1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation 
1.3 	and renovation of the Coon Rapids dam; making changes to certain state 
1.4 	bond provisions; modifying prior appropriations; reducing certain bond sale 
1.5 	authorizations; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;amending 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16A.641, subdivisions 4a, 7; 16A.642, 
1.7 	subdivision 2; Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivisions 3, as amended, 
1.8 	23, as amended; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 15, subdivision 8; 18, 
1.9 	subdivisions 3, 6, as amended; 19, subdivision 4; 24, subdivision 4; Laws 2009, 
1.10 	chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3; Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 
1.11 	6, subdivisions 2, 4; 7, subdivision 22; 14, subdivision 3; 19, subdivision 4, as 
1.12 	amended; Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23; Laws 2010, Second 
1.13 	Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 5.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15	Section 1. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.16 	The sums shown in the column under "Appropriations" are appropriated from the 
1.17 	bond proceeds fund, or another named fund, to the state agencies or officials indicated, 
1.18 	to be spent for public purposes. Appropriations of bond proceeds must be spent as 
1.19 	authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraph (a), to acquire 
1.20 	and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature, or 
1.21 	as authorized by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 5, paragraphs (b) to (j), 
1.22 	or article XIV. Unless otherwise specified, money appropriated in this act for a capital 
1.23 	program or project may be used to pay state agency staff costs that are attributed directly 
1.24 	to the capital program or project in accordance with accounting policies adopted by the 
1.25 	commissioner of management and budget. Unless otherwise specified, the appropriations 
1.26 	in this act are available until the project is completed or abandoned subject to Minnesota 
1.27 	Statutes, section 16A.642.

2.1	SUMMARY
	
2.2	Natural Resources
	$
	45,000,000
	
2.3	Bond Sale Expenses
		45,000
	
2.4	TOTAL
	$
	45,045,000
	
2.5	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		45,045,000

2.6						APPROPRIATIONS

2.7	Sec. 2. NATURAL RESOURCES

2.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 			$
	45,000,000
	
2.9 	To the commissioner of natural resources for 
2.10 	the purposes specified in this section.
2.11 	The appropriations in this section are 
2.12 	subject to the requirements of the natural 
2.13 	resources capital improvement program 
2.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12, 
2.15 	unless this section or the statutes referred 
2.16 	to in this section provide more specific 
2.17 	standards, criteria, or priorities for projects 
2.18 	than Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.12.

2.19	Subd. 2.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				28,000,000
	
2.20 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
2.21 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
2.22 	improvements to prevent or alleviate 
2.23 	flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.24 	section 103F.161. Project priorities shall 
2.25 	be determined by the commissioner as 
2.26 	appropriate, based on need.
2.27 	(b) To the extent that the cost of a project 
2.28 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
2.29 	income in the municipality or unit of 
2.30 	government on the commissioner's priority 
2.31 	list multiplied by the number of households 
2.32 	in the municipality or unit of government 
2.33 	on the commissioner's priority list, this 
3.1 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
3.2 	project.

3.3	Subd. 3.Coon Rapids Dam Renovation
 				17,000,000
	
3.4 	To predesign, design, and construct the 
3.5 	renovation of the Coon Rapids Dam to serve 
3.6 	as a barrier to invasive fish, in cooperation 
3.7 	with the Three Rivers Park District. The 
3.8 	commissioner of natural resources must enter 
3.9 	into a joint powers agreement with the Three 
3.10 	Rivers Park District that identifies future 
3.11 	ownership and operation responsibilities 
3.12 	of the dam by the park district and the 
3.13 	commissioner. The agreement and any 
3.14 	necessary conveyance must be in a form 
3.15 	approved by the attorney general. The 
3.16 	attorney general may make necessary 
3.17 	changes to the legal description to correct 
3.18 	errors and ensure accuracy.

3.19	Subd. 4.Unspent Appropriations
 					
3.20 	The unspent portion of an appropriation, but 
3.21 	not to exceed ten percent of the appropriation, 
3.22 	for a project in this section that is complete, 
3.23 	other than an appropriation for flood hazard 
3.24 	mitigation, is available for asset preservation 
3.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 84.946. 
3.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, applies 
3.27 	from the date of the original appropriation 
3.28 	to the unspent amount transferred for asset 
3.29 	preservation.

3.30	Sec. 3. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	45,000
	
3.31 	To the commissioner of management 
3.32 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
3.33 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
3.34 	subdivision 8.

4.1 	Sec. 4. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 4.2 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
4.3 	commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
4.4 	amount up to $45,045,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
4.5 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
4.6 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

4.7 	Sec. 5. 2008, 2010 BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED.
 4.8 	(a) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 
4.9 	1, is reduced by $3,000,000.
4.10 	(b) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.11 	1, is reduced by $353,380,000.
4.12 	(c) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.13 	2, is reduced by $5,780,000.
4.14 	(d) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.15 	4, is reduced by $6,500,000.

4.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
4.17 		Subd. 4a.Negotiated sales; temporary authority. Notwithstanding the public 
4.18 	sale requirements of subdivision 4 and section 16A.66, subdivision 2, from June 1, 
4.19 	2009, until June 30, 2011, the commissioner may sell bonds, including refunding bonds, 
4.20 	at negotiated sale.

4.21 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.22 		Subd. 7.Credit of proceeds. (a) Proceeds of bonds issued under each law must be 
4.23 	credited by the commissioner to a special fund, as provided in this subdivision.
4.24 	(b) Accrued interest and any premium received on sale of the bonds must be credited 
4.25 	to the state bond fund created by the Constitution, article XI, section 7. Any premium 
4.26 	received on the sale of the bonds on or prior to December 1, 2012, must be credited to 
4.27 	the state bond fund. Any premium received on the sale of the bonds after December 1, 
4.28 	2012, must be credited to either the bond proceeds fund where it is used to reduce the par 
4.29 	amount of the bonds issued or the state bond fund.
4.30 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds of state bonds issued under the 
4.31 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), must be credited to the bond proceeds fund 
4.32 	established by section 16A.631.
5.1 	(d) Proceeds of state highway bonds must be credited to the trunk highway fund 
5.2 	under the Constitution, article XIV, section 6.
5.3 	(e) Proceeds of bonds issued for programs of grants or loans to political subdivisions 
5.4 	must be credited to special accounts in the bond proceeds fund or to special funds 
5.5 	established by laws stating the purposes of the grants or loans, and the standards and 
5.6 	criteria under which an executive agency is authorized to make them.
5.7 	(f) Proceeds of refunding bonds must be credited to the state bond fund as provided 
5.8 	in section 16A.66, subdivision 1.
5.9 	(g) Proceeds of other bonds must be credited as provided in the law authorizing 
5.10 	their issuance.

5.11 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.12 		Subd. 2.Cancellation. (a) If the commissioner determines that the purposes for 
5.13 	which general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or for which general fund 
5.14 	monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation with the 
5.15 	affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or appropriation for a specific 
5.16 	project of $500 or less, the commissioner may cancel the remaining authorization or 
5.17 	appropriation for that project.
5.18 	(b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds 
5.19 	fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond 
5.20 	authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the 
5.21 	commissioner.
5.22 	(c) The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and 
5.23 	the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations or 
5.24 	general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.

5.25 	Sec. 9. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007, 
5.26 	chapter 122, section 4, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 59, is amended to read:

5.27	Subd. 3.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				25,000,000
	
5.28 	For the state share of flood hazard 
5.29 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
5.30 	improvements to prevent or alleviate flood 
5.31 	damage under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.32 	103F.161.
6.1 	The commissioner shall determine project 
6.2 	priorities as appropriate, based on need.
6.3 	This appropriation includes money for the 
6.4 	following projects:
6.5 	(a) Austin
6.6 	(b) Albert Lea
6.7 	(c) Browns Valley
6.8 	(d) Crookston
6.9 	(e) Canisteo Mine
6.10 	(f) Delano 
6.11 	(g) East Grand Forks
6.12 	(h) Golden Valley
6.13 	(i) Grand Marais Creek
6.14 	(j) Granite Falls
6.15 	(k) Inver Grove Heights
6.16 	(l) Manston Slough
6.17 	(m) Oakport Township
6.18 	(n) Riverton Township
6.19 	(o) Roseau
6.20 	(p) Shell Rock Watershed District
6.21 	(q) St. Vincent
6.22 	(r) Wild Rice River Watershed District
6.23 	For any project listed in this subdivision 
6.24 	that the commissioner determines is not 
6.25 	ready to proceed or does not expend all the 
6.26 	money allocated to it, the commissioner may 
6.27 	allocate that project's money to a project on 
6.28 	the commissioner's priority list.
6.29 	To the extent that the cost of a project in Ada, 
6.30 	Breckenridge, Browns Valley, Crookston, 
6.31 	Dawson, East Grand Forks, Granite Falls, 
7.1 	Montevideo, Oakport Township, Roseau, 
7.2 	St. Vincent, or Warren exceeds two percent 
7.3 	of the median household income in the 
7.4 	municipality multiplied by the number 
7.5 	of households in the municipality, this 
7.6 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
7.7 	project. The local share for the St. Vincent 
7.8 	dike may not exceed $30,000.
7.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.10 	16A.642, this appropriation is available until 
7.11 	June 30, 2014.

7.12 	Sec. 10. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 2010, 
7.13 	chapter 399, section 2, is amended to read:

7.14	Subd.  23.Trail connections
 				2,010,000
	
7.15 	For matching grants under Minnesota 
7.16 	Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c.
7.17 	$500,000 is for a grant to Carlton County 
7.18 	to predesign, design, and construct a 
7.19 	nonmotorized pedestrian trail connection 
7.20 	to the Willard Munger State Trail from the 
7.21 	city of Carlton through the city of Scanlon 
7.22 	continuing to the city of Cloquet, along the 
7.23 	St. Louis River in Carlton County.
7.24 	$260,000 is to provide the state match for the 
7.25 	cost of the Soo Line Multiuse Recreational 
7.26 	Bridge project over marked Trunk Highway 
7.27 	169 in Mille Lacs County. 
7.28 	$175,000 is for a grant to the city of Bowlus 
7.29 	in Morrison County to design, construct, 
7.30 	furnish, and equip a trailhead center at the 
7.31 	head of the Soo Line Recreational Trail.
7.32 	$125,000 is for a grant to Morrison 
7.33 	County to predesign, design, construct, 
8.1 	furnish, and equip a park-and-ride lot and 
8.2 	restroom building adjacent to the Soo Line 
8.3 	Recreational Trail at U.S. Highway 10.
8.4 	$950,000 is for a grant to the St. Louis 
8.5 	and Lake Counties Regional Railroad 
8.6 	Authority for land acquisition, engineering, 
8.7 	construction, furnishing, and equipping of 
8.8 	all or part of a 19-mile "Boundary Waters 
8.9 	Connection" of the Mesabi Trail from 
8.10 	Bearhead Lake Vermilion State Park to 
8.11 	the International Wolf Center in Ely. This 
8.12 	appropriation is contingent upon a matching 
8.13 	contribution of $950,000 from other 
8.14 	sources, public or private. Notwithstanding 
8.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the 
8.16 	bond authorization and appropriation of bond 
8.17 	proceeds for this project are available until 
8.18 	June 30, 2014.

8.19 	Sec. 11. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

8.20
8.21	Subd. 8.Southeastern Minnesota Regional 
Public Safety Training Center
 				3,655,000
 2,955,000
	
8.22 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 
8.23 	a grant to Olmsted County to acquire land for, 
8.24 	and to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
8.25 	the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public 
8.26 	Safety Training Center in Olmsted County. 
8.27 	The facility must include, but is not limited 
8.28 	to, a live burn training simulator, a driving 
8.29 	range, and a weapons training facility.
8.30 	This appropriation or any portion of it is not
8.31 	available until when the commissioner has 
8.32 	determined that at least an equal amount 
8.33 	has been committed it has been matched, 
8.34 	dollar-for-dollar, from nonstate sources.

9.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 27, 
9.2 	2007.

9.3 	Sec. 12. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

9.4
9.5	Subd. 3.Systemwide Campus Redevelopment, 
Reuse, or Demolition
 				3,400,000
	
9.6 	To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or 
9.7 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
9.8 	or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or 
9.9 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
9.10 	at Department of Human Services 
9.11 	campuses. These projects must facilitate the 
9.12 	redevelopment or reuse of these campuses 
9.13 	consistent with redevelopment plan concepts 
9.14 	developed and approved under Laws 2003, 
9.15 	First Special Session chapter 14, article 
9.16 	6, section 64, subdivision 2. If a surplus 
9.17 	campus is sold or transferred to a local unit 
9.18 	of government, unspent portions of this 
9.19 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
9.20 	unit of government for the purposes stated in 
9.21 	this subdivision.
9.22 	Up to $400,000 $125,000 is for preparation 
9.23 	and site development, including demolition 
9.24 	of buildings and infrastructure, to implement 
9.25 	the redevelopment and reuse of the Ah Gwah 
9.26 	Ching Regional Treatment Center. This 
9.27 	amount may be granted to Cass County for 
9.28 	the purposes stated in this subdivision. If 
9.29 	the campus is sold or transferred by Cass 
9.30 	County to a local unit of government the 
9.31 	city of Walker, unspent portions of this 
9.32 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
9.33 	unit of government the city of Walker for the 
9.34 	purposes stated in this subdivision.

10.1 	Sec. 13. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2010, 
10.2 	chapter 399, section 5, is amended to read:

10.3	Subd. 6.Hennepin County Medical Center
 				820,000
	
10.4 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
10.5 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
10.6 	outpatient clinic and a health education 
10.7 	facility at Hennepin County Medical 
10.8 	Center that includes teaching clinics and an 
10.9 	education center.

10.10 	Sec. 14. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

10.11	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

10.12
10.13	Building 17 HVAC Replacement
				3,955,000
 1,655,000
	
10.14 	To replace the sections of the campus-wide 
10.15 	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
10.16 	system that serve Building 17. To predesign, 
10.17 	design, and construct improvements to 
10.18 	heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and 
10.19 	lighting systems and associated areas serving 
10.20 	the south wing of Building 17.

10.21 	Sec. 15. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

10.22
10.23	Subd. 4.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				2,000,000
	
10.24 	To be allocated to county and local 
10.25 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
10.26 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
10.27 	as provided in new Minnesota Statutes, 
10.28 	section 138.0525. This appropriation 
10.29 	includes money for grants to the city of 
10.30 	Hokah to renovate the Hokah City Hall 
10.31 	building; and the Houston County Historical 
10.32 	Society to renovate existing space and to 
10.33 	predesign, design, and construct an addition 
11.1 	to the Houston County Historical Society 
11.2 	building located in the city of Caledonia.
11.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
11.4 	138.0525, the city is not required to provide 
11.5 	a match.
11.6 	$100,000 is for a grant to the city of Wells to 
11.7 	renovate the historic Wells Train Depot. No 
11.8 	match is required for this grant.

11.9 	Sec. 16. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

11.10	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				1,500,000
	
11.11 	Of this amount, up to $500,000 is 
11.12 	to acquire land located in Redwood 
11.13 	County southeastern, southwestern, and 
11.14 	northeastern Minnesota for publicly owned 
11.15 	veterans cemeteries, to be operated by 
11.16 	the commissioner of veterans affairs. The 
11.17 	commissioner also must seek donations of 
11.18 	land for the cemeteries. The balance of the 
11.19 	appropriation is to predesign and design 
11.20 	the cemeteries. Federal reimbursement of 
11.21 	design costs for each cemetery must be 
11.22 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
11.23 	a special account and is appropriated to the 
11.24 	commissioner of veterans affairs to design the 
11.25 	remaining cemeteries. Following completion 
11.26 	of all legislatively authorized Minnesota 
11.27 	state veterans cemeteries, final federal 
11.28 	reimbursement of predesign and design costs 
11.29 	is appropriated to the commissioner for asset 
11.30 	preservation of veterans homes statewide, 
11.31 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
11.32 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

11.33 	Sec. 17. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

12.1	Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition
 				755,000265,500
	
12.2 	To demolish the Alpha Building.

12.3 	Sec. 18. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

12.4	Subd. 4.Storage and Maintenance Building
 				129,000618,500
	
12.5 	To design, construct, and equip a storage
12.6 	and maintenance building on the site of the 
12.7 	demolished Alpha Building.

12.8 	Sec. 19. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

12.9	Subd. 22.Fort Snelling Upper Bluff
 				1,200,000
	
12.10 	For a grant to Hennepin County to conduct 
12.11 	emergency building stabilization at Fort 
12.12 	Snelling Upper Bluff. This appropriation 
12.13 	may also be used for all work necessary to 
12.14 	rehabilitate buildings and sites for occupancy 
12.15 	and use. This appropriation is not available 
12.16 	until the commissioner of management and 
12.17 	budget has determined that Hennepin County 
12.18 	has entered into appropriate agreements to 
12.19 	use Sentence to Serve labor for the project 
12.20 	that will train the Sentence to Serve laborers 
12.21 	in the skills needed for the work.

12.22 	Sec. 20. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

12.23	Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center
 				2,250,000
	
12.24 	To the commissioner of administration to 
12.25 	predesign and design a new state emergency 
12.26 	operations center in Arden Hills.
12.27 	The commissioner of administration must 
12.28 	consult with the commissioner of public 
12.29 	safety in the predesign and design. This 
12.30 	appropriation is not available until the 
12.31 	commissioner has reported to the chairs and 
13.1 	ranking minority members of the house of 
13.2 	representatives and senate committees with 
13.3 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
13.4 	finance, capital investment, finance, and 
13.5 	ways and means, how the Arden Hills site 
13.6 	will be adequately accessible in the event 
13.7 	of a disaster that adversely affects major 
13.8 	transportation corridors.
13.9 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.10 	16B.31, subdivision 5, the commissioner 
13.11 	of administration, at the request of the 
13.12 	commissioner of public safety, may acquire 
13.13 	land, utility and road easements, and any 
13.14 	other necessary right of access or use from 
13.15 	the federal government or other applicable 
13.16 	parties for the state emergency operations 
13.17 	center proposed to be located in Arden Hills.

13.18 	Sec. 21. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2010, 
13.19 	chapter 399, section 8, is amended to read:

13.20
13.21	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home
 				9,450,000
11,750,000
	
13.22 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
13.23 	and equip the renovation of building 16 
13.24 	to accommodate a domiciliary program, 
13.25 	demolish the north wing of building 17, 
13.26 	predesign a new building 17, and design, 
13.27 	construct, furnish, and equip the north 
13.28 	wing of the new building 17, including site 
13.29 	improvements and amenities for building 
13.30 	and program support.

13.31 	Sec. 22. Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23, is amended to read:
13.32 	Sec. 23. PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.
 13.33 	(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for 
13.34 	three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located in northeastern Minnesota, one to 
14.1 	be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota. 
14.2 	In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public 
14.3 	land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local 
14.4 	communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals.
14.5 	(b) For determining the veterans cemetery site in southeastern Minnesota, the 
14.6 	commissioner shall give priority consideration to land owned and proposed for donation 
14.7 	by the county of Fillmore.
14.8 	(c) The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include, 
14.9 	at a minimum, the following actions:
14.10 	(1) determining the need for the cemetery;
14.11 	(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;
14.12 	(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;
14.13 	(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local 
14.14 	governments; and 
14.15 	(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States 
14.16 	Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.
14.17 	(d) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking 
14.18 	minority member of the house of representatives and senate committees having 
14.19 	responsibility for veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in 
14.20 	implementing this section.

14.21 	Sec. 23. Laws 2010, Second Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 
14.22 	5, is amended to read:

14.23	Subd. 5.Dam Renovation and Removal
 			$
	1,000,000
	
14.24 	To provide cost share for the renovation or 
14.25 	removal of publicly owned dams and for 
14.26 	streambed restoration adjacent thereto in the 
14.27 	DR-1941 area under Minnesota Statutes, 
14.28 	sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.

14.29 	Sec. 24. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 14.30 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.