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; authorizing the sale of state bonds; modifying previous 
1.5 	appropriations; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.6 	sections 16A.501; 16A.66, subdivision 2; 16B.26; 16B.335, subdivision 1; 
1.7 	85.015, by adding a subdivision; 103F.161, subdivision 3; 103F.515, by adding 
1.8 	a subdivision; 116J.435, as amended; 174.50, subdivisions 6, 7; 256E.37, 
1.9 	subdivisions 1, 2; 403.275, subdivision 2; 462A.36, subdivision 2; Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivisions 1, 5; Laws 2005, 
1.11 	chapter 20, article 1, sections 19, subdivision 4; 23, subdivision 12, as amended; 
1.12 	Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 5, subdivision 3; 8, subdivision 4; 17, 
1.13 	subdivision 5; 21, subdivisions 4, as amended, 14, as amended; Laws 2008, 
1.14 	chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 
1.15 	5, subdivision 4; 7, subdivisions 8, 27; 21, subdivision 9; Laws 2008, chapter 
1.16 	365, sections 4, subdivision 3; 5, subdivision 2; 24, subdivision 2; 25; Laws 
1.17 	2009, chapter 93, article 1, sections 11, subdivision 5; 20; proposing coding 
1.18 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 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	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.22 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.23 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.24 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.25 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.26 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
1.27 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
1.28 	or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act for a capital 
1.29 	program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly 
1.30 	to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the 
2.1 	commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
2.2 	in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
2.3 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

2.4	SUMMARY
	
2.5	University of Minnesota
	$
	100,001,000
	
2.6	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
		239,920,000
	
2.7	Education
		7,780,000
	
2.8	Minnesota State Academies
		2,500,000
	
2.9	Perpich Center for Arts Education
		1,373,000
	
2.10	Natural Resources
		126,254,000
	
2.11	Pollution Control Agency
		14,275,000
	
2.12	Board of Water and Soil Resources
		27,500,000
	
2.13	Zoological Garden
		21,000,000
	
2.14	Administration
		11,175,000
	
2.15	Amateur Sports Commission
		8,450,000
	
2.16	Military Affairs
		11,900,000
	
2.17	Public Safety
		15,000,000
	
2.18	Transportation
		156,227,000
	
2.19	Metropolitan Council
		79,100,000
	
2.20	Health
		15,000,000
	
2.21	Human Services
		51,625,000
	
2.22	Veterans Affairs
		13,900,000
	
2.23	Corrections
		23,829,000
	
2.24	Employment and Economic Development
		121,965,000
	
2.25	Public Facilities Authority
		57,000,000
	
2.26	Housing Finance Agency
		10,000,000
	
2.27	Minnesota Historical Society
		13,757,000
	
2.28	Bond Sale Expenses
		1,079,000
	
2.29	Cancellations
		(27,562,000)
	
2.30	TOTAL
	$
	1,103,048,000
	
2.31	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		936,937,000
	
2.32	Bond Proceeds Fund (User Financed Debt Service)
		66,148,000
	
2.33	Maximum Effort School Loan Fund
		5,780,000
	
2.34	State Transportation Fund
		66,000,000
	
2.35	Trunk Highway Fund Bond Proceeds Account
		32,945,000
	
2.36	Trunk Highway Fund
		22,800,000
	
2.37	Bond Proceeds Cancellations
		(9,062,000)
	
2.38	Trunk Highway Bond Proceeds Cancellations
		(18,500,000)

2.39						APPROPRIATIONS

2.40	Sec. 2. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

2.41	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	100,001,000
	
3.1 	To the Board of Regents of the University 
3.2 	of Minnesota for the purposes specified in 
3.3 	this section.

3.4
3.5	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				56,000,000
	
3.6 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
3.7 	Statutes, section 135A.046. 

3.8	Subd. 3.Twin Cities Campus

3.9	(a) Folwell Hall
				23,000,000
	
3.10 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip the 
3.11 	interior of Folwell Hall for teaching and 
3.12 	research space for College of Liberal Arts 
3.13 	programs.

3.14	(b) Physics and Nanotechnology
				4,000,000
	
3.15 	To predesign and design a new building to 
3.16 	house the research branch of the physics 
3.17 	program and the Center for Nanostructure 
3.18 	Applications. This appropriation is not 
3.19 	available until the board of regents has 
3.20 	certified to the commissioner of management 
3.21 	and budget that the building will not be 
3.22 	built within the area impacted by vibration 
3.23 	or magnetic resonance caused by light rail 
3.24 	transit on Washington Avenue.

3.25	Subd. 4.Duluth Campus

3.26	American Indian Learning Resource Center
				6,667,000
	
3.27 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
3.28 	American Indian Learning Resource Center.

3.29	Subd. 5.Itasca Biological Station

3.30
3.31	New Biological Station and Lakeside Lab 
Renovation
				3,667,000
	
3.32 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
3.33 	equip a new biological station and renovate 
4.1 	the classroom in the historic lakeside 
4.2 	laboratory at the University of Minnesota 
4.3 	facility in Itasca State Park.

4.4	Subd. 6.Laboratory Renovation
 				6,667,000
	
4.5 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
4.6 	research laboratories on the Crookston, 
4.7 	Duluth, Morris, and Twin Cities campuses.

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

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

4.33
4.34	Sec. 3. MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
AND UNIVERSITIES

5.1	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	239,920,000
	
5.2 	To the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
5.3 	State Colleges and Universities for the 
5.4 	purposes specified in this section.

5.5
5.6	Subd. 2.Higher Education Asset Preservation 
and Replacement (HEAPR)
 				52,000,000
	
5.7 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
5.8 	Statutes, section 135A.046.

5.9	Subd. 3.Alexandria Technical College

5.10	Main Building Renovation and Addition
				200,000
	
5.11 	To design the library, student services, and 
5.12 	student commons building and to complete 
5.13 	design for an infill addition to it.

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 and to renovate, furnish, 
5.18 	and equip the Fine Arts classroom and lab 
5.19 	building.

5.20	(b) Bioscience and Allied Health Addition
				400,000
	
5.21 	To complete design of a Bioscience and 
5.22 	Allied Health addition and renovation to 
5.23 	support Science Technology and Math 
5.24 	(STEM) and nursing program initiatives.

5.25	Subd. 5.Dakota County Technical College

5.26
5.27	Transportation and Emerging Technologies 
Lab
				300,000
	
5.28 	To complete design of the transportation 
5.29 	and emerging technologies classrooms, 
5.30 	laboratories, and related spaces.

5.31
5.32	Subd. 6.Hennepin Technical College, Eden 
Prairie, Brooklyn Park

6.1
6.2	Learning Resource and Student Services 
Renovation
				10,566,000
	
6.3 	To renovate, furnish, and equip existing 
6.4 	space at the Brooklyn Park and Eden 
6.5 	Prairie campuses for a Library and Learning 
6.6 	Resource Center and student services with an 
6.7 	addition and new entrances at both campuses.

6.8	Subd. 7.Lake Superior College

6.9	Health Science Center
				12,098,000
	
6.10 	To construct, furnish, and equip a new Health 
6.11 	and Science Center addition and to design 
6.12 	renovation of existing spaces.

6.13	Subd. 8.Metropolitan State University

6.14	Classroom Center
				5,860,000
	
6.15 	To construct, furnish, and equip 
6.16 	technology-enhanced classrooms and 
6.17 	academic offices located above the power 
6.18 	plant building. This appropriation includes 
6.19 	money to demolish the power plant annex to 
6.20 	enable the new construction.

6.21
6.22	Subd. 9.Minneapolis Community and 
Technical College

6.23	Workforce Program Renovation
				12,990,000
	
6.24 	To complete design and to renovate, furnish, 
6.25 	and equip instructional space, support space, 
6.26 	and infrastructure for workforce programs.

6.27
6.28	Subd. 10.Minnesota State Community and 
Technical College, Moorhead

6.29	Library and Classroom Addition
				5,448,000
	
6.30 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
6.31 	and equip a classroom and library addition, 
6.32 	and to demolish obsolete space.

6.33	Subd. 11.Minnesota State University, Mankato

7.1	Clinical Science Building Design
				1,908,000
	
7.2 	To design for construction a Clinical Science 
7.3 	Building.

7.4
7.5	Subd. 12.Minnesota State University, 
Moorhead

7.6
7.7	Livingston Lord Library and Information 
Technology Renovation
				14,901,000
	
7.8 	To complete design and to renovate, furnish, 
7.9 	and equip Livingston Lord Library.

7.10
7.11	Subd. 13.Minnesota West Community and 
Technical College, Canby

7.12	Wind Turbine Training Facility 
				200,000
	
7.13 	For preliminary engineering and design of   a 
7.14 	commercial scale wind turbine for the wind 
7.15 	energy technology program.

7.16
7.17	Subd. 14.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Eveleth

7.18	Shop Space Addition
				5,477,000
	
7.19 	To construct, furnish, and equip shop space 
7.20 	for the industrial mechanical technology 
7.21 	and carpentry programs. This appropriation 
7.22 	includes funding for renovation of existing 
7.23 	space for Americans with Disabilities Act 
7.24 	(ADA) compliance.

7.25
7.26	Subd. 15.NHED Mesabi Range Community 
and Technical College, Virginia

7.27	Iron Range Engineering Program Facilities
				3,000,000
	
7.28 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
7.29 	and equip an addition to and renovation 
7.30 	of existing space for laboratories, flexible 
7.31 	classrooms, and office space for the 
7.32 	engineering program on the Virginia campus.

7.33	Subd. 16.Normandale Community College

8.1
8.2	Academic Partnership Center and Student 
Services
				1,000,000
	
8.3 	To design a new building for classrooms 
8.4 	and offices and to design renovation of the 
8.5 	Student Services Building.

8.6	Subd. 17.North Hennepin Community College

8.7
8.8	(a) Bioscience and Health Careers Center 
Addition
				600,000
	
8.9 	To complete design of a new building 
8.10 	for Bioscience and Health Careers Center 
8.11 	laboratory and classroom space.

8.12	(b) Center for Business and Technology
				14,782,000
	
8.13 	To construct, furnish, and equip an addition 
8.14 	to the Center for Business and Technology 
8.15 	and to renovate existing space for classrooms 
8.16 	and related space.

8.17
8.18	Subd. 18.Ridgewater Community Technical 
College, Willmar

8.19	Technical Instruction Renovation
				14,300,000
	
8.20 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
8.21 	classroom and existing instructional lab space 
8.22 	and construct an addition for circulation; and 
8.23 	to demolish obsolete space.

8.24
8.25	Subd. 19.Rochester Community Technical 
College

8.26	Workforce Center Colocation
				 8,500,000
	
8.27 	To complete the design and to construct, 
8.28 	furnish, and equip an addition to the 
8.29 	Heintz Center at Rochester Community 
8.30 	and Technical College and to renovate the 
8.31 	heating, ventilating, and air conditioning 
8.32 	systems. The addition will house the 
8.33 	Rochester Area Work Force Center. The 
8.34 	board of trustees must consult with the 
9.1 	commissioner of employment and economic 
9.2 	development on the design of the renovations 
9.3 	and addition. The board must enter into a 
9.4 	lease agreement with the commissioner of 
9.5 	employment and economic development 
9.6 	for use of the work force center. The lease 
9.7 	agreement must provide that lease payments 
9.8 	made by the commissioner will pay for the 
9.9 	college's reasonable costs in support of the 
9.10 	work force center.
9.11 	This appropriation is in addition to the 
9.12 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
9.13 	section 3, subdivision 23.

9.14	Subd. 20.South Central College, Faribault
 				13,360,000

9.15	Classroom Renovation and Addition
					
9.16 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
9.17 	and equip an addition, and to renovate space 
9.18 	for classrooms, a learning resource center, 
9.19 	related spaces, and laboratories.

9.20
9.21	Subd. 21.Southwest Minnesota State 
University

9.22	Science Lab Renovation
				200,000
	
9.23 	To complete design of the Science and Math 
9.24 	building renovation.

9.25	Subd. 22.St. Cloud State University

9.26
9.27	Integrated Science and Engineering 
Laboratory Facility
				42,334,000
	
9.28 	To complete design and to construct, 
9.29 	furnish, and equip Integrated Science and 
9.30 	Engineering Laboratory Facility.

9.31	Subd. 23.St. Cloud Technical College

9.32	Allied Health Center Renovation
				5,421,000
	
10.1 	To complete design and to renovate, furnish, 
10.2 	and equip an Allied Health Center.

10.3	Subd. 24.Classroom Initiatives and Demolition
 				3,883,000
	
10.4 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
10.5 	classrooms and academic space and demolish 
10.6 	obsolete space at the following campuses: 
10.7 	Central Lakes College, Brainerd; Minnesota 
10.8 	State Community Technical College, Wadena 
10.9 	and Moorhead; Minnesota West Community 
10.10 	Technical College, Pipestone; Northland 
10.11 	Community Technical College, Thief River 
10.12 	Falls; Pine Technical College, Pine City; and 
10.13 	Rochester Community Technical College, 
10.14 	Rochester.
10.15 	Campuses may use internal and nonstate 
10.16 	money to increase the size of the projects.

10.17
10.18	Subd. 25.Science, Technology, Engineering, 
and Math Initiatives
 				4,835,000
	
10.19 	To design, renovate, furnish, and equip 
10.20 	science laboratories and classrooms at 
10.21 	the following campuses: Bemidji State 
10.22 	University; Century College; Minnesota 
10.23 	State Community and Technical College, 
10.24 	Moorhead; Minnesota State University, 
10.25 	Moorhead; Northeast Higher Education 
10.26 	District, Hibbing College, Itasca Community 
10.27 	College, and Mesabi Range Eveleth; 
10.28 	Northwest Technical College; South Central 
10.29 	College, North Mankato.
10.30 	Campuses may use internal and nonstate 
10.31 	money to increase the size of the projects.

10.32	Subd. 26.Debt Service
 					
10.33 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the 
10.34 	board shall pay the debt service on one-third 
11.1 	of the principal amount of state bonds sold to 
11.2 	finance projects authorized by this section. 
11.3 	After each sale of general obligation bonds, 
11.4 	the commissioner of management and budget 
11.5 	shall notify the board of the amounts assessed 
11.6 	for each year for the life of the bonds.
11.7 	(b) The board need not pay debt service 
11.8 	on bonds sold to finance higher education 
11.9 	asset preservation and replacement. Where a 
11.10 	nonstate match is required, the debt service is 
11.11 	due on a principal amount equal to one-third 
11.12 	of the total project cost, less the match 
11.13 	committed before the bonds are sold. For 
11.14 	the workforce center colocation project 
11.15 	at Rochester Community and Technical 
11.16 	College, the board shall pay the debt service 
11.17 	on $1,079,000 of the principal amount of 
11.18 	state bonds sold to finance the project. The 
11.19 	commissioner of employment and economic 
11.20 	development shall pay the debt service on 
11.21 	$5,262,000 of the principal amount of state 
11.22 	bonds sold to finance the project, in the 
11.23 	manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
11.24 	section 16A.643.
11.25 	(c) The commissioner of management and 
11.26 	budget shall reduce the board's assessment 
11.27 	each year by one-third of the net income 
11.28 	from investment of general obligation bond 
11.29 	proceeds in proportion to the amount of 
11.30 	principal and interest otherwise required to 
11.31 	be paid by the board. The board shall pay its 
11.32 	resulting net assessment to the commissioner 
11.33 	of management and budget by December 
11.34 	1 each year. If the board fails to make 
11.35 	a payment when due, the commissioner 
11.36 	of management and budget shall reduce 
12.1 	allotments for appropriations from the 
12.2 	general fund otherwise available to the board 
12.3 	and apply the amount of the reduction to 
12.4 	cover the missed debt service payment. The 
12.5 	commissioner of management and budget 
12.6 	shall credit the payments received from the 
12.7 	board to the bond debt service account in 
12.8 	the state bond fund each December 1 before 
12.9 	money is transferred from the general fund 
12.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
12.11 	subdivision 10.

12.12	Subd. 27.Unspent Appropriations
 					
12.13 	(a) Upon substantial completion of a project 
12.14 	authorized in this section and after written 
12.15 	notice to the commissioner of management 
12.16 	and budget, the board must use any money 
12.17 	remaining in the appropriation for that 
12.18 	project for higher asset preservation and 
12.19 	replacement (HEAPR) under Minnesota 
12.20 	Statutes, section 135A.046. The Board 
12.21 	of Trustees must report by February 1 of 
12.22 	each even-numbered year to the chairs of 
12.23 	the house of representatives and senate 
12.24 	committees with jurisdiction over capital 
12.25 	investment and higher education finance, and 
12.26 	to the chairs of the house of representatives 
12.27 	Ways and Means Committee and the senate 
12.28 	Finance Committee, on how the remaining 
12.29 	money has been allocated or spent.
12.30 	(b) The unspent portion of an appropriation 
12.31 	for a project in this section that is complete 
12.32 	is available for higher education asset 
12.33 	preservation and replacement under this 
12.34 	subdivision, at the same campus as the 
12.35 	project for which the original appropriation 
13.1 	was made and the debt service requirement 
13.2 	under subdivision 27 is reduced accordingly. 
13.3 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
13.4 	from the date of the original appropriation to 
13.5 	the unspent amount transferred.

13.6	Sec. 4. EDUCATION

13.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	7,780,000
	
13.8 	To the commissioner of education for the 
13.9 	purposes specified in this section.

13.10
13.11	Subd. 2.Independent School District No. 38, 
Red Lake
 				5,780,000
	
13.12 	From the maximum effort school loan fund 
13.13 	for a capital loan to Independent School 
13.14 	District No. 38, Red Lake, as provided in 
13.15 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 126C.60 to 
13.16 	126C.72, to design, construct, furnish, and 
13.17 	equip renovation of existing facilities and 
13.18 	construction of new facilities.
13.19 	The project paid for with this appropriation 
13.20 	includes a portion of the renovation and 
13.21 	construction identified in the review and 
13.22 	comment performed by the commissioner of 
13.23 	education under the capital loan provisions 
13.24 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.69. This 
13.25 	portion includes renovation and construction 
13.26 	of a single kitchen and cafeteria to serve the 
13.27 	high school and middle school, a receiving 
13.28 	area and dock and adjacent drives, utilities, 
13.29 	and grading.
13.30 	Before any capital loan contract is approved 
13.31 	under this authorization, the district must 
13.32 	provide documentation acceptable to the 
13.33 	commissioner on how the capital loan will 
13.34 	be used. If any portion of the appropriation 
14.1 	remains after completion of the identified 
14.2 	project components, the district may, with 
14.3 	the commissioner's approval, use the money 
14.4 	for other items identified in the review and 
14.5 	comment submission.

14.6
14.7	Subd. 3.Library Accessibility and 
Improvement Grants
 				2,000,000
	
14.8 	For library accessibility and improvement 
14.9 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.10 	134.45.

14.11	Sec. 5. MINNESOTA STATE ACADEMIES

14.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	2,500,000
	
14.13 	To the commissioner of administration for 
14.14 	the purposes specified in this section.

14.15	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				2,000,000
	
14.16 	For asset preservation on both campuses of 
14.17 	the academies, to be spent in accordance with 
14.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

14.19	Subd. 3.Independent Living Housing
 				500,000
	
14.20 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
14.21 	equip independent living housing on the 
14.22 	Academy for the Blind campus. The project 
14.23 	will be conducted in collaboration with the 
14.24 	carpentry class of South Central College of 
14.25 	Faribault and provide housing for students 
14.26 	18 to 21 years of age in the nontraditional 
14.27 	student component of the Academy Plus 
14.28 	Transition program.

14.29
14.30	Sec. 6. PERPICH CENTER FOR ARTS 
EDUCATION

14.31	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	1,373,000
	
14.32 	To the commissioner of administration for 
14.33 	the purposes specified in this section.

15.1	Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition
 				755,000
	
15.2 	To demolish the Alpha Building.

15.3	Subd. 3.Delta Dorm Windows
 				489,000
	
15.4 	To install new windows in the Delta 
15.5 	Dormitory, completing the building's 
15.6 	renovations.

15.7	Subd. 4.Storage Building
 				129,000
	
15.8 	To construct a storage building on the site of 
15.9 	the demolished Alpha Building.

15.10	Sec. 7. NATURAL RESOURCES

15.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	126,254,000
	
15.12 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
15.13 	the purposes specified in this section.
15.14 	The appropriations in this section are 
15.15 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
15.16 	resources capital improvement program 
15.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
15.18 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
15.19 	to in this section provide more specific 
15.20 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
15.21 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

15.22	Subd. 2.Natural Resources Asset Preservation
 				1,000,000
	
15.23 	For the renovation of state-owned facilities 
15.24 	and recreational assets operated by the 
15.25 	commissioner of natural resources that can 
15.26 	be substantially completed within 12 months 
15.27 	after the effective date of this section, to be 
15.28 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
15.29 	section 84.946. The commissioner may 
15.30 	use this appropriation to replace buildings 
15.31 	if, considering the embedded energy in the 
16.1 	building, that is the most energy-efficient and 
16.2 	carbon-reducing method of renovation.

16.3	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				63,500,000
	
16.4 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
16.5 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
16.6 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
16.7 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.8 	103F.161. 
16.9 	(b) The commissioner shall determine project 
16.10 	priorities as appropriate, based on need. 
16.11 	(c) This appropriation includes money for 
16.12 	the following county and municipal projects: 
16.13 	Ada, Afton, Austin, Borup, Breckenridge, 
16.14 	Clay County, Climax, Crookston, Felton, 
16.15 	Georgetown, Granite Falls, Halstad, 
16.16 	Hendrum, Inver Grove Heights, Montevideo, 
16.17 	Moorhead, Nielsville, Oakport Township, 
16.18 	Oslo, Perley, Roseau, Rushford, and Shelly.
16.19 	(d) This appropriation includes money for 
16.20 	the following watershed district projects: 
16.21 	Brandt Angus, Middle-Snake-Tamarac 
16.22 	Rivers Watershed District; Fountain Lake, 
16.23 	Shell Rock River Watershed District; Grand 
16.24 	Marais Creek, Red Lake Watershed District; 
16.25 	Hay Creek-Norland, Roseau Watershed 
16.26 	District; Manston Slough, Buffalo-Red River 
16.27 	Watershed District; North Ottawa, Bois de 
16.28 	Sioux Watershed District; Red Path, Bois de 
16.29 	Sioux Watershed District; Springbrook, Two 
16.30 	Rivers Watershed District; Thief River Falls, 
16.31 	County Ditch No. 1, Red Lake Watershed 
16.32 	District; Upper Becker Dams, Wild Rice 
16.33 	Watershed District; and Upper South Branch, 
16.34 	Buffalo-Red River Watershed District.
17.1 	(e) The commissioner may spend money 
17.2 	and make grants for land acquisition, 
17.3 	predesign, design, and engineering for the 
17.4 	Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan diversion 
17.5 	project proposed by the United States Army 
17.6 	Corps of Engineers, but must not spend 
17.7 	money or make grants for construction of the 
17.8 	diversion channel until an implementation 
17.9 	plan for mitigation of downstream impacts 
17.10 	has been developed, or April 1, 2012, 
17.11 	whichever occurs first. The mitigation plan 
17.12 	must ensure that the project will not make 
17.13 	downstream flooding worse than it would 
17.14 	have been without the project.
17.15 	(f) For any project listed in this subdivision 
17.16 	that the commissioner determines is not 
17.17 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
17.18 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
17.19 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
17.20 	the commissioner's priority list. 
17.21 	(g) To the extent that the cost of a project 
17.22 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
17.23 	income in the municipality, Oakport 
17.24 	Township, or Clay County multiplied by the 
17.25 	number of households in the municipality, 
17.26 	Oakport Township, or Clay County, this 
17.27 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
17.28 	project.
17.29 	(h) For the purpose of determining any 
17.30 	local match required for the Moorhead 
17.31 	project and other municipal Red River flood 
17.32 	hazard mitigation projects, the projects 
17.33 	include all bondable flood hazard mitigation 
17.34 	activities occurring under Department of 
17.35 	Natural Resources flood hazard mitigation 
18.1 	grants after April 2009 and bondable flood 
18.2 	hazard mitigation projects resulting from 
18.3 	the United States Army Corps of Engineers 
18.4 	Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Feasibility 
18.5 	Study.
18.6 	(i) The commissioner shall report quarterly 
18.7 	to the chairs of the senate and house of 
18.8 	representatives committees on finance, 
18.9 	ways and means, and capital investment, 
18.10 	and to the chairs of the senate and house of 
18.11 	representatives committees and divisions 
18.12 	with jurisdiction over natural resources 
18.13 	policy and budget on the previous quarter's 
18.14 	expenditure of the appropriation in this 
18.15 	subdivision.

18.16
18.17	Subd. 4.Groundwater Monitoring and 
Observation Wells
 				1,000,000
	
18.18 	To install new publicly owned groundwater 
18.19 	level observation wells to monitor the Mount 
18.20 	Simon aquifer and assess groundwater for 
18.21 	water supply planning in the south and central 
18.22 	regions of the state. This appropriation 
18.23 	may also be used to seal existing obsolete 
18.24 	monitoring wells in the Mount Simon region 
18.25 	that are no longer functional.

18.26	Subd. 5.Dam Renovation and Removal
 				4,750,000
	
18.27 	To renovate or remove publicly owned dams. 
18.28 	The commissioner shall determine project 
18.29 	priorities as appropriate under Minnesota 
18.30 	Statutes, sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.
18.31 	This appropriation includes money for the 
18.32 	following projects:
18.33 	(a) Byllesby Dam, Dakota and Goodhue 
18.34 	Counties
19.1 	(b) Champlin Mill Pond Dam, Hennepin 
19.2 	County
19.3 	(c) Clayton Lake Dam, Pine County
19.4 	(d) Drayton Dam, Kittson County
19.5 	(e) Hallock Dam, Kittson County
19.6 	(f) Lake Bronson Dam, Kittson County
19.7 	(g) Lanesboro Dam, Fillmore County
19.8 	(h) Milaca Dam, Mille Lacs County
19.9 	(i) Montevideo Dam, Chippewa County
19.10 	(j) Pike River Dam, St. Louis County
19.11 	(k) $750,000 is for a grant to the Three Rivers 
19.12 	Park District to renovate the Coon Rapids 
19.13 	Dam. This appropriation is not available 
19.14 	until the commissioner determines that an 
19.15 	amount sufficient to complete the project is 
19.16 	committed to the project.
19.17 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.18 	16A.69, subdivision 2, upon the award of 
19.19 	final contracts for the completion of a project 
19.20 	listed in this subdivision, the commissioner 
19.21 	may transfer the unencumbered balance 
19.22 	in the project account to any other dam 
19.23 	renovation or removal project on the 
19.24 	commissioner's priority list.

19.25
19.26	Subd. 6.Wildlife and Aquatic Management 
Area Land Acquisition and Improvement
 				1,000,000
	
19.27 	To acquire land in fee for wildlife 
19.28 	management area and aquatic management 
19.29 	area purposes and for improvements of a 
19.30 	capital nature to develop, protect, or improve 
19.31 	habitat and facilities on wildlife management 
19.32 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, section 
19.33 	86A.05, subdivisions 8 and 14.

20.1	Subd. 7.RIM Critical Habitat Match
 				3,000,000
	
20.2 	To provide the state match for the critical 
20.3 	habitat private sector matching account under 
20.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 84.943. This 
20.5 	appropriation must be used only to acquire 
20.6 	fee title.

20.7
20.8	Subd. 8.Scientific and Natural Area 
Acquisition and Development
 				4,500,000
	
20.9 	To acquire in fee the Hastings Sand Coulee 
20.10 	in Dakota County, and other lands identified 
20.11 	by the commissioner as targeted sites for 
20.12 	potential acquisition for scientific and natural 
20.13 	areas under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
20.14 	84.033 and 86A.05, subdivision 5, and for 
20.15 	protection and improvements of a capital 
20.16 	nature in scientific and natural areas. Not 
20.17 	less than five percent of this appropriation 
20.18 	is for restoration.

20.19	Subd. 9.Forests for the Future
 				500,000
	
20.20 	To acquire conservation easements as 
20.21 	described under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
20.22 	84C, on private forest lands and within 
20.23 	Forest Legacy Areas established under 
20.24 	United States Code, title 16, section 2103c. 
20.25 	The conservation easements must guarantee 
20.26 	public access, including hunting and fishing.

20.27	Subd. 10.State Forest Land Reforestation
 				3,000,000
	
20.28 	To increase reforestation activities to meet 
20.29 	the reforestation requirements of Minnesota 
20.30 	Statutes, section 89.002, subdivision 2, 
20.31 	including planting, seeding, site preparation, 
20.32 	and purchasing native seeds and native 
20.33 	seedlings; and for timber stand improvement.

20.34	Subd. 11.Forest Roads and Bridges
 				1,000,000
	
21.1 	For reconstruction, resurfacing, replacement, 
21.2 	and construction of state forest roads and 
21.3 	bridges under Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.4 	89.002.

21.5	Subd. 12.Shade Tree Program
 				3,000,000
	
21.6 	For grants to cities, counties, townships, 
21.7 	and park and recreation boards in cities of 
21.8 	the first class for the planting of publicly 
21.9 	owned shade trees on public land to provide 
21.10 	environmental benefits; replace trees lost to 
21.11 	forest pests, disease or storm; or to establish 
21.12 	a more diverse community forest better able 
21.13 	to withstand disease and forest pests. The 
21.14 	commissioner must give priority to grant 
21.15 	requests to remove and replace trees with 
21.16 	active infestations of emerald ash borer. For 
21.17 	purposes of this appropriation, "shade tree" 
21.18 	means a woody perennial grown primarily 
21.19 	for aesthetic or environmental purposes 
21.20 	with minimal to residual timber value and 
21.21 	no intent to harvest the tree for its wood. 
21.22 	Any tree planted with funding under this 
21.23 	subdivision must be a species native to 
21.24 	Minnesota.

21.25	Subd. 13.State Park Rehabilitation
 				4,659,000
	
21.26 	For rehabilitation projects within state 
21.27 	parks established under Minnesota Statutes, 
21.28 	section 85.012, as identified in the January 
21.29 	20, 2010, list of projects titled "State Park 
21.30 	Development Projects - 12 month completion 
21.31 	possible," including: at the Soudan 
21.32 	Underground Mine, water treatment system 
21.33 	and lab building, and new discharge pipeline; 
21.34 	at Minneopa, safety improvements to the 
21.35 	historic pedestrian bridge; at Itasca, repaving 
22.1 	the wilderness drive and improvements 
22.2 	to the beach area amphitheater; at Fort 
22.3 	Ridgely, office consolidation into the historic 
22.4 	museum building; at Whitewater and 
22.5 	Mille Lacs Kathio, new RV sanitary dump 
22.6 	stations; at Lake Maria, road paving and 
22.7 	rehabilitation; and at all parks, campground 
22.8 	electrical upgrades. Up to one percent of 
22.9 	this appropriation may be used for project 
22.10 	predesign for next funding cycle. Most of 
22.11 	the appropriation in this subdivision must be 
22.12 	spent within 12 months after the effective 
22.13 	date of this section.

22.14
22.15	Subd. 14.State Park and Recreation Area 
Acquisition
 				2,150,000
	
22.16 	To acquire from willing sellers private lands 
22.17 	for the following state parks established 
22.18 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012: 
22.19 	land within William O'Brien State Park and 
22.20 	land near Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 
22.21 	that provides a view of the lighthouse; and 
22.22 	land within Cuyuna Country State Recreation 
22.23 	Area, established under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.24 	section 85.013.

22.25
22.26	Subd. 15.State Park and Recreation Area 
Development
 					
22.27 	For projects within state parks established 
22.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, 
22.29 	and state recreation areas established under 
22.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.013.
22.31 	This appropriation includes money for the 
22.32 	following projects:

22.33	(a) Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area
				1,250,000

22.34	(b) Glendalough State Park
				350,000
	
23.1 	To develop a trail within Glendalough State 
23.2 	Park.

23.3	Subd. 16.State Trail Rehabilitation
 				4,000,000
	
23.4 	(a) To renovate state trails established 
23.5 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015, 
23.6 	according to the commissioner's priorities 
23.7 	and as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
23.8 	section 84.946. Most of the appropriation 
23.9 	in this subdivision must be spent within 12 
23.10 	months after the effective date of this section. 
23.11 	This appropriation is for the following trails:
23.12 	(1) Gateway Trail;
23.13 	(2) Luce Line Trail;
23.14 	(3) Munger Trail;
23.15 	(4) Paul Bunyan Trail; and
23.16 	(5) Root River Trail.
23.17 	For any project listed in this subdivision that 
23.18 	the commissioner determines is not ready to 
23.19 	proceed, the commissioner may allocate that 
23.20 	project's money to another state trail project. 
23.21 	The chairs of the house of representatives 
23.22 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
23.23 	over environment and natural resources 
23.24 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
23.25 	districts must be notified of any changes.
23.26 	(b) This appropriation may also be used to 
23.27 	renovate the Alborn-Pengilly Railroad ATV 
23.28 	Trail.

23.29
23.30	Subd. 17.State Trail Acquisition and 
Development
 				21,423,000
	
23.31 	To acquire land for and to construct and 
23.32 	renovate state trails under Minnesota 
23.33 	Statutes, section 85.015.
24.1 	Up to $1,000,000 is for the Blazing Star 
24.2 	Trail.
24.3 	Up to $1,000,000 is for the Browns Creek 
24.4 	Trail.
24.5 	Up to $2,000,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
24.6 	Up to $2,000,000 is to design, acquire land 
24.7 	for, and develop the Camp Ripley/Veterans 
24.8 	State Trail, established in new Minnesota 
24.9 	Statutes, section 85.015, subdivision 28, 
24.10 	in conjunction with the United States 
24.11 	Department of Defense and the Minnesota 
24.12 	Department of Transportation.
24.13 	Up to $1,000,000 is for the Cuyuna Lakes 
24.14 	Trail.
24.15 	Up to $2,000,000 is for the Gateway Trail.
24.16 	Up to $1,000,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami 
24.17 	Trail.
24.18 	Up to $2,000,000 is to acquire and develop 
24.19 	a five-mile bituminous extension of the 
24.20 	Glacial Lakes State Trail in the city of New 
24.21 	London to Sibley State Park, in the CSAH 40 
24.22 	corridor, for bicycle and pedestrian use.
24.23 	Up to $1,300,000 is to acquire and develop 
24.24 	the segment of the Goodhue Pioneer Trail 
24.25 	between the cities of Zumbrota and Goodhue.
24.26 	Up to $1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail 
24.27 	extension.
24.28 	Up to $2,373,000 is for paving the Luce 
24.29 	Line Trail and developing a parallel horse 
24.30 	trail between the city of Winsted and city 
24.31 	of Cedar Mills. The trail between the city 
24.32 	of Winsted and city of Cedar Mills must be 
24.33 	available for multiple uses, including hiking, 
24.34 	biking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, 
25.1 	cross-country skiing, and inline skating. 
25.2 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.3 	84.8712, subdivision 1, snowmobiles with 
25.4 	metal traction devices may be used on the 
25.5 	portion of the Luce Line Trail paved with this 
25.6 	appropriation. The commissioner of natural 
25.7 	resources shall ensure that all drainage tile 
25.8 	passing under the Luce Line Trail can be 
25.9 	maintained and provide for adequate crossing 
25.10 	locations for farmers with construction 
25.11 	standards that allow for large machinery to 
25.12 	cross the trail.
25.13 	Up to $550,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail.
25.14 	Up to $400,000 is for the Minnesota River 
25.15 	Trail.
25.16 	Up to $1,800,000 is for the Paul Bunyan 
25.17 	Trail.
25.18 	Up to $1,500,000 is for the Shooting Star 
25.19 	Trail.
25.20 	For any project listed in this subdivision that 
25.21 	the commissioner determines is not ready to 
25.22 	proceed, the commissioner may allocate that 
25.23 	project's money to another state trail project. 
25.24 	The chairs of the house of representatives 
25.25 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
25.26 	over environment and natural resources 
25.27 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
25.28 	districts must be notified of any changes.

25.29	Subd. 18.Regional Trails
 				500,000
	
25.30 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
25.31 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b.
25.32 	For a grant to Aitkin County to acquire 
25.33 	land for and to construct segments of the 
26.1 	Northwoods Regional All-Terrain Vehicle 
26.2 	Trail.

26.3	Subd. 19.Trail Connections
 				3,292,000
	
26.4 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
26.5 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
26.6 	$55,000 is for a grant to Carlton County to 
26.7 	make safety improvements on the Soo Line 
26.8 	Trail in Moose Lake, including restoring 
26.9 	decking, railings, and approaches of the 
26.10 	trestles on the trail.
26.11 	$512,000 is for a grant to the city of Granite 
26.12 	Falls to renovate the Roebling suspension 
26.13 	pedestrian bridge over the Minnesota River 
26.14 	in Granite Falls.
26.15 	$175,000 is for a grant to the city of Hibbing 
26.16 	to acquire land, predesign, design, construct, 
26.17 	and resurface the Carey Lake Bike Trail 
26.18 	which follows 25th Street (Dupont Road) 
26.19 	east to the Carey Lake Park in Hibbing, St. 
26.20 	Louis County.
26.21 	$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
26.22 	Rochester to acquire the DM&E Pine Island 
26.23 	spur right-of-way to connect to the Douglas 
26.24 	State Trail.
26.25 	$800,000 is for a grant to the Rocori Trail 
26.26 	Board to acquire, design, and construct phase 
26.27 	1 of the Rocori Trail, from Richmond to the 
26.28 	east side of the Sauk River into Cold Spring, 
26.29 	connecting the Glacial Lakes State Trail to 
26.30 	the Beaver Island Trail and Lake Wobegon 
26.31 	Trail.
26.32 	$250,000 is for a grant to Stearns County 
26.33 	to develop the 26-mile Dairyland Trail 
26.34 	connecting to the Lake Wobegon Trail.
27.1 	$500,000 is for a grant to the city of Walker 
27.2 	for phases 2 and 3 of the Shingobee Trail 
27.3 	Connection to the Paul Bunyan State Trail.
27.4 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
27.5 	that the commissioner determines is not 
27.6 	ready to proceed, the commissioner may 
27.7 	allocate that project's money to another 
27.8 	trail connection project in this subdivision. 
27.9 	The chairs of the house of representatives 
27.10 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
27.11 	over the environment and natural resources 
27.12 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
27.13 	districts must be notified of any changes.

27.14
27.15	Subd. 20.St. Mathias Trail Paving - Fort 
Ripley
 				50,000
	
27.16 	For a grant to the city of Fort Ripley to pave 
27.17 	a trail in St. Mathias Park.

27.18
27.19	Subd. 21.Rum River Buffer and Bridge 
Replacement
 				130,000
	
27.20 	For a grant to the city of Milaca to demolish 
27.21 	and remove the pedestrian bridge over the 
27.22 	Rum River between Rec Park and Forest 
27.23 	Hill cemetery in the city of Milaca, and to 
27.24 	design, engineer, construct, and install a new 
27.25 	accessible pedestrian bridge in the same 
27.26 	location. The project must remove the pillars 
27.27 	in the river and the new bridge must not have 
27.28 	pillars in the river. This appropriation is not 
27.29 	available until the city has agreed to develop 
27.30 	a 100-foot-wide permanent buffer on the 
27.31 	east side of the river that will protect the 
27.32 	river where currently there is no appropriate 
27.33 	buffer.

27.34	Subd. 22.Fort Snelling Upper Bluff
 				1,200,000
	
28.1 	For a grant to Hennepin County to conduct 
28.2 	emergency building stabilization at Fort 
28.3 	Snelling Upper Bluff. This appropriation 
28.4 	is not available until the commissioner of 
28.5 	management and budget has determined 
28.6 	that Hennepin County has entered into 
28.7 	appropriate agreements to use Sentence to 
28.8 	Serve labor for the project that will train 
28.9 	the Sentence to Serve laborers in the skills 
28.10 	needed for the work.

28.11
28.12	Subd. 23.Lake Superior Campground 
Expansion
 				1,000,000
	
28.13 	For a grant to the city of Two Harbors to 
28.14 	design and construct an expansion of the 
28.15 	Burlington Bay Campground.

28.16	Subd. 24.Unspent Appropriations
 					
28.17 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, but 
28.18 	not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation, 
28.19 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
28.20 	other than an appropriation for flood hazard 
28.21 	mitigation, is available for asset preservation 
28.22 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. 
28.23 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
28.24 	from the date of the original appropriation 
28.25 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
28.26 	preservation.

28.27	Sec. 8. POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY

28.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	14,275,000
	
28.29 	To the Pollution Control Agency for the 
28.30 	purposes specified in this section.

28.31	Subd. 2.Closed Landfill Cleanup
 				8,700,000
	
28.32 	To design and construct remedial systems 
28.33 	and acquire land at landfills throughout the 
28.34 	state in accordance with the closed landfill 
29.1 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
29.2 	115B.39 to 115B.42. The agency must follow 
29.3 	the agency priorities. Entities administering 
29.4 	projects undertaken with funds in this 
29.5 	subdivision must conform to occupational 
29.6 	safety and health standards under federal law 
29.7 	and Minnesota Statutes, chapter 182, and 
29.8 	report to the legislature any violations.

29.9	Subd. 3.Capital Assistance Program
 				5,575,000
	
29.10 	For the solid waste capital assistance grants 
29.11 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.12 	115A.54, except that the $2,000,000 limit on 
29.13 	the total amount of the grant is waived for 
29.14 	these projects.
29.15 	(1) $500,000 is for a grant to Becker County 
29.16 	to design and construct a waste transfer 
29.17 	facility. This amount includes 75 percent of 
29.18 	the cost of the transfer station and 50 percent 
29.19 	of the cost of the material recovery facility. 
29.20 	The counties using this facility must agree 
29.21 	to achieve a 60 percent recycling rate and 
29.22 	an organics recovery rate of 15 percent by 
29.23 	2025. This grant is not available until the 
29.24 	agency determines that an amount sufficient 
29.25 	to complete the project is committed to it 
29.26 	from nonstate sources.
29.27 	(2) $5,075,000 is for a grant to the city 
29.28 	of Perham in Otter Tail County to design, 
29.29 	construct, furnish, and equip a material 
29.30 	recovery facility at the Perham Resource 
29.31 	Recovery Facility. The counties using this 
29.32 	facility must agree to achieve a 60 percent 
29.33 	recycling rate and an organics recovery rate 
29.34 	of 15 percent by 2025.

30.1
30.2	Sec. 9. BOARD OF WATER AND SOIL 
RESOURCES

30.3	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	27,500,000
	
30.4 	To the Board of Water and Soil Resources 
30.5 	for the purposes specified in this section.

30.6	Subd. 2.RIM Conservation Reserve
 				25,000,000
	
30.7 	(a) To acquire conservation easements from 
30.8 	landowners to preserve, restore, create, 
30.9 	and enhance wetlands; restore and enhance 
30.10 	rivers and streams, riparian lands, and 
30.11 	associated uplands in order to protect soil 
30.12 	and water quality; support fish and wildlife 
30.13 	habitat; reduce flood damage; and provide 
30.14 	other public benefits. The provisions of 
30.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.515, apply 
30.16 	to this appropriation, except that the board 
30.17 	may establish alternative payment rates for 
30.18 	easements and practices to establish restored 
30.19 	native prairies, as defined in Minnesota 
30.20 	Statutes, section 84.02, subdivision 7, and 
30.21 	to protect uplands. Of this appropriation, up 
30.22 	to ten percent may be used to implement the 
30.23 	program.
30.24 	The board may give priority to the area 
30.25 	designated for relief and recovery from the 
30.26 	flooding that occurred on or after August 
30.27 	18, 2007, in the area of southeast Minnesota 
30.28 	designated under Presidential Declaration of 
30.29 	Major Disaster DR-1717.
30.30 	At least $2,000,000 of this amount is 
30.31 	available for use by the Cedar River and 
30.32 	Turtle Creek Watershed Districts in Freeborn, 
30.33 	Mower, Dodge, and Steele Counties to 
30.34 	restore wetlands and reduce flooding in the 
30.35 	Austin area.
31.1 	Up to $8,000,000 of this amount is available 
31.2 	for use in Minnesota counties in the Red 
31.3 	River Basin to restore wetlands and reduce 
31.4 	flooding.
31.5 	Up to $500,000 is for use in the Rum River 
31.6 	watershed.
31.7 	Up to $2,000,000 is for use in Area II.
31.8 	$7,500,000 is for use in the seven-county 
31.9 	metropolitan area.
31.10 	Up to $400,000 is for a grant to the Freeborn 
31.11 	County Soil and Water Conservation District 
31.12 	for use in the Minnesota portion of the Bear 
31.13 	Lake watershed.
31.14 	(b) The board is authorized to enter into 
31.15 	new agreements and amend past agreements 
31.16 	with landowners as required by Minnesota 
31.17 	Statutes, section 103F.515, subdivision 
31.18 	5, to allow for restoration, including 
31.19 	overseeding and harvesting of native prairie 
31.20 	vegetation for use for energy production in 
31.21 	a manner that does not devalue the natural 
31.22 	habitat, water quality benefits, or carbon 
31.23 	sequestration functions of the area enrolled 
31.24 	in the easement. This shall occur after seed 
31.25 	production and minimize impacts on wildlife. 
31.26 	Of this appropriation, up to five percent 
31.27 	may be used for restoration, including 
31.28 	overseeding. The board must submit to the 
31.29 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
31.30 	environment finance and capital investment 
31.31 	an interim report on this program by October 
31.32 	1, 2010, and a final report by February 1, 
31.33 	2011.

31.34
31.35	Subd. 3.Wetland Replacement Due to Public 
Road Projects
 				2,500,000
	
32.1 	To acquire land for wetland restoration 
32.2 	or preservation to replace wetlands 
32.3 	drained or filled as a result of the 
32.4 	repair or reconstruction, replacement, or 
32.5 	rehabilitation of existing public roads as 
32.6 	required by Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.7 	103G.222, subdivision 1, paragraphs (l) 
32.8 	and (m). The board shall give priority 
32.9 	consideration to establishing wetland credits 
32.10 	in the seven-county metropolitan area in 
32.11 	partnership with the Minneapolis Park and 
32.12 	Recreation Board and the sculpture garden 
32.13 	project.
32.14 	The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.15 	103F.515, apply to this appropriation, except 
32.16 	that the board may establish alternative 
32.17 	payment rates for easements and practices 
32.18 	to establish restored native prairies, as 
32.19 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.02, 
32.20 	subdivision 7, and to protect uplands.
32.21 	The purchase price paid for acquisition 
32.22 	of land, fee, or perpetual easement must 
32.23 	be the fair market value as determined 
32.24 	by the board. The board may enter into 
32.25 	agreements with the federal government, 
32.26 	other state agencies, political subdivisions, 
32.27 	and nonprofit organizations or fee owners to 
32.28 	acquire land and restore and create wetlands 
32.29 	and to acquire existing wetland banking 
32.30 	credits. Acquisition of or the conveyance 
32.31 	of land may be in the name of the political 
32.32 	subdivision.

32.33
32.34	Sec. 10. MINNESOTA ZOOLOGICAL 
GARDEN

32.35	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	21,000,000
	
33.1 	To the Minnesota Zoological Garden Board 
33.2 	for the purposes specified in this section.

33.3	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation and Improvement
 				6,000,000
	
33.4 	For capital asset preservation improvements 
33.5 	and betterments to infrastructure and 
33.6 	exhibits at the Minnesota Zoo, to be spent in 
33.7 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
33.8 	16B.307.

33.9	Subd. 3.Master Plan
 				15,000,000
	
33.10 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
33.11 	phase 1 of the Heart of the Zoo entry, Visitor 
33.12 	Center, and Environmental Education Center. 
33.13 	This appropriation is not available until the 
33.14 	city of St. Paul certifies to the commissioner 
33.15 	of management and budget that it has 
33.16 	sufficient financing to complete phase 2 
33.17 	renovation of exhibits at the Como Zoo.

33.18	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

33.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	11,175,000
	
33.20 	To the commissioner of administration for 
33.21 	the purposes specified in this section.

33.22
33.23	Subd. 2.Capital Asset Preservation and 
Replacement Account (CAPRA)
 				2,000,000
	
33.24 	To be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
33.25 	Statutes, section 16A.632.

33.26	Subd. 3.Asset Preservation
 				8,075,000
	
33.27 	For asset preservation projects in properties 
33.28 	managed by the commissioner. This 
33.29 	appropriation must be spent in accordance 
33.30 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.
33.31 	$1,250,000 is to design, construct, furnish, 
33.32 	and equip phase 1 of Capitol campus security 
33.33 	upgrades.
34.1 	$75,000 is to predesign renovation of the 
34.2 	Governor's residence on Summit Avenue in 
34.3 	St. Paul.

34.4	Subd. 4.Cooperative Local Facilities Grants
 				1,000,000
	
34.5 	For grants to counties, cities, towns, and 
34.6 	school districts to construct or renovate 
34.7 	cooperative local facilities under new 
34.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.355.

34.934.10
	Subd. 5.Veterans, Firefighters, and Police 
Memorial - Eagan
 				100,000
	
34.11 	For a grant to the city of Eagan to design and 
34.12 	construct a memorial to those in the military, 
34.13 	firefighters, and police who have died in the 
34.14 	line of duty.

34.15	Sec. 12. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION

34.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	8,450,000
	
34.17 	To the Minnesota Amateur Sports 
34.18 	Commission for the purposes specified in 
34.19 	this section.

34.20	Subd. 2.Women's Hockey Center - Blaine
 				950,000
	
34.21 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
34.22 	equip a women's locker room, training room, 
34.23 	and education display at the National Sports 
34.24 	Center Super Rink in Blaine.

34.25	Subd. 3.National Volleyball Center - Rochester
 				4,000,000
	
34.26 	For a grant to the city of Rochester to design, 
34.27 	construct, furnish, and equip the phase 2 
34.28 	expansion of the National Volleyball Center 
34.29 	in Rochester, designated by the Minnesota 
34.30 	Amateur Sports Commission as a regional 
34.31 	amateur sports center, subject to Minnesota 
34.32 	Statutes, section 16A.695.

35.1
35.2	Subd. 4.Northwestern Minnesota Regional 
Sports Center - Moorhead
 				3,500,000
	
35.3 	For a grant to the city of Moorhead to 
35.4 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
35.5 	Northwestern Minnesota Regional Sports 
35.6 	Center.
35.7 	This appropriation is not available until the 
35.8 	commissioner has determined that at least 
35.9 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
35.10 	project from nonstate sources. The match 
35.11 	may include in-kind contributions, and may 
35.12 	include contributions made since January 1, 
35.13 	2007.

35.14	Sec. 13. MILITARY AFFAIRS

35.15	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	11,900,000
	
35.16 	To the adjutant general for the purposes 
35.17 	specified in this section.

35.18	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,000,000
	
35.19 	For asset preservation improvements and 
35.20 	betterments of a capital nature at military 
35.21 	affairs facilities statewide, to be spent in 
35.22 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.23 	16B.307.

35.24	Subd. 3.Facility Life Safety Improvements
 				1,000,000
	
35.25 	For life safety improvements and to correct 
35.26 	code deficiencies at military affairs facilities 
35.27 	statewide, to be spent in accordance with 
35.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

35.29	Subd. 4.Facility ADA Compliance
 				900,000
	
35.30 	For Americans with Disabilities Act 
35.31 	(ADA) alterations to existing National 
35.32 	Guard Training and Community Centers in 
35.33 	locations throughout the state, to be spent in 
36.1 	accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.2 	16B.307.

36.3	Subd. 5.Cedar Street Armory Renovation
 				5,000,000
	
36.4 	To design and renovate the Cedar Street 
36.5 	Armory in St. Paul, including mechanical, 
36.6 	electrical, building envelope, and life safety 
36.7 	improvements.

36.8	Subd. 6.Camp Ripley Troop Support Facility
 				1,000,000
	
36.9 	To complete design, renovation, furnishing, 
36.10 	and equipping of the Troop Support 
36.11 	Facility at Camp Ripley, including but 
36.12 	not limited to: window replacement, 
36.13 	interior floor installation and finishings, air 
36.14 	conditioning, upgrade of electrical, data, and 
36.15 	telecommunication systems, and kitchen 
36.16 	installation.

36.17	Subd. 7.Unspent Appropriations.
 					
36.18 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
36.19 	a project under this section that has been 
36.20 	completed may be used for any other purpose 
36.21 	permitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
36.22 	16B.307.

36.23	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SAFETY

36.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	15,000,000
	
36.25 	To the commissioner of public safety, or other 
36.26 	named agency, for the purposes specified in 
36.27 	this section.

36.28
36.29	Subd. 2.Emergency Management Training 
Facility - Camp Ripley
 				6,000,000
	
36.30 	To the commissioner of administration to 
36.31 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
36.32 	emergency vehicle operator's course at Camp 
36.33 	Ripley.
37.1 	Nonmilitary public safety personnel from 
37.2 	Minnesota must be given access to the 
37.3 	facility.

37.4	Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center
 				2,250,000
	
37.5 	To the commissioner of administration to 
37.6 	predesign and design a new state emergency 
37.7 	operations center in Arden Hills.
37.8 	The commissioner of administration must 
37.9 	consult with the commissioner of public 
37.10 	safety in the predesign and design. This 
37.11 	appropriation is not available until the 
37.12 	commissioner has reported to the chairs and 
37.13 	ranking minority members of the house of 
37.14 	representatives and senate committees with 
37.15 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
37.16 	finance, capital investment, finance, and 
37.17 	ways and means, how the Arden Hills site 
37.18 	will be adequately accessible in the event 
37.19 	of a disaster that adversely affects major 
37.20 	transportation corridors.

37.21
37.22	Subd. 4.East Metro Regional Fire Training 
Facility - Maplewood
 				3,000,000
	
37.23 	For a grant to the city of Maplewood 
37.24 	to acquire land, prepare a site including 
37.25 	environmental work, predesign, design, 
37.26 	and construct the East Metro Regional Fire 
37.27 	Training Facility in Ramsey County, within 
37.28 	the city of Maplewood.
37.29 	This appropriation is not available until the 
37.30 	commissioner has determined that at least 
37.31 	an equal amount has been committed from 
37.32 	nonstate sources.

37.33
37.34	Subd. 5.Emergency Operations Center and 
Fire Training Facility - Minneapolis
 				750,000
	
38.1 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
38.2 	complete design and construction of an 
38.3 	Emergency Operations Center and Fire 
38.4 	Training Facility in the city of Minneapolis.
38.5 	This appropriation is not available until the 
38.6 	commissioner has determined that at least 
38.7 	an equal amount has been committed from 
38.8 	nonstate sources.

38.938.10
38.11
	Subd. 6.Marshall - Minnesota Emergency 
Response and Industry Training Center 
(MERIT)
 				1,000,000
	
38.12 	For a grant to the city of Marshall to acquire 
38.13 	land, predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
38.14 	and equip the expansion of the Minnesota 
38.15 	Emergency Response and Industry Training 
38.16 	Center (MERIT Center) in Marshall, Lyon 
38.17 	County. The project includes acquiring 
38.18 	approximately 80 acres of land for expanded 
38.19 	facilities that will include a driving course, 
38.20 	classrooms and offices, skid pad, and training 
38.21 	simulators for driving, hand gun shooting, 
38.22 	and driving education. This appropriation 
38.23 	is not available until the commissioner 
38.24 	determines that at least an equal amount 
38.25 	is committed to the project from nonstate 
38.26 	sources.

38.27	Subd. 7.Public Safety Facility - Princeton
 				2,000,000
	
38.28 	For a grant to the city of Princeton to design, 
38.29 	construct, furnish, and equip a new public 
38.30 	safety building to be the headquarters for 
38.31 	emergency operations for the city and to 
38.32 	house equipment used to respond to regional 
38.33 	emergencies.
38.34 	This appropriation is not available until the 
38.35 	commissioner has determined that at least 
39.1 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
39.2 	project from nonstate sources.

39.3	Sec. 15. TRANSPORTATION

39.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	156,227,000
	
39.5 	To the commissioner of transportation for the 
39.6 	purposes specified in this section.

39.7
39.8	Subd. 2.Local Bridge Replacement and 
Rehabilitation
 				66,000,000
	
39.9 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
39.10 	account in the state transportation fund 
39.11 	to match federal money and to replace 
39.12 	or rehabilitate local deficient bridges as 
39.13 	provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.14 	174.50. To the extent practicable, the 
39.15 	commissioner shall expend the funds as 
39.16 	provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.17 	174.50, subdivisions 6c and 7, paragraph (c).
39.18 	Political subdivisions may use grants made 
39.19 	under this subdivision to construct or 
39.20 	reconstruct bridges, including but not limited 
39.21 	to: 
39.22 	(1) matching federal aid grants to construct 
39.23 	or reconstruct key bridges;
39.24 	(2) paying the costs of preliminary 
39.25 	engineering and environmental studies 
39.26 	authorized under Minnesota Statutes, section 
39.27 	174.50, subdivision 6a;
39.28 	(3) paying the costs to abandon an existing 
39.29 	bridge that is deficient and in need of 
39.30 	replacement, but where no replacement will 
39.31 	be made; and
39.32 	(4) paying the costs to construct a road 
39.33 	or street to facilitate the abandonment 
39.34 	of an existing bridge determined by 
40.1 	the commissioner to be deficient, if the 
40.2 	commissioner determines that construction 
40.3 	of the road or street is more economical than 
40.4 	replacement of the existing bridge.
40.5 	$1,800,000 is for a grant to the city of Fergus 
40.6 	Falls to renovate the Tower Road bridge.
40.7 	Up to $10,000,000 is for a grant to Hennepin 
40.8 	County for phase 2 of the project for the 
40.9 	removal of the existing Canadian Pacific 
40.10 	Railway bridge and crib wall structure 
40.11 	supporting the roadway, construction of a 
40.12 	retaining wall structure to support Lowry 
40.13 	Avenue, and construction of an extension of 
40.14 	phase 1, the construction and replacement 
40.15 	of the Lowry Avenue Bridge carrying 
40.16 	County State-Aid Highway 153 across the 
40.17 	Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
40.18 	$7,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
40.19 	Minneapolis to construct a bridge for St. 
40.20 	Anthony Parkway over the Northtown Rail 
40.21 	Yard.
40.22 	By November 1, 2010, the commissioner of 
40.23 	management and budget, subject to approval 
40.24 	of the commissioner of transportation, shall 
40.25 	implement a grant administration method for 
40.26 	grants provided under Minnesota Statutes, 
40.27 	sections 174.50 and 174.52. The grant 
40.28 	administration method must:
40.29 	(1) not require a separate grant agreement for 
40.30 	each project funded in whole or in part from 
40.31 	general obligation grants;
40.32 	(2) provide for efficient audits concerning 
40.33 	state bond-financed property;
41.1 	(3) ensure that all uses of the state 
41.2 	bond-financed property will not cause the 
41.3 	interest on the state general obligation bonds 
41.4 	to be or become subject to federal income 
41.5 	taxation for any reason; and
41.6 	(4) otherwise comply with Minnesota 
41.7 	Statutes, section 16A.695, the Minnesota 
41.8 	Constitution, and all commissioner's orders.
41.9 	By November 1, 2010, the commissioners of 
41.10 	management and budget and transportation 
41.11 	shall jointly submit a report on the grant 
41.12 	administration method to the chairs and 
41.13 	ranking minority members of the house 
41.14 	of representatives and senate committees 
41.15 	with jurisdiction over transportation 
41.16 	policy and finance and capital investment. 
41.17 	At a minimum, the report must briefly 
41.18 	summarize the grant administration method 
41.19 	being implemented, provide a copy of 
41.20 	any model grant agreement, and provide 
41.21 	recommendations, if any, for legislative 
41.22 	changes.

41.23	Subd. 3.Greater Minnesota Transit
 				2,500,000
	
41.24 	For capital assistance for greater Minnesota 
41.25 	transit systems to be used for transit capital 
41.26 	facilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
41.27 	174.24, subdivision 3c. Money from this 
41.28 	appropriation may be used to pay up to 80 
41.29 	percent of the nonfederal share of these 
41.30 	facilities.
41.31 	$520,000 is for a grant to the city of 
41.32 	Northfield to design, construct, furnish, 
41.33 	and equip a multimodal hub to serve as a 
41.34 	transfer station, park and ride, intercity hub 
41.35 	and trailhead, providing connections to Mill 
42.1 	Towns State Trail, bike paths, and sidewalks 
42.2 	within the city of Northfield.

42.3	Subd. 4.Rail Service Improvement
 				2,000,000
	
42.4 	For the rail service improvement program 
42.5 	to be spent for the purposes set forth 
42.6 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.50, 
42.7 	subdivision 7.

42.8
42.9	Subd. 5.Minnesota Valley Railroad Track 
Rehabilitation
 				5,000,000
	
42.10 	For a grant to the Minnesota Valley Regional 
42.11 	Rail Authority to rehabilitate and make 
42.12 	capital improvements to railroad track from 
42.13 	east of Gaylord to Winthrop. A grant under 
42.14 	this subdivision is in addition to any grant, 
42.15 	loan, or loan guarantee for this project 
42.16 	made by the commissioner under Minnesota 
42.17 	Statutes, sections 222.46 to 222.62.

42.18
42.19	Subd. 6.Northstar Commuter Rail Extension 
to St. Cloud
 				1,000,000
	
42.20 	To match federal money for environmental 
42.21 	analysis, design, engineering, and acquisition 
42.22 	of real property or interests in real property 
42.23 	to extend the Northstar commuter rail line 
42.24 	from Big Lake to the St. Cloud area.

42.25
42.26	Subd. 7.Railroad Grade Warning Devices 
Replacement
 				2,500,000
	
42.27 	(a) To design, construct, and equip the 
42.28 	replacement of active highway railroad grade 
42.29 	crossing warning devices that have reached 
42.30 	the end of their useful life.
42.31 	(b) $900,000 is for a grant to the city of 
42.32 	Grand Rapids to make at-grade railroad 
42.33 	crossing improvements in the city. The 
42.34 	project includes closing at-grade crossings 
42.35 	at 12th Avenue West and 5th Avenue East 
43.1 	along with at-grade crossing improvements 
43.2 	on and adjacent to 19th Avenue West 
43.3 	and 3rd Avenue East under City Projects 
43.4 	2003-6 and 2010-3. Crossing improvements 
43.5 	include but are not limited to concrete 
43.6 	crossings, railroad cross arms and signals, 
43.7 	and street and utility improvements 
43.8 	necessary to facilitate the crossing closures 
43.9 	and improvements including design and 
43.10 	construction engineering. This appropriation 
43.11 	is not subject to the requirements of the 
43.12 	commissioner to receive funding under 
43.13 	paragraph (a) or under the department's 
43.14 	rail grade crossing improvement program. 
43.15 	This appropriation is not available until the 
43.16 	commissioner of management and budget 
43.17 	has determined that at least $2,400,000 has 
43.18 	been committed, including expenditures 
43.19 	prior to July 1, 2010, to the project from 
43.20 	nonstate sources.

43.21	Subd. 8.Port Development Assistance
 				3,000,000
	
43.22 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
43.23 	457A. Any improvements made with the 
43.24 	proceeds of these grants must be publicly 
43.25 	owned.

43.26	Subd. 9.Range Regional Airport
 				3,700,000
	
43.27 	For a grant to the Chisholm-Hibbing 
43.28 	Airport Authority for site preparation 
43.29 	and to predesign, design, and construct a 
43.30 	multiuse hangar and maintenance and storage 
43.31 	facilities.

43.32	Subd. 10.Duluth Airport Terminal
 				11,700,000
	
43.33 	For a grant to the city of Duluth to predesign, 
43.34 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 2 
44.1 	of the new terminal facilities at the Duluth 
44.2 	International Airport as phase 2 of the airport 
44.3 	terminal project is described for purposes of 
44.4 	the federal aviation administration project 
44.5 	grant.
44.6 	This appropriation is not available until the 
44.7 	commissioner determines that at least an 
44.8 	equal amount is committed to the project 
44.9 	from nonstate sources.

44.10	Subd. 11.Thief River Falls Airport
 				2,097,000
	
44.11 	For a grant to the city of Thief River Falls 
44.12 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
44.13 	multipurpose hangar at the Thief River Falls 
44.14 	Regional Airport in Pennington County. 
44.15 	This appropriation is not available until 
44.16 	the commissioner determines that a match 
44.17 	from other sources of at least $699,000 is 
44.18 	committed to the project.

44.19	Subd. 12.Rochester Maintenance Facility
 				26,430,000
	
44.20 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
44.21 	account in the trunk highway fund.
44.22 	To prepare a site for and design, construct, 
44.23 	furnish, and equip a new maintenance facility 
44.24 	in Rochester.

44.25	Subd. 13.Arden Hills Training Center
 				6,500,000
	
44.26 	This appropriation is from the bond proceeds 
44.27 	account in the trunk highway fund.
44.28 	To design and construct an addition to the 
44.29 	Arden Hills Training Center.

44.30	Subd. 14.Maple Grove Truck Station
 				15,800,000
	
44.31 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
44.32 	fund.
45.1 	To design and construct a new truck station 
45.2 	in Maple Grove.

45.3	Subd. 15.Little Falls Truck Station
 				3,300,000
	
45.4 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
45.5 	fund.
45.6 	To design and construct a new truck station 
45.7 	in Little Falls.

45.8	Subd. 16.Maplewood Bridge Crew Building
 				3,000,000
	
45.9 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
45.10 	fund.
45.11 	To design and construct a new building for 
45.12 	the metro bridge crew.

45.13	Subd. 17.Design 
 				700,000
	
45.14 	This appropriation is from the trunk highway 
45.15 	fund for design of the new Willmar district 
45.16 	headquarters vehicle storage facility and the 
45.17 	new Plymouth truck station.

45.18	Subd. 18.Hoffman Yard
 				1,000,000
	
45.19 	For environmental analysis, engineering, 
45.20 	acquisition of real property or interests in 
45.21 	real property, and construction relating to 
45.22 	capacity improvements at the Hoffman 
45.23 	Interlocking/Hoffman Yard in St. Paul as 
45.24 	identified in the Minnesota Comprehensive 
45.25 	Statewide Freight and Passenger Rail Plan.

45.26	Sec. 16. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL

45.27	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	79,100,000
	
45.28 	To the Metropolitan Council for the purposes 
45.29 	specified in this section.

45.30
45.31	Subd. 2.Transit Capital Improvement 
Program
 				43,500,000
	
46.1 	(a) To advance transit in the metropolitan 
46.2 	area, in consultation with the Counties 
46.3 	Transit Improvement Board. Transit way 
46.4 	corridors include the following: Bottineau 
46.5 	Boulevard, Cedar Avenue, Central Corridor 
46.6 	LRT, I-35W corridor, I-94 corridor, Red 
46.7 	Rock corridor, Riverview corridor, Robert 
46.8 	Street corridor, Rush Line, and Southwest 
46.9 	corridor.
46.10 	The appropriation must be used first to 
46.11 	maximize federal money for all the following 
46.12 	projects and to fund all projects in this 
46.13 	paragraph as follows, but not listed in rank 
46.14 	order of priority:
46.15 	(1) preliminary engineering and 
46.16 	environmental work for the Southwest 
46.17 	Corridor light rail line from the Hiawatha 
46.18 	light rail in downtown Minneapolis to Eden 
46.19 	Prairie;
46.20 	(2) environmental assessment, preliminary 
46.21 	engineering, design, right-of-way acquisition, 
46.22 	and construction of bus shoulders and transit 
46.23 	facilities all as part of the Cedar Avenue Bus 
46.24 	Rapid Transit Way from Lakeville in Dakota 
46.25 	County to Bloomington in Hennepin County; 
46.26 	(3) a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
46.27 	Railroad Authority to acquire land and 
46.28 	structures, to renovate structures, and for 
46.29 	design, engineering, and environmental work 
46.30 	to complete revitalization of the Union Depot 
46.31 	for use as a multimodal transit center in St. 
46.32 	Paul. The center must be designed so that 
46.33 	it facilitates a potential future connection of 
46.34 	high-speed rail to Minneapolis;
47.1 	(4) real property acquisition, environmental 
47.2 	analysis, and engineering for and construction 
47.3 	of a park-and-ride facility for the Red Rock 
47.4 	Corridor Transit Way;
47.5 	(5) environmental work, engineering, 
47.6 	acquisition of real property or interests in 
47.7 	real property, and design and construction 
47.8 	of a park-and-ride facility in the city of 
47.9 	Woodbury for the I-94 Corridor Transit Way; 
47.10 	(6) a grant to the Hennepin County Regional 
47.11 	Rail Authority for environmental analysis, 
47.12 	engineering, design, acquisition of real 
47.13 	property or interests in real property, 
47.14 	and site preparation for the Minneapolis 
47.15 	Transportation Interchange Facility located 
47.16 	in the vicinity of the confluence of the 
47.17 	Hiawatha light rail line and the Northstar 
47.18 	commuter rail line. The interchange must 
47.19 	be designed so that it facilitates a potential 
47.20 	future connection of passenger or commuter 
47.21 	rail to the Union Depot in St. Paul. The 
47.22 	amount of the grant may not exceed the 
47.23 	amount spent under this appropriation for 
47.24 	park-and-ride facilities; and
47.25 	(7) to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
47.26 	improvements to property along the Central 
47.27 	Corridor light rail tracks as they pass the 
47.28 	State Capitol on University Avenue in St. 
47.29 	Paul; money used for this purpose is not 
47.30 	part of the Central Corridor light rail transit 
47.31 	project budget.
47.32 	(b) The remainder of the appropriation must 
47.33 	be used to implement any of the following 
47.34 	capital improvements, which are not listed in 
47.35 	rank order of priority, to be selected by the 
48.1 	Metropolitan Council after consultation with 
48.2 	the Counties Transit Improvement Board and 
48.3 	after consultation with other stakeholders 
48.4 	as appropriate. The council shall seek 
48.5 	geographic balance in the allocation of this 
48.6 	appropriation where possible. The remainder 
48.7 	of the appropriation is for:
48.8 	(1) environmental studies, engineering, real 
48.9 	property acquisition, and construction of 
48.10 	passenger facilities for the Robert Street 
48.11 	Corridor Transit Way along a corridor on 
48.12 	or parallel to U.S. Highway 52 and Robert 
48.13 	Street from within the city of St. Paul to 
48.14 	Dakota County Road 42 in Rosemount;
48.15 	(2) environmental analysis and project 
48.16 	development for the Bottineau Boulevard 
48.17 	Transit Way corridor from the Target 
48.18 	Ballpark station in downtown Minneapolis 
48.19 	to the vicinity of the Target development in 
48.20 	northern Brooklyn Park or the Arbor Lakes 
48.21 	retail area in Maple Grove;
48.22 	(3) real property acquisition for and 
48.23 	construction of a park-and-ride facility in the 
48.24 	vicinity of the intersection of County Road 
48.25 	14 and Interstate Highway 35E for the Rush 
48.26 	Line Transit Way;
48.27 	(4) a grant to the Anoka County Regional 
48.28 	Rail Authority for environmental analysis, 
48.29 	design, engineering, acquisition of real 
48.30 	property or interests in real property, and 
48.31 	construction of related infrastructure and 
48.32 	other improvements of a capital nature for 
48.33 	the Foley Boulevard Northstar commuter rail 
48.34 	station;
49.1 	(5) a grant to Hennepin County for design 
49.2 	of a transit station in the Lake Street area at 
49.3 	marked Interstate Highway 35W in the city 
49.4 	of Minneapolis; 
49.5 	(6) to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
49.6 	and equip a parking lot and transit station 
49.7 	shelter on land owned by the city of 
49.8 	Rosemount in the city's downtown area. The 
49.9 	parking lot will have approximately 100 
49.10 	spaces for vehicles; and
49.11 	(7) a grant to the Ramsey County Regional 
49.12 	Railroad Authority for environmental work 
49.13 	and preliminary engineering for bus rapid 
49.14 	transit in the Riverview corridor between the 
49.15 	east side of St. Paul and the Minneapolis-St. 
49.16 	Paul International Airport and the Mall of 
49.17 	America.

49.18
49.19	Subd. 3.Metropolitan Cities Inflow and 
Infiltration Grants
 				3,000,000
	
49.20 	For grants to cities within the metropolitan 
49.21 	area, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
49.22 	section 473.121, subdivision 2, for capital 
49.23 	improvements in municipal wastewater 
49.24 	collection systems to reduce the amount of 
49.25 	inflow and infiltration to the Metropolitan 
49.26 	Council's metropolitan sanitary sewer 
49.27 	disposal system. To be eligible for a grant, a 
49.28 	city must be identified by the Metropolitan 
49.29 	Council as a contributor of excessive 
49.30 	inflow or infiltration. Grants from this 
49.31 	appropriation are for up to 50 percent of the 
49.32 	cost to mitigate inflow and infiltration in 
49.33 	the publicly owned municipal wastewater 
49.34 	collection systems. The council must 
49.35 	award grants based on applications from 
49.36 	eligible cities that identify eligible capital 
50.1 	costs and include a timeline for inflow and 
50.2 	infiltration mitigation construction, pursuant 
50.3 	to guidelines established by the council.

50.4
50.5	Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks and 
Trails Capital Improvements

50.6	(a) Metropolitan Council Priorities
				10,500,000
	
50.7 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
50.8 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
50.9 	council and local government units of 
50.10 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
50.11 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
50.12 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
50.13 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
50.14 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
50.15 	This appropriation must not be used to 
50.16 	purchase easements. 

50.17	(b) Como Zoo 
				11,000,000
	
50.18 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
50.19 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 2 
50.20 	renovation of exhibits at the Como Zoo.

50.21	(c) Minneapolis Sculpture Garden
				2,000,000
	
50.22 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
50.23 	Recreation Board to predesign, design, and 
50.24 	begin construction of the renovation of 
50.25 	the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which 
50.26 	displays art owned by the Walker Art Center, 
50.27 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
50.28 	16A.695. The complete renovation will 
50.29 	include improving irrigation, drainage, the 
50.30 	parking lot, security, granite substructures, 
50.31 	concrete, and fixtures, in order to update them 
50.32 	with more ecologically sustainable options 
50.33 	that are less expensive to maintain; increasing 
50.34 	physical accessibility in accordance with 
51.1 	the Americans with Disabilities Act; 
51.2 	transplanting and replacing trees and plant 
51.3 	materials; and improving the mechanical 
51.4 	plant, piping, and flooring of the Cowles 
51.5 	Conservatory to permit its flexible reuse in a 
51.6 	way that is more ecologically sustainable and 
51.7 	less expensive to maintain.

51.8	(d) Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
				2,000,000
	
51.9 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington to 
51.10 	renovate the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge for 
51.11 	bicycle commuters and recreational users. 
51.12 	The city of Bloomington must consult with 
51.13 	the city of Eagan and Dakota County on the 
51.14 	renovation. 
51.15 	This appropriation is added to the 
51.16 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, 
51.17 	section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by this 
51.18 	act.

51.19	(e) Phalen-Keller Regional Park
				1,100,000
	
51.20 	For grants to the city of St. Paul and 
51.21 	Ramsey County for improvements to the 
51.22 	Phalen-Keller Regional Park, including 
51.23 	design, engineering, and construction for 
51.24 	channel restoration and other associated 
51.25 	channel improvements between Phalen, 
51.26 	Keller, and Round Lakes, renovation of 
51.27 	the waterfall on the northwest shore of 
51.28 	Lake Phalen and addition of lighting and 
51.29 	landscaping along the path near the waterfall, 
51.30 	and design and construction of a paved 
51.31 	off-road trail between Roselawn Avenue and 
51.32 	County Road B connecting use areas within 
51.33 	Keller Regional Park and to Phalen Regional 
51.34 	Park and the Gateway State Trail.

52.1
52.2	(f) Rock Island Bridge Park and Trail 
Development
				1,000,000
	
52.3 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
52.4 	for park and trail development on the west 
52.5 	bank of the Mississippi River in Dakota 
52.6 	County at the site of Mississippi River Bridge 
52.7 	JAR 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
52.8 	Island Bridge. Any park or trails developed 
52.9 	with this appropriation must connect with 
52.10 	any local, regional, or state trails in the 
52.11 	vicinity, and the historic Rock Island Bridge.

52.12	(g) Springbrook Nature Center
				2,000,000
	
52.13 	For a grant to the city of Fridley to predesign, 
52.14 	design, construct, furnish, and equip 
52.15 	the redevelopment and expansion of the 
52.16 	Springbrook Nature Center. No nonstate 
52.17 	match is required.

52.18	(h) Theodore Wirth Olympic Training Center
				1,000,000
	
52.19 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
52.20 	Recreation Board to predesign, design, 
52.21 	construct, furnish, and equip, at Theodore 
52.22 	Wirth Regional Park in Golden Valley, 
52.23 	Hennepin County, a winter recreation 
52.24 	center, including warming and training areas 
52.25 	and maintenance facilities, for developing 
52.26 	Olympic-caliber athletes.

52.27	(i) Veterans Memorial Parks
				2,000,000
	
52.28 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
52.29 	Recreation Board to: (1) design and 
52.30 	construct an appropriate monument in 
52.31 	Sheridan Veterans Memorial Park on 
52.32 	the Mississippi River in Minneapolis to 
52.33 	memorialize the war service of Minnesota 
52.34 	veterans of all wars; and (2) match money 
53.1 	provided by Hennepin County to restore the 
53.2 	flagpole monument and plaza, and make 
53.3 	other infrastructure improvements of a 
53.4 	capital nature for the Veterans of World War 
53.5 	I Victory Memorial Parkway, consistent with 
53.6 	Hennepin County's planned infrastructure 
53.7 	improvements.

53.8	Sec. 17. HEALTH

53.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	15,000,000
	
53.10 	To the commissioner of administration for 
53.11 	the purposes specified in this section.

53.12
53.13	Subd. 2.Gillette Children's Specialty 
Healthcare
 				10,000,000
	
53.14 	For a grant to Ramsey County to design, 
53.15 	construct, furnish, and equip capital 
53.16 	improvements to the hospital facility 
53.17 	operated by Gillette Children's Specialty 
53.18 	Healthcare, subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
53.19 	section 16A.695. A management contract 
53.20 	or use agreement with respect to the facility 
53.21 	must require that it be used to carry out a 
53.22 	governmental program, including but not 
53.23 	limited to providing health care.
53.24 	This appropriation is intended to cover 
53.25 	approximately one-sixth of the $62,000,000 
53.26 	total project cost. It is not available until the 
53.27 	commissioner has determined that an amount 
53.28 	sufficient to complete the project has been 
53.29 	committed from nonstate sources.
53.30 	If this state bond financed property is sold, 
53.31 	and notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
53.32 	section 16A.695, subdivision 3, clause (2), 
53.33 	the net proceeds must be applied as follows: 
53.34 	first, to pay the state the amount of state 
54.1 	bond proceeds used to acquire or better 
54.2 	the property; and second, any remaining 
54.3 	amount must be paid to Ramsey County, 
54.4 	or its successor in interest in the property. 
54.5 	When the sale is complete and the sale 
54.6 	proceeds have been applied as provided in 
54.7 	this subdivision, section 16A.695 no longer 
54.8 	applies to the property and the property is no 
54.9 	longer state bond financed property.

54.10	Subd. 3.Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber
 				5,000,000
	
54.11 	For a grant to Hennepin County for Hennepin 
54.12 	County Medical Center to design, construct, 
54.13 	furnish, and equip the relocation of a 
54.14 	hyperbaric oxygen facility on the Hennepin 
54.15 	County Medical Center campus.

54.16	Sec. 18. HUMAN SERVICES

54.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	51,625,000
	
54.18 	To the commissioner of administration, or 
54.19 	another named agency, for the purposes 
54.20 	specified in this section.

54.21	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				 2,000,000
	
54.22 	For asset preservation improvements and 
54.23 	betterments of a capital nature at Department 
54.24 	of Human Services facilities statewide, to be 
54.25 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
54.26 	section 16B.307.

54.27
54.28	Subd. 3.Early Childhood Learning and Child 
Protection Facilities
 				2,000,000
	
54.29 	To the commissioner of human services for 
54.30 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.31 	256E.37, to construct and rehabilitate early 
54.32 	childhood learning and child protection 
54.33 	facilities.

55.1	Subd. 4.Remembering With Dignity
 				125,000
	
55.2 	To the commissioner of human services for 
55.3 	grave markers or memorial monuments for 
55.4 	unmarked graves on public land of deceased 
55.5 	residents of state hospitals or regional 
55.6 	treatment centers.

55.7
55.8	Subd. 5.Minnesota Sex Offender Program 
Treatment Facilities - Moose Lake
 				47,500,000
	
55.9 	To complete design for and to construct, 
55.10 	furnish, and equip phase 2 of the Minnesota 
55.11 	sex offender treatment program at Moose 
55.12 	Lake.

55.13
55.14	Subd. 6.Sex Offender Treatment Center; 
Facilities Study
 					
55.15 	The commissioner of human services, in 
55.16 	consultation with the commissioners of 
55.17 	corrections and administration, shall study 
55.18 	the potential for using existing vacant or 
55.19 	underused state facilities, including regional 
55.20 	treatment centers, for the sex offender 
55.21 	treatment program or for other programs or 
55.22 	services administered by the Department of 
55.23 	Human Services. The study must analyze 
55.24 	the feasibility, time required, and cost of 
55.25 	making the building and infrastructure 
55.26 	changes necessary for the program. The 
55.27 	study must also examine the current civil 
55.28 	commitment policies of the state, sex 
55.29 	offender treatment, and possible legislation 
55.30 	to change determinate sentencing for sex 
55.31 	offenders. The study must include a review 
55.32 	of how other states use civil commitment 
55.33 	for sex offenders. The commissioner 
55.34 	shall submit a report on the study, with 
55.35 	specific recommendations, to the chairs and 
56.1 	ranking minority members of the house of 
56.2 	representatives and senate committees with 
56.3 	jurisdiction over capital investment, human 
56.4 	services policy and finance, and public safety 
56.5 	policy and finance by January 15, 2011.

56.6	Sec. 19. VETERANS AFFAIRS

56.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	13,900,000
	
56.8 	To the commissioner of administration for 
56.9 	the purposes specified in this section.

56.10	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				4,000,000
	
56.11 	For asset preservation improvements and 
56.12 	betterments of a capital nature at veterans 
56.13 	homes statewide, to be spent in accordance 
56.14 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

56.15
56.16	Subd. 3.Luverne Veterans Home Entrance 
Enclosure
 				450,000
	
56.17 	To design, construct, and furnish a new 
56.18 	enclosure attached to the front entrance of 
56.19 	the Luverne Veterans Home; re-engineer 
56.20 	the circle drive parking lot adjoining the 
56.21 	entrance to increase visitor parking capacity; 
56.22 	and provide day room and lounge space on 
56.23 	either side of the entrance.

56.24	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home
 				9,450,000
	
56.25 	To remodel building 16 to accommodate 
56.26 	a domiciliary program, demolish the north 
56.27 	wing of building 17, and design, construct, 
56.28 	furnish, and equip up to a 72-bed single 
56.29 	occupancy person-centered nursing care 
56.30 	building, including site improvements and 
56.31 	amenities for building and program support.

56.32	Sec. 20. CORRECTIONS

56.33	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	23,829,000
	
57.1 	To the commissioner of administration for 
57.2 	the purposes specified in this section.

57.3	Subd. 2.Asset Preservation
 				8,000,000
	
57.4 	For improvements and betterments of a 
57.5 	capital nature at Minnesota correctional 
57.6 	facilities statewide, in accordance with 
57.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307.

57.8	Subd. 3.ARMER Radio System Migration
 				5,800,000
	
57.9 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip 
57.10 	the Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency 
57.11 	Response (ARMER) system migration into 
57.12 	all state correctional facilities, including, 
57.13 	but not limited to, building and radio site 
57.14 	improvements, installation of fixed antenna 
57.15 	systems and repeaters, and installation of 
57.16 	master control dispatch console equipment.

57.17
57.18	Subd. 4.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Oak 
Park Heights

57.19
57.20	(a) Exterior Intrusion Detection System 
Upgrade
				3,529,000
	
57.21 	To replace and improve the current perimeter 
57.22 	detection system with a comprehensive 
57.23 	system that will use current technology and 
57.24 	provide essential components of effective 
57.25 	and reliable escape detection at Minnesota's 
57.26 	maximum security correctional facility, 
57.27 	including but not limited to installation of a 
57.28 	new sensor coil system, improved lighting, 
57.29 	cameras, recording devices, and renovations 
57.30 	of existing facilities required to accommodate 
57.31 	the technology and functionality of the new 
57.32 	system.

57.33	(b) Security System Upgrade
				6,500,000
	
58.1 	To replace and upgrade existing facility 
58.2 	security systems and components with new 
58.3 	fully integrated systems throughout the 
58.4 	prison, including renovations of existing 
58.5 	facilities required to accommodate the 
58.6 	technology and functionality of the new 
58.7 	systems.

58.8	Subd. 5.Unspent appropriations
 					
58.9 	The unspent portion of an appropriation for 
58.10 	a project in this section that is complete, 
58.11 	upon written notice to the commissioner of 
58.12 	management and budget, is available for 
58.13 	asset preservation under Minnesota Statutes, 
58.14 	section 16B.307, at the same correctional 
58.15 	facility as the project for which the original 
58.16 	appropriation was made. Minnesota Statutes, 
58.17 	section 16A.642, applies from the date of the 
58.18 	original appropriation to the unspent amount 
58.19 	transferred.

58.20
58.21	Sec. 21. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

58.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	121,965,000
	
58.23 	To the commissioner of employment and 
58.24 	economic development for the purposes 
58.25 	specified in this section.

58.26
58.27	Subd. 2.Greater Minnesota Business 
Development Infrastructure Grant Program
 				10,000,000
	
58.28 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
58.29 	116J.431.
58.30 	$1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of North 
58.31 	Branch in Chisago County to complete the 
58.32 	predesign, design, and construction of a main 
58.33 	water line loop, including connections and a 
58.34 	main sanitary sewer line with a lift station, in 
59.1 	the city of North Branch. The trunk water 
59.2 	main loop connection line will provide 
59.3 	adequate water volume and pressure for fire 
59.4 	protection and suppression for industrial 
59.5 	users at the ESSBY Business Park, while 
59.6 	the trunk sewer line is required to provide 
59.7 	sanitary sewer service to property along the 
59.8 	water main loop.
59.9 	$200,000 is for a matching grant to the Board 
59.10 	of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges 
59.11 	and Universities for Pine Technical College 
59.12 	to design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
59.13 	entrepreneurship and technology business 
59.14 	incubator at Pine Technical College. This 
59.15 	appropriation is not available until the board 
59.16 	determines that at least an equal match has 
59.17 	been committed from nonstate sources, 
59.18 	including a grant from the United States 
59.19 	Economic Development Administration.
59.20 	$285,000 is for a grant to the Voyageurs 
59.21 	National Park Clean Water Joint Powers 
59.22 	Board to predesign a wastewater collection 
59.23 	and treatment facility located in the 
59.24 	Voyageurs National Park area.

59.25
59.26	Subd. 3.Innovative Business Development 
Public Infrastructure Grant Program
 				4,000,000
	
59.27 	For grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
59.28 	116J.435.

59.29	Subd. 4.Redevelopment Account
 				5,000,000
	
59.30 	For purposes of the redevelopment account 
59.31 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.571 
59.32 	to 116J.575.
59.33 	$2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of Lake 
59.34 	Elmo. $1,000,000 must be used to design 
59.35 	and construct an expansion of the city's water 
60.1 	pumping, storage, and distribution system 
60.2 	to provide approximately 1,000 additional 
60.3 	service hookups and replace a city well lost 
60.4 	to contamination by perfluorochemicals 
60.5 	(PFC's). $1,000,000 must be used to 
60.6 	design and construct the extension of a 
60.7 	16-inch sanitary sewer force main from 
60.8 	the Metropolitan Council interceptor on 
60.9 	Interstate Highway 94 to 30th Street to the 
60.10 	proposed southern edge of the Lake Elmo 
60.11 	Village area. This appropriation is not 
60.12 	available until the council has determined 
60.13 	that at least an equal amount has been 
60.14 	committed to the project from nonstate 
60.15 	sources.
60.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
60.17 	section 16A.642, grant number 
60.18 	RDGP-06-0007-0-FY07, awarded in 
60.19 	September 2006 to the city of Tower from an 
60.20 	appropriation to the redevelopment account 
60.21 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
60.22 	23, subdivision 11, is available until June 30, 
60.23 	2013.

60.24	Subd. 5.Bemidji - Headwaters Science Center
 				475,000
	
60.25 	For a grant to the city of Bemidji to predesign 
60.26 	and design the Headwaters Science Center, 
60.27 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
60.28 	16A.695. 
60.29 	This appropriation is not available until the 
60.30 	commissioner has determined that at least 
60.31 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
60.32 	project from nonstate sources.

60.33	Subd. 6.Chatfield - Potter Center for the Arts
 				2,200,000
	
60.34 	For a grant to the Chatfield Economic 
60.35 	Development Authority for site preparation 
61.1 	and to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
61.2 	and equip the renovation of Potter Memorial 
61.3 	Auditorium and adjacent structures in the 
61.4 	city of Chatfield as the Potter Center for the 
61.5 	Arts. The economic development authority 
61.6 	may enter into leases and management 
61.7 	agreements with the city and other entities to 
61.8 	provide the programs in the center, subject to 
61.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695.

61.10	Subd. 7.Duluth Zoo
 				200,000
	
61.11 	For a grant to the city of Duluth for asset 
61.12 	preservation and exhibit renewal at the 
61.13 	Duluth Zoo that is needed for the zoo to 
61.14 	achieve accreditation. No match is required.

61.15	Subd. 8.Hennepin County 

61.16
61.17	Minnesota African American History Museum 
and Cultural Center
				840,000
	
61.18 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
61.19 	design, construct, furnish, and equip the 
61.20 	renovation of an historic mansion for 
61.21 	the Minnesota African American History 
61.22 	Museum and Cultural Center in Minneapolis, 
61.23 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
61.24 	16A.695.
61.25 	This appropriation is not available until the 
61.26 	commissioner has determined that at least 
61.27 	an equal amount has been committed from 
61.28 	nonstate sources.

61.29
61.30	Subd. 9.Mankato - Civic Center and All 
Seasons Arenas
 				12,000,000
	
61.31 	For a grant to the city of Mankato to design, 
61.32 	construct, furnish, and equip the expansion 
61.33 	of the Civic Center auditorium, including a 
61.34 	performing arts theater, and the remodelling 
61.35 	and expansion of the Civic Center and 
62.1 	All Seasons arenas, which must include 
62.2 	the Southern Minnesota Women's Hockey 
62.3 	Exposition Center, for joint use by the city 
62.4 	and Minnesota State University, Mankato.
62.5 	This appropriation is not available until the 
62.6 	commissioner has determined that at least 
62.7 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
62.8 	project from nonstate sources.

62.962.10
	Subd. 10.Minneapolis - Granary Road Storm 
Water Infrastructure
 				4,000,000
	
62.11 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
62.12 	acquire land for, and to predesign, design, 
62.13 	and construct, storm water and roadway 
62.14 	infrastructure for phase 2 of the proposed 
62.15 	Granary Road between 17th Avenue SE and 
62.16 	25th Avenue SE in Minneapolis.
62.17 	This appropriation is not available until the 
62.18 	commissioner has determined that at least 
62.19 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
62.20 	project from nonstate sources.

62.21	Subd. 11.Minneapolis - Orchestra Hall
 				16,000,000
	
62.22 	For a grant to the city of Minneapolis to 
62.23 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
62.24 	equip the renovation of Orchestra Hall at 
62.25 	its current downtown Minneapolis location, 
62.26 	including $2,000,000 for Peavey Plaza. 
62.27 	The city of Minneapolis may operate a 
62.28 	performing arts center and adjacent property 
62.29 	for public recreation and may enter into 
62.30 	a lease or management agreement for the 
62.31 	improved facilities, subject to Minnesota 
62.32 	Statutes, section 16A.695.
62.33 	This appropriation is not available until the 
62.34 	commissioner has determined that at least 
63.1 	an equal amount has been committed from 
63.2 	nonstate sources.

63.3
63.4	Subd. 12.Ramsey County - Rice Street 
Bioscience Corridor
 				5,000,000
	
63.5 	For a grant to Ramsey County to reconstruct 
63.6 	the Rice Street bridge where it crosses 
63.7 	marked Trunk Highway 36 in Ramsey 
63.8 	County, and for other improvements 
63.9 	of a capital nature to publicly owned 
63.10 	infrastructure to support bioscience business 
63.11 	development.

63.12
63.13	Subd. 13.Rochester - Mayo Civic Center 
Complex
 				28,000,000
	
63.14 	For a grant to the city of Rochester to design, 
63.15 	construct, furnish, and equip the renovation 
63.16 	and expansion of the Mayo Civic Center 
63.17 	Complex.
63.18 	This appropriation is not available until the 
63.19 	commissioner has determined that at least 
63.20 	an equal amount has been committed from 
63.21 	nonstate sources.

63.22	Subd. 14.St. Cloud - Civic Center Expansion
 				13,000,000
	
63.23 	For a grant to the city of St. Cloud to 
63.24 	predesign, design, construct, furnish, and 
63.25 	equip an expansion to the St. Cloud Civic 
63.26 	Center, including a parking facility and 
63.27 	skyway connection.
63.28 	This appropriation is not available until the 
63.29 	commissioner has determined that at least 
63.30 	an equal amount has been committed to the 
63.31 	project from nonstate sources.

63.32
63.33	Subd. 15.St. Louis County - Arrowhead 
Regional Event Facilities
 				250,000
	
63.34 	For a grant to St. Louis County as the fiscal 
63.35 	agent to provide and improve event facilities 
64.1 	in the Arrowhead region as provided in 
64.2 	this subdivision. The facilities must have a 
64.3 	cooperative agreement to provide training, 
64.4 	exhibition, and competition centers for the 
64.5 	five community colleges of the Northeast 
64.6 	Higher Education District. The St. Louis 
64.7 	County Board of Commissioners shall 
64.8 	make grants to the cities included in this 
64.9 	subdivision, and the cities will retain title 
64.10 	to the facilities. Grants may include the 
64.11 	following projects:

64.12	(a) Hibbing Memorial Building
					
64.13 	To predesign and design a new addition 
64.14 	to the Hibbing Memorial Building. This 
64.15 	request includes the American Disabilities 
64.16 	Act compliance requirements for the Hibbing 
64.17 	Memorial Building to serve as a regional 
64.18 	facility for veterans, seniors, and community 
64.19 	events.

64.20	(b) Mountain Iron Arrowhead Event Center
					
64.21 	To predesign and design a new Arrowhead 
64.22 	event facility in the city of Mountain Iron.

64.23	Subd. 16.St. Paul

64.24	(a) Asian Pacific Cultural Center
				5,000,000
	
64.25 	For a grant to the St. Paul Housing and 
64.26 	Redevelopment Authority, to construct, 
64.27 	furnish, and equip an Asian-Pacific Cultural 
64.28 	Center, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
64.29 	16A.695. The appropriation does not require 
64.30 	a local match.

64.31	(b) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
				16,000,000
	
64.32 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to design, 
64.33 	construct, furnish, and equip a concert hall of 
64.34 	approximately 1,100 seats and support spaces 
65.1 	at the Ordway Center for the Performing 
65.2 	Arts, subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
65.3 	16A.695.

65.4	Sec. 22. PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY

65.5	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	57,000,000
	
65.6 	To the Public Facilities Authority for the 
65.7 	purposes specified in this section.

65.8	Subd. 2.State Match For Federal Grants
 				30,000,000
	
65.9 	(a) To match federal grants for the clean 
65.10 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
65.11 	Statutes, section 446A.07, and the drinking 
65.12 	water revolving fund under Minnesota 
65.13 	Statutes, section 446A.081.
65.14 	(b) $10,800,000 of this appropriation shall 
65.15 	provide matching funds for the drinking 
65.16 	water revolving fund to match the 2011 and 
65.17 	2012 federal grants, with the balance to be 
65.18 	made available to the clean water revolving 
65.19 	fund.
65.20 	(c) This appropriation must be used for 
65.21 	qualified capital projects.

65.22
65.23	Subd. 3.Wastewater Infrastructure Funding 
Program
 				27,000,000
	
65.24 	For grants to eligible municipalities under the 
65.25 	wastewater infrastructure funding program 
65.26 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 446A.072.
65.27 	Up to $2,800,000 may be used as a grant to 
65.28 	the city of Williams to undertake corrective 
65.29 	action on a system built since 2001 with 
65.30 	federal money from USDA Rural Economic 
65.31 	and Community Development. This grant 
65.32 	is not subject to the 2010 or 2011 project 
65.33 	priority list nor to the limitations on grant 
66.1 	amounts set forth in Minnesota Statutes, 
66.2 	section 446A.072, subdivision 5a.

66.3
66.4	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE 
AGENCY
 			$
	10,000,000
	
66.5 	To the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency 
66.6 	for transfer to the housing development 
66.7 	fund to finance the costs to rehabilitate, or 
66.8 	to replace units lost in a fire, to preserve 
66.9 	public housing under Minnesota Statutes, 
66.10 	section 462A.202, subdivision 3a. For 
66.11 	purposes of this section, "public housing" 
66.12 	means housing for low-income persons 
66.13 	and households financed by the federal 
66.14 	government and owned and operated by 
66.15 	the public housing authorities and agencies 
66.16 	formed by cities and counties. Eligible 
66.17 	public housing authorities must have a public 
66.18 	housing assessment system rating of standard 
66.19 	or above. Priority must be given to proposals 
66.20 	that maximize federal or local resources 
66.21 	to finance the capital costs. The priority 
66.22 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.202, 
66.23 	subdivision 3a, for projects to increase 
66.24 	the supply of affordable housing and the 
66.25 	restrictions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
66.26 	462A.202, subdivision 7, do not apply to this 
66.27 	appropriation.

66.28
66.29	Sec. 24. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

66.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	13,757,000
	
66.31 	To the Minnesota Historical Society for the 
66.32 	purposes specified in this section.

66.33	Subd. 2.Historic Sites Asset Preservation
 				3,400,000
	
67.1 	For capital improvements and  betterments 
67.2 	at state historic sites, buildings, landscaping 
67.3 	at historic buildings, exhibits, markers, and 
67.4 	monuments, to be spent in accordance with 
67.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.307. The 
67.6 	society shall determine project priorities as 
67.7 	appropriate based on need.

67.8
67.9	Subd. 3.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				1,000,000
	
67.10 	To be allocated to county and local 
67.11 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
67.12 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
67.13 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
67.14 	138.0525.
67.15 	$150,000 is for a grant to the city of South St. 
67.16 	Paul to renovate the historically significant 
67.17 	1941 Navy Hangar at 310 Airport Road at 
67.18 	Fleming Field in the city to meet life safety 
67.19 	and building code requirements, subject to 
67.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695. No 
67.21 	local match is required for this grant.

67.22	Subd. 4.Oliver H. Kelley Farm Historic Site
 				9,357,000
	
67.23 	To complete design and to construct, furnish, 
67.24 	and equip the renovation of the Oliver H. 
67.25 	Kelley Farm Historic Site, including the 
67.26 	site's visitor center and other essential visitor 
67.27 	services and site operations facilities.

67.28	Sec. 25. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	1,079,000
	
67.29 	(a) $1,064,000 is from the bond proceeds 
67.30 	fund to the commissioner of management 
67.31 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
67.32 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
67.33 	subdivision 8.
68.1 	(b) $15,000 is from the bond proceeds 
68.2 	account in the trunk highway fund to the 
68.3 	commissioner of management and budget 
68.4 	for bond sale expenses under Minnesota 
68.5 	Statutes, section 167.50, subdivision 4.

68.6 	Sec. 26. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 68.7 		Subdivision 1.Bond proceeds fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act 
68.8 	from the bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
68.9 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $1,003,085,000 in the manner, upon the terms, 
68.10 	and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and 
68.11 	by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
68.12 		Subd. 2.Maximum effort school loan fund. To provide the money appropriated in 
68.13 	this act from the maximum effort school loan fund, the commissioner of management and 
68.14 	budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $5,780,000 in the manner, 
68.15 	upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
68.16 	16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of 
68.17 	the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, 
68.18 	must be credited to a bond proceeds account in the maximum effort school loan fund.
68.19 		Subd. 3.Transportation fund. To provide the money appropriated in this act from 
68.20 	the state transportation fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and 
68.21 	issue bonds of the state in an amount up to $66,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and 
68.22 	with the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by 
68.23 	the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7. The proceeds of the bonds, except 
68.24 	accrued interest and any premium received on the sale of the bonds, must be credited to 
68.25 	a bond proceeds account in the state transportation fund.
68.26 		Subd. 4.Trunk highway fund bond proceeds account. To provide the money 
68.27 	appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund, the 
68.28 	commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
68.29 	amount up to $32,945,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed 
68.30 	by Minnesota Statutes, sections 167.50 to 167.52, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
68.31 	article XIV, section 11, at the times and in the amounts requested by the commissioner 
68.32 	of transportation. The proceeds of the bonds, except accrued interest and any premium 
68.33 	received from the sale of the bonds, must be credited to the bond proceeds account in 
68.34 	the trunk highway fund.

69.1 	Sec. 27. CANCELLATIONS; BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED.
 69.2 		Subdivision 1.Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. $525,000 of the appropriation 
69.3 	in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
69.4 	2002, chapter 393, section 90, for construction of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension 
69.5 	building in Saint Paul, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 
69.6 	374, article 11, section 17, is reduced by $525,000.
69.7 		Subd. 2.Administration; property acquisition. $5,131.83 of the appropriation in 
69.8 	Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 7, subdivision 4, for property acquisition, is 
69.9 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, 
69.10 	is reduced by $5,131.83.
69.11 		Subd. 3.Human services. $23,642.57 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
69.12 	374, article 11, section 11, for Department of Human Services asset preservation, is 
69.13 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 374, article 11, section 17, is 
69.14 	reduced by $23,642.57.
69.15 		Subd. 4.CAPRA. $101,485.07 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
69.16 	section 13, subdivision 2, for the capital asset preservation and replacement account, is 
69.17 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
69.18 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
69.19 	179, section 28, is reduced by $101,485.07.
69.20 		Subd. 5.Administration. $1,041.79 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
69.21 	393, section 13, subdivision 3, for electrical utility infrastructure in the capitol complex, is 
69.22 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
69.23 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
69.24 	179, section 28, is reduced by $1,041.79.
69.25 		Subd. 6.Health and agriculture laboratory. $10,701.71 of the appropriation 
69.26 	in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 13, subdivision 6, for health and agriculture lab, is 
69.27 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
69.28 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
69.29 	179, section 28, is reduced by $10,701.71.
69.30 		Subd. 7.Minnesota state academies. $8,730.46 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, 
69.31 	chapter 393, section 6, for asset preservation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in 
69.32 	Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
69.33 	article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,730.46.
69.34 		Subd. 8.Human services. $5,829.55 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
69.35 	393, section 22, subdivision 2, for systemwide roof renovation and replacement, is 
69.36 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 
70.1 	1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 
70.2 	179, section 28, is reduced by $5,829.55.
70.3 		Subd. 9.Human services. $53,695.76 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
70.4 	393, section 22, subdivision 3, for asset preservation, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 
70.5 	393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, 
70.6 	and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $53,695.76.
70.7 		Subd. 10.Human services. $77,034.74 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
70.8 	393, section 22, subdivision 4, for demolition, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
70.9 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
70.10 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $77,034.74. 
70.11 		Subd. 11.Human services. $8,873.69 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 
70.12 	393, section 22, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
70.13 	43, for the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
70.14 	section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and 
70.15 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,873.69.
70.16 		Subd. 12.Human services. $3,498 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, chapter 393, 
70.17 	section 22, subdivision 7, for the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, is canceled. Laws 
70.18 	2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
70.19 	article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $3,498.
70.20 		Subd. 13.Veterans Homes Board. $8,022.83 of the appropriation in Laws 2002, 
70.21 	chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 2, for asset preservation, is canceled. Laws 2002, 
70.22 	chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, 
70.23 	section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $8,022.83.
70.24 		Subd. 14.Veterans Homes Board. $2,000 of the appropriation in Laws 
70.25 	2002, chapter 393, section 23, subdivision 3, for the Hastings Veterans Home utility 
70.26 	infrastructure, is canceled. Laws 2002, chapter 393, section 30, subdivision 1, as amended 
70.27 	by Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 2, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is 
70.28 	reduced by $2,000.
70.29 		Subd. 15.Phalen Boulevard. $201,486 of the appropriation in Laws 2003, First 
70.30 	Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 12, subdivision 6, for a grant to the city of St. 
70.31 	Paul for the Phalen Boulevard project, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 
70.32 	2003, First Special Session chapter 20, article 1, section 16, as amended by Laws 2008, 
70.33 	chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $201,486.
70.34 		Subd. 16.Perpich Center for Arts Education. $1.12 of the appropriation in Laws 
70.35 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 4, subdivision 2, for asset preservation, is canceled. 
71.1 	The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, 
71.2 	as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $1.12.
71.3 		Subd. 17.Perpich Center for Arts Education. $7,480.88 of the appropriation 
71.4 	in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 4, subdivision 3, for the Beta Building, is 
71.5 	canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, 
71.6 	subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $7,480.88.
71.7 		Subd. 18.Administration. $28,261.71 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 
71.8 	20, article 1, section 13, subdivision 4, for capitol area parking, is canceled. The bond sale 
71.9 	authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by 
71.10 	Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $28,261.71.
71.11 		Subd. 19.Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board. $14,140.75 of the 
71.12 	appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 14, subdivision 2, for capitol 
71.13 	interior renovation, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
71.14 	article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is 
71.15 	reduced by $14,140.75.
71.16 		Subd. 20.Veterans Homes Board. $1,863.57 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
71.17 	chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 3, for the Luverne home, is canceled. The 
71.18 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
71.19 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $1,863.57.
71.20 		Subd. 21.Veterans Homes Board. $25,720 of the appropriation in Laws 2005, 
71.21 	chapter 20, article 1, section 21, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 2005, First Special 
71.22 	Session chapter 7, section 5, for predesign of a home in Willmar, is canceled. The bond 
71.23 	sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as 
71.24 	amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is reduced by $25,720.
71.25 		Subd. 22.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater. $1,003,283.99 of the 
71.26 	appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 3, for new 
71.27 	segregation unit, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 20, 
71.28 	article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, is 
71.29 	reduced by $1,003,283.99.
71.30 		Subd. 23.Minnesota Correctional Facility - Willow River. $962.09 of the 
71.31 	appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph 
71.32 	(a), for an activities building, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, 
71.33 	chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
71.34 	section 28, is reduced by $962.09.
71.35 		Subd. 24.Minnesota correctional facility - beds. $853 of the appropriation in 
71.36 	Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 22, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), for additional 
72.1 	beds at Willow River, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2005, chapter 
72.2 	20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 
72.3 	28, is reduced by $853.
72.4 		Subd. 25.Institute of Nanotechnology. $600,000 of the appropriation in Laws 
72.5 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 11, as amended by Laws 2006, chapter 
72.6 	171, section 1, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 57, for a grant to the city of Rushford 
72.7 	for the Institute of Nanotechnology, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 
72.8 	2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 28, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 
72.9 	179, section 28, is reduced by $600,000.
72.10 		Subd. 26.Veterans Homes Board. $7,770.30 of the appropriation in Laws 2006, 
72.11 	chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 5, for the Luverne addition, is canceled. The bond 
72.12 	sale authorization in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 25, subdivision 1, as amended by 
72.13 	Laws 2007, chapter 45, article 3, section 6, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 28, 
72.14 	is reduced by $7,770.30.
72.15 		Subd. 27.Department of Natural Resources facility damage. $2,283,263 of 
72.16 	the appropriation in Laws 2007, First Special Session chapter 2, article 1, section 5, 
72.17 	subdivision 2, to rehabilitate and replace state facilities and restore natural resources in the 
72.18 	flood damaged area, is canceled. The bond sale authorization in Laws 2007, First Special 
72.19 	Session chapter 2, article 1, section 15, subdivision 1, is reduced by $2,283,263.
72.20 		Subd. 28.Department of Transportation; Urban Partnership Agreement.
 72.21 	$9,000,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, 
72.22 	subdivision 4, for the urban partnership agreement, is canceled. The trunk highway 
72.23 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is 
72.24 	reduced by $9,000,000.
72.25 		Subd. 29.Department of Transportation building. $9,500,000 of the 
72.26 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 5, for the exterior of the 
72.27 	Department of Transportation building in Saint Paul, is canceled. The trunk highway 
72.28 	bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 7, subdivision 1, is 
72.29 	reduced by $9,500,000.
72.30 		Subd. 30.Agriculture. $2,660 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 179, 
72.31 	section 10, for the potato inspection unit building roof, is canceled. The bond sale 
72.32 	authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 
72.33 	2008, chapter 365, section 7, is reduced by $2,660.
72.34 		Subd. 31.Bayport storm sewer. $150,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2008, 
72.35 	chapter 179, section 22, subdivision 8, for the Bayport storm sewer, is canceled. The bond 
73.1 	sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 1, as amended by 
73.2 	Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 7, is reduced by $150,000.
73.3 		Subd. 32.Disaster relief. $3,900,000 of the appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter 
73.4 	93, article 2, section 3, subdivision 3, for state and local match, is canceled. The bond sale 
73.5 	authorization in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 2, section 13, subdivision 1, is reduced 
73.6 	by $3,900,000.
73.7 		Subd. 33.2009 authorizations. (a) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2009, 
73.8 	chapter 93, article 1, section 21, subdivision 1, is reduced by $79,375,000.
73.9 	(b) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 21, 
73.10 	subdivision 2, is reduced by $5,780,000.

73.11 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.501, is amended to read:
73.12 	16A.501 REPORT ON EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS.
73.13 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must report annually to the 
73.14 	legislature on the degree to which entities receiving appropriations for capital projects in 
73.15 	previous omnibus capital improvement acts have encumbered or expended that money. 
73.16 	The report must be submitted to the chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means 
73.17 	Committee and the senate Finance Committee by January 1 of each year.
73.18 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must report by January 15 of each 
73.19 	year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and 
73.20 	senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment, finance, and ways and means, 
73.21 	on the amount and percentage of each agency's capital appropriation that is used to pay 
73.22 	for the costs of staff directly attributable to capital programs or projects funded with state 
73.23 	general obligation bond proceeds. The report must also include information on agencies' 
73.24 	compliance with the commissioner's policies governing the use of general obligation bond 
73.25 	proceeds to pay staff costs and any changes to the commissioner's policies.

73.26 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 1, is 
73.27 	amended to read:
73.28 		Subdivision 1.Authority to issue. When authorized by law to issue state general 
73.29 	obligation bonds or state 911 revenue bonds under section 403.275, the commissioner 
73.30 	may issue all or part of the bonds as tax credit bonds or as interest subsidy bonds or a 
73.31 	combination of the two.

73.32 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 16A.647, subdivision 5, is 
73.33 	amended to read:
74.1 		Subd. 5.Sale; certain costs of issuance. Tax credit bonds and interest subsidy 
74.2 	bonds must be sold at a price not less than 98 percent of their stated principal amount. No 
74.3 	state trunk highway bond may be sold for a price of less than par and accrued interest.
74.4 	When the commissioner determines to issue tax credit bonds or interest subsidy bonds to 
74.5 	achieve a net present value debt service savings over tax-exempt bonds, the commissioner 
74.6 	may issue an additional principal amount of bonds, not to exceed two percent of the 
74.7 	principal amount of bonds otherwise authorized by law to be issued, to pay the costs of 
74.8 	investment banking and banking services related to the sale or placement of the bonds, 
74.9 	provided the additional issuance will not cause an increase in the general fund debt 
74.10 	service transfer for the biennium during which the bonds are sold, as estimated by the 
74.11 	commissioner. The proceeds are appropriated for this purpose.

74.12 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.66, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
74.13 		Subd. 2.Special provisions for sale and issuance. Refunding bonds may be 
74.14 	sold publicly, or directly to the State Board of Investment without bids, or may be 
74.15 	exchanged for bonds refunded by agreement with their holders. The refunding bonds must 
74.16 	be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured in the same way as the refunded bonds. 
74.17 	The proceeds of refunding bonds may be deposited, invested, and applied to accomplish 
74.18 	the refunding as provided in section 475.67, subdivisions 5 to 10, and 13. Bids for the 
74.19 	securities to be purchased for the escrow account may be secured, at the commissioner's 
74.20 	election, either through the State Board of Investment or a suitable financial institution. 
74.21 	The interest rate on refunding bonds may exceed that on the refunded bonds if the purpose 
74.22 	of refunding is to extend the maturities and to reduce the amount needed annually to 
74.23 	pay and to secure the debt.  

74.24 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16B.26, is amended to read:
74.25 	16B.26 UTILITY COMPANIES, PERMITS TO CROSS STATE-OWNED 
74.26 	LANDS.
74.27 		Subdivision 1.Easements. (a) Authority. Except where the authority conferred 
74.28 	by this section has been imposed on some other state or county office, the commissioner 
74.29 	may grant an easement or permit over, under, or across any land owned by the state for 
74.30 	the purpose of constructing roads, streets, telephone, telegraph, and electric power lines, 
74.31 	cables or conduits, underground or otherwise, or mains or pipe lines for gas, liquids, or 
74.32 	solids in suspension public purposes, including but not limited to, access, road, street, 
74.33 	mass transit, telecommunication, flood protection, or utility purposes. This authority 
75.1 	does not apply to land under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of natural resources or 
75.2 	land obtained for trunk highway purposes. 
75.3 	(b)  Notice of revocation. An easement or permit is revocable by written notice 
75.4 	given by the commissioner if at any time its continuance will conflict with a public use 
75.5 	of the land over, under, or upon which it is granted, or for any other reason. The notice 
75.6 	must be in writing and is effective 90 days after the notice is sent by certified mail to the 
75.7 	last known address of the record holder of the easement. If the address of the holder of 
75.8 	the easement or permit is not known, it expires 90 days after the notice is recorded in the 
75.9 	office of the county recorder of the county in which the land is located. Upon revocation 
75.10 	of an easement, the commissioner may allow a reasonable time for the easement holder 
75.11 	to vacate the premises affected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the commissioner may 
75.12 	grant to a state agency or political subdivision a permanent easement for the construction, 
75.13 	operation, and maintenance of publicly owned infrastructure as described in paragraph (a), 
75.14 	to have and to hold for as long as the easement area is used in accordance with the terms 
75.15 	and conditions of the easement. If a permanent easement ceases to be used for the purposes 
75.16 	stated in the easement or in accordance with its terms and conditions, the easement may be 
75.17 	revoked by a written notice given by the commissioner in accordance with this paragraph.
75.18 	(c)  Easement runs with land. State land subject to an easement or permit granted 
75.19 	by the commissioner remains subject to sale or lease, and the sale or lease does not revoke 
75.20 	the permit or easement granted. 
75.21 		Subd. 2.Land controlled by other agencies. If the easement or permit involves 
75.22 	land under the jurisdiction of an agency other than the Department of Administration, it 
75.23 	is subject to the approval of the head of the agency and is subject to revocation by the 
75.24 	commissioner as provided in this section, on request of the head of the agency.
75.25 		Subd. 3.Application. An application for easement or permit under this section 
75.26 	must be in quadruplicate and must include: a legal description of the land affected; a 
75.27 	map showing the area affected by the easement or permit; and a detailed design of any 
75.28 	structures to be placed on the land. The commissioner may require that the application 
75.29 	be in another form and include other descriptions, maps, or designs. The commissioner 
75.30 	may at any time order changes or modifications respecting construction or maintenance of 
75.31 	structures or other conditions of the easement which the commissioner finds necessary to 
75.32 	protect the public health and safety.
75.33 		Subd. 4.Form; duration. The easement or permit must be in a form prescribed 
75.34 	by the attorney general and must describe the location of the easement granted. The 
75.35 	easement or permit continues until revoked by the commissioner, subject to change or 
75.36 	modification as provided in this section.
76.1 		Subd. 5.Consideration; terms. The commissioner may prescribe consideration 
76.2 	and conditions for granting an easement or permit. Money received by the state under 
76.3 	this section must be credited to the fund to which income or proceeds of sale from the 
76.4 	land would be credited, if provision for the sale is made by law. Otherwise, it must be 
76.5 	credited to the general fund.

76.6 	Sec. 33. [16B.327] RECYCLING CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION 
76.7 	WASTE FROM STATE BUILDINGS; REQUIREMENT.
76.8 	The commissioner shall require in contracts for the construction, renovation, or 
76.9 	demolition of a state building that the contractor and any subcontractor must divert from 
76.10 	deposit in a landfill and must recycle at least 50 percent of the nonhazardous construction 
76.11 	and demolition waste, measured by tonnage or volume, produced by the project or 
76.12 	demonstrate that the waste was delivered to construction and demolition waste recycling 
76.13 	facilities that maintain a 50 percent annual recycling rate. This requirement applies to a 
76.14 	project to construct, renovate, or demolish a state building that receives funding from the 
76.15 	bond proceeds fund after January 1, 2011, provided that:
76.16 	(1) the project is located within 40 miles of a construction and demolition waste 
76.17 	recycling facility that meets the requirements of this section and can process the applicable 
76.18 	building materials; and
76.19 	(2) for construction and renovation projects, funding from the bond proceeds fund is 
76.20 	$5,000,000 or more.
76.21 	 For the purposes of this section, "state building" means a building wholly owned or 
76.22 	leased by a state agency, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, or the University 
76.23 	of Minnesota.

76.24 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16B.335, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
76.25 		Subdivision 1.Construction and major remodeling. (a) The commissioner, or 
76.26 	any other recipient to whom an appropriation is made to acquire or better public lands 
76.27 	or buildings or other public improvements of a capital nature, must not prepare final 
76.28 	plans and specifications for any construction, major remodeling, or land acquisition in 
76.29 	anticipation of which the appropriation was made until the agency that will use the 
76.30 	project has presented the program plan and cost estimates for all elements necessary 
76.31 	to complete the project to the chair of the senate Finance Committee and the chair of 
76.32 	the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the chairs have made 
76.33 	their recommendations, and the chair of the house of representatives Capital Investment 
76.34 	Committee is notified. "Construction or major remodeling" means construction of a new 
77.1 	building, a substantial addition to an existing building, or a substantial change to the 
77.2 	interior configuration of an existing building. The presentation must note any significant 
77.3 	changes in the work that will be done, or in its cost, since the appropriation for the 
77.4 	project was enacted or from the predesign submittal. The program plans and estimates 
77.5 	must be presented for review at least two weeks before a recommendation is needed. 
77.6 	The recommendations are advisory only. Failure or refusal to make a recommendation 
77.7 	is considered a negative recommendation. The chairs of the senate Finance Committee 
77.8 	and the house of representatives Capital Investment and Ways and Means Committees 
77.9 	must also be notified whenever there is a substantial change in a construction or major 
77.10 	remodeling project, or in its cost.
77.11 	(b) Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this subdivision include 
77.12 	demolition or decommissioning of state assets, hazardous material projects, utility 
77.13 	infrastructure projects, environmental testing, parking lots, parking structures, park 
77.14 	and ride facilities, bus rapid transit stations, light rail lines, exterior lighting, fencing, 
77.15 	highway rest areas, truck stations, storage facilities not consisting primarily of offices or 
77.16 	heated work areas, roads, bridges, trails, pathways, campgrounds, athletic fields, dams, 
77.17 	floodwater retention systems, water access sites, harbors, sewer separation projects, water 
77.18 	and wastewater facilities, port development projects for which the commissioner of 
77.19 	transportation has entered into an assistance agreement under section 457A.04, ice centers, 
77.20 	a local government project with a construction cost of less than $1,500,000, or any other 
77.21 	capital project with a construction cost of less than $750,000. 

77.22 	Sec. 35. [16B.355] COOPERATIVE LOCAL FACILITIES GRANTS.
77.23 		Subdivision 1.Grants authorized. The commissioner shall make grants to 
77.24 	counties, cities, towns, and school districts to acquire, construct, or renovate public land 
77.25 	and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature for cooperative facilities 
77.26 	to be owned and operated by the grantees.
77.27 		Subd. 2.Match. A grant under this section may not be made until the commissioner 
77.28 	has determined that at least 30 percent of the total project cost has been committed to 
77.29 	the project from nonstate sources.
77.30 		Subd. 3.Amount. No more than one-third of the amount appropriated by any one 
77.31 	appropriation act may be granted to any one project.
77.32 		Subd. 4.Application. (a) To be eligible to receive a grant, the grant application 
77.33 	must be made to the commissioner on behalf of any combination of at least three counties, 
77.34 	cities, towns, or school districts. The grant applicants must have entered into a joint 
78.1 	powers agreement and formed a joint powers board under section 471.59 to govern the 
78.2 	facilities. The joint powers board must approve the application by resolution.
78.3 	(b) The grant application must demonstrate that acquisition, construction, or 
78.4 	renovation of the cooperative facilities will improve the delivery of services by the 
78.5 	grant applicants and will generate savings to the applicants in operating their buildings 
78.6 	and programs.
78.7 	(c) The commissioner shall prescribe and provide the application form. The 
78.8 	application must include at least the following information:
78.9 	(1) identification of the facilities;
78.10 	(2) a plan for the facilities;
78.11 	(3) a description of how the facilities will improve the delivery of governmental 
78.12 	services by the applicants;
78.13 	(4) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total costs 
78.14 	for the facilities;
78.15 	(5) an estimate of the dates when the facilities for which the grant is requested will 
78.16 	be contracted for and completed;
78.17 	(6) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the savings in 
78.18 	operating costs of buildings and programs that the project will generate;
78.19 	(7) the manner in which the applicants will meet the local match requirement; and
78.20 	(8) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
78.21 		Subd. 5.Priority. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of 
78.22 	management and budget and the commissioners of other state departments, as appropriate, 
78.23 	shall give priority to projects that demonstrate a significant increase in cooperation as 
78.24 	measured by one or more of the following criteria:
78.25 	(1) improved quality, access, transparency, or level of service to citizens;
78.26 	(2) fundamental change in the organization of service delivery;
78.27 	(3) substantial savings in operating costs; or
78.28 	(4) positive return on investment over the life of the facility.
78.29 		Subd. 6.Geographic distribution. At least half the money provided as grants each 
78.30 	fiscal biennium must be for projects located outside the seven-county metropolitan area, as 
78.31 	defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.

78.32 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, is amended by adding a subdivision 
78.33 	to read:
78.34 		Subd. 28.Camp Ripley/Veterans State Trail. The trail shall originate at Crow 
78.35 	Wing State Park in Crow Wing County at the southern end of the Paul Bunyan Trail and 
79.1 	shall extend from Crow Wing State Park westerly to the city of Pillager, then southerly 
79.2 	along the west side of Camp Ripley, then easterly along the south side of Camp Ripley 
79.3 	across to the east side of the Mississippi River, and then northerly through Fort Ripley 
79.4 	to Crow Wing State Park. A second segment of the trail shall be established that shall 
79.5 	extend in a southerly direction and in close proximity to the Mississippi River from the 
79.6 	southeasterly portion of the first segment of the trail to the city of Little Falls, and then 
79.7 	terminate at the Soo Line Trail in Morrison County.

79.8 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.161, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
79.9 		Subd. 3.Red River basin flood mitigation projects. Notwithstanding subdivision 
79.10 	2, a grant for implementation of a flood hazard mitigation project in the Red River basin 
79.11 	that is consistent with the 1998 mediation agreement and approved by the Red River flood 
79.12 	damage reduction work group may be for up to 75 percent of the cost of the proposed 
79.13 	mitigation measures for the Agassiz-Audubon, North Ottawa, Hay Creek, and Thief 
79.14 	River subwatershed projects.

79.15 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 103F.515, is amended by adding a 
79.16 	subdivision to read:
79.17 		Subd. 10.Use for mitigation prohibited. Money made available under the reinvest 
79.18 	in Minnesota reserve program may not be used for environmental regulatory or wetland 
79.19 	mitigation purposes required under federal or state law.

79.20 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116J.435, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 
79.21 	35, sections 1 and 2, and Laws 2009, chapter 78, article 2, section 12, is amended to read:
79.22 	116J.435 BIOSCIENCE INNOVATIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC 
79.23 	INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.
79.24 		Subdivision 1.Creation of account. A bioscience An innovative  business 
79.25 	development public infrastructure account is created in the bond proceeds fund. Money 
79.26 	in the account may only be used for capital costs of public infrastructure for eligible 
79.27 	bioscience innovative  business development projects.
79.28 		Subd. 2.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
79.29 	(1) "local governmental unit" means a county, city, town, special district, public 
79.30 	higher education institution, or other political subdivision or public corporation;
79.31 	(2) "governing body" means the council, board of commissioners, board of trustees, 
79.32 	board of regents, or other body charged with governing a local governmental unit; 
80.1 	(3) "public infrastructure" means publicly owned physical infrastructure in this state, 
80.2 	including, but not limited to, wastewater collection and treatment systems, drinking water 
80.3 	systems, storm sewers, utility extensions, telecommunications infrastructure, streets, 
80.4 	roads, bridges, parking ramps, facilities that support basic science technology and clinical 
80.5 	research, and research infrastructure; and
80.6 	(4) "innovative business" means a business that is engaged in, or is committed to 
80.7 	engage in, innovation in Minnesota in one of the following: using proprietary technology 
80.8 	to add value to a product, process, or service in a high technology field; researching 
80.9 	or developing a proprietary product, process, or service in a high technology field; 
80.10 	researching, developing, or producing a new proprietary technology for use in the fields of 
80.11 	tourism, forestry, mining, transportation, or green manufacturing; 
80.12 	(5) "proprietary technology" means the technical innovations that are unique and 
80.13 	legally owned or licensed by a business and includes, without limitation, those innovations 
80.14 	that are patented, patent pending, a subject of trade secrets, or copyrighted; and
80.15 	(4) (6) "eligible project" means a bioscience an innovative  business development 
80.16 	capital improvement project in this state, including: manufacturing; technology; 
80.17 	warehousing and distribution; research and development; bioscience innovative  business 
80.18 	incubator; agricultural bioprocessing processing; or industrial, office, or research park 
80.19 	development that would be used by a bioscience-basedan innovative business.
80.20 		Subd. 3.Grant program established. (a) The commissioner shall make 
80.21 	competitive grants to local governmental units to acquire and prepare land on which 
80.22 	public infrastructure required to support an eligible project will be located, including 
80.23 	demolition of structures and remediation of any hazardous conditions on the land, or to 
80.24 	predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, and equip public infrastructure required to 
80.25 	support an eligible project. The local governmental unit receiving a grant must provide for 
80.26 	the remainder of the public infrastructure costs from other sources. The commissioner 
80.27 	may waive the requirements related to an eligible project under subdivision 2 if a project 
80.28 	would be eligible under this section but for the fact that its location requires infrastructure 
80.29 	improvements to residential development.
80.30 	(b) The amount of a grant may not exceed the lesser of the cost of the public 
80.31 	infrastructure or 50 percent of the sum of the cost of the public infrastructure plus the cost 
80.32 	of the completed eligible project.
80.33 	(c) The purpose of the program is to keep or enhance jobs in the area, increase the 
80.34 	tax base, or to expand or create new economic development through the growth of new 
80.35 	bioscienceinnovative businesses and organizations.
81.1 		Subd. 4.Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures 
81.2 	for soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. At a minimum, a 
81.3 	local governmental unit must include the following information in its application:
81.4 	(1) a resolution of its governing body certifying that the money required to be 
81.5 	supplied by the local governmental unit to complete the public infrastructure is available 
81.6 	and committed; 
81.7 	(2) a detailed estimate, along with necessary supporting evidence, of the total 
81.8 	development costs for the public infrastructure and eligible project;
81.9 	(3) an assessment of the potential or likely use of the site for bioscience innovative 
81.10 	business  activities after completion of the public infrastructure and eligible project; 
81.11 	(4) a timeline indicating the major milestones of the public infrastructure and eligible 
81.12 	project and their anticipated completion dates; 
81.13 	(5) a commitment from the governing body to repay the grant if the milestones are 
81.14 	not realized by the completion date identified in clause (4); and 
81.15 	(6) any additional information or material the commissioner prescribes.
81.16 	(b) The determination of whether to make a grant under subdivision 3 is within the 
81.17 	discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section. The commissioner's decisions and 
81.18 	application of the priorities are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion. 
81.19 		Subd. 5.Priorities. (a) If applications for grants exceed the available appropriations, 
81.20 	grants must be made for public infrastructure that, in the commissioner's judgment, 
81.21 	provides the highest return in public benefits for the public costs incurred. "Public benefits" 
81.22 	include job creation, environmental benefits to the state and region, efficient use of public 
81.23 	transportation, efficient use of existing infrastructure, provision of affordable housing, 
81.24 	multiuse development that constitutes community rebuilding rather than single-use 
81.25 	development, crime reduction, blight reduction, community stabilization, and property tax 
81.26 	base maintenance or improvement. In making this judgment, the commissioner shall give 
81.27 	priority to eligible projects with one or more of the following characteristics:
81.28 	(1) the potential of the local governmental unit to attract viable bioscience innovative 
81.29 	 businesses; 
81.30 	(2) proximity to public transit if located in a metropolitan county, as defined in 
81.31 	section 473.121, subdivision 4; 
81.32 	(3) multijurisdictional eligible projects that take into account the need for affordable 
81.33 	housing, transportation, and environmental impact; 
81.34 	(4) the eligible project is not relocating substantially the same operation from another 
81.35 	location in the state, unless the commissioner determines the eligible project cannot be 
82.1 	reasonably accommodated within the local governmental unit in which the business is 
82.2 	currently located, or the business would otherwise relocate to another state or country; and 
82.3 	(5) the number of jobs that will be created. 
82.4 	(b) The factors in paragraph (a) are not listed in a rank order of priority; rather, the 
82.5 	commissioner may weigh each factor, depending upon the facts and circumstances, as 
82.6 	the commissioner considers appropriate. 
82.7 		Subd. 6.Cancellation of grant. If a grant is awarded to a local governmental unit 
82.8 	and funds are not encumbered for the grant within four years after the award date, the 
82.9 	grant must be canceled. 
82.10 		Subd. 7.Repayment of grant. If an eligible project supported by public 
82.11 	infrastructure funded with a grant awarded under this section is not occupied by a 
82.12 	bioscience an innovative  business in accordance with the grant application under 
82.13 	subdivision 4 within five years after the date of the last grant payment, the grant recipient 
82.14 	must repay the amount of the grant received. The commissioner must deposit all money 
82.15 	received under this subdivision into the state treasury and credit it to the debt service 
82.16 	account in the state bond fund.

82.17 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.50, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
82.18 		Subd. 6.Grant rules criteria; rulemaking. Procedures for application for 
82.19 	grants from the fund, conditions for their administration, and criteria for priority, 
82.20 	unless established in the laws authorizing the grants, shall be established by rules of 
82.21 	the Department of Transportation consistent with those laws. The commissioner of 
82.22 	transportation shall adopt rules consistent with this section that establish criteria for 
82.23 	determining priorities and amounts of grants shall, which must be based on consideration 
82.24 	of:
82.25 	(1) effectiveness of the project in eliminating a deficiency in the transportation 
82.26 	system;
82.27 	(2) number of persons affected by the deficiency;
82.28 	(3) economic feasibility;
82.29 	(4) effect on optimum land use and other concerns of state and regional planning;
82.30 	(5) availability of other financing capability; and
82.31 	(6) adequacy of provision for proper operation and maintenance after construction.

82.32 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 174.50, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
82.33 		Subd. 7.Rules for administering funds and grants Program administration; 
82.34 	rulemaking. (a) The commissioner of transportation shall develop rules, procedures for 
83.1 	application for grants, conditions of grant administration, standards, and criteria, including 
83.2 	bridge specifications, in cooperation with road authorities of political subdivisions, for use 
83.3 	in the administration of funds appropriated to the commissioner and for the administration 
83.4 	of grants to subdivisions.
83.5 	(b) The maximum use of standardized bridges is encouraged. Regardless of the size 
83.6 	of the existing bridge, a bridge or replacement bridge is eligible for assistance from the 
83.7 	state transportation fund if a hydrological survey indicates that the bridge or replacement 
83.8 	bridge must be ten feet or more in length.
83.9 	(c) As part of the standards or rules, the commissioner shall, in consultation with 
83.10 	local road authorities, establish a minimum distance between any two bridges that cross 
83.11 	over the same river, stream, or waterway, so that only one of the bridges is eligible for a 
83.12 	grant under this section. As appropriate, the commissioner may establish exceptions from 
83.13 	the minimum distance requirement or procedures for obtaining a variance.
83.14 	(d) Funds appropriated to the commissioner from the Minnesota state transportation 
83.15 	fund shall be segregated from the highway tax user distribution fund and other funds 
83.16 	created by article XIV of the Constitution.

83.17 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256E.37, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
83.18 		Subdivision 1.Grant authority. The commissioner may make grants to state 
83.19 	agencies and political subdivisions to construct or rehabilitate facilities for early childhood 
83.20 	programs, crisis nurseries, or parenting time centers. The following requirements apply:
83.21 	(1) The facilities must be owned by the state or a political subdivision, but may 
83.22 	be leased under section 16A.695 to organizations that operate the programs. The 
83.23 	commissioner must prescribe the terms and conditions of the leases. 
83.24 	(2) A grant for an individual facility must not exceed $300,000 $500,000 for each 
83.25 	program that is housed in the facility, up to a maximum of $750,000 $2,000,000 for 
83.26 	a facility that houses three programs or more. Programs include Head Start, School 
83.27 	Readiness, Early Childhood Family Education, licensed child care, and other early 
83.28 	childhood intervention programs. 
83.29 	(3) State appropriations must be matched on a 50 percent basis with nonstate funds. 
83.30 	The matching requirement must apply program wide and not to individual grants.

83.31 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 256E.37, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.32 		Subd. 2.Grant priority. (a) The commissioner must give priority to:
83.33 	(1) projects in counties or municipalities with the highest percentage of children 
83.34 	living in poverty;
84.1 	(2) grants that involve collaboration among sponsors of programs under this section; 
84.2 	and 
84.3 	(3) where feasible, grants for programs that utilize Youthbuild under sections 
84.4 	116L.361 to 116L.366 for at least 25 percent of each grant awarded or $50,000 of the labor 
84.5 	portion of the construction, whichever is less, if:
84.6 	(i) the work is appropriate for Youthbuild, as mutually agreed upon by the grantee 
84.7 	and the local Youthbuild program, considering safety and skills needed;
84.8 	(ii) it is demonstrated by Youthbuild that using Youthbuild will not increase the 
84.9 	overall cost of the project; and
84.10 	(iii) eligible programs consult with appropriate labor organizations to deliver 
84.11 	education and training.
84.12 	(b) The commissioner may give priority to:
84.13 	(1) projects that collaborate with child care providers, including all-day and 
84.14 	school-age child care programs, special needs care, sick child care, nontraditional hour 
84.15 	care, and programs that include services to refugee and immigrant families; and
84.16 	(2) grants for programs that will increase their child care workers' wages as a result 
84.17 	of the grant; and
84.18 	(3) projects that will improve the quality of early childhood programs. 

84.19 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 403.275, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.20 		Subd. 2.Procedure; certain costs of issuance. (a) The commissioner may sell and 
84.21 	issue the bonds on the terms and conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best 
84.22 	interests of the state. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale. The commissioner 
84.23 	may enter any agreements or pledges the commissioner determines necessary or useful to 
84.24 	sell the bonds that are not inconsistent with sections 403.21 to 403.40. Sections 16A.672
84.25 	to 16A.675 apply to the bonds. The commissioner may issue all or part of the bonds as tax 
84.26 	credit bonds or as interest subsidy bonds under section 16A.647 or a combination of the 
84.27 	two. Except for amounts appropriated to pay the costs of investment banking and banking 
84.28 	services under section 16A.647, the proceeds of the bonds issued under this section must 
84.29 	be credited to a special 911 revenue bond proceeds account in the state treasury.
84.30 	(b) Before the proceeds are received in the 911 revenue bond proceeds account, 
84.31 	the commissioner of management and budget may transfer to the account from the 911 
84.32 	emergency telecommunications service account amounts not exceeding the expected 
84.33 	proceeds from the next bond sale. The commissioner of management and budget shall 
84.34 	return these amounts to the 911 emergency telecommunications service account by 
84.35 	transferring proceeds when received. The amounts of these transfers are appropriated 
85.1 	from the 911 emergency telecommunications service account and from the 911 revenue 
85.2 	bond proceeds account.

85.3 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 462A.36, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.4 		Subd. 2.Authorization. (a) The agency may issue up to $30,000,000 $36,000,000
85.5 	of nonprofit housing bonds in one or more series to which the payments made under this 
85.6 	section may be pledged. The nonprofit housing bonds authorized in this subdivision 
85.7 	may be issued for the purpose of making loans, on terms and conditions the agency 
85.8 	deems appropriate, to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, preservation, and 
85.9 	rehabilitation of permanent supportive housing for individuals and families who: (1) 
85.10 	either have been without a permanent residence for at least 12 months or at least four 
85.11 	times in the last three years; or (2) are at significant risk of lacking a permanent residence 
85.12 	for 12 months or at least four times in the last three years. The bonds may also be issued 
85.13 	to finance the costs of the construction, acquisition, preservation, and rehabilitation of 
85.14 	foreclosed or vacant housing to be used for affordable rental housing.
85.15 	(b) An insubstantial portion of the bond proceeds may be used for permanent 
85.16 	supportive housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness who do not 
85.17 	meet the criteria of paragraph (a).

85.18 	Sec. 46. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

85.19	Subd. 4. Red Rock Corridor Transit Way
				500,000
	
85.20 	For preliminary engineering and 
85.21 	environmental review, acquisition of 
85.22 	real property or interests in real property, 
85.23 	and construction of the Red Rock corridor 
85.24 	transit way from Hastings through St. Paul 
85.25 	to Minneapolis.
85.26 	This appropriation may not be spent for 
85.27 	capital improvements within a trunk highway 
85.28 	right-of-way.

85.29 	Sec. 47. Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 23, subdivision 12, as amended by 
85.30 	Laws 2006, chapter 171, section 2, and Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 50, is amended to 
85.31 	read:

85.32	Subd. 12.  Bioscience Development
				18,500,000
	
86.1 	For grants to political subdivisions to 
86.2 	predesign, design, acquire, construct, furnish, 
86.3 	and equip publicly owned infrastructure 
86.4 	required to support bioscience development 
86.5 	in this state. 
86.6 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of 
86.7 	Worthington. 
86.8 	$14,000,000 cumulatively is for grants to the 
86.9 	counties of Ramsey and Anoka for public 
86.10 	improvements to the portion of County 
86.11 	Road J located within each county, and 
86.12 	for road and bridge improvement costs at 
86.13 	marked Trunk Highway 36 and Rice Street 
86.14 	in Ramsey County in support of bioscience 
86.15 	business development. This amount may be 
86.16 	used to repay loans the proceeds of which 
86.17 	were used for the public improvement. The 
86.18 	grants to the individual counties shall be 
86.19 	in amounts proportionate to the individual 
86.20 	counties' costs associated with the public 
86.21 	improvements.
86.22 	$2,000,000 is for bioscience business 
86.23 	development public infrastructure grants 
86.24 	under new Minnesota Statutes, section 
86.25 	116J.435.

86.26 	Sec. 48. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 5, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

86.27	Subd.  3.Frechette Hall Asset Preservation
 				25,000
	
86.28 	To begin to design the renovation of 
86.29 	Frechette Hall, including a new electrical 
86.30 	system, new HVAC system, new windows, 
86.31 	plumbing upgrades, removal of the fireplace 
86.32 	and sunken seating in the commons area, 
86.33 	addition of recreational space for students to 
86.34 	utilize during inclement weather, and repair 
87.1 	of the Scout Cabin.For asset preservation 
87.2 	on either campus of the academies, to be 
87.3 	spent in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, 
87.4 	section 16B.307.

87.5 	Sec. 49. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 8, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

87.6
87.7	Subd. 4.Koochiching Renewable Energy 
Clean Air Project (RECAP)
 				2,500,000
	
87.8 	For a grant to Koochiching County to 
87.9 	prepare a site for andor the Koochiching 
87.10 	Development Authority to design, construct, 
87.11 	and equip a plasma torch gasification facility 
87.12 	that converts municipal solid waste into 
87.13 	energy and slag, reducing the need to dispose 
87.14 	of the waste in a landfill.
87.15 	After the design has been completed, this 
87.16 	appropriation may be used for any or all or 
87.17 	any combination of the following: (1) to 
87.18 	upgrade an existing waste transfer station 
87.19 	in Koochiching County to serve the facility 
87.20 	by performing site work, construction, or 
87.21 	placement of equipment; or (2) to prepare a 
87.22 	site for or to construct or equip a portion of 
87.23 	the plasma torch gasification facility.
87.24 	This appropriation, or any portion of it, is 
87.25 	not available until the commissioner has 
87.26 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
87.27 	been committed to the project as matched, 
87.28 	dollar for dollar, with money from nonstate 
87.29 	sources.

87.30 	Sec. 50. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

87.31	Subd.  5.Red Rock corridor transit way
 				500,000
	
87.32 	For preliminary engineering and 
87.33 	environmental review, acquisition of 
88.1 	real property or interests in real property, and 
88.2 	construction of the Red Rock corridor transit 
88.3 	way between Hastings and Minneapolis via 
88.4 	St. Paul.

88.5 	Sec. 51. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2009, 
88.6 	chapter 93, article 1, section 34, is amended to read:

88.7
88.8	Subd. 4.Hibbing Wastewater Treatment 
Facilities
 				2,500,000
	
88.9 	To the Public Facilities Authority for a 
88.10 	grant to the city of Hibbing for mercury 
88.11 	treatment facilities at the south wastewater 
88.12 	treatment plant and for wastewater and 
88.13 	storm water infrastructure improvements. 
88.14 	This appropriation is not available until the 
88.15 	authority determines that at least an equal 
88.16 	amount is committed to the project from 
88.17 	nonstate sources.

88.18 	Sec. 52. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 21, subdivision 14, as amended by Laws 
88.19 	2008, chapter 179, section 66, is amended to read:

88.20	Subd.  14. Itasca County - infrastructure
 				12,000,000 
	
88.21 	For a grant to Itasca County for public 
88.22 	infrastructure needed to support a steel plant 
88.23 	in Itasca County and economic development 
88.24 	projects in the surrounding area. Grant 
88.25 	money may be used by Itasca County and the 
88.26 	Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority 
88.27 	 to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
88.28 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water, and
88.29 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
88.30 	roads and rail lines,; and, in cooperation with 
88.31 	Nashwauk Municipal Utility, may be used by 
88.32 	the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission 
88.33 	to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
89.1 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water and
89.2 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
89.3 	natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure, 
89.4 	water supply systems, and wastewater 
89.5 	collection and treatment systems. If the 
89.6 	county determines that any of the listed uses 
89.7 	are not needed, then the grant may be used 
89.8 	for the remaining listed uses.
89.9 	The public ownership requirement contained 
89.10 	in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), 
89.11 	of the Minnesota Constitution may be 
89.12 	satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca 
89.13 	County Regional Railroad Authority, or 
89.14 	the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission 
89.15 	possessing the required ownership interest 
89.16 	even though the grant is only to Itasca 
89.17 	County.
89.18 	Up to $4,000,000 of this appropriation may 
89.19 	be spent before the full financing for either 
89.20 	project has been closed. 

89.21 	Sec. 53. Laws 2008, chapter 152, article 2, section 3, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

89.22	Subd. 2.State Road Construction
 				1,717,694,000
	
89.23 	(a) For the actual construction, 
89.24 	reconstruction, and improvement of 
89.25 	trunk highways, including design-build 
89.26 	contracts and consultant usage to support 
89.27 	these activities. This includes the cost 
89.28 	of actual payments to landowners for 
89.29 	lands acquired for highway rights-of-way, 
89.30 	payments to lessees, interest subsidies, and 
89.31 	relocation expenses. This appropriation is in 
89.32 	the following amounts:
90.1 	(1) $417,694,000 in fiscal year 2009, and the 
90.2 	commissioner may use up to $71,008,000 of 
90.3 	this amount for program delivery;
90.4 	(2) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2010, and the 
90.5 	commissioner may use up to $85,000,000 of 
90.6 	this amount for program delivery; and
90.7 	(3) $200,000,000 in each fiscal year for fiscal 
90.8 	years 2011 and 2012, and the commissioner 
90.9 	may use up to $34,000,000 of the amount in 
90.10 	each fiscal year for program delivery; and
90.11 	(4) $100,000,000 in each fiscal year for 
90.12 	fiscal years 2011 through 2018 2013 through 
90.13 	2016, and the commissioner may use up to 
90.14 	$17,000,000 of the amount in each fiscal year 
90.15 	for program delivery.
90.16 	(b) Of the amount in fiscal year 2009, 
90.17 	$40,000,000 is for construction of 
90.18 	interchanges involving a trunk highway, 
90.19 	where the interchange will promote economic 
90.20 	development, increase employment, relieve 
90.21 	growing traffic congestion, and promote 
90.22 	traffic safety. The amount under this 
90.23 	paragraph must be allocated 50 percent to 
90.24 	the department's metropolitan district, and 50 
90.25 	percent to districts in greater Minnesota.
90.26 	(c) Of the amount in fiscal years 2009 
90.27 	and 2010, the commissioner shall use 
90.28 	$300,000,000 each year for predesign, 
90.29 	design, preliminary engineering, 
90.30 	right-of-way acquisition, construction, 
90.31 	reconstruction, and maintenance of bridges 
90.32 	in the trunk highway bridge improvement 
90.33 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
90.34 	165.14.
91.1 	(d) Of the total appropriation under this 
91.2 	subdivision, the commissioner shall use at 
91.3 	least $50,000,000 for accelerating transit 
91.4 	facility improvements on or adjacent to trunk 
91.5 	highways.
91.6 	(e) Of the total appropriation under this 
91.7 	subdivision provided to the Department of 
91.8 	Transportation's district 7, the commissioner 
91.9 	shall first expend funds as necessary to 
91.10 	accelerate all projects that (1) are on a trunk 
91.11 	highway classified as a medium priority 
91.12 	interregional corridor, (2) are included in the 
91.13 	district's long-range transportation plan, but 
91.14 	are not included in the state transportation 
91.15 	improvement program or the ten-year 
91.16 	highway work plan, and (3) expand capacity 
91.17 	from a two-lane highway to a freeway 
91.18 	or expressway, as defined in Minnesota 
91.19 	Statutes, section 160.02, subdivision 19. The 
91.20 	commissioner shall establish as the highest 
91.21 	priority under this paragraph any project that 
91.22 	currently has a final environmental impact 
91.23 	statement completed. The requirement 
91.24 	under this paragraph does not change the 
91.25 	department's funding allocation process 
91.26 	or the amount otherwise allocated to each 
91.27 	transportation district.
91.28 	(f) The appropriation in this subdivision 
91.29 	cancels as specified under Minnesota 
91.30 	Statutes, section 16A.642, except that the 
91.31 	commissioner of management and budget 
91.32 	shall count the start of authorization for 
91.33 	issuance of state bonds as the first day of 
91.34 	the fiscal year during which the bonds are 
91.35 	to be issued, as specified under paragraph 
91.36 	(a), clause (1), (2), (3), or (4), respectively, 
92.1 	and not as the date of enactment of this 
92.2 	subdivision.

92.3 	Sec. 54. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 5, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

92.4
92.5	Subd. 4.Mott Memorial Hall Technology 
Center
 				100,000
	
92.6 	To predesign the renovation of Mott 
92.7 	Memorial Hall a technology center for the 
92.8 	Minnesota State Academies.

92.9 	Sec. 55. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

92.10
92.11	Subd. 8.Mississippi River Aquatic Invasive 
Species Barrier
 				500,000
	
92.12 	To predesign and, design, renovate, 
92.13 	or construct an adequate barrier in the 
92.14 	Mississippi River to prevent aquatic invasive 
92.15 	species from migrating up river. This money 
92.16 	may be used by the commissioner to match 
92.17 	available federal money and money from 
92.18 	other states. The commissioner must inform 
92.19 	and work with affected federal and state 
92.20 	agencies and local communities along the 
92.21 	Mississippi River before constructing the 
92.22 	river barrier.

92.23 	Sec. 56. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 27, is amended to read:

92.24
92.25	Subd. 27.State Trail Acquisition, 
Rehabilitation, and Development
 				15,320,000
	
92.26 	To acquire land for and to construct and 
92.27 	renovate state trails under Minnesota 
92.28 	Statutes, section 85.015.
92.29 	$970,000 is for the Chester Woods Trail from 
92.30 	Rochester to Dover.
92.31 	$700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.
93.1 	$750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace 
93.2 	an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail 
93.3 	at Highway 120 with a grade-separated 
93.4 	crossing.
93.5 	$1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail 
93.6 	between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State 
93.7 	Park.
93.8 	$1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail 
93.9 	from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota. 
93.10 	$1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail.
93.11 	$500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from 
93.12 	Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.
93.13 	$150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within 
93.14 	the city of Faribault.
93.15 	$1,500,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail 
93.16 	from Appleton to through Milan to the Marsh 
93.17 	Lake Dam.
93.18 	$2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from 
93.19 	Walker to Guthrie.
93.20 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail from 
93.21 	Preston to Forestville State Park.
93.22 	$100,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
93.23 	eastern extension.
93.24 	$250,000 is for the Root River Trail, the 
93.25 	eastern extension Wagon Wheel.
93.26 	$550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail 
93.27 	with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.
93.28 	$3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.
93.29 	For any project listed in this subdivision that 
93.30 	the commissioner determines is not ready to 
93.31 	proceed, the commissioner may allocate that 
93.32 	project's money to another state trail project 
93.33 	in this subdivision. The chairs of the house 
94.1 	and senate committees with jurisdiction 
94.2 	over environment and natural resources 
94.3 	and legislators from the affected legislative 
94.4 	districts must be notified of any changes.

94.5 	Sec. 57. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 21, subdivision 9, is amended to read:

94.6
94.7	Subd. 9.Itasca County - Steel Plant 
Infrastructure
 				28,000,000
	
94.8 	For a grant to Itasca County for public 
94.9 	infrastructure needed to support a steel plant 
94.10 	in Itasca County and economic development 
94.11 	projects in the surrounding area. Grant 
94.12 	money may be used by Itasca County and the 
94.13 	Itasca County Regional Railroad Authority
94.14 	to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss 
94.15 	of wetlands and runoff of storm water, and
94.16 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
94.17 	roads and rail lines,; and in cooperation with
94.18 	may be used by the Nashwauk Municipal 
94.19 	Utility, Public Utilities Commission to 
94.20 	acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of 
94.21 	wetlands and runoff of storm water and
94.22 	to predesign, design, construct, and equip 
94.23 	natural gas pipelines, electric infrastructure, 
94.24 	water supply systems, and wastewater 
94.25 	collection and treatment systems. If the 
94.26 	county determines that any of the listed uses 
94.27 	are not needed, then the grant may be used 
94.28 	for the remaining listed uses.
94.29 	The public ownership requirement contained 
94.30 	in article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), 
94.31 	of the Minnesota Constitution may be 
94.32 	satisfied by way of Itasca County, the Itasca 
94.33 	County Regional Railroad Authority, or 
94.34 	the Nashwauk Public Utilities Commission 
94.35 	possessing the required ownership interest 
95.1 	even though the grant is only to Itasca 
95.2 	County.

95.3 	Sec. 58. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

95.4	Subd. 3.Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
 				2,000,000
	
95.5 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington for 
95.6 	removal and replacement of to renovate
95.7 	the old Cedar Avenue bridge for bicycle 
95.8 	commuters and recreational users. This 
95.9 	appropriation is added to the appropriation 
95.10 	in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, 
95.11 	subdivision 8.

95.12 	Sec. 59. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 5, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

95.13	Subd. 2.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

95.14	(a) Building 9 Demolition
				1,000,000
	
95.15 	To demolish Building 9 and, relocate 
95.16 	a water main serving the campus, and 
95.17 	make associated site improvements and 
95.18 	modifications necessary to complete the 
95.19 	project. This appropriation is to cover 100 
95.20 	percent of the cost of this portion of the 
95.21 	project.

95.22	(b) New Nursing Facility
				9,100,000
	
95.23 	To design, construct, furnish, and equip a 
95.24 	100-bed nursing facility on the Minneapolis 
95.25 	campus.
95.26 	The appropriation is to cover the 35 percent 
95.27 	state share of this portion of the project.

95.28 	Sec. 60. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
95.29 		Subd. 2.Management. All lands acquired for Lake Vermilion State Park must be 
95.30 	administered in the same manner as provided for other state parks and must be perpetually 
95.31 	dedicated for that use. After acquisition of lands for Lake Vermilion State Park, but before 
96.1 	any infrastructure development for the state park, public access and use, including, 
96.2 	but not limited to, hunting, fishing, and trail use, shall continue as allowed before the 
96.3 	acquisition. No additional restrictions may be implemented for public access and use until 
96.4 	development of state park infrastructure commences.

96.5 	Sec. 61. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 25, is amended to read:
96.6 	Sec. 25. ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 96.7 	The commissioner of natural resources may acquire by gift or purchase the lands 
96.8 	for Lake Vermilion State Park. Minnesota Statutes, section 84.0272, subdivision 1, does 
96.9 	not apply to a purchase, except for the requirement that the lands be appraised. The 
96.10 	commissioner must not pay more than 12 percent above the appraised value of the land.

96.11 	Sec. 62. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:

96.12	Subd. 5.Intercity Passenger Rail Projects
 				26,000,000
	
96.13 	To implement capital improvements and 
96.14 	betterments for intercity passenger rail 
96.15 	projects as identified in the statewide freight 
96.16 	and passenger rail plan under Minnesota 
96.17 	Statutes, section 174.03, subdivision 1b, 
96.18 	which are determined to be eligible for 
96.19 	USDOT funding. Notwithstanding any 
96.20 	law to the contrary, a portion or phase 
96.21 	of an intercity passenger rail project may 
96.22 	be accomplished with one or more state 
96.23 	appropriations, and an intercity passenger rail 
96.24 	project need not be completed with any one 
96.25 	appropriation. Capital improvements and 
96.26 	betterments include preliminary engineering, 
96.27 	design, engineering, environmental analysis 
96.28 	and mitigation, acquisition of land and 
96.29 	right-of-way, and construction. The 
96.30 	commissioner may spend a portion of this 
96.31 	appropriation to pay for costs of agency staff 
96.32 	directly attributable to this capital project, 
96.33 	consistent with the accounting policies 
97.1 	adopted by the commissioner of management 
97.2 	and budget.

97.3 	Sec. 63. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 20, is amended to read:

97.4	Sec. 20. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 					
97.5 	The commissioner of finance management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
97.6 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2011, no more 
97.7 	than $1,085,281,000 $958,113,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to 
97.8 	the state bond fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding 
97.9 	state general obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general 
97.10 	obligation bonds, the commissioner of finance management and budget shall calculate the 
97.11 	amount of debt service payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the 
97.12 	amount of debt service payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. 
97.13 	The commissioner shall adjust the amount of bonds scheduled to be sold so as to remain 
97.14 	within the limit set by this section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments 
97.15 	is appropriated from the general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

97.16 	Sec. 64. LEASE REVENUE; ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
 97.17 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.695, subdivision 2, the Board of 
97.18 	Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall pay the commissioner 
97.19 	of management and budget one-third of the lease revenue received from the property 
97.20 	acquired for St. Cloud Technical College pursuant to Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 3, 
97.21 	subdivision 22, paragraph (c). The commissioner shall deposit the amount received in the 
97.22 	state bond fund to be used to pay, redeem, or defease bonds issued to finance the property 
97.23 	in accordance with the commissioner's order authorizing their issuance. The commissioner 
97.24 	shall credit the board's total general obligation bond debt service assessment by an amount 
97.25 	equal to the lease revenue it receives from the board under this section.

97.26 	Sec. 65. REPEALER.
 97.27 	Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 45, is repealed.

97.28 	Sec. 66. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 97.29 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.