1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for flood hazard mitigation; 
1.3 	appropriating money for a match for federal disaster assistance; authorizing sale 
1.4 	and issuance of state bonds; providing a bond sale schedule;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2010, sections 16A.641, subdivisions 4a, 7; 16A.642, subdivision 2; 
1.6 	Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 7, subdivisions 3, as amended, 23, as amended; 
1.7 	17, subdivision 8, as amended; Laws 2008, chapter 179, sections 15, subdivision 
1.8 	8; 18, subdivisions 3, 6, as amended; 19, subdivision 4; 24, subdivision 4; Laws 
1.9 	2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended; Laws 2009, chapter 
1.10 	93, article 1, sections 14, subdivision 3; 22; Laws 2010, chapter 189, sections 
1.11 	6, subdivisions 2, 4; 7, subdivision 22; 14, subdivision 3; 16, subdivision 4; 19, 
1.12 	subdivision 4, as amended; Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23; Laws 
1.13 	2010, Second 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	Public Safety
		5,000,000
	
2.4	Bond Sale Expenses
		45,000
	
2.5	TOTAL
	$
	50,045,000
	
2.6	Bond Proceeds Fund (General Fund Debt Service)
		45,045,000
	
2.7	General Fund
		5,000,000

2.8						APPROPRIATIONS

2.9	Sec. 2. NATURAL RESOURCES

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

2.21	Subd. 2.Flood Hazard Mitigation Grants 
 				46,700,000
	
2.22 	(a) For the state share of flood hazard 
2.23 	mitigation grants for publicly owned capital 
2.24 	improvements to prevent or alleviate 
2.25 	flood damage under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.26 	section 103F.161. Project priorities shall 
2.27 	be determined by the commissioner as 
2.28 	appropriate, based on need.
2.29 	(b) To the extent that the cost of a project 
2.30 	exceeds two percent of the median household 
2.31 	income in the municipality or unit of 
2.32 	government on the commissioner's priority 
2.33 	list multiplied by the number of households 
2.34 	in the municipality or unit of government 
3.1 	on the commissioner's priority list, this 
3.2 	appropriation is also for the local share of the 
3.3 	project.
3.4 	(c) Up to $6,000,000 of this appropriation is 
3.5 	for the project in the city of Roseau.
3.6 	(d) Up to $3,000,000 of this appropriation is 
3.7 	for the project in the city of Georgetown.
3.8 	(e) Up to $16,500,000 of this appropriation 
3.9 	is for the project in the city of Moorhead.

3.10	Sec. 3. BOND SALE EXPENSES
 			$
	45,000
	
3.11 	To the commissioner of management 
3.12 	and budget for bond sale expenses under 
3.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641, 
3.14 	subdivision 8.

3.15 	Sec. 4. BOND SALE SCHEDULE.
 3.16 	The commissioner of management and budget shall schedule the sale of state 
3.17 	general obligation bonds so that, during the biennium ending June 30, 2013, no more 
3.18 	than $1,175,188,000 will need to be transferred from the general fund to the state bond 
3.19 	fund to pay principal and interest due and to become due on outstanding state general 
3.20 	obligation bonds. During the biennium, before each sale of state general obligation bonds, 
3.21 	the commissioner of management and budget shall calculate the amount of debt service 
3.22 	payments needed on bonds previously issued and shall estimate the amount of debt service 
3.23 	payments that will be needed on the bonds scheduled to be sold. The commissioner shall 
3.24 	adjust the amount of bonds scheduled  to be sold so as to remain within the limit set by this 
3.25 	section. The amount needed to make the debt service payments is appropriated from the 
3.26 	general fund as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641.

3.27 	Sec. 5. BOND SALE AUTHORIZATION.
 3.28 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
3.29 	commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
3.30 	amount up to $45,045,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by 
3.31 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, 
3.32 	article XI, sections 4 to 7.

4.1 	Sec. 6. APPROPRIATION; FEDERAL MATCH.
 4.2 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public 
4.3 	safety to provide a match for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster 
4.4 	assistance to state agencies and political subdivisions under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.5 	12.221, in the area designated under Presidential Declaration of Major Disaster DR-1982, 
4.6 	for the flooding in Minnesota in the spring of 2011, whether included in the original 
4.7 	declaration or added later by federal government action. This is a onetime appropriation. 
4.8 	This appropriation does not lapse.

4.9 	Sec. 7. 2008, 2010 BOND SALE AUTHORIZATIONS REDUCED.
 4.10 	(a) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 27, subdivision 
4.11 	1, is reduced by $3,000,000.
4.12 	(b) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.13 	1, is reduced by $354,380,000.
4.14 	(c) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.15 	2, is reduced by $5,780,000.
4.16 	(d) The bond sale authorization in Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 26, subdivision 
4.17 	4, is reduced by $6,500,000.

4.18 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
4.19 		Subd. 4a.Negotiated sales; temporary authority. Notwithstanding the public 
4.20 	sale requirements of subdivision 4 and section 16A.66, subdivision 2, from June 1, 
4.21 	2009, until June 30, 2011, the commissioner may sell bonds, including refunding bonds, 
4.22 	at negotiated sale.

4.23 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.641, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.24 		Subd. 7.Credit of proceeds. (a) Proceeds of bonds issued under each law must be 
4.25 	credited by the commissioner to a special fund, as provided in this subdivision.
4.26 	(b) Accrued interest and any premium received on sale of the bonds must be credited 
4.27 	to the state bond fund created by the Constitution, article XI, section 7. Any premium 
4.28 	received on the sale of the bonds on or prior to December 1, 2012, must be credited to 
4.29 	the state bond fund. Any premium received on the sale of the bonds after December 1, 
4.30 	2012, must be credited to either the bond proceeds fund where it is used to reduce the par 
4.31 	amount of the bonds issued or the state bond fund.
5.1 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by law, proceeds of state bonds issued under the 
5.2 	Constitution, article XI, section 5, clause (a), must be credited to the bond proceeds fund 
5.3 	established by section 16A.631.
5.4 	(d) Proceeds of state highway bonds must be credited to the trunk highway fund 
5.5 	under the Constitution, article XIV, section 6.
5.6 	(e) Proceeds of bonds issued for programs of grants or loans to political subdivisions 
5.7 	must be credited to special accounts in the bond proceeds fund or to special funds 
5.8 	established by laws stating the purposes of the grants or loans, and the standards and 
5.9 	criteria under which an executive agency is authorized to make them.
5.10 	(f) Proceeds of refunding bonds must be credited to the state bond fund as provided 
5.11 	in section 16A.66, subdivision 1.
5.12 	(g) Proceeds of other bonds must be credited as provided in the law authorizing 
5.13 	their issuance.

5.14 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.15 		Subd. 2.Cancellation. (a) If the commissioner determines that the purposes for 
5.16 	which general obligation bonds of the state have been issued or for which general fund 
5.17 	monies were appropriated are accomplished or abandoned, after consultation with the 
5.18 	affected agencies, and there is a remaining authorization or appropriation for a specific 
5.19 	project of $500 or less, the commissioner may cancel the remaining authorization or 
5.20 	appropriation for that project.
5.21 	(b) If a premium received on the sale of bonds is credited to the bond proceeds 
5.22 	fund, pursuant to section 16A.641, subdivision 7, paragraph (b), the corresponding bond 
5.23 	authorization to which the premium is attributable must be reduced accordingly by the 
5.24 	commissioner.
5.25 	(c) The commissioner must notify the chairs of the senate Finance Committee and 
5.26 	the house of representatives Capital Investment Committee of any bond authorizations or 
5.27 	general fund appropriations canceled under this subdivision.

5.28 	Sec. 11. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 2007, 
5.29 	chapter 122, section 4, and Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 59, is amended to read:

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

7.16 	Sec. 12. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 7, subdivision 23, as amended by Laws 2010, 
7.17 	chapter 399, section 2, is amended to read:

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

8.23 	Sec. 13. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 17, subdivision 8, as amended by Laws 2008, 
8.24 	chapter 179, section 64, and Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, is amended to read:

8.25
8.26	Subd. 8. Metropolitan Regional Parks Capital 
Improvements
 				35,362,000 
	
8.27 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
8.28 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
8.29 	council and local government units of 
8.30 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
8.31 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
8.32 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.33 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
8.34 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
9.1 	$300,000 is for a grant to the city of 
9.2 	Bloomington to renovate for environmental 
9.3 	analysis and review, design, and construction 
9.4 	of an earthen berm and a multimodal trail 
9.5 	connection across Long Meadow Lake in 
9.6 	the vicinity of the old Cedar Avenue bridge 
9.7 	 and for development of a segment of the 
9.8 	Minnesota Valley State Trail from Fort 
9.9 	Snelling State Park to the Long Meadow 
9.10 	Lake crossing to serve as a hiking and 
9.11 	bicycling trail connection. 
9.12 	$6,000,000 is for a grant to the county 
9.13 	of Dakota to acquire land for a regional 
9.14 	park and wildlife area adjacent to the 
9.15 	Vermillion Highlands Research, Recreation, 
9.16 	and Wildlife Management Area in Dakota 
9.17 	County. 
9.18 	$1,800,000 is for a grant to the city of 
9.19 	Minneapolis to complete land acquisition for 
9.20 	and construction of the Cedar Lake Trail. 
9.21 	$3,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
9.22 	Park and Recreation Board to design, 
9.23 	construct, furnish, and equip a new cultural 
9.24 	and community center in the East Phillips 
9.25 	neighborhood in Minneapolis. 
9.26 	$250,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
9.27 	Park and Recreation Board to predesign 
9.28 	completion of the Grand Rounds National 
9.29 	Scenic Byway by providing a link between 
9.30 	northeast Minneapolis on Stinson Avenue 
9.31 	and Southeast Minneapolis at East River 
9.32 	Road. 
9.33 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the Minneapolis 
9.34 	Park and Recreation Board to mitigate 
9.35 	flooding at Lake of the Isles in the city 
10.1 	of Minneapolis. The grant must be used 
10.2 	for shoreline stabilization and restoration, 
10.3 	dredging, wetland replacement, and other 
10.4 	infrastructure improvements necessary to 
10.5 	deal with the 1997 flood damage and to 
10.6 	prevent future flooding. 
10.7 	$321,000 is for a grant to Ramsey County 
10.8 	to construct a bicycle and pedestrian trail on 
10.9 	the north side of Lower Afton Road between 
10.10 	Century Avenue and McKnight Road in the 
10.11 	city of Maplewood. This appropriation is 
10.12 	not available until the commissioner has 
10.13 	determined that at least an equal amount has 
10.14 	been committed from nonstate sources. 
10.15 	$9,000,000 is for a grant to the city of St. 
10.16 	Paul to predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
10.17 	equip, and redevelop infrastructure at the 
10.18 	Como Zoo. 
10.19 	$2,500,000 is for a grant to the city of St. 
10.20 	Paul to acquire land for and to predesign, 
10.21 	design, construct, furnish, and equip river 
10.22 	park development and redevelopment 
10.23 	infrastructure in National Great River Park 
10.24 	along the Mississippi River in St. Paul. 
10.25 	$2,000,000 is for a grant to the city of 
10.26 	South St. Paul for the closure, capping, and 
10.27 	remediation of approximately 80 acres of 
10.28 	the Port Crosby construction and demolition 
10.29 	debris landfill in South St. Paul, as the fifth 
10.30 	phase of converting the land into parkland, 
10.31 	and to restore approximately 80 acres of 
10.32 	riverfront land along the Mississippi River. 
10.33 	$191,000 is for a grant to the city of White 
10.34 	Bear Lake to construct the Lake Avenue 
11.1 	Regional Trail connecting Highway 96 
11.2 	Regional Trail with Ramsey Beach. 

11.3 	Sec. 14. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:

11.4
11.5	Subd. 8.Southeastern Minnesota Regional 
Public Safety Training Center
 				3,655,000
 2,955,000
	
11.6 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, for 
11.7 	a grant to Olmsted County to acquire land for, 
11.8 	and to design, construct, furnish, and equip 
11.9 	the Southeastern Minnesota Regional Public 
11.10 	Safety Training Center in Olmsted County. 
11.11 	The facility must include, but is not limited 
11.12 	to, a live burn training simulator, a driving 
11.13 	range, and a weapons training facility.
11.14 	This appropriation or any portion of it is not
11.15 	available until when the commissioner has 
11.16 	determined that at least an equal amount 
11.17 	has been committed it has been matched, 
11.18 	dollar-for-dollar, from nonstate sources.

11.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from December 27, 
11.20 	2007.

11.21 	Sec. 15. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

11.22
11.23	Subd. 3.Systemwide Campus Redevelopment, 
Reuse, or Demolition
 				3,400,000
	
11.24 	To demolish surplus, nonfunctional, or 
11.25 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
11.26 	or to renovate surplus, nonfunctional, or 
11.27 	deteriorated facilities and infrastructure 
11.28 	at Department of Human Services 
11.29 	campuses. These projects must facilitate the 
11.30 	redevelopment or reuse of these campuses 
11.31 	consistent with redevelopment plan concepts 
11.32 	developed and approved under Laws 2003, 
11.33 	First Special Session chapter 14, article 
12.1 	6, section 64, subdivision 2. If a surplus 
12.2 	campus is sold or transferred to a local unit 
12.3 	of government, unspent portions of this 
12.4 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
12.5 	unit of government for the purposes stated in 
12.6 	this subdivision.
12.7 	Up to $400,000 $125,000 is for preparation 
12.8 	and site development, including demolition 
12.9 	of buildings and infrastructure, to implement 
12.10 	the redevelopment and reuse of the Ah Gwah 
12.11 	Ching Regional Treatment Center. This 
12.12 	amount may be granted to Cass County for 
12.13 	the purposes stated in this subdivision. If 
12.14 	the campus is sold or transferred by Cass 
12.15 	County to a local unit of government the 
12.16 	city of Walker, unspent portions of this 
12.17 	appropriation may be granted to that local 
12.18 	unit of government the city of Walker for the 
12.19 	purposes stated in this subdivision.

12.20 	Sec. 16. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 18, subdivision 6, as amended by Laws 2010, 
12.21 	chapter 399, section 5, is amended to read:

12.22	Subd. 6.Hennepin County Medical Center
 				820,000
	
12.23 	For a grant to Hennepin County to predesign, 
12.24 	design, construct, furnish, and equip an 
12.25 	outpatient clinic and a health education 
12.26 	facility at Hennepin County Medical 
12.27 	Center that includes teaching clinics and an 
12.28 	education center.

12.29 	Sec. 17. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 19, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

12.30	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home Campus

12.31
12.32	Building 17 HVAC Replacement
				3,955,000
 1,655,000
	
13.1 	To replace the sections of the campus-wide 
13.2 	heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 
13.3 	system that serve Building 17. To predesign, 
13.4 	design, and construct improvements to 
13.5 	heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and 
13.6 	lighting systems and associated areas serving 
13.7 	the south wing of Building 17.

13.8 	Sec. 18. Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 24, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

13.913.10
	Subd. 4.County and Local Preservation 
Grants
 				2,000,000
	
13.11 	To be allocated to county and local 
13.12 	jurisdictions as matching money for historic 
13.13 	preservation projects of a capital nature, 
13.14 	as provided in new Minnesota Statutes, 
13.15 	section 138.0525. This appropriation 
13.16 	includes money for grants to the city of 
13.17 	Hokah to renovate the Hokah City Hall 
13.18 	building; and the Houston County Historical 
13.19 	Society to renovate existing space and to 
13.20 	predesign, design, and construct an addition 
13.21 	to the Houston County Historical Society 
13.22 	building located in the city of Caledonia.
13.23 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.24 	138.0525, the city of Hokah is not required 
13.25 	to provide a match.
13.26 	$100,000 is for a grant to the city of Wells to 
13.27 	renovate the historic Wells Train Depot. No 
13.28 	match is required for this grant.

13.29 	Sec. 19. Laws 2008, chapter 365, section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 
13.30 	2010, chapter 189, section 16, subdivision 4, and Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 58, 
13.31 	is amended to read:

13.32	Subd. 3.Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
 				2,000,000
	
14.1 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington to 
14.2 	renovate for environmental analysis and 
14.3 	review, design, and construction of an earthen 
14.4 	berm and a multimodal trail connection 
14.5 	across Long Meadow Lake in the vicinity 
14.6 	of the old Cedar Avenue bridge and for 
14.7 	development of a segment of the Minnesota 
14.8 	Valley State Trail from Fort Snelling State 
14.9 	Park to the Long Meadow Lake crossing 
14.10 	for bicycle commuters and recreational 
14.11 	users. This appropriation is added to the 
14.12 	appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, 
14.13 	section 17, subdivision 8.

14.14 	Sec. 20. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

14.15	Subd. 3.Veterans Cemeteries
 				1,500,000
	
14.16 	Of this amount, up to $500,000 is 
14.17 	to acquire land located in Redwood 
14.18 	County southeastern, southwestern, and 
14.19 	northeastern Minnesota for publicly owned 
14.20 	veterans cemeteries, to be operated by 
14.21 	the commissioner of veterans affairs. The 
14.22 	commissioner also must seek donations of 
14.23 	land for the cemeteries. The balance of the 
14.24 	appropriation is to predesign and design 
14.25 	the cemeteries. Federal reimbursement of 
14.26 	design costs for each cemetery must be 
14.27 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
14.28 	a special account and is appropriated to the 
14.29 	commissioner of veterans affairs to design the 
14.30 	remaining cemeteries. Following completion 
14.31 	of all legislatively authorized Minnesota 
14.32 	state veterans cemeteries, final federal 
14.33 	reimbursement of predesign and design costs 
14.34 	is appropriated to the commissioner for asset 
14.35 	preservation of veterans homes statewide, 
15.1 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
15.2 	Statutes, section 16B.307.

15.3 	Sec. 21. Laws 2009, chapter 93, article 1, section 22, the effective date, is amended to 
15.4 	read:

15.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
15.6 	and expires July 1, 2011.

15.7 	Sec. 22. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

15.8	Subd. 2.Alpha Building Demolition
 				755,000265,500
	
15.9 	To demolish the Alpha Building.

15.10 	Sec. 23. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 6, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

15.11	Subd. 4.Storage and Maintenance Building
 				129,000618,500
	
15.12 	To design, construct, and equip a storage
15.13 	and maintenance building on the site of the 
15.14 	demolished Alpha Building.

15.15 	Sec. 24. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 7, subdivision 22, is amended to read:

15.16	Subd. 22.Fort Snelling Upper Bluff
 				1,200,000
	
15.17 	For a grant to Hennepin County to conduct 
15.18 	emergency building stabilization at Fort 
15.19 	Snelling Upper Bluff. This appropriation 
15.20 	may also be used for all work necessary to 
15.21 	rehabilitate buildings and sites for occupancy 
15.22 	and use. This appropriation is not available 
15.23 	until the commissioner of management and 
15.24 	budget has determined that Hennepin County 
15.25 	has entered into appropriate agreements to 
15.26 	use Sentence to Serve labor for the project 
15.27 	that will train the Sentence to Serve laborers 
15.28 	in the skills needed for the work.

15.29 	Sec. 25. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

16.1	Subd. 3.State Emergency Operations Center
 				2,250,000
	
16.2 	To the commissioner of administration to 
16.3 	predesign and design a new state emergency 
16.4 	operations center in Arden Hills.
16.5 	The commissioner of administration must 
16.6 	consult with the commissioner of public 
16.7 	safety in the predesign and design. This 
16.8 	appropriation is not available until the 
16.9 	commissioner has reported to the chairs and 
16.10 	ranking minority members of the house of 
16.11 	representatives and senate committees with 
16.12 	jurisdiction over public safety policy and 
16.13 	finance, capital investment, finance, and 
16.14 	ways and means, how the Arden Hills site 
16.15 	will be adequately accessible in the event 
16.16 	of a disaster that adversely affects major 
16.17 	transportation corridors.
16.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.19 	16B.31, subdivision 5, the commissioner 
16.20 	of administration, at the request of the 
16.21 	commissioner of public safety, may acquire 
16.22 	land, utility and road easements, and any 
16.23 	other necessary right of access or use from 
16.24 	the federal government or other applicable 
16.25 	parties for the state emergency operations 
16.26 	center proposed to be located in Arden Hills.

16.27 	Sec. 26. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 16, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

16.28
16.29	Subd. 4.Metropolitan Regional Parks and 
Trails Capital Improvements

16.30	(a) Metropolitan Council Priorities
				10,500,000
	
16.31 	For the cost of improvements and betterments 
16.32 	of a capital nature and acquisition by the 
16.33 	council and local government units of 
16.34 	regional recreational open-space lands in 
17.1 	accordance with the council's policy plan 
17.2 	as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.3 	473.147. Priority must be given to park 
17.4 	rehabilitation and land acquisition projects. 
17.5 	This appropriation must not be used to 
17.6 	purchase easements. 

17.7	(b) Como Zoo 
				11,000,000
	
17.8 	For a grant to the city of St. Paul to predesign, 
17.9 	design, construct, furnish, and equip phase 2 
17.10 	renovation of exhibits at the Como Zoo.

17.11
17.12	(d) Old Cedar Avenue Bridge
				2,000,000
1,000,000
	
17.13 	For a grant to the city of Bloomington 
17.14 	to renovate for environmental analysis 
17.15 	and review, design, and construction of a 
17.16 	multimodal trail connection across Long 
17.17 	Meadow Lake in the vicinity of the Old 
17.18 	Cedar Avenue Bridge and for development 
17.19 	of a segment of the Minnesota Valley State 
17.20 	Trail from Fort Snelling State Park to the 
17.21 	Long Meadow Lake crossing for bicycle 
17.22 	commuters and recreational users. The city 
17.23 	of Bloomington must consult with the city of 
17.24 	Eagan and Dakota County on the renovation. 
17.25 	This appropriation is added to the 
17.26 	appropriation in Laws 2008, chapter 365, 
17.27 	section 4, subdivision 3, as amended by this 
17.28 	act.

17.29
17.30	(f) Rock Island Bridge Park and Trail 
Development
				1,000,000
	
17.31 	For a grant to the city of Inver Grove Heights 
17.32 	for park and trail development on the west 
17.33 	bank of the Mississippi River in Dakota 
17.34 	County at the site of Mississippi River Bridge 
17.35 	JAR 5600, commonly known as the Rock 
18.1 	Island Bridge. Any park or trails developed 
18.2 	with this appropriation must connect with 
18.3 	any local, regional, or state trails in the 
18.4 	vicinity, and the historic Rock Island Bridge.

18.5	(i) Veterans Memorial Parks
				2,000,000
	
18.6 	For a grant to the Minneapolis Park and 
18.7 	Recreation Board to: (1) design and 
18.8 	construct an appropriate monument in 
18.9 	Sheridan Veterans Memorial Park on 
18.10 	the Mississippi River in Minneapolis to 
18.11 	memorialize the war service of Minnesota 
18.12 	veterans of all wars; and (2) match money 
18.13 	provided by Hennepin County to restore the 
18.14 	flagpole monument and plaza, and make 
18.15 	other infrastructure improvements of a 
18.16 	capital nature for the Veterans of World War 
18.17 	I Victory Memorial Parkway, consistent with 
18.18 	Hennepin County's planned infrastructure 
18.19 	improvements.

18.20 	Sec. 27. Laws 2010, chapter 189, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2010, 
18.21 	chapter 399, section 8, is amended to read:

18.22
18.23	Subd. 4.Minneapolis Veterans Home
 				9,450,000
11,750,000
	
18.24 	To predesign, design, construct, furnish, 
18.25 	and equip the renovation of building 16 
18.26 	to accommodate a domiciliary program, 
18.27 	demolish the north wing of building 17, 
18.28 	predesign a new building 17, and design, 
18.29 	construct, furnish, and equip the north 
18.30 	wing of the new building 17, including site 
18.31 	improvements and amenities for building 
18.32 	and program support.

18.33 	Sec. 28. Laws 2010, chapter 333, article 2, section 23, is amended to read:
19.1 	Sec. 23. PLANNING NEW VETERANS CEMETERIES.
 19.2 	(a) The commissioner of veterans affairs shall determine a suitable site and plan for 
19.3 	three new state veterans cemeteries, one to be located in northeastern Minnesota, one to 
19.4 	be located in southeastern Minnesota, and one to be located in southwestern Minnesota. 
19.5 	In determining the site for a cemetery, the commissioner shall consider available public 
19.6 	land options and shall seek proposals for donated land from interested counties, local 
19.7 	communities, civic organizations, veterans service organizations, and individuals.
19.8 	(b) For determining the veterans cemetery site in southeastern Minnesota, the 
19.9 	commissioner shall give priority consideration to land owned and proposed for donation 
19.10 	by the county of Fillmore.
19.11 	(c) The commissioner's planning process for a state veterans cemetery must include, 
19.12 	at a minimum, the following actions:
19.13 	(1) determining the need for the cemetery;
19.14 	(2) investigating the availability of suitable land for the cemetery;
19.15 	(3) assessment of impacts of the cemetery;
19.16 	(4) encouragement of support from veteran service organizations and local 
19.17 	governments; and 
19.18 	(5) preparation and submission of a preapplication for a grant from the United States 
19.19 	Department of Veterans Affairs for commitment of funding for establishing the cemetery.
19.20 	(d) By January 15, 2011, the commissioner shall report to the chair and ranking 
19.21 	minority member of the house of representatives and senate committees having 
19.22 	responsibility for veterans affairs with a report of the commissioner's progress in 
19.23 	implementing this section.

19.24 	Sec. 29. Laws 2010, Second Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 9, subdivision 
19.25 	5, is amended to read:

19.26	Subd. 5.Dam Renovation and Removal
 			$
	1,000,000
	
19.27 	To provide cost share for the renovation or 
19.28 	removal of publicly owned dams and for 
19.29 	streambed restoration adjacent thereto in the 
19.30 	DR-1941 area under Minnesota Statutes, 
19.31 	sections 103G.511 and 103G.515.

19.32 	Sec. 30. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 19.33 	Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective the day following final enactment.