to: window replacement, 
33.12 	interior floor installation and finishings, air 
33.13 	conditioning, upgrade of electrical, data, and 
33.14 	telecommunication systems, and kitchen 
33.15 	installation.

33.16	Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations
 					
33.17 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
33.18 	a project under this section that has been 
33.19 	completed may be used for any other purpose 
33.20 	permitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.21 	16B.307.

33.22	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SAFETY

33.23	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	16,050,000
	
33.24 	To the commissioner of public safety, or 
33.25 	another named agency, for the purposes 
33.26 	specified in this section.

33.27	Subd. 2.Phase II, Camp Ripley
 				10,000,000
	
33.28 	To the commissioner of administration to 
33.29 	complete phase II of the tier 3 homeland 
33.30 	security and emergency management 
33.31 	training and exercise center at Camp Ripley, 
33.32 	which includes a classroom facility and 
33.33 	several facilities for field response training. 
34.1 	Nonmilitary public safety personnel from 
34.2 	Minnesota must be given access to the 
34.3 	facility.

34.4
34.5	Subd. 3.Maplewood - East Metro Regional 
Fire Training Facility
 				3,000,000
	
34.6 	For a grant to the city of Maplewood 
34.7 	to acquire land, prepare a site including 
34.8 	environmental work, predesign, design, 
34.9 	and construct the East Metro Regional Fire 
34.10 	Training Facility in Ramsey County, within 
34.11 	the city of Maplewood.

34.12
34.13	Subd. 4.Minneapolis - Emergency Operations 
Center and Fire Training Facility
 				750,000
	
34.14 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
34.15 	complete design and construction of an 
34.16 	Emergency Operations Center and Fire 
34.17 	Training Facility in the city of Minneapolis.

34.18	Subd. 5.Annandale Tactical Training Center
 				160,000
	
34.19 	For a grant to the city of Annandale to 
34.20 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
34.21 	equip improvements in the tactical training 
34.22 	center, including improvements to the indoor 
34.23 	live-fire shoothouse for air quality and noise 
34.24 	mitigation, a steel breaching door, moving 
34.25 	target systems within the shoothouse and 
34.26 	outdoor range, and a 40-foot rappelling tower 
34.27 	for high-angle fire, rescue, and police tactical 
34.28 	training.

34.29
34.30
34.31	Subd. 6.Marshall - Minnesota Emergency 
Response and Industry Training Center 
(MERIT)
 				2,140,000
	
34.32 	For a grant to the city of Marshall to acquire 
34.33 	land, predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
34.34 	and equip the expansion of the Minnesota 
34.35 	Emergency Response and Industry Training 
35.1 	Center (MERIT Center) in Marshall, Lyon 
35.2 	County. The project includes acquiring 
35.3 	approximately 80 acres of land for expanded 
35.4 	facilities that will include a driving course, 
35.5 	classrooms and offices, skid pad, and training 
35.6 	simulators for driving, hand gun shooting, 
35.7 	and driving education. This appropriation 
35.8 	is not available until the commissioner 
35.9 	determines that at least an equal amount 
35.10 	is committed to the project from nonstate 
35.11 	sources.

35.12	Sec. 15. TRANSPORTATION

35.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	164,452,000
	
35.14 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
35.15 	purposes specified in this section.

35.16
35.17	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				67,000,000
	
35.18 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
35.19 	account in the state transportation fund 
35.20 	to match federal money and to replace 
35.21 	or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as 
35.22 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.23 	174.50. To the extent practicable, the 
35.24 	commissioner shall expend the funds as 
35.25 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.26 	174.50, subdivisions 6c and 7, paragraph (c).
35.27 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
35.28 	under this subdivision to construct or 
35.29 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited 
35.30 	to: 
35.31 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct 
35.32 	or reconstruct key bridges;
35.33 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
35.34 	engineering and environmental studies 
36.1 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.2 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
36.3 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
36.4 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
36.5 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
36.6 	be made; and
36.7 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
36.8 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
36.9 	of an existing bridge determined by 
36.10 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
36.11 	commissioner determines that construction 
36.12 	of the road or street is more economical than 
36.13 	replacement of the existing bridge.
36.14 	$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
36.15 	Fairmont to demolish the existing bridge 
36.16 	and to design and construct a new bridge 
36.17 	over the channel between Budd Lake and 
36.18 	Hall Lake, on West Lair Road in Gomsrud 
36.19 	Park. This appropriation is not available 
36.20 	until the commissioner determines that at 
36.21 	least $1,500,000 has been committed to the 
36.22 	project from nonstate sources.
36.23 	$1,500,000 is for a grant to the city of Fergus 
36.24 	Falls to renovate the Tower Road bridge.
36.25 	$10,000,000 is for a grant to Hennepin 
36.26 	County for phase II of the project for the 
36.27 	removal of the existing Canadian Pacific 
36.28 	Railway bridge and crib wall structure 
36.29 	supporting the roadway, construction of a 
36.30 	retaining wall structure to support Lowry 
36.31 	Avenue, and construction of an extension of 
36.32 	phase I, the construction and replacement 
36.33 	of the Lowry Avenue Bridge carrying 
36.34 	County State-Aid Highway 153 across the 
36.35 	Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
37.1 	$7,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
37.2 	Minneapolis to construct a bridge for St. 
37.3 	Anthony Parkway over the Northtown Rail 
37.4 	Yard.
37.5 	By November 1, 2010, the commissioner of 
37.6 	management and budget, subject to approval 
37.7 	of the commissioner of transportation, shall 
37.8 	implement a grant administration method for 
37.9 	grants provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
37.10 	sections 174.50 and 174.52. The grant 
37.11 	administration method must:
37.12 	(1) not require a separate grant agreement for 
37.13 	each project funded in whole or in part from 
37.14 	general obligation grants;
37.15 	(2) provide for efficient audits concerning 
37.16 	state bond-financed property;
37.17 	(3) ensure that all uses of the state 
37.18 	bond-financed property will not cause the 
37.19 	interest on the state general obligation bonds 
37.20 	to be or become subject to federal income 
37.21 	taxation for any reason; and
37.22 	(4) otherwise comply with Minnesota 
37.23 	Statutes, section 16A.695, the Minnesota 
37.24 	Constitution, and all commissioner's orders.
37.25 	By November 1, 2010, the commissioners of 
37.26 	management and budget and transportation 
37.27 	shall jointly submit a report on the grant 
37.28 	administration method to the chairs and 
37.29 	ranking minority members of the house 
37.30 	of representatives and senate committees 
37.31 	with jurisdiction over transportation 
37.32 	policy and finance and capital investment. 
37.33 	At a minimum, the report must briefly 
37.34 	summarize the grant administration method 
37.35 	being implemented, provide a copy of 
38.1 	any model grant agreement, and provide 
38.2 	recommendations, if any, for legislative 
38.3 	changes.

38.4	Subd. 3.Greater Minnesota Transit
 				4,000,000
	
38.5 	For capital assistance for greater Minnesota 
38.6 	transit systems to be used for transit capital 
38.7 	facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
38.8 	174.24, subdivision 3c. Money from this 
38.9 	appropriation may be used to pay up to 80 
38.10 	percent of the nonfederal share of these 
38.11 	facilities. $520,000 is for a grant to the city 
38.12 	of Northfield to design, construct, furnish, 
38.13 	and equip a multimodal hub to serve as a 
38.14 	transfer station, park and ride, intercity hub 
38.15 	and trailhead, providing connections to Mill 
38.16 	Towns State Trail, bike paths, and sidewalks 
38.17 	within the city of Northfield.

38.18	Subd. 4.Rail Service Improvement
 				3,000,000
	
38.19 	For the rail service improvement program 
38.20 	to be spent for the purposes set forth 
38.21 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50, 
38.22 	subdivision 7.

38.23
38.24	Subd. 5.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				6,500,000
	
38.25 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
38.26 	Rail Authority for capital improvements 
38.27 	and rehabilitation of railroad track from 
38.28 	Norwood-Young America to Hanley Falls. 
38.29 	A grant under this subdivision is in addition 
38.30 	to any grant, loan, or loan guarantee for this 
38.31 	project made by the commissioner under 
38.32 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 222.46 to 
38.33 	222.62.

38.34	Subd. 6.Northstar Commuter Rail Extension
 				1,000,000
	
39.1 	To match federal funds for environmental 
39.2 	analysis, design, engineering, negotiations 
39.3 	with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 
39.4 	Railway, and acquisition of real property 
39.5 	or interests in real property to extend the 
39.6 	Northstar commuter rail line from Big Lake 
39.7 	to the St. Cloud area.

39.8	Subd. 7.Railroad Grade Crossings
 				2,500,000
	
39.9 	(a) To replace aging grade crossing safety 
39.10 	warning devices statewide. 
39.11 	(b) $900,000 is for a grant to the city of 
39.12 	Grand Rapids to make at-grade railroad 
39.13 	crossing improvements in the city. The 
39.14 	project includes closing at-grade crossings 
39.15 	at 12th Avenue West and 5th Avenue East 
39.16 	along with at-grade crossing improvements 
39.17 	on and adjacent to 19th Avenue West 
39.18 	and 3rd Avenue East under City Projects 
39.19 	2003-6 and 2010-3. Crossing improvements 
39.20 	include but are not limited to concrete 
39.21 	crossings, railroad cross arms and signals, 
39.22 	and street and utility improvements 
39.23 	necessary to facilitate the crossing closures 
39.24 	and improvements including design and 
39.25 	construction engineering. This appropriation 
39.26 	is not subject to the requirements of the 
39.27 	commissioner to receive funding under 
39.28 	paragraph (a) or under the department's 
39.29 	rail grade crossing improvement program. 
39.30 	This appropriation is not available until the 
39.31 	commissioner of management and budget 
39.32 	has determined that at least $2,400,000 has 
39.33 	been committed, including expenditures 
39.34 	prior to July 1, 2010, to the project from 
39.35 	nonstate sources.

40.1	Subd. 8.Port Development Assistance
 				7,000,000
	
40.2 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
40.3 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
40.4 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
40.5 	owned.

40.6	Subd. 9.Lower Minnesota River Watershed
 				225,000
	
40.7 	For a grant to the Lower Minnesota River 
40.8 	Watershed District for site preparation, 
40.9 	environmental mitigation, to acquire land for, 
40.10 	and to design and construct improvements 
40.11 	for dredge material site projects located 
40.12 	within the district.

40.13	Subd. 10.Chisholm-Hibbing Airport
 				3,700,000
	
40.14 	For a grant to the Chisholm-Hibbing Airport 
40.15 	Authority for site preparation and to design 
40.16 	and construct a Department of Natural 
40.17 	Resources hangar and to design and construct 
40.18 	an addition to the western multiple plane 
40.19 	storage hangar.

40.20	Subd. 11.Duluth Airport
 				11,700,000
	
40.21 	For a grant to the city of Duluth to predesign, 
40.22 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 2 
40.23 	of the new terminal facilities at the Duluth 
40.24 	International Airport as phase 2 of the airport 
40.25 	terminal project is described for purposes of 
40.26 	the Federal Aviation Administration project 
40.27 	grant. This appropriation is not available 
40.28 	until the commissioner determines that at 
40.29 	least an equal amount is committed to the 
40.30 	project from nonstate sources. The airport 
40.31 	terminal phase 2 project for which funds are 
40.32 	appropriated in this subdivision is not subject 
40.33 	to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
40.34 	section 16A.695.

41.1	Subd. 12.Thief River Falls Airport
 				2,097,000
	
41.2 	For a grant to the city of Thief River Falls 
41.3 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
41.4 	multipurpose hangar at the Thief River Falls 
41.5 	Regional Airport in Pennington County, 
41.6 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
41.7 	16A.695. This appropriation is not available 
41.8 	until the commissioner determines that 
41.9 	a nonstate match of at least $699,000 is 
41.10 	committed to the project.

41.11	Subd. 13.Rochester Maintenance Facility
 				26,430,000
	
41.12 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
41.13 	account in the trunk highway fund for 
41.14 	site preparation and construction of a new 
41.15 	maintenance facility in Rochester.

41.16	Subd. 14.Arden Hills Training Center
 				6,500,000
	
41.17 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
41.18 	account in the trunk highway fund for 
41.19 	an addition and remodeling at the Arden 
41.20 	Hills Training Center. The project includes 
41.21 	construction of a 35,000 square foot 
41.22 	conference center, containing a 9,000 square 
41.23 	foot meeting room that is divisible into four 
41.24 	smaller rooms, additional classrooms, and 
41.25 	support facilities; remodeling approximately 
41.26 	12,500 square feet of office space for the 
41.27 	State Patrol to consolidate their two metro 
41.28 	district offices; and remodeling the existing 
41.29 	classroom building to bring it to current 
41.30 	standards.

41.31	Subd. 15.Maple Grove Truck Station
 				15,800,000
	
41.32 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
41.33 	fund to construct a new Maple Grove truck 
41.34 	station and mechanics facility. The 95,000 
42.1 	square foot truck station will contain offices, 
42.2 	shops, vehicle support, inventory space, 
42.3 	storage spaces, and mechanics work bays. It 
42.4 	will provide salt, yard, and unheated storage 
42.5 	space, and a fuel dispensing station.

42.6	Subd. 16.Little Falls Truck Station
 				3,300,000
	
42.7 	This appropriation is from the trunk 
42.8 	highway fund to construct a new Little 
42.9 	Falls truck station. This project includes 
42.10 	an approximately 16,000 square foot truck 
42.11 	station facility with offices, shops, vehicle 
42.12 	support, inventory space, storage spaces, 
42.13 	and mechanics work bays. The site will also 
42.14 	house a salt storage building, an unheated 
42.15 	storage building, fuel dispensing, and yard 
42.16 	storage.

42.17	Subd. 17.Maplewood Bridge Crew Building
 				3,000,000
	
42.18 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
42.19 	fund to construct an approximately 17,590 
42.20 	square foot facility for the new bridge crew 
42.21 	to be located at an existing Department of 
42.22 	Transportation site in Maplewood, including 
42.23 	offices, shops, vehicle storage, and crew 
42.24 	support spaces. The site will also provide salt 
42.25 	and yard storage, unheated storage building, 
42.26 	and fuel dispensing.

42.27	Subd. 18.Design 
 				700,000
	
42.28 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
42.29 	fund for design of the new Willmar district 
42.30 	headquarters vehicle storage facility and the 
42.31 	new Plymouth truck station.

42.32	Sec. 16. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

42.33	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	74,295,000
	
43.1 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
43.2 	specified in this section.

43.3
43.4	Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement 
Program
 				50,000,000
	
43.5 	(a) To implement the Metropolitan Council's 
43.6 	adopted 2030 Transportation Policy Plan for 
43.7 	transit way corridors, in consultation with 
43.8 	the Counties Transit Improvement Board. 
43.9 	Transit way corridors include the following: 
43.10 	Bottineau Boulevard, Cedar Avenue, Central 
43.11 	Corridor LRT, I-35W corridor, I-94 corridor, 
43.12 	Red Rock corridor, Riverview corridor, 
43.13 	Robert Street corridor, Rush Line, and 
43.14 	Southwest corridor.
43.15 	(b) In addition to the corridors identified in 
43.16 	the 2030 plan, this appropriation is for:
43.17 	(1) a grant to the Anoka County Regional 
43.18 	Rail Authority for environmental analysis, 
43.19 	design, engineering, negotiations with the 
43.20 	Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, 
43.21 	acquisition of real property or interests in 
43.22 	real property, and construction of related 
43.23 	infrastructure and other improvements of 
43.24 	a capital nature for the Foley Boulevard 
43.25 	Northstar commuter rail station;
43.26 	(2) a grant to the Hennepin County Regional 
43.27 	Rail Authority to match federal funds for 
43.28 	environmental analysis, engineering, design, 
43.29 	acquisition of real property or interests in 
43.30 	real property, and site preparation for the 
43.31 	Minneapolis Transportation Interchange 
43.32 	Facility located in the vicinity of the 
43.33 	confluence of the Hiawatha light rail line and 
43.34 	the Northstar commuter rail line;
44.1 	(3) a grant to the city of Rosemount to 
44.2 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
44.3 	equip a parking lot and transit station shelter 
44.4 	on land owned by the city of Rosemount 
44.5 	in the city's downtown area. The parking 
44.6 	lot will have approximately 100 spaces for 
44.7 	vehicles;
44.8 	(4) a grant to the city of Ramsey to match 
44.9 	federal and local funds for environmental 
44.10 	analysis, engineering, design, negotiations 
44.11 	with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe 
44.12 	Railway, acquisition of real property or 
44.13 	interests in real property, and construction 
44.14 	of a Northstar commuter rail station in the 
44.15 	vicinity of the city of Ramsey Municipal 
44.16 	Center;
44.17 	(5) a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
44.18 	Railroad Authority to acquire land and 
44.19 	structures, to renovate structures, and 
44.20 	for design, engineering, and construction 
44.21 	to revitalize Union Depot for use as a 
44.22 	multimodal transit center in St. Paul. The 
44.23 	center must be designed so that it facilitates 
44.24 	a potential future connection of high-speed 
44.25 	rail to Minneapolis;
44.26 	(6) for environmental analysis, engineering, 
44.27 	acquisition of real property or interests in 
44.28 	real property, and construction relating to 
44.29 	capacity improvements at the Hoffman 
44.30 	Interlocking/Hoffman Yard in St. Paul as 
44.31 	identified in the Minnesota Comprehensive 
44.32 	Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan; 
44.33 	and
45.1 	(7) for a grant to Washington County to 
45.2 	construct a park-and-ride facility for the Red 
45.3 	Rock Corridor Transit Way.
45.4 	(c) $1,500,000 is for environmental analysis, 
45.5 	engineering, acquisition of real property or 
45.6 	interests in real property, and construction 
45.7 	of a park-and-ride facility in the city of 
45.8 	Woodbury for the I-94 Corridor Transit Way.

45.945.10
	Subd. 3.Metropolitan Cities Inflow and 
Infiltration Grants
 				3,000,000
	
45.11 	For grants to cities within the metropolitan 
45.12 	area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
45.13 	section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital 
45.14 	improvements in municipal wastewater 
45.15 	collection systems to reduce the amount of 
45.16 	inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan 
45.17 	Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer 
45.18 	disposal system. To be eligible for a grant, a 
45.19 	city must be identified by the Metropolitan 
45.20 	Council as a contributor of excessive inflow 
45.21 	or infiltration and must be subject to the 
45.22 	council's inflow and infiltration surcharge. 
45.23 	Grants from this appropriation are for up to 
45.24 	50 percent of the cost to mitigate inflow and 
45.25 	infiltration in the publicly owned municipal 
45.26 	wastewater collection systems. The council 
45.27 	must award grants based on applications from 
45.28 	eligible cities that identify eligible capital 
45.29 	costs and include a timeline for inflow and 
45.30 	infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant 
45.31 	to guidelines established by the council.

45.32
45.33	Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks and 
Trails Capital Improvements

45.34	(a) Metropolitan Council Priorities
				10,500,000
	
46.1 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
46.2 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
46.3 	council and local government units of 
46.4 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
46.5 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
46.6 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
46.7 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
46.8 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
46.9 	This appropriation must not be used to 
46.10 	purchase easements. 

46.11	(b) Phalen-Keller Regional Park
				1,100,000
	
46.12 	For grants to the city of St. Paul and 
46.13 	Ramsey County for improvements to the 
46.14 	Phalen-Keller Regional Park, including 
46.15 	design, engineering, and construction for 
46.16 	channel restoration and other associated 
46.17 	channel improvements between Phalen, 
46.18 	Keller, and Round Lakes, renovation of 
46.19 	the waterfall on the northwest shore of 
46.20 	Lake Phalen and addition of lighting and 
46.21 	landscaping along the path near the waterfall, 
46.22 	and design and construction of a paved 
46.23 	off-road trail between Roselawn Avenue and 
46.24 	County Road B connecting use areas within 
46.25 	Keller Regional Park and to Phalen Regional 
46.26 	Park and the Gateway State Trail.

46.27	(c) Springbrook Nature Center
				2,151,000
	
46.28 	For a grant to the city of Fridley to predesign, 
46.29 	design, construct, furnish, and equip 
46.30 	the redevelopment and expansion of the 
46.31 	Springbrook Nature Center. No nonstate 
46.32 	match is required.

46.33
46.34	(d) Theodore Wirth Park Winter Recreation 
Area
				1,150,000
	
47.1 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
47.2 	Recreation Board to predesign, design, 
47.3 	construct, furnish, and equip a winter 
47.4 	recreation center at Theodore Wirth Regional 
47.5 	Park in Golden Valley, Hennepin County, 
47.6 	including warming and training areas and 
47.7 	maintenance facilities.

47.8	(e) Veterans Memorial Parks, Minneapolis
				2,500,000
	
47.9 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
47.10 	Recreation Board to: (1) restore the Sheridan 
47.11 	Veterans Memorial Park on the Mississippi 
47.12 	River in Minneapolis. Funds must be used 
47.13 	to construct the appropriate monument to 
47.14 	memorialize the war service of Minnesota 
47.15 	veterans of all wars and related park facilities; 
47.16 	and (2) to match funds provided by Hennepin 
47.17 	County to restore the flagpole monument 
47.18 	and plaza, and make other infrastructure 
47.19 	improvements of a capital nature for the 
47.20 	Veterans of World War I Victory Memorial 
47.21 	Parkway, consistent with Hennepin County's 
47.22 	planned infrastructure improvements.

47.23	(f) Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
				200,000
	
47.24 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
47.25 	Recreation Board to predesign, design, and 
47.26 	construct the renovation of the Minneapolis 
47.27 	Sculpture Garden, which displays art 
47.28 	owned by the Walker Art Center, subject to 
47.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. The 
47.30 	renovation will include improving irrigation, 
47.31 	drainage, the parking lot, security, granite 
47.32 	substructures, concrete, and fixtures, in 
47.33 	order to update them with more ecologically 
47.34 	sustainable options that are less expensive to 
47.35 	maintain; increasing physical accessibility 
48.1 	in accordance with the Americans with 
48.2 	Disabilities Act; transplanting and replacing 
48.3 	trees and plant materials; and improving the 
48.4 	mechanical plant, piping, and flooring of the 
48.5 	Cowles Conservatory to permit its flexible 
48.6 	reuse in a way that is more ecologically 
48.7 	sustainable and less expensive to maintain.

48.8	(g) Bloomington, Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
				2,000,000
	
48.9 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington to 
48.10 	renovate the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge for 
48.11 	bicycle commuters and recreational users. 
48.12 	The city of Bloomington must consult with 
48.13 	the city of Eagan and Dakota County on the 
48.14 	renovation.

48.15
48.16	(h) Dakota Rail Regional Trail, Pedestrian and 
Bicycle Tunnel
				344,000
	
48.17 	For a grant to the city of Minnetonka Beach 
48.18 	to construct a pedestrian and bicycle tunnel 
48.19 	under Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 
48.20 	15 that would link an existing city trail with 
48.21 	the Dakota Rail Regional Trail.

48.22
48.23	(i) Rock Island Bridge Park and Trail 
Development
				1,350,000
	
48.24 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
48.25 	for park and trail development on the west 
48.26 	bank of the Mississippi River in Dakota 
48.27 	County at the site of Mississippi River Bridge 
48.28 	JAR 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
48.29 	Island Bridge. Any park or trails developed 
48.30 	with this appropriation must connect with 
48.31 	any local, regional, or state trails in the 
48.32 	vicinity, and the historic Rock Island Bridge.

48.33	Sec. 17. HEALTH
 				5,000,000

48.34	Hyperbaric Chamber Replacement
					
49.1 	To the commissioner of health for a 
49.2 	grant to Hennepin County for Hennepin 
49.3 	County Medical Center (HCMC) to design, 
49.4 	construct, furnish, and equip the relocation of 
49.5 	a hyperbaric oxygen facility on the HCMC 
49.6 	campus.

49.7	Sec. 18. HUMAN SERVICES

49.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	94,197,000
	
49.9 	To the commissioner of administration, or 
49.10 	another named agency, for the purposes 
49.11 	specified in this section.

49.12	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				3,000,000
	
49.13 	For asset preservation improvements and 
49.14 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
49.15 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
49.16 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
49.17 	section 16B.307.

49.18	Subd. 3.Early Childhood Learning Facilities
 				2,000,000
	
49.19 	To the commissioner of human services for 
49.20 	grants to construct and rehabilitate facilities 
49.21 	for programs under Minnesota Statutes, 
49.22 	section 256E.37.

49.23	Subd. 4.Remembering with Dignity
 				125,000
	
49.24 	For grave markers or memorial monuments 
49.25 	for unmarked graves of deceased residents of 
49.26 	state hospitals or regional treatment centers.

49.27
49.28	Subd. 5.Moose Lake Sex Offender Program 
Expansion
 				89,072,000
	
49.29 	To construct, furnish, and equip phase II, 
49.30 	which includes a 400-bed secure residential 
49.31 	facility; the necessary program areas; the 
49.32 	balance of the critical essential service space; 
49.33 	physical plant infrastructure to support the 
50.1 	new physical space; expansion and upgrading 
50.2 	of interior and exterior security systems; 
50.3 	reconfiguration of some road ways and 
50.4 	parking areas; and changes to the facility's 
50.5 	basic utility infrastructure.

50.6
50.7	Subd. 6.Sex Offender Treatment Center; 
Facilities Study
 					
50.8 	The commissioner of human services shall 
50.9 	study the potential for using existing vacant 
50.10 	or underused state facilities, including 
50.11 	regional treatment centers, for the sex 
50.12 	offender treatment program or for other 
50.13 	programs or services administered by 
50.14 	the Department of Human Services. The 
50.15 	study must analyze the feasibility, time 
50.16 	required, and cost of making the building 
50.17 	and infrastructure changes necessary for 
50.18 	the program. The commissioner shall 
50.19 	submit the study report to the chairs and 
50.20 	ranking minority members of the house of 
50.21 	representatives and senate committees with 
50.22 	jurisdiction over capital investment, human 
50.23 	services, and public safety by January 15, 
50.24 	2011.

50.25	Sec. 19. VETERANS AFFAIRS

50.26	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	9,975,000
	
50.27 	To the commissioner of administration for 
50.28 	the purposes specified in this section.

50.29	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,000,000
	
50.30 	For asset preservation improvements and 
50.31 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
50.32 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
50.33 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

50.34	Subd. 3.Luverne Veterans Home
 				450,000
	
51.1 	To design, construct, and furnish a new 
51.2 	enclosure attached to the front entrance of 
51.3 	the Luverne Veterans Home. This project 
51.4 	also includes re-engineering the circle drive 
51.5 	parking lot adjoining the entrance to increase 
51.6 	visitor parking capacity.

51.7	Subd. 4.Kandiyohi Veterans Home 
 				5,525,000
	
51.8 	For the state share to design, construct, 
51.9 	furnish, and equip a 90-bed facility in 
51.10 	Kandiyohi County to provide geriatric and 
51.11 	mental health skilled nursing services to 
51.12 	veterans or their spouses. This appropriation 
51.13 	is not available until the commissioner 
51.14 	determines that an amount sufficient to 
51.15 	complete the project is committed to it from 
51.16 	nonstate sources.

51.17	Sec. 20. CORRECTIONS

51.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	11,529,000
	
51.19 	To the commissioner of administration for 
51.20 	the purposes specified in this section.

51.21	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				8,000,000
	
51.22 	For improvements and betterments of a 
51.23 	capital nature at Minnesota correctional 
51.24 	facilities statewide, in accordance with 
51.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

51.26	Subd. 3.MCF - Oak Park Heights
 				3,529,000
	
51.27 	To replace the intrusion detection system 
51.28 	on the top of the walls surrounding the 
51.29 	interior courtyard and to upgrade lighting 
51.30 	and cameras on the exterior perimeter fences.

51.31	Subd. 4.Unspent appropriations
 					
51.32 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
51.33 	a project in this section that is complete, 
52.1 	upon written notice to the commissioner of 
52.2 	management and budget, is available for 
52.3 	asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes, 
52.4 	section 16B.307, at the same correctional 
52.5 	facility as the project for which the original 
52.6 	appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes, 
52.7 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
52.8 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
52.9 	transferred.

52.10
52.11	Sec. 21. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

52.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	126,668,000
	
52.13 	To the commissioner of employment and 
52.14 	economic development for the purposes 
52.15 	specified in this section.

52.16
52.17	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Infrastructure Grant Program
 				7,259,000
	
52.18 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
52.19 	116J.431. Up to $200,000 is for a grant 
52.20 	to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
52.21 	State Colleges and Universities for Pine 
52.22 	Technical College as a match for a grant from 
52.23 	the United States Economic Development 
52.24 	Administration to design, construct, 
52.25 	furnish, and equip an entrepreneurship and 
52.26 	technology business incubator. 
52.27 	$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of Perham 
52.28 	in Otter Tail County to design, construct, 
52.29 	furnish, and equip a material recovery facility 
52.30 	at the Perham Resource Recovery Facility. 
52.31 	The counties using the facility must agree to 
52.32 	achieve a 60 percent recycling rate and an 
52.33 	organics recovery rate of 15 percent by 2025.
52.34 	$285,000 is for a grant to the Voyageurs 
52.35 	National Park Clean Water Joint Powers 
53.1 	Board to predesign a wastewater collection 
53.2 	and treatment facility located in the 
53.3 	Voyageurs National Park area.

53.4
53.5	Subd. 3.Bioscience Business Development 
Public Infrastructure Grant Program
 				4,000,000
	
53.6 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
53.7 	116J.435.

53.8	Subd. 4.Redevelopment Account
 				5,000,000
	
53.9 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
53.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.571 
53.11 	to 116J.575.
53.12 	$2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of Lake 
53.13 	Elmo. $1,000,000 must be used to design 
53.14 	and construct an expansion of the city's water 
53.15 	pumping, storage, and distribution system 
53.16 	to provide approximately 1,000 additional 
53.17 	service hookups and replace a city well lost to 
53.18 	contamination by perfluorochemicals (PFCs). 
53.19 	$1,000,000 must be used to design and 
53.20 	construct the extension of a 16-inch sanitary 
53.21 	sewer force main from the Metropolitan 
53.22 	Council interceptor on Interstate Highway 
53.23 	94 to 30th Street to the proposed southern 
53.24 	edge of the Lake Elmo Village area. This 
53.25 	appropriation is not available until the 
53.26 	council has determined that at least an equal 
53.27 	amount has been committed to the project 
53.28 	from nonstate sources.
53.29 	The commissioner may require that grant 
53.30 	money not committed by contract for 
53.31 	approved project activities within 120 days 
53.32 	after the grant agreement was signed be 
53.33 	returned and credited to the redevelopment 
53.34 	account.
54.1 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
54.2 	section 16A.642, grant number 
54.3 	RDGP-06-0007-0-FY07, awarded in 
54.4 	September 2006 to the city of Tower from an 
54.5 	appropriation to the redevelopment account 
54.6 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
54.7 	23, subdivision 11, is available until June 30, 
54.8 	2013.

54.9	Subd. 5.Bemidji - Headwaters Science Center
 				475,000
	
54.10 	For a grant to the city of Bemidji to predesign 
54.11 	and design the Headwaters Science Center 
54.12 	in the city of Bemidji.

54.13
54.14	Subd. 6.Chatfield - Potter Center for the 
Arts/Historic Preservation
 				7,094,000
	
54.15 	For a grant to Independent School District 
54.16 	No. 227, Chatfield, to predesign, design, 
54.17 	renovate, construct, furnish, and equip the 
54.18 	Potter Center for the Arts, in the city of 
54.19 	Chatfield, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
54.20 	section 16A.695. 

54.21	Subd. 7.Hennepin County 

54.22
54.23	Minnesota African American History Museum 
and Cultural Center
				840,000
	
54.24 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
54.25 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
54.26 	renovation of an historic mansion for the 
54.27 	African American History Museum and 
54.28 	Cultural Center in Minneapolis, subject to 
54.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

54.30
54.31	Subd. 8.Mankato - Civic Center and All 
Seasons Arenas
 				13,900,000
	
54.32 	For a grant to the city of Mankato to 
54.33 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
54.34 	expansion of the civic center auditorium 
54.35 	and the renovation and expansion of the 
55.1 	civic center and all seasons arenas, including 
55.2 	the Southern Minnesota Women's Hockey 
55.3 	Exposition Center jointly used by the city 
55.4 	and Minnesota State University, Mankato.

55.5	Subd. 9.Minneapolis - Orchestra Hall
 				17,000,000
	
55.6 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis 
55.7 	to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
55.8 	and equip the renovation of Orchestra 
55.9 	Hall and Peavey Plaza at its current 
55.10 	downtown Minneapolis location. The city 
55.11 	of Minneapolis may operate a performing 
55.12 	arts center and adjacent property for public 
55.13 	recreation, and may enter into a lease or 
55.14 	management agreement for the improved 
55.15 	facilities, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
55.16 	section 16A.695.

55.17
55.18	Subd. 10.Ramsey County - Rice Street 
Bioscience Corridor
 				5,000,000
	
55.19 	For a grant to Ramsey County to reconstruct 
55.20 	the Rice Street bridge where it crosses 
55.21 	marked Trunk Highway 36 in Ramsey 
55.22 	County, and for other improvements 
55.23 	of a capital nature to publicly owned 
55.24 	infrastructure to support bioscience business 
55.25 	development.

55.26
55.27	Subd. 11.Rochester - Mayo Civic Center 
Complex
 				28,000,000
	
55.28 	For a grant to the city of Rochester to 
55.29 	construct, furnish, and equip the renovation 
55.30 	and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center 
55.31 	Complex.

55.32	Subd. 12.St. Cloud - Civic Center Expansion
 				15,100,000
	
55.33 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
55.34 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
55.35 	equip an expansion of the St. Cloud Civic 
56.1 	Center, including a parking facility and 
56.2 	skyway connection. This appropriation is not 
56.3 	available until the commissioner determines 
56.4 	that at least an equal amount is committed to 
56.5 	the project from nonstate sources.

56.6	Subd. 13.St. Paul

56.7	(a) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
				16,000,000
	
56.8 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to construct, 
56.9 	furnish, and equip a 1,100-seat concert hall 
56.10 	and support spaces at the Ordway Center for 
56.11 	the Performing Arts, subject to Minnesota 
56.12 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

56.13	(b) Asian Pacific Cultural Center
				7,000,000
	
56.14 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to construct, 
56.15 	furnish, and equip an Asian Pacific Cultural 
56.16 	Center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
56.17 	16A.695. This appropriation does not require 
56.18 	a local match.

56.19	Sec. 22. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

56.20	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	60,000,000
	
56.21 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
56.22 	purposes specified in this section.

56.23	Subd. 2.State Match For Federal Grants
 				30,000,000
	
56.24 	(a) To match federal grants for the clean 
56.25 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
56.26 	Statutes, section 446A.07, and the drinking 
56.27 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
56.28 	Statutes, section 446A.081.
56.29 	(b) $10,800,000 of this appropriation shall 
56.30 	provide matching funds for the drinking 
56.31 	water revolving fund to match the 2011 and 
56.32 	2012 federal grants, with the balance to be 
57.1 	made available to the clean water revolving 
57.2 	fund.
57.3 	(c) This appropriation must be used for 
57.4 	qualified capital projects.

57.5
57.6	Subd. 3.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding 
Program
 				30,000,000
	
57.7 	For grants to eligible municipalities under the 
57.8 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
57.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072. 
57.10 	Up to $400,000 may be used for eligible costs 
57.11 	to implement the wastewater infrastructure 
57.12 	funding program.

57.13
57.14	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE 
AGENCY
 			$
	10,000,000
	
57.15 	To the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency 
57.16 	for transfer to the housing development fund 
57.17 	to finance the rehabilitation costs to preserve 
57.18 	public housing under Minnesota Statutes, 
57.19 	section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. For 
57.20 	purposes of this section, "public housing" 
57.21 	means housing for low-income persons 
57.22 	and households financed by the federal 
57.23 	government and owned and operated by 
57.24 	the public housing authorities and agencies 
57.25 	formed by cities and counties. Eligible 
57.26 	public housing authorities must have a public 
57.27 	housing assessment system rating of standard 
57.28 	or above. Priority must be given to proposals 
57.29 	that maximize federal or local resources 
57.30 	to finance the capital costs. The priority 
57.31 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, 
57.32 	subdivision 3a, for projects to increase 
57.33 	the supply of affordable housing and the 
57.34 	restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
58.1 	462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this 
58.2 	appropriation.

58.3
58.4	Sec. 24. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

58.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	14,257,000
	
58.6 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for the 
58.7 	purposes specified in this section.

58.8	Subd. 2.Historic Sites Asset Preservation
 				3,400,000
	
58.9 	For capital improvements and  betterments 
58.10 	at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
58.11 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
58.12 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
58.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
58.14 	society shall determine project priorities as 
58.15 	appropriate based on need.

58.16
58.17	Subd. 3.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				1,000,000
	
58.18 	To be allocated to county and local 
58.19 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
58.20 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
58.21 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
58.22 	138.0525.

58.23	Subd. 4.Oliver H. Kelley Farm Historic Site
 				9,857,000
	
58.24 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
58.25 	and equip the renovation of the Oliver H. 
58.26 	Kelley Farm Historic Site, including the 
58.27 	site's visitor center and other essential visitor 
58.28 	services and site operations facilities.

58.29	Sec. 25. BIOMASS HEATING
 					
58.30 	To the extent practicable, a heating system 
58.31 	purchased, replaced, or installed using an 
58.32 	appropriation under this article must be 
58.33 	capable of using biomass as a fuel source.

59.1	Sec. 26. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	1,035,000
	
59.2 	(a) $1,020,000 is from the bond proceeds 
59.3 	fund to the commissioner of management 
59.4 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
59.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
59.6 	subdivision 8.
59.7 	(b) $15,000 is from the bond proceeds 
59.8 	account in the trunk highway fund to the 
59.9 	commissioner of management and budget 
59.10 	for bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
59.11 	Statutes, section 167.50, subdivision 4.

59.12 	Sec. 27. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 59.13 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this 
59.14 	article from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
59.15 	sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,043,195,000 in the manner, upon 
59.16 	the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
59.17 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
59.18 		Subd. 2.Maximum effort school loan fund. To provide the money appropriated in 
59.19 	this article from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of management 
59.20 	and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,780,000 in the 
59.21 	manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 
59.22 	16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The 
59.23 	proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of 
59.24 	the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school 
59.25 	loan fund.
59.26 		Subd. 3.Transportation fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money 
59.27 	appropriated in this article from the state transportation fund, the commissioner of 
59.28 	management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
59.29 	$67,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
59.30 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
59.31 	sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
59.32 	received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the 
59.33 	state transportation fund.
60.1 		Subd. 4.Trunk highway bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated 
60.2 	in this article from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the commissioner 
60.3 	of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
60.4 	$32,945,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
60.5 	Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XIV, section 
60.6 	11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner of transportation. The 
60.7 	proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received from the sale of 
60.8 	the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund.

60.9 	Sec. 28. CANCELLATIONS; BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED.
 60.10 		Subdivision 1.Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. $525,000 of the appropriation 
60.11 	in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
60.12 	2002, chapter 393, section 90, for construction of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
60.13 	building in Saint Paul, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 
60.14 	374, article 11, section 17, is reduced by $525,000.
60.15 		Subd. 2.Administration; property acquisition. $5,131.83 of the appropriation in 
60.16 	Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 4, for property acquisition, is 
60.17 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, 
60.18 	is reduced by $5,131.83.
60.19 		Subd. 3.Human services. $23,642.57 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
60.20 	374, article 11, section 11, for Department of Human Services asset preservation, is 
60.21 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, is 
60.22 	reduced by $23,642.57.
60.23 		Subd. 4.CAPRA. $101,485.07 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
60.24 	section 13, subdivision 2, for the capital asset preservation and replacement account, is 
60.25 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
60.26 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
60.27 	179, section 28, is reduced by $101,485.07.
60.28 		Subd. 5.Administration. $1,041.79 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
60.29 	393, section 13, subdivision 3, for electrical utility infrastructure in the capitol complex, is 
60.30 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
60.31 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
60.32 	179, section 28, is reduced by $1,041.79.
60.33 		Subd. 6.Health and agriculture lab. $10,701.71 of the appropriation in Laws 
60.34 	2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 6, for health and agriculture lab, is canceled. 
60.35 	The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as 
61.1 	amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
61.2 	section 28, is reduced by $10,701.71.
61.3 		Subd. 7.Minnesota State Academies. $8,730.46 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, 
61.4 	chapter 393, section 6, for asset preservation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in 
61.5 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
61.6 	article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,730.46.
61.7 		Subd. 8.Human services. $5,829.55 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
61.8 	393, section 22, subdivision 2, for systemwide roof renovation and replacement, is 
61.9 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
61.10 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
61.11 	179, section 28, is reduced by $5,829.55.
61.12 		Subd. 9.Human services. $53,695.76 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
61.13 	393, section 22, subdivision 3, for asset preservation, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 
61.14 	393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, 
61.15 	and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $53,695.76.
61.16 		Subd. 10.Human services. $77,034.74 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
61.17 	393, section 22, subdivision 4, for demolition, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
61.18 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
61.19 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $77,034.74. 
61.20 		Subd. 11.Human services. $8,873.69 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
61.21 	393, section 22, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
61.22 	43, for the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
61.23 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
61.24 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,873.69.
61.25 		Subd. 12.Human services. $3,498 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
61.26 	section 22, subdivision 7, for the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, is canceled. Laws 
61.27 	2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
61.28 	article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $3,498.
61.29 		Subd. 13.Veterans Home Board. $8,022.83 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, 
61.30 	chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 2, for asset preservation, is canceled. Laws 2002, 
61.31 	chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, 
61.32 	section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,022.83.
61.33 		Subd. 14.Veterans Home Board. $2,000 of the appropriation in Laws 
61.34 	2002, chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 3, for the Hastings Veterans Home utility 
61.35 	infrastructure, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended 
62.1 	by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is 
62.2 	reduced by $2,000.
62.3 		Subd. 15.Phalen Boulevard. $201,486 of the appropriation in Laws 2003, First 
62.4 	Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 12, subdivision 6, for a grant to the city of St. 
62.5 	Paul for the Phalen Boulevard project, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 
62.6 	2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 16, as amended by Laws 2008, 
62.7 	chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $201,486.
62.8 		Subd. 16.PCAE. $1.12 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, 
62.9 	section 4, subdivision 2, for asset preservation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in 
62.10 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, 
62.11 	chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $1.12.
62.12 		Subd. 17.PCAE. $7,480.88 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 
62.13 	1, section 4, subdivision 3, for the Beta Building, is canceled. The bond sale authorization 
62.14 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, 
62.15 	chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $7,480.88.
62.16 		Subd. 18.Administration. $28,261.71 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 
62.17 	20, article 1, section 13, subdivision 4, for capitol area parking, is canceled. The bond sale 
62.18 	authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by 
62.19 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $28,261.71.
62.20 		Subd. 19.CAAPB. $14,140.75 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
62.21 	article 1, section 14, subdivision 2, for capitol interior renovation, is canceled. The 
62.22 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
62.23 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $14,140.75.
62.24 		Subd. 20.Veterans Home Board. $1,863.57 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
62.25 	chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 3, for the Luverne home, is canceled. The 
62.26 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
62.27 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $1,863.57.
62.28 		Subd. 21.Veterans Home Board. $25,720 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
62.29 	chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 2005, First Special 
62.30 	Session chapter 7, section 5, for predesign of a home in Willmar, is canceled. The bond 
62.31 	sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
62.32 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $25,720.
62.33 		Subd. 22.MCF Stillwater. $1,003,283.99 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
62.34 	chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 3, for new segregation unit, is canceled. The 
62.35 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
62.36 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $1,003,283.99.
63.1 		Subd. 23.MCF Willow River. $962.09 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
63.2 	chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), for an activities building, 
63.3 	is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, 
63.4 	subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $962.09.
63.5 		Subd. 24.MCF beds. $853 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, 
63.6 	section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), for additional beds at Willow River, is canceled. 
63.7 	The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, 
63.8 	as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $853.
63.9 		Subd. 25.Institute of Nanotechnology. $600,000 of the appropriation in Laws 
63.10 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 11, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 
63.11 	171, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 57, for a grant to the city of Rushford 
63.12 	for the Institute of Nanotechnology, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 
63.13 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 
63.14 	179, section 28, is reduced by $600,000.
63.15 		Subd. 26.Veterans Home Board. $7,770.30 of the appropriation in Laws 2006, 
63.16 	chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 5, for the Luverne addition, is canceled. The bond 
63.17 	sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, as amended by 
63.18 	Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 3, section 6, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
63.19 	is reduced by $7,770.30.
63.20 		Subd. 27.DNR facility damage. $2,283,263 of the appropriation in Laws 2007, 
63.21 	First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, subdivision 2, to rehabilitate and 
63.22 	replace state facilities and restore natural resources in the flood damaged area, is canceled. 
63.23 	The bond sale authorization in Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, 
63.24 	section 15, subdivision 1, is reduced by $2,283,263.
63.25 		Subd. 28.Department of Transportation; Urban Partnership Agreement.
 63.26 	$9,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, 
63.27 	subdivision 4, for the urban partnership agreement, is canceled. The trunk highway 
63.28 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is 
63.29 	reduced by $9,000,000.
63.30 		Subd. 29.Transportation Building. $9,500,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, 
63.31 	chapter 152, article 2, section 5, for the exterior of the Department of Transportation 
63.32 	building in Saint Paul, is canceled. The trunk highway bond sale authorization in Laws 
63.33 	2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is reduced by $9,500,000.
63.34 		Subd. 30.Agriculture. $2,660 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
63.35 	section 10, for the potato inspection unit building roof, is canceled. The bond sale 
64.1 	authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 
64.2 	2008, chapter 365, section 7, is reduced by $2,660.
64.3 		Subd. 31.Bayport storm sewer. The $150,000 appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 
64.4 	179, section 22, subdivision 8, for the Bayport storm sewer, is canceled. The bond sale 
64.5 	authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 
64.6 	2008, chapter 365, section 7, is reduced by $150,000.
64.7 		Subd. 32.Disaster relief. $3,900,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter 
64.8 	93, article 2, section 3, subdivision 3, for state and local match, is canceled. The bond sale 
64.9 	authorization in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 2, section 13, subdivision 1, is reduced 
64.10 	by $3,900,000.

64.11 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.105, is amended to read:
64.12 	16A.105 DEBT CAPACITY FORECAST.
64.13 	In February and November of each year the commissioner shall prepare a debt 
64.14 	capacity forecast to be delivered to the governor and legislature according to with the 
64.15 	November forecast of state revenue and expenditures required by section 16A.103, 
64.16 	subdivision 1. The debt capacity forecast must include statements of the indebtedness of 
64.17 	the state for bonds, notes, and other forms of long-term general obligation indebtedness. 
64.18 	The forecast must show the actual amount of the debt service for at least the past two 
64.19 	completed fiscal years, and the estimated amount for the current fiscal year and the next 
64.20 	six fiscal years, and the debt authorized and unissued, and the borrowing capacity for the 
64.21 	next six fiscal years. In addition to any other information in the debt capacity forecast, the 
64.22 	commissioner must include the percent of nondedicated general fund revenues used for 
64.23 	debt service for the prior ten fiscal years.

64.24 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.501, is amended to read:
64.25 	16A.501 REPORT ON EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
64.26 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must report annually to the 
64.27 	legislature on the degree to which entities receiving appropriations for capital projects in 
64.28 	previous omnibus capital improvement acts have encumbered or expended that money. 
64.29 	The report must be submitted to the chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means 
64.30 	Committee and the senate Finance Committee by January 1 of each year.
64.31 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must report annually to the chairs 
64.32 	and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees 
64.33 	with jurisdiction over capital investment, finance, and ways and means, on the amount 
64.34 	and percentage of each agency's capital appropriation that is used to pay for the capital 
65.1 	costs of staff directly attributable to the capital project or projects funded with state 
65.2 	general obligation bond proceeds. The report must also include information on agencies' 
65.3 	compliance with the commissioner's policies governing the use of general obligation bond 
65.4 	proceeds to pay staff costs and any changes to the commissioner's policies.

65.5 	Sec. 31. [16A.505] CAPITAL PROJECTS ENCOURAGED TO MEET STATE 
65.6 	CLIMATE GOALS.
65.7 		Subdivision 1.State climate goals. The state climate goals are the goals in section 
65.8 	216H.02, subdivision 1.
65.9 		Subd. 2.State capital projects to provide leadership to meet goals. The 
65.10 	commissioners of commerce, administration, and management and budget must promote 
65.11 	and encourage incorporating cost-effective solar, wind, and geothermal energy systems 
65.12 	into state and local capital projects to help achieve the state climate goals.

65.13 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 1, is 
65.14 	amended to read:
65.15 		Subdivision 1.Authority to issue. When authorized by law to issue state general 
65.16 	obligation bonds or state 911 revenue bonds under section 403.275, the commissioner 
65.17 	may issue all or part of the bonds as tax credit bonds or as interest subsidy bonds or a 
65.18 	combination of the two.

65.19 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 5, is 
65.20 	amended to read:
65.21 		Subd. 5.Sale; certain costs of issuance. Tax credit bonds and interest subsidy 
65.22 	bonds must be sold at a price not less than 98 percent of their stated principal amount. No 
65.23 	state trunk highway bond may be sold for a price of less than par and accrued interest.
65.24 	When the commissioner determines to issue tax credit bonds or interest subsidy bonds to 
65.25 	achieve a net present value debt service savings over tax-exempt bonds, the commissioner 
65.26 	may issue an additional principal amount of bonds, not to exceed two percent of the 
65.27 	principal amount of bonds otherwise authorized to be issued by law, to pay the costs of 
65.28 	investment banking and banking services related to the sale or placement of the bonds, 
65.29 	provided that such additional issuance will not cause an increase in the general fund debt 
65.30 	service transfer for the biennium during which the bonds are sold, as estimated by the 
65.31 	commissioner. The proceeds are appropriated for this purpose.

65.32 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.66, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.1 		Subd. 2.Special provisions for sale and issuance. Refunding bonds may be 
66.2 	sold publicly, or directly to the State Board of Investment without bids, or may be 
66.3 	exchanged for bonds refunded by agreement with their holders. The refunding bonds must 
66.4 	be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured in the same way as the refunded bonds. 
66.5 	The proceeds of refunding bonds may be deposited, invested, and applied to accomplish 
66.6 	the refunding as provided in section 475.67, subdivisions 5 to 10, and 13. Bids for the 
66.7 	securities to be purchased for the escrow account may be secured, at the commissioner's 
66.8 	election, either through the State Board of Investment or a suitable financial institution. 
66.9 	The interest rate on refunding bonds may exceed that on the refunded bonds if the purpose 
66.10 	of refunding is to extend the maturities and to reduce the amount needed annually to 
66.11 	pay and to secure the debt.  

66.12 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.86, subdivision 3a, is 
66.13 	amended to read:
66.14 		Subd. 3a.Information provided. All requests for state assistance under this section 
66.15 	must include the following information:
66.16 	(1) the name of the political subdivision that will own the capital project for which 
66.17 	state assistance is being requested;
66.18 	(2) the public purpose of the project;
66.19 	(3) the extent to which the political subdivision has or expects to provide local, 
66.20 	private, user financing, or other nonstate funding for the project;
66.21 	(4) a list of the bondable activities that the project encompasses; examples of 
66.22 	bondable activities are public improvements of a capital nature for land acquisition, 
66.23 	predesign, design, construction, and furnishing and equipping for occupancy;
66.24 	(5) whether the project will require new or additional state operating subsidies;
66.25 	(6) whether the governing body of the political subdivision requesting the project 
66.26 	has passed a resolution in support of the project and has established priorities for all 
66.27 	projects within its jurisdiction for which bonding appropriations are requested when 
66.28 	submitting multiple requests; and
66.29 	(7) if the project requires a predesign under section 16B.335, whether the predesign 
66.30 	has been completed at the time the capital project request is submitted, and whether 
66.31 	the political subdivision has submitted the project predesign to the commissioner of 
66.32 	administration for review and approval; and
66.33 	(8) whether the project will help the state cost-effectively achieve the state climate 
66.34 	goals in section 216H.02, subdivision 1.

67.1 	Sec. 36. [16B.327] RECYCLING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION 
67.2 	WASTE FROM STATE BUILDINGS; REQUIREMENT.
67.3 	The commissioner of administration shall require in contracts for the construction, 
67.4 	renovation, or demolition of a state building that the contractor and any subcontractor must 
67.5 	divert from deposit in a landfill and must recycle at least 50 percent of the nonhazardous 
67.6 	waste, measured by tonnage or volume, produced by the project. This requirement applies 
67.7 	to state building projects receiving funding from the bond proceeds fund after January 1, 
67.8 	2010, as follows: (1) construction and renovation projects of $5,000,000 or more; and 
67.9 	(2) all demolition projects that are located within 40 miles of a recycling facility that 
67.10 	handles the applicable building materials.

67.11 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, is amended by adding a 
67.12 	subdivision to read:
67.13 		Subd. 10.Use for mitigation prohibited. Funds made available under the reinvest 
67.14 	in Minnesota reserve program may not be used for environmental regulatory or wetland 
67.15 	mitigation purposes required under federal or state law.

67.16 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116J.435, as amended by Laws 2009, 
67.17 	chapter 35, sections 1, 2, chapter 78, article 2, section 12, is amended to read:
67.18 	116J.435 BIOSCIENCE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC 
67.19 	INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
67.20 		Subdivision 1.Creation of account. A bioscience An innovative  business 
67.21 	development public infrastructure account is created in the bond proceeds fund. Money 
67.22 	in the account may only be used for capital costs of public infrastructure for eligible 
67.23 	bioscience innovative  business development projects.
67.24 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
67.25 	(1) "local governmental unit" means a county, city, town, special district, public 
67.26 	higher education institution, or other political subdivision or public corporation;
67.27 	(2) "governing body" means the council, board of commissioners, board of trustees, 
67.28 	board of regents, or other body charged with governing a local governmental unit; 
67.29 	(3) "public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical infrastructure in this state, 
67.30 	including, but not limited to, wastewater collection and treatment systems, drinking water 
67.31 	systems, storm sewers, utility extensions, telecommunications infrastructure, streets, 
67.32 	roads, bridges, parking ramps, facilities that support basic science technology and clinical 
67.33 	research, and research infrastructure; and
68.1 	(4) "innovative business" means a business that is engaged in, or is committed to 
68.2 	engage in, innovation in Minnesota in one of the following: using proprietary technology 
68.3 	to add value to a product, process, or service in a high technology field; researching 
68.4 	or developing a proprietary product, process, or service in a high technology field; 
68.5 	researching, developing, or producing a new proprietary technology for use in the fields of 
68.6 	tourism, forestry, mining, transportation, or green manufacturing; 
68.7 	(5) "proprietary technology" means the technical innovations that are unique and 
68.8 	legally owned or licensed by a business and includes, without limitation, those innovations 
68.9 	that are patented, patent pending, a subject of trade secrets, or copyrighted; and
68.10 	(4) (6) "eligible project" means a bioscience an innovative  business development 
68.11 	capital improvement project in this state, including: manufacturing; technology; 
68.12 	warehousing and distribution; research and development; bioscience innovative  business 
68.13 	incubator; agricultural bioprocessing processing; or industrial, office, or research park 
68.14 	development that would be used by a bioscience-basedan innovative business.
68.15 		Subd. 3.Grant program established. (a) The commissioner shall make 
68.16 	competitive grants to local governmental units to acquire and prepare land on which 
68.17 	public infrastructure required to support an eligible project will be located, including 
68.18 	demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous conditions on the land, or to 
68.19 	predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, and equip public infrastructure required to 
68.20 	support an eligible project. The local governmental unit receiving a grant must provide for 
68.21 	the remainder of the public infrastructure costs from other sources. The commissioner 
68.22 	may waive the requirements related to an eligible project under subdivision 2 if a project 
68.23 	would be eligible under this section but for the fact that its location requires infrastructure 
68.24 	improvements to residential development.
68.25 	(b) The amount of a grant may not exceed the lesser of the cost of the public 
68.26 	infrastructure or 50 percent of the sum of the cost of the public infrastructure plus the cost 
68.27 	of the completed eligible project.
68.28 	(c) The purpose of the program is to keep or enhance jobs in the area, increase the 
68.29 	tax base, or to expand or create new economic development through the growth of new 
68.30 	bioscienceinnovative businesses and organizations.
68.31 		Subd. 4.Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures 
68.32 	for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. At a minimum, a 
68.33 	local governmental unit must include the following information in its application:
68.34 	(1) a resolution of its governing body certifying that the money required to be 
68.35 	supplied by the local governmental unit to complete the public infrastructure is available 
68.36 	and committed; 
69.1 	(2) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total 
69.2 	development costs for the public infrastructure and eligible project;
69.3 	(3) an assessment of the potential or likely use of the site for bioscience innovative 
69.4 	business  activities after completion of the public infrastructure and eligible project; 
69.5 	(4) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the public infrastructure and eligible 
69.6 	project and their anticipated completion dates; 
69.7 	(5) a commitment from the governing body to repay the grant if the milestones are 
69.8 	not realized by the completion date identified in clause (4); and 
69.9 	(6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
69.10 	(b) The determination of whether to make a grant under subdivision 3 is within the 
69.11 	discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section. The commissioner's decisions and 
69.12 	application of the priorities are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. 
69.13 		Subd. 5.Priorities. (a) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations, 
69.14 	grants must be made for public infrastructure that, in the commissioner's judgment, 
69.15 	provides the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred. "Public benefits" 
69.16 	include job creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, efficient use of public 
69.17 	transportation, efficient use of existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing, 
69.18 	multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding rather than single-use 
69.19 	development, crime reduction, blight reduction, community stabilization, and property tax 
69.20 	base maintenance or improvement. In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give 
69.21 	priority to eligible projects with one or more of the following characteristics:
69.22 	(1) the potential of the local governmental unit to attract viable bioscience innovative 
69.23 	 businesses; 
69.24 	(2) proximity to public transit if located in a metropolitan county, as defined in 
69.25 	section 473.121, subdivision 4; 
69.26 	(3) multijurisdictional eligible projects that take into account the need for affordable 
69.27 	housing, transportation, and environmental impact; 
69.28 	(4) the eligible project is not relocating substantially the same operation from another 
69.29 	location in the state, unless the commissioner determines the eligible project cannot be 
69.30 	reasonably accommodated within the local governmental unit in which the business is 
69.31 	currently located, or the business would otherwise relocate to another state or country; and 
69.32 	(5) the number of jobs that will be created. 
69.33 	(b) The factors in paragraph (a) are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather, the 
69.34 	commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as 
69.35 	the commissioner considers appropriate. 
70.1 		Subd. 6.Cancellation of grant. If a grant is awarded to a local governmental unit 
70.2 	and funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the 
70.3 	grant must be canceled. 
70.4 		Subd. 7.Repayment of grant. If an eligible project supported by public 
70.5 	infrastructure funded with a grant awarded under this section is not occupied by a 
70.6 	bioscience an innovative  business in accordance with the grant application under 
70.7 	subdivision 4 within five years after the date of the last grant payment, the grant recipient 
70.8 	must repay the amount of the grant received. The commissioner must deposit all money 
70.9 	received under this subdivision into the state treasury and credit it to the debt service 
70.10 	account in the state bond fund.

70.11 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.50, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
70.12 		Subd. 6.Grant rules criteria; rulemaking. Procedures for application for 
70.13 	grants from the fund, conditions for their administration, and criteria for priority, 
70.14 	unless established in the laws authorizing the grants, shall be established by rules of 
70.15 	the Department of Transportation consistent with those laws. The commissioner of 
70.16 	transportation shall adopt rules consistent with this section that establish criteria for 
70.17 	determining priorities and amounts of grants shall, which must be based on consideration 
70.18 	of:
70.19 	(1) effectiveness of the project in eliminating a deficiency in the transportation 
70.20 	system;
70.21 	(2) number of persons affected by the deficiency;
70.22 	(3) economic feasibility;
70.23 	(4) effect on optimum land use and other concerns of state and regional planning;
70.24 	(5) availability of other financing capability; and
70.25 	(6) adequacy of provision for proper operation and maintenance after construction.

70.26 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
70.27 		Subd. 7.Rules for administering funds and grants Program administration; 
70.28 	rulemaking. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall develop rules, procedures for 
70.29 	application for grants, conditions of grant administration, standards, and criteria, including 
70.30 	bridge specifications, in cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use 
70.31 	in the administration of funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration 
70.32 	of grants to subdivisions.
70.33 	(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size 
70.34 	of the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the 
71.1 	state transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement 
71.2 	bridge must be ten feet or more in length.
71.3 	(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with 
71.4 	local road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross 
71.5 	over the same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a 
71.6 	grant under this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from 
71.7 	the minimum distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.
71.8 	(d) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation 
71.9 	fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds 
71.10 	created by article XIV of the Constitution.

71.11 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256E.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.12 		Subdivision 1.Grant authority. The commissioner may make grants to state 
71.13 	agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood 
71.14 	programs, crisis nurseries, or parenting time centers. The following requirements apply:
71.15 	(1) The facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may 
71.16 	be leased under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The 
71.17 	commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases. 
71.18 	(2) A grant for an individual facility must not exceed $300,000 $500,000 for each 
71.19 	program that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $750,000 $2,000,000 for 
71.20 	a facility that houses three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, School 
71.21 	Readiness, Early Childhood Family Education, licensed child care, and other early 
71.22 	childhood intervention programs. 
71.23 	(3) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds. 
71.24 	The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.

71.25 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256E.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.26 		Subd. 2.Grant priority. (a) The commissioner must give priority to:
71.27 	(1) projects in counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of children 
71.28 	living in poverty;
71.29 	(2) grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs under this section; 
71.30 	and 
71.31 	(3) where feasible, grants for programs that utilize Youthbuild under sections 
71.32 	116L.361 to 116L.366 for at least 25 percent of each grant awarded or $50,000 of the labor 
71.33 	portion of the construction, whichever is less, if:
72.1 	(i) the work is appropriate for Youthbuild, as mutually agreed upon by the grantee 
72.2 	and the local Youthbuild program, considering safety and skills needed;
72.3 	(ii) it is demonstrated by Youthbuild that using Youthbuild will not increase the 
72.4 	overall cost of the project; and
72.5 	(iii) eligible programs consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver 
72.6 	education and training.
72.7 	(b) The commissioner may give priority to:
72.8 	(1) projects that collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and 
72.9 	school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child care, nontraditional hour 
72.10 	care, and programs that include services to refugee and immigrant families; and
72.11 	(2) grants for programs that will increase their child care workers' wages as a result 
72.12 	of the grant; and
72.13 	(3) projects that will improve the quality of early childhood programs. 

72.14 	Sec. 43. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

72.15	Subd. 4. Red Rock Corridor Transit Way
				500,000
	
72.16 	For preliminary engineering and 
72.17 	environmental review, acquisition of 
72.18 	real property or interests in real property 
72.19 	and construction of the Red Rock corridor 
72.20 	transit way from Hastings through St. Paul 
72.21 	to Minneapolis.
72.22 	This appropriation may not be spent for 
72.23 	capital improvements within a trunk highway 
72.24 	right-of-way.

72.25 	Sec. 44. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 12, as amended by 
72.26 	Laws 2006, chapter 171, section 2, and Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 50, is amended to 
72.27 	read:

72.28	Subd. 12.  Bioscience Development
				18,500,000
	
72.29 	For grants to political subdivisions to 
72.30 	predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, 
72.31 	and equip publicly owned infrastructure 
72.32 	required to support bioscience development 
72.33 	in this state. 
73.1 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
73.2 	Worthington. 
73.3 	$14,000,000 cumulatively is for grants to the 
73.4 	counties of Ramsey and Anoka for public 
73.5 	improvements to the portion of County 
73.6 	Road J located within each county, and 
73.7 	for road and bridge improvement costs at 
73.8 	marked Trunk Highway 36 and Rice Street 
73.9 	in Ramsey County in support of bioscience 
73.10 	business development. This amount may be 
73.11 	used to repay loans the proceeds of which 
73.12 	were used for the public improvement. The 
73.13 	grants to the individual counties shall be 
73.14 	in amounts proportionate to the individual 
73.15 	counties' costs associated with the public 
73.16 	improvements.
73.17 	$2,000,000 is for bioscience business 
73.18 	development public infrastructure grants 
73.19 	under new Minnesota Statutes, section 
73.20 	116J.435.

73.21 	Sec. 45. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 5, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

73.22	Subd.  3.Frechette Hall Asset Preservation
 				25,000
	
73.23 	To begin to design the renovation of 
73.24 	Frechette Hall, including a new electrical 
73.25 	system, new HVAC system, new windows, 
73.26 	plumbing upgrades, removal of the fireplace 
73.27 	and sunken seating in the commons area, 
73.28 	addition of recreational space for students to 
73.29 	utilize during inclement weather, and repair 
73.30 	of the Scout Cabin.For asset preservation 
73.31 	on either campus of the academies, to be 
73.32 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
73.33 	section 16B.307.

74.1 	Sec. 46. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 8, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

74.2
74.3	Subd. 4.Koochiching Renewable Energy 
Clean Air Project (RECAP)
 				2,500,000
	
74.4 	For a grant to Koochiching County to 
74.5 	prepare a site for andor the Koochiching 
74.6 	Development Authority to design, construct, 
74.7 	and equip a plasma torch gasification facility 
74.8 	that converts municipal solid waste into 
74.9 	energy and slag, reducing the need to dispose 
74.10 	of the waste in a landfill.
74.11 	After the design has been completed, this 
74.12 	appropriation may be used for any or all or 
74.13 	any combination of the following: (1) to 
74.14 	upgrade an existing waste transfer station 
74.15 	in Koochiching County to serve the facility 
74.16 	by performing site work, construction, or 
74.17 	placement of equipment; or (2) to prepare a 
74.18 	site for or to construct or equip a portion of 
74.19 	the plasma torch gasification facility.
74.20 	This appropriation, or any portion of it, is 
74.21 	not available until the commissioner has 
74.22 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
74.23 	been committed to the project as matched, 
74.24 	dollar for dollar, with money from nonstate 
74.25 	sources.

74.26 	Sec. 47. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

74.27	Subd.  5.Red Rock corridor transit way
 				500,000
	
74.28 	For preliminary engineering and 
74.29 	environmental review, acquisition of 
74.30 	real property or interests in real property and 
74.31 	construction of the Red Rock corridor transit 
74.32 	way between Hastings and Minneapolis via 
74.33 	St. Paul.

75.1 	Sec. 48. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws 
75.2 	2008, chapter 179, section 66, is amended to read:

75.3	Subd.  14. Itasca County - infrastructure
 				12,000,000 
	
75.4 	For a grant to Itasca County for public 
75.5 	infrastructure needed to support a steel plant 
75.6 	in Itasca County and economic development 
75.7 	projects in the surrounding area. Grant 
75.8 	money may be used by Itasca County and the 
75.9 	Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority 
75.10 	 to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
75.11 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water, and
75.12 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
75.13 	roads and rail lines,; and, in cooperation 
75.14 	with Nashwauk Municipal Utility, may be 
75.15 	used by the Public Utilities Commission 
75.16 	to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
75.17 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water and
75.18 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
75.19 	natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure, 
75.20 	water supply systems, and wastewater 
75.21 	collection and treatment systems. If the 
75.22 	county determines that any of the listed uses 
75.23 	are not needed, then the grant may be used 
75.24 	for the remaining listed uses.
75.25 	The public ownership requirement contained 
75.26 	in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), 
75.27 	of the Minnesota Constitution may be 
75.28 	satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca 
75.29 	County Regional Railroad Authority, or 
75.30 	the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission 
75.31 	possessing the required ownership interest 
75.32 	even though the grant is only to Itasca 
75.33 	County.
76.1 	Up to $4,000,000 of this appropriation may 
76.2 	be spent before the full financing for either 
76.3 	project has been closed. 

76.4 	Sec. 49. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

76.5	Subd. 2.State Road Construction
 				1,717,694,000
	
76.6 	(a) For the actual construction, 
76.7 	reconstruction, and improvement of 
76.8 	trunk highways, including design-build 
76.9 	contracts and consultant usage to support 
76.10 	these activities. This includes the cost 
76.11 	of actual payments to landowners for 
76.12 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
76.13 	payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
76.14 	relocation expenses. This appropriation is in 
76.15 	the following amounts:
76.16 	(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the 
76.17 	commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of 
76.18 	this amount for program delivery;
76.19 	(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the 
76.20 	commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of 
76.21 	this amount for program delivery; and
76.22 	(3) $200,000,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal 
76.23 	years 2011 and 2012, and the commissioner 
76.24 	may use up to $34,000,000 of the amount in 
76.25 	each fiscal year for program delivery; and
76.26 	(4) $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for 
76.27 	fiscal years 2011 through 2018 2013 through 
76.28 	2016, and the commissioner may use up to 
76.29 	$17,000,000 of the amount in each fiscal year 
76.30 	for program delivery.
76.31 	(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009, 
76.32 	$40,000,000 is for construction of 
76.33 	interchanges involving a trunk highway, 
77.1 	where the interchange will promote economic 
77.2 	development, increase employment, relieve 
77.3 	growing traffic congestion, and promote 
77.4 	traffic safety. The amount under this 
77.5 	paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to 
77.6 	the department's metropolitan district, and 50 
77.7 	percent to districts in greater Minnesota.
77.8 	(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009 
77.9 	and 2010, the commissioner shall use 
77.10 	$300,000,000 each year for predesign, 
77.11 	design, preliminary engineering, 
77.12 	right-of-way acquisition, construction, 
77.13 	reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges 
77.14 	in the trunk highway bridge improvement 
77.15 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
77.16 	165.14.
77.17 	(d) Of the total appropriation under this 
77.18 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use at 
77.19 	least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit 
77.20 	facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk 
77.21 	highways.
77.22 	(e) Of the total appropriation under this 
77.23 	subdivision provided to the Department of 
77.24 	Transportation's district 7, the commissioner 
77.25 	shall first expend funds as necessary to 
77.26 	accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk 
77.27 	highway classified as a medium priority 
77.28 	interregional corridor, (2) are included in the 
77.29 	district's long-range transportation plan, but 
77.30 	are not included in the state transportation 
77.31 	improvement program or the ten-year 
77.32 	highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity 
77.33 	from a two-lane highway to a freeway 
77.34 	or expressway, as defined in Minnesota 
77.35 	Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 19. The 
78.1 	commissioner shall establish as the highest 
78.2 	priority under this paragraph any project that 
78.3 	currently has a final environmental impact 
78.4 	statement completed. The requirement 
78.5 	under this paragraph does not change the 
78.6 	department's funding allocation process 
78.7 	or the amount otherwise allocated to each 
78.8 	transportation district.
78.9 	(f) The appropriation in this subdivision 
78.10 	cancels as specified under section 16A.642, 
78.11 	except that the commissioner of management 
78.12 	and budget shall count the start of 
78.13 	authorization for issuance of state bonds as 
78.14 	the first day of the fiscal year specified under 
78.15 	paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), 
78.16 	respectively, and not as the date of enactment 
78.17 	of this subdivision.

78.18 	Sec. 50. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 5, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

78.19
78.20	Subd. 4.Mott Memorial Hall Technology 
Center
 				100,000
	
78.21 	To predesign the renovation of Mott 
78.22 	Memorial Hall a technology center for the 
78.23 	Minnesota State Academies.

78.24 	Sec. 51. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

78.25
78.26	Subd. 8.Mississippi River Aquatic Invasive 
Species Barrier
 				500,000
	
78.27 	To predesign and, design, renovate, 
78.28 	or construct an adequate barrier in the 
78.29 	Mississippi River to prevent aquatic invasive 
78.30 	species from migrating up river. This money 
78.31 	may be used by the commissioner to match 
78.32 	available federal money and money from 
78.33 	other states. The commissioner must inform 
78.34 	and work with affected federal and state 
79.1 	agencies and local communities along the 
79.2 	Mississippi River before constructing the 
79.3 	river barrier.

79.4 	Sec. 52. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 27, is amended to read:

79.5
79.6	Subd. 27.State Trail Acquisition, 
Rehabilitation, and Development
 				15,320,000
	
79.7 	To acquire land for and to construct and 
79.8 	renovate state trails under Minnesota 
79.9 	Statutes, section 85.015.
79.10 	$970,000 is for the Chester Woods Trail from 
79.11 	Rochester to Dover.
79.12 	$700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
79.13 	$750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace 
79.14 	an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail 
79.15 	at Highway 120 with a grade-separated 
79.16 	crossing.
79.17 	$1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail 
79.18 	between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State 
79.19 	Park.
79.20 	$1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail 
79.21 	from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota. 
79.22 	$1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail.
79.23 	$500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from 
79.24 	Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.
79.25 	$150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within 
79.26 	the city of Faribault.
79.27 	$1,500,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail 
79.28 	from Appleton to Milan the Marsh Lake 
79.29 	Dam.
79.30 	$2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from 
79.31 	Walker to Guthrie.
80.1 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail from 
80.2 	Preston to Forestville State Park.
80.3 	$100,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
80.4 	eastern extension.
80.5 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
80.6 	eastern extension Wagon Wheel.
80.7 	$550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail 
80.8 	with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.
80.9 	$3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.
80.10 	For any project listed in this subdivision that 
80.11 	the commissioner determines is not ready to 
80.12 	proceed, the commissioner may allocate that 
80.13 	project's money to another state trail project 
80.14 	in this subdivision. The chairs of the house 
80.15 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
80.16 	over environment and natural resources 
80.17 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
80.18 	districts must be notified of any changes.

80.19 	Sec. 53. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

80.20
80.21	Subd. 9.Itasca County - Steel Plant 
Infrastructure
 				28,000,000
	
80.22 	For a grant to Itasca County for public 
80.23 	infrastructure needed to support a steel plant 
80.24 	in Itasca County and economic development 
80.25 	projects in the surrounding area. Grant 
80.26 	money may be used by Itasca County and the 
80.27 	Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority
80.28 	to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
80.29 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water, and
80.30 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
80.31 	roads and rail lines,; and in cooperation with
80.32 	may be used by the Nashwauk Municipal 
80.33 	Utility, Public Utilities Commission to 
80.34 	acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of 
81.1 	wetlands and runoff of storm water and
81.2 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
81.3 	natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure, 
81.4 	water supply systems, and wastewater 
81.5 	collection and treatment systems. If the 
81.6 	county determines that any of the listed uses 
81.7 	are not needed, then the grant may be used 
81.8 	for the remaining listed uses.
81.9 	The public ownership requirement contained 
81.10 	in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), 
81.11 	of the Minnesota Constitution may be 
81.12 	satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca 
81.13 	County Regional Railroad Authority, or 
81.14 	the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission 
81.15 	possessing the required ownership interest 
81.16 	even though the grant is only to Itasca 
81.17 	County.

81.18 	Sec. 54. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

81.19	Subd. 3.Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
 				2,000,000
	
81.20 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington for 
81.21 	removal and replacement of to renovate
81.22 	the old Cedar Avenue bridge for bicycle 
81.23 	commuters and recreational users. This 
81.24 	appropriation is added to the appropriation 
81.25 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, 
81.26 	subdivision 8.

81.27 	Sec. 55. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

81.28	Subd. 2.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

81.29	(a) Building 9 Demolition
				1,000,000
	
81.30 	To demolish Building 9 and, relocate 
81.31 	a water main serving the campus, and 
81.32 	make associated site improvements and 
82.1 	modifications necessary to complete the 
82.2 	project. This appropriation is to cover 100 
82.3 	percent of the cost of this portion of the 
82.4 	project.

82.5	(b) New Nursing Facility
				9,100,000
	
82.6 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
82.7 	100-bed nursing facility on the Minneapolis 
82.8 	campus.
82.9 	The appropriation is to cover the 35 percent 
82.10 	state share of this portion of the project.

82.11 	Sec. 56. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
82.12 		Subd. 2.Management. All lands acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park must be 
82.13 	administered in the same manner as provided for other state parks and must be perpetually 
82.14 	dedicated for that use. After acquisition of lands for Lake Vermilion State Park, but prior 
82.15 	to any infrastructure development for the state park, public access and use, including, 
82.16 	but not limited to, hunting, fishing, and trail use, shall continue as allowed prior to the 
82.17 	acquisition. No additional restrictions may be implemented for public access and use until 
82.18 	development of state park infrastructure commences.

82.19 	Sec. 57. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 25, is amended to read:
82.20 	Sec. 25. ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 82.21 	The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift or purchase the lands 
82.22 	for Lake Vermilion State Park. Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0272, subdivision 1, does 
82.23 	not apply to a purchase, except for the requirement that the lands be appraised. The 
82.24 	commissioner must not pay more than 12 percent above the appraised value of the land.

82.25 	Sec. 58. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

82.26	Subd. 5.Intercity Passenger Rail Projects
 				26,000,000
	
82.27 	To implement capital improvements and 
82.28 	betterments for intercity passenger rail 
82.29 	projects as identified in the statewide freight 
82.30 	and passenger rail plan under Minnesota 
82.31 	Statutes, section 174.03, subdivision 1b, 
82.32 	which are determined to be eligible for 
83.1 	USDOT funding. Notwithstanding any 
83.2 	law to the contrary, a portion or phase 
83.3 	of an intercity passenger rail project may 
83.4 	be accomplished with one or more state 
83.5 	appropriations, and an intercity passenger rail 
83.6 	project need not be completed with any one 
83.7 	appropriation. Capital improvements and 
83.8 	betterments include preliminary engineering, 
83.9 	design, engineering, environmental analysis 
83.10 	and mitigation, acquisition of land and 
83.11 	right-of-way, and construction. The 
83.12 	commissioner may spend a portion of this 
83.13 	appropriation to pay for capital costs of 
83.14 	agency staff directly attributable to this 
83.15 	capital project, consistent with the policies 
83.16 	adopted by the Department of Management 
83.17 	and Budget. 

83.18 	Sec. 59. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 20, is amended to read:

83.19	Sec. 20. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 					
83.20 	The commissioner of finance management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
83.21 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2011, no more 
83.22 	than $1,085,281,000 $957,805,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to 
83.23 	the state bond fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding 
83.24 	state general obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general 
83.25 	obligation bonds, the commissioner of finance management and budget shall calculate the 
83.26 	amount of debt service payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the 
83.27 	amount of debt service payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. 
83.28 	The commissioner shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
83.29 	within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments 
83.30 	is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

83.31 	Sec. 60. LEASE REVENUE; ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
 83.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 2, the Board of 
83.33 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall pay the commissioner 
83.34 	of management and budget one-third of the lease revenue received from the property 
84.1 	acquired for St. Cloud Technical College pursuant to Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 3, 
84.2 	subdivision 22, paragraph (c). The commissioner shall deposit the amount received in the 
84.3 	state bond fund to be used to pay, redeem, or defease bonds issued to finance the property 
84.4 	in accordance with the commissioner's order authorizing their issuance. The commissioner 
84.5 	shall credit the board's total general obligation bond debt service assessment by an amount 
84.6 	equal to the lease revenue it receives from the board under this provision.

84.7 	Sec. 61. BUY AMERICAN/BUY LOCAL CERTIFICATION.
 84.8 	(a) No money appropriated in this act may be spent to acquire and better public land 
84.9 	and buildings and make other improvements of a capital nature until the commissioner of 
84.10 	management and budget receives a certification from the entity to whom the appropriation 
84.11 	was made that: (1) all iron, steel, and manufactured goods to be purchased are produced 
84.12 	in the United States and obtained through local suppliers and manufacturers; and (2) 
84.13 	preference will be given to the employment of local workers when workers are hired 
84.14 	in connection with the project.
84.15 	(b) The certification required in paragraph (a) is not required if the entity certifies 
84.16 	to the commissioner of management and budget before any money appropriated by this 
84.17 	act is spent that: (1) the iron, steel, and other relevant goods are not produced in the 
84.18 	United States and this state in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of satisfactory 
84.19 	quality; or (2) requiring iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States 
84.20 	and this state will increase the overall cost of the project.
84.21 	The entity must also publish the certificate under this paragraph in the State Register 
84.22 	promptly after it is submitted to the commissioner.

84.23 	Sec. 62. REPORT ON JOBS CREATED OR RETAINED.
 84.24 	The commissioner of employment and economic development shall report to the 
84.25 	house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment 
84.26 	on the direct, indirect, and spin off jobs created or retained as a result of the projects 
84.27 	funded in this act. The report must include, but is not limited to, the following information: 
84.28 	the number and types of jobs for each project, whether new or retained, where the jobs 
84.29 	were located, and pay ranges. The Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, the 
84.30 	Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and each agency 
84.31 	appropriated money in this act shall collect and provide the information at the time and in 
84.32 	the manner required by the commissioner of employment and economic development. 
84.33 	The commissioner's report must be compiled using information supplied by each of the 
84.34 	agencies appropriated money in this act. The report is due February 15, 2012.

85.1 	Sec. 63. E-VERIFY USE REQUIRED.
 85.2 	Any person or entity using money appropriated in this act must use the federal 
85.3 	electronic work verification program known as E-Verify in hiring any person for work on 
85.4 	a project paid for in part or in whole with money appropriated in this act. This applies to 
85.5 	hires made on or after the effective date of this section.

85.6 	Sec. 64. REPEALER.
 85.7 	Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 45, is repealed.

85.8 	Sec. 65. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 85.9 	Except as otherwise provided, this article is effective the day following final 
85.10 	enactment.

85.11 	ARTICLE 2
85.12 	FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION AND PREVENTION

85.13 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION SUMMARY.
 85.14 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
85.15 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
85.16 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
85.17 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
85.18 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
85.19 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), or 
85.20 	article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, state agencies or officials may spend a portion of 
85.21 	an appropriation under this article to pay for the capital costs of staff directly attributable 
85.22 	to the capital project or projects funded by the appropriation consistent with policies 
85.23 	adopted by the Department of Management and Budget. Unless otherwise specified, the 
85.24 	appropriations in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject 
85.25 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

85.26	SUMMARY
	
85.27	Natural Resources
	$
	50,000,000
	
85.28	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		30,000,000
	
85.29	Bond Sale Expenses
		80,000
	
85.30	TOTAL
	$
	80,080,000
	
85.31	Bond Proceeds Fund
		80,080,000

85.32						APPROPRIATIONS

86.1	Sec. 2. NATURAL RESOURCES

86.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	50,000,000
	
86.3 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
86.4 	the purposes specified in this section.
86.5 	To the extent possible, a person conducting 
86.6 	prairie restoration with state money must 
86.7 	plant vegetation or sow seed only of ecotypes 
86.8 	native to Minnesota, and preferably of the 
86.9 	local ecotype, using a high diversity of 
86.10 	species originating from as close to the 
86.11 	restoration site as possible, and protect 
86.12 	existing native prairies from genetic 
86.13 	contamination.

86.14	Subd. 2.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				50,000,000
	
86.15 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
86.16 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
86.17 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
86.18 	damage under Minnesota  Statutes, section 
86.19 	103F.161, and enhance natural resources 
86.20 	consistent with the flood damage reduction 
86.21 	mediation agreement. Within this paragraph, 
86.22 	the commissioner shall determine project 
86.23 	priorities as appropriate, based on need.
86.24 	(b) $23,500,000 is for the following Red 
86.25 	River Basin impoundment projects: 
86.26 	(1) Bois de Sioux Watershed District, North 
86.27 	Ottawa, and Redpath projects;
86.28 	(2) Brandt-Angus;
86.29 	(3) Hay Creek-Norland; and
86.30 	(4) Wild Rice River Watershed District, 
86.31 	South Branch project.
86.32 	For any project listed in this paragraph 
86.33 	that the commissioner determines is not 
87.1 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
87.2 	money allocated to it, the commissioner 
87.3 	may allocate that project's money to another 
87.4 	impoundment project identified in the flood 
87.5 	damage reduction mediation agreement. 
87.6 	(c) $26,500,000 is for the following projects:
87.7 	(1) Ada;
87.8 	(2) Afton;
87.9 	(3) Austin;
87.10 	(4) Clay County;
87.11 	(5) Crookston;
87.12 	(6) Granite Falls;
87.13 	(7) Montevideo;
87.14 	(8) Moorhead;
87.15 	(9) Oakport Township;
87.16 	(10) Oslo;
87.17 	(11) Roseau;
87.18 	(12) Rushford; and
87.19 	(13) Halstad, Shelly, Nielsville, Climax, St. 
87.20 	Vincent, Felton, Borup, Perley, Hendrum, 
87.21 	and Georgetown, all in the Red River Basin.
87.22 	To the extent that the cost of a project 
87.23 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
87.24 	income in the municipality multiplied by the 
87.25 	number of households in the municipality, 
87.26 	this appropriation is also for the local share 
87.27 	of the project.

87.28
87.29	Sec. 3. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

87.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	30,000,000
	
87.31 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
87.32 	for the purposes specified in this section.
88.1 	To the extent possible, a person conducting 
88.2 	prairie restoration with state money must 
88.3 	plant vegetation or sow seed only of ecotypes 
88.4 	native to Minnesota, and preferably of the 
88.5 	local ecotype, using a high diversity of 
88.6 	species originating from as close to the 
88.7 	restoration site as possible, and protect 
88.8 	existing native prairies from genetic 
88.9 	contamination.

88.10	Subd. 2.RIM Conservation Reserve
 				30,000,000
	
88.11 	(a) To acquire conservation easements from 
88.12 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, 
88.13 	and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance 
88.14 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
88.15 	associated uplands in order to protect soil 
88.16 	and water quality; support fish and wildlife 
88.17 	habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide 
88.18 	other public benefits. The provisions of 
88.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply 
88.20 	to this appropriation, except that the board 
88.21 	may establish alternative payment rates for 
88.22 	easements and practices to establish restored 
88.23 	native prairies, as defined in Minnesota 
88.24 	Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 7, and 
88.25 	to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up 
88.26 	to ten percent may be used to implement the 
88.27 	program.
88.28 	The board shall give priority to the area 
88.29 	designated for relief and recovery from the 
88.30 	flooding that occurred on or after August 
88.31 	18, 2007, in the area of southeast Minnesota 
88.32 	designated under Presidential Declaration of 
88.33 	Major Disaster DR-1717.
88.34 	At least $2,000,000 of this amount is 
88.35 	available for use by the Cedar River and 
89.1 	Turtle Creek Watershed Districts in Freeborn, 
89.2 	Mower, and Steele Counties to restore 
89.3 	wetlands and reduce flooding in the Austin 
89.4 	area.
89.5 	Up to $8,000,000 of this amount is available 
89.6 	for use in Minnesota counties in the Red 
89.7 	River Basin to restore wetlands and reduce 
89.8 	flooding.
89.9 	Up to $500,000 is for use in the Rum River 
89.10 	watershed.
89.11 	Up to $500,000 is for use in Area II.
89.12 	$7,500,000 is for use in the seven-county 
89.13 	metropolitan area.
89.14 	(b) The board is authorized to enter into 
89.15 	new agreements and amend past agreements 
89.16 	with landowners as required by Minnesota 
89.17 	Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 
89.18 	5, to allow for restoration, including 
89.19 	overseeding and harvesting of native prairie 
89.20 	vegetation for use for energy production in 
89.21 	a manner that does not devalue the natural 
89.22 	habitat, water quality benefits, or carbon 
89.23 	sequestration functions of the area enrolled 
89.24 	in the easement. This shall occur after seed 
89.25 	production and minimize impacts on wildlife. 
89.26 	Of this appropriation, up to five percent 
89.27 	may be used for restoration, including 
89.28 	overseeding. The board must submit to the 
89.29 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
89.30 	environment finance and capital investment 
89.31 	an interim report on this program by October 
89.32 	1, 2010, and a final report by February 1, 
89.33 	2011.

89.34	Sec. 4. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	80,000
	
90.1 	To the commissioner of management 
90.2 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
90.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
90.4 	subdivision 8.

90.5 	Sec. 5. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS.
 90.6 	To provide the money appropriated in this article from the bond proceeds fund, the 
90.7 	commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
90.8 	amount up to $80,080,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
90.9 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
90.10 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

90.11 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.161, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
90.12 		Subdivision 1.Grants authorized. (a) The commissioner may make grants to 
90.13 	local governments to:
90.14 	(1) conduct floodplain damage reduction studies to determine the most feasible, 
90.15 	practical, and effective methods and programs for mitigating the damages due to flooding 
90.16 	within flood prone rural and urban areas and their watersheds; and
90.17 	(2) plan and implement flood mitigation measures.
90.18 	(b) The commissioner may cooperate with the North Dakota State Water 
90.19 	Commission, local governmental units, and local water management organizations in this 
90.20 	state and in North Dakota, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to develop 
90.21 	hydrologic models and conduct studies to evaluate the practicality and feasibility of flood 
90.22 	control measures along the Red River from East Grand Forks to the Canadian border. 
90.23 	The commissioner may make grants to local governmental units for these purposes. 
90.24 	Flood control measures that may be investigated include agricultural and urban levee 
90.25 	systems, wetland restoration, floodwater impoundments, farmstead ring-dikes, and stream 
90.26 	maintenance activities. The commissioner must not make any grants or spend any money 
90.27 	for the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan diversion project proposed by the United States 
90.28 	Army Corps of Engineers until the federal government commits to fund and implement at 
90.29 	the same time mitigation and prevention measures to insure that no additional water will 
90.30 	affect land and communities downstream from the diversion.

90.31 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.161, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
90.32 		Subd. 3.Red River basin flood mitigation projects. Notwithstanding subdivision 
90.33 	2, a grant for implementation of a flood hazard mitigation project in the Red River basin 
91.1 	that is consistent with the 1998 mediation agreement and approved by the Red River flood 
91.2 	damage reduction work group may be for up to 75 percent of the cost of the proposed 
91.3 	mitigation measures for the Agassiz-Audubon, North Ottawa, Hay Creek, and Thief 
91.4 	River subwatershed projects.

91.5 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 91.6 	This article is effective the day following final enactment.